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Mordechai Monassowitz

1857–1927

Born in Shat (Shaty) in the Russian Empire (today Šėta, Lithuania), Mordechai Manes Monassowitz was an educator and writer. He founded a school in Libau (today Liepāja, Latvia) and wrote poems, essays, and plays, especially didactic ones. He immigrated around 1919 to New York City, where he worked as an educator.

Content by Mordechai Monassowitz

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Purim Eve, a One-Act Comedy

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Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchant
Aneta: Abraham Levi’s wife
Max, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sons
Frida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughters
Shmuel Natan: Zionis…
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