B. KAHAN

B. KAHAN

            He was the editor of the first Yiddish newspaper in Massachusetts, Der yudisher sitizen (The Jewish citizen) (Boston, 1893).  Only a few issues are known.

Source: S. Brokhes, Di geshikhte fun der yidisher prese in masatshuzets (The history of the Yiddish press in Massachusetts) (New York, 1939).

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 468.