I would like to correct the following statement in this article:
"The first female author to write in Hebrew for children in Russia was Sarah Foner, born in Lithuania (1855), whose books were arcane, didactic, moralistic and of little literary value. In 1910 Foner emigrated to the United States, where she died in 1937."
Missing from this statement is the following information:
The editor of Shacharut was the renowned educator Zevi Scharfstein, who found value in Foner's story, and wrote a blurb about her contribution to Hebrew education in New York in the early 20th Century.
I would like to correct the following statement in this article:
"The first female author to write in Hebrew for children in Russia was Sarah Foner, born in Lithuania (1855), whose books were arcane, didactic, moralistic and of little literary value. In 1910 Foner emigrated to the United States, where she died in 1937."
Missing from this statement is the following information:
Sarah Foner wrote the children's story "Memories of my Youth" (ÌÑ_ÌÑÛÒÌÑÛ¼ÌÑå¬ÌÑÛ¢ÌÑåÊÌÑÛ¢ÌÑå» ÌÑã¢ÌÑ_ÌÑ㢠ÌÑåÊÌÑå¢ÌÑÛ¢ÌÑå¬ÌÑã¢) which was published in the Children's magazine "Shacharut" (ÌÑå©ÌÑÛÓÌÑå¬ÌÑÛ¢ÌÑå») in 1919. It is an autobiographical story where Foner relates how she learned Hebrew, as well the Tanakh and the Talmud, in Zager, Lithuania in the early 1860's.
The editor of Shacharut was the renowned educator Zevi Scharfstein, who found value in Foner's story, and wrote a blurb about her contribution to Hebrew education in New York in the early 20th Century.