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Alexander Kahn
Alexander Kahn (May 31, 1881 – March 11, 1962) was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher who was general manager of The Jewish Daily Forward from 1939 to 1962.
Kahn was born on May 31, 1881, in Smolensk, Russia, the son of Solomon and B. Lena Ben Zionoff. He immigrated to America in 1893.
In 1903, Kahn graduated from New York University School of Law (NYU Law) with an LL.B. and was admitted to the bar.
From 1903 to 1905, he was an assistant to a faculty member at NYU Law. He began practicing law in 1905.[citation needed]
From 1916 to 1918, Kahn was chairman of the People's Relief Committee, which raised $7 million for war sufferers. In 1919, he became a member of the executive board of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. In 1929, he was appointed a non-Zionist representative of the administration committee of the American representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. He was also a vice-chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and a director of the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation and the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia. Kahn was also a director of the Workmen's Circle and a corporation officer of the WEVD radio station.
Kahn was active in the Socialist Party and the trade union movement as a worker and speaker since 1897. In 1922, Kahn was a Socialist Party candidate for Justice of the New York Supreme Court. In 1931, he was the Socialist candidate for Brooklyn District Attorney, losing to Democrat William F. X. Geoghan. In the 1932 United States House of Representatives election Kahn was the Socialist candidate in New York's 17th congressional district. He lost the election to Democrat Theodore A. Peyser. In the 1934 United States House of Representatives election, he was the Socialist candidate in New York's 7th congressional district. He lost the election to John J. Delaney.
In the 1942 New York state election, Kahn was the American Labor Party's candidate for Attorney General of New York. He lost the election to Republican Nathaniel L. Goldstein. Kahn was a founder and vice-president of the Liberal Party of New York, and unsuccessfully ran for office through that party.
In 1923, Kahn became a director of the Rand School of Social Science and chairman of the New Leader Association (which published The New Leader). In 1924, he joined the executive committee of the Conference for Progressive Political Action.
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Alexander Kahn
Alexander Kahn (May 31, 1881 – March 11, 1962) was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher who was general manager of The Jewish Daily Forward from 1939 to 1962.
Kahn was born on May 31, 1881, in Smolensk, Russia, the son of Solomon and B. Lena Ben Zionoff. He immigrated to America in 1893.
In 1903, Kahn graduated from New York University School of Law (NYU Law) with an LL.B. and was admitted to the bar.
From 1903 to 1905, he was an assistant to a faculty member at NYU Law. He began practicing law in 1905.[citation needed]
From 1916 to 1918, Kahn was chairman of the People's Relief Committee, which raised $7 million for war sufferers. In 1919, he became a member of the executive board of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. In 1929, he was appointed a non-Zionist representative of the administration committee of the American representative of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. He was also a vice-chairman of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and a director of the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation and the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia. Kahn was also a director of the Workmen's Circle and a corporation officer of the WEVD radio station.
Kahn was active in the Socialist Party and the trade union movement as a worker and speaker since 1897. In 1922, Kahn was a Socialist Party candidate for Justice of the New York Supreme Court. In 1931, he was the Socialist candidate for Brooklyn District Attorney, losing to Democrat William F. X. Geoghan. In the 1932 United States House of Representatives election Kahn was the Socialist candidate in New York's 17th congressional district. He lost the election to Democrat Theodore A. Peyser. In the 1934 United States House of Representatives election, he was the Socialist candidate in New York's 7th congressional district. He lost the election to John J. Delaney.
In the 1942 New York state election, Kahn was the American Labor Party's candidate for Attorney General of New York. He lost the election to Republican Nathaniel L. Goldstein. Kahn was a founder and vice-president of the Liberal Party of New York, and unsuccessfully ran for office through that party.
In 1923, Kahn became a director of the Rand School of Social Science and chairman of the New Leader Association (which published The New Leader). In 1924, he joined the executive committee of the Conference for Progressive Political Action.
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