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Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (died 1917)

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Mendele Mocher Sforim

Belarusian-Ukrainian Jewish author

Mendele Mocher Sforim, born Sholem Yankev Abramovich or S. J. Abramowitch, was a Jewish author and one of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature. His name was variously transliterated as Moykher, Sfarim, Seforim, etc.
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January 2

Day of the year

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.
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