Motl Zelmanowicz
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Motl Zelmanowicz was a Bundist activist.
Zelmanowicz was born in Lodz, Poland. His father, Ephraim, was an activist in the General Jewish Labour Bund. At a very early age, he became an activist in the Bund in Poland
, becoming the local chairman of S.K.I.F. (Sotsyalistishe Kinder Farband)
. In 1940, he moved to Seattle to escape from the Holocaust. He arrived with his brother, Shloyme, his future wife, Emma Pat, and various friends and colleagues from the Bund. After moving to New York, he was instrumental in establishing the World Coordinating Committee of the Bund
and was its president for most of its existence, until it was folded at a small meeting at its headquarters.
Zelmanowicz was on the Board of Directors and a Trustee for YIVO
, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Folksbiene
, a Vice-President of the Jewish Daily Forward, one of the Vice-Chairs of the Democratic Socialists of America
, member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Labor Committee, President of the International Jewish Labor Bund
, author of "A Bundist Comments on History As It Was Being Made – The Post–Cold War Era", a major writer for the Bundist magazine Undzer Tsayt, responsible for the production of the "In Love and Struggle" CD, and assisted Jack Lester Jacobs, the author of Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland, in his research.
Zelmanowicz was born in Lodz, Poland. His father, Ephraim, was an activist in the General Jewish Labour Bund. At a very early age, he became an activist in the Bund in Poland
General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland
The General Jewish Labour Bund in Poland was a Jewish socialist party in Poland which promoted the political, cultural and social autonomy of Jewish workers, sought to combat antisemitism and was generally opposed to Zionism.-Creation of the Polish Bund:...
, becoming the local chairman of S.K.I.F. (Sotsyalistishe Kinder Farband)
Sotsyalistishe Kinder Farband
The Sotsyalistishe Kinder Farband was founded in Eastern Europe as the youth organisation of the Jewish Labour Bund, a Jewish Socialist political party...
. In 1940, he moved to Seattle to escape from the Holocaust. He arrived with his brother, Shloyme, his future wife, Emma Pat, and various friends and colleagues from the Bund. After moving to New York, he was instrumental in establishing the World Coordinating Committee of the Bund
International Jewish Labor Bund
The International Jewish Labor Bund is a New York-based international Jewish socialist organization, based on the legacy of the General Jewish Labour Bund founded in the Russian empire in 1897 and the Polish Bund that was active in the interwar years. The IJLB is composed by local Bundist groups...
and was its president for most of its existence, until it was folded at a small meeting at its headquarters.
Zelmanowicz was on the Board of Directors and a Trustee for YIVO
YIVO
YIVO, , established in 1925 in Wilno, Poland as the Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut , or Yiddish Scientific Institute, is a source for orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to the Yiddish language...
, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Folksbiene
Folksbiene
The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene is a professional theater company in New York City which produces both Yiddish plays and plays translated into Yiddish, in a theater equipped with simultaneous superscript translation into English...
, a Vice-President of the Jewish Daily Forward, one of the Vice-Chairs of the Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America
Democratic Socialists of America is a social-democratic organization in the United States and the U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, an international federation of social-democratic,democratic socialist and labor political parties and organizations.DSA was formed in 1982 by a merger of...
, member of the Executive Committee of the Jewish Labor Committee, President of the International Jewish Labor Bund
International Jewish Labor Bund
The International Jewish Labor Bund is a New York-based international Jewish socialist organization, based on the legacy of the General Jewish Labour Bund founded in the Russian empire in 1897 and the Polish Bund that was active in the interwar years. The IJLB is composed by local Bundist groups...
, author of "A Bundist Comments on History As It Was Being Made – The Post–Cold War Era", a major writer for the Bundist magazine Undzer Tsayt, responsible for the production of the "In Love and Struggle" CD, and assisted Jack Lester Jacobs, the author of Bundist Counterculture in Interwar Poland, in his research.