Shenhar (Shenberg), Yitzhak
- Shenhar (Shenberg), Yitzhak
(1905-57)
Israeli author. He was born in Voltshisk, on the border of Galicia and the Ukraine, and settled in Palestine in 1921. From 1942 he was an editor for the publisher Schocken. His novels deal with Jewish life in Eastern Europe and Israel. He also translated works from European literature into Hebrew.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
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SHENHAR (Shenberg), YITZHAK — (1902–1957), Hebrew author. He was born in Voltshisk, a small town on the border of Galicia and the Ukraine. During World War I his family moved to Proskurov. An active member of the He Ḥalutz movement, he started agricultural training before… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
