Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . on the 28th of January, 1875, in Marienpol, Poland,as the son of Lipman and Peshe Goldberg, who live in Bialystok. Mr. Gold-bergs grandfather, Reb Shebach Altshuler, was the Rabbi of Mariampol, andRabbi Motel Altshuler, an uncle of his, was one of the best known scholars ofSuvalk. In 1892 Mr. Goldberg came to America. He landed in New York, wherehe worked for a number of weeks in a brush factory. He then went to Wash-ington for a short
Prominent Jews of America; a collection of biographical sketches of Jews who have distinguished themselves in commercial, professional and religious endeavor . on the 28th of January, 1875, in Marienpol, Poland,as the son of Lipman and Peshe Goldberg, who live in Bialystok. Mr. Gold-bergs grandfather, Reb Shebach Altshuler, was the Rabbi of Mariampol, andRabbi Motel Altshuler, an uncle of his, was one of the best known scholars ofSuvalk. In 1892 Mr. Goldberg came to America. He landed in New York, wherehe worked for a number of weeks in a brush factory. He then went to Wash-ington for a short time, working in a store, and afterwards he settled in Cincin-nati (in 1899), opening a cloak and suit store, where without any extensivespeculation he became very successful, due to simple and steady work and agradual rise in the scale of life. Mr. Goldberg is the owner of the Main Cloak & Suit Co., 1116 Main street,and of the Princess Cloak #- Suit Company, at 1115 Main street, Cincinnati,Ohio. Mr. Goldberg divides his success with many charitable and philanthropicinstitutions. He belongs to nearly every organization of importance, is a direc- 101. tor of the Orthodox Home for the Aged, Vice-president of the Talmud Torah,and a former treasurer of the Avondale Schul. He is a respected member ofthe Chamber of Commerce, of the Automobile Club and of many other organ-izations. On March 7, 1895, Mr. Goldberg was married to Miss Birdie Scheingold,of Cleveland, and they are the happy parents of an accomplished daughter,Lucille. Mr. Goldberg is a very sympathetic, friendly man, and enjoys a won-derful reputation in Cincinnati. ISAAC LEO GOLDBERG Many prominent men can trace their success back to some display of abilityor act of honesty which revealed to their elders the promise of a wonderfulfruition in the best of all gardens, a noble character. To such young men a helping hand is always waiting at the appointed time,and it was so in the case of Isaac Leo Goldberg, the subject of ou
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