Israel Benjamin Levner

Israel Benjamin Levner (Hebrew: ישראל בנימין לֶבְנֶר, Russian: Израиль Беньямин Левнер; August 1862 – December 1916) was a Hebrew writer and translator. He is best known for his literature for children.[1]

Israel Benjamin Levner
BornAugust 1862 (1862-08)
Trudolyubovka, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedDecember 1916 (1917-01) (aged 54)
LanguageHebrew
Notable worksKol aggadot Yisrael (1895)

Selected bibliography

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  • Reʻa ha-yeladim: ḥubar le-toʻelet yalde Yisraʼel. Yekaterinoslav: Kh. G. Fishkina. 1895.
  • Kol aggadot Yisrael [All the Jewish Legends]. Pietrkov: Hotsaʾat Tushiyah. 1898 [1895]. Translated into English as The Legends of Israel (J. Clarke, 1946).
  • Cooper, James Fenimore (1896). Ha-Mohikani ha-aharon [The Last of the Mohicans]. Li-vene ha-neʻurim ;2 ;Li-neʻurim ;6-10. Warsaw: Ha-aḥim Shuldberg ve-shutafam. hdl:2027/hvd.hwmr3a.
  • Tzeḥok sefatayim: sipur agadah le-yeladim. Warsaw: Hotsaʾat Tushiyah. 1903.
  • Siḥat shnei shivrei zekhukhit. Warsaw: Hotsaʾat Tushiyah. 1904.
  • Shulḥan Arukh: dine Yisraʼel u-minhagav le-khol yeme ha-shanah. Vilna: Rozenkrantz & Shriftzetzfer. 1906. hdl:2027/hvd.hwmhar.
  • Ein Ya'akov. Warsaw: Hotsaʾat Tushiyah. 1909. hdl:2027/ien.35556036275345.
  • Bar-Kokhba: sipur histori mi-yeme harisut Betar. Warsaw: Tzentral. 1923.

References

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  1. ^ Kressel, Getzel (2007). "Levner, Israel Benjamin". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.