Harry Schneiderman
Harry Schneiderman (January 23, 1885 – September 1, 1975) was a Polish-born Jewish-American communal administrator and editor.
Life
Schneiderman was born on January 23, 1885 in Sawin, Poland, the son of Samuel Schneiderman and Deborah Rothman.[1] His sister was labor leader Rose Schneiderman.[2]
Schneiderman immigrated to America in 1890. He was a ward of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York from 1893 to 1904, and worked as a teacher in its religious department from 1905 to 1908. He graduated from New York City public school in 1901 and from the College of the City of New York with a B.S. in 1908. He also received an elementary and intermediate Jewish education. In 1908, he joined the American Jewish Committee as assistant to its secretary,[3] Herbert Friedenwald, on the recommendation of Solomon Lowenstein (the executive director of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum). In 1914, when Friedenwald's successor as secretary Herman Bernstein resigned, Schneiderman was appointed assistant secretary and served as acting secretary for the next fourteen years until Morris D. Waldman was appointed secretary. He collaborated in preparing the American Jewish Year Book since he joined the American Jewish Committee, and in 1920 he became its editor. He wrote several special articles for the Year Book, and from 1928 to 1936 he wrote its "Review of the Year." He was also an editor of the Contemporary Jewish Record, the director of the Library of Jewish Information, and a directing part in expanding the Committee's cultural activities beginning in 1933.[2]
In 1917, Schneiderman married Tillie Saymon. Their children were Herbert, Florence Dobrer, and Lois King.[1]
Schneiderman died in the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged on September 1, 1975.[4] He was buried in the Maimonides-Elmont Cemetery in Elmont next to his sister Rose.[5]
References
- ^ a b Karpman, I. J. Carmin, ed. (1972). Who's Who in World Jewry, 1972. Pitman Publishing Corporation, Inc. p. 786 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Landman, Isaac, ed. (1943). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Inc. pp. 412–413 – via Google Books.
- ^ Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926. New York, N.Y.: The Jewish Biographical Bureau, Inc. 1927. p. 548 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Harry Schneiderman, 90, Edited Jewish Year Book". The New York Times. Vol. CXXIV, no. 42955. New York, N.Y. 1975-09-02. p. 34. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ^ "Harry Schneiderman (1885-1975)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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