YISROEL FRID (b. October 24, 1908)
He was
born in Bershad, Vinitse (Vinnytsa) region, Ukraine. He attended religious elementary school and
public school. In 1921 he came to the
United States and graduated from a middle school in Philadelphia. From 1927 he was linked to Frayhayt (Freedom) in New York, and he
published in it reportage pieces and local news. From 1934 he became the news- and managing-editor
of the newspaper. He was in charge of a
column entitled “Tog-tsu-tog” (Day to day), using the pen name “A Gastrolyor.” He wrote stories and literary criticism as
well for: Signal (Signal), Proletarishe dertsiung (Proletarian
education), Yidishe kultur (Jewish
culture), and Zamlungen
(Collections), among others. He was last
living in New York.
Sources: A. Pomerants, in Proletpen (Kiev, 1935); R. Yukelson, in Morgn-frayhayt (New York) (March 13, 1959).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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