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16-652: It began publication on November 21, 1879, in New York City. It was founded by Frederick de Sola Mendes and its publisher was Philip Cowen . The weekly's publisher was the American Hebrew Publishing Company . Its third issue declared its policy: "It is not controlled by one person, nor is it inspired by one. Its editorial staff comprises men of diverse shades of opinion on ritualistic matters in Judaism, but men who are determined to combine their energies for

32-544: A prayer for boys on the occasion of their Bar Mitzvah that was at one time used in most Orthodox synagogues in Britain and is still used in the Spanish and Portuguese ones. Chief rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation of London; born at Asti, Italy, in 1835; died at Brighton, near London, Jan. 6, 1879. He was left fatherless when a child, and his maternal uncle supervised his early training. His theological education he owed to

48-642: A year's stay in England, he became so proficient in English that he could preach in that language with eloquence. Deeply interested in Anglo-Jewish institutions, he directed his attention chiefly to organizing and superintending the educational establishments of his own congregation, the Sha'are Tikvah and Villareal schools. Although of Orthodox views, he welcomed moderate reforms, and endeavored to promote any enterprise tending toward

64-642: The North American Review an article entitled "In Defense of Jehovah." In 1900, Mendes joined the staff of the Jewish Encyclopedia as revising editor and chief of the translation bureau, which positions he resigned in September 1902. Along with Marcus Jastrow and Kaufmann Kohler , Frederick de Sola Mendes was one of the revisers of the Jewish Publication Society of America Version of

80-597: The American Jews to exercise their influence on behalf of their suffering coreligionists abroad. The periodical covered the persecution of the Russian Jews following the May Laws in 1881. The paper reported on the large influx of Jewish immigrants that followed these latter events, and which significantly changed the demographics of Jewish-Americans; it also covered the rise of institutions to deal with this influx, including

96-590: The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Hebrew Technical Institute for their modern education. In literary terms, The American Hebrew also introduced leading figures in Jewish life, including the writing career of poet Emma Lazarus , who was covered extensively at the time of her death in 1887; she later became famous for her sonnet " The New Colossus ", which was inscribed on the base of

112-537: The Statue of Liberty in 1912. Music writer David Ewen was on the staff of The American Hebrew in 1935. By the twentieth century, The American Hebrew had absorbed several other regional and religious Jewish periodicals, including The Jewish Chronicle of Baltimore, Maryland , in 1880; The Jewish Reformer , a weekly journal published for a time by Kaufmann Kohler , I. S. Moses, and Emil G. Hirsch , in 1886, and Jewish Tidings of Rochester, New York , in 1895. Over

128-589: The Bible. He also translated Jewish Family Papers: Letters of a Missionary , by "Gustav Meinhardt" (William Herzberg). Of his publications the following may be mentioned: Child's First Bible ; Outlines of Bible History ; and Defense not Defiance . He contributed also the article on the "Jews" to Johnson's Encyclopedia . In 1903, he became for a time editor of The Menorah , a monthly magazine. Benjamin Artom Rabbi Benjamin Artom (1835–1879)

144-442: The common cause of Judaism." To maintain impersonality pertaining to the paper, the names of board members were never published. The turn-of-the-century Jewish Encyclopedia also says that, "Editorially, The American Hebrew stands for conservatism in Judaism. Nevertheless, the columns of this journal are ever open to the discussion of views with which it can in no way accord, but which may be of interest to its readers. Nearly all

160-530: The prominent Jewish writers and communal workers in the United States have been contributors to its pages." From the time of its founding, The American Hebrew covered many topics of intense Jewish interest internationally. It covered the persecutions of Romanian Jews that followed the signing of the Treaty of Berlin in 1878 and published a number of important letters on the subject from European writers, which led

176-508: The rabbis Marco Tedeschi, of Trieste, and Terracini. At twenty he taught Hebrew, Italian, French, English, and German. His first appointment was that of minister to the congregation of Saluzzo near Genoa. While rabbi of a congregation in Naples he received a call to London, where he was installed as chief rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese congregations of the United Kingdom (Dec. 16, 1866). After

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192-442: The years, the journal experienced a number of mergers and changes of name. Frederick de Sola Mendes Frederick de Sola Mendes (July 8, 1850 – October 26, 1927) was a rabbi , author, and editor. Frederick de Sola Mendes was born into an old Spanish & Portuguese rabbinic family. He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Pereira Mendes , grandson of Rabbi David Aaron de Sola , and great-grandson of Haham Raphael Meldola . He

208-544: Was also brother of Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes . He was educated at Northwick College and at University College School , London, and at the University of London (B.A. 1869). Subsequently, he went to Breslau , Germany, where he entered the university and studied rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau . Mendes received the degree of Ph.D. from Jena University in 1871. Returning to England, he

224-554: Was elected rabbi of the congregation and continued in that position until 1920 when he retired as Rabbi Emeritus. Mendes achieved a great reputation for scholarship and writing power. In conjunction with his brother Henry Pereira Mendes and others, he was one of the founders of the American Hebrew and was its editor during the first six years (1879-1885). In 1888, he took part in the Field- Ingersoll controversy, writing for

240-687: Was licensed to preach as rabbi by Haham Benjamin Artom , in London, 1873; in the same year he was appointed preacher of the Great St. Helen's Synagogue of that city, but in December removed to New York, where he had accepted a call to the rabbinate of Shaaray Tefillah congregation (now the West End Synagogue); he entered upon his duties there January 1, 1874 as assistant minister to Rabbi Samuel M. Isaacs. In 1877, Mendes

256-608: Was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain . He was born in Asti , Piedmont , in the Kingdom of Sardinia . He was the first person to hold the post of rabbi of Naples . In 1866, he accepted a call to become the spiritual leader, or Haham, of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Britain, and held the post until his death on 6 January 1879 at 3 Marine Parade, Brighton . He composed

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