Creator Bio
A. Litai
1878–1952
Born Aaron Rabinowitz in the Gomel region (today in Belarus), A. Litai had a traditional religious education before studying at a Russian gymnasium. Embracing Hebraism and Zionism, Litai taught in Jewish schools in Odessa, was active in Hebrew literary societies, cofounded the Odessa Hebrew publishing house Juventus, and (under the names A. Litai and A. Ben-Moshe) wrote about Hebrew literature, Zionism, and Jewish culture in journals such as Voskhod, Ha-Shiloaḥ, Ha-Am, and Reshumot. After immigrating to Palestine in 1921, Litai worked as a writer and editor for Ha’aretz.
Content by A. Litai
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Intellectual Abstinence or Assimilation (Not Exactly a Letter to the Editor)
[ . . . ] I further wish to say: it is not sufficient that we worry ourselves with the young kids who will grow into goats—we must also be concerned with the mature goats who have already grown horns…
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From the Hebrew Stage in Jerusalem
Last Saturday night, the “Amateurs of the Hebrew Stage” in Jerusalem staged Molière’s comedy Harpagon [The Miser].1 A large and diverse audience of Jerusalemites filled the hall. It would seem that…