American Jewish Archives

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United]ewish Appeal; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6; NITimes, Sep 24 1974, 44:2.
Shaw, Eva Epstein (Mrs J Leo Shaw); b.
NYC,"Nov 111891; d. Aug1951.
Toledo U, LLB St]ohns. • Lawyer, author,
Toledo; mem State Bd ofBar Examiners;
officer Hadassah; dir Heb School. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 9 1951, 21:2.
Shaw, Florence Sylvia Berlowitz Pollack
(Mrs George Hamlin Shaw); b.
Lafayette, IN, ca 1898; d. NYC, Dec 19
1963.
Purdue, Sorbonne, Columbia, New School. •
Welfare & civic volunteer; pres Natl Travelers
Aid Assn; US advisor to UNESCO; exec com
USO. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Dec 20
1963,29:1.
Shaw, Irwin; b. Brooklyn, Feb 271913; d.
Davos, Switzerland, May 161984.
Brooklyn ColI. • Playwright & novelist on
controversial subjects; The Young Lions; WWII
service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 86:443.
Shaw, JohnJacob; b. Newark, Apr 17 1907;
d.July 51974.
Cornell, MD U MD.· Physician, Newark. •
See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes,]uly6 1974,20:4.
Shaw, Louis; b. ca 1880; d. Aug 29 1934.
Real estate agent, communal worker,
Providence; military service. • See: A]YB,
37:261.
Shay, Harry; b. ca 1898; d. Philadelphia,
July 1963.
Gastroenterologist, Philadelphia; head Fels
Research Inst (Temple U); prolific author in
field. • See: ]TA-DNB, Aug 1 1963; NYTimes,
]uly311963,29:3.
Shayne, David; b. ca 1845; d. Atlantic City,
Oct 22 1912.
Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Shean, Al (born Schoenberg); b. Dornum,
Germany, May 12 1868; d. Aug 12 1949.
To US ca 1876. • Vaudeville comedian,
character actor, movie actor; mem Shean &
Gallagher team. • See: UJE; DAB, 4; NYTimes,
Aug 13 1949, 11:1.
Shear, MurrayJacob; b. Brooklyn, Nov 7
1899; d. Bethesda, Sep 27 1983.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Biochemist,
pioneer in cancer treatment, Bethesda; with
Natl Cancer Inst; faculty LI ColI Hospital,
Harvard; chr civil service bd Natl Inst of
Health; pres]ewish Community Group. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,
Sep 29 1983,47:7.
Shear, Samuel Alexander; b. Stanislaw,
Galicia, Feb 22 1884.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • To NYC 1893. •
Tchr, insurance agent, NYC; active adult
education. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Shearer, Norma (Mrs Irving Thalberg); b.
Montreal, Aug 10 1904; d.June 12 1983.
To US 1919. • Motion picture actress, Santa
Monica; adopted]ewish religion. • See: UJE
(sub Thalberg, Irving); WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA,8.
Shedlovsky, Theodore; b. Leningrad, Oct
291898; d. NYC, Nov 51976.
To US 1908. • PhD MIT. • Chemist, NYC;
faculty Rockefeller Inst; officer NY Academy
ofSciences; consult Navy Dept. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 91976,26:6.
Sheekman, Arthur Grant; b. Chicago, Feb 5
1901; d.Jan 1978.
U MN.· Newspaperman, screenwriter, Los
Angeles; a fdr Anti-Nazi League. • See:
WWIA], 1938;NITimes,]an 141978,24:4.
Sheffel, Sam; b. Albany, MO, Oct 13 1887.
Merchant, Sapulpa, OK; pres Businessmens
Assn, Kiwanis; dir Chamber ofCommerce. •
See: WWIA], 1938. '
Sheffer, Henry M; b. Ukraine, 1883; d. Mar
1964.
To US ca 1893. • Logician, Cambridge, MA;
faculty Harvard; Sheffer-stroke function. • See:
E];A]YB, 24:202;NITimes, Mar 181964,
41:3.
Shefferman, Nathan W; b. Baltimore, ca
1888; d. Chicago, Feb 1968.
Labor relations consult, Chicago; involved in
Dave Beck controversy; author in field. • See:
NYTimes, Feb 5 1968,35:2.
Sheffield, Herman (Hermann) Bernard; b.
Konigsberg, Jan 4 1871.
To US 1891. • MD U MD, post-grad]ohns
Hopkins. • Pediatrician, novelist, poet, NYC;
faculty Post-Grad Med School; inventor med
device; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA].
Shefsky, Aaron; b. ca 1874; d. Mar 61939.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 41:431.
Shehall, Benjamin; b. PrussialEngland,
1692; d. Oct 3 1765.
To Savannah 1733. • Georgia pioneer,
merchant, philanthropist; a fdr Union Soc;
kept Yiddish diary that discussed immigration
ofJews to GA; fdr Mikve Israel (Savannah). •
See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E]
(sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Shehall, Levi; b. Savannah, Dec 12 1739; d.
Jan 26 1809.
Prominent patriot, butcher, rancher; served in
Am Revolutionary army; pres Mikve Israel
(Savannah); active in]ewish affairs. • See: UJE
(sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall); BDEA].
Shehall, Mordecai; b. Savannah, 1735;d.
Savannah, 1795/1797.
Soldier, patriot, merchant, rancher, Mason;
prisoner ofBritish during Am Revolution; a fdr
Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia); inspector of
leathers, Port ofSavannah. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
BDEAJ.
Shehall, Moses; b. Savannah, Oct 12 1769;
d. Savannah, Jan 10 1835.
Physician, alderman, port warden, legislator,
Shelling, David Henry
judge, Savannah; studied with Benjamin Rush;
incorporator GA Med Soc; officer Mikve
Israel; prominent Mason. • See:]E (sub
Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E] (sub Sheftall);
BDEA].
Shehall, Shehall; b. Savannah, Sep 8 1762;
d. Savannah, Aug 15 1847.
Lawyer, patriot, Am Revolutionary army
supplier, Savannah, Charleston, SCi charter
mem Mikve Israel (Savannah); British prisoner.
• See:]E (sub Sheftall); UJE (sub Sheftall); E]
(sub Sheftall).
Sheideman, Bahr; b.*; d. San Francisco,
Mar 181913.
Merchant, San Francisco. • See:A]YB,
15(1913-1914):274.
Shein, Harvey M; b. Providence, May 10
1933; d.July 18 1974.
MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist; faculty Harvard;
military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Sheinfein, Samuel; b. ca 1866; d. Roxbury,
MA, Nov281916.
Communal worker, Roxbury, MA. • See:
A]YB, 19(1917-1918):268.
Sheinin, JohnJacob; b. Bobruisk, Mar 21
1900; d.Jan 91972.
BS U AL, MS, PhD, MB, MD Northwestern;
honorary degree. • University official,
anatomist, Chicago; faculty, dean, pres
Chicago Med School; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Sheinkman, Jacob; b. NYC, 1926.
Labor ldr, NYC; pres]ewish Labor Com;
officer AFL-CIO; general counsel
Amalgamated ClothingWorkers; exec com
ORT. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Sheinkopf, Moses Dan; b. Lomza, June 15
1900; d. Springfield, MA, Apr 1 1984.
To US 1922. • Rabbi, Springfield, MA, earlier
Waterbury, CT; officer Union ofOrthodox
Rabbis; bd]ewish Fedn, Mikvah Assn, Family
Service; author on]ewish law. • See:A]YB,
86:443.
Sheinman, Kannon; b. Pinsk, Mar 13/23
1889.
To US 1892. • CCNY, DDS Columbia, postgrad
U Berlin, U Vienna. • Oral surgeon,
NYC; officer dental assn; instructor Allied
Dental Council; authorleditor in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Sheinman, Louis; b. Pinsk, Dec 141884; d.
1954.
To US 1894. • MD Columbia.· Surgeon,
NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 3
1954, 19:4.
Sheitlis, Benjamin A (E); b. 1880; d. NYC,
Oct 171954.
Surgeon, NYC; a fdr Am]ewish Physicians
Com; dir Herzliah Heb Tchrs Inst. • See:
A]YB, 57:608; NITimes, Oct 181954,25:6.
Shelling, David Henry; b. ca 1900; d.
Baltimore, May 171938.
Pediatrician, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 40:391.