Soviet Russia as I Saw It

N. Chanin

1929

Culture on the Jewish Street

[ . . . ] We have heard so much about the achievements of the Evsektsiia [Jewish sections of the Communist Party] in the field of Jewish culture that for this alone many of us forgave them for destroying the Jewish economy. Their great cultural achievements were described not only by writers who served as professional…

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N. Chanin

1885–1965

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.

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