Israel Freedman

Israel Freedman (April 11, 1878 – March 18, 1934) was a Jewish Romanian-American Yiddish journalist.

Life Freedman was born on April 11, 1878, in Botoșani, Romania. He attended the local cheder and lyceum.

Freedman began his journalistic career after his student years. From 1893 to 1899, he wrote for the major daily newspapers in Bucharest and Iași. He also began writing in a romanized Yiddish, and wrote poetry, sketches, and articles for the Arbayter in Przemyśl and the Idish Folks Blat in Lemberg. He performed in amateur Yiddish theater in Romania and Bukovina. He joined the socialist movement in his youth, and travelled on foot through the villages to spread socialism among the peasants. He was arrested and expelled from Romania for writing articles against the Romanian government, and in 1900 he immigrated to America and arrived in New York City. He initially wrote for the German socialist Folkstsaytung, although he soon began writing for Yiddish newspapers.