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Abraham Cahan

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Profession
Novelist
Died
Aug 31, 1951
Zodiac
Cancer
Born in
Lithuania
About
A socialist newspaper editor and novelist who wrote in both Yiddish and English, he is best known for works such as Yekl, A Tale of New York City (1897) and The Rise of David Levinsky (1917). He became a key figure in the development of the Jewish Daily Forward, a famous socialist newspaper.
Family
He was born in Lithuania. His grandfather was a rabbi and his father was a Hebrew teacher.

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