Morris Winchevsky
Morris Winchevsky | |
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Winchevsky in 1907 | |
| Born | Leopold Benzion Novokhovitch August 9, 1856 Jonava, Lithuania |
| Died | March 18, 1932 (aged 75) New York City |
| Pen name | Ben Netz |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor, poet |
| Language | Yiddish, English, Polish |
Morris Winchevsky (Yiddish: מאָריס װינטשעװסקי; born as Leopold Benzion Novokhovitch; August 9 1856–March 18 1932), also known as Ben Netz, was a prominent Jewish socialist leader in London and the United States in the late 19th century.
Born in Jonava, Lithuania, in 1856, Winchevsky later moved to London where, already a well known socialist, he founded the Der Poylisher Yidl (The Little Polish Jew), one of the first Yiddish daily socialist newspapers; and the Arbeter Fraynd, the first Yiddish-language anarchist newspaper.