Aaron ben Tzvi Jonathanson (Yiddish: אהרן בן צבי יאָנאַטהאַנזאָהן; c. 1815 – 27 July 1868, Kovno) was a Russian Hebrew writer and poet. He worked as a teacher in Vilna until about 1859, when he settled to Yanova. He corresponded with Isaac Erter; and Judah Leib Gordon, who was one of his pupils, remembered him with great affection and thought well of his poetry.[1] Jonathanson was the author of Klei Shir, a collection of poems and epigrams.[2]
Aaron Jonathanson was the great-great-grandson of Jonathan Eybeschutz. His son, Jonas Jonathanson, was a contributor to the Yiddish periodical press in New York City under the pen name "Kal va-Ḥomer".[3]
References
editThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Jonathanson, Aaron b. Ẓebi". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 238.
- ^ Rosenthal, Herman; Wiernik, Peter (1904). "Jonathanson, Aaron b. Ẓebi". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 238.
- ^ Jonathanson, Aron (1864). Klei Shir. Vilna: Fin-Rozenkrants. hdl:2027/uc1.a0001377340. OCLC 320072377.
- ^ "Biographical Sketches of Jews Prominent in the Professions, etc., in the United States". The American Jewish Year Book. 6: 52–213. 1904. JSTOR 23600100.