Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

male, deceased (1991)
nobel prize in literature, yiddish, death by stroke, Nobel laureate in Literature, Magic realism writer, American…Yiddish-language writer
Isaac Bashevis Singer (November 21, 1902 (see notes below) – July 24, 1991) was a Nobel Prize-winning Polish born American writer of both short st...
Sholom Aleichem

Sholom Aleichem

male, deceased (1916)
zionist, Humorist, yiddish, writer, Jewish American, Tevye the Milkman…Yiddish literature, Yiddish-language writer, Yiddish language
Sholom Aleichem (May 13, 1916) was a popular humorist and Russian (geographically, Ukrainian) Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including...
Sholem Asch

Sholem Asch

male, deceased (1957)
Polish-American, Jewish person, Jewish film and theatre, yiddish, hebrew, writer…Yiddish literature, Yiddish-language writer
Sholem Asch, also written Shalom Asch (1 January 1880, Kutno - 10 July 1957, London) was a Polish-born American novelist, dramatist, and essayist...
Chava Alberstein

Chava Alberstein

female, 61 years old
Jewish person, szczecin, CBS, jaffa, Yiddish singer, Israel Defense Force…yiddish
Chava Alberstein (born December 8, 1947 in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, musical arranger, and actress. She is one of...

Leo Rosten

male, deceased (1997)
The Joys of Yiddish, yiddish, Lured, film noir, the new yorker, all through the night
Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908-February 19, 1997) was born on 11 April 1908 in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died on 19 February 1997 in...
Max Weinreich

Max Weinreich

male, deceased (1969)
yiddish, Goldingen, Kuldiga, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Courland, Yiddish language…Linguist of Yiddish
Max Weinreich (1893/94 Goldingen, Courland (Kuldiga, Latvia) - 1969 New York City, USA) was a linguist, specializing in Yiddish, and the father of...
Nachman Of Breslov

Nachman Of Breslov

male, deceased (1810)
Baal Shem Tov descendants, from Medzhybizh, Breslov rabbi, death by tuberculosis, baal shem tov, kabbalah…yiddish
Nachman of Breslov also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Nachman from Uman, or simply as Rebbe Nachman (in local Yiddish reb Nokhmen Broslever)...
Shneur Zalman Of Liadi

Shneur Zalman Of Liadi

male, deceased (1812)
Alter Rebbe, Nusach Ari, Old Style and New Style dates, kabbalist, graz, Imperial Russia…yiddish
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S.), was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of...
Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud

male, deceased (1986) (New York, United States)
Oregon State University faculty, Jewish, City University of New York, The Tenants, novelist, yiddish
Bernard Malamud (April 26, 1914 - March 18, 1986) was an American writer.
Itzik Manger

Itzik Manger

male, deceased (1969)
Israeli, poet, yiddish, romanian, Playwright, British…Yiddish-language poet, Yiddish language
Itzik Manger was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word.