MOYSHE (MORRIS) TSEZAR (1868-July 2, 1924)
He was
born in Jassy (Iași), Romania. At age
twenty he was one of the leaders of the local socialist movement. In 1891 he came to the United States and was
active in the Jewish labor movement. He
was one of the founders, and initially also a contributor, to Forverts (Forward) in New York. Together with M. Winchevsky, M. Zametkin,
Louis Miller, and Ab. Kahan, he was a member of the press commission, with
which the editor of Forverts had to
consult over tactical issues. For a time,
he was also manager of Tsukunft
(Future) in New York. He was a highly popular
community leader among the Romanian Jews in America. In his last years, he had to withdraw from
public life, due to a severe illness. One
of his sons was the author of dramas for the Anglophone stage, and another son
wrote songs and music for melodramas.
Source: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3.
Yankev Kahan
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