Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Back to the city of slaughter.
The Library of Congress’s Hebraic Section has digitized an array of rare children’s books.
The perils of forgetting—and misremembering.
Zalman Shneour.
The great Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik’s “Scroll of Orpah” retells the story of the book of Ruth from another perspective.
Bernard Lewis and Bialik.
The last Hebrew classic?
When Jews did fight back in 1903, anti-Semites blamed them for instigating violence.
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.
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.