LEYZER-PINKHES KUPERMAN (b. February 21, 1884)
The
author of stories, he was born in Ostrovtse (Ostrowiec),
Poland. He studied with the Ostrovtser
rebbe, R. Meyer-Yekhiel. At age sixteen
he joined the Polish Socialist Party (P.P.S.), later becoming involved in a circle
surrounding Hillel Tsaytlin. In 1910 he
left for the United States where he became active among the Labor
Zionists. He published stories in: Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter) and Nyu-yorker vokhenblat (New York weekly
newspaper). In book form: Amolike doyres (Bygone generations), stories
(New York, 1955), 358 pp.; In gerangl mit
goyrl, roman fun der sheyres hapleyte (In a struggle with fate, a novel of
survivors) (New York, 1964), 343 pp.; Gevunen
dray din-toyres (Winning three rabbinical lawsuits) (New York, 1964), 12
pp.; Fun velt tsu velt, dertseylungen
(From world to world, stories) (Tel Aviv: Yisroel-bukh, 1974), 251 pp.
Sources: Y. Varshavski (Bashevis), in Forverts (New York) (January 29, 1956);
Yankev Glatshteyn, in Idisher kemfer
(New York) (August 3, 1956); E. Naks, in Forverts
(March 30, 1975); Yeshurin archive, YIVO (New York).
Berl Cohen
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