History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present TimeWiernik, Peter
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History of the Jews in America: From the Period of the Discovery of the New World to the Present Time
Wiernik, Peter
Jews -- America -- History; Jews -- United States -- History
Jews are well represented in the front ranks of the medical and
the legal professions. Among the eminent physicians, besides those
mentioned formerly, are men like Dr. Isaac Adler (b. in Alzey, Germany,
1849; a. 1857), Dr. Max Einhorn (b. in Grodno, Russia, 1862; a. 1884),
both of New York; Dr. Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen (b. in New York, 1838)
and his brother, Solomon (b. in Philadelphia, 1857), who reside in
Philadelphia, and Dr. Nathan Jacobson (b. in Syracuse, N. Y. 1857) of
the Syracuse University, Samuel Untermyer (b. in Lynchburg, Va., 1858)
of New York, Louis D. Brandeis (b. in Louisville, Ky., 1856) of Boston,
Levy Mayer (b. in Richmond, Va., 1858) of Chicago, and Judge Max C.
Sloss (b. in New York, 1869, recently re-elected Justice of the Supreme
Court of California) of San Francisco, are but a few of the Jewish
lawyers who have attained eminence in their profession.
While the number of Jews who are prominent in commerce, finance and
industry is considerable, and some families, like the Guggenheims,
Lewisohns, Schiffs or Strauses of New York, and men like Julius
Rosenwald and Edward Morris (b. 1866) of Chicago, stand high in the
world of large affairs, none of them is classed among the small number
of immensely wealthy Americans. It is rather in the diffusion of wealth,
in the large number and large proportion of well-to-do and affluent,
than in the pre-eminence of the Jew as the greatest of capitalists,
that the condition of the Jews in America is seen to the best advantage.
CHAPTER XLII.
LITERATURE: HEBREW AND ENGLISH. PERIODICALS.
Curiosities of early American Jewish literature which belong
to the domain of bibliography――Rabbinical works: Responses,
commentaries and Homiletics――Hebrew works of a modern
character――Ehrlich’s Mikra Ki-Peshuto and Eisenstein’s Ozar
Israel――Neo-Hebrew Poets and literati――Jewish writers in the
vernacular――“Ghetto Stories”――Writers on non-Jewish subjects――
Scientific works――Writers on Jewish subjects and contributors
to the “Jewish Encyclopedia”――A. S. Freidus――Non-Jewish writers
about Jews――Daly――Frederic, Davitt and Hapgood――Journalists,
editors and publishers――The Ochs brothers; the Rosewaters――
Pulitzer and de Young of Jewish descent――The Jewish
denominational press in English――The “Sanatorium.”
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