From Our Springtime: Literary Memoirs and Portraits of Yiddish New York

Index

• 233 Beyle. See Toyzner, Beyle Boraisha, Menakhem, 42, 43, 59, 77, 145, 219 Dilon, Avrahm Moyshe, 5, 15–16, 19, 21, 32, 220 Einhorn, David, 42, 43, 45 Entin, Yoyl, 42, 109 European writers, influence of, 43–46 Fishman, Rokhl, 207 folk, Dos, 60–61 Fornberg, Dr. Karl, 59, 77, 80 Fraye arbeter shtime (FAS), 60, 61 Fuks, A. M., 181, 220 Fun ale teg, 8, 31 Fun mentsh tsu mentsh, 69, 221, 224 Gekumen a yid keyn Amerike, 34, 226 “giber, Der,” 35, 109–10 Glatshteyn, Jacob, 95, 206, 207, 207n4 Gold, Herman, 168–71, 220 Her Goldenbarg, 40 Gordon, Yehoysh, 79–81 Gottfurcht, Minne, xiv Greenberg, Eliezer, 207 Halpern, Moyshe Leyb: biography, 220– 21; critique of his poetry, 54–55, 103–6; first issue of Shriftn, 35; Literatur, 5; rift with Landau and Di Yunge, 54–55 Harshav, Benjamin and Barbara, 207 Heifetz-Tussman, Malka, 207 Hollander, John, 207 Howe, Irving, 207 Iceland, Reuben: biography, 221; begins relationship with Anna Margolin, xvii, 149; deteriorating health and death, xviii; edits Literatur un lebn, 77; effect of Warshaw’s death on his poetry, 52; escorts Warshaw’s body, 46–47; at Goodman and Levine’s Restaurant, 180–83; Yehoysh Gordon’s first meeting with, 79; with M. L. Halpern in Peekskill, 103; importance of third volume of Shriftn, xvii, 30–32; Zishe Landau’s first meeting with, 1–2; Mani Leyb’s first meeting with, 60–63; marries Minne Gottfurcht, xiv; maturation as poet, 41; meets Liessin at summer colony, 186; new direction of Yiddish poetry, 69–70; nighttime walks with Mani Leyb, 68; opens delicatessen , xiv, 56–59; poeticizing the mundane, 69–71; publishes article in Index 234 | index Iceland, Reuben (cont.) Fun mentsh tsu mentsh, 69; publishes poems in Dos folk, 60; publishes stories in Dos yidishe vokhnblat, 60; receives news of Opatoshu’s death, 114–15; receives news of Herman Gold’s death, 168; rents room in Mani Leyb’s apartment, 86; sees Warshaw’s body at morgue, 51–52; son contracts diphtheria , 82; static vs. dynamic in poetry, 68–69; strives for quietness in poetry, 45–46; tour for Literatur un lebn, 69, 77–78; visits Halpern for last time, 106–7; visits I. L. Kahan with Mani Leyb, 64–66; visits Klings for first time, 173–74; visits Mani Leyb for last time, 63, 101; wife’s confinement in sanatorium, 85–86; works for brother in delicatessen, xiv, 85; works in hat factory, xiv, 2 Ignatoff, David: biography, 221; authentic and inauthentic in life and writing, 110–11; becomes estranged from Iceland and Mani Leyb, 32, 34; editor of Shriftn, xvii; edits second issue of Literatur , 109; and Fibi, 38–40; and “Der giber,” 109–10; and In keslgrub, 109; as literary activist, 108; meets Iceland, 5; rift with Shriftn poets, 112; Sunday afternoon meetings in his room, 33 Ignatoff, Mini, 73–76 Imber, S. J., 42, 43, 44, 45, 221 In der fremd, 35 In keslgrub, 35, 109 Introspectivists. See Inzikhistn Inzikhistn, 206, 208n7 Inzl, 12, 90, 116, 220 Kahan, I. L., 62, 64–66 Kazanski: David: biography, 222; accuses Di Yunge of betrayal, 95–96; death of, 95; meets Iceland, 57–59; and Inzl editorial group, 12 Khaymovitch, Moyshe Yoyne, 5, 42, 109, 222 Kisin, I., 165–67, 222 Kling, Berta, 17, 175 Kling, Yekhiel, 15, 172–76 Konigsberg, David, 42, 45–46 Korn, Rachel, 207 Landau, Zishe: biography, 222–23; compares styles of tkhines, 24–26; death of, 29; first meeting with Iceland, 1–4; interest in Christianity, 15; job at New York Charity Foundation, 22–23; lives with Dr. Kling, 15; opposition to illustrations in Literatur un lebn, 18–19; opposition to self-promotion, 10–11; poeticizing the mundane, 69–71; rift with Halpern, 54; Sunday literary table, 23–24; trait of being blunt, 3–4 laykht turem, Der, 35 Lebensboym, Roza. See Margolin, Anna Leivick, H., 5, 57, 223 Leyb, Mani: biography, 224; artistic vs. factual truths, 66; first meeting with Iceland, 61; and Ignatoff’s Sundays at home, 73–76; importance of resignation , 36–37, 99; and Inzl, 12; last meeting with Iceland, 63; leaves Hasia, 86–88; in love, 83–86; poeticizing the mundane, xiv–xv, 70–71; poetic periods, 88–95; rift with Halpern, 54; sonnets, 97–100; static vs. dynamic in poetry, 68–69; vine poems, 88–90; visits I. L. Kahan with Iceland, 64–66; wife Hasia, 71–73 index | 235 Leyeles, A...