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Nili Mirsky
Nili Mirsky (; December 3, 1943 – January 30, 2018) was an Israelis, Israeli editor, translator from Russian language, Russian and German language, German into Hebrew, and held a Ph.D. in French literature, Russian literature, Russian, and German literature, German. She taught in the literature department at the Tel Aviv University. She received numerous awards for her work, including the Tchernichovsky Prize for translation in 1989 and the Israel Prize for literature, in the field of translation, in 2008. Biography Mirsky was born in Rehovot in 1943, the eldest daughter of Johanna Ilgovsky, originally from Lithuania, and Moshe Boleslavsky, and grew up in Tel Aviv. Her grandfather, Yehuda Boleslavsky, owned a Russian-language bookstore on Allenby Street, where she spent many hours as a child. She spoke only Russian with her grandmother, which helped her learn the language. In 1957, she completed her studies at "Shaul Tchernichovsky, Tchernichovsky" Elementary School in Tel Avi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehovot
Rehovot (, / ) is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, about south of Tel Aviv. In it had a population of . Etymology Israel Belkind, founder of the Bilu (movement), Bilu movement, proposed the name "Rehovot" () based on Book of Genesis, Genesis 26:22: "And he called the name of it ''Rehoboth''; and he said: 'For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land'." This Bible verse is also inscribed in the city's logo. The biblical town of ''Rehoboth (Bible), Rehoboth'' was located in the Negev, Negev Desert. History Rehovot was established in 1890 by pioneers of the First Aliyah on the coastal plain near a site called ''Khirbat Deiran'', an "abandoned or sparsely populated" estate, which now lies in the center of the built-up area of the city. According to Marom, Deiran offered "a convenient launching pad for early land purchase initiatives which shaped the pattern of Jewish settlement until the beginning of the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
