Sunday, 14 April 2019

ROZE (ROSA) KERSH


ROZE (ROSA) KERSH (July 15, 1908-November 3, 1979)
            She was born in Patsanov (Pacanów), Poland.  After WWII she wrote reportage pieces for: Folks-shtime (Voice of the people) in Warsaw, Ilustrirte yidishe nayes (Illustrated Jewish news) in Melbourne, and Unzer vort (Our word) in Paris, among other serials.  In book form: Dos tsetele iz geblibn afn tish (The note remained on the desk), stories (Tel Aviv, 1981), 190 pp.  She was the wife of Yude Kersh.  She died in Bat Yam, Israel.

[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 490.]


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