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Yiddish TalesJehalelPen name of Judah Loeb Lewin; born, 1845, in Minsk (Lithuania... Reb Shloimeh The seventy-year-old Reb Shloimeh's son, whose home was in ... Eliezer David Rosenthal Born, 1861, in Chotin, Bessarabia; went to Breslau, Germany... Earth Of Palestine As my readers know, I wanted to do a little stroke of busin... At The Matzes It was quite early in the morning, when Sossye, the scribe'... The Sinner So that you should not suspect me of taking his part, I wil... Tashrak Pen name of Israel Joseph Zevin; born, 1872, in Gori-Gorki,... Country Folk Feivke was a wild little villager, about seven years old, w... Whence A Proverb "Drunk all the year round, sober at Purim," is a Jewish pro... A Jewish Child The mother came out of the bride's chamber, and cast a pier... Lost His Voice It was in the large synagogue in Klemenke. The week-day ser... Forlorn And Forsaken Forlorn and forsaken she was in her last years. Even when s... Reuben Asher Braudes Born, 1851, in Wilna (Lithuania), White Russia; went to Rouma... Slack Times They Sleep Despite the fact of the winter nights being long and dark a... The Two Brothers It is three months since Yainkele and Berele--two brothers,... Late It was in sad and hopeless mood that Antosh watched the aut... A Picnic Ask Shmuel, the capmaker, just for a joke, if he would like... Abraham Raisin Born, 1876, in Kaidanov, Government of Minsk (Lithuania), W... Manasseh It was a stifling summer evening. I had just come home from... Isaac Dob Berkowitz Born, 1885, in Slutzk, Government of Minsk (Lithuania), Whi... |
David PinskiCategory: DAVID PINSKI Born, 1872, in Mohileff (Lithuania), White Russia; refused admission to Gymnasium in Moscow under percentage restrictions; 1889-1891, secretary to Bene Zion in Vitebsk; 1891-1893, student in Vienna; 1893, co-editor of Spektor's Hausfreund and Perez's Yom-tov Blaettlech; 1893, first sketch published in New York Arbeiterzeitung; 1896, studied philosophy in Berlin; 1899, came to New York, and edited Das Abendblatt, a daily, and Der Arbeiter, a weekly; 1912, founder and co-editor of Die Yiddishe Wochenschrift; author of short stories, sketches, an essay on the Yiddish drama, and ten dramas, among them Yesurun, Eisik Scheftel, Die Mutter, Die Familie Zwie, Der Oitzer, Der eibiger Jued (first part of a series of Messiah dramas), Der stummer Moschiach, etc.; one volume of collected dramas, Dramen, Warsaw, 1909. Next: Reb Shloimeh Previous: As The Years Roll On
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