Aliza Greenblatt
Aliza Greenblatt | |
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Born | Aliza Waitzman September 8, 1888 |
Died | September 21, 1975 New York, United States | (aged 87)
Occupation | Writer, poet |
Spouse | Isadore Greenblatt |
Aliza Greenblatt (
Early life
Aliza Greenblatt was born in
Marriage and move to Israel
She married Isadore Greenblatt, also from Bessarabia, in 1907.[3]
The couple had five children, Herbert (1908), David (1914), Gertrude (1915), Marjorie (1917), and Bernard (1921).[5] In 1920 the couple made a failed attempt to move to the land of Israel, to Mandatory Palestine. Thirty years later they tried again, after the establishment of the Jewish state, but after a year of struggling with the difficult conditions, they moved back to the United States, to New York City.
Isador's birth name was Isadore Stukelman. He is a cousin of Shifra Stukelman, and through her, cousin twice removed to Canadian composer Jan Randall (her grandson). Isador died in 1960, an active promoter of investment in Israel.[3]
Her daughter Marjorie was a dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, and was married to folk musician Woody Guthrie. Marjorie's children are folk musician Arlo Guthrie,[6] Woody Guthrie archivist Nora Guthrie,[7] and Joady Guthrie. Her nephew, and Aliza's grandson, is computer programmer Richard Greenblatt.[8]
Aliza Greenblatt also helped found the
Books by Aliza Greenblatt
- Lebn mayns (My Life). Farlag Kadime-Central Philadelphia, 1935.
- Tsen lider mit gezang (Ten Poems with Music). Alizah Greenblatt: Brooklyn, 1939.
- Ikh zing (I Sing). Farlag Aliza: New York, 1947.
- Ikh un du (Me and You). Farlag Aliza: New York, 1951.
- In si-geyt baym yam (In Sea Gate by the Ocean). Farlag Aliza: New York, 1957.
- Baym fenster fun a lebn (At the Window of a Life). Farlag Aliza: New York, 1966.
References
- ^ Prooftexts. Johns Hopkins University Press. 1998.
- ^ a b Guide to the Papers of Aliza Greenblatt and the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, NY
- ^ a b c d "Aliza Greenblatt | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- ^ Greenblatt, Aliza. Baym Fentster fun a Lebn. Farlag Aliza, 1966, p. 9.
- ^ a b Jewish Women's Archive
- ^ A Jewish Visit to Guthrie's Land, Jewish Journal, Dec. 2, 2004
- ^ The Official Woody Guthrie Website
- ^ "Dr. Bernard Greenblatt Obituary (2010) Las Vegas Review-Journal". Legacy.com.