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Benjamin Feigenbaum
Thanks for your edits, I agree it is unsupported to describe him as an anarchist. He is mentioned and acquainted with many anarchists and newspapers, but I am searching for proper proof, e.g. writing or formal organizational membership to indicate such. The publication Arbeter Fraynd, of which he was an editor of oscillated between exclusively anarchist, to socialist etc.. Shushugah (talk) 16:44, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi Shushugah. Any reliable source that describes Feigenbaum as an anarchist would be sufficient. I'll go through the indices of some of the books I have about anarchism and anarchists to see if they mention him. — MShabazz /Stalk 17:32, 28 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi again Shushugah. While I didn't find any reference to Feigenbaum being an anarchist, I found three things about him that may be of interest to you.
- In his book Anarchist Portraits, historian Paul Avrich has a chapter about Jewish anarchism in the United States. He mentions the movement's hostility to religion, particularly to traditional Judaism (they would hold balls on Yom Kippur). Among the pamphlets and tracts they circulated, Avrich writes, was "Benjamin Feigenbaum's Passover Hagadah According to a New Version, was imported from London and distributed in large quantities." The Kate Sharpley Library lists many of Feigenbaum's anti-religious tracts in its Yiddish Anarchist Bibliography. Evidently they were widely reprinted. Of Feigenbaum's "hagadah", Avrich wrote earlier in The Russian Anarchists: "... an early piece of anarchist literature which Der Arbayter Fraynd had published in 1886 in London but labeled 'Vilna' to deceive the tsarist police. In the form of a Passover Hagadah, or prayerbook, the pamphlet set forth the traditional 'Four Questions,' which begin, 'Wherefore is this night of Passover different from all other nights in the year?' but gave them a radical twist: 'Wherefore are we different from Shmuel the factory owner, Meier the banker, Zorekh the moneylender, and Reb Todres the rabbi?'" Let me know if you want bibliographic information to cite either of the Avrich books in the article.
- The New York Times ran an account in 1906 of a parade in New York to commemorate the anniversary of the first Russian Revolution. It mentions some of the speakers: John C. Chase, Abraham Cahan, Meyer London, and "B. Feigenbaum", among them. Let me know if you'd like me to send you a copy of the article, which only mentions Feigenbaum's name, or if you want bibliographic information to cite it as a source in the article.
- Finally, in 1932, the Times ran an obituary when Feigenbaum died. As was the style, it has four headlines that summarize the article: "B. FEIGENBAUM DIES; SOCIALIST LEADER. One of Founders of Workmen's Circle Long Associated With The Daily Forward. STUDENT OF THE TALMUD. Formerly Gave Lectures in Evening Public Schools Here to Popularize Scientific Subjects." Let me know if you'd like me to send you a copy of the article.
- — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 02:38, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Hi again Shushugah. While I didn't find any reference to Feigenbaum being an anarchist, I found three things about him that may be of interest to you.
- Thank you for looking into this! I am familiar with Paul Avrich's book and will add the relevant portions of it. Feigenbaum regularly faked the years too in manuscripts he sent back to Congress Poland, to evade Russian censors. Do you have advice on how to mention very obvious inferred information? For example, how he was a fan of William Morris, and also (coincidentally?) named his son William Morris. I did not find any articles mentioning this, so it would likely qualify as WP:OR. To conclude, I do not need any more citation or articles than what you offered already here Shushugah (talk) 03:40, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, without a source that says Feigenbaum admired Morris, I don't think you can state it as a fact. You can, however, state that his son was named William Morris and cite any genealogical source that mentions the connection. — Malik Shabazz /Stalk 03:44, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you for looking into this! I am familiar with Paul Avrich's book and will add the relevant portions of it. Feigenbaum regularly faked the years too in manuscripts he sent back to Congress Poland, to evade Russian censors. Do you have advice on how to mention very obvious inferred information? For example, how he was a fan of William Morris, and also (coincidentally?) named his son William Morris. I did not find any articles mentioning this, so it would likely qualify as WP:OR. To conclude, I do not need any more citation or articles than what you offered already here Shushugah (talk) 03:40, 29 July 2018 (UTC)
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