YERAKHMIEL TSUKERMAN

YERAKHMIEL TSUKERMAN (ca. 1877-February 20, 1959)

            He studied in religious elementary school and yeshivas.  In 1906 he came to the United States and debuted in print with a story in Forverts (Forward) in New York.  From that point on, he wrote stories, poems, and dramas.  He published in: Tog (Day), Fraye arbeter shtime (Free voice of labor), Tog-morgn-zhurnal (Day-morning journal), and Amerikaner (American) in New York.  He participated in the ensemble of New York’s “Folks-bine” (People’s stage) and drama clubs.  He left in manuscript: dramas, one-act plays, poetry, and memoirs.  He died in New York.

Source: Tog-morgn-zhurnal (New York) (February 22, 1959).

Yankev Kahan