Boris Gersman

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Early life and education Boris Gersman was born on May 8, 1900 in Upyna near Šilalė. and Der Yiddisher Express (in 1937) , were incorporated into the Afrikaner Yidishe Tsaytung,

According to Joseph Sherman, the Afrikaner Yidishe Tsaytung maintained a high standard of journalism. A photo shows the encounter with Eliyahu Jones in the Berlin DP-Camp Schlachtensee – Jones was editor of the Yiddish DP newspaper Undzer Lebn. The two agreed that Shalit's articles should also appear in Gersman's newspaper. in Johannesburg.

The newspaper was continued after Gersman's death by Levi Shalit along with Shmarya Levin. After the Afrikaner Yidisher Tsaytung'' had been suspended in the mid-1980s, Gersman's role in the South African Yiddish press also fell into obscurity. and described the paper as containing "treasures … waiting to be mined". In parallel, Andrea Livnat (2024) has published a detailed biographical account, further indicating broader scholarly interest in Gersman and his work across Jewish studies and historical research.