Sulzberger (1843-1923) - Judge, newspaper publisher. Moses Levy (1757-1826) - Lawyer, trustee of the University of Pennsylvania for twenty-four years. Samson Levy (1761-1831) - Lawyer, one of the incorporators of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Politics Isaac Bacharach (1870-1956) - Politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1915 to 1937. David Cohen (1914-2005) - Lawyer and Philadelphia City Council member for 26 years. Rose Gratz Fishstein (1895-?) -Suffragist jailed for protesting in front of the White House. Benjamin M. Golder (1891-1946) - Member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania from 1925 to 1933. Sam Katz - Three-time candidate for Mayor of Philadelphia, subject of 2006 documentary film The Shame of a City. Lewis Charles Levin (1808-1860) - Served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania. Considered first Jewish congressman. Leonard Myers (1827-1905) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. Henry Myer Phillips (1811-1884) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1860. Ed Rendell - Mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000. Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. Bernard Samuel (1880-1954) - Mayor of Philadelphia from 1941 to 1952. Born to Jewish parents, but converted to the Episcopalian faith as a young man. Arlen Specter (1930-2012) - District Attorney of Philadelphia from 1966 to 1974. United States Senator for Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Joan Specter (1934–present), City Council Member, (1980-1996) Philanthropy Rebecca Machado Phillips (1746-1831), founder and director of early Philadelphia charitable organizations. Sports Howard Eskin (1951–present), sports talk radio personality on 94WIP Cultural activity Books The earliest publication relating to the Jews published in Philadelphia was a sermon by Moses Mendelssohn delivered by his preceptor David Hirchel Frankel, and translated from the German. It was printed from the press of Andrew Stewart in 1763. The first Hebrew Bible that appeared in the United States was published in Philadelphia in 1814 by Thomas Dobson, the printer being William Fry. Newspapers The Occident and American Jewish Advocate was the first Jewish newspaper published in Philadelphia, founded Isaac Leeser in 1843. It was edited by him it until his death in 1868 and for one year thereafter by Mayer Sulzberger. The paper went defunct in 1869. Other now defunct newspapers include The Jewish Index (1872-1873) and The Jewish Record (1975-1886), published under the editorship of