The funeral of Solomon Bloomgarden, known as Yehoash, the famous Yiddish poet who died suddenly at his home in New York on Tuesday, took place yesterday morning. The funeral, attended by 1,500 persons, was marked by simplicity and the absence of speeches, in accordance with the wishes of the late poet. On the way to the Jewish National Workmen’s Alliance cemetery, where interment took place, the body was carried to the Jewish Educational Alliance building on East Broadway. Yehoash was laid away next to the grave of the late Dr. Syrkin, Jewish writer and Zionist.
In place of speeches, some of Yehoash’s poems were read at the burial by the following Jewish writers: Abraham Raisin, J. Opatasha. H. Leivick, I. D. Berkowitz, Menachem and Reuben Brainin.
Besides representatives of numerous Hebrew and Yiddish cultural organizations of New York, there were delegations from other cities and from Jewish organizations in Canada.
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