Morris Winchevsky
Morris Winchevsky | |
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Winchevsky in 1907 | |
| Born | Leopold Benzion Novokhovitch August 9, 1856 |
| Died | March 18, 1932 (aged 75) |
| Pen name | Ben Netz |
| Occupation | Newspaper editor, poet |
| Language | Yiddish, English, Polish |
Morris Winchevsky (Yiddish: מאָריס װינטשעװסקי; born as Leopold Benzion Novokhovitch; August 9 1856–March 18 1932), also known as Ben Netz, was a prominent Jewish socialist leader in London and the United States in the late 19th and earlier 20th century.
Born in Jonava, Lithuania, in 1856, Winchevsky later moved to London where, already a well known socialist, he founded the Der Poylisher Yidl (The Little Polish Jew), one of the first Yiddish daily socialist newspapers; and the Arbeter Fraynd, the first Yiddish-language anarchist newspaper.