Y.
HERSHENZOHN
He was well-known Warsaw wedding
entertainer in the late nineteenth century.
He authored stories and songs which were sung by the people. His collection Dray naye berimte lider (Three new celebrated songs) (Warsaw, 1899),
16 pp., included the songs: “Min hametsar” (Out of distress), “Adam veḥave” (Adam and Eve), and “Der morder-retseyekh”
(The murderer)—which were for many years exceedingly popular.
Sources:
Nakhmen Hoberman, Nokh etlekhe verter
vegn tsienismus (A few more words about Zionism), prospects from the
publisher Y. L. Morgenshtern at the end of the pamphlet (Warsaw, 1902), p. 26.
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