Russian Jews (continued)
Jewish Self-Defense Association,
109, 110, 141; and loans to Russia in
World War I, 196, 198; Mesopota-
mian settlement of, 160, 171–74;
Mexican settlement proposed for,
168–71; revolutionary activities of,
138, 207, 209, 291n.54; the Revolu-
tion as emancipating, 208; Schiff’s
crusade for, 124–52; searching for a
refuge for, 153–88; Zionist solution
for, 174. See alsoEastern European
Jewish immigrants; Pogroms
Russian Peasant Party, 143
Russian Refugee and Colonization
Fund, 85
Russian Revolution, 207–9, 242–44
Russian Transportation Fund, 273n.96
Russo-Japanese war of 1904–5, 33–34,
134–37
Russo-Turkish War, 58
Sack, A. J., 242, 244
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 8
Samuel, Sir Herbert, 296n.119
Sanitarium for Hebrew Children, 57
Sargent, Franklin P., 159–60
Schechter, Solomon: on Americaniza-
tion, 104; on “Catholic Israel,” 100;
cultural Zionism of, 226; exchange
with Schiff over Zionism, 103, 179–
81; on Haifa Technikum board, 184;
as Jewish Theological Seminary
head, 99, 102–3; joins Federation of
American Zionists, 179; on the “lan-
guage war,” 185; Schiff’s Zionism
compared with that of, 236; Zionism
and nationalism distinguished by,
182
Schiff, Adele Neustadt (daughter-in-
law), 25
Schiff, Clara Niederhofheim (mother),
1, 5
Schiff, David Tevele, 2
Schiff, Dorothy (granddaughter), 25, 42
Schiff, Frieda (daughter). SeeWarburg,
Frieda Schiff
Schiff, Jacob Henry:
as american: as American first, 199;
arrives in New York, 3–4; on
Constitution debunking, 199; de-
sires to emigrate to America, 3;
on hyphenated Americanism,
199; naturalization of, 5
behavioral traits and values of, 1,
23, 39–40; banker’s lifestyle of, 6,
8; as bold, 9; as frugal, 61; hear-
ing impairment of, 66, 189,
286n.1; as hero worshiper, 42; as
hiker, 245; modesty of, 40; as
thin-skinned, 40
business life of: at Budge, Schiff &
Company, 4, 5, 12–13, 33; direc-
torships, 13, 23, 25–26; early
business experience, 3; Far East
activities, 32–39; at Frank &
Gans, 4; and the Guggenheims,
6; as head of Kuhn, Loeb, 9–11;
at Industrial Relations Commis-
sion of 1915, 88, 257n.92; in the
insurance scandals, 25–28; Japa-
nese interests, 34–35; joins
Kuhn, Loeb, 5; Mexican inter-
ests, 170; Morgan compared
with, 24; at the pinnacle of his ca-
reer, 39; at Pujo committee hear-
ings, 31–32; Union Pacific affair,
12–23; with Warburg banking
firm, 5
business philosophy of: on banking
reform, 29; on currency reform,
29; on “directors who don’t di-
rect,” 13; on government regula-
tion of railroads, 19, 22–23; on
labor, 29–30; on railroad compe-
tition, 19; on strikes, 30; on
trusts, 30
in civic causes and organizations,
199; in American Red Cross, 8,
69, 203; and Black Americans, 71;
in the Chamber of Commerce, 8,
25, 51, 53; on New York City
Board of Education, 199; in non-
Jewish organizations, 8314 Index