- mayzl
- mayzl(ekh)(n.) small mouse
Yiddish-English dictionary (in roman letters). 2013.
Yiddish-English dictionary (in roman letters). 2013.
AXELROD, SELIK — (1904–1941), Soviet Yiddish poet. Born in Molodetchno, Vilna province, Axelrod lived in Tambov during the war, then studied literature in Moscow. He began to publish poetry in 1920 and contributed to various Yiddish journals in the Soviet Union,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BRODERZON, MOYSHE — (1890–1956), Yiddish poet and theater director. A descendant of a family of wealthy merchants who were permitted to reside in Moscow, Broderzon received his early education in that city and at a Lodz business school. He experienced the revolution … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GLICK, HIRSH — (1922–1944), Yiddish poet and editor. Glick was born in Vilna and, as a teenager, became active in Ha Shomer ha Ẓa ir. In 1935 he began composing original verse in Hebrew. He joined the circle of the Yung Vilne group of Yiddish writers and, in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KACYZNE (Katsizne), ALTER — (1885–1941), Yiddish poet and essayist. Born in Vilna, he was a professional photographer and also wrote poetry, fiction, drama, and essays. His earliest short stories were written in Russian and published by S. An Ski , one of whose literary… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KAGANOWSKI, EFRAIM — (1893–1958), Yiddish writer. Deeply influenced by Chekhov and Maupassant, his many stories of his native Warsaw, which appeared in the best Yiddish journals, had an international vogue and were collected in the jubilee edition Shriftn ( Works,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… … Encyclopedia of Judaism