Yisrael Bak
Yisrael Bak | |
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ישראל ב"ק | |
| Born | 1797 |
| Died | November 1874 (aged 76–77) |
| Occupation | Publisher |
| Years active | 1816–1874 |
| Spouses | Bayla Raisa |
| Children | 6 girls and 1 boy, Nisan Bak |
| Relatives | Israel Dov Frumkin (son-in-law) Shimon and Eliezer Rokach (grandsons) |
Yisrael Bak (Hebrew: ישראל ב"ק) (1797 – November 1874) (also called by the Yiddish surname Drucker, which means "printer") was a printer, a publisher and public figure in the Old Yishuv in the Land of Israel in the 19th century. He revived Hebrew printing in the Land of Israel after a hiatus of more than two hundred years and established the first Hebrew printing house in Jerusalem.