N. Chanin

Nokhum Chanin was born near Minsk. He received a traditional Jewish education and delved into secular studies independently. Chanin was an active Bundist in tsarist Russia and was imprisoned for seven years. He escaped to the United States in 1912 and continued his involvement with the Jewish workers’ movement as a leader in Jewish socialist associations and in the Arbeter Ring. He contributed to various Yiddish periodicals, including Forverts.