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Rukhl Fishman
Rukhl Fishman, () also spelled Rokhl Fishman (10 June 1935 – 26 August 1984) was an Israeli poet who wrote in Yiddish. In 1978, she received the Itzik Manger Prize. Early life Rukhl Fishman was born on 10 June, 1935 in Philadelphia, to Jewish activists Sonia and Aaron Fishman. Her brother was the sociolinguist Joshua Fishman. In the years 1941–1949, she went with her brother to a secular Jewish camp in Camp Boiberik, Boiberik, and belonged to the Zionist youth organization Hashomer Hatzair. Within the organization's structures, she met her future husband, mathematician and musician . At the age of 19, Fishman went to Israel with her husband. The couple settled in kibbutz Beit Alfa, where Fishman worked and wrote poetry. Her neighbor and friend was Sore Shabes. Career Fishman started writing poems at a young age, under the supervision of Malka Heifetz Tussman; the mentor's influence can be seen in Fishman's passion for wordplay and the rare use of rhyme. In Israel she joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
