Paulina Appenszlak

Paulina Appenszlak née Jamajka (cca 1900–1976) was a Polish-Jewish journalist, editor, poet, translator and a feminist. She cofounded and was the editor-in-chief of the Ewa magazine – the only Polish-language weekly of the interwar period for Jewish women.

Career Paulina Appenszlak debuted in 1919 with poems and literary translations in a Polish-language weekly called Tygodnik Nowy, where she later had a column. She went on to contribute to other Jewish titles, such as Divrei Akiva or Nasz Przegląd, and led the women's section in the latter.

As translator, she was a valued contributor to the Safrus publishing house which created a series focused on popularising Hebrew and Yiddish literature. Appenszlak became its editor-in-chief, while Wagmanowa was it publisher. with whom she had a son, Henryk. The couple separated and Paulina unsuccessfully tried to gain a divorce. Paulina's second partner was a sports journalist Zygmunt Fogiel, whom she likely married after the death of Jakub in 1950. Appenszlak's son, Henryk, served in the Israeli army and died at a volunteer post in 1949.

Paulina Appenszlak died in 1976, in Israel.