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Abraham Lass


Abraham H. Lass, who died in 2001 at the age of 93, was an educator and writer whose books, articles and 40 years as an unorthodox teacher and outspoken principal made him one of the New York City school system's best-known personalities. He served 16 years as the principal of Abraham Lincoln High School in Brighton Beach, and wrote articles for The New York Post, The New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times and elsewhere.
Abraham Lass went on to a career as an author and educator and was for sixteen years principal of Brooklyn’s Abraham Lincoln High School.

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In The Pit, August/September 1985 | Vol. 36, No. 5
An old pro tells what it was like to play for the silents