Held, Adolph
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שם ראשי (לועזית)
Held, Adolph
רמיזות
Held, Adolph, 1885-1969
תאריך לידה
1885-05-16
תאריך פטירה
1969-05-15
מקום לידה
Boryslav (Ukraine)
מקום מגורים/מרכז פעילות
New York (N.Y.)
תאגיד אליו קשור
Jewish Daily Forward
מקצוע
U.S. communal and labor leader and Yiddish journalist
שפות קשורות
yideng
מגדר
male
MARC
MARC
מזהים נוספים
מקורות מידע
- Benjamin Schlesinger presidential records, 1914-1923:(Adolph Held)
- Press releases and letters-to-the editor, arranged alphabetically: A-Z, 1961-1970:
- source: Press release "Information". Circular issued by World ORT Union in Geneva, no. 664, May, 1969 (viewed December, 2020)Born in Boryslaw (Poland), he came to the United State in 1892. A founder of American ORT, member of World ORT Union Central Board, leader of the American Jewish Community, died in New York City on May 14th, 1969. A Vice President of American ORT Federation and Chairman of American Labor ORT, A. Held was associated with the Jewish Daily Forward from 1908 to 1917 and from 1962 until his retirement in 1962 as City Editor, General and Business Manager and President of the Forward Association. He had a second career an banking and labor, as president of the Amalgamated Bank (1925-1945) and as Director for many years of the health and welfare department of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. He was for more than 30 years National Chairman for the Jewish Labor Committee. Adolph Held was a founder of the Joint Distribution Committee; In 1920 he was appointed European director of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS).
- Adolph Held (born on May 16, 1885 in Poland; came to the U.S. in 1894, naturalized citizen; received a B.S. degree in 1906 from College City of New York; city editor of the Jewish Daily Forward in NYC from 1906-1912; married Lillian Michaels in September 1913; president of the Amalgamated Bank from 1925 to 1945; director of welfare and health benefits of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union ( (Prabook.com, viewed March 16, 2023:) )
- page 4 (Adolph Held, national chairman of the Jewish Labor Committee; served as the city editor of the Yiddish-language newspaper the Forward from 1908 to 1912 and served as general manager in the 1910s and 1960s; chairman of radio station WEVD; died today at age 84 [that is, May 15, 1969] at the Workman's Circle Home and Hospital for the Aged in the Bronx ( (JTA [Jewish Telegraphic Agency] daily news bulletin, May 15, 1969) )