The Munsey, January 1906

Catalog Note *Munsey's Magazine*, January 1906. This issue features "The Jew in America" by Herbert N. Casson, a comprehensive nonfiction survey documenting Jewish immigration and achievement in the United States. The article presents demographic data (1.4 million Jews in America, with projections of 7 million by 1930) and catalogs prominent Jewish figures across professions: bankers (Schiff, Speyer, Seligman), merchants (Straus, Bloomingdale), academics (Boas, Jastrow), physicians (Jacobi), architects (Adler), and theatrical producers (Belasco, the Frohhmans). Casson discusses Jewish contributions to education, establishing the College of the City of New York and founding the Ethical Culture Society under Felix Adler. The article documents Jewish charitable institutions, including nine hospitals and twelve homes for the elderly in New York alone. It attributes Jewish commercial success to historical displacement from agricultural life, arguing that necessity cultivated mercantile acumen and diligence. Contemporary portraiture accompanies the text.