Mordekhai Tsevi Zafran
1869–1936 (age 67)
Biography
Mordekhai Tsevi Zafran, born in 1869, threaded his ideas through the written word, contributing to the burgeoning corpus of Hebrew literature at the turn of the century. He sought to capture the rhythms of daily life and the yearning for spiritual elevation in his prose.
Generations still find resonance in his thoughtful stories, which bear witness to a people striving for dignity and meaning.