Yiddish literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Yiddish language of Ashkenazic (Ashkenazi) Jewry (central and eastern European Jews and their descendants). Yiddish literature culminated in the period from 1864 to 1939, inspired … Universalium

DLUZHNOWSKY, MOSHE — (Moyshe Dluzhnovski; 1906–1977), Yiddish novelist. Dluzhnowsky was born in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. His traditional ḥeder education was supplemented by autodidactic study of secular subjects. After his literary debut in 1925, he published… … Encyclopedia of Judaism

FUCHS, ABRAHAM MOSHE — (Fuks; 1890–1974), Yiddish short story writer and journalist. Born in Ozerna, East Galicia (now Ukraine), Fuchs lived in Lemberg (Lvov), where he formed part of the literary group Yung Galitsye before immigrating to New York in 1912. During World … Encyclopedia of Judaism