About Abraham Brumberg
Lived 1926 – 2008 (aged 81). Abraham Brumberg was an American writer, editing staff and essayist.
Abraham Brumberg (; November 7, 1926 – January 26, 2008) was an American writer and editor.
He wrote about the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Jewish issues. He was the first editor of Problems of Communism (1952–1970), an author of numerous articles and essays (published in The New York Times, Dissent, The New Republic and other outlets), and the editor of several anthologies. 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. He escaped capture by the Nazis with his family shortly after Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.
Works Journeys Through Vanishing Worlds (New Academia, 2007) - memoir
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Who was Abraham Brumberg?
American writer (1926–2008)
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Abraham Brumberg was born on 7 November 1926.
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Abraham Brumberg died on 26 January 2008.
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Abraham Brumberg was a writer, editing staff and essayist.
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