Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-26
Special Thanksgiving Festival

VINO traded with the Indians ana from
whom John Jacob Astor first acquired his
experience in the fur trade. The Jews Of
New York. however were not on a polit-
ical footing Of equality with the Christians
up to the revolution, and only by the first
constitution of the state Of New York,
adopted in 1T57 were they put on equality
with other citizens with full religious lib
erty. The Jews also settled in Maryland
and in Pennsylvania, as well as in Georgia
and the Carolinas. In 1916 Charleston num-
bered only 600 Jews, then the largest Jew
ish population of any city in the United
states, and today It has about 1000, al
though a proportion to the total smaller
than in 1916.
The part taken by the Jews in the War
OF the Revolution, especially in rendering
financial assistance to the government,
was very considerable, and no small num-
Der served in the ranks with the troops In
the field. The same is true with reference
to the war OF 1912 and the Mexican war,
and in the war Of the rebellion the Amer
lean Jews took prominent part. New
York alone On the union side furnished
1895 Jewish soldiers and according to fig
ures compiled by Simon Wolf, 1854 Jewish
soldiers served in the union and confeder-
ate armies during the civil war, though
there were at that time only 10000 Jews
I'm the country In the Spanish American
war more than 1900 Jewish soldiers served
in the American armies, and the claim is
made that the first man TO volunteer was
a lew and the first to be killed in battle
was Jew.
The Jews have taken prominent part
more than commensurate with their num-
bers in American politics. Quite number
of Jewish congressnIen have served in the
lower house of the national legislature ana
five have been honored with seats in the
United States senate, namely, judah +.
Renien1in of Louisiana, David L. Yulee of
Florida, B. F. Jonas Of Louisiana, Joseph
simon OF oregon and Isdore Rayner of
MARYLAND They have also been numerous
on the bench and in the diplomatic service.
Jewish activity has, perhaps, been more
pronounced in finance than elsewhere. DR..
Peters declares that "the Jew in finance
Is invariably creator and not puller-
down" Many Of the great fortunes which
have been made notably in America have
been made by wrecking railroads ana other
established Industries, but the Jews, with
comparatively few exceptions, have made
their money as manufacturers, bankers ana
merchants. About three years ago the
Jewish World published a list, so far as
could be ascertaned, Of the names OF Jews
who ranked among the millionaires-ln all,
some 115 Jews had reached the million mark
out of about 1900 milionaires throughout
the states. The number has increased
rapidly within a few years and estimates
range from $50 to 175 Jewish millionaires in
the United States today. The credit of
Jewish fnanclers also ranges high. The
declaration made by former Mayor Strong
of New York, at a meeting of the Associa-
ton OF Credit Men in New York, is often
quoted He said:
Il have lost less money selling goods to
men who are not worth anything than In
selling goods to wealthy concerns. l have
a case in mind of one who began buying
on credit of me one case of goods. In two
years his credit with us amounted to $780,
Co., He was a Jew. In sixteen years he
divided S250,O00 with his partner. l am
about one-fourth Jew. myself-that is,
have more faith in Jews paying than I
have in Genties doing So We have lost
four times with the latter to one of the
former, and of Jews who failed ten have
paid 100 cents on the dollar to one of the
Gentiles."
In the arts and sciences the Jews in
America are not as conspicuous as Jews
in Europe, which is explained by their
more recent efforts along these lines. DR..
Peters book mentions the most notable
names in the various culture fields
Among the writer's of verse are Emma
Lazarus, Peninah Noise, Miriam del Banco,
Nina Morals Cohen, Cora Wilbur, DIR, s.
solis-Cohen Mary Cohen, Rebekah Hyne-
man, Felix n. Gerson, Milton Goldsmith
and Morris Rosenfeld, the Ghetto poet.
Among the novel writers are Leo c. Des-
sar, Herman Bernstein, Ezra S. Brudno,
Alfred ]. Cohen, the dramatic critic, bet
ter known under the non de plume of Alan
Dale and Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer, one
of the founders of Barnard cbllege-the
first womens college in New York City.
Among the dramatists are Mordecai NJ.
Noah, Samuel b. Judah, Jonas b. Phillips,
II. b. Somner, David Belasco, Sydney Ros-
enfield and Martha Morton. Among the
actors are Samuel Bernard, David War
field, Louis Mann, Joseph Weber, Lewis
Maurice Fields, Joseph p. Adler and Herr
mann, the prestidlgitator; among the
actresses, Bertha Kalische, Clara Lipman,
Anna Held Minnie Seligman and Victoria
Maud Peixotto; among the musical conduc-
tors Sam Frankie, Nahan Frankie, Alfred
Hertz, Dr. Leopold Damrosch, Walter
Damrosch.
Among the newspaper editors and pub
fishers are Joseph Pulitzer, THE World"
New York Adolph S. Ochs and George w.
Ochs, THE Times" New York, and Pub
lie Ledger" Philadelphia NJ H. DE
Young, Chronicle" San Francisco; Ed
ward Rosewater and his son, Victor,
Omaha Bee" Fabian Franklin, the
News" Baltimore, and William Frlsch,
the Baltimore American"
Among the painters are Henry Mosler,
Max Rosenthal and his son, Albert; among
the sculptors. Moses J. Ezekiel, Charles II.
Israels, Leopold Eidlitz, Dankmar Adler
and Arnold w. Drummer.
Among the educators are Maurice Bloom
field and Jacob II. Hollander of Johns
Hopkins; z. r. A. Seligman, Adolphe Cohn
and Richard Gottheil, Columbia; Charles
Gross, Harvard; Morris Jastrow, Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania; Jacques Loeb and
Max L. Margolis, University Of California;
Isidor Loeb, University of Minnesota;
Joseph Jastrow, University OF Michigan;
Max Winkler, University of Michigan;
Adoph Werner, College of the City Of
New York, and Abram s. Isaacs Univer-
sty of the City Of New York; Prof, Mich
aelson, Julius Suegitz, Ernest Freund,
Julius NJ. Mack S. II. Clark and Emil @.
Hirsch of the University Of Chicago,
Statistics OF Jewish population of the
United States indicate a steady growth.
At the time of the revolution there we're
about 700 Jewish families: I'm 1878 an esti-