Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1903-03-14
Does a Bond of Affinity Exist
Between Them and Irish
Americans?
Have Shown for Years They Are
Self Confident and Self
Supporting.
ARB GENEROUS and CHARITABLE

"A SlTO0X DOuu vi dAhhAJ oNNahS ~
list between the people of the Irish race
and those of the Jewish race the world
over. Nowhere, probably, in this coun-
try is this more noticeable than right
here in Louisville, and wherever you
find lew successful in business you will
find that he has an Irishman either
associated with him in business or as
trusted employee. In fact many business
men of Jewish faith in this city have
scores of Irish and rish-American EN-
ployes. Why is this1 Is it because both
races have been prosecuted for their de-
yotion to their God, or is it because they
have the same high ideals of woman?
The Irishman has an exalted idea of the
purity of woman. He provides for his
wife as he does for himself. But it must
be confessed that in this respect the Jew
surpasses him. His wife comes first. No
matter what happens she is provided for.
When a Jew dies there are no collections,
no raffles to support the bereaved widow
and family. The Jews are essentially
self-supporting, self-conhdent race and
they have shown for thousands of years
and are showing at the present day that
their self-confidence is not misplaced.
They have goods to sell and they sell
them at the best possible price. Why
shouldn't they1 That is the privilege of
every man; and yet not day passes that
YOU do not hear the Jews reviled as
race of pawn-brokers and money-lenders,
maybe worse. Perhaps the man who re-
viles them today will put his watch in
soak tomorrow, and at that soak it with
Jew.
The Jewish of this city are
charitable people. They don't scatter
money on the street crossings perhaps,
but no well deserved charity was ever
brought to the attention of one of our
Jews which did not bring forth a material
response. AS business men, as students,
as educators, in the world of art and
letters, in the law, in medicine, in
surgery, the Jew of Louisville has few
equals and no superiors.
Take a glance at some of the Jews
who are in the manufacturing or mer-
camille business here and think If you
can name their superiors in integrity and
general intelligence. Think of Henry
Kaufman, Ben Straus, Bernhard Bern
helm, 1. w. Bernheim, the Byck Bros,
David Hirsch, Herman Straus, Samuel
Grabfelder, Nathan Uri, Henry Levi,
Nose Levi, Abe Levi, M. ]. Streng,
William Thalheimer, Samuel Hilpp,
Simon Shapinsky, Nathan Block, Ed
Hesse, Meyer Hip, Lee Lovenhart,
Manuel WeinStock, Sam Ullman. Joseph
B. Washer, Charles Weinstock, Simon
Dreifus, Vic Torch, Alfred Flarsheim,
Sam Torch, Miss Fannie Levy, Charles
Goldsmith, Sam Weiss, Julius and Lee
Wolff, Jacob Blum, Lee Cohn, Emil
Tachau, Henry and William Fleischaker,
Zoe and Sam Sabel, Leopold Mendel,
Abe Laub, Kahn Bros, Milton M. and
Julius Barkhouse, Eli Mayer, Morris
Bronner, Ira Bretzfelder, Joe Grammar,
Julie Steinau, Sam Frank, Joe Topper,
Dick Bakrow, Henry Bakrow, Emanuel
Bakrow, Sol Lazarus, Bernhard Hess,
Simon Shulhafer, {. ]. Rosenham,
Charles Rosenheim, Jacob Judah, Mace
Straus, Louis Straus, Dan Coblens and
Henry Coblens.
Take the local Jews in art and music,
Edward Klauber, Henry Klaaber, Sol.
Marcosson, Mrs. Carrie Rothschild
Sapinsky. Mrs. Jacob Solinger and
Edward Joseph.
In medicine and surgery You will find
Jews who stand pre-eminent. Among
them are DIR. 1. w. Bloom, DIR. Isaac
Lederman, DIR. Simon Flexner, Director
of the Rockefeller Pathological Institute
in New York City; DIR. Jacob Flexner,
DIR. Simon Felsenthal, DIR. Grammar,
DIR. Herbert Bronner, DIR. Blitz and DIR.
c. c. Godshaw.
In local educational circles who stands
higher than Prof. Harry Gideon, Prof.
Abraham Flexner, Miss Bertha Flexner,
Miss Fannie Gross, Miss Lille Grammar
and host of others who are conducting
private schools, or who are teaching in
the public schools.
Who stands higher in the legal line
than Aaron Kohnl There is not day
that Mr.. Kohn is not reviled in public oil
private, and whyl Because he is in every
sense lawyer and man who goes his
full length for his client. No one ques-
tions his ability; no one doubts his integ
rity. As a criminal lawyer he has nc
superior at the Louisville bar. And
there are other members of the bar
among our Jewish population who have
attained enviable regulations. Among
them are David Hyman, d. A. Sachs,
Morris Sachs, Alfred Seligmau, Ben F.
Washer, Larry Leopold, Joseph Selig.
man. Simon Sapinsky, Jacob Solinger,
Nathan Kahn, Arthur B. Bensinger,
Emil Stinfeld, Norton Goldsmith and
others.
In the journalistic line where can you
find more genial, popular, hustling,
smiling fellow than Ike Marcosson, OF
the Times1 If Ike ever roasted anybody
il was certainly unintentioual. If he has
an enemy In the world it would take 3
Sherlock Holmes to find him. He has
as many friends among the Catholic
clergy as he has among the newspaper
men, and when he tells you that Father