NOSN LAZARUS

NOSN LAZARUS (1884-September 29, 1944)

            He was born in Bobruisk, Byelorussia, and was raised in London, England, where his parents immigrated and where his father, Leyzer Leyzerovitsh, would later become the European correspondent for Morgn-zhurnal (Morning journal) in New York.  Nosn studied in English schools and Jewish subjects privately.  After his father’s death, he became a contributor to Morgn-zhurnal, and over the course of thirty-five years, he regularly published in it reportage pieces on Jewish as well as general political events in England and other Western European countries.  He was also active in the Zionist movement and played an important role in Jewish community life in London.  He died in London.

Source: V. Tsukerman, in Morgn-zhurnal (New York) (October 6, 1944).

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