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(8), 63, (1) pages. 19 x 13 cm. These pages include nine full page illustrations. Front free endpaper has an inscription in an attractive hand: "Presented by Emily Solis Cohen." Original hardcover binding has been covered by a black leather like material. Isaac Unterman was a Zionist, who named his three sons, Theodore Herzl, Ben Zion, and Israel. He was a writer in English and Yiddish, an educator, a journalist, an attorney, and an editor. The 1938-1939 volume of Who?s Who in American Jewry has the following entry for him: Unterman, Isaac, editor. Born Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 15, 1889, son of Rabbi Israel and Bessie (Wuka) Unterman; Came to U.S. 1911. Ed: Yeshiva of Slobodka; Teachers Seminary, Vilna, Russia; LL.B 1917, Hamilton College of Law; PhD. 1918, J.D. 1919, Oskaloosa College of Law. On writer?s staff Der Moment (Warsaw) 1910, Jewish Daily Eagle (Montreal, Quebec) 1911, and Jewish Daily Press (Chicago, Illinois) 1915; principal Chicago Talmud Torah 1916-1917; in practice law, E. Chicago, Ind, 1918; European correspondent for Jewish Daily News 1918-22; editor and publisher Jewish Morning Star, Newark, N.J., since 1922. Author: in English, The Feast of Esther (Bloch Publishing Co. 1918), New Jersey Jewry (Published in Jersey City 1932); in Hebrew, Stories for Jewish Children (Hebrew Library for Children, Warsaw, 1920); in Yiddish, Newark Jews (three volumes, 1930), Jewish Feasts and Festivals (two volumes, Pardes Publishing House, Inc. N.Y. City 1937), et al. Married Lena, daughter of Zorach Alkow, Sept. 1911, N.Y. City; children: Theodore Herzl, Ben Zion, Bessie, Israel. Home: 163 Seymour Ave. Office: 163 Prince St., Newark, NJ. EMILYSOLIS-COHEN 1886 ? 1966 by Arthur Kiron Prize-winning poet, author, translator, historian, and communal leader Emily Solis-Cohen was born on March 20, 1886, into one of Philadelphia?s most distinguished Jewish families, whose presence in America dated from the colonial era. Solis-Cohen was named after her mother, Emily Grace Solis. Her father, Solomon Solis-Cohen, was a prominent medical doctor and influential Jewish communal figure. Her cousin Judith Solis-Cohen was well known for creating Jewish literature for the blind. Emily, the oldest of four children, had three younger brothers: David Hays, Leon, and Francis Solis-Cohen. She was educated in Philadelphia and attended the University of Pennsylvania. In keeping with a pattern of Philadelphia Jewish women leaders dating from the early nineteenth century, Solis-Cohen never married. She became involved in Philadelphia Jewish communal affairs and is credited with organizing and promoting the Young Women?s Hebrew Association and social centers around the United States. She worked for the Jewish Welfare Board in Philadelphia, serving as a field secretary and consultant on women?s activities. She was also a board member of the Hebrew Sunday School Society and a member of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. From an early age, Solis-Cohen came into contact with many of American Jewry?s most influential personalities. She corresponded with two United States Supreme Court justices, Louis D. Brandeis and Benjamin N. Cardozo. She also exchanged letters with the author Fannie Hurst, the art historian Rachel Wischnitzer and Henrietta Szold, the founder of Hadassah, who was one of her childhood teachers. Solis-Cohen served as chair of the Philadelphia committee and was a member of the national committee that planned Szold?s seventieth birthday celebration. Many of Solis-Cohen?s literary efforts aimed at the entertainment and edification of Jewish children. Early in her career, Solis-Cohen wrote David the Giant-Killer, and Other Tales of Grandma Lopez (1908), and translated from Hebrew a selection of allegorical tales designed for young people by the Russian Hebraist Judah Steinberg, published under the title The Breakfast of the Birds and Other Stories (1917). She created ?puppet plays? focusing on biblical themes. . .
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