Rumanian editor and schooldirector; born at Papa, Hungary. He is the editor of a bimonthly called "Revista Israelita," and author of an educational work in the Rumanian language, entitled "Vocabular Analytici Ebraico-Romanisc," 3 vols., Bucharest, 1882. At present (1902) Beck is a school-director at Bucharest, Rumania. He takes a great interest in the amelioration of the political and social conditions of the Jews of Rumania, devoting much time to education.