Lillie Shultz (1904 – April 14, 1981)[1] was a journalist, a writer, an administrator for the American Jewish Congress,[2] communal worker[1] and activist against discrimination.
[3] Lillie (Lillian[4]) Shultz (also spelled Schultz[5][6][7]) served from 1933 to 1944, as chief administrative officer and director of publicity at the American Jewish Congress.
She served on the governing council, was an editor of the Congress Bulletin; an active member of a committee dealing with the 1936 Olympics.
After her graduation,[2] and her first job as a journalist was with the Philadelphia Jewish World, editing the English-language section.
[1] In an article entitled “Why I Was Jealous: A Sukkoth Memory,” she elaborated about her love of Jewish culture and recalled her grandfather's prayer and longing that have inspired her, her activism.