Abraham Frumkin
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Abraham Frumkin the son of Israel Dov Frumkin
, was a prominent Jewish anarchist best known as a contributor to the daily Yiddische Welt of New York.
Born in Jerusalem, he spent a year in Jaffa
as a teacher of Arabic. In 1891 he went to Constantinople
to study law but did not graduate because of lack of funds. In 1893 he went to New York
and came in contact with anarchist ideas for the first time. By 1894 he had returned to Constantinople with lots of anarchist books and propaganda material. In the house of Moses Schapiro from South Russia and his wife Nastia, which was at that time a place for young activists, he found open ears and minds. Schapiro, who had to flee from Russia because of his revolutionary activities, was soon inflamed by the new ideas and went together with Frumkin to Paris and London. From there he took all the books he could get about anarchism – Kropotkin
, Reclus
, Malatesta
– back home. From London the Yiddish anarchist paper Arbeiterfraind was sent to Constantinople where the Jewish community around Shapiro welcomed him.
In 1896 Abraham Frumkin, still as a young man, moved from Constantinople (Istanbul) to London. He became a friend of Rudolf Rocker
. Then, in 1896, they decided to go to London to open a print shop for Yiddish anarchist booklets. Many years later he wrote a book about this time titled From The Spring Period of Jewish Socialism.
Shapiro had to return to Constantinople in 1897. He left his print shop to Frumkin, who decided to publish his own little paper Der Propagandist (11 issues) ending in 1897. After a while in Liverpool and Leeds (1898) Frumkin went to Paris, and stayed there for one year. In 1899 he again went to America 1899. Shapiro was later engaged in the Russian Revolution of 1917
and was a co-founder 1922/23 of the IWA
in Berlin.
Frumkin went to the US where he died in 1946.
Israel Dov Frumkin
Israel Dov Frumkin was a pioneer of Hebrew journalism, author, and builder of Jerusalem.-Family:His step grandfather was Aaron ha-Levi ben Moses of Staroselye. Emigrated to Jerusalem in 19 December 1859, at the age of nine, with his father, Alexander Sender Frumkin, mother and brother...
, was a prominent Jewish anarchist best known as a contributor to the daily Yiddische Welt of New York.
Born in Jerusalem, he spent a year in Jaffa
Jaffa
Jaffa is an ancient port city believed to be one of the oldest in the world. Jaffa was incorporated with Tel Aviv creating the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical story of the prophet Jonah.-Etymology:...
as a teacher of Arabic. In 1891 he went to Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
to study law but did not graduate because of lack of funds. In 1893 he went to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and came in contact with anarchist ideas for the first time. By 1894 he had returned to Constantinople with lots of anarchist books and propaganda material. In the house of Moses Schapiro from South Russia and his wife Nastia, which was at that time a place for young activists, he found open ears and minds. Schapiro, who had to flee from Russia because of his revolutionary activities, was soon inflamed by the new ideas and went together with Frumkin to Paris and London. From there he took all the books he could get about anarchism – Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, evolutionary theorist, philosopher, economist, geographer, author and one of the world's foremost anarcho-communists. Kropotkin advocated a communist society free from central government and based on voluntary associations between...
, Reclus
Élisée Reclus
Élisée Reclus , also known as Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes , over a period of nearly 20 years...
, Malatesta
Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarcho-communist. He was an insurrectionary anarchist early in his life. He spent much of his life exiled from his homeland of Italy and in total spent more than ten years in prison. He wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was also a friend of...
– back home. From London the Yiddish anarchist paper Arbeiterfraind was sent to Constantinople where the Jewish community around Shapiro welcomed him.
In 1896 Abraham Frumkin, still as a young man, moved from Constantinople (Istanbul) to London. He became a friend of Rudolf Rocker
Rudolf Rocker
Johann Rudolf Rocker was an anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist. A self-professed anarchist without adjectives, Rocker believed that anarchist schools of thought represented "only different methods of economy" and that the first objective for anarchists was "to secure the personal and social...
. Then, in 1896, they decided to go to London to open a print shop for Yiddish anarchist booklets. Many years later he wrote a book about this time titled From The Spring Period of Jewish Socialism.
Shapiro had to return to Constantinople in 1897. He left his print shop to Frumkin, who decided to publish his own little paper Der Propagandist (11 issues) ending in 1897. After a while in Liverpool and Leeds (1898) Frumkin went to Paris, and stayed there for one year. In 1899 he again went to America 1899. Shapiro was later engaged in the Russian Revolution of 1917
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
and was a co-founder 1922/23 of the IWA
IWA
IWA may refer to:*Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South*Indian Workers' Association*Industrial, Wood and Allied Workers of Canada , an autonomous branch of the former International Woodworkers of America trade union...
in Berlin.
Frumkin went to the US where he died in 1946.