THE JEWISH E^X•YCLOPEDIA
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Israelite," as l)cin<; more in In the it represeutcil.
AnuTioan with
consonance
West and has always had a wide
ideas
llic
the Soiitli this periodical circulation. One of the first thintrs that Dr. Wise learned when he uiidcrldiik to (.tciiil the {•ireulatiou of "The Israelite" was that there were very many Jews in the country who were not familiar with Kn^rlish. To reach and intiuence these, and to keep them from Strayirii; from Judaism allojrether, he, in IHo.J, l)ej;an the pui)liciition of "Die I)<'l)orah," i)rinted in German. It was condueleil on the same lines as "The In this work Israelite," ami had similar aims. Dr. Wise had associated with him. at difTer<'nt l,ili<iitlial. S<ili}m(iii times, S. Hotlienlu'rir, .Max II. Somie.schein, neiMri<h Zirndorf, and Gotlhard Deutsch. The "Deborah" was discontinutul for a time at Dr. Wise's death. Init has since been revived. Owing to the intimate relations of Dr. Wise with "The American Israelite," much special information about the rnicin of American Hebrew C'<insrrej;ations. the llel)rew Union Colleire. and the various lialibinicTl
Conferences
is
and Dutch colonics Jews claimed and were accorded political rights which were denied them by the home governments. Cyrus Adler, in his articles on the Inquisition in Mexico, has described the persectitions of the Holy Office in that country. Incidentally he has shown that Jews were among the early settlers there, and that a number, driven out by persecution, sought refuge, in the seventeenth century, in the Philippine Islands and in England. G. A. Koliut has done a similar service for the Inquisition in South America. -Max J.Kohier and A. .M. Dyer have made important coutribution.s to the history of tlie.Iewishconunuiuly of New York, ashavr Uev. Henry CohiMi and Rev. David Philipson to that of the settlement of the Jews in Texas and Ohio respectively. Kayserling has described the colonization of the South American countries bj' the Jews and the early liferary activity of the Jews in Brazil and Siu-inam. Herbert Friedenwald has portrayed the part played by the Jews in the .Vinerican Revolution, and added considerably to the knowledge of the settlements in the British West Indies. in the English
contairieil in its jiajres.
II.
As
a record of the history of the .lews of America durintr the latter half of the nineteenth century, the files of "The American Israelite " and of the "Deborah " are of considerable value. They indicate the
growth and development of Reform Judaism in America, and of its various institutions. Jlost of the piiiminent rabbis and Jewish thinkers of the I'nited Stale- have been
among
the literary contributors to
boll] prriiidicals.
L.
W'l.
AMERICAN JEWESS, THE: A
monthly magazine printed in Chicago
(afteruard i|iiarleily There wi're nine vulumes, the anil New York. i
lirst
.March. X'J'J. The oi)ject of the magazine was to offer to the American Jewess a field for her talents, to bring the Jewish women of the rnitwl States into clo.ser touch with each other, and to act as the official organ of Jewish women's organizations. The editor was Rosa Sonnenschein. H. K.
appearing
in Aiiril.
IS!).-),
the
last in
AMERICAN JE'WISH HISTORICAL CIETY
.
so. illy
ur-aniziil at
New
SO-
"link city,
meeting cmivened by Cyrus .dler, C. About forty persons were in attendance; Oscar S. Straus was chosen president, and Cyrus Adler secretary. The objects of the society are the collection and
June 7. IMl'J. at of Washington.
a
I).
pres<'rvalion of material beating ipon the history of Jews in America. It is not sectarian but American. anil welcomes all students interested in the work as The socii'ty meets annupart of American history. ally fur the transaction of busim-ss and the reading of papers. Jleetings have bren held in New Vnrk. Philaililpliia, Haltimore, and Washington. Nine volUliiis iif pMblicatiiiris had been issuril. The articles
of l>^!i:i-l!lo0 covrr a wide range and contain much information and many original documents never be-
Oscar
Straus, in his presidential addressis. IHiCJ-ilT. has each year dwelt uiion some phase of the history of the Jews in America, and outlined work to be pursued by the members of the siiciely. In ISilll Cyrus .dler was elected ]irisiilrnt and Oscar S. Straus hononiry president. The resrarclies of the mend)ers have established the fact that from an early date Jiws participated in the social and political lifeof the American colonies. It is impossible to refir in detail to the subjects treated in the .society's publications, but the follnwing may serve to show the geni'ral lines on which its siiciety's work has hitherto i)rogres.scd. J. II. Hollander and Leon HUhner have showD that fore ])ublished.
S.
t""f'^^°f^^.^Tl'^^,^ ^. American Jewish Publication „ Soc.
AMERICAN SOCIETY
F.
PUBLICATION
JE'WISH
. society formiil for the dis.si-mination of Jewish literature, and the lirst of its kind in the United States; founded at Philadelphia in 184,5 by Isaac Leeser. The same year an auxiliary society was established at Richmond, Va. The society iniblished, under the general title of "Jewish .Miscellany," the following works: (1) "Caleb Asher," 184."); (2) "Hebrew Tales," bv Hvman Hurwitz,
(3) "The Prophet's Daughter," Ilartoir, 184(i; (4) " .Moses :Mendelssiihn," 184.5;
uels, 1S46;
"Path of
(.5)
"Davs
bv Marion bv M. Sam-
Enbv Chaiiotie Eliza-
Israel," part i.,"l)v J.
nerv, 1X47;
(ti)
beth
Tonner); "Rachel Levi," a tale; "The
(.Mrs.
Jews and Their
of Old."
Reliirion,"
bv Isaac Leeser, 1847;
"The Perez Familv," bv Grace
Acuilar, 1847; "Patriarchal Times," bv Adelaide O'KeefTe, 1847; (11) "Path of Israel," part ii., by J. p:nnerv, 1848; (12, i:^) "Spirit of .ludaism," by Grace Airuilar, 184!»; (14) "Path of Israel," part iii., by J. Knnery, ls4!). In 1S.51 the Hart Building, at the corner of Si.xth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia in which were stored the plates and books belonging to the society was destroyed by lire, and the society ceased to (7) (8,
9,
10)
—
—
exist,
Bnu.IoiiRAPlIT: Die OccUhnl.
4»;
Iv. ItUtl-liilS
II,
.111. .'ilT-.'KT:
V. 4.'>4-(d»; vl. 41()-4ia,
III. a"i
5r4-5T«;
4n. 421-
vll. 474.
A.
AMERICAN JE'WISH PUBLICATION CIETY number
of
Beujamin
An I.
SO-
fouudeil in IN7;i by a Jews; Leopold Bamberger,
assneiation
New York Hart.
Myer
Stern,
Edward
.Morrison,
Tanzer. and Louis Lewengood. with William B. Ilaekeuberg of Philadelphia and Simon Wolf of
-.rniild
Washington.
It
was
at
first
called
"The Jewish
Publieaiion Society": but in 1874 it added the word " .Vmerican " Ui its title. The publication committee consisted of (Jiistav (Jotthiil, miosis .Mielziner, and F. de Sola .Meiiiles, New York rabbis: Marcus Jastrow of Philadelphia, and Moritz Ellinger of New York, editor of "The Jewish Times." In 187;!, as its lirst publication, the society issued the fourth volinne of Griltz's " Ge.schicbte der Juden." which had been tmnslated by Rabbi James K. Gutheim of New Orleans. In 187.5 two volumes were is,sued: (1) ",lewish Family Papers: Let lei's of a Missionary," by "Gustav .Meinhardi " (Dr. William Herzberg), tmnslated bv F. il<' Sola Meiides; and Cil " Hebrew Characteristics," niiscellaueous papers from the Gcr-
