YISROEL-BER
ALTERMAN (January 15, 1913-1996)
He was born in Gritse (Grójec). He studied in religious elementary school and
yeshiva, as well as in a Polish school.
During WWII, he was in Soviet Russia.
From 1949 he was living in Israel—near Ḥadera. From 1946, he
published reportage pieces, articles, and stories in: Dos vort (The word), Unzer
veg (Our way), and Ibergang (Transition)—in
Munich; Landsberger tsaytung
(Landsberg newspaper); and Letste nayes
(Latest news), Yidishe tsaytung
(Jewish newspaper), and Yisroel shtime
(Voice of Israel)—in Tel Aviv. He edited
the memorial volume Megiles gritse
(Grójec scroll) (Tel Aviv, 1955), 408 pp.; and he revised Kaynmol nisht fargesn (Never forget) (Tel Aviv, 1972), 236 pp. Among his writings: Heymloze d. p., yidn in daytshland (Homeless d[isplaced] p[ersons],
Jews in Germany), stories and reportage pieces (Tel Aviv, 1959), 198 pp., second
edition (1980); Likui ḥama
(Eclipse), stories translated from Yiddish manuscripts by Yosef Aḥai (Tel Aviv: Peretz
Publ., 1976), 208 pp.; Blondzhers
(Lost their way), stories (Tel Aviv: Nay-lebn, 1982), 205 pp.; Di letste heym, dertseylungen (The last
home, stories) (Tel Aviv: Yisroel-bukh, 1986), 287 pp.
Sources:
Kh. Zeltser, in Letste nayes (Tel
Aviv) (July 17, 1981; June 26, 1982).
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