HENEKH
HALPERN (b. November 1, 1894)
The brother of Hebrew writer
Mordechai Ben-Yekhezkil, he was born in Glinyani (Gline), eastern Galicia, and
was raised in a fiercely Orthodox household.
He studied in religious elementary school and at Baron Hirsch schools as
well. He went with the Second Aliya to
Palestine and later emigrated to the United States where he became a worker in
a sweatshop; he was also active in the trade union movement. He published articles in: Lemberger togblat (Lemberg daily
newspaper); and Di varhayt (The
truth), Forverts (Forward), Der tog (The day), and Morgn-zhurnal (Morning journal) in New
York. He published in Yidishe shprakh (Yiddish language) in
New York 3.14 (July-September 1954) a list of Yiddish words with explanations
as they were used and pronounced in eastern Galicia. He edited the jubilee journal of Glinyani
natives. His books include: Khurbn glinyani (The Holocaust in
Glinyani) (New York, 1946), 56 pp.; Megiles
gline (The book of Gline) (New York, 1950), 307 pp. He was living in Brooklyn.
Sources:
Sh. Rubin, in Tog (New York)
(February 2, 1952); G. Aronson, in Tsukunft
(New York) (March 1951); Y. Shatski, in Yivo-bleter
(New York) 43.
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