Tradition and Revolt in Yiddish Poetry

Born near Mogilev-Podolski, Ukraine, writer and critic Abraham Tabachnik immigrated in 1921 to the United States, where he began contributing widely to the Yiddish-language leftist journals of the day. Tabachnik attended the Jewish Teachers’ Seminary in the 1920s and afterward pursued a career in journalism, working as a translator and editor for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency from 1941 until his death. He remained a committed Yiddishist throughout his life, and in the 1950s he edited the Yiddish literary journal Vogshol (Scale) and recorded several interviews with major Yiddish authors.