Israel Isidor Elyashev was a Jewish neurologist and the first Yiddish literary critic.
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Israel Isidor Elyashev was a Jewish neurologist and the first Yiddish literary critic. He introduced the world to the works of the great contemporary Yiddish classical writers: Sholem Rabinovich, better known as Sholem Aleichem, Mendele Mocher Sefarim, Isaac Leib Peretz and Nachum Sokolov; along with modern Hebrew writers including Chaim Nachman Bialik, and Sholem Asch, among several others.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1871 to 1924 · aged 52
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