American Jewish Year Book, Volume 13Cyrus Adler, Henrietta Szold Jewish Publication Society of America, 1911 - Jews Issues for 1900/1901- include report of the 12th- year of the Jewish Publication Society of America, 1890-1900- (issued also separately in some years); issues for 1908/1909- include Report of the American Jewish Committee for 1906/1908- (issued also separately in some years); issues for include American Jewish Committee. Proceedings of the annual meeting. |
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1832 with Russia Abraham abrogation Adler Adolph aged Aid Society American citizens American Jewish Committee ANNUAL MEMBERS appointed Ashland B'nai B'nai B'rith Baltimore Bene Israel Benevolent Association Benevolent Society Benj Beth Bill Bldg Blvd Broadway Brooklyn Charles Chas Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Cohen Cohn commerce communal worker Congregation Congress Cyrus Adler David Duma EDUC Ekaterinoslav elected Emanuel Eutaw Pl Franklin Friedman Goldberg Goldman Harry Henry Herman Hyman immigration Isaac Isidore Israel Jacob H JEWISH YEAR BOOK Jews Joseph Julius Julius Rosenwald June Kieff Leon Levy Loeb Louis Louis Marshall Madison Main Maurice Mayer Sulzberger Meyer Minister Morris Moses Nathan National OFFICERS Order P. O. Box Park passport Petersburg Philadelphia President Rabbi religious resolution Russia Russian Government Sam'l Samuel School Secretary Senate Simon Solomon SPECIAL MEMBERS Synagogue tion Treas Treaty of 1832 United Washington William Wolf Yiddish York City
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Page 90 - The inhabitants of their respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places, and rivers of the territories of each party wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs; and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection as natives of the country wherein they reside, on condition of their submitting to the laws and ordinances there prevailing,...
Page 77 - There shall .be between the territories of the high contracting parties a reciprocal liberty of commerce and navigation. The inhabitants of their respective States shall mutually have liberty to enter the ports, places, and rivers of the territories of each party, wherever foreign commerce is permitted. They shall be at liberty, to sojourn and reside in all parts whatsoever of said territories, in order to attend to their affairs; and they shall enjoy, to that effect, the same security and protection...
Page 319 - Every alien who may not appear to the examining immigrant inspector at the port of arrival to be clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to land shall be detained for examination in relation thereto by a board of special inquiry.
Page 95 - Therefore any declaration, instruction, opinion, order, or decision of any officer of the United States which denies, restricts, impairs, or questions the right of expatriation, is declared inconsistent with the fundamental principles of the Republic.
Page 26 - ... Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and whereas in the recognition of this principle this Government has freely received emigrants from all nations, and invested them with the rights of citizenship; and whereas it is claimed that such American citizens, with their descendants, are subjects of foreign states...
Page 29 - Powers, signed a declaration affirming it to be " an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the contracting parties by means of an amicable arrangement.
Page 96 - Whenever It Is made known to the President that any citizen of the United States has been unjustly deprived of his liberty by or under the authority of any foreign government. It shall be the duty of the President forthwith to demand of that government the reasons of such Imprisonment ; and if it appears to be wrongful and in violation of the rights of American citizenship...
Page 78 - A treaty is primarily a compact between independent nations. It depends for the enforcement of its provisions on the interest and the honor of the governments which are parties to it. If these fail, its infraction becomes the subject of international negotiations and reclamations, so far as the injured party chooses to seek redress, which may in the end be enforced by actual war. It is obvious that with all this the judicial courts have nothing to do and can give no redress.
Page 118 - ... by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate of the United States for a term of three years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Page 34 - We demand that all over the world a duly authenticated passport issued by the Government of the United States to an American citizen shall be proof of the fact that he Is an American citizen and shall entitle him to the treatment due him as such.