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He was the honorary president of the Brest Relief since its inception, and in its initial activities. He came to N.Y. from Brest aged 14, worked hard, and became an important figure in the clothing industry union. He published a book “The History of the Shapiro Family”. He was active in orthodox circles and worked for yeshivas and the old- aged home. Loved and honored by all.
He renewed his activity in the Brest Relief after the pogrom of 1937. His wife Clara had always stood at his side and helped him with all his community work. She passed away in 1944. He recently became a member of the U.J.A.
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He was a leader of the Bund in the U.S.A. He came from a poor family – he was apprenticed to a tailor. He was involved in conducting strikes during the Tsarist regime; as a result he was arrested and sent to Siberia. In 1911 he arrived in the U.S. He worked hard and became an active member of the Workman's Circle, and was one of the first to fight for a Yiddish primary school. In 1930 he founded the Progressive Help Organization. He was secretary of the International Workers Union that had over 50,000 Jewish members out of a total of 160,000. He was one of the founders of the Jewish Cultural Congress. In 1937, he was in Geneva and assisted the Brest Relief greatly - he also printed brochures about the Relief and its work in the U.S.
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