Benzion Hoffman (
Yiddish: בּנציון האָפֿמאַן,
romanized: Bentsiyen Hofman; 1 May 1874 – 14 October 1954), best known by the
pen nameZivion (צבֿיון, Tsivyen), was a
Yiddish writer, journalist, and political activist.
He emigrated to
New York in 1908,[4] where he became a central figure in American Jewish journalism.[5] In the years that followed, Hoffman edited and contributed to the Hebrew
dailyHa-Yom,[6] the Yiddish periodicals Der fraynd, Di naye post, Di tsukunft, Der tog, Di naye velt, and Gerekhtikeyt, and the Yiddish section of the English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary.[1][7]
He died at his home in New York City on 14 October 1954.[3]
"Yuhz, vilson un dos folk" [Hughes, Wilson, and the People]. Jewish Labor World (in Yiddish). VII (451). New York: 5. 27 October 1916.
Astronomye [Astronomy]. 880-04Arbeyṭer Ring biblioṭeḳ ;12-14 (in Yiddish). New York: Aroysgegeben fun der Edyukeyshonal komite fun Arbeyter Ring. 1918.
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015052684985.
Fuftsig yohr kloukmakher yunyon, 1886–1936 [Fifty Years of the Cloakmakers' Union, 1886–1936] (in Yiddish). New York: United Cloak, Suit, Infants and Children's Coats Operators Union, Local 117. 1936.
Vos iz bolshevizm? [What is Bolshevism?] (in Yiddish). New York: Aroysgegeben fun der Yidisher sotsyalistishen federatsye. 1919.
Di iberboyung fun der gezelshaft nokhn krig [Reconstruction of Society After the War] (in Yiddish). (New York. 1919.{{
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Mayn rayze keyn Erets-Yisroel [My Voyage to the Land of Israel] (in Yiddish). Warsaw: Di velt. 1923.
Komunistn vos hobn oyfgegesn dem komunizm [Communists Who Have Regretted Communism] (in Yiddish). New York. 1923.{{
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Toyznt yor Pinsk [1000 Years of Pinsk] (in Yiddish). New York. 1941.{{
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Kazdan, Khayim Shloyme, ed. (1948).
Far fuftsik yor: geklibene shriftn [For Fifty Years: Selected Writings] (in Yiddish). New York: Elias Laub Publishing Co.
References
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abcdVaserman, Leyb (4 January 2019).
"Tsvien (Zivion)". Yiddish Leksikon. Translated by Fogel, Joshua. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^Hoffman, Benzion, ed. (1941).
Toyznt yor Pinsk [1000 Years of Pinsk] (in Yiddish). New York: Pinsker Branch 210,
Workmen's Circle. pp. 310–312.
^Marcus, Jacob Rader; Daniels, Judith M., eds. (1994).
"Hoffman, Ben Zion (Zivion)"(PDF). The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography. Brooklyn: Carlson Publishing. p. 275.