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20: 139:, Am Olam saw a Jewish future in the United States. In 1882, Harkavy emigrated to the United States but did not succeed in joining or establishing an agricultural entity, finding himself in search of a living. 480: 231:
show that its vocabulary is as ample as that of the average modern language, and that, if lacking in technical terms, it is richer in idiomatic and characteristic expressions.
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Jonathan D. Sarna, "Our Distant Brethren" - Alexander Harkavy On Montreal Jews - 1888 (engl.), in: Canadian Jewish Historical Society - Journal Vol. 7 no 2, S. 59-61
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and back in New York in 1890. During these years of wandering Harkavy studied, taught, and published his first journalistic and scholarly compositions. In
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Alexander Harkavy, The Jews in Canada, Montreal 1887; reprinted in: Canadian Jewish Historical Society - Journal Vol. 7 no 2, S. 59-61
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Alexander Harkavy was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for
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Yiddish-English (6th edition), English-Yiddish (11th edition) Dictionary (1910)
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Harkavy also worked on translating Scripture into English, starting with
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pocket editions of English-Jewish and Jewish-English dictionaries;
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The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures According to the
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Alexander Harkavy in Jewish Encyclopedia on the Web (Russian)
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Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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Among Alexander Harkavy's most important works are:
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Harkavy published in lithograph form one issue of a
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Navahrudak
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pogroms in the Russian Empire
Am Olam
back-to-the-land movement
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