AVROM-YANKEV
KATS (KATZ) (b. December 28, 1906)
He was born near Kobrin, Grodno
district, Russian Poland. He was an
active leader in the Orthodox movement in Poland. In 1934 he settled in Israel. He was a deputy to the Knesset in the state
of Israel and secretary of the city administration in Haifa. He was a member of the world union of Agudat
Yisrael and Poale Agudat-Yisrael (Workers of Agudat Yisrael). Until his departure from Poland, he published
articles, biographies of Jewish personalities, and feature pieces in: Der yud (The Jew), Dos yudishe togblat (The Jewish daily newspaper), and Ortodoksishe yugend-bleter (Orthodox
youth sheets)—in Warsaw; Beys-yankev
zhurnal (Beys Yankev journal) and Der
yudisher arbayter (The Jewish worker)—in Lodz; and Dos vort (The word) in Vilna; among others. He was a member of the editorial board of the
Orthodox daily Shaarim (Gates). He contributed as well to: Haderekh (The road), Atid (Future), and other serials in Tel
Aviv. He was last living in Haifa.
Source:
D. Tidhar, in Entsiklopedyah leḥalutse hayishuv uvonav (Encyclopedia of the
pioneers and builders of the yishuv), vol. 7 (Tel Aviv, 1956), p. 2840.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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