Isaak Suwalski
Isaak Suwalski | |
|---|---|
| Born | Isaak ben Samson Suwalski (1863-03-16)16 March 1863 |
| Died | 19 May 1913(1913-05-19) (aged 50) London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer, editor, publisher |
| Language | Hebrew |
Isaak Suwalski (Hebrew: יצחק סובאלסקי; 16 March 1863 – 19 May 1913) was a Hebrew-language writer, editor, and publisher active in Poland and the United Kingdom.
Biography
Suwalski was born in 1863 in Kolno, in the Łomża province of Congress Poland. He received a traditional Jewish education and began writing at a young age. From 1881, he contributed articles to several Hebrew newspapers, including Ha-Levanon, Ha-Tzefira, and Ha-Melitz.[1][2]
In 1889, Suwalski published Ḥayye ha-Yehudi ʿal pi ha-Talmud, on the way of life and moral duties of the Jew according to Talmudic principles, arranged by subjects with references from the Talmud and Midrashim.[3] The work was published in several editions, and translated into German and Danish.[1]
Between 1890 and 1891, he edited and published in Warsaw the multi-volume Hebrew literary anthology Keneset ha-Gedolah. This collection included rabbinic and Talmudic essays, literary notes, poetry, and works of fiction by several writers.[3]
In 1895, Suwalski emigrated to London, where he settled in the East End and became active in Jewish cultural and communal life. In 1897, he founded the Hebrew weekly Ha-Yehudi, which he produced until his death in 1913. Suwalski was President of the Zionist National League, which in 1899 voted to affiliate with the English Zionist Federation.[1][2]
Selected publications
- Ḥayye ha-Yehudi ʿal pi ha-Talmud [The Life of the Jew According to the Talmud]. Warsaw. 1889.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Ethical compendium of Talmudic teachings. - Keneset ha-Gedolah [The Great Assembly]. Warsaw. 1890–1891.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Four-volume anthology of rabbinic and literary writings. - Ha-Yehudi [The Jew]. London. 1897–1913.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Hebrew weekly periodical founded and edited by Suwalski.
References
- ^ abcSlutsky, Yehuda (2007). "Suwalski, Isaak". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ abRubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). "Suwalski, Isaak ben Samson". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 971. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
- ^ abZeitlin, William (1890). Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. pp. 390–391.
