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Bernard Gerson Richards (BGR) (b. March 9, 1877 Dov-Gershon Rabinovich in Keidan, Lithuania – d. June 25, 1971), was a Jewish author and a leader. His career spanned over 50 years.

When he came to the United States (1886), he furthered his education through self-study. He supported himself as peddler, clerk in a dry goods store.

He began his journalistic career as a reporter on the Boston Post, and wrote for several Boston and New York papers, as well as for Yiddish newspapers in New York, Denver, and Boston and other Jewish journals, including the American Hebrew and The New Palestine. He also edited New Era Illustrated Magazine till 1911.

Richards was very active in establishing educational networks., In 1915 helped in the founding of the American Jewish Congress, first introduced on August 30, 1914. He's founded the Jewish Information Bureau of Greater New York (1932), as well as the American Jewish Institute, New York (1942) to further adult education.

In 1903 he married former Gertrude Gruzinski and had four children.

Richards was an American delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I.

References

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2. ^ Judaica, Encyclopaedia (1996). Encyclopaedia Judaica: Red-Si. Encyclopaedia Judaica. p. 157. ISBN 978-965-07-0242-7.
3. ^ "Bernard G. Richards, 94, Dies; A Jewish Leader and Author". The New York Times. June 26, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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6. The New Palestine. Z. O. of A. 1921.
7. New Era Illustrated Magazine. 1903. p. 74.
8. New Era Illustrated Magazine. 1904. pp. 220, 554.
9. Landman, Isaac; Rittenberg, Louis (1939). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia: An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 247.
10. American Jewish Year Book 1971 vol.72. 1971. p. 490.
11. "National Jewish Organization" (Directories Lists) (PDF), American Jewish Yearbook (1966)
12. "Getrude Gruzinski". www.ancestry.ca. Retrieved September 14, 2020.

• 1877 births
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• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American non-fiction writers
• American Jewish Congress
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• The Boston Post people
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• People from Kėdainiai