Grob Mojzesza Zylberfarba-Grave of Mojzesz Zylberfarb

Moishe Zylberfarb ( uk, Мо́йше Зи́льберфарб, yi, משה זילבערפֿאַרב) was a Ukrainian politician, diplomat, and public activist of Jewish descent. He was one of the authors of the Law of Ukraine about national-individual autonomy (1918) which later was canceled by the Communist regime.

Brief biography

Zylberfarb was born in

Rovno Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

in 1876. In 1906 he became a founder of the group ''Vozrozhdenie'' and the Jewish Socialist Workers Party (SERP). From the very beginning he was a member of the

Central Council of Ukraine The Central Council of Ukraine ( uk, Українська Центральна Рада, ) (also called the Tsentralna Rada or the Central Rada) was the All-Ukrainian council (soviet) that united deputies of soldiers, workers, and peasants deputie ...

(March 1917) as member of the

United Jewish Socialist Workers Party United Jewish Socialist Workers Party ( yi, פֿאַראײניקטע ייִדישע סאָציאַליסטישע אַרבעטער־פּאַרטיי, ''fareynikte yidishe sotsialistishe arbeter-partey'') was a political party that emerged in Russia ...

. Zylberfarb was a member of Little Council. On 27 July 1917 he became a Jewish representative at the

General Secretariat of Ukraine The General Secretariat of Ukraine ( uk, Генеральний секретаріат УЦР—УНР) was the autonomous Ukrainian executive government of the Russian Republic from June 28, 1917 to January 22, 1918. For most of its existence ...

(regional government of the

Russian Republic The Russian Republic,. referred to as the Russian Democratic Federal Republic. in the 1918 Constitution, was a short-lived state which controlled, ''de jure'', the territory of the former Russian Empire after its proclamation by the Rus ...

). During the

October Revolution The October Revolution,. officially known as the Great October Socialist Revolution. in the Soviet Union, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key mome ...

Zylberfarb became a member of the Regional Committee in Protection of Revolution in Ukraine. After the independence of Ukraine, Zylberfarb became a Minister of Jewish Affairs in Ukraine. During 1918 to 1920 he was a rector at the Jewish National UniversityJewish National University
at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine and the Society in support of development of Jewish Culture (Culture League) in Kiev. In 1921 Zylberfarb moved to

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

where he headed ORT. He died in

Otwock Otwock is a city in east-central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 44,635 inhabitants (2019). Otwock is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is hom ...

in 1934, and was buried in

Works

*''Jewish ministry and Jewish autonomy in Ukraine'' (1919)

References

External links

Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
Moishe Zylberfarb
at the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia 1876 births 1934 deaths Politicians from Rivne People from Volhynian Governorate Jews from the Russian Empire Ukrainian Jews Members of the Central Council of Ukraine Jewish ministers of Ukraine Jewish Socialist Workers Party politicians United Jewish Socialist Workers Party politicians Jewish socialists Jewish Ukrainian politicians {{Ukraine-politician-stub