Moses Rosen — Not to be confused with Moishe Rosen. Moses Rosen (known in Hebrew as David Moshe Rozen דוד משה רוזן) (July 23, 1912 May 6, 1994) was Chief Rabbi (Rav Kolel) of Romanian Jewry between 1948–1994 and president of the Federation of Jewish… … Wikipedia
ROMANIA — ROMANIA, country in East Central and South East Europe, in the Carpatho Danubian region, north of the Balkan Peninsula, partly on the littoral of the Black Sea. The territory comprising Romania was known as Dacia in antiquity; Jewish tombstones,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BUCHAREST — (Rom. Bucureşti), capital of Romania. Before the union of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Walachia) in 1859, it was the capital of the principality of Walachia. Up to the 19th century almost the entire Jewish population of Walachia was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Israil Bercovici — Israil (Israel) Bercovici (1921 ndash;1988) was a Jewish Romanian dramaturg, playwright, director, biographer, and memoirist, who served the State Jewish Theater of Romania between 1955 to 1982; he also wrote Yiddish language… … Wikipedia
PRESS — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction in australia and new zealand in belgium in canada in czechoslovakia in england yiddish press in france in germany and austria between the two world wars after world war ii… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BALTAZAR, CAMIL — (pseudonym of Leopold Goldstein; 1902–1977), Romanian poet. Baltazar s first poems appeared in 1921 in Sburatorul Literar, a review edited by the Romanian critic Eugen Lovinescu, and his contributions were published thereafter in many of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BLECHER, MARCEL — (1909–1938), Romanian author. Blecher was born in Botoşani, but spent most of his life in the town of Roman. He was something of a phenomenon in Romanian literature. Afflicted with tuberculosis of the bone he was bedridden for the last ten years… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CǍLUGǍRU, ION — CǍ LUGǍRU (originally Croitoru), ION (1903–1956), Romanian novelist and journalist. Born in Dorohoi, Moldavia, Cǎlugǎru studied in Bucharest and published his first article in a literary review at the age of 17. He later contributed to such… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FALTICENI — (Rom. Fălticeni), town in Moldavia, N.E. Romania. The first Jews settled there between 1772 and 1774, and an organized community existed from 1780, when the town was officially founded under the name of Şoldăneşti, later changed to Fălticeni, as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HARLAU — (Rom. Hârlǎu), town in Moldavia, N.E. Romania. A Jewish settlement is known from 1742. In 1768 a Jew was authorized to establish a factory for window glass and a paper mill in Harlau. From 1751 the documents mention the Jews Guild, which in 1834… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
