- Abraham Rhinewine
Abraham Rhinewine (1887-1932) [ [http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/rh.htm New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors Page Redirect ] ] was a Polish-born,
Canadian -Jewish editor,publisher andauthor , among the most prominent Jewishjournalists inCanada during his time. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-6682(193501)2%3A25%3A3%3C325%3AACIC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E] He was raised as anorthodox Jew inPoland and trained to be arabbi , but at the age of 15, he became asocialist and, apparently after attempting to unionize his father'sfactory , was sent toEngland to continue hissecular education.Conversation with Avivah Bakerspigel of Toronto, daughter of Abraham Rhinewine, 2005.] He later settled inNorth America , where he was to work briefly and unsuccessfully in themillinery industry inNew York City . He then settled inToronto where he began his brief but highly distinguished career as a journalist andscholar . He is the author of several books inYiddish as well as English, as well as many journalistic articles in these languages, and was publisher andeditor-in-chief of the Hebrew Journal (Der Yidisher Zshurnal), [ [http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt69.html The Jewish Press in Toronto ] ] a key Jewishnewspaper in Toronto. Although he did not possess an advanced degree apart from a rabbinical certification from Poland and coursework fromMcMaster University (at that time in Toronto), he taught courses inJudaism at theUniversity of Toronto and was well-regarded as a secular scholar. He was politically active as a Jew and passionately advocated theZionist cause for aJewish state inPalestine . Following an unfortunate ouster from his position at the newspaper, he died May 19 1932,http://ajcarchives.org/AJC_DATA/Files/1932_1933_4_YRAppendices.pdf] at age 44, of complications fromdiabetes .Publications
English-language books:
*"Looking Back a Century: on the Centennial of Jewish Political Equality in Canada" revised and enlarged by Isidore Goldstick, Kraft Press, Toronto 1932Yiddish-language books:
*"Erets Yisroel in Yidishen Leben un Literatur [The Land of Israel in Jewish Life and Literature] ", Farlag Kanada, Toronto 1921
*"Kanade--ihr Geshikhte un Entviklung [Canada--its History and Development] ", Kanade, Toronto 1923
*"Der Yid in Kanada: fun der frantzoyzisher periyode biz der moderner tzayt. [The Jew in Canada] ", Farlag Kanada, Toronto 1925References
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