Lillie Shultz Explained

Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981)[1] was a journalist, a writer, an administrator for the American Jewish Congress, communal worker[1] and activist against discrimination.

Lillie (Lillian[2]) Shultz (also spelled Schultz[3] [4] [5]) served from 1933 to 1944, as chief administrative officer and director of publicity at the American Jewish Congress.[6] She was the only woman on the staff. She served on the governing council, was an editor of the Congress Bulletin; an active member of a committee dealing with the 1936 Olympics.

Schultz advocated against oppression and discrimination, and was instrumental in establishing a commission to investigate economic discrimination against Jews in the United States[7] 1933–1944.[1]

Shultz was a leading member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in 1947[8] in the negotiations leading to the United Nations recommendation for the partition of Palestine and was a close colleague and co-worker with the Jewish Agency delegation to the UN.[9] She lobbied against nuclear proliferation.[6]

Shultz was born in 1904, in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. After her graduation,[6] and her first job as a journalist was with the Philadelphia Jewish World, editing the English-language section.

In an article entitled “Why I Was Jealous: A Sukkoth Memory,” she elaborated about her love of Jewish culture and recalled her grandfather's prayer and longing that have inspired her, her activism.

Shultz was a staff member in the early 1930s[1] of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, before working for the American Jewish Congress. From 1944 to 1955, she was also director of the Nation Associates,[6] [10] [11] publishers of Nation magazine, as well as a member of its editorial staff.

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  1. Book: Himmelfarb . Milton . American Jewish Year Book . Singer . David . 1982 . American Jewish Committee . 978-0-8276-0221-2 . 363 . en. https://books.google.com/books?id=NcsjRyNtUogC&q=%22commission+for+investigation+of+economic+discrimination+against+Jews%2C+1933-44%22
  2. Book: Gurock, Jeffrey. America, American Jews, and the Holocaust: American Jewish History. 2013-12-16. Routledge. 978-1-136-67521-8. 261. en. [p. 161]
  3. Book: Morrison, David. Heroes, Antiheroes, and the Holocaust: American Jewry and Historical Choice. 1999. Gefen. 978-965-229-210-0. 240. en.
  4. Book: Carenen, Caitlin. The Fervent Embrace: Liberal Protestants, Evangelicals, and Israel. 2012. NYU Press. 978-0-8147-0837-8. 226. en.
  5. http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/2019_71_02_00_penkower.pdf Judah Leib Magnes: The Last Year - American Jewish Archives
  6. News: 1981-04-16. LILLIE SHULTZ, WRITER AND AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR JEWISH CONGRESS (Published 1981). en-US. The New York Times. 2021-01-20. 0362-4331.
  7. Web site: Lillie Shultz. 2021-01-20. Jewish Women's Archive. en.
  8. Web site: Jewish Post 24 April 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. 2021-01-20. newspapers.library.in.gov.
  9. Web site: 1981-04-16. Lillie Shultz Dead at 77. 2021-01-20. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. en-US.
  10. Book: Kenen, Isaiah L.. Israel's Defense Line: Her Friends and Foes in Washington. 1981. Prometheus Books. 978-0-87975-159-3. 39. en.
  11. Book: The Nation. 1954. J.H. Richards. 202, 354. en.