Awakening

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Abstract

This feuilleton, published by Russian-Jewish writer Lev Levanda (1835-1888), considers how a writer should relate to the community of readers: should the writer praise Jewish communal institutions and the Jewish way of life? Or should they expose flaws with the aim of improvement? Though Levanda faced angry reactions to his criticism of Jewish “ignorance”, he saw newspapers and especially feuilletons as one of the ways to provoke change in society.