Nathan Chanin
Nathan Chanin (December 6, 1885 – August 8, 1965) was a Belarusian-American labor activist. He served as the general secretary of The Workmen's Circle from 1952 to 1963.
Biography
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Chanin was born in Khalopenichy, Belarus and was educated at a cheder and a Talmud Torah in Borisov.[1] Chanin became active in the Jewish Labor Bund.[2] Due to his political activities, he was sentenced to eight years in Siberia.[3]
Chanin escaped from Siberia in 1912 and immigrated to America.[4] In America, Chanin supported himself as a hat maker, which led to his involvement in the Cap and Millinery Union.[5] After several years, he became the vice-president of the Cap and Millinery Union.[6]
Following the Jewish Socialist Federation's decision to leave the Socialist Party in 1921, Chanin helped create the Jewish Socialist Verband, which opposed Communism.[7] Chanin was described by Louis Harap as part of the "spearhead of anti-Sovietism in the United States".[8] In 1954, Chanin attacked Communism, arguing that Americans were "completely unaware of the destructive nature of world communism", and defending the Workmen's Circle's efforts to aid Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.[9] As a result of these efforts, Earl Browder accused him of secretly contributing money to anti-Communist conspiracies within the Soviet Union.[10]
Chanin served as the educational director of the Workmen's Circle from 1936 until 1952.[11] In 1952, he was elected as the Workmen's Circle's General Secretary, replacing Joseph Baskin.[12] He retired from the position of General Secretary in 1963.[13]
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