Boris Dorfman

Boris (Boruch) Mendelevich Dorfman Russian: Борис (Борух) Менделевич Дорфман Yiddish: באָריס (ברוך) דאָרפמאַן; born 23 May 1923, in Cahul, Bessarabia)[1] was a Jewish public figure, writer, scholar of Jewish culture, and social activist.

Boris Dorfman
Michael Dorfman May 2010 by Maria Dorfman
Born(1923-05-23)23 May 1923
CitizenshipUkraine

He authored about 1000 articles on Jewish issues in Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and German for publications including Birobidzhaner Shtern and Советиш Геймланд.[2] One of the founders of Shofar, the first Jewish newspaper in the former USSR.[2]

He is the father of American publicist Michael Dorfman.

References

  1. Orlikova, Ella (December 2002). "Boris Dorfman". Centropa.
  2. "Борису Михайловичу Дорфману — 80 лет" [Boris Dorfman - 80 years]. Народ мой [My people] (in Russian). 317 (1). 15 January 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11.

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