The sign depicts 4 literary figures, and is found near their graves
The gravestones of the individuals mentioned on the sign were photographed that day
Azar
Click for a larger image Druyanov
Milestones in his life appear on the tombstone:
Here lies
The Hebrew writer
Asher Avraham Abba (alter) son of Rabbi Eliakim Pesach Droyanov
Born on the July 6 1870
In the town of Druya Region Vilna
Died May 10, 1938 in Tel Aviv
The beginning of his Zionist public work - October 26, 1886
The beginning of his literary work (in "Hamilitz") on the eve of the 9th of Av 1890 (July 25, 1890)
Click for a larger image Fichman
Click for a larger image In the following pictures, the parts of the sign are enlarged
[part 1-2]
Click for a larger image [part 3-4]
Click for a larger image Translation of the text on the sign:
[Table 1]
Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz - Azar Hebrew writer, editor and translator. Published about a hundred books. Active in the labor movement. From the beginnings of Tel Aviv.
Alexander Ziskind Rabinowitz (plot 4) (row 13)
[Table 2]
Druyanov Alter writer and editor. together with H.N. Bialik Y.H. Rawnitzki edited the journal ’Records’ for the study of Jewish folklore.
Edited the ’The Book of Jokes and Wit’ which is a collection of Jewish jokes.
Druyanov Alter (part 4) (line 15)
[Table 3]
Yaakov Fichman Poet, Hebrew editor and translator. He also wrote and edited children’s literature. Winner of the Israel Prize for Literature in 1957.
"Oh, my country, country of a people and vision of nations,
Your knowledge is far away, and your smell comes"
(from ’Homeland’, 1920)
"The most precious wealth that a great man will pass on to future generations is his character..."
(Yaakov Fichman, 1929)
Jacob Fichman (plot 4) (line 15)
[Table 4]
Devorah Baron One of the first Hebrew women writers. A rabbi’s daughter, educated. Editor and writer. described the world of the Jews in Russia in her stories.
"...and there, far, far beyond the mountains and rivers there is one small and beautiful town with a plain... and in the plain - low and small houses, and on the porch of one of these houses sits a maiden with a gloomy face and thin body..."
(from ’Exams’ to Deborah Barun)
Devorah Baron (plot 4) (row 11)
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