ARN KANYEVSKI (July 17, 1890-January 10, 1960)
He was
born in Rzhishtshev (Rzhyshchiv), Kiev Province. He studied in yeshiva, and he was later
active in the Jewish revolutionary movement.
In 1908 he settled in Philadelphia, where he was one of the founders of
the local Jewish public school. He wrote
numerous reviews and articles on Yiddish theater in the Philadelphia edition of
Tog (Day). He often signed them Arn Malis or
Arkanyev. He contributed work as well to
Amerikaner (American), Idishe velt (Jewish world), and Malamut’s
Yontef bleter (Holiday sheets). He died in Philadelphia.
Sources: Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Handbook
of the Yiddish theater), vol. 4 (New York, 1963); Tog-morgn-zhurnal (New York) (January 11, 1960).
Yekhezkl Lifshits
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