Background
Mosessohn was born in Kovno (Kaunas).
Mosessohn was born in Kovno (Kaunas).
She then translated German novels into Hebrew, her first attempt being a translation of Philippson"s Der Flüchtling aus Jerusalem (in manuscript). Family troubles, however, prevented her from devoting herself entirely to this class of work, and only one book of hers was published, namely, Ha-Yehudim be-Angliya, i. (Warsaw, 1869), a translation in pure and elegant Hebrew of Francolm"s Die Juden und die Kreuzfahrer.
Carole B. Balin, markel-mosessohn-miriam.