s ▁first ▁short ▁story , ▁On ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁Y om ▁K ipp ur ▁( ב ע ר ב ▁ י ו ם ▁ ה כ י פ ו ר י ם ), ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Wars aw ▁Heb rew ▁newspaper ▁Ha T z of e ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁Ber kow itz ▁moved ▁to ▁Vil na , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁for ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁newspaper ▁Ha Z man . ▁It ▁was ▁there ▁that ▁he ▁met ▁and ▁later ▁married ▁Sh ol om ▁Ale ich em ' s ▁daughter ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 0 , ▁Ber kow itz ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁Collect ed ▁stories ▁and ▁soon ▁there after ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁translate ▁Sh ol om ▁Ale ich em ' s ▁writ ings ▁from ▁Y idd ish ▁into ▁Heb rew . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁he ▁translated ▁Leo ▁Tol sto y ' s ▁Child hood ▁from ▁Russian ▁into ▁Heb rew . ▁Ber kow itz ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁on ▁the ▁e ve ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁World ▁War . ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁he ▁edited ▁Ha T oren ▁( The ▁M ast ), ▁a ▁Z ion ist - orient ed ▁period ical ▁of ▁high ▁literary ▁quality , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁he ▁edited ▁the ▁short - l ived ▁journal ▁Mik lat