Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan | |
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Cahan c. 1937 | |
| Born | July 7, 1860 Paberžė, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) |
| Died | August 31, 1951 (aged 91) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor, writer |
| Language | Yiddish, English |
| Alma mater | Teachers Institute of Vilnius |
Abraham "Abe" Cahan (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם קאַהאַן; July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian-born American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. 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. 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.