Gedaliah Bublick

Who was Gedaliah Bublick?

Gedaliah Bublick was a well known Yiddish writer and Zionist leader.

Born in Grodno, Russian Empire, the son of Aaron Bublick, he was raised in Białystok where he remained until 1900. He obtained a traditional Jewish education at the Łomża Yeshiva in Poland and later at the famous Mir Yeshiva in Lithuania.

In 1900, Bublick went to Paris to help a group of Białystok families trying to gain entry to Argentina under the Baron de Hirsch Fund. After obtaining the appropriate visas, Bublick joined the group for three years as a Hebrew teacher for their children.

In 1904 Bublick left Argentia for the United States where he began working for the very popular New York Orthodox Yiddish newspaper, Yiddishe Tageblatt. He quickly became known as a talented and outspoken journalist. He was a vociferous opponent of Reform and Conservative Judaism. In 1915, he was appointed editor-in-chief of the Yiddishe Tageblatt.

Several streets in the State of Israel are called after Bublik, for instance in Ramot one of Jerusalem's fancier suburbs.