SHMUEL
SHTEYNBERG (September 4, 1844-April 5, 1911)
He was born in Brisk (Brest), the
son of a lawyer. His Russified given
names were Ksaverii Grigorevich. His
initial education was in a religious elementary school, and he went on to
graduate from high school in Grodno. In
1867 he completed the course of study at the medical surgery academy in St.
Petersburg. He quickly advanced as a
military doctor, but in 1892 he had to resign because of his refusal to convert. In 1899 he joined the Zionist Organization
and frequently attended Zionist congresses.
For many years he practiced as a lawyer in Brest. He excelled in his love of Yiddish and
authored several booklets: Bilder fun der
groyser sreyfe in brisk (Images from the great fire in Brest) (Brest, ca.
1895), a monologue from an elderly Jewish woman in Brest against charitable
societies and community leaders; a drama, Khaveles
mazl (Little Eve’s luck) (Brest: Rozental, ca. 1895); another drama, Hinda idelson (Hinda Idelson) (Cracow,
1904), 67 pp. (possibly also: Warsaw, 1905), from “contemporary Jewish life in Romania”;
and a booklet concerning epidemic illnesses which appeared around this
time. He wrote more in Russian, mainly
for Voskhod (Arise). He died in St. Petersburg.
Source:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4.
Berl Cohen
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