Joseph M. Proskauer

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled

Joseph M. Proskauer

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Born	1877
Died	1971-09-10
Father	Alfred L. Proskauer
Mother	Rebecca Leinkauf

Jewish Associate Justice

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Joint Distribution Committee Meeting Allows Speech Against German Boycott, But Not Pros 1933-04-02

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Cyrus Adler and Joseph Proskauer showed clear leanings against the anti-Nazi boycott, but once Jacob Sunderling wanted to speak the other side of pro boycott the meeting was instantly shutdown. This was done under the guise of keeping the Joint Distribution Committee a neutral platform.

President of American Jewish Committee 1943 1949

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Testifier of Anglo-American Committee on Inquiry on Palestine 1964-01

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The camp [Bohemian Grove] is a saturnalia of juvenilia, with a lot of old white rich guys running around naked and in sheets, costumed as Druids. They drink dawn-to-dusk gin fizzes, relieve themselves on redwoods and put on theatricals where they dress up like women.
-Maureen Dowd