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Tag: Russian Jewish Intelligentsia
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The Jewish Critic and the Devil’s Point of View
Ruth R. Wisse
in
Jewish Review of Books
· 21 Mar 2018
Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh, known as Mendele Mokher Seforim, is a key figure in modern Yiddish literature, often using his alter ego Mendele to critique Jewish society in the Pale of Settlement.