Sunday 17 April 2016

ISER VOLF (ZEV)

ISER VOLF (ZEV) (b. 1882)
            He was born in Bakui, Moldova, and made aliya to Israel in 1950.  He received a traditional Jewish education and became a businessman.  Among his books: Refleksn iber idntum un idishkeyt (Reflections of Judaism and Jewishness) (Bakui, before 1931); Shirim beivrit heyehudit (Poetry in Hebrew and Yiddish) (Bakui; before 1931).  He also published historical stories in Hebrew under the title Siḥat aḥim (Brotherly conversation) (Moinesti, 1907), 93 pp., two parts; part three remains in manuscript.
Y. Kara

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 229.


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