A Study in American Jewish Leadership

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McCormick, Robert, 132
McKinley, William, 28–29, 52
Melting Pot, The(Zangwill), 162
Mendelsohn, Ezra, 55
Mendes, H. P., 103
Menorah Society, 73
Mesopotamia, Russian Jews settling in,
160, 171–74
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75
Mexico, for Russian Jewish settlement,
168–71, 282n.42
Miliukov, Paul, 207, 208
Miller, William, 253n.17
Minority rights treaties, 241
Missionizing, 48, 68, 108
Mitchel, John P., 92, 206, 269n.26
Mocatta, Frederick, 86
Money trust, 31–32, 248
Montagu, Sir Samuel, 47, 138, 141,
142, 242
Montefiore, Sir Moses, 58, 65, 220
Montefiore Home and Hospital for
Chronic Diseases, 64–69; army use
in World War I, 201; as created to
fill a specific need, 64–65; fundrais-
ing for, 67; governance of, 66; hear-
ing research at, 66; as innovative, 62;
medical research at, 63; as nonsec-
tarian, 68; relocation in the Bronx,
65; rules at, 68
Monticello, 289n.32
Morais, Sabato, 98
Morgan, J. P.: anti-Semitism of, 24;
canceling Saturday meeting for
Schiff, 100; and cooperation among
banks, 31, 32; NCRSRM donation
by, 141; and Provident Loan Society,
90; Schiff compared with, 24; and
Wilson’s banking reform, 29. See also
House of Morgan
Morgan, J. P., Jr., 195, 256n.72
Morgenthau, Henry, 214
Mount Sinai Hospital, 57, 65
Muckraking, 25, 31
Muensterberg, Hugo, 193
Museum of Natural History, 75
Mutual aid, 59–60


Mutual Life, 25, 26, 27

Nagel, Charles, 167
Nathan, Paul: attack on Zionism, 184,
285n.78; fact-finding mission to
Russia, 142; in Galveston move-
ment, 164, 165; and Hilfsverein der
Deutschen Juden, 47; and Schiff’s
anti-Russian campaign, 134, 139,
141; and Technikum of Haifa, 183,
184, 185
National Banking Act of 1863, 29
National City Bank, 14, 16, 23, 135
National Civic Federation, 115
National Committee for Relief of Suf-
ferers by Russian Massacres (NCRS-
RM), 109, 110, 112, 140–42, 177
National Conference of Jewish Char-
ities, 122, 161
National Council of Jewish Women, 84,
96
National Employment Exchange, 70–
71, 238
Nationalism: Schiff on, 175–76, 187,
228, 230, 232; wartime hypernation-
alism, 201, 203, 205. See alsoZionism
National Security League, 201
National self-determination, 239
National Union for Jewish Rights
(London), 227
NCRSRM. See National Committee
for Relief of Sufferers by Russian
Massacres
Needle trades, 115–16
Neutralization plan, 37, 38
New York City: Barnard College, 74–
75; Blackwell’s Island, 49, 65; as
business center, 4; Castle Garden,
49, 84; City College of New York,
79; Columbia University, 61, 72,
73–74, 158; Coney Island, 67; east-
ern European Jewish immigrants in,
83–84; Ellis Island, 84, 121; Jewish
philanthropic agencies in, 56; Jewish
population of, 5; Jews in New Am-
sterdam, 60; Low, 52, 73, 95–96;
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 75;

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