Arnold Beichman (May 17, 1913 – February 17, 2010[1]) was an author, scholar, and a critic of communism.
Beichman was born on New York City's Lower East Side, in Manhattan, in a family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
[4] Beichman spent many years in journalism, working for the New York Herald Tribune, PM, Newsweek, and others.
"[5] His Jewish father Solomon Beichman was unhappy, because he wanted Arnold to be a rabbi.
[6] The Cold War International History Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was in part funded by Beichman's donations.