Abraham Cahan
Abraham Cahan was the founding editor of the Jewish Daily Forward and the first major chronicler of Jewish immigrant life on the Lower East Side. The Rise of David Levinsky is the definitive immigrant novel in American literature.
Works
- The Rise of David LevinskyNovel of a Jewish immigrant's rise from poverty to wealth and social estrangement
- Yekl: A Tale of the New York GhettoShort novel about a Jewish immigrant in New York navigating cultural assimilation
- The Imported BridegroomShort story about arranged marriage and cultural conflict among Jewish immigrants
- White Terror and RedNovel exploring political violence and revolutionary idealism among immigrant communities
- The Education of Abraham CahanAutobiography of the Yiddish writer and socialist Abraham Cahan