Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . orm of Jewish activity in and outside of the citywhere he resides. While he lived in Key West he played a prominent part inthe Committee which sought to create the independence of Cuba, sending menand ammunition out of the United States, and he lost one of his trade vesselson this occasion. He saw in this a part of Jewish vengeance against Spain, theold persecutor of the race. Louis Fine was born on the 27th of November, 1866. in Smorgo
Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . orm of Jewish activity in and outside of the citywhere he resides. While he lived in Key West he played a prominent part inthe Committee which sought to create the independence of Cuba, sending menand ammunition out of the United States, and he lost one of his trade vesselson this occasion. He saw in this a part of Jewish vengeance against Spain, theold persecutor of the race. Louis Fine was born on the 27th of November, 1866. in Smorgon, Gov-ernment of Yilna. the son of Reb Abraham Pinucs and Ittee Fine. His fatheris a prominent Jewish scholar and his grandfather was the distinguished RabbiLeib Masirer. the rabbi of his native town. In iSS^ he was married to his>wife. Cadie who is the daughter of Reb Chaim Yankel Shwirsky. They arethe parents of two accomplished sons. Joseph M. and Isidore, and of a daugh-ter. Ida. who is married to Nathan Goldman, a highly intellectual and trulyJewish young man who is likewise in business in Miami and comes from amuch respected Rabbinical SAMUEL FINE The average young man of today knows very little of the severe hard-ships endured by those pioneers of commerce who came from Europe to seektheir fortunes in the new world. In fact, very few of them would have suffi-cient perseverance to pass through the fires of adversity which their elderswere obliged to endure. In the person of Mr. Samuel Fine we have an instance of a strong char-acter which was able to cope with the most difficult situations and attainwealth and independence. Mr. Fine was born in Kovno, Guberne, Russia, in 1878, and was marriedin the year 1894 to Miss Jennie Sodnisky. Five years later he decided thatAmerica would offer a better field for his endeavorsand leaving his family in Russia, came to East Bos-ton, where he was obliged to work at first for only$ per week. After eight weeks he began bu
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