(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
List of Passengers on the USMSS “President Arthur” of the American-Palestine Line. New ...

(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
List of Passengers on the USMSS “President Arthur” of the American-Palestine Line. New York to Haifa, via Naples. Wednesday, July 15th, 1925.


Listing hundreds of names along with their towns of origin.
pp. 12. Original pictorial wrappers. 8vo.
n.p: 1925
The American Palestine Line was a steamship company, formed in 1924 for the purpose of providing direct passenger service from New York to Palestine. It was reportedly the first steamship company owned and operated by Jews. The company negotiated to acquire three ocean liners from the United States Shipping Board, but ultimately it was only able to purchase one, the SS President Arthur, a former North German Lloyd steamer that was seized by the United States during World War I. After refurbishing the liner, the company inaugurated service between New York and Palestine in March 1925, becoming the first ocean liner to fly the Zionist flag at sea. The acquisition of the President Arthur by American-Palestine inspired Jewish lyricist Solomon Small to pen the song "President Arthur's Zion Ship" which contained these lines in its refrain: “President Arthur, sail / Blazing for my children a trail / I have waited ages long / With a mother's yearning strong.” The passenger list from this, the third (and final) voyage of the President Arthur, includes in first class, Rabbi Elias Inselbuch, traveling with his wife, Frume. Rabbi Inselbuch helped found the Orthodox Zionist organization, Mizrachi. Listed here traveling in second class was Family Max, early settlers of The Jewish Community in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; including Mayer, his wife Jennie and two sons, Abraham and Calman. Mayer and Jennie move to Palestine in 1932, returning to America in 1952. The Sadoff family of Sioux City, Iowa also had representation on this voyage, they of Sadoff’s Clothing fame (originally, ‘The Up to Date Store’ when it opened in 1900). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Palestine_Line.
The American Palestine Line was a steamship company, formed in 1924 for the purpose of providing direct passenger service from New York to Palestine. It was reportedly the first steamship company owned and operated by Jews. The company negotiated to acquire three ocean liners from the United States Shipping Board, but ultimately it was only able to purchase one, the SS President Arthur, a former North German Lloyd steamer that was seized by the United States during World War I. After refurbishing the liner, the company inaugurated service between New York and Palestine in March 1925, becoming the first ocean liner to fly the Zionist flag at sea. The acquisition of the President Arthur by American-Palestine inspired Jewish lyricist Solomon Small to pen the song "President Arthur's Zion Ship" which contained these lines in its refrain: “President Arthur, sail / Blazing for my children a trail / I have waited ages long / With a mother's yearning strong.” The passenger list from this, the third (and final) voyage of the President Arthur, includes in first class, Rabbi Elias Inselbuch, traveling with his wife, Frume. Rabbi Inselbuch helped found the Orthodox Zionist organization, Mizrachi. Listed here traveling in second class was Family Max, early settlers of The Jewish Community in Sheboygan, Wisconsin; including Mayer, his wife Jennie and two sons, Abraham and Calman. Mayer and Jennie move to Palestine in 1932, returning to America in 1952. The Sadoff family of Sioux City, Iowa also had representation on this voyage, they of Sadoff’s Clothing fame (originally, ‘The Up to Date Store’ when it opened in 1900). See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Palestine_Line.