B. DUBINSKI

B. DUBINSKI (1883-February 1, 1940)

            He was born in Ekaterinoslav, into an Orthodox family.  After graduating from the local high school, He studied at Kharkov University and later in Berlin.  He was a medical doctor by profession.  In 1938 he moved to Paris.  Over the years 1939-1940, he worked as a leader of OZE (Obschestvo zdravookhraneniia evreev—Society for the Protection of the Health of the Jewish Population) in Riga.  He was co-publisher of the Riga Frimorgn (Morning) (1926-1928).  He wrote on medical topics.  He authored the volume Di higyene fun der froy (Female hygiene).  He died in Riga, Latvia.

Sources: Undzer vort (Riga) (February 2, 1940); M. Gerts, 25 yor yidishe prese in letland (25 years of the Yiddish press in Latvia) (Riga, 1933), p. 58.