Works
His semi-autobiographical picaresque novel, Dos Polishe Yingel (The Polish Lad), an outright attack on the Hasidim, first appeared in installments in Kol Mevasser in 1867, and remained popular at least until the eve of World War II.
Other works included a book of poems Der Beyzer Marshalik (The Angry Master of Ceremonies, 1879).
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