Abraham Brumberg

Abraham Brumberg

Abraham Brumberg (November 7, 1926 – January 26, 2008) was a Jewish American writer and editor. He is known for writing about the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Jewish issues. He was the first editor of "Problems of Communism" journal (1952-1970), author of numerous articles and essays (published in "The New York Times", "Dissent", "The New Republic" and other outlets), editor of several anthologies of articles. Fluent in Yiddish, he was also an activist for preservation of that language.

Brumberg was born in Tel Aviv and lived in Poland as a child.

Works

*"Journeys Through Vanishing Worlds" (New Academia, 2007) - memoir

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021602351.html?nav=rss_metro/obituaries Abraham Brumberg; Scholar Wrote About Judaism, Communism and Eastern Europe] , Obituary, Washington Post, 16 February 2008
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/us/07brumberg.html?ex=1360040400&en=c66573742760d0de&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Abraham Brumberg, Writer on Eastern Europe, Is Dead at 81] , Obituary, 7 February 2008
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/12/russia1?gusrc=rss&feed=fromtheguardian Obituary:Abraham Brumberg] ,The Guardian, 12 12 2008
* [http://www.nybooks.com/authors/735 Some articles by Brumberg at NYBooks.com]


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