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A landsmanshaft (Yiddish: לאַנדסמאַנשאַפט, also landsmanschaft; plural: landsmans(c)haftn or landsmans(c)hafts) is a mutual aid society, benefit society, or hometown society of Jewish immigrants from the same European town or region.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. [1] The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the fledgling State of Israel was destroyed in 1948.
In the 2007 novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon, the protagonist, Detective Landsman's case involves the murder victim who may have been the Tzadik Ha-dor. The 2007 novel The Book of Names by Jill Gregory and Karen Tintori is a thriller based on the actual principles of the Kabbalah, which teaches that the world's existence ...
Landsman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Landsman (born 1959), South African-born female novelist; Greg Landsman (born 1976), American politician; Jay Landsman, homicide detective and actor from Baltimore, USA; Keren Landsman (born 1977), Israeli epidemiologist and science-fiction writer.
Arthur Cantor was born to parents Samuel S. Cantor, who was a salesman, and Lillian Cantor, who was a landsman. [1] Having been raised in the Mattapan section of Boston, Cantor had his first theatre experience as a 4-year-old, when he attended a production at the local Yiddish playhouse. [2]
Landsman, 47, of Mount Washington, is seeking reelection to a second term in the United States House of Representatives. He is a former public school teacher, nonprofit leader and Cincinnati City ...
Landman is a Dutch surname, meaning "country man", "farmer". [1] Notable people with the surname include: Ada Louise Landman Huxtable (1921–2013), American architecture critic, niece of Isaac
Several prominent Yiddish authors also emerged in this time, transforming the perception of Yiddish from a "jargon" of no literary value into an accepted artistic language. Mendele Mocher Sforim , Sholem Aleichem , and I.L. Peretz are now seen as the basis for classic Yiddish fiction and are thereby highly influential in the Yiddishist movement.