Emma Lazarus, secular and perhaps Humanistic Jew

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. ... Although she has written articles and criticism in the popular press, “Emma Lazarus” is her first full book for a nonscholarly audience, and she feels like it has been a success: “I find that Emma Lazarus really matters to people when they learn about her, what obstacles she faced, ...