Wednesday 24 April 2019

YISROEL KARNIOLI


YISROEL KARNIOLI (b. 1890)
            The Hebraized surname for Rogovin, he was born on an estate near Vilna.  He graduated from the University of Geneva.  In 1925 he arrived in the land of Israel.  He mostly wrote in Hebrew, but for many years he did contribute articles to the Yiddish press: Tsukunft (Future), Yidishes tageblat (Jewish daily newspaper), Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter), Di tsayt (The times), and Tog (Day)—in New York; Haynt (Today), Moment (Moment), and Dos leben (Life)—in Warsaw; and Folk un tsien (People and Zion) in Jerusalem; among others.

Sources: Getzel Kressel, Leksikon hasifrut haivrit (Handbook of Hebrew literature), vol. 2 (Meravya, 1967); D. Tidhar, in Entsiklopediya lealutse hayishuv uvonav (Encyclopedia of the pioneers and builders of the yishuv), vol. 3 (Tel Aviv, 1950).
Ruvn Goldberg


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