SHMUEL
VAYNTROYB (VAYNTROB) (b. 1859)
He was born in Mstislav,
Byelorussia. He studied in religious
elementary school and synagogue study hall.
He worked for a time as a merchant.
He was living in Grodno, later in Minsk, from whence he moved to Warsaw
in 1886. Unable to find any means of
making a living, he became an itinerant school teacher and later a wedding
entertainer. He was able to present
himself as a variety of types, particularly as women, whom he portrayed with
their gestures and language. He was the
author of books of poetry and humor, among them: Yenteles keyver-oves (Graves of Yentele’s parents), a monologue of
a Jewish woman with two poems (Warsaw, 1901), 24 pp., with a preface in which
he described his own life; Vayberishe
slikhes (Women’s penitential prayers) (Warsaw, 1902), 24 pp.; Parnes hamisgoe, oder der dozer-shpil
(The proud parnas, or that very game) (Warsaw, 1888), 32 pp. Further details about him remain
unknown. It may be that he was the same
person as Shmuel Vayntroyb (Anav of Warsaw), author of a letter-writing manual,
published in Warsaw in 1889, which was mentioned in Dr. Y. Shatski’s Geshikhte fun yidn in varshe (History of
Jews in Warsaw), vol. 3 (New York, 1954), p. 268.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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