Yehuda Leib Katsnelson, (Russian: Лев (Иегуда Лейб Вениамин) Израилевич Каценельсон; 29 November 1846, (Hebrew Calendar 10 Kislev 5690),

Chernigov Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative ...

– 1917,

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

), also known by his pen name 'Buki Ben Yogli', was a

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, writer and publicist of

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Early life

Katznelson was born in November 1846 in

in the South-West

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(now in

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). He studied at the

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...

Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary, and began his medical study at the

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. During his studies he worked as a teacher of Hebrew for beginners at the Jewish school run by Eliezer Berman. In 1865, Katzenelson attended the government-sponsored rabbinical seminary in Zhitomir.

Career

After graduating, he served as a military physician in the Ottoman–Russian War (1877–78). At the end of the war, Katznelson settled in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. As a young man, he worked for Hebrew-language newspapers (e.g.''Today'', a Russian newspaper) as an editor and contributed to articles on scientific matters. He began to write about

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, drawing on the

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as relevant to modern medicine. These articles were assembled later in his book ''The Wisdom of the Talmud and Medicine''. Katznelson did not identify as a

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at the beginning of his public career, but supported Jewish Territorialists. He was eager to promote Jewish-owned agricultural advances wherever possible, especially in southern Russia and the Jewish colonies in

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.Nightingale
which was published in

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, (1894) In 1909, he visited the

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and toured Jewish settlements. This visit changed his opinion; he abandoned territorialism and began to support

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. After the resignation of Simon Dubnov, Katznelson was appointed to the main Iibrskyh encyclopedia. Katznelson taught Russian and lectured in

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, focusing on the settlement of the Land of Israel. Many of Katznelson's books were published outside of Russia. Katznelson Leib practiced medicine in St. Petersburg until his death in 1917. He was the author of a work on

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ic medicine; among other topics it analyzed the parallels between

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and biblical

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. Katznelson developed fame with the Jewish people.

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s on his life and works include those by David Frishman,

Jacob Fichman Jacob Fichman ( he, יעקב פיכמן) also transliterated as Yakov Fichman (25 November 1881 – 18 May 1958), was an acclaimed Hebrew language, Hebrew poet, essayist and literary critic. Biography Fichman was born in Bălți, Bessarabi ...

, Ben-Zion Katz, Menachem Ribolob and

Reuben Brainin Reuben ben Mordecai Brainin ( he, ראובן בריינין, translit=Reuven Brainin; March 16, 1862 – November 30, 1939) was a Russian Jewish publicist, biographer and literary critic. Biography Reuben Brainin was born in (now in Dubroŭn ...

, Messed Lachover and Israel Cohen.

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

named a street after him, using his literary pseudonym "Buki Ben Yogli".

Literary work

Nightingale
/ by Buki Ben Yogli, Warsaw: Achiassaf, 1894. (series' stories Buki Ben Yogli (for. Katznelson); booklet a) * ''Tales and Stories'' (with an introduction by

), New York:1918. * ''Il Katzanalsan complete works'', in three parts (published by Joseph Luria), St. Petersburg: Trs"h −1905. * ''What I was seeing and my ears heard Memoirs of my life'', Jerusalem: Bialik Institute,1947. * ''Mists of antiquity'': historical painting, Odessa: Achiassaf, Tra"b −1912. * ''Bone of organs'': some episodes in the Thought of Creation, St. Petersburg: Trm"h −1887. * ''Nightingale'': a selection of stories (together with its history written by

), Tel Aviv: Am Oved, Ts"d −1944. *
Medical Wisdom of the Talmud
', Berlin: The Life, −1928. *

'

References

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