Samuel Caplan
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.[4][5] Caplan edited the New Palestine magazine in 1934.[2] From 1940 to his retirement, in 1966, Caplan was editor of the Congress Weekly magazine.[6][2] 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.[8][9][10]
Caplan, with Harold U. Ribalow, was an editor of the book The Great Jewish Books and Their Influence on History (1952).[11][12][13]
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.[6][1]
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- ^ The Great Jewish Books Forgotten Books (PDF)
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