ISER VOLF (ZEV)

ISER VOLF (ZEV) (b. 1882)

            He was born in Bakui, Moldova, and made aliya to Israel in 1950.  He received a traditional Jewish education and became a businessman.  Among his books: Refleksn iber idntum un idishkeyt (Reflections of Judaism and Jewishness) (Bakui, before 1931); Shirim beivrit heyehudit (Poetry in Hebrew and Yiddish) (Bakui; before 1931).  He also published historical stories in Hebrew under the title Siḥat aḥim (Brotherly conversation) (Moinesti, 1907), 93 pp., two parts; part three remains in manuscript.

Y. Kara

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 229.