ELYE-MEYER KRUGMAN

ELYE-MEYER KRUGMAN (1905-October 1, 1978)

            He was born in Vilna.  He studied in religious elementary school, yeshiva, and later liturgical music in a conservatory.  He would perform as a singer.  In 1934 he departed for the land of Israel.  He lived in Kibbutz Maḥane Yisrael, later in Afula where he was a cantor, teacher, and construction worker.  For many years he collected and wrote poems, fables, and parodies, and composed melodies to Yiddish and Hebrew poetry.  He published: 10 lider fun erets-yisroel (Ten songs from the land of Israel) (Tel Aviv, 1934/1935), 24 pp.  He died in Tiv’on, Israel.

Sources: Davar (Tel Aviv) (June 12, 1969); Laisha (Tel Aviv) (February 12, 1971).

Ruvn Goldberg