Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan · Arts & Literature
Founding editor of the Yiddish Forward and author of The Rise of David Levinsky.
1860, Podberezhye, Russian Empire (now Belarus) — 1951, New York City, USA
Russian Empire · United States
Abraham Cahan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Founding editor of the Yiddish Forward and author of The Rise of David Levinsky.
Cahan was the founding editor of the Yiddish-language newspaper 'The Forward' (Forverts), which under his half-century leadership became the voice of the Jewish immigrant working class in America and a pillar of Yiddish culture. He was also a pioneering novelist, author of 'The Rise of David Levinsky'. Born into a Jewish family near Vilna, he emigrated to New York in 1882.
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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Founding editor of the Yiddish Forward and author of The Rise of David Levinsky.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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