Chaim Zhitlowsky

Japanese: ジトロウスキー(英語表記)Chaim Zhitlowsky
Chaim Zhitlowsky
1865‐1943
Jewish thinker. Born in Vitebsk, Russia, he settled in New York after 1908. He was passionate about reviving the Yiddish language and was a theoretical leader of socialist territorial nationalism of the Jewish diaspora. He wrote books such as Why Yiddish (1900) and The Development of Philosophy (1910), and was active in a wide range of fields, including lecturing, contributing articles, and organizational activities. In 1915, he joined the staff of the New York Yiddish daily newspaper The Day, where he discussed Kant, Faust, Job, and Einstein, and translated Nietzsche's Zarathustra into Yiddish.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
1865‐1943
ユダヤ人思想家。ロシアのビテプスクに生まれ,1908年以降ニューヨークに定住した。イディッシュ語の再生に情熱を傾け,離散ユダヤ人の社会主義的属地ナショナリズムの理論的指導者として,《なぜイディッシュ語か》(1900),《哲学の開発》(1910)等を著すとともに,講演,寄稿,組織活動に縦横に活躍した。15年ニューヨークのイディッシュ語日刊紙《ザ・デー》のスタッフとなり,カント,ファウスト,ヨブ,アインシュタインを論じ,またニーチェの《ツァラトゥストラ》をイディッシュ語に翻訳した。

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