The most famous Jewish philanthropist you may have never heard of and the campaign to amplify his legacy with a national park

The most famous Jewish philanthropist you may have never heard of and the campaign to amplify his legacy with a national park

SKOKIE, Ill. —Of the 423 park sites within the U.S. National Park System, which includes national parks, monuments, historical sites and other features, not one is named after a Jewish person. But if Dorothy Canter of Bethesda, Md., has it her way, the first one ever will celebrate the legacy of Julius Rosenwald, the early 20th-century Jewish American philanthropist and president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, whose generosity and progressive vi…