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David Ignatoff, the Glossary

David Ignatoff (15 October 1885 – 26 February 1954), born David Ignatovski, was a Russian-born American Yiddish author and playwright.^[1]

23 relations: Avant-garde, Brusyliv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Children's literature, Congress for Jewish Culture, Di Yunge, Gift book, Hasidic Judaism, HIAS, Internet Archive, Iskra, Jephthah, Kyiv, Literary magazine, Mount Carmel Cemetery (Queens), Nachman of Breslov, Online Books Page, PEN International, Revolutionary, Russian Empire, Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, Short story, Yiddish, Yiddishkayt (organization).
Yiddish-language dramatists and playwrights

Avant-garde

In the arts and in literature, the term avant-garde (from French meaning advance guard and vanguard) identifies an experimental genre, or work of art, and the artist who created it; which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable to the artistic establishment of the time.

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Brusyliv, Zhytomyr Oblast

Brusyliv (Брусилів; Брусилов, Brusilov) is a rural settlement in Zhytomyr Raion, in the eastern part of Zhytomyr Oblast in northern Ukraine.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.

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Congress for Jewish Culture

The Congress for Jewish Culture (also known as the World Congress for Jewish Culture or, in Yiddish, der Alveltlekher Yidisher Kultur-kongres) is a secular organization founded in 1948 to promote Yiddish culture throughout the world.

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Di Yunge

Di Yunge was the first major literary movement of Yiddish poetry in America.

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Gift book

Gift books, literary annuals, or keepsakes were 19th-century books, often lavishly decorated, which collected essays, short fiction, and poetry.

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Hasidic Judaism

Hasidism or Hasidic Judaism is a religious movement within Judaism that arose in the 18th century as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine before spreading rapidly throughout Eastern Europe.

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HIAS

HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Iskra

Iskra (Искра,, the Spark) was a fortnightly political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).

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Jephthah

Jephthah (pronounced; יִפְתָּח, Yīftāḥ) appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Literary magazine

A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense.

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Mount Carmel Cemetery (Queens)

Mount Carmel Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located within the Cemetery Belt in Queens, New York City that opened in 1906.

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Nachman of Breslov

Nachman of Breslov (רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב Rabbī Naḥmān mīBreslev), also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav and Reb Nachman Breslover (רבי נחמן ברעסלאווער Rebe Nakhmen Breslover), and Nachman from Uman (April 4, 1772 – October 16, 1810), was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement.

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Online Books Page

The Online Books Page is an index of e-text books available on the Internet.

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PEN International

PEN International (known as International PEN until 2010) is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere.

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Revolutionary

A revolutionary is a person who either participates in, or advocates for, a revolution.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP;, Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya (RSDRP)), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist political party founded in 1898 in Minsk (then in Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire, present-day Belarus).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ignatoff

Also known as David Ignatof, David Ignatovski, David Ignatovsky, Dovid Ignatoff.