2/25 | Birthday of Jacob Mestel
Today in Yiddishkayt… February 25 Birthday of Jacob Mestel, Actor and Writer Jacob Mestel was born in Złoczów, Galicia (today Золочів, Ukraine) on February 25, 1884. He worked briefly as a teacher and studied philosophy at the University of Lemberg. Mestel began his writing career in 1903 by publishing critical essays in װארהייט (Truth). Beginning in 1906 he published poems in the Lemberg טאָגבלאַט (Daily), יידישע פֿאָלקסקאַלענדאַר (Jewish Popular Calendar), and other European publications. He later moved to Vienna and graduated...
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Today in Yiddishkayt… February 21 Birthday of Maurycy Gottlieb, Polish Jewish artist Maurycy Gottlieb was born on February 21, 1856 in Drohobycz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (today: Дрогобич, Ukraine). Gottlieb’s artistic talent was strongly encouraged by his family. Of the 11 siblings, three other brothers became artists as well. Gottlieb studied at Vienna Fine Arts Academy, and later under Jan Matejko in Kraków. He spent several yeas in Norway before returning to Vienna to search for his Jewish roots and pursue his career as an artist. He was perhaps the first Polish...
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