Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a Russian-American novelist and labor leader.
He was appointed teacher in a Jewish governmen.
He, however, was attracted by secular knowledge and clandestinely studied the Russian language, ultimately prevailing on his parents to allow him to enter the Teachers Institute of Wilna, from which he was graduated in 1881.
His family, which was devoutly Orthodox, moved in 1866 to Wilna; there young Cahan received the usual Jewish preparatory education for the rabbinate.
Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) was a Russian-American novelist and labor leader