FROYM
KATS (1870-April 5, 1924)
He was born in Gline (Glinyani),
eastern Galicia. He studied in religious
primary school, a house of study, and a Polish high school. He worked as a bank employee. He was one of the first “Lovers of Zion”
(early Zionists) in his town. He was a
founder and president of the Zionist group “Ahavat tsiyon” (Love of Zion) in
1919. He published stories and articles
in: Lemberger togblat (Lemberg daily
newspaper) (1909-1924); Di vokhnshrift
(The weekly writing) in Lemberg (1919-1921); Gershon Bader’s Yudisher folks-kalendar (Jewish people’s
calendar) in Lemberg (1909); the anthologies Shtralen (Beams [of light]) in Vilna (1914) and Moyshe Frostik’s Yudisher kalendar (Jewish calendar); as
well as in various periodicals of Galician Zionists in Lemberg, Cracow, and
other places. He died in Lemberg.
Sources:
H. Halpern, Megiles gline (The book
of Gline) (New York, 1950), pp. 90, 139, 142; N. M. Gelber, Toldot hatenua hatsiyonit begalitsiya
(History of the Zionist movement in Galicia) (Jerusalem, 1958), pp. 254, 511.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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