MENDELSOHN, SHELOMO

MENDELSOHN, SHELOMO
MENDELSOHN, SHELOMO (1896–1948), Yiddish critic. Born in Warsaw, he early showed his brilliance in talmudic studies. While enrolled at Warsaw University, he taught Jewish history and literature at Polish secondary schools. From 1917 he was coeditor of Dos Folk and a leader of the Folk Party. In 1928 he joined the Bund and eight years later was elected to the Jewish kehillah. He immigrated to the United States in 1941 and joined the editorial board of Undzer Tsayt. In 1947 the Bund sent him to Europe, where he organized Jewish educational, cultural, and communal organizations. His articles on literature were published in various Yiddish journals. His literary criticism includes works on solomon ettinger , H.D. Nomberg , and J.J. Trunk. -BIBLIOGRAPHY: H.S. Kashdan, Shloyme Mendelson (1949). ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: G. Pickhan, "Gegen den Strom," in: Der Allgemeiner Juedische Arbeiterbund "Bund" in Polen (2001), index. (Israel Ch. Biletzky)

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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