Milton Himmelfarb (October 21, 1918 – January 4, 2006) was an American sociographer of the American Jewish community.
Himmelfarb worked for four decades at the American Jewish Committee where he was director of information and research services. He edited various versions of the American Jewish Yearbook. He also was a contributing editor of Commentary, the monthly journal of opinion.
In 1986 President Ronald Reagan appointed Himmelfarb to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Himmelfarb held several academic posts: visiting professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and visiting lecturer at Yale College. He earned a BA in 1938 and MS in 1939 from City College of New York.
Himmelfarb coined the aphorism on the Jewish community's political persuasions: "Jews earn like Episcopalians, and vote like Puerto Ricans."[1][2]
Himmelfarb's sister was the historian Gertrude Himmelfarb. He died in New York City at the age of 87.[3] Through Gertrude, he was the uncle of William and Elizabeth Kristol.
^New York Times obituary
^The National Review [permanent dead link]
^"Milton Himmelfarb, 1918-2006". Archived from the original on 2006-01-15.
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Pan Am Games". The Canadian Jewish News. January 12, 1984. p. 35. Himmelfarb, Milton (September 1986). American Jewish Year Book, 1986. University of Nebraska...
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magazine, as well as a member of its editorial staff. Freda Kirchwey Himmelfarb, Milton; Singer, David (1982). American Jewish Year Book. American Jewish...
1943. p. 3 – via Brooklyn Public Library Archives. Fine, Morris; Himmelfarb, Milton, eds. (1965). American Jewish Year Book, 1965 (PDF). Vol. 66. p. 573...
Irving Kristol, the godfather of neo-conservatism, and his wife Gertrude Himmelfarb, the historian and Victorian scholar, recount their own intellectual journeys...
Ex-District Attorney's Play Reflects His Experiences". The New York Times. Himmelfarb, Milton; Singer, David (1982). American Jewish Year Book. American Jewish...
64. Speck 1980, p. 65. Speck 1980, p. 67. Burrow 1983. Himmelfarb 1986, p. 163. Himmelfarb 1986, p. 165. Goldman 1974, p. 20. Olson 2008, pp. 309–310...
no. 37122. New York, N.Y. 13 September 1959. p. 83. Fine, Morris; Himmelfarb, Milton, eds. (1961). American Jewish Year Book, 1961 (PDF). Vol. 62. pp. 451–452...
buried in the Workmen's Circle cemetery in New Jersey. Fine, Morris; Himmelfarb, Milton, eds. (1962). "Necrology: United States". American Jewish Year Book...
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