(1828-52)
Lithuanian Hebrew poet of the Haskalah. He was born in Vilna. His publications include a Hebrew translation of part of Virgil's Aeneid, but later he turned to subjects from Hebrew literature. His poems were published in Songs of the Daughter of Zion and the posthumous collection Lyre of the Daughter of Zion.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.