PINKHES
PUSHKOF (PINCUS PUCHKOFF) (July 25, 1869-February 26, 1951)
He was born in Talne, Kiev district,
Ukraine. He received a Jewish and a
general education. In 1905 he came to
the United States and lived in Newark, Brooklyn, and Miami. He served as a teacher, a Zionist activist,
and a community leader. He cofounded educational
and community institutions. He published
articles, travel narratives, impressions of the shtetl, and memoirs in: Hatsfira (The siren) and Hayom (Today) in Warsaw; and Hapisga (The summit), Hadoar (The mail), Idishes tageblat (Jewish daily newspaper), Dos idishe likht (The Jewish light), and Morgn-zhurnal (Morning journal), among others, in New York. His books include: Bilder un memuaren, fun der alter heym un fun mayn eygen lebn
(Impressions and memoirs from the old country and from my own life) (New York,
1928), 224 pp.; Mayne ayndruke fun erets
yisroel (My impressions from the land of Israel) (New York, 1928), 227 pp.;
Ketaim, zikhronot, rashame-masa, mikhtavim
veketai yoman (Extracts: Memories, travel accounts, letters, and diary
entries) (New York, 1939), 208 pp. He
died in Miami, Florida.
Sources:
M. Rudenski, in Hadoar (New York) (March
20, 1952; Batya Shtadlan, in Hadoar
(July 31, 1953); obituary notices in the Yiddish press.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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