Person

Fahn, Re'ūbēn

1878–1939

Hebrew writer and investigator of Karaism. Born in eastern Galicia, he became a prosperous merchant in Halicz and developed an interest in the town's Karaites. On the outbreak of World War II he was put on trial by the Russians for Zionist activities and taken to Russia where he disappeared without trace. He wrote poetry, articles, and stories, particularly on the Karaites, and studies of Haskalah literature.