Galveston: Ellis Island of the West

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Credits for Illustrations I. Casualties of the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. From HiljsveTein der Deutschen Juden Geschaftsbericht, vol. 2 (1903), p. 17, Berlin, 1904. 2. Wounded casualties of the Kishinev pogrom of 1903. From Hiljsverein der Deutschen Juden Geschaftsbericht, vol. 2 (1903), p. 23, Berlin, 1904. 3. Wilkomir, in the province of Rovno, one of the cities in which many Jewish families were burned out of their homes, in 1904. From HiljsveTein der Deutschen Juden Geschaftsbericht, vol. 3 (1904), p. 27. Berlin, 1905. 4. Well before the inauguration of the Galveston Movement, Jacob H. Schiff was acknowledged as the financial leader of American Jewry, as is evidenced by this call, appearing in the American Israelite, Nov. 16, 1905. 5. Jacob Henry Schiff, founder and sponsor of the Galveston Movement. From Frontispiece of American Jewish Year Book 5682 (vol. 23), Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1921. 6. Dr. Paul Nathan, secretary of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden. From Photograph collection, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 7. Israel Zangwill leaving the hall after his main speech to the Seventh Zionist Congress in Basle, July 30, 1905. From Photograph collection, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 8. A Jewish Territorial Organization membership card. From ITO Papers , A 36, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 9. Dr. Max Emmanuel Mandelstamm, president of the ITO's Jewish Emigration Society, in Kiev. From Photograph collection, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 10. David M. Bressler. From Joint Distribution Committee Archives, N.Y. 11. Morris David Waldman, first manager of the Jewish immigrants' Information Bureau at Galveston. From The UniversalJewish Encyclopedia. S. v. "Waldman, Morris David". New York: Umversal Jewish Encyclopedia Co., Inc. 1941. 12. A letter of complaint by Galveston immigrant Moshe Opotowski, printed on the front page of the Jewish Daily Forward, December 2, 1907. 232 CREDITS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS 13. Dr. David S. Jochelmann, secretary and manager of the ITO's Jewish Emigration Society, based in Kiev. From The jwish Chronicle, May 25, 1917, p. 14. 14. Rabbi Dr. Henry Cohen of Galveston. From Stanely A. Dreyfus. Henry Cohen, Messenger of the Lord. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1963. 15. Jacob Billikopf, superintendent of the United Jewish Charities in Kansas City, Missouri, who actively participated in the settling of immigrants from Galveston. From Frank J. Adler. Roots in a Moving Stream: The Centennial History of Congregation B'nai jehuda of Kansas City, 1870-1970, p. 114, Kansas City. Missouri: The Temple. Congregation B'nai Jehuda. (Spangler Printers,) 1972. 16. Promotional literature prepared in 1907 by Jacob Billikopf of Kansas City. From ITO Papers, A 36, Central Zionist Archives. Jerusalem. 17. "Announcement, to be posted in synagogues, study houses, and elsewhere." From ITO Papers A 36/95 (278), Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 18. ITO identification card carried by immigrants to Galveston. From ITO Papers A 36/95 (275), Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 19. Cover page of an II-page pamphlet printed in Zhitomir in 1907 by the "ITO Central Emigration Bureau for all of Russia, in Kiev", entitled Important Information about Emigration to Galveston (State of Texas). From ITO Papers A 36/8, Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 20. Last page of a pamphlet printed in Zhitomir in 1907 by the "ITO Central Emigration Bureau for all of Russia in Kiev", entitled Important Information about Emigration to Galveston (State of Texas). Waldman added his comments at the bottom of the page. 21. Report sheet from Jacob Billikopf of Kansas City, Missouri, on progress of immigrants sent to him from Galveston. From ITO Papers A 36/95 (275), Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem. 22. A conference of the Jewish Territorial Organization, with Israel Zangwill standing in the center. From The jwish People, Past and Present, vol. 2, p. 321. N. Y.: Jewish Encyclopedic Handbooks. Inc.• Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO), 1948. In that book the white-bearded figure was mistakenly identified as Mandelstamm but is actually I. Jasinowski. 23. Israel Zangwill, founder and president of the Jewish Territorial Organization (ITO). From Frontispiece of In Memory of Israel Zangwill, New York: Zangwill Memorial Committee, 1926. 24. Galveston-bound emigrants in Bremen, with representatives of the Hilfsverein. From Hilfs"t'erl'in der Deutschen juden Geschaftsbericht, vol. 6 (1907), p. 106. Berlin, 1908. 25. Boarding ship in Bremen for the voyage to Galveston. From HilJsvenin der Deutschen juden Geschaftsbericht, vol. 6 (1907), p. 102. Berlin, 1908. 26. Immigrants arriving at Galveston. From The Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. 27. Ephraim Zalman (Charles) Hoffman, an immigrant who settled in Fort Worth after arriving at Galveston in 1913. From [David...