Herman Bernstein
| Herman Bernstein | |
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Bernstein in 1918
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| United States Ambassador to Albania | |
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In office 1930–1933 |
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| Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Ulysses Grant-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Post Wheeler |
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| Born | September 21, 1876 Vladislavov, Suwałki Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 31, 1935 (aged 58) Sheffield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Friedman |
| Children | Violet Bernstein Willheim, Hilda Bernstein Gitlin, Dorothy Bernstein Nash (daughters), David Bernstein (son) |
| Parents | David and Marie Bernstein |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, translator, diplomat |
Herman Bernstein (September 21, 1876 – August 31, 1935) was an American journalist, poet, novelist, playwright, translator, Jewish activist, and diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Albania and was the founder of The Day (Jewish newspaper), the Jewish daily newspaper.
Herman Bernstein was born in Vladislavov (Russian: Владиславов, German: Neustadt-Schirwindt, Yiddish: Naishtot), at that time on the Russo-German border (today in Lithuania). Herman's parents were David and Marie Elsohn Bernstein. His brother was a writer, Hillel, or Harry Bernstein. He also had two older sisters named Helen and Flora. When he was 6 years old, his parents moved to Mohilev, on the Dnieper river in present-day Belarus.
Herman emigrated to the United States in 1893 first arriving in Chicago. His father, a Talmudic scholar, became sick with tuberculosis shortly after they arrived in the United States. This illness required Herman and his siblings to work in sweatshops to support the family. He married Sophie Friedman in 1901. They had four children together, Violet Bernstein Willheim, Hilda Bernstein Gitlin, Dorothy Bernstein Nash, and David Bernstein.
In 1893, he emigrated with his family to the United States, where he completed his education.
He married Sophie Friedman on December 31, 1901. They had three daughters, Hilda Bernstein Gitlin, Dorothy Bernstein Nash, Violet Bernstein Willheim; and a son David Bernstein, who became a long-time newspaper editor in Binghamton, New York.
Bernstein covered the Russian Revolution in 1917 for the New York Herald, which led him to both Siberia and Japan with the American Expeditionary Forces. He covered the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 for the same newspaper.
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