SHLOYME
SHAMIR (b. March 29, 1937)
He was born in Tel Aviv, descended
from a Hassidic family. He studied in
yeshivas in Israel. From 1972 he was
living in New York. He wrote reportage
pieces and Hassidic stories in: Shearim
(Gates), Ponim al ponim (Face to
face), Yediot aḥaranot (Latest news),
and Haarets (The land)—in Tel
Aviv. From 1972 he was regular
contributor to Algemeyner zhurnal
(General journal) in New York with a weekly article on Israeli political
issues. His original family name was:
Shoyrts.
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), cols. 530-31.
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