Baruch Charney Vladeck
Baruch Charney Vladeck | |
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Member of the New York City Council | |
In office January 1, 1938 – October 30, 1938 | |
Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen | |
In office January 1, 1918 – January 1, 1922 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Baruch Nachman Charney January 13, 1886 Dukor, Belorussia |
Died | October 30, 1938 The Jewish Daily Forward, member of the New York City Council | (aged 52)
Baruch Charney Vladeck (born Baruch Nachman Charney; January 13, 1886 – October 30, 1938) was an American
Biography
Early years
Baruch Charney was born January 13, 1886, in
In the early 1900s, Baruch Charney was drawn to the revolutionary movement for the overthrow of the Tsarist autocracy, becoming an activist in the
Vladeck was arrested in 1904 for conducting a radical study circle for young workers,
The 1905 revolution ended in Tsarist restoration by 1907 and a period of reaction ensued. Vladeck came to feel that emigration to the United States was his most realistic option.[4] In 1908 he left Europe for North America, landing at Ellis Island, soon after which he began to immerse himself in the study of American history and culture.[4]
American political activity
In America, Vladeck made use of his previous experience as a public speaker, traveling extensively for four years and giving public lectures on a variety of social, political, and economic topics.[4]
Vladeck joined the staff of the
In 1917 Vladeck was elected to the New York
In 1933 Vladeck laid the groundwork for the Jewish Labor Committee, which was formed by Jewish trade unionists, socialists, and kindred groups and individuals to oppose the rise of Nazism in Germany. The JLC had its founding convention the following February, in New York's Lower East Side; Vladeck was the organization's president from the convention until his death. He, together with Jewish trade union leaders, successfully convinced the American Federation of Labor to support a national boycott of German goods at the labor federation's 1933 convention.
Death and legacy
Vladeck died on October 30, 1938, at the age of 52 from a
Today the
Vladeck's son was civil rights lawyer Stephen C. Vladeck (1920–1979) and his daughter-in-law was renowned labor lawyer Judith Vladeck.
Footnotes
- ^ Leyb Vaserman, "Niger, Shmuel,” in Leksikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur, vol. 6, cols. 190–210 (New York, 1965)
- ^ YIVO Encyclopedia Entry
- ISBN 978-0-7656-0130-8.
- ^ a b c d e f "Vladeck, Practical Leader, Socialist Idealist, Dead at 52," The New Leader [New York], vol. 21, no. 45 (November 5, 1938), pg. 8.
- ^ Zvi Gitelman, The Emergence of Modern Jewish Politics: Bundism and Zionism in Eastern Europe. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003; pg. 184.
- ^ Vladeck Park.
Sources consulted
- "B.C. Vladeck Dies; City Councilman," New York Times, 31 Oct. 1938: p. 1.
- "Half Million See Vladeck Funeral," New York Times, 3 Nov. 1938: p. 28.
Works
- B. Vladeck in Leben un Shafen. New York: Forverts, 1936.
Further reading
- Melech Epstein, Profiles of Eleven. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1965.
- John Herling, "Baruch Charney Vladeck," in American Jewish Yearbook 41. New York: American Jewish Committee, 1939–1940.
- Harold B. Hunting, "A Revolutionist Devoid of Hate," in Distinguished American Jews. Philip Henry Lotz, ed. New York: Associated Press, 1945.
- Ephraim Jeshurin, B.C. Vladeck: Fifty Years of Life and Labor. New York: 1932.
- Franklin L. Jonas, The Early Life and Career of B. Charney Vladeck. Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1972.
- Brian Dolber, "Sweating for Democracy: Working Class Media and the Struggle for 'Hegemonic Jewishness,' 1919–1941." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2011.
- Brian Dolber, "Strange Bedfellows: Yiddish socialist radio and the collapse of broadcasting reform in the United States, 1927–1938." Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio, 2013, Vol. 33(2), 289–307.
External links
- Finding Aid for the Baruch Charney Vladeck papers, Tamiment Library, New York University.
- "Baruch Charney Vladeck," Our Campaigns.com biography.
- Labor and the Holocaust: The Jewish Labor Committee and the Anti-Nazi Struggle (Origins)
- Labor and the Holocaust: The Jewish Labor Committee and the Anti-Nazi Struggle (Anti-Nazi Activity 1930s)