On This Day in Jewish History: January 9, 1873

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#onthisday, 1873, Chaim Nachman Bialik, one of the great icons of Hebrew, Jewish and Israeli literature is born.

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Famous for his piece on the horrific 1903 Kishinev Pogrom, In the City of Slaughter, where he critized the Jewish population for not defending themselves. The poem would be a rallying cry for the Zionist push for self-determination – one that Bialik would champion all of his adult life.

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