Creator Bio
Salim Yitshak Nissim
1877–1950
A poet from Baghdad, Salim Yitshak Nissim was a Hebrew-language teacher and writer influenced by medieval Hebrew poetic conventions and moralistic genres. One of the contributors to the Hebrew- and Arabic-language journal Yeshurun (1921), Nissim called on Jews to honor their heritage while also adapting to cultural and political life in the diaspora.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Daughter of Babylon
Return to your ancient past
Aid your sister with education and culture
And people of Israel will once more be a nation.
Awake, daughter of Babylon, mother of knowledge
Take up in your hand the pen…