Solomon Isaac Scheinfeld was a prominent rabbi in Milwaukee from 1901 until he died
on April 24, 1943. Specifically, he was the Rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1902 to 1943. He was born in Lithuania on December 15,
1860 and married Sanna Rachel Scheinfeld (1863-1931) in 1887. In 1891 they
immigrated to the United States moved to Milwaukee in 1901. Rabbi Scheinfeld served
as general rabbi and Talmudic scholar for the orthodox communities in Milwaukee and
was a recognized authority in matters of ritual and ecclesiastical law. He enjoyed a
reputation as preacher and writer. Solomon and Sanna had five children, two
daughters: Rosalie and Ruhamoh, and three sons: Emanuel, Amram and Aaron.
Amram Scheinfeld (1897-1979) lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1901 until 1923. He
worked in Milwaukee, Baltimore, and New York as a journalist, illustrator,
cartoonist, novelist, and author. His contributions to journalism include the column
“Looking into People” in Cosmopolitan magazine from
1951 to 1965, and various articles in Collier’s, Reader’s
Digest, Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Ladies’ Home Journal. He authored books on the subject of heredity and
genetics for a general readership from 1939 to 1975. Scheinfeld died in New York
City on September 1, 1979.
