Kasriel Hirsch Sarasohn

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Kasriel Hirsch Sarasohn (also: Hersch ; also: Sarahsohn ; * 1835 in the Powiat Suwalski , today Poland, as the son of a rabbi ; † January 12, 1905 in New York ) was an American publicist and philanthropist .

Sarasohn immigrated from Russia to the United States in 1866, where he a. a. In 1872 the first Yiddish American weekly newspaper New Yorker Yiddishe Tseitung and in 1874 the weekly newspaper Di Yidishe Gazeten (existed for over 50 years) and then in 1885 the first Yiddish daily newspaper Yidishes Tageblat published. He was also a delegate at several Zionist congresses .

His son Ezekiel Sarasohn and his son-in-law L. Kamelka continued the journalistic tradition with various papers, some of which still exist today.

literature

  • Moshe D. Sherman: Orthodox Judaism in America: a biographical dictionary and sourcebook. Greenwood, 1996, pp. 183-184.
  • Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume V, page 371.
personal data
SURNAME Sarasohn, Kasriel Hirsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American publicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Powiat Suwalski
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1905
Place of death new York