YOYSEF FISHMAN

YOYSEF FISHMAN (b. October 5, 1920)

            The son of Yankev-Hirsh Fishman, he was born in Shedlets (Siedlce), Poland.  From 1920 he was already living with his parents in Warsaw.  His studies in Tsisho (Central Jewish School Organization) schools and in a high school.  Over the years 1939-1941, he worked for YIVO in Vilna.  During the years of WWII, he escaped with his father to China.  From 1949 he was living in the United States.  He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1964.  He worked for a time as a teacher in Workmen’s Circle schools and later was professor of sociology at a number of universities.  He was active in the youth Bund and in community life.  In Yiddish he penned stories, reviews of books, and journalistic pieces for: Ekspres (Express) and Folkstsaytung (People’s newspaper) in Warsaw; and Yugntruf (Call to youth), Undzer tsayt (Our time), and Forverts (Forward) in New York; among others.  In more recent years, he wrote mainly in English-language scholarly journals, using the name Joseph Zulin.  He was last living in New York.

Leyb Vaserman