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Lifetime: 1836 - 1917 Passed: ≈ 107 years ago

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מנדלה מוכר ספרים Mendele Mocher Sforim

Books by מנדלה מוכר ספרים Mendele Mocher Sforim

מסעות בנימין השלישי The Wanderings of Benjamin III Cover image

מסעות בנימין השלישי The Wanderings of Benjamin III

Satire Comedy Fiction Novel
Dream Satire Absurdity Russia social commentary Folklore Humor Irony Hebrew Jewish life Yiddish Jewish Literature Assimilation Czarist Army Ten Lost Tribes Naivete

Mendele Mocher Sforim (Literary name for Shalom Jacob Abramovitsch) (1835 - 1917, b. Kapulye, Belorussia), one of the first modern Jewish writers, wrote in both Hebrew and Yiddish throughout his career. In his work he described with sharp satirical c...

ספר הקבצנים Fishke the Lame (The Book of Beggars) Cover image

ספר הקבצנים Fishke the Lame (The Book of Beggars)

Satire Romance Fiction
19th century Love Poverty Satire Suffering Charity Women social commentary Hebrew Jewish life Eastern Europe Yiddish Beggars Theft Rape

Mendele Mocher Sforim (Literary name for Shalom Jacob Abramovitsch) (1835 - 1917, b. Kapulye, Belorussia), one of the first modern Jewish writers, wrote in both Hebrew and Yiddish throughout his career. In his work he described with sharp satirical c...

בעמק הבכא The Wishing-Ring Cover image

בעמק הבכא The Wishing-Ring

Fiction Humour
Education Satire Germany Russia Jewish life Assimilation 19th-century Eastern Europe Hershele Mendele Mocher Sforim Yiddish literature

The Wishing-Ring by Mendele Mocher Sforim is a satirical novel that tells the story of Hershele, a young Jewish man who leaves the harsh conditions of Russia for Germany to become an educated man of the world. However, Hershele's journey is not witho...