LEYB
LEV
He was born in Mezritsh (Międzyrzecz), Poland, where his
father was a rabbi. He was a teacher at
the Tarbut school in Międzyrzecz. He wrote sketches for Ekspres (Express) and Velt-shpigl
(World mirror) in Warsaw, and he published stories about old Międzyrzecz in Mezritsher vokhnblat (Międzyrzecz weekly
newspaper) and Keneder odler (Canadian
eagle). He was murdered with his family
during the Nazi occupation. His sister, TOYBE
(murdered at the same time), published jokes and aphorisms in Moment (Moment) in Warsaw).
Source:
Y. Horn, in Zamlbukh-mezritsh (Międzyrzecz anthology) (Buenos Aires,
1952), p. 434.
Yankev Kahan
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