Leading Yiddish and other Jewish writers in Poland, representatives of the organize Jewish community, and several hundred Warsaw Jews participated in ceremonies commemorating the death of the famous Yiddish poet, I.L. Peretz, according to a report received here today from Warsaw. Mr. Peretz died in Warsaw in 1915.
Last Saturday night, a special “Peretz Evening” was conducted at the Jewish Club in Warsaw, where excerpts from the poet’s work were read and his influences were emphasized Wreather were laid at his grave in the Jewish cemetery the following day.
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