Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
URI (Phoebus) BEN AARON HA-LEVI — (also called Uri Witzenhausen or Witmund; 1625–1715), Hebrew printer. Uri s father was ḥazzan of the Neveh Shalom congregation, Amsterdam, and his grandfather Moses Uri ha Levi, rabbi of Emden and one of the founders of the Portuguese Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Max Letteris — Max (Meïr Halevi or Myer Levi) Letteris (b. September 13, 1800, Zolkiev, Poland; d. Vienna, May 19, 1871) was an Austrian Jewish scholar and the foremost poet of the Galician Haskala. Contents 1 … Wikipedia
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ESTHER — (Heb. אֶסְתֵּר), daughter of Abihail, an exile at susa , and heroine of the Book of Esther. The name Esther is probably from Old Persian star (well attested in the later Persian dialects), with the same meaning as English star. She is once called … Encyclopedia of Judaism
RACINE, JEAN° — (1639–1699), French tragic dramatist. Racine s reputation rests on nine tragedies in Alexandrine verse written between 1667 and 1691. There is no record of his having any personal knowledge of Jews, but the heroine s speech in Esther (1689) makes … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PRINTING, HEBREW — pre modern period The first mention of Jews in connection with printing is found in Avignon c. 1444 (before Gutenberg) when a Jew, Davin de Caderousse, studied the new craft. The first Hebrew books were printed at least within 35 years after the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Liste der Biografien/Les–Lez — Biografien: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q … Deutsch Wikipedia
HISTORY — For Prehistory see archaeology ; for Biblical and Second Temple periods, see history . Destruction of the Second Temple until the Arab Conquest (70–640 C.E.) THE EFFECTS OF THE WAR OF 66–70 C.E. The Jewish war against the Romans, which lasted… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GALICIA — (Pol. Galicia; Ger. Galizien; Rus. Galitsiya), geographical political region of E. Europe, in S.E. Poland and N.W. Ukraine, extending northward from the Carpathians into the Vistula Valley to the San River. After numerous changes in the Middle… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
VIENNA — VIENNA, capital of austria . Documentary evidence points to the first settlement of Jews in the 12th century. The first Jew known by name is shlom (Solomon), mintmaster and financial adviser to Duke Leopold V. The community possessed a synagogue… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
