BERL-YOYEL KLEYN

BERL-YOYEL KLEYN (1885-March 19, 1960)

            He was born in Selitsh (Selets? Selishche?).  His father with a ritual slaughterer.  He studied in yeshivas.  He made his way to the United States and worked as a house painter in New York.  He began writing poetry, stories, and feature pieces for the old Yiddish newspapers in Brownsville: Di post (The mail) and Progres (Progress), among others.  He later published in: Di feder (The pen) of which he was a cofounder, Yidishe shriftn (Yiddish writings) in New York, Tog (Day), Forverts (Forward), Nyu-yorker volhnblat (New York weekly newspaper), Oyfsnay (Afresh), and Zayn (Being), among others.  His pen name: Bibrodshub (the initials of Berl-Yoyel ben Reb Elye-Dovid Shub).  He died in New York.

Sources: Di feder (New York) (1945), p. 99; Oyfsnay (New York) 28/29 (1960).

Berl Cohen