Bernard Gerson Richards (BGR) (b. March 9, 1877 Dov-Gershon Rabinovich in Keidan,[1]Lithuania – d. June 25, 1971),[2] was a Jewish author and a leader.[3] His career spanned over 50 years.[4]
When he came to the United States (1886[5]), he furthered his education through self-study. He supported himself as peddler, clerk in a dry goods store.[4]
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[4] and other Jewish journals, including the American Hebrew and The New Palestine.[6] He also edited New Era Illustrated Magazine[7][8][5] till 1911.[2]
Richards was very active in establishing educational networks.,[4] In 1915 helped in the founding of the American Jewish Congress,[1] first introduced on August 30, 1914.[9] He's founded the Jewish Information Bureau of Greater New York (1932),[10] as well as the American Jewish Institute,[11] New York (1942) to further adult education.[5]
In 1903 he married former Gertrude Gruzinski[12][4] and had four children.[3]
