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Moyshe Lifshits [Livshits]
(Livshits; Moses Liwschitz)
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Born on 18 May 1894 in
Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine. Father -- a
melamed (religious teacher). He learned with his
father in a cheder, then in a gymnasium. At age ten he
wrote a Russian song about the death of Dr. Herzl. Later
he moved to Galicia, and in 1914 debuted in Lemberg's "Interesanten
blat", then participated with songs in critical articles
in various periodic editions in Galicia, Vienna and
Berlin.
L. composed "Der vald-kisr"
(Kiev publishing house, 1918), a children's play that
was performed many times in children's schools in Russia
and the Ukraine, and "A mayse mit Hershele Ostropolier
(A Tale of Hershele Ostropolier), an oysgetrakhte
comedy in four acts, staged and directed by Dr. Michael
Weichert, melodies by H. Kon, sets and costumes by V.
Weintraub, folkshtik and dance -- Leah Rotbaum",
which on 11 January 1930 was staged in Krakow by the
"Vilna Troupe".
L. also translated Kaiser's
plays "Fun in der fri biz baynakht", which on 21
September 1931 was staged by Al. Granach in new York's
Public Theatre.
He adapted the text of the
Hebrew translation of Gutzkow's "Uriel Acosta", which
was performed by the "Habimah".
He composed for the "Habimah"
a play "Gzrs t'h", and had in manuscript a drama called
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Z. Reyzen --
"Lexicon of Yiddish Literature", Vol. II, pp.
189-191.
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N. Lurie -- Far
yidishe kinder, "Shul un lebn", Kiev, N' 1,
1918.
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K. S. --
Herschele Ostropolier, "Jüdisches Volksblatt",
Bielsko, 24 Jan. 1930.
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Moshe Blecher --
Hershele ostropolier bay der vilner trupe, "Yidishe
vort", Krakow, N' 3, 1930.
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Dr. M. Weichert
-- "Hershele ostroplier" bay der "vilner trupe",
"Literarishe bleter", Warsaw, N' 4, 1930.
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R. -- A mayse mit
hershele ostropolier, "Naye folkstsaytung",
Warsaw, 22 January 1930.
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Henryk Hescheles
-- Opowiesc o Herszlu z Ostropola, "Chwila",
Lwow, 3/4 1930.
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Dr. Moshe Lustig
-- Vilner trupe. hershele ostropolier fun moshe
lifshits, "Morgn", Lemberg, 10 April 1930.
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K-v -- Hershele
ostropolier oyf der bine, "Lodzer veker", 2
July 1930.
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M. B. [Broderzon]
--A mayse mit hershele ostropolier fun moshe
lifshits, "Nayer folksblat", Lodz, 6 July 1930.
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A. Wolf -- Di "vilner"
in lodzer shtotishn teater, "Naye folkstsaytung",
Warsaw, 9 July 1930.
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Yitzhak
Katsenelson -- Di komedye fun "hershele
ostropolier", "Lodzer Tagelbat", 11 July 1930.
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Michail Yo -- "Hershele
ostropolier", "Frimorgn", Riga, 9 October 1930.
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A. Wasserman --
"A mayshe mit hershele ostropolier" in riger
yidishn meutis-teater, "Nayer fraytik", Riga, N'
103, 1930.
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T. [Edus] --
Teater-notitsn "Nayer fraytik", Riga, N' 103,
1930.
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Teatrikon-Elkhanan Zeitlin -- Tsvey meynungen
vegen der nayer forshtelung bay di "vilner" in
varshe, "Unzer ekspres", Warsaw, 17 October
1930.
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Yehoshua Perle --
"Hershele ostropolier, "Der moment", Warsaw, 22
October 1930.
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Israel Stern --
Der ns fun yidishn teater, "Naye folkstaytung",
Warsaw, 26 October 1930.
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Y. M. Neyman --
Di vilner in varshe, "Haynt", Warsaw, 31 October
1930.
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Herman Svet -- Di
"habimah" mit tsekhov un granovski, "Literarishe
bleter", Warsaw, N' 41-42, 1930.
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L. S-ki [Stotsky]
-- Oyf a farshtelung bay di "vilner", "Tsayt",
Vilna, 3 November 1930.
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Sh. Dreyer -- Der
driter ns hersheles, "Vilner tog", 4 November
1930.
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Khanan [Pesakh
Kaplan] -- Bravo vilner! "Dos naye leben",
Bialystok, 16 December 1930.
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Hillel Rogoff --
Aleksander grankhs ershter oyftrit oyf der
idisher bine, "Forward", N. Y., 25 September
1931.
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