MEYER BERGER (1901-February 1981)
He was born in Lipsk, Poland, and emigrated to Mexico in
1924. He was a co-founder
and past director of the Jewish school in Mexico (Colegio
Israelita de México), and he served as secretary of the Zionist
organization. He was the first editor of
the journal Farn folk (For the people).
He was regular contributor to Veg (Way) in Mexico and editor of Undzer
shul (Our school), Yugnt (Youth), and Veg far kinder (Path
for children), and for the jubilee volume: Yoyvl bukh, 1924-1944, tsvantsik yor yidishe shul in meksike
(Jubilee volume, 1924-1944, twenty years of the Jewish school in Mexico)
(Mexico, 1944), 540 pp. He published in Yorbukh
fun amopteyl (Annual from the American branch [of YIVO]) (New York, 1938): “Briv
fun a maran (karakhals briv fun 1596)” (Letter from a marrano, Carajal’s letter
of 1595). He was living in Mexico City where he died.
Sources:
Der veg jubilee volume (Mexico), 1930-1940, p. 192; , vol. 2
(Mexico City, 1948), p. 167.
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