(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Mordecai David Brandstadter, Hebrew writer and one of the pioneers of the Haskalah movement in Galicia, died here today at the age of 94.
Brandstadter was the author of numerous satiric poems, short stories and novels written in Hebrew. He was a close collaborator of Peretz Smolenskin and the Hebrew poet, Jehudah Leib Gordon.
Reporting the stories that define our era. When history unfolds in real-time, the Jewish world turns to JTA. Your support ensures we can document the complexities of war and the resilience of Jewish communities with integrity.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
