Lazar Fogelman
Yiddish journalist and newspaper editor
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Lazar Fogelman (May 27, 1888 - September 13, 1970) was an American journalist and editor. He was the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Daily Forward between 1962 and 1968.
Biography
Lazar Fogelman was born in Nyasizh, Belarus, where his father was a teacher.[1] He was educated at Imperial University Warsaw and the Psychoneurological Institute in Petrograd.[2] He began his literary career in Russian before switching to writing in Yiddish .[3] In America, he received a law degree from Fordham University Law School.[4]
Fogelman began writing for the Forward in 1927.[5] He was the managing editor of the paper between 1952 and 1962.[6] Following the resignation of Harry Rogoff, Fogelman became the editor of the Forward.[7] Elie Wiesel worked with Fogelman at the paper during the 1960s, recalling him as "a dreamer with a penchant for sudden outbursts of humor".[8]
Bibliography
- Pavel Akselrod (New York: Jewish Socialist Union, 1928)
- Buker T. Vashington (New York: Workmen's Circle, 1930)
- Unzer ring, geshikhte fun dem arbiter-ring (New York: Workmen's Circle, 1931)