1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminS. L. Zitron, Hebrew, Yiddish Writer, Dead - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="c2bmB8jwUg"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/s-l-zitron-hebrew-yiddish-writer-dead">S. L. Zitron, Hebrew, Yiddish Writer, Dead</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/s-l-zitron-hebrew-yiddish-writer-dead/embed#?secret=c2bmB8jwUg" width="600" height="338" title="“S. L. Zitron, Hebrew, Yiddish Writer, Dead” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="c2bmB8jwUg" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Samuel Leib Zitron, noted Hebrew and Yiddish writer, is dead here three weeks after he had celebrated his seventieth birthday. Born of a family prominently identified with both business and Jewish scholarship, his talents led him towards scholarship. When he entered the Volozhiner rabbinical seminary at the age of 13 he was the youngest of […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315