Esperanto

The Jewish Roots of the Universal Language

Esperanto’s greatest enthusiasts were Jews, and its greatest enemies anti-Semites.

James R. Russell
Feb. 11 2022 12:01AM

The Founder of Esperanto and the Dangerous Allure of Jewish Universalism

Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof.

Saul Jay Singer
March 18 2020 12:01AM

How Secret Hebrew Lessons Turned a Soviet Jew into a Leader of the Refusenik Movement

With the help of an “Esperanto” club.

Yosef Begun
Oct. 3 2019 12:01AM

The (Not-So) Jewish Roots of Esperanto

Created by an East European Jew disillusioned with Zionism and Hebrew, the language was meant to unite humanity in a spirit of brotherhood.

Philologos
Dec. 7 2016 12:01AM