AVROM ROZENSHTEYN (December 31, 1881-December 31, 1950)
He was
born in Novidvor (Nowy Dwor), Poland. His
Hebraized name was Avraham Barukh. He
was the author of: Literatur-ṿisenshaft,
lehrbukh far di yidishe un algemeyne literatur-teorye mit a groyse zamlung mustern
fun di beste yidishe poeten un prozoiker (Literature science, textbook for
Yiddish and general literature and theory with a large collection of samples of
the best Yiddish poets and prose writers) (Warsaw, 1899), 2 parts (68 pp., 150
pp.), second edition (1908); Teoretishe
un praktishe arifmetik, a folshtendiger kurs tsum oyslernen (Theoretical
and practical arithmetic, a complete course to master) (Warsaw, 1909); Fremd-verter-bukh (Dictionary of foreign
words) (Warsaw: Bikher-far-ale, 1914), 496 pp., later edition (1919). He also authored numerous Hebrew
textbooks. He died in Tel Aviv.
Sources: Leben un
visenshaft (Vilna) 5 (1909); D. Tidhar, in Entsiklopedyah leḥalutse hayishuv uvonav
(Encyclopedia of the pioneers and builders of the yishuv), vol. 2 (Tel Aviv,
1947).
Berl Cohen
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