Abraham Cahan
(1860-1951)
American novelist
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Abraham "Abe" Cahan (July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Cahan was one of the founders of The Forward (Yiddish: פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts, 'Forward!'), an American Yiddish publication, and was its editor-in-chief for 43 years. 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.
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7 July 1860 Podberezhye, Lithuania
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31 August 1951 (aged 91) New York City
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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