Meir Letteris

Polish-Jewish author

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Meir Letteris was a Polish-Jewish author known for writing biblical plays. He was part of the Haskala movement, which aimed for westernization and revered Hebrew and medieval Jewish literature. This movement emerged in the 18th century, influenced by European Enlightenment ideas, and sought to modernize Jewish culture and language.1

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Hebrew literature
Beginnings of the Haskala movement
One poet, Meir Letteris, and one dramatist, Naḥman Isaac Fischman, wrote biblical plays.
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One poet, Meir Letteris, and one dramatist, Naḥman Isaac Fischman, wrote biblical plays.
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