A Study in American Jewish Leadership

Brandeis University Press

Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 03755

© 1999 by Brandeis University Press

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frontispiece

Image of Jacob Henry Schiff.

American Jewish Historical Society,

Waltham, Massachusetts, and New York, New York.

Cohen, Naomi Wiener

Jacob H. Schiff : a study in American Jewish leadership / by Naomi

W. Cohen.

p. cm. — (Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

isbn0-87451-948-9 (cl. : alk. paper)

1. Schiff, Jacob H. (Jacob Henry), 1847-1920. 2. Jews—United
   States Biography. 3. Jewish capitalists and financiers—United
   States—Biography. 4. Philanthropists—United States Biography.


2. Jews—United States—Politics and government. 6. United States
   Biography. I. Title. II. Series.
   e184.37.s37c64 1999
   332'.092—dc
   [B] 99–

Cohen: Jacob H Schiff page iv