In the City of Slaughter
| In the City of Slaughter | |
|---|---|
| by Hayim Nahman Bialik | |
| Original title | בעיר ההרגה |
| Written | 1904 |
"In the City of Slaughter" (Hebrew: בעיר ההרגה) is a Hebrew poem written in 1904 by Hayim Nahman Bialik about the 1903 Kishinev pogrom.[1]
Max Dimont wrote that "Bialik's poem caused thousands of Jewish youths to cast off their pacifism and join the Russian underground to fight Czar and tyranny."[2] Steven Zipperstein wrote that the poem is considered "the most influential" if not "the finest" "Jewish poem written since medieval times."[3]
References[]
- ^ "Dependence days: In the shadow of Kishinev". The Jerusalem Post. May 4, 2014.
- ^ Max Dimont, Jews, God, and History, Simon and Schuster, 7th printing, 1962, p. 347
- ^ Zipperstein, Steven J. (2018). Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History. ISBN 9781631492709.
Categories:
- 1904 poems
- Hebrew-language literature
- Jewish poetry
- Kishinev pogrom