Luaḥ ha-peʻalim is a book of Hebrew grammar written by Judah Leib Ben Ze'ev (1764-1811), who was the first Jewish scholar to apply Western research methods to the study of Hebrew. Born near Cracow, Ben Ze'ev received a traditional Jewish…
W.H. Auden Honored, The New York Times, October 20, 1983. Thirteen poets gathered at the Guggenheim Museum to honor W. H. Auden and his work. May Swenson was among them.
Zimrat ha-arets is detailed account of the resettlement of Jews in Tiberias in the eighteenth century and the many miracles done at that time. It was written by R. Jacob ben Hayyim Berab (Beirav), a poet and hymnologist. Berab was born in Safed and…