Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981)[1] was a journalist, a writer, an administrator for the American Jewish Congress,[2] communal worker[1] and activist against discrimination.[3]

Lillie (Lillian[4]) Shultz (also spelled Schultz[5][6][7]) served from 1933 to 1944, as chief administrative officer and director of publicity at the American Jewish Congress.[2] She was the only woman on the staff. She served on the governing council, was an editor of the Congress Bulletin; an active member of a committee dealing with the 1936 Olympics.

Schultz advocated against oppression and discrimination, and was instrumental in establishing a commission to investigate economic discrimination against Jews in the United States[3] 1933–1944.[1]

Shultz was a leading member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in 1947[8] in the negotiations leading to the United Nations recommendation for the partition of Palestine and was a close colleague and co-worker with the Jewish Agency delegation to the UN.[9] She lobbied against nuclear proliferation.[2]

Shultz was born in 1904, in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. After her graduation,[2] and her first job as a journalist was with the Philadelphia Jewish World, editing the English-language section.[1]

In an article entitled “Why I Was Jealous: A Sukkoth Memory,” she elaborated about her love of Jewish culture and recalled her grandfather's prayer and longing that have inspired her, her activism.[3]

Shultz was a staff member in the early 1930s[1] of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,[9] before[3] working for the American Jewish Congress. From 1944 to 1955, she was also director of the Nation Associates,[2][10][11] publishers of Nation magazine, as well as a member of its editorial staff.[9]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Himmelfarb, Milton; Singer, David (1982). American Jewish Year Book. American Jewish Committee. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-8276-0221-2. [1]
  2. ^ a b c d e "LILLIE SHULTZ, WRITER AND AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR JEWISH CONGRESS (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 1981-04-16. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. ^ a b c d "Lillie Shultz". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. ^ Gurock, Jeffrey (2013-12-16). America, American Jews, and the Holocaust: American Jewish History. Routledge. p. 261. ISBN 978-1-136-67521-8. [p. 161]
  5. ^ Morrison, David (1999). Heroes, Antiheroes, and the Holocaust: American Jewry and Historical Choice. Gefen. p. 240. ISBN 978-965-229-210-0.
  6. ^ Carenen, Caitlin (2012). The Fervent Embrace: Liberal Protestants, Evangelicals, and Israel. NYU Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8147-0837-8.
  7. ^ Judah Leib Magnes: The Last Year - American Jewish Archives (2019)
  8. ^ "Jewish Post 24 April 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  9. ^ a b c "Lillie Shultz Dead at 77". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1981-04-16. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. ^ Kenen, Isaiah L. (1981). Israel's Defense Line: Her Friends and Foes in Washington. Prometheus Books. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-87975-159-3.
  11. ^ The Nation. J.H. Richards. 1954. pp. 202, 354.
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