Gershom Bader, noted Jewish writer, died last night at Beth Israel Hospital, at the age of 85. He was born in Cracow, Galicia, in 1868 and came to the United States in 1912.
In Galicia he was the editor of Jewish publications in Lemberg and Colomea. In 1906 he founded the first Yiddish daily newspaper in Austria, Lemberger Tageblatt. Upon his arrival in the United States he joined the editorial staff of the New York Jewish daily newspaper, Yiddish Tageblatt. He was the author of a number of plays produced on the Yiddish stage and published, among other books, three volumes under the title “Our Spiritual Heroes,” evaluating the contribution of the ancient Jewish sages to Jewish culture, philosophy and religion.
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