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Hayyim Nahman Bialik

The Jewish Writer Who Made a Name for Himself in Both Yiddish and Hebrew

Zalman Shneour.

Mikhail Krutikov
May 13 2020 12:01AM

How the "Jewish National Poet" Revitalized an Ancient Literary Form

The great Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik’s “Scroll of Orpah” retells the story of the book of Ruth from another perspective.

Atar Hadari
June 7 2019 12:01AM

One of the Greatest Contemporary Scholars of Islam Was a Lover of Hebrew

Bernard Lewis and Bialik.

Martin Kramer
June 1 2018 12:01AM

How S.Y. Agnon’s Fiction Captured the Jewish Spirit

The last Hebrew classic?

Jeffrey Saks
May 7 2018 12:01AM

The Kishinev Pogrom, Jewish Passivity, and Jewish Self-Defense

When Jews did fight back in 1903, anti-Semites blamed them for instigating violence.

Steven Zipperstein
April 9 2018 12:01AM

The Complex Greatness of the Jewish National Poet, Part Three

Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik’s faith in a Zionist-led Hebrew renaissance never faltered; nor did his labors on its behalf. Yet he also became, so he felt, Zionism’s prisoner.

Hillel Halkin
Aug. 31 2017 12:01AM

The Complex Greatness of the Jewish National Poet, Part Two

Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik was called upon by his contemporaries to play the role of a prophet. By consenting, he believed he had betrayed both his talent and his true calling.

Hillel Halkin
Aug. 30 2017 12:01AM