Tuesday, 23 April 2019

SHOLEM-YOYSEF KRISHTALKE


SHOLEM-YOYSEF KRISHTALKE (February 4, 1905-August 16, 1977)
            He was born in Ludmir, Volhynia.  He studied in religious elementary school and in a Tarbut school.  In 1933 he emigrated to Canada.  He published articles, notes, and correspondence pieces in: Keneder odler (Canadian eagle) in Montreal, Vokhnblat (Weekly newspaper) in Toronto, and Morgn frayhayt (Morning freedom) and Yidishe kultur (Jewish culture) in New York.  In Pinkes tishevits (Records of Tyszowce) (Tel Aviv, 1970), there are several sketches by him.  He died in Montreal.

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), cols. 492-93.


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