MOYSHE-TSVI FRANK (December 24, 1897-April 12, 1975)
He was
born in Rezhitse (Rēzekne), Byelorussia.
In 1913 he emigrated to Montreal.
He graduated from McGill University and received his master’s degree. He taught in Hebrew schools in Montreal, Ottawa,
and Toronto. He later lived for many
years in Tel Aviv. In addition to
Hebrew-language journals, he published journalistic and literary articles in: Forverts (Forward), Tog (Day), and Morgn zhurnal
(Morning journal) in New York; Keneder
odler in Montreal; and Idisher
zhurnal (Jewish journal) in Toronto—he served as co-editor of the last of
these for several years. He used the pen
name: M. M. Raykhenshteyn. He
died in Toronto.
Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers
(Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 451.
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