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Lifetime:
1865 -
1921
Passed: ≈
103 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski
Books by מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי Micha Josef Berdyczewski
מרים Miriam
Fiction
Novel
19th century
Enlightenment
Religion
Tradition
Culture
Modernity
Loss
Identity
Social Change
Jewish life
Eastern Europe
Shtetl
Miriam, a young Jewish girl living in a small town in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century, finds herself caught between the rigid traditions of her religious community and the burgeoning winds of modernity and enlightenment. The book explor...
סיפורים (Stories)
Fiction
Philosophy
Drama
Tradition
Modernity
Individualism
Identity
Exile
Rebellion
Jewish
Alienation
Loneliness
Europe
Social Critique
Shtetl
This collection of stories by Micha Josef Berdyczewski explores the complex experiences of Jewish individuals grappling with modernity and the pressures of tradition. Set primarily within the confines of the traditional Jewish shtetl and the unfamili...