Multilingual poster advertising a reading

Evening of readings by Hebrew poet Elisheva

Vilna, Poland, 1932. Poster for an appearance

Polish/Hebrew/Yiddish poster advertising an evening of readings organized by the Hebrew culture organization, Tarbut. Participating are the Hebrew poet Elisheva Bikhhowsky Dr. Y. Regensburg, Sh. L. Cytron, and Dr. D. Niger. Bikhhowsky was a convert to Judaism who became a prominent Hebrew poet and writer. She immigrated with her husband to Palestine in 1925. This appearance took place on a trip back to Europe in 1932. During the trip, her husband died in Kiev.

 

Digitization of this artifact has been made possible by the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections project.