Y. BEREBITSHES

Y. BEREBITSHES (August 21, 1902-May 9, 1984)

He was born in Ratnitse (Ratnica), Vilna region.  He studied in religious primary school and in the yeshivas of Suvalk (Suwałki), Bialystok, Lide (Lida), and Vilna.  He was later an auditing student.  He first published in the Hebrew-language journal Hitaḥdut (Unity).  In 1926 he emigrated to Mexico.  He was a regular contributor to Veg (Way).  He published articles in Mexican Yiddish publications.  He also took part in a larger historical project, the anthology Lite (Lithuania) (New York, 1951).  He was the author of Af di rashike vegn fun tsien (On the tumultuous roads of Zion) (Mexico City, 1962), 112 pp.  He died in Mexico City.

[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 112.]