Itzig

"Is his name Itzig?" mumbled the old man to himself.

Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Gustav Freytag 1855

That Itzig rhymes with Shpitzig, and Mendel with Fendel, and Chayim with Clayim is correct.

Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887

Perhaps it was the alcohol, but to the horrified onlookers the Jew Itzig reappears.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

The 1893 story “The Operated Jew” by Oskar Panizza, a German writer and psychiatrist who ended up institutionalized, tells of the wealthy Itzig Faitel Stern and his effort to physically remake himself into a real “Occidental human being.”

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Perhaps it was the alcohol, but to the horrified onlookers the Jew Itzig reappears.

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

The 1893 story “The Operated Jew” by Oskar Panizza, a German writer and psychiatrist who ended up institutionalized, tells of the wealthy Itzig Faitel Stern and his effort to physically remake himself into a real “Occidental human being.”

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Most important were the Itzig daughters — Sara Levy (1761 – 1854) in Berlin and Fanny von Arnstein in Vienna.

Berlin Salons: Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century. 2009

Kant, the person and his philosophy, loomed over men like David Friedländer and Daniel Itzig, as well as the women holding salons.

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

After what seemed like hours of cheering and clapping, the crowd left the hall singing, “Throw him out, the Jew Itzig, because he takes whatever he sees.”

Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

Many had enjoyed an excellent education (like the Itzig daughters), others developed a passion for reading and learning on their own, assisted by their husbands and friends (like Henriette Herz and Rahel Levin Varnhagen).

Berlin Salons: Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Century. 2009