2025-06-23 19:05 <br/> Tags: #Media #AmericanJewry #people ![[image-77.png]] # Dorothy Schiff (1903-1989) - Owner and Publisher of the New York Post for 37 years. (1939-1976) - Granddaughter of Jewish financier [[Jacob Schiff]]. - Schiff sold the New York post to [[Rupert Murdoch]] in 1976 for $31 million dollars. - Schiff had four husbands, the last three being notable: - George Backer - Jewish liberal. Propagandized the American public on behalf of the government during WWII at the Office of War Information. - Worked to help Jews escape Europe in WWII. - President of the [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] for 15 years. (1935-1950) - Ted Thackery - Jewish editor of the New York Post in the 1940s. - Deep affinity for the state of Israel. - Sympathetic to the [[Irgun and Lehi Zionist Paramilitary Organizations|Irgun]]. - [[Rudolf Sonneborn]] - Close ally of [[David Ben-Gurion]]. - Founder of the [[Sonneborn Institute]], illegally funneling money and arms to the [[Haganah]] from the United States. #### References - **“Dorothy Schiff.”** _Wikipedia_. Last modified **25 July 2025**, 12:55 UTC. Accessed **23 June 2025**. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Schiff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Schiff). - **“George Backer.”** _Wikipedia_. Last modified **3 July 2025**, 21:12 UTC. Accessed **23 June 2025**. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Backer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Backer).