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Nomberg Gersh-David Moiseevich (1876-1927)

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SurnameNomberg
NameGersh-David
PatronymMoiseevich
Birth year1876
Birth placeMshonov
Death year1927
Death placeOtwock
SexM

Nomberg Gersh-David (Hersch-Dawid) Moiseevich (1876, Mshonov, Blonsky District, Warsaw Province – 1927, Otwock, Poland), publicist, writer.

Gersh-David Nomberg was born into a Hasidic family. In 1897, he arrived in Warsaw. On the advice of I. L. Perets, he began writing in Yiddish. His first publication was the poem ‘The Prophet’ in the newspaper Der Yud. He contributed to a number of leading Jewish newspapers and magazines. In 1905- 1907, he lived in Germany, France, and Switzerland, and in 1907 in Riga, where he edited the newspaper National-Zeitung. In 1908, he participated in a conference on the Yiddish language (Chernivtsi) and was the author of a resolution. In 1909, he was a contributor to the newspaper Freund, and in 1912-1915 to the newspaper Geint. In the 1920s, he was one of the organisers of Jewish school education in Poland and chairman of the Jewish Union of Journalists and Writers.

Gersh-David Nomberg translated Shakespeare, Tagore, and the tales of One Thousand and One Nights into Yiddish. He introduced the terms ‘Yiddishism’ and ‘Yiddishists,’ which entered the Yiddish language.