HYMEN
MANDELSHTAM
He came from Vinitse (Vinnytsa,
Vinnytsya), Ukraine. In 1881 (with a
group from “Am Olam” [Eternal people]), he moved to the United States and settled
in Philadelphia. He cofounded and
contributed to the political biweekly Yudishes
folksblat (Jewish people’s newspaper) in Philadelphia (1894), which was
close to anarchist circles. He published
poems there and wrote editorial articles.
He also placed work in: Der
folks-advokat (The people’s advocate), Teglekher
herald (Daily herald), and Di varhayt
(The truth)—in New York; and Der
literarisher shtrahl (The literary beam [of light]) and other serials in
Philadelphia. He was set to return to
Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Sources:
D. B. Tirkel, in Pinkes fun amopteyl fun yivo (Records of the
American division of YIVO), vol. 1 (New York, 1927-1928), p. 260; M. Frihman, Fuftsik yor geshikhte fun idishen lebn in
filadelfye (Fifty years of Jewish life in Philadelphia) (Philadelphia,
1934).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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