Tuesday 3 February 2015

SHMUEL-DOVID BLOVSHTEYN

SHMUEL-DOVID BLOVSHTEYN (ca. 1862- October 23, 1932)
He was born in Shargorod (Szarogród), Podolia, where he worked as a lawyer.  When he arrived in the United States, he wrote for the Forverts (Forward) a series of articles on the pogroms and the political upheaval in Ukraine.  After spending time in Russia, he published two books in Berdichev: Gayst un energye (Spirit and energy) and Moral un simpatye (Morale and sympathy), in which from a respectable position he offered advice to enhance one’s happiness in life.

Source: Forverts (October 24, 1932).


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