Israel Davidson
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1870 – 1939
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Who was Israel Davidson?
Israel Davidson was an American Jewish writer and publisher and has been recognized as one of the leading American Hebrew writers in his era. His magnum opus was the four volume Otsar ha-shirah veha-piyut = Thesaurus of Mediaeval Hebrew Poetry.
Davidson studied in yeshivas in Jonava, Volozhin, and Slobodka. In 1898, he emigrated to New York, worked at a few occupations before earning a Ph.D from Columbia University.
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- Born
- 1870
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Education
- Columbia University
- Died
- 1939
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on July 23, 2013
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