The first full-scale biography of a major Jewish leader and financier.
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"Modern American Jews generally believe that until the period after World War II American Jewry was afraid to exert political power. 'Jacob H. Schiff' . . . is a useful corrective to this mistaken idea . . . [a] well-written and well-researched book." -- New York Times Book Review
"[An] absorbing new study . . . timely . . . a model of historical scholarship." -- Commentary Magazine
As Cohen so amply demonstrates in her well-written and well-researched book, he did what he believed was right and he expected others to follow. -- The New York Times Book Review, Deborah E. Lipstadt
"[An] absorbing new study . . . timely . . . a model of historical scholarship." -- Commentary Magazine
As Cohen so amply demonstrates in her well-written and well-researched book, he did what he believed was right and he expected others to follow. -- The New York Times Book Review, Deborah E. Lipstadt
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This review is from: Jacob H. Schiff: A Study in American Jewish Leadership (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture and Life) (Hardcover)
A window on an aspect of American Jewish history not as familiar as the mass immigration from eastern Europe, Cohen's book is also an unexpected window on an even less frequently explored topic: the use of great wealth to do good in the world. Schiff did not establish a foundation, screen grants, or hire professional advisors to guide his good works - he simply used his money to right wrongs where he saw them. Like giving half a million dollars to Barnard College as a reward for it's refusal to countenance discrimination against Jews. Or arranging mega-buck loans for the Japanese government during the Russo-Japanese War as a way of sticking it to the anti-Semitic Russians (who lost that war.) Not all of his ideas worked out, but you have to admire a man who had the courage of his convictions, and the character to put his money where his mouth was.
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On January 10, 1847, a second son and third child, Jacob Henry, was born to Moses and Clara Niederhofheim Schiff of Frankfurt-am-Main. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immigrant distribution, elitist leadership, elitist control, wartime relief, relief drives, communal leadership, communal unity, free immigration, czarist regime, czarist government, congress movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, American Jews, American Jewish, Russian Jews, Union Pacific, American Jewry, Louis Marshall, Wall Street, Northern Pacific, Lower East Side, Oscar Straus, Red Cross, Russian Jewish, American Hebrew, Cyrus Adler, Russian Jewry, State Department, European Jews, European Jewish, Henry Street, Mayer Sulzberger, German Jews, B'nai B'rith, Far East New!
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On January 10, 1847, a second son and third child, Jacob Henry, was born to Moses and Clara Niederhofheim Schiff of Frankfurt-am-Main. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immigrant distribution, elitist leadership, elitist control, wartime relief, relief drives, communal leadership, communal unity, free immigration, czarist regime, czarist government, congress movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, American Jews, American Jewish, Russian Jews, Union Pacific, American Jewry, Louis Marshall, Wall Street, Northern Pacific, Lower East Side, Oscar Straus, Red Cross, Russian Jewish, American Hebrew, Cyrus Adler, Russian Jewry, State Department, European Jews, European Jewish, Henry Street, Mayer Sulzberger, German Jews, B'nai B'rith, Far East New!
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