Category: Jews
Dreams of Higher Education
One Name in Many Accents: America

Aug. 4, 1907
Galveston, Texas
The Times reports on the Jewish Territorial Organization headed by author and playwright Israel Zangwill and banker Jacob Schiff to help Jews fleeing persecution in Russia.

In July, the first group of 50 immigrants arrived in Galveston to be hosted and then dispersed throughout the American Southwest.