SHLOYME HURVITS

SHLOYME HURVITS (1859-December 20, 1945)

            He lived in New York.  He was the author of a book of essays, entitled Mensh iber alts (Man over all) (New York, 1940), 176 pp., with a foreword by Dr. Y.-A. Merison.  The book is a collection of his articles on philosophical and social issues, which he published in the 1930s in: Fraye arbeter shtime (Free voice of labor), Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter), and Forverts (Forward)—all in New York.  He died in New York.

Sources: Obituaries in Fraye arbeter shtime (New York) (December 28, 1945; January 4, 1946); Ab. Shoulzon, “Naye bikher” (New books), Yidishe shriftn (New York, 1942), vol. 2.

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