Abraham Cahan

Abraham Cahan
Socialist newspaper editor and novelist
Socialist newspaper editor and novelist
BornJuly 7, 1860
Paberžė, Russian Empire (now Lithuania)
DiedAugust 31, 1951 (aged 91)
New York City
OccupationNewspaper editor, writer
LanguageYiddish, English
Alma materTeachers Institute of Vilnius

Abraham "Abe" Cahan (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם קאַהאַן; July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician.[1] Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, romanized: Forverts, lit. 'Forward!'), an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years.[2] During his stewardship of the Forward, it became a prominent voice in the Jewish community and in the Socialist Party of America, voicing a relatively moderate stance within the realm of American socialist politics.[3]

  1. ^ Sanford E. Marovitz, Abraham Cahan. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996, pp. 1-5.
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