Rogoff Harry ( Rogov Hillel , English; Rogoff Harry ; , - , ) - American writer and publicist, journalist, activist of the socialist movement. He wrote in Yiddish .
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| Birth name | Rogov Hillel |
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| Occupation | writer, journalist, publicist, socialist |
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Biography
Born in the family of Isaac Rogov and Sarah Yakhnovich . In 1890 he emigrated to the USA , studied at the yeshiva of Yitzhak-Elkhanan , then in 1906 he graduated from City College . From 1906 he wrote in Yiddish for the Forverts newspaper, in which he worked in 1908-21 as a news editor and deputy. editor-in-chief, since 1951 (after the death of A. Kagan ) - editor-in-chief (until 1964) and leading publicist. It was published in the well-known periodicals of the USA in Yiddish (Zukunft, Frye arbeter shtime, Diene Velt, and Di veker). He became famous for the five-volume publication Di Heshihte fun di di Fareinicte staff (History of the United States, 1925-28).
Artwork
- Nine Yiddish Writers (1915)
- "How America is Governed" (1918)
- Biography of Meyer London (1930)
- Der Geist fun Forverts (1954)
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Links
- Rogoff, Harry - article from the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
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