Harry Schneiderman

Harry Schneiderman (January 23, 1885 – September 1, 1975) was a Polish-born Jewish-American communal administrator and editor.

Early life and education Schneiderman was born on January 23, 1885, in Sawin, Congress Poland, the son of Samuel Schneiderman and Deborah Rothman. His sister was labor leader Rose Schneiderman.

Schneiderman immigrated to America in 1890. He was a ward of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York from 1893 to 1904, and worked as a teacher in its religious department from 1905 to 1908. He graduated from New York City public school in 1901 and from the College of the City of New York with a B.S. in 1908. He also received an elementary and intermediate Jewish education.

Career In 1908, he joined the American Jewish Committee as assistant to its secretary, Herbert Friedenwald, on the recommendation of Solomon Lowenstein (the executive director of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum). In 1914, when Friedenwald's successor as secretary Herman Bernstein resigned, Schneiderman was appointed assistant secretary and served as acting secretary for the next fourteen years until Morris D. Waldman was appointed secretary. He collaborated in preparing the American Jewish Year Book since he joined the American Jewish Committee, and in 1920 he became its editor. He wrote several special articles for the Year Book, and from 1928 to 1936 he wrote its "Review of the Year." He also took a directing part in expanding the committee's cultural activities beginning in 1933. He was also chairman of the editorial board of Who's Who in World Jewry in 1955 and 1965.

Personal life In 1917, Schneiderman married Tillie Saymon. Their children were Herbert, Florence Dobrer, and Lois King.