Oral history interview with Jonah J. Goldstein, 1966.

Biographical Note

Judge

Scope and Contents

Early life in New York, N.Y., New York University Law School, 1909; Educational Alliance, Grand Street Boys; Secretary for Alfred E. Smith, 1911; numerous Jewish philanthropies; administering relief program, Palestine, 1929; Judge: accounts of court cases and work for court reform, 1931-56; Republican candidate for mayor, 1945; relationships with Felix Warburg, Senators Robert F. Wagner and Herbert Lehman, Mayors James Walker, Fiorello LaGuardia, William O'Dwyer

Subjects

• Courts.
• Gold, Neil, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Goldstein, Jonah J., 1886-1967--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jews--United States.
• Judges--United States--Interviews.
• Judicial power.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• Scott, Douglas, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr

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