YANKEV-KOPL
GOLDBLUM (JACOB KOPPEL
GOLDBLOOM) (October 30, 1872-1961)
He was born in Kletsk (Klieck),
Russia. In 1893 he emigrated to
England. He was a rabbi and Zionist
leader, a founder of Jewish educational institutions in London. He was also a delegate to Zionist Congresses
and a member of the Zionist action committee.
He contributed to the Yiddish, Hebrew, and Anglo-Jewish press in
England. He wrote for Di tsayt
(The times) and Di yidishe shtime (The Jewish voice) in London. In 1955-1956, he published Bleter fun mayn
lebn (Pages from my life), which contained much information on the history
of Jewish life in England and is intertwined with various popular and timely
songs. He also wrote: Ḥag habikurim beerets
yisrael (Festival of first fruits in Israel) (London).
Sources:
Di yidishe shtime (London) (January 7, 1955); A. Alperin, in Amerikaner
(New York) (December 13, 1957); Who’s Who in World Jewry (New York,
1955), p. 263.
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