Jewish Values: Doctor Esperanto and the language of hope
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Place of Publication:
New York
Publication Year:
2019
Number of Pages:
40 p.
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Growing up Jewish in Bialystok, Poland, in the late 1800s, young Leyzer Zamenhof was surrounded by languages: Russian, Yiddish, German, Polish, and many others. But the multiethnic Bialystok was full of mistrust and suspicion, and Leyzer couldn’t help but wonder: If everyone could understand each other, wouldn’t they be able to live in peace? So Zamenhof set out to create a new language, one that would be easy to learn and could connect people around the world. He published a book of his new language and signed it Dr. Esperanto — “one who hopes." A 2020 Sydney Taylor Notable Book Award for Picture Books.
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ISBN:
0763689157, 978-0763689155
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Yes
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