Jacob Solomon Olschwang
Jacob Solomon Olschwang | |
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| Born | Jacob Solomon Levin 4 May 1840 Kokhanovo, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 January 1896 (aged 55) Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Pen name | Yashbiel (ישביא״ל) |
| Language | Hebrew |
Jacob Solomon Olschwang (
Yiddish: יעקב שלמה אָלשװאַנג; 4 May 1840 – 17 January 1896), also known by the acronym Yashbiel (ישביא״ל), was a Russian writer and Hebraist
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Biography
Jacob Solomon Levin was born to a notable
Kovno, where he studied at the yeshiva of Navyazki. In 1862 he settled in Friedrichstadt, Courland, where he joined the circle of the Maskilim and in a short time was able to write Hebrew well. He changed his family name to Olschwang when he moved to Kremenchuk in 1866.[3]
He contributed numerous articles to
Olschwang maintained a correspondence with most of the Russian Maskilim of his time,[4] especially with Reifmann, Lillienblum, Zederbaum, Schulman, Dobsevage, and Rosenthal.[3]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Waldstein, A. S. (1905). "Olschwang (Levin), Jacob Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 396.
- ^ a b Katznelson, J. L.; Ginzburg, Baron D., eds. (1912). [Olschwang, Jacob Solomon]. Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron (in Russian). Vol. 12. St. Petersburg: Brockhaus & Efron. p. 87.
- ^ Sokolow, Naḥum (1889). Sefer zikaron le-sofrei Israel ha-ḥayim itanu ka-yom [Memoir Book of Contemporary Jewish Writers] (in Hebrew). Warsaw. pp. 203–206.
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Rosenthal, Herman; Waldstein, A. S. (1905). "Olschwang (Levin), Jacob Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 396.
- ^ "Hazkarat neshamot, 5655–5656". Aḥiasaf (in Hebrew). 4. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg: 304. 1896.
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