Boris Dorfman
Boris (Boruch) Mendelevich Dorfman (Ukrainian: Борис (Борух) Менделевич Дорфман, Yiddish: באָריס (ברוך) דאָרפמאַן; 23 May 1923 – 23 March 2022) was a Ukrainian Jewish public figure, writer, scholar of Jewish culture, and social activist.
Boris Dorfman | |
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 Michael Dorfman in 2010 by Maria Dorfman | |
| Born | 23 May 1923 |
| Died | 23 March 2022 (aged 98) Lviv, Ukraine |
| Resting place | Yaniv Cemetery, Lviv |
| Citizenship | Ukraine |
He authored about 1000 articles on Jewish issues in Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and German for publications including Birobidzhaner Shtern and Советиш Геймланд.[1] He was one of the founders of Shofar, the first Jewish newspaper in the former USSR.[1]
Dorfman was born in Cahul, Bessarabia on 23 May 1923.[2] He died on 23 March 2022 in Lviv, two months before his 99th birthday, where he resided, and was buried at the local Yaniv cemetery.[3] He was the father of American publicist Michael Dorfman.
Selected articles
- Dorfman, Boris. "Элиезер Штеинбарг, Яков Штеренберг и Моше Альтман — писатели, творцы духовного наследия на идиш в ХХ в" [Eliezer Shteinbarg, Jacob Sternberg and Moshe Altman - writers, creators of Yiddish spiritual heritage in the twentieth century] (in Russian). Institute of Jewish Studies. Archived from the original on 29 December 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- Dorfman, Boris. "ИЦИК МАНГЕР И ПАУЛЬ ЦЕЛАН — ДВА ВЕЛИКИХ ПОЭТА ХХ СТОЛЕТИЯ" [Itzik Manger and Paul Celan - Two great poets of the twentieth century] (in Russian). Institute of Jewish Studies. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008.
- Dorfman, Boris (28 August 2003). "Моисей Гершензон /1903– 1943/. ФЕНОМЕН ЕВРЕЙСКОГО КУЛЬТУРНОГО ВОЗРОЖДЕНИЯ НА УКРАИНЕ 20– 30-х годов" [Moses Gershenzon / 1903 - 1943 / Phenomenon of Jewish Cultural Renaissance in 1920s-30s Ukraine]. Proceedings of Sixth Conference (in Russian). Institute of Jewish Studies. Archived from the original on 18 February 2008.
- "Земляки". Еврейское местечко. Кишинев. December 2008.
References
- "Борису Михайловичу Дорфману — 80 лет" [Boris Dorfman - 80 years]. Народ мой [My people] (in Russian). 317 (1). 15 January 2004. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
- Orlikova, Ella (December 2002). "Boris Dorfman". Centropa.
- "Помер єврейський публіцист та львівський громадський діяч Борис Дорфман". tvoemisto (in Ukrainian). 23 March 2022.
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