Benjamin Feigenbaum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1860
Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Date of Death: 10-Nov-1932
Profession: editor
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Benjamin Feigenbaum
- Benjamin Feigenbaum (August 12, 1860 – November 10, 1932) was a Polish born Yiddish socialist, newspaper editor, translator, and satirist.
- Feigenbaum was an associate editor of the Yiddish language papers The Forward, its predecessor Di Arbeter Tsaytung, and the literary monthly Di Tsukunft and a pioneer of the Socialist Party of America.During Jewish Holiday of Yom Kippur in 1899, Feigenbaum famously said in alternative event "If there is a God and if he is Almighty as the clergy claims he is, I give him just two minutes’ time to kill me on the spot, so that he may prove his existence!" after two minutes he declared "See! There is no God!".
- Afterwards he announced a location for the workers to eat instead of fasting, as traditionally done during Yom Kippur.
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