1. Abraham Cahan Its first editor was 37year-old Abraham Cahan (1860-1951). Cahan was born in Vilna, Lithuania, and emigrated to the http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/cahan.html

Abraham Cahan The 1890s were a dark era for many Jews. Between 1887 and the outbreak of World War I, more than 2 million Jews came to America. Most were poor and came from what are now Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and other centers of Eastern European Jewish life. The new arrivals clustered in unsanitary tenements, worked long hours in sweatshops and open air markets, spoke mainly Yiddish and possessed few skills with which to enter the English-language labor force. They faced religious prejudice and the challenges of adapting to an unfamiliar environment. The Forward became a leading advocate for these Jewish immigrants. Named after the great Social Democratic newspaper in Berlin, the Forverts appeared on the streets of New York in April 1897, written entirely in Yiddish. Its first editor was 37-year-old Abraham Cahan (1860-1951). Cahan had clear ideas about the kind of paper he wanted to edit. He wanted the Forward Cahan made the Forward Forward A beacon for immigrant acculturation into American life, under Cahan the Forward never lost its pro-working class orientation or its thirst for social justice. What it did lose, inexorably was much of its Yiddish-speaking readership, which today is only a tiny fraction of what it was in the 1920s. The contemporary children and grandchildren of that earlier generation of Forward readers have emerged as American, and Americanized, Jewish leaders. Cahan would have been proud. The

2. The Bulletin Archive 19> In the history of our people's sojourn in America, many Jewish authors have been recognized by their Gentile counterparts as literary equals. and symbolically, to the person of Abraham Cahan (18601951). Cahan, a typical Eastern European immigrant fleeing http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/20.html

Abraham Cahan In the history of our people's sojourn in America, many Jewish authors have been recognized by their Gentile counterparts as literary equals. Indeed, by the middle decades of the twentieth century, American-Jewish intellectuals with the names of Alfred Kazin, Leslie Fiedler, Henry Roth, Delmore Schwartz, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, and others had clearly become primi inter pares ("first among equals"). Today, so accepted is the Jew in the society of American letters, the singling out of an "American-Jewish" author seems unnecessary, out-date, even obsolete. And yet, there was a definite beginning to this process of acculturation, which included the translation of a Yiddish heritage to the kultur of America. That translation may be traced, both literally and symbolically, to the person of Abraham Cahan (1860-1951). Cahan, a typical Eastern European immigrant fleeing the Russian pogroms of 1881, was to the newly arrived Jew in America what Shmuel Agnon was to the masses who settled in Palestine/Israel. A journalist, an editor, an author, a socialist leader, Cahan quickly assumed the literary leadership of a Jewish community brimming with intellectual fervor and social discontent. His first book, Yekl, A Tale of the New York Ghetto (1896), was praised by William Dean Howells as the harbinger of a "new New York." Having achieved distinction among the literati, Cahan would continue his furious and pointed penmanship. This culminated in two directions: as editor of the Yiddish paper, the Forward, and as author of a number of novels.

3. Project Gutenberg Author Record Project Gutenberg Author record. Cahan, Abraham, 18601951. Titles. Rise Of DavidLevinsky, The. To the main listings page. Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online). http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/cahan__abraham__1860-1951.html

Project Gutenberg Author record Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 Titles Rise Of David Levinsky, The To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

4. Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) Abraham Cahan (18601951) Contributing Editor Daniel Walden Classroom Issues and Strategies http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/cahan.html

Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) Contributing Editor: Daniel Walden Classroom Issues and Strategies Students need to understand the following: (1) the Eastern European Jewish culture out of which Cahan came; (2) New York City as a fast-changing urban and technologized environment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; and (3) the nature of ethnicity in the context of the forces of Americanization. To address these topics, I require I. Howe and E. Greenberg, Introduction to Treasury of Yiddish Stories (for the European culture), and Moses Rischin, The Promised City: New York's Jews 1880-1920 , for the culture of New York City. For an introduction to Cahan as a realist, see Jules Chametzky, From the Ghetto and Sanford Marovitz, Abraham Cahan I also use the following films: The Inheritance (a documentary made by Amalgamated, 1964). The Distorted Image (a set of slides on stereotyping by B'nai Brith, Anti-Defamation League). The Chosen (film of Chaim Potok's novel). Hester Street (film of Cahan's novel, Yekl The Pawnbroker (film of Wallant's novel).

5. Project Gutenberg Author Index Caesar, Gaius Julius, ca. 10044 BC. Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951. Caine, Hall, Sir,1853-1931. Calamity Jane, 1852-1903. Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681. http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/authors/author_index_C.html

Project Gutenberg Author Index "C" Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 Caesar, Gaius Julius, ca. 100-44 BC Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931 ... Curwood, James Oliver, 1878-1927 To the main listings page Main Project Gutenberg Web page (online)

6. Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) Abraham Cahan (18601951). Contributing Editor Daniel Walden. ClassroomIssues and Strategies. Students need to understand the following http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/cahan.html

Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) Contributing Editor: Daniel Walden Classroom Issues and Strategies Students need to understand the following: (1) the Eastern European Jewish culture out of which Cahan came; (2) New York City as a fast-changing urban and technologized environment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; and (3) the nature of ethnicity in the context of the forces of Americanization. To address these topics, I require I. Howe and E. Greenberg, Introduction to Treasury of Yiddish Stories (for the European culture), and Moses Rischin, The Promised City: New York's Jews 1880-1920 , for the culture of New York City. For an introduction to Cahan as a realist, see Jules Chametzky, From the Ghetto and Sanford Marovitz, Abraham Cahan I also use the following films: The Inheritance (a documentary made by Amalgamated, 1964). The Distorted Image (a set of slides on stereotyping by B'nai Brith, Anti-Defamation League). The Chosen (film of Chaim Potok's novel). Hester Street (film of Cahan's novel, Yekl The Pawnbroker (film of Wallant's novel).

7. Abraham Cahan Abraham Cahan (18601951) Contributing Editor Daniel Walden. http://www.swindontown.net/index/al-live.htm

8. Online American Literature Resources Browse All Links, Or Return Upton Sinclair (18781968); Henry Adams (1838-1918). New Explorations of an American Self Abraham Cahan (1860-1951); Edith Maud Eaton (Sui-Sin Far) (1865-1914); http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bassr/heath/toc2.html

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9. Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) American Literature on the Web Abraham Cahan (18601951) General ResourcesA Clarity of Vision - an article about Cahan from Forward homepage; http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/c/cahan19re.htm

Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) General Resources A Clarity of Vision - an article about Cahan from Forward homepage A short biography of Cahan from Congregation Emanu-El homepage Welcome to America... (UCLA) Yiddish Literature from The Yiddish Homepage Writings "The Russian Jew in America" The Atlantic Monthly, 81 (February, 1898) Another site for "The Russian Jew in America" The Atlantic Monthly, 81 (February, 1898) "A Ghetto Wedding" The Atlantic Monthly, 81 (February, 1998) The Imported Bridegroom, and Other Stories (HTML at Eldritch Press) The Rise of David Levinsky (HTML at Eldritch Press) Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto (HTML at Eldritch Press) American Literature on the Web Cahan19re.htm April 1, 2000

10. MSN Learning & Research - System Difficulties Cahan, Abraham (18601951), American editor and author, born in Vilnius, Lithuania. http://encarta.msn.com/teleport/fromTools/find.asp?brand=elibrary&q1=Cahan+AND+A

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12. Cahan, Abraham Cahan, Abraham. 18601951, Russian-American journalist, Socialistleader, and author, b. Vilnius, Lithuania. He emigrated to New http://www.slider.com/enc/9000/Cahan_Abraham.htm

need more stamps? Home Encyclopeadia B Bur - Byz ... Rope Ladders Trellian WebPage Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Cahan, Abraham 1860-1951, Russian-American journalist, Socialist leader, and author, b. Vilnius, Lithuania. He emigrated to New York City in 1882, entered journalism, and helped found the Jewish Daily Forward (1897); as editor in chief after 1902, he made it the most influential Jewish daily in America. He was a founder of the Social Democratic party in 1897 and after 1902 supported the Socialist party. Active in spreading socialist teachings among Jewish workers, he encouraged the unionization of East Side garment workers and supported them in their strikes. Cahan's writings in English, particularly Yekl: a Tale of the New York Ghetto The Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories (1898), and The Rise of David Levinsky (1917), are recognized for their historical portrayals of the immigrant experience. He also wrote, in Yiddish, (5 vol., 1926-31), an autobiography. Add URL Advertise Contact Us

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15. Heath Anthology Of American Literature 4/e Abraham Cahan - Author Page Abraham Cahan (18601951) Abraham Cahan has been described as the single most influentialpersonality in the cultural life of well over two million Jewish http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/late_ninet

Site Orientation Heath Orientation Timeline Access Author Profile Pages by: Table of Contents Authors by Name Authors by Year Internet Research Guide Textbook Site for: The Heath Anthology of American Literature , Fourth Edition Paul Lauter, General Editor Abraham Cahan Abraham Cahan has been described as the single most influential personality in the cultural life of well over two million Jewish immigrants and their families during his lifetime. As a journalist and writer, his unique ability to mediate among the various sensibilities and languages of the Lower East Side in New York City placed him at the center of American Jewish culture and Jewish writing. His major fictional works, Yekl (1896) and The Rise of David Levinsky (1917), are widely recognized as classic accounts of the immigrant experience of Americanization. Born in Podberezy, Russia, Cahan was educated at traditional Jewish cheders and also studied at the Vilna Teachers Institute, a Russian government school for Jewish teachers. After graduating in 1881, he began teaching and at the same time became deeply involved in radical, underground anti-czarist activities. Forced to flee, he joined a group of immigrants bound for America and arrived in Philadelphia on June 5, 1882. The next day he reached New York, where his religious training proved useless and secular success beckoned. In 1890 he became editor of the weekly Arbeiter Zeitung

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18. Volume C: American Literature, 1865-1914 Hamlin Garland (18601940). Abraham Cahan (1860-1951). Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935).Edith Wharton (1862-1937). Sui Sin Far (Edith Maud Eaton) (1867-1914). http://www.wwnorton.com/naal/vol_C/explorations.htm

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19. Jewish American Literature: A Norton Anthology Colossus Venus of the Louvre. THE GREAT TIDE, 18811920. Abraham Cahan(1860-1951) A Ghetto Wedding. MORRIS ROSENFELD (1862-1923) Corner http://www.wwnorton.com/english/jamlit/toc.htm

Jewish American Literature A Norton Anthology Jules Chametzky University of Massachusetts, Amherst John Felstiner Stanford University Hilene Flanzbaum Butler University Kathryn Hellerstein University of Pennsylvania 1221 pages 0-393-04809-8 / cloth Back to the English Page Endorsements PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION LITERATURE OF ARRIVAL, 1654-1880 ABRAHAM DE LUCENA ET AL. To the Honorable Director General and Council of New Netherlands HAIM ISAAC KARIGAL From A Sermon Preached at the Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island MORDECAI SHEFTALL From Diary HAYM SALOMON [Letter from "a Jew Broker"] JACOB I. COHEN A Prayer for the Medina REBECCA SAMUEL (fl. 1790s) [Letters to Her Parents] JACOB HENRY An Address in the Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons of North Carolina REBECCA GRATZ From Letters of Rebecca Gratz To Benjamin Gratz (February 27, 1825) To Maria Gist Gratz (June 29, 1834) To Maria Gist Gratz (August 27, 1840)

20. Abraham Abraham Kuyper (18371920) Dutch theologian. Abraham Cahan (1860-1951)American journalist. Abraham Flexner (1866-1959) American educator. http://www.geocities.com/edgarbook/names/a/abraham.html

For many more names, please Return to Edgar's Main Page. Abraham Gender : Masculine Language : English Etymology Abraham History Abraham is another example of an Old Testament name used in Europe only by Jewish families until the Reformation. After which, the name was taken up by 17th century Puritans (including the American colonists), as well as into Belgium and Holland (as Bram , or Abram Abraham was popular in the United States (originally due to Puritan influence, and then due to martyred 16th president Abraham Lincoln) until the turn of the century, when it declined considerably. The name has been rather rare in the 20th century, but is slowly becoming more popular. Pronunciation : abe-rah-ham. Diminutives English Abe Hebrew Aram Irish Bram Alternates Abarron Abiram Abramo Avidor Avraham Avrahom Arabic Braheem Ibrahim Inrahim Irish Abracham Latin Abrahamus Spanish Spanish (Old) Abraam Yiddish Avrom Famous Bearers Artists and Authors Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra Spanish Jewish poet. Abraham Fraunce English poet. Abraham Bloemaert Dutch painter.

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