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Morris Rosenfeld

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Also known as Moshe Jacob Alter

American poet writing in Yiddish

Person · Open Library

Born
1862
Died
1923
Works
47

Top works

  • Let's sing Yiddish
  • dos Bukh fun liebe = The book of love
  • Geṿehlṭe shrifṭn
  • Yuda Haleyṿi
  • Lieder des ghetto

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Israel

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
17

Morris Rosenfeld (Moshe Jacob Alter) (December 28, 1862 in Stare Boksze in Russian Poland, government of Suwałki – June 22, 1923 in New York) was a Yiddish poet. His work sheds light on the living circumstances of emigrants from Eastern Europe in New York's tailoring workshops. He was educated at Boksha, Suwałki, and Warsaw. He worked as a tailor in New York and London and as a diamond cutter in Amsterdam, and settled in New York in 1886, after which he was connected with the editorial staffs of

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Congress Poland
Place of birth
Stare Boksze
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
Yiddish
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Morris Rosenfeld - LIEDER-BUKH. ERSHTER THEYL, 1897 (cropped).jpg
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Nordisk familjebok
Commons category
Morris Rosenfeld
date of death
1923-06-22
date of birth
1862-12-28
ethnic group
Americans
writing language
Yiddish
birth name
Mosze Jakub Alter
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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Morris Rosenfeld, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana