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Shalom Kramer

Shalom Kramer was an Israeli essayist, editor and literary critic who taught Hebrew literature and edited the radio program "A Minute of Hebrew."

1912 to 1978Hebrew literary criticism and essaysThe radio program "A Minute of Hebrew"Teaching literature at David Yellin College

Born: 31 May 1912, Sanok
Died: 3 October 1978, Jerusalem
Occupation: translator, educator, writer, journalist
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shalom Kramer was born in 1912 in Sanok

Kramer was born in 1912 in Sanok, Galicia. His father, Shlomo Kramer, made juices and vinegar and led the Young Mizrachi Movement in Galicia. Many members of his family, including his father, brother and sister, were killed in the Holocaust.

He studied at a cheder and a Polish primary school, then at the Takhkemoni Rabbinical School in Warsaw from 1925 to 1931, where he was ordained as a rabbi. He studied law at the University of Lwow from 1932 to 1933. After immigrating in 1934, he earned degrees in Hebrew literature, Hebrew language and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, but did not finish a doctorate on David Frishman.

He worked as a news editor at the daily Davar. He resigned in protest over how the paper handled news of the murder of Europe's Jews and joined the British army in 1942.

From 1944 he taught Hebrew subjects in secondary schools in Kiryat Haim. In 1953 he returned to Jerusalem, and from 1955 until 1978 he taught literature at David Yellin College of Education. He wrote essays and criticism, edited the radio program "A Minute of Hebrew" and was active in the Hebrew Writers Association.

Kramer died in 1978 and was buried on the Mount of Olives. Collections of his writing, including Frishman the Critic, were published after his death.