Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ukrainian -born hebrew-language author”. Today it says “podolian jewish writer of hebrew”.
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski , surname also written Berdichevsky , and who adopted the surname Bin Gorion ( 1865 – 1921 ) was an Ukrainian -born Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of literature in modern Hebrew.1The web site of the Gelman Library describes him as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters". [1] He is especially known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends .2He was born in Medzibezh , the same town as the Ba'al Shem Tov . In 1890, he moved to Germany where he lived until his death in 1921.3
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski ( Hebrew מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי), or Mikhah Yosef Bin-Gorion (August 7, 1865—November 18, 1921) (surname also written Berdichevsky ) was a Ukrainian-born writer of Hebrew, a journalist, and a scholar.He appealed for the Jews to change their way of thinking, freeing themselves from dogmas ruling the Jewish religion, tradition and history, but is also known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends .He wrote in Hebrew , Yiddish and German and has been described as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters".
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski ( Hebrew מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי), or Mikhah Yosef Bin-Gorion (August 7, 1865 – November 18, 1921) (surname also written Berdichevsky ), was a Ukrainian-born writer of Hebrew, a journalist, and a scholar. He appealed for the Jews to change their way of thinking, freeing themselves from dogmas ruling the Jewish religion, tradition and history, but is also known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends . He wrote in Hebrew , Yiddish and German and has been described as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters".
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski ( ), or Mikhah Yosef Bin-Gorion (August 7, 1865 – November 18, 1921) (surname also written Berdichevsky ), was a Little Russian -born writer of Hebrew, a journalist, and a scholar. He appealed for the Jews to change their way of thinking, freeing themselves from dogmas ruling the Jewish religion, tradition and history, but is also known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends . He wrote in Hebrew , Yiddish and German and has been described as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters".
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Ukrainian Jewish writer Micha Josef Berdyczewski ( ), or Mikhah Yosef Bin-Gorion (August 7, 1865 – November 18, 1921) (surname also written Berdichevsky ), was a Ukraine -born writer of Hebrew, a journalist, and a scholar. He appealed for the Jews to change their way of thinking, freeing themselves from dogmas ruling the Jewish religion, tradition and history, but is also known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends . He wrote in Hebrew , Yiddish and German and has been described as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters".
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Ukrainian Jewish writer Micha Josef Berdyczewski ( Hebrew : מיכה יוסף ברדיצ'בסקי ), or Mikhah Yosef Bin-Gorion (7 August 1865 – 18 November 1921) (surname also written Berdichevsky ), was a Podolian Jewish writer of Hebrew, a journalist, and a scholar. He appealed for the Jews to change their way of thinking, freeing themselves from dogmas ruling the Jewish religion, tradition and history, but is also known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends . He wrote in Hebrew , Yiddish and German and has been described as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters".
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ukrainian -born hebrew-language author
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podolian jewish writer of hebrew
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