Bernard Gerson Richards
Born(1877-03-09)March 9, 1877
Keidan, Lithuania
DiedJune 25, 1971(1971-06-25) (aged 94)
New York
OccupationAuthor
NationalityLithuanian, American
EducationNew York University, The New School
SubjectWriting
SpouseGetrude Gruzinski

Bernard Gerson Richards (BGR) (b. March 9, 1877 Dov-Gershon Rabinovich in Keidan,[1] Lithuania – d. June 25, 1971),[2] was a Jewish author and a leader.[3] His career spanned over 50 years.[4]

When he came to the United States (1886[5]), he furthered his education through self-study. He supported himself as peddler, clerk in a dry goods store.[4]

He began his journalistic career as a reporter on the Boston Post, and wrote for several Boston and New York papers, as well as for Yiddish newspapers in New York, Denver, and Boston[4] and other Jewish journals, including the American Hebrew and The New Palestine.[6] He also edited New Era Illustrated Magazine[7][8][5] till 1911.[2]

Richards was very active in establishing educational networks.,[4] In 1915 helped in the founding of the American Jewish Congress,[1] first introduced on August 30, 1914.[9] He's founded the Jewish Information Bureau of Greater New York (1932),[10] as well as the American Jewish Institute,[11] New York (1942) to further adult education.[5]

In 1903 he married former Gertrude Gruzinski[12][4] and had four children.[3]

Richards was an American delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "An Old and New World | קיידאן | Keidan | Kedainiai". keidaner.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Judaica, Encyclopaedia (1996). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Red-Si. Encyclopaedia Judaica. p. 157. ISBN 978-965-07-0242-7.
  3. ^ a b c "Bernard G. Richards, 94, Dies; A Jewish Leader and Author". The New York Times. June 26, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Richards, Bernard G. - Social Networks and Archival Context". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Richards, Bernard Gerson". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  6. ^ The New Palestine. Z. O. of A. 1921.
  7. ^ New Era Illustrated Magazine. 1903. p. 74.
  8. ^ New Era Illustrated Magazine. 1904. pp. 220, 554.
  9. ^ Landman, Isaac; Rittenberg, Louis (1939). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 247.
  10. ^ American Jewish Year Book 1971 vol.72. 1971. p. 490.
  11. ^ "National Jewish Organization" (Directories Lists) (PDF), American Jewish Yearbook (1966)
  12. ^ "Getrude Gruzinski". www.ancestry.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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