1st Edition. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 29 pages. Schechter was a rabbinic scholar and president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Born in Rumania, he moved to Britain in 1882 and there became a spokesman for Jewish traditionalism. In 1901 he moved to New York and became the president of the Seminary. During his tenure the Seminary became one of the most important centers of Jewish learning and Jewish and intellectual revival. He regarded Zionism as a bulwark against assimilation and in 1913 attended the 11th Zionist Congress in Vienna. He is regarded as the chief architect of Conservative Judaism in the United States (Horin EJ) . SUBJECT(S) : American Poltical, Government History, Biography, President Lincoln. Edgewear and some mild discoloration to covers. Otherwise in very good conditioin. (AMR-41-41-P)