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Mendel Osherowitch (January 14, 1888 – April 16, 1965) was a Podilia-born American Yiddish journalist, novelist, historian, and translator. He wrote for The Forward from 1914 to 1965, and he authored many books, including three novels and a book about Yiddish theatre.

His two-volume Yidn in Uḳraine was printed posthumously but never sent to bookstores. The Yiddish Book Center found the printed copies sitting in a fish market in 1980 and distributed them to libraries.

His book on the Holodomor was translated into English in 2020.

References

1. "Mendel Osherowitch, Ex-City Editor of Jewish Daily Forward". The News. Patterson, NJ. April 17, 1965. p. 3. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "Mendel Osherowitch Dies at 78; Was Prolilic Writer in Yiddish". The New York Times. April 17, 1965. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
3. "Mendel Osherowitch, Noted Yiddish Author, Dead; Funeral Today". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 19, 1965. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
4. "Papers of Mendel Osherowitch". Center for Jewish History. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
5. Luciuk, Lubomyr (November 20, 2020). "Mendel Osherowitch's chilling account of the Holodomor famine translated to English for the first time". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
6. https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/articles/9902/bread-and-vodka/

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