Israel Orenstein Explained
Israel Orenstein (; 19 May 1831 – 1905) was a Ukrainian-born Jewish novelist.
He was born in the Polodian town of Yampol, Podolian Governorate. At the age of twenty-one he went to Romania, where he published (1870) his first novel in Hebrew, Bet Ya'akov; o, dim'at 'ashukim. He subsequently published the Yiddish novels Arbe aves nezikin, Dos shlekhte kind, Eyts ha-daas, Khizoyen yisroel; oder, khibet hakeyver, Di geheymnisse der Yassyer gemeynde, and Di genarte velt.
Bibliography
- Book: Bet Ya'akov; o, dim'at 'ashukim. The House of Israel; or, Tears of the Oppressed. 1870. he.
- Book: Arbe aves nezikin. Damages of Four Fathers. yi.
- Book: Dos shlekhte kind. The Evil Child. yi.
- Book: Khizoyen Yisroel; oder, khibet hakeyver. Israel's Prophetic Vision; or, Punishment after Death. yi.
- Book: A vol yingl khlebin. A Decent Lad, Really. Lemberg. 1882. yi.
- Book: Ferdorbinim daytsh. Depraved German. Lemberg. 1882. yi. Jacob Ehrenpreis.
- Book: Eyts ha-daas; oder, di tsivilizatsyon. The Tree of Knowledge; or, Civilization. 1883. Jassy. W. Leinwand. yi.
- Book: Di geheymnisse der Yassyer gemeynde. The Secret of the Jassy Community. 1888. Jassy. W. Leinwand. yi.
- Book: Rayones Yisroel; oder, di genarte velt . Jewish Imagination; or The Disappointed World. Jassy. W. Leinwand. 1893. yi.
- Book: Gilgl shoykhed; oder, der Mitsraim hund. Transformation of Graft; or, The Dog of Egypt. W. Leinwand. 1906. Jassy. yi.
