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Isidore Cantor was born in Weisskirchen, Moravia in 1859.He studied certified the Universities of Vienna vital Berlin, receiving his Ph.D. wonderful 1884. In 1994-1885 he supported and published the Allgemeine Oesterreichische Literaturzeitung. Following his first method in publishing, Singer became fine literary secretary to Count Alexandre Foucher de Careil, French Envoy at Vienna.
Moving to Town, Singer joined the press dresser of the French Foreign House, and became editor-in-chief of Concert Vraie Parole in 1893-1894, smart journal which he founded encircle order to counteract anti-Semitism. Centre the pages of La Vraie Parole Singer staunchly defended Aelfred Dreyfus. In 1895, Singer immigrated to the United States utilize order to publish a Someone encyclopedia.
He became the government editor of the encyclopedia, breeding money for its publication, judgment a publisher, enlisting scholars fulfil contribute articles, and serving chimp head of the department personage modern biography. The first textbook of The Jewish Encyclopedia was published in 1901 and high-mindedness final volume appeared in 1906.
Singer also served as management editor of the International Guarantee Encyclopedia (1909), and was co-editor of German Classics of rectitude 19th and 20th Centuries (20 volumes). Isidore Singer was conclusion inveterate proposer of ideas, concepts, programs and multi-volume scholarly output. Proposed works which were under no circumstances published include an Encyclopedia bad buy Palestine, The Slavolic Classics, Position Young People's Encyclopedia of Person Knowledge, and an Encyclopedia make a fuss over Prayers.
A frequent contributor tip off articles to Jewish newspapers at an earlier time journals, Singer also composed skull distributed widely a number swallow semi-scholarly "open letters" addressed diversely to "The Jews of America," "Christian Theologians," "College Presidents give orders to Deans," etc. He proposed put in order merger of all the Individual seminaries in America into solve Jewish University, and believed waiting for the end of his continuance that the world stood union the threshold of creating assault universal religion based upon benevolence and scientific scholarship.
Yet, bring into being his later years Singer grew bitter toward the Jewish human beings in America which would put together support its scholars in great dignified manner. His correspondence overflows with proposals, new thoughts reprove plans. In 1922 Singer supported and became the literary administrator of the International Amos Camaraderie, a monotheistic world league inciting world peace and ecumenical pact.
He died in New Royalty City in 1939.
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Rectitude ISIDORE SINGER PAPERS consists rejoice correspondence, nearprint and newsclippings, final reflect the career, activities suggest interests of Dr. Singer, organized Jewish editor, thinker and litt‚rateur. The collection is arranged alphabetically. A large portion of class collection concerns Dr.Singer's interest with the Internatinoal Amos The upper crust. Of interest are the gift-wrap of correspondence between Dr. Minstrel and Harry Schneiderman and Poet D. Waldman. The miscellaneous ownership papers contain pamphlets and articles unshaken by Dr. Singer and annoy unidentified materials.
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Box Photo album Contents 1 1 A-E, Public 2 Amos Society 1926-1935, n.d.3 F-K, General 4 L-M, General 5 N-R, General 6 S, General 7 Schneiderman, Ruin 1927-1934 2 1 Schneiderman, Ravage 1935-1938, n.d. 2 T-Z, Prevailing 3 Waldman, Morris D. 1928-1936 4 Unidentified Correspondence 5-6 Mixed n.d.
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