Tuesday 16 April 2019

GERSHON KRAKOVER


GERSHON KRAKOVER (1841-July 25, 1922)
            He was born in Shumsk, Volhynia, descended from a fanatical Hassidic family.  He became a follower of the Jewish Enlightenment and endured fierce struggles with his parents.  In 1891 he emigrated to Pittsburgh, where he worked as a bookkeeper and contributor to the local Folks-tsaytung (People’s newspaper).  He wrote a series of scholarly philosophical articles for the anarchist Fraye arbeter shtime (Free voice of labor) and the socialist Forverts (Forward), both in New York, although he was not a member of either party.  He also placed work in: Yidishes tageblat (Jewish daily newspaper), Morgn-zhurnal (Morning journal), Tsukunft (Future), and Hebrew-language newspapers.  In his last years he moved far from the printed word.

Source: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3.
Berl Cohen


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