Lisitzky, Ephraim E. (Ephraim Eliyahu), 1885-1962

ליסיצקי, אפרים א. (אפרים אליהו)

found: Medurot doʻakhot, 1937:t.p. (Efrayim E. Lisitsḳi) title page verso (Ephraim E. Lisitzky [in rom.], New Orleans, La.)

found: Jewish News Archive WWW, Dec. 6, 2011(June 27, 1962; Ephraim Lisitsky, Noted Hebrew Author and Educator, Dies in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, Jun. 26 (JTA); Ephraim Lisitsky, a prominent Hebrew author and poet and a pioneer in Hebrew education in this country, died here today at the age of 77. Born in Minsk, Russia, Mr. Lisitsky came to the United States in 1900. Although he earned a degree as a pharmaceutical chemist at the University of Wisconsin, he chose to devote his life to Jewish education and Hebrew literature. He came to New Orleans in 1918 where he reorganized the communal Hebrew School and served as its head for nearly 40 years. During that time, he published ten volumes of poems, essays and translations of English and American classics. In 1959, an English translation of his autobiography, entitled "In the Grip of Cross-Currents," was published in New York)

found: NUCMC data from Amer. Jewish Archives for Samuel M. Blumenfield papers, ca. 1940-1960(persons represented include Ephraim Lisitsky)

found: Wikidata WWW, June 14, 2022(Ephraim E. Lisitzky, also known as Ephraim Lisitsky; Jewish American poet and educatjor; born January 31, 1885 in Minsk; died June 25, 1962 in New Orleans;