Moishe Zilberfarb

Moishe Zylberfarb (Ukrainian: Мо́йше Зи́льберфарб, Yiddish: 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)^[1] which later was canceled by the Communist regime.

Moishe Zylberfarb Мо́йше Ісакович Зи́льберфарб
Minister of Jewish Affairs
In office 28 June 1917 – 31 January 1918
Prime Minister	Volodymyr Vynnychenko
Preceded by	post created
Succeeded by	Ze'ev-Wolf Latzky-Bartholdi
Personal details
Born	1876 (1876) Rivne, Volhynia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1934 (aged 57–58) Warsaw, Poland
Political party	Fareynikte
Occupation	statesman, diplomat, writer

Zylberfarb's grave in Warsaw

Brief biography

Zylberfarb was born in Rovno 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 (March 1917) as member of the United Jewish Socialist Workers Party. Zylberfarb was a member of Little Council. On 27 July 1917 he became a Jewish representative at the General Secretariat of Ukraine (regional government of the Russian Republic). During the October Revolution 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 University^[2] and the Society in support of development of Jewish Culture (Culture League) in Kiev. In 1921 Zylberfarb moved to Warsaw where he headed ORT. He died in Otwock in 1934, and was buried in Warsaw.

Works

• Jewish ministry and Jewish autonomy in Ukraine (1919)