YISROEL FREYNKEL (February 1885-1965)
He was
born in the town of Upine (Upyna), Lithuania.
Until age sixteen he studied in the Telz yeshiva. He later became a bookkeeper. He lived for a time in St. Petersburg, where
he was active in the Zionist Socialist party.
He spent two years in the United States and in 1913 left for South
Africa. There he contributed to a
variety of literary publications, gave speeches, and was a cofounder of Johannesburg’s
“Yiddish Literary Association.” He died
in Johannesburg.
Source: Ben-Shloyme, in Dorem-afrike (Johannesburg) (May-June 1965).
Benyomen Elis
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