AVROM-YANKEV
SLUTSKI (March 11, 1861-1911)
He was born in Novgorod-Seversk,
Volhynia. He studied in the Mstislav
yeshiva under Ben-Tsien Dubnov. From
1882 he was writing articles for Razsvet
(Dawn), Hamagid (The preacher), and Yudishes folks-blat (Jewish people’s
newspaper). He was one of the most devoted
“Lovers of Zion.” For a time he was a
co-editor of Hamelits (The
advocate). He later was one of the
founders of Mizrachi. According to Sefer zikaron (Remembrance volume) of
1895, he had prepared a Yiddish collection for publication. He died, together with his wife, during a
pogrom in Novgorod-Seversk.
Sources:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 2, with
a bibliography.
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