Creator Bio
Abraham J. Zhitnik
1890–1964
Abraham J. (Avrom-Yankev) Zhitnik grew up in a Hasidic family near Zhitomir, Ukraine. A rabbi, orator, and Zionist, he wrote and edited in Kiev, supporting Jewish laborers. After the Russian Revolution, Zhitnik settled in the United States, where he served as a rabbi (known as Z. Abrams) in Chicago.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Jews of Soviet Russia
[ . . . ] [T]here was a lecture in the big union hall on the topic of Soviet food policy. The wife of our protagonist also wanted to go and listen. You didn’t…