Abelson, Chaike
March 12, 1915–October 6, 2006
91 years
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of the poet Abe Abelson and niece of Yitskhok Abelon. She studied in Workmen’s Circle schools, public school, high school, and Hunter College in New York. As a child she began to write Yiddish poetry. She contributed to Hemshekh (lit., “Continuation”), collection 4, and Di Goldene Keyt (The Golden Chain), no. 21 (1955). She authored Ershte Lider (First Poems) (New York, 1931), 59 pp.
Sources: Hemshekh Antologye (Hemshekh Anthology) (New York, 1945), p. 349.
Additional information was provided by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, New Haven, CT, personal communication, summer of 2025.