His stay in Berlin interested him in the romantic movement in 19th-century German literature.
Starting in 1923, Liptzin taught at City College.[2] From 1943 to 1958[3] he served as the chairman of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies. He convinced college officials that Yiddish is a Germanic language laced with Hebrew and Russian, and that it should be taught as such in college.[2]
He was active in Jewish affairs and was the honorary president of the Jewish Book Council of America, the editor of the Jewish Book Annual (1953–1956), departmental editor for German literature in the Encyclopaedia Judaica,[3] the National Chairman of the Jewish State Zionists of America, the Academic Secretary of YIVO, and President of the College Yiddish Association.[4] He was a visiting professor at Yeshiva University from 1929 to 1940.
In 1962, he moved to Israel, where he taught at Tel Aviv University (1962–1963) and the Technion (1962–1966),[3] where he founded the humanities program.
^Bakon, Shimon (Summer 1991). "Editorial Tribute in Honor of Professor Sol Liptzin" (PDF). Jewish Bible Quarterly. XIX (4).
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liptzin, july, 1901, november, 1995, scholar, writer, educator, yiddish, german, literature, solomon, liptzinborn, 1901, july, 1901, sataniv, russian, empire, ukraine, diednovember, 1995, 1995, aged, jerusalemlanguagemostly, englishalma, matercity, college, yo. Sol Liptzin July 27 1901 November 15 1995 was a scholar writer and educator in Yiddish and German literature Solomon LiptzinBorn 1901 07 27 July 27 1901 1 Sataniv Russian Empire now Ukraine DiedNovember 15 1995 1995 11 15 aged 94 JerusalemLanguageMostly EnglishAlma materCity College of New York Columbia UniversitySubjectYiddish literature German literatureSpouseAnna Ohrenstein LiptzinChildrenYelva L Lynfield Karen Sitton 2 Life editLiptzin was born in Sataniv Russian Empire and moved to New York at the age of nine He graduated from City College of New York and did postgraduate work at the University of Berlin He earned a master s degree and Ph D at Columbia University His doctoral advisor was Robert Herndon Fife His stay in Berlin interested him in the romantic movement in 19th century German literature Starting in 1923 Liptzin taught at City College 2 From 1943 to 1958 3 he served as the chairman of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies He convinced college officials that Yiddish is a Germanic language laced with Hebrew and Russian and that it should be taught as such in college 2 He was active in Jewish affairs and was the honorary president of the Jewish Book Council of America the editor of the Jewish Book Annual 1953 1956 departmental editor for German literature in the Encyclopaedia Judaica 3 the National Chairman of the Jewish State Zionists of America the Academic Secretary of YIVO and President of the College Yiddish Association 4 He was a visiting professor at Yeshiva University from 1929 to 1940 In 1962 he moved to Israel where he taught at Tel Aviv University 1962 1963 and the Technion 1962 1966 3 where he founded the humanities program He was a founder of Bar Ilan University and the Jerusalem University College and taught at both He died on 15 November 1995 in a hospital in Jerusalem 2 Bibliography editShelley in Germany 1924 Lyric Pioneers of Modern Germany 1928 3 Arthur Schnitzler Studies in Austrian Literature Culture and Thought 1932 Historical Survey of German Literature 1936 2 Richard Beer Hofmann 1936 3 Germany s Stepchildren 1944 2 Stories from Peretz 1947 Eliakum Zunser Poet of His People The English Legend of Heinrich Heine 1954 The Flowering of Yiddish Literature 1963 The Jew in American Literature 1966 The Maturing of Yiddish Literature 1970 3 A History of Yiddish Literature 1972 Biblical Themes in World Literature 1985 2 References edit Social Security Death Index Sol Liptzin a b c d e f g Saxon Wolfgang 18 November 1995 Solomon Liptzin 94 Educator And Advocate of Yiddish Study New York Times Retrieved 7 November 2011 a b c d e f Liptzin Sol Encyclopaedia Judaica Jewish Virtual Library Retrieved 7 November 2011 Bakon Shimon Summer 1991 Editorial Tribute in Honor of Professor Sol Liptzin PDF Jewish Bible Quarterly XIX 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sol Liptzin amp oldid 1138238068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
