# Samuel Caplan

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**Samuel Caplan** (March 10, 1895 – May 6, 1969) was an American magazine editor.

Caplan was born in the Russian Empire on March 10, 1895,[1] and in 1905 moved to the United States. He attended the [University of Pittsburgh](/source/University_of_Pittsburgh) and the [Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism](/source/Columbia_University_Graduate_School_of_Journalism).[2]

Caplan began writing no later than 1920.[3] In the early 1920s he was editor of the Boston newspaper *The Jewish Leader*, which was published in both English and Yiddish.[4][5] Caplan edited the *[New Palestine](/source/New_Palestine_(magazine))* magazine in 1934.[2] From 1940 to his retirement, in 1966, Caplan was editor of the *[Congress Weekly](/source/Congress_Weekly)* magazine.[6][2] After retiring, he was elected as member "at-large".[7]

In the end of 1943, Caplan replaced [Lillie Shultz](/source/Lillie_Shultz) as secretary to the governing council of the [American Jewish Congress](/source/American_Jewish_Congress).[8][9][10]

Caplan, with [Harold U. Ribalow](/source/Harold_U._Ribalow), was an editor of the book *The Great Jewish Books and Their Influence on History* (1952).[11][12][13]

Caplan was married to Hannah Caplan () and had two sons, Joseph and Leonard.[14] He died on May 6, 1969, in [Woodmere](/source/Woodmere,_New_York), Long Island, New York.[6][1]

## References

1. ["Necrology: United States"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23604075). *The American Jewish Year Book*. **71**: 602–611. 1970. [ISSN 0065-8987](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0065-8987). [JSTOR 23604075](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23604075)

1. ["Funeral Services Held for Samuel Caplan, 74, Retired Editor of 'congress Bi-weekly'"](https://www.jta.org/1969/05/09/archive/funeral-services-held-for-samuel-caplan-74-retired-editor-of-congress-bi-weekly). *Jewish Telegraphic Agency*. 1969-05-09. Retrieved 2021-01-03. [*Detroit Jewish News*, May 16, 1969](https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1969.05.16.001/53)

1. *The Maccabæan-Magazine of Jewish Life and Letters*. Federation of American Zionists. 1920. [p.82](https://books.google.com/books?id=59NBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA82), [p.94](https://books.google.com/books?id=59NBAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA94) (including about the aftermath of the [Lwów pogrom (1918)](/source/Lw%C3%B3w_pogrom_(1918)))

1. [*N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory*](https://books.google.com/books?id=a1AXAQAAMAAJ&dq=Samuel+Caplan&pg=PA453). N. W. Ayer & Son. 1925. p. 453.

1. [*Editor & Publisher*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZxCAQAAIAAJ&dq=caplan&pg=RA4-PA35). Editor & Publisher Company. 1924. p. 35.

1. ["SAMUEL CAPLAN, 74, EX-MAGAZINE EDITOR (Published 1969)"](https://www.nytimes.com/1969/05/08/archives/samuel-caplan-74-exmagazine-editor.html). *The New York Times*. 1969-05-08. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2021-01-03.

1. [*Congress Bi-weekly*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zeUMAQAAMAAJ&q=samuel+caplan). American Jewish Congress. 1966.

1. ["Jewish Post 24 December 1943 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. "Strictly Confidential," by Phineas Biron."](https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19431224-01.1.10&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------). *newspapers.library.in.gov*. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

1. ["December 24, 1943 - Image 13"](https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djc.1943.12.24.001/13). *The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives*. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

1. [Directories and lists (1945-1946) - AJC Archives](http://www.ajcarchives.org/ajc_data/files/1945_1946_12_directorieslists.pdf)

1. Ribalow, Harold U & Caplan, Samuel (1952). *The great Jewish books and their influence on history*. New York: Horizon Press. [OCLC 377296](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/377296)

1. Caplan, Samuel (1952). [*Great Jewish books and their influence on history*](http://archive.org/details/greatjewishbooks00incapl). New York,: Horizon Press. (at *Archive.org*)

1. [The Great Jewish Books](https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/download/TheGreatJewishBooks_10551932.pdf) *Forgotten Books* (PDF)

1. ["Samuel Caplan, 74, Ex-Magazine Editor"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/05/08/88992038.html?pageNumber=47). *New York Times*. May 8, 1969. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

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