A Story about a Name

Moyshe Altman

1968

Older people still remember it. Younger people know about it from reading our classic writers of the older generation: how Jews once gave much thought to naming a child, long before it was born and even before it was known that a child was going to be born. What difference did it make? That’s why there’s a God, and he gave Eve to Adam and commanded…

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Creator Bio

Moyshe Altman

1890–1981

A Yiddish writer, journalist, and playwright, Moyshe Altman was born in Lipkan, Bessarabia, received his education in traditional Jewish and Russian schools, and worked for the Yiddish Culture Federation of Romania. He spent time in Argentina and then moved to Bucharest and Kishinev. He spent the years of World War II in Central Asia and was arrested in 1949 for his Zionist activities. Returning to Chernivtsi in 1955, Altman continued to write in Yiddish throughout his life.

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