HEINRICH (TSVI) GABEL (November 21 [or May 12], 1873-July
29-1910)
He was born in Lemberg [other
sources give: Buczacz], and was by profession a lawyer. In 1907 he was selected to be a deputy to the
Austrian Reichsrat (Imperial council); he was also a Zionist activist, a
fighter for Jewish rights and for recognition of Yiddish and Hebrew, as well as
a speaker and writer on current affairs.
In Lemberg he contributed to Tagblat (Daily newspaper) and to the
Zionist Wschod (East), and editor of Przyszlosc (Future). He died in Vienna.
Sources:
Gershom
Bader, Medina veḥakhameha (The state and its sages) (New York, 1934); Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon,
vol. 1.
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