12/24 | Birthday of Joseph Opatoshu
Today in Yiddishkayt… December 24 Birthday of Joseph Opatoshu, Yiddish Writer Born Yoysef-Meyer Opatovsky on Christmas Eve, 1886 near Mława, Poland, to a family of lumber merchants, he immigrated to the U.S. in 1907. While he worked in a shoe factory and other odd jobs, he dedicated himself to writing. He contributed stories and sketches to the New York-daily Der Tog from its start in 1914 until his death 50 years later. His first novel to receive wide notice was Romance of a Horse Thief (1912) about Jewish thieves who smuggled horses between Poland and Germany—romanticizing...
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