Emma Lazarus, secular and perhaps Humanistic Jew

She published one novel, titled “The Great Letter E,” but died at the age of 58. Schor made an effort to publish more of her mother's work posthumously, but when that didn't work, she developed a website showcasing her mother's work â€" a compendium of her poems, short stories, essays, ... When in 1877 the New York banker Joseph Seligman was refused lodgings at the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga because of his religion, Lazarus decided to stand with her coreligionists. ...