Micha Josef Berdyczewski
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Micha Josef Berdyczewski, surname also written Berdichevsky, and who adopted the surname Bin Gorion (1865–1921) was an Ukrainian-born Hebrew-language author, one of the pioneers of literature in modern Hebrew. The web site of the Gelman Library describes him as "the first Hebrew writer living in Berlin to be revered in the world of German letters". [1] He is especially known for his work with pre-modern Jewish myths and legends.
He was born in Medzibezh, the same town as the Ba'al Shem Tov. In 1890, he moved to Germany where he lived until his death in 1921.
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