WIZERUNEK „TALUSZA” W TWÓRCZOŚCI ICCHAKA DOWA BERKOWICZA
THE IMAGE OF THE TALUSH IN YITSKHOK-DOV BERKOVITZ’S PROSE

Summary/Abstract: In 1904, Yitskhok-Dov Berkovitz published the short story “Talush.” This term came to describe the literary portrayal of a man torn from his natural environment—a theme prevalent in Hebrew prose during that era. Talush evolved into a metaphor for Jews from the diaspora navigating the delicate balance be- tween tradition and the progressive secularization of their world. Scholars, in- cluding Gershon Shaked and Avraham Holtz, categorize Berkovitz’s protagonists as “uprooted.” This article aims to compare the destinies of protagonists from previously unexamined stories: “Moshkeli-Hazir,” “Mi-Merhakim,” and “Koah ha-dimyon.” The objective of the author is to assess the extent of their rootless- ness and alienation, demonstrating that these character types differ. The analysis of the stories proves that not all of them can be classified as talush.

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