About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Ephraim Deinard, Azila Talit Reisenberger, S. Yizhar, Joseph Caspi, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Salman Masalha, Abraham Dob Bar Lebensohn, Anton Shammas, Yigal Mossinson, Eliyahu Kitov, Joseph Perl, Simhah Pinsker, Isaac Erter, Isaac Abraham Euchel, Judah Leib Gordon, Herz Homberg, Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai, Solomon Ettinger, Joseph ben Isaac Bekhor Shor, Simcha Lieberman, Shlomo Dykman, Reuben Brainin, Ben Sira, Avrom Ber Gotlober, Micah Joseph Lebensohn, Miriam Akavia, Hermann Wassertrilling, Joseph Bergel, Elazar ben Moshe Azikri, Alexander Ziskind Maimon, Miriam Mosessohn, Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi, David Caro, Eliezer Dob Liebermann, Joshua Lewinsohn, Zachariah Carpi, Israel Orenstein, Judah Kala, Frat Maimon, Avigdor Hameiri. Excerpt: Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930) was one of the greatest Hebrew "bookmen" of all time. He was a bookseller, bibliographer, publicist, polemicist, historian, memoirist, author, editor, and publisher, all rolled into one. Deinard produced some 70 volumes whose subjects range from Jewish history and antiquities (especially of the Crimea, Russia, America, and The Holy Land), to treatises against Hasidism, Christianity, and Communism, parodies, medieval and modern Hebrew literature, Jewish religion, and especially booklore. Deinard's antiquarian activities, which involved constant travel throughout Europe, the Orient, and America, gave him a unique acquaintance with scholars, private collectors, fellow booksellers, and libraries. He came into contact and conflict with numerous Hebrew writers and Jewish communal and political figures. His wide-ranging knowledge and experience are fully reflected in his own voluminous writings, mostly in Hebrew, produced over more than half a century. His scope of interests, the intensity of his sentiments, the acerbity of his remarks, all coupled with his bibli...
