EISMANN, MOSES

EISMANN, MOSES (1847–1893), Hebrew journalist. Born in Tivrov, he began his literary activity in 1870 with an article in Ha-Meliẓ, concerning government-appointed rabbis. In Bi-Fero'a Pera'ot be-Yisrael (1882), he argued that there was only one solution to the "Jewish Question" – the Jewish settlement of Palestine, which in the course of time would become the home of all the scattered Jews. This was also the subject of his pamphlet Inyanei ha-Yehudim: She'elat ha-Yeẓi'ah ("Concerning Jewish Affairs: the Emigration Question," Jerusalem, 1887). In 1890 he participated in the founding convention of Ḥovevei Zion in Odessa. He wrote Yiddish articles in Der Veker, edited by lilienblum , as well as in other publications. He also wrote articles in Russian under a pseudonym. His brother, DAVID EISMANN (1869–1922), wrote stories in Russian, published in seven volumes in 1911, dealing mainly with the Jewish intelligentsia, exposed to the cultural environment of Russian society. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Z. Scharfstein, in: Moznayim, 43 (1964/65), 184–7; Waxman, Literature, 4 (19602), 403–4. (Baruch Shohetman)