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WIENER/JEWISH LITERARY ANNIVERSARIES, 1990
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which later became the Anglo-Palestine Bank, now Bank Leumi
le-Yisrael. He helped marshal the capital for the settlements. In
an autobiography and other writings he presented a vivid picture
o f this pioneering venture.
J
a c o b
M
a n n
.
50th anniversary o f death. Born in Przemysl, Galicia,
in 1888, died in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 23, 1940. From 1908
he studied in England, graduating from the University o f London
and being ordained at Jews’ College. Beginning with 1922 he was
professor o f Jewish history and Talmud at the Hebrew Union Col
lege in Cincinnati. In his scholarly work he utilized the Cairo Ge-
nizah, Hebrew and Arabic manuscripts found in a Cairo syna
gogue, dating back to the 12th century. His works include
The
Responsa o f the Babylonian Geonim as a Source o f Jewish History
(1916-20, 1973),
The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fatimid
Caliphs
(1920, 1970), and
The Bible as Read and Preached in the Old
Synagogue
(1940, 1971).
A
h a r o n
M
e g g e d
.
70th birthday. Born in Wloclavek, Poland, August
8
, 1920. Coming to Palestine as a child, he was for many years
member o f a kibbutz, before settling in Tel Aviv as a writer and
editor o f a literary supplement to a daily newspaper. Several o f
his novels deal with the disillusionment o f the Israelis as the Zionist
ideal confronts an unflattering reality. His protagonists are often
anti-heroes. In English translation there have appeared:
Hedvah
and I, a Play
(1957),
The First Sin
(196?),
Fortunes of a Fool
(1962),
Living on the Dead
(1970),
The Short Life
(1980), and
Asahel
(1982).
S
olomon
M
ikhoels
. 100th anniversary o f birth. Born in Dvinsk, Rus
sia, March 4 or 17, 1890, died in Minsk, Russia in 1948. An actor
on the Yiddish stage in Moscow, he headed the Moscow Jewish
State Theater. His performances o f dramatizations o f the Yiddish
classics were highly acclaimed. A very notable performance was
that as King Lear. His death, officially described as an accident,
was apparently engineered by the Soviet authorities.
R
a c h e l
M
o r p u r g o
.
200th anniversary o f birth. Born in Trieste, Italy,
April 6, 1790, died there in 1871. A relative and friend o f Samuel
David Luzzatto, the outstanding 19th-century Italian Jewish schol
ar, she promoted the revival o f the Hebrew language and wrote
a number o f poems in Hebrew which were published posthumous
ly-
Dov
N
o y
.
70th birthday. Born in Kolomea, Galicia, now Ukraine, Oc
tober 20, 1920. In Palestine since 1938, he graduated from the
Hebrew University and received his Ph.D. degree from the Uni
versity o f Indiana, specializing in folklore. He has been chairman
o f the department o f Hebrew literature at his alma mater and
founded the Haifa Museum o f Ethnography and Folklore, under