YITSKHOK-AYZIK GONSHER (1901-February 12, 1955)
He was born in Ostrów-Mazowiecka (Ostrov-Mazovyetsk), Poland, into a
Hassidic family. He received a Jewish
and a general education. In 1925 he emigrated
to Argentina. He served there as a
Zionist and community leader, as well as a speaker and lecturer on both Jewish
and general topics. In his last years,
he was an instructor for “Keren Hayesod” (United Israel Appeal), on whose behalf
he traveled throughout Argentina as well as in neighboring countries. He began publishing articles on literature
and community matters in Di prese (The press) in Buenos Aires in
1928. In 1930 he became a contributor to
Der shpigl (The mirror), for which he served for a time as an internal
member of the editorial board. He also
published polemical articles under the pen names: “A. Konsverzator,” Alef
Rozenberg, Ben-Avoye, and the like. He
died in Buenos Aires.
Sources: Y. L. Gruzman, in Der shpigl (Buenos Aires)
(February-March 1955); Davke (Buenos Aires) 22-23 (1955), p. 158.
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