MORTKHE
NAYMAN (1914-1938)
He was born in Skernyevits (Skierniewice),
Poland. He studied in religious
elementary school and high school, and he was active in community and cultural
life. He was a member of the central
committee of “Hanoar Hatsiyoni” (Zionist youth) in
Poland and the author of its hymn, for which he also composed the music. He published humorous sketches and feature
pieces in: Haynt (Today) in Warsaw; Nayer folksblat (New people’s newspaper)
and Lodzer tageblat (Lodz daily
newspaper)—in Lodz; Tomashover vokhnblat
(Tomaszów weekly newspaper); and other provincial newspapers
in Poland. He died tuberculosis in Skierniewice.
Source:
A. Tsidkoni, Seyfer skernyevits,
lezeykher der fartilikter
kehile kedoyshe (Volume for Skierniewice,
to the memory of the annihilated Jewish community) (Tel Aviv, 1955), pp.
147-48.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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