דוד מקלר

David Meckler (1891-1976), editor, born in Vilna, Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire). In 1907 he emigrated to the United States and studied journalism at University College of Communication in Boston. Although he had received his higher education in English he preferred to communicate in Yiddish, his mother-tongue. His first articles were published in the Yiddisher Advocat (Boston); in 1911-12 Meckler was editor of the Jewish Weekly in Boston, which appeared in both Yiddish and English. Moving to New York City in 1913, Meckler joined the staff of the Varheit where he remained for 5 years. He later wrote for the Morning Journal and served as editor in chief of The Day‐Jewish Journal, which ended publication in 1971 after 57 years as the largest Yiddish‐language newspaper in the United States. Meckler, also known under his pseudonym Ben Shloimi, wrote The Truth About Henry Ford (Yiddish; 1924); Fun Rebens Hoif, (a collection of Hassidic tales in Yiddish; 1932); Machine and Men in Soviet Russia (Yiddish; 1935,) and Miracle Men (Hassidic tales written in English; 1936).