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Meyer L. Brown

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Meyer L. Brown

Birth
Białystok, Miasto Białystok, Podlaskie, Poland
Death
2 Nov 1965 (aged 77)
Kings County, New York, USA
Burial
Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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https://www.jta.org/1965/11/03/archive/meyer-l-brown-american-labor-zionist-leader-dies-in-new-york-was-77

Meyer L. Brown, long-time labor Zionist leader, and honorary president of the Farband Labor Zionist Order, died in Maimonides Hospital today after a stroke last Friday. He was 77.
Born in Bialystok, he came to the United States in 1901, attending Temple University in Philadelphia and Valparaiso University in Indiana. He served as president of Farband from 1922 to 1933, when he was named honorary president. He was a director of the Judea Insurance Company of Palestine and a co-founder of the Hassneh Insurance Company of Palestine.
He served as chairman of the Jewish Teachers Institute and Peoples Sominary from 1941 to 1962 and was secretary of the Labor Zionist movement of American from 1908 and 1909 and 1931 to 1933. He was the author of several books and a frequent contributor to Farband and other Yiddish publications.

The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
https://www.jta.org/1965/11/03/archive/meyer-l-brown-american-labor-zionist-leader-dies-in-new-york-was-77

Meyer L. Brown, long-time labor Zionist leader, and honorary president of the Farband Labor Zionist Order, died in Maimonides Hospital today after a stroke last Friday. He was 77.
Born in Bialystok, he came to the United States in 1901, attending Temple University in Philadelphia and Valparaiso University in Indiana. He served as president of Farband from 1922 to 1933, when he was named honorary president. He was a director of the Judea Insurance Company of Palestine and a co-founder of the Hassneh Insurance Company of Palestine.
He served as chairman of the Jewish Teachers Institute and Peoples Sominary from 1941 to 1962 and was secretary of the Labor Zionist movement of American from 1908 and 1909 and 1931 to 1933. He was the author of several books and a frequent contributor to Farband and other Yiddish publications.

The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.

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American Labor Zionist Leader
Reb Meyer bar Zvi Yehuda Halevi
died 7 Heshvan 5726
a man of ideals and facts
mentor, teacher and leader of national Yiddish workers Farband
for the Zionist workers alliance and Yiddish teachers seminar


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  • Created by: dalya d
  • Added: Mar 29, 2020
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208512713/meyer_l-brown: accessed ), memorial page for Meyer L. Brown (27 Jan 1888–2 Nov 1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208512713, citing Cedar Park Cemetery, Paramus, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by dalya d (contributor 46972551).