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Great Artists: David
Pinski, Yiddish Playwright
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| The Parents of David Pinski |
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Isaac Mordechai Pinski
David Pinski's father |
Sara-Sfira Mardfin Pinski
David Pinski's mother |
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David Rosenthal quotes from David
Pinski's memoirs as follows:
"One looks for the beginnings of the artist in his parents to see if
there was something he had inherited. My father, a Moscow
Commissioner of Military Officers' Uniforms and Decorations, was a
lover of good music...Often, on a Sabbath or holiday, he would lead
the services, but that happened only in his own dwelling. In our
rooms in Moscow stood our own Sefer Torah, and on Sabbath and
holidays the Jewish tenants of the vicinity held their own services.
Aside from that, my father at the lectern sought not only melody but
heart, and the congregation praised his abilities as a
prayer-leader."
"My mother loved flowers and plants and our apartment in Mohilev on
the Dnieper was a veritable greenhouse." |
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