Moisei Teif (russian: Моисей Соломонович Тейф, Moisei Solomonovich Teif; he, משה בן שלמה טייף, ''Moshe ben Shlomo Teif'', also Moshe Taif) (September 4, 1904 – December 23, 1966) was a

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poet born in

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. He died in Moscow on December 23, 1966. He was a member of the editorial board of one of the few Soviet Yiddish magazines " Sovetish Heymland" oviet Homeland Books (list to be updated): # Teif, Moishe. Proletarke, shvester mayne: novele. Minsk: Melukhe-farlag, 1935. # Teif, Moishe. Tsuzamen: kinder-zamlung. Minsk: Melukhe-farlag fun Vaysrusland, 1935.

External links

* http://vcisch1.narod.ru/TEIF/Teif.htm * http://www.lechaim.ru/ARHIV/173/slovo.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Teif, Moisei Yiddish-language writers Belarusian Jews Jewish writers 1904 births 1966 deaths