Joseph Barondess (July 3, 1867 – June 19, 1928)
Biography
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Barondess was born in Bar, Russian Empire between Vinnytsia and Kamianets-Podilskyi in Ukraine (former Russia). He was a son of Rabbi Judah Samuel Barondess. He was a relative of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis Joseph Barondess may have spent time in Medzhibozh or perhaps he felt affiliated with the town because his wife came from there. Regardless, he was a lifelong member of the Medzhibozh landsmanshaftn society and helped support various members. He immigrated to England in 1885, where he met his wife, Anna Zifels, and came to the United States in 1888. running unsuccessfully for Congress as a Socialist in 1904 (though he earned 21% of the vote), later becoming a Zionist, then serving on New York City's Board of Education in 1911.