Re: [Cz-L] Bukovina writers in Reyzen's "Lexicon"

Yes, Siret is the Romanian name. In Austrian times it was Sereth. It is in
the Romanian part of Bukovina.

David

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From: "Steven Lasky" <steve725_at_optonline.net>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 2:00 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Bukovina writers in Reyzen's "Lexicon"

> Hi all,
>
> While I am still translating the 2,815 biographies in Zylbercweig's
> seven-volume "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" (having already created a
> database for it), I have just completed a database listing the nearly
> 2,000 men and women biographied in Zalmen Reyzen's four-volume "Lexicon of
> the Yiddish Literature, Press and Philology", published between 1926 and
> 1930.
>
> I thought you might like to know who from Bukovina is biographied in the
> Reyzen volumes. Note that I am listing those who are listed as being born
> in Bukovina according to the information found within their biographies at
> the time, so perhaps some of those listed below were born in towns no
> longer in Bukovina, but were simply born there when Bukovina was part of
> the Austrian Empire, etc. An example of this is Seret (For my Reyzen
> database, I am using YIVO orthography to spell the names and towns, so
> many of the name or town spellings won't match up with their name today or
> then, e.g. Seret, which perhaps today is Siret, Romania). If anyone can
> read Yiddish (the biographies are in Yiddish) or wishes to translate any
> of them for the group, let me know and I will send you the pdf page
> number. You can find any of the four volumes at www.archive.org .
>
> Here goes (Given Name, Surname, Town/City/other):
>
> Yakov Groper, (Miheyleny, on Moldavia-Bukovina Border)
>
> Salomon Viniger (Gurahumora, S. Bukovina)
>
> Leybl Toyb(i)sh (Czernowitz?)
>
> Khayim Leker (Lenkovits, near Czernowitz)
>
> Sh. (Pavel) Meltser (Radauts, Bukovina)
>
> Yakov Pistiner (Fundul-Moldovy, Bukovina)
>
> L. Kats (Seret, Bukovina)
>
> Yosef Kisman (Paltinosa, Bukovina)
>
> Leo Kesner (Berhomer, oyfn Seret)
>
> Binyamin Resler (Seret)
>
> Yitskhok Shreyer (Vizhnits)
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Steven Lasky
> www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
> blog: http://museumoffamilyhistory.blogspot.com
> steve_at_museumoffamilyhistory.com
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