MOYSHE-GERSHON FELDSHTEYN

MOYSHE-GERSHON FELDSHTEYN (1878-May 15, 1933)

            He was born in Brisk Delite (Brest).  In 1900 he settled in Warsaw.  He was a very active Zionist.  For a time he edited the humor division of Haynt (Today) in Warsaw.  He often published humorous sketches in the newspapers on Polish social affairs.  He used the pen name: Reb Moyshe.  Other details remain unknown.  He died in Warsaw.

Sources: American Jewish Year Book (New York, 1933), pp. 121, 138; Dr. A. Mukdoni, In varshe un in lodzh (In Warsaw and in Lodz) (Buenos Aires, 1955).

Leyb Vaserman

[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 449.]