BENYOMEN
TABATSHINSKI (BENJAMIN TABACHINSKY) (March 31, 1896-August 6, 1967)
He was born in Bialystok, Russian
Poland. He joined the Bund in his
youth. He was one of the most active
community leaders in Bialystok. Over the
years 1918-1938, he the Bund representative in the Bialystok Jewish community administration,
and he was a member (1926-1938) of the Bialystok city council. He was the founder of the publishing house “Dos
bukh” (The book), which published school books and children’s literature in
Yiddish. He was also a member of the chief
administration of Tsisho (Central Jewish School Organization), ORT (Association for the Promotion of Skilled Trades),
and TOZ (Towarzystwo Ochrony Zdrowia [Society
for the protection of health]) in Poland. He was chairman of the Bialystok division of
the Central Jewish School Organization.
From 1938 he was living in the United States; he was one of the leaders
of the “Jewish Labor Committee” in America.
He was also active in the management of the World Jewish Culture
Congress in New York. He was a member as
well of the World Coordinating Committee of the Bund, and he was well-known
speaker. He made a number of major
trips: in 1932 to Europe and South American countries—on assignment for Tsisho;
and in 1947 to Europe and the “displaced persons” camps” in Germany—on assignment
for the Jewish Labor Committee. He
published articles in Byalistoker veker
(Bialystok alarm), 1927-1938. He was a
regular contributor to Unzer lebn
(Our life) in Bialystok. He later
published in: Forverts (Forward), Der veker (The alarm), Unzer tsayt (Our time), Fraye arbeter-shtime (Free voice of
labor), and Lerer-yizker-bukh
(Remembrance volume for teachers)—in New York; Unzer shtime (Our voice) in Paris; Lebns-fragn (Life issues) in Tel Aviv; and Foroys (Onward) in Mexico City; among others. He also wrote under such pen names as: Besht
and Breynin. He died in New York.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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