Person · essayist and critic
Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport
Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport
A yeshiva student who became a prominent essayist and critic.
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... I remember Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport, who was
in my class at the yeshiva and who became a prominent
essayist and critic. He was more interested in secular
subjects than gemorah. Our rabbi had more trouble
from him than from any other student. This was espe-
cially irksome in light of his fine background: Rabbi
Mojsze Rapoport on his father’s side and the famed
Torah authority, Rabbi Jojnoson, on his mother’s.
With such a mind, how could it be that Szyele was not
at the head of the class? ...Connected nodes
Institution
Bialystok yeshiva
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Meir Fisz
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Rabbi Nochumke
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Rabbi Meir Szczedrowicki
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Institution
talmud torah
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Institution
Bialystok yeshiva
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Institution
Bialystoker Home in New York
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Rabbi Mojsze Rapoport
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Rabbi Jojnoson
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Rabbi Meir Rapoport
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Place
New York
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Szyele (Jehoszua) Rapoport → Bialystok yeshiva
who was in my class at the yeshiva