BOREKH
ZILBERMAN (b. 1842)
He was born in Odessa, southern
Russia. He worked as a merchant and a
commercial agent in Kishinev, Bender (Bendery), and Akerman. He authored religious works, among them two novels:
(1) Aaves dovid veyonosn, oder di sheyne,
di frume, di shtarke (The love of David and Jonathan, or the beautiful, the
pious, the strong), “a wonderful story in three parts. Each part contains eight chapters and seventy
men play one heroic role in each” (Kishinev, 1885: first part, 71 pp., second
and third part, 92 pp.), with a foreword in which the author notes, inter alia: “On my bed at night, ideas
frequently advise me that I should lighten the burden of the two novels that I
have for so long contemplated writing, but my creations have not come to
fruition…. I am taking the time so that
my novel will elicit in you a couple of tears and a bit of money, and I shall
enhance your confidence in me, so that in my two novels you will find the love
of David and Jonathan”; (2) Aristotles
oder rokhl di toloner betlerin (Aristotle or Rachel from Toulon, the
beggar), “Toulon is one of the most beautiful cities in France” (Odessa, 1886),
92 pp. Both novels were intertwined with
poetry and popular comical verses.
Highly significant is his explanation: “Permanent rights of sale are in
accordance with the laws of the government.”
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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