Hannaniah Meir Caiserman was born in 1884 in
Piatra Neamț,
Romania. He received a traditional religious
Jewish education, but later abandoned his religious observance after moving to
Bucharest. He began publishing literary work in 1906, contributing to journals such as
Vocea Dreptatei,
Mevasseret Zion, and
România Muncitoare. Caiserman immigrated to Canada in 1910, settling in Montreal. He was involved in founding the
Canadian Jewish Congress in 1919, serving as its general-secretary from 1934 until his death, apart from its period of dormancy in the 1920s and early 1930s. He also contributed to the establishment of the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada in 1920, the Canadian Zionist Organization in 1925–1926, the
Jewish Public Library, and various Jewish educational initiatives. Alongside his organizational work, Caiserman was active as a writer, editor, and art critic. In 1934 he edited the anthology
Jewish Poets in Canada. ==Further reading==