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
Amos and Judah――venerated names!
Patriarch and prophet, press their equal claims.
Like generous coursers running neck and neck,
Each aids the work by giving it a check.
Christian and Jew, they carry out a plan――
For though of different faith, each is in heart a man.
30 ‒ See H. Eliassof, _The Jews of Chicago_, in “Publications,”
XI, which also appeared separately.
31 ‒ See the papers contributed by Rev. Henry Cohen, of
Galveston, Tex., to the “Publications,” Vols. II, IV, V,
on the Jews of Texas (the last being on Henry Castro) and
his article “Texas” in the Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. XII.
32 ‒ Henry S. Morais, _The Jews of Philadelphia_, p. 45.
33 ‒ The list of these members as given by J. D. Eisenstein
in his _History of the first Russian-American Jewish
Congregation_ in Publications IX, pp. 63–74, is as follows:
Benjamin Lichtenstein, Judah Middleman, Abraham Benjamin
(of Hamburg), Abraham Joseph Ash, Joshua Rothstein, Israel
Cohen, Abba Baum, David Lasky, Leib Cohen, Baruch Solomon
Rothschild, Elijah Greenstein, Feibel Philips (the scribe),
Abraham Reiner, Tobias Schwartz, Abraham Levy (of Raczki),
Hyman Harris, Leibel Raczker, Samuel Hillel Isaacs,
Jerahmel Chuck (of Berlin), Isidor Raphall and Jacob Levy.
The first twelve were the original members.
34 ‒ See A. M. Friedenberg, Publications, _Calendar of
American-Jewish Cases_, XII, pp. 87 _et seq._
35 ‒ Jost, _Neuere Geschichte der Israeliten_, ii, pp. 360–68.
See also Jacob Ezekiel, _Persecution of the Jews in 1840_,
“Publications,” VIII, pp. 141–45, and Joseph Jacobs, _The
Damascus Affair of 1840 and the Jews of America_, ibid. x,
pp. 119–28.
36 ‒ See Sol. M. Stroock _Switzerland and the American Jews_,
“Publications” XI, pp. 7–52, and Cyrus Adler, _Jews in
American Diplomatic Correspondence_, ibid. XV, pp. 25–39,
for ample treatment of the subject, including numerous
documents and copious references.
37 ‒ See Max J. Kohler in article _Antislavery Movement in
America_ in “Jew. Encyclopedia.”
38 ‒ See Markens, _Lincoln and the Jews_ in “Publications,”
XVII, pp. 10–65, for a more detailed treatment of the
subject of this chapter.
39 ‒ _The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen_, p. 6.
40 ‒ Pierce Butler, _Judah P. Benjamin_, Philadelphia, 1907,
p. 62. This complete biographical work is the only one
of its kind written of an American Jew, and practically
supersedes all that was written about Benjamin before.
41 ‒ See Kohler, _German-Jewish Migration to America_ in
“Publications” IX, 96 ff.
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