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Alter Levin | |
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Born | Minsk, Russian Empire | 4 January 1883
Died | 4 October 1933 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine | (aged 50)
Resting place | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery |
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Language | Hebrew |
Alter Isaac Levin (Hebrew: אלתר יצחק לוין; 4 January 1883 – 4 October 1933), also known by the pen name Asaph ha-Levi (Hebrew: אסף הלוי), was a Hebrew-language writer and poet.
Born in Minsk, he immigrated to Ottoman Jerusalem (later Mandatory Palestine) in 1891,[1] studying there at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. During World War I he conducted espionage for the British.[2] He committed suicide in 1933.[1]
Publications
- Megillat Kedem le-Asaf ha-Levi Ish Yerushalayim (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Hotsaʼat Dekel. 1920.
- Shirei Am (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Defus Aḥdut. 1920.
References
- ^ a b Kressel, Getzel (2007). "Levin, Alter Isaac". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Derman, Ushi (May 20, 2019). "The Name Is Levin, Alter Levin: A Poet, an Insurance Agent – but Mainly a Spy". Museum of the Jewish People.
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