Translated By Chana Pollack
By Translated By Chana Pollack
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The peripatetic M. Baranov (1864-1942) — pseudonym of the earliest known Forverts travel writer Moyshe Gormidor — was employed by the Forverts starting in 1905. Forward Founder Ab Cahan called him a born satirist and remarkably clear writer specializing in short robust sentences and an edgy sense of humor. A revolutionary from Zhitomir in the…
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Culture In 1906, The Forward’s Geyser Became An Unlikely Water Source
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