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Samuel Caplan

Samuel Caplan was an American magazine editor.

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Samuel Caplan (March 10, 1895 – May 6, 1969) was an American magazine editor.

Caplan was born in the Russian Empire on March 10, 1895,1 and in 1905 moved to the United States. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.2

Caplan began writing no later than 1920.3 In the early 1920s he was editor of the Boston newspaper The Jewish Leader, which was published in both English and Yiddish.45 Caplan edited the New Palestine magazine in 1934.2 From 1940 to his retirement, in 1966, Caplan was editor of the Congress Weekly magazine.62 After retiring, he was elected as member "at-large".7

In the end of 1943, Caplan replaced Lillie Shultz as secretary to the governing council of the American Jewish Congress.8910

Caplan, with Harold U. Ribalow, was an editor of the book The Great Jewish Books and Their Influence on History (1952).111213

Caplan was married to Hannah Caplan (née Levin) and had two sons, Joseph and Leonard.14 He died on May 6, 1969, in Woodmere, Long Island, New York.61

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  1. "Necrology: United States". The American Jewish Year Book. 71: 602–611. 1970. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23604075.
  2. "Funeral Services Held for Samuel Caplan, 74, Retired Editor of 'congress Bi-weekly'". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1969-05-09. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Detroit Jewish News, May 16, 1969
  3. The Maccabæan-Magazine of Jewish Life and Letters. Federation of American Zionists. 1920. p.82, p.94 (including about the aftermath of the Lwów pogrom (1918))
  4. N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory. N. W. Ayer & Son. 1925. p. 453.
  5. Editor & Publisher. Editor & Publisher Company. 1924. p. 35.
  6. "SAMUEL CAPLAN, 74, EX-MAGAZINE EDITOR (Published 1969)". The New York Times. 1969-05-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  7. Congress Bi-weekly. American Jewish Congress. 1966.
  8. "Jewish Post 24 December 1943 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. "Strictly Confidential," by Phineas Biron". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "December 24, 1943 - Image 13". The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  10. Directories and lists (1945-1946) - AJC Archives
  11. Ribalow, Harold U; Caplan, Samuel (1952). The great Jewish books and their influence on history. New York: Horizon Press. OCLC 377296.
  12. Caplan, Samuel (1952). Great Jewish books and their influence on history. George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida. New York,: Horizon Press. (at Archive.org)
  13. The Great Jewish Books Forgotten Books (PDF)
  14. "Samuel Caplan, 74, Ex-Magazine Editor". New York Times. May 8, 1969. Retrieved 2021-10-18.