A sign in the Yiddish Writers’ Garden, a garden located in the center of Yiddish books in the city, an institution established in 1980 with the aim of preserving literature written in Yiddish
Click for sign's details On the current sign appear literary critics, journalists, researchers:
Chaim Zhitlowsky (1865-1943), born in Ushachy, Belarus. A writer and journalist whose views were against Zionism and the Hebrew language, meaning an independent Jewish state, speaking Yiddish, without clear borders.
Click for a larger image Simon Dubnow (1860-1941), born in Mstsislaw, Belarus. Jewish writer and historian, considered the father of secular Jewish history records, founder of the Jewish People’s Party in Poland and Lithuania (the folkist movement).
Click for a larger image Baal-Makhshoves (1871-1924), born in Kaunas, Lithuania. The literary name of Isidor Israel Eliashiv, a translator and literary critic who is considered the first critic of Yiddish literature. He was also a neurologist
Click for a larger image B. Rivkin (1883-1945), born in Jakobstadt, Latvia. The pen name of Baruch Avraham Weinerv, literary critic and social philosopher. The first to use the term "Yiddishland" - Yiddish Land, as a definition for the geographical area where Yiddish culture developed. Since 1911 he lived in the United States.
Click for a larger image Samuel Niger (1883-1955), born in Dukora, Belarus. The literary nickname of Shmuel Tcharani, a literary critic who published about fifty volumes on the criticism of Yiddish literature. He adopted the name Niger after his immigration to the United States (1919), when he became involved in the black community in the United States (Tsharni - Black in Russian, and Niger comes from Nigros).
According to the common place of birth, it is likely that he is a relative of Daniel Tcharny
Click for a larger image Hirsz Abramowicz (1881-1960), a journalist who is known to have lived in Vilna, and later moved to the United States. A journalist who wrote in the Yiddish language.
Click for a larger image Yehiel Yeshaia Trunk (1887-1961), was born in Osmólsk, Poland. Writer, historian and researcher of Polish Judaism. Emigrated to the United States in 1941
Click for a larger image Daniel Tcharny (1888-1959), born in Dukora, Belarus. Poet and journalist. In 1941 he immigrated to the United States
According to the common place of birth, it is likely that he is a relative of Samuel Niger
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