Creator Bio
Jacob Mazeh
1859–1924
Jacob Mazeh was born in Mogilev, Belorussia, to an observant family and studied at Moscow University. He wrote for Ha-Melits and founded the Bene Tsiyon society in Moscow, and also visited Palestine. Mazeh was appointed state rabbi of Moscow in 1893. He publicly defended Mendel Beilis during the 1913 blood-libel trial. Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Mazeh remained dedicated to Zionism and the Hebrew language.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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A Conversation with Gorky
On Sunday, 6 Tammuz, 5681 [July 12, 1921], I visited the author Maxim Gorky [ . . . ] and I told him the alarming news that had come to me from various cities about the horrible pogroms that had…
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Lunacharsky and Hebrew
During the summer of 5679 [1919] the government suddenly stopped supporting Tarbut and its schools, and after regaining our composure, we decided to address [Anatoly] Lunacharsky regarding this…