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Moissaye Joseph Olgin
Moissaye Joseph Olgin (1878–1939) was a Russian-born writer, journalist, and translator in the early 20th century. He began his career writing for the Jewish press in support of the Russian Revolution in 1910. During the First World War, he moved to the United States in 1915, settling in New York City, where he continued his career in Jewish journalism. Much of his work was in support of communism, and he was a founding member of the Workers Party. In 1922, he
founded "The Morning Freiheit", and served as its editor until his death in 1939.
Early life.
Moissaye Joseph Olgin was born on March 24, 1878 in Buki, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire) to Chaim Aaron Novominsky and Tsipe (Gelman) Novominsky, both of whom were of ethnic Jewish origins. His father worked as a lumber camp employee.
Olgin received a traditional education in Hebrew. After a short period of self-study, he began his studies at the University of