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To US'1857. • Businessman, merchant, Abarbanel, Albert (Albert Brandt); b. communal worker, Pittsburgh; pres Homer Hamburg,Jan 81896. LaughlinChina Co; a fdr Heb Benevolent Soc; To US 1933.· LLB, LLD, PhD UWiirzburg, an orgr Heb Inst.· See:A]YB, 22:164; PA]HS, post-graduate Berlin, Munich. • Philosopher, 28:257-58. Newark; pacificist & liberalldr, Germany; A faculty U Newark; author in field; WWI Aaron, Marcus; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 141869; German service, wounded eight times, awarded d. Pittsburgh,June 211954. five medals including Iron Cross. • See: Aaron, A, Howard; b. Buffalo, Feb 28 1892. Western U ofPA; honorary degree. • Mfr, WWIA], 1938. LLB U Buffalo. • Lawyer, Buffalo; active Legal civic & communalldr, Pittsburgh; mem State Aid Com, Jewisli Fedn for Social Service; Bd ofEducation; pres Bd ofEducation; bd Heb Abarbanel, Henry; b.*; d. NYC, 1896. author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, Union ColI, Union ofAm Heb Congregations; Author, tchr, NYC; author work for Reform 1938. Homer Laughlin China Co. • See: UJE; , schools. • See: UJE. WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;WWWIA, 3. Aaron, Abraham Higham; b. Buffalo, May Abarbanell, Jacob Ralph (pseud=Ralph 23 1889. Aaron, Max N; b. ca 1868; d. Philadelphia, Royal); b. NYC, Dec 6 1852; d. MD U Buffalo. • Physician, Buffalo; faculty U Nov 141935. 'Whitestone, LI, Nov 9 1922. Buffalo; pres City & CountyTuberculosis and Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AB, BS CCNY,LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, Health Assn. • See: WWWIA, 8. A]YB, 38:424. novelist, editor, translator, NYC; editor New York Family Story Paper. • See: UJE; A]YB, Aaron, Charles; b. NYC, Dec 28 '1890. Aarons, AA (AlexA); b. ca 1891; d. Mar 6(1904-1905):54,24:112,25:138; WWWIA, 1; LLB John Marshall Law. • Lawyer, bank dir, 1943. NYTimes, Nov 111922,13:5. Chicago; presJewish Peoples Inst; dirJewish Theatrical mgr, stage producer, musical Charities; active bar assn. • See: WWIA], comedy motion picture producer, NYC, Abarbanell, Lina; b. Berlirt,Jan 3 1880; d. 1938. Hollywood. • See:A]YB, 24:112; NYTimes, Jan 81963. Mar 161943,19:5. To US 1905.•'Actress, singer, musical comedy Aaron, Charles Dettie; b. Lockport, NY, dir, Berlin, NYC; performed Metropolitan May81866. Aarons, Charles Lehman; b. NYC, Aug 18 Opera." See: UJE;A]YB, 24:112; WWWIA, 6; ScD U Heidelberg, MD U Buffalo, post-grad 1872. NYTimes, Jan 8 1963,8:7. abroad; honorary degree. • Gastroenterologist, U 'WI, LLB U 'WI. • Lawyer, circuit & Detroit; faculty Wayne; originator Aaron Sign juvenile court judge, Milwaukee; mem School Abbell, Maxwell; b. Slonim, Poland, Feb 22 for diagnosing appendicitis; officer med socs; Bd; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1902/1906; d. Chicago, July 91957. author/translator in field. • See:A]YB, 24:112; 1926, 1928, 1938. To US 1904.· AB Harvard, MBA WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 5,6. Northwestern, JD Loyola; honorary degree. • Aarons, George Manuel; b. St Peterburg, Social worker, public accountant, lawyer, Aaron, Ely Mayer; b. Chicago, Apr 29 1896; Apr 61896. hotelier, philanthropist, Chicago; exec dir d. Chicago, Mar 3 1975. , To US 1906. • Boston Museum ofFine Arts, Jewish Charities; clir Presidents Com on U Chicago, LLB 0'0) Northwestern. Lawyer, Beaux Arts. • Sculptor, Boston; instructor Art Government EmploymentPolicy; fdr World communal worker, Chicago; chr Mayors Com Center, Fichtenburg, MA. • See: WWIA], Council ofSynagogues; pres United on New Residents, Chicago Commn on 1938. Synagogue ofAm; benefactor Israel, JTS. • Human Rights; natl officer Am Jewish Com; See: E];A]YB 60:354; WWIA], 1938; WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 77:591; WWIAJ, Aaronsohn, Aaron; b.Rumania, ca 1875; d. WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, July 101957,27:3. 1938; WWWIA, 6;NYTimes,Mar41975, 36:5. May 15 1919. To US 1909.· UBonn, UBerlin, UMunich. Abbey, Adolph; b. Riga, Feb 28 1875. Aaron, Hart; b.*;d. NYC,Jan 291777. • Agronomist, Zionist ldr, Palestine; with US LLB U OR. • Rabbi, Portland, OR; Merchant, LI; shohet, NYC. • See: BDEA]. Dept ofAgriculture; fdr Jewish Agricultural contributor to Jewish press. • See: A]YB, Experimental Station (Haifa); WWI British 6(1904-1905):214. Aaron, Hyman; b. Kovno, Apr 18 1878; d. government service. • See: UJE. Brooklyn, June 1950. Abel, Elie; b. Montreal, October 17 1920. To US 1900. • Realtor, bldr, Brooklyn; bd Aaronsohn, Michael; b.Baltimore, 1896; d. MA Columbia. • Journalist, NYC; dean synagog, Talmud Torah. • See: WWIA], 1938; Cincinnati, 1976. Columbia U Grad School ofJournalism; with NYTimes, June 61950,29:3. AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. • NYTimes, DetroitNews; covered Nuremberg Rabbi, chaplain, writer, single tax advocate; war crimes trials for Montreal Gazette. • See: Aaron, Israel; b. Lancaster, PA, Nov 20 blinded in action, WWI; fdr Jewish Braille Woi-ld Over story, Mar 27 1970; NYTimes story, 1859; d. Buffalo, May 15 1912. Review; natl chaplain Disabled Am Veterans of Dec 201969. BA U Cincinnati, ordained, DD Heb Union WWI; with Union ofAm Heb Congregations. ColI (1st graduating class); honorary degree. • • See: UJE; CCARYB. Abel, Frederick; b. ca 1838; d., Brooklyn, Rabbi, FtWayne, Buffalo. • See:]E; UJE; Nov 3 1924. A]YB, 5(1903-1904):41,14(1912-1913):127; Aaronson, Michael; b. Zhitomir, Volhynia, Civil War captain, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, Eisenstadt, 12; NYTimes, May 161912. Jan 71879. 27:150. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst. • Yiddish poet, Aaron, Jonas; b.* journalist, NYC; with]ewish Morning]ournal. Abel, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, Dec 26 1872. First knownJewish (?) resident ofPhiladelphia • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938. LLB, LLM George Washington.· (1703). • See: ]E; UJE; BDEA]. Commercial photographer, congressional aide, Aaronson, Michael S;'b. Russia, Sep 16 Washington DC; with Dept ofAgriculture; Aaron, Joseph Isaac; b. Kovno,Jan 15 1886; 1887. officer synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938. d. Brooklyn, Mar 201951. MD Bellevue Med ColI. • Physician, Ansonia, Bldr, realtor, Brooklyn; pres City T~ Payers CT; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm; active Abel, Shneur; b. ca 1870; d. NYC, 'Mar2 Assn; dir Heb Free School; active hospital communal affairs. • See: WWIA], 1928. 1925. philanthropies.· See:A]YB, 53:523; WWIA], DirJewish Natl Fund, Zionist worker, NYc. • 1938; NYTimes, Mar 211951,33:4. Aaronson, Ralph; b. ca 1860; d. See:A]YB, 27:150. Philadelphia, Oct 12 1913. Aaron, Louis I; b. Prussia, Oct 181840; d. Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, Abeles, Herbert R; b. Newark, Feb 14 Pittsburgh, Dec 311919. 16(1914-1915):161. 1898; d. West Orange, NJ, Nov 11960. Abeles, Ida Block (Mrs Albert Abeles) 4 Business exec, communalldr, Newark; natI bd Abels, Simon; b. Lithuania, Jan 10 1866; d. Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 20(1918 J oint Distribution Com, NJ Com on Displaced Brooklyn, May 20 1950. J919):227. Persons; pres Council ofJewish Fedns and To US 1887. • Bldr, realtor, developer, Welfare Funds. • See:A]YB 63:558; NITimes, Brooklyn; earlier banker, Pittsburgh; active Abraham, Abraham; b. NYC, Mar 9 1843; Nov 2 1960, 39:4. synagog. • See: WWIA], 1926; NITimes, May d. NYC, June 28 1911. 221950,21:4. Dept store fdr, natI communalldr, philanthro Abeles, Ida Block (Mrs Albert Abeles); b. pist, NYC; pres Union ofAm Heb Congrega Newark, Dec 4 1883. Abelson, Alter; b. Miriampol, Lithuania, tions, Jewish Hospital; officer Soc for the Communal worker, Orange, NJ; trustee July 171880/1881; d. NYC, Dec 201964. Prevention ofCruelty to Children; donated Theresa Grotta Aid for Convalescents; active To US 1887.·JTS.· Rabbi, poet, NYC, unique Egyptology library to Cornell. • See: Am Jewish Congo • See: WWIA], 1938. earlierJersey City; hospital chaplain for NY Bd UJE; EJ (sub Abraham); A]YB, 7(1905 ofRabbis. • See: UJE;A]YB, 5(1903-1904):41, 1906):33, 13(1911-1912):138 (sub Abrahams); Abeles, Julian Theodore; b. Little Rock, 7(1905-1906):119,24:112,66:572; WWIA], PA]HS, 22:199-100; WWWIA, 1;NITimes, Dec 251892; d. Mar 1973. 1938; NITimes, Dec 22 1964,27:4. June 29 1911,-11:3. U AR, LLB NYU... Lawyer, NYC; specialty: motion picture & music copyright; general Abelson, Harold Herbert; b. NYC, Sep 25 Abraham, Harris; b. ca 1834; d. Nashville, counsel trade assns. • See: WWWL4, 5; 1904. Oct 181914. NITimes, Mar 71963,46:1. BS CCNY, MAPhD Columbia. • Confederate veteran, Nashville. • See: A]YB, Psychologist, educator, NYC; faculty, dean 17(1915-1916):218. Abeles, Peter Aron; b. Oltenitza, Rumania, School ofEducation, CCNY; pres professional Feb 15 1886; d. Sep 1952. assn; author in field. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938. Abraham, Henry;b. ca 1835;d.New To NYC 1895.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, Orleans, Sep 41910. accountant, legislator, municipal & US Abelson, Isadore; b. Adanta, Feb 2 1894. Cotton merchant, New Orleans.· See: A]YB, customs court judge, NYc. • See: WWIA], BA U Georgia,JTS. • Communal social 13(1911-1912):135. 1938;NITimes, Sep 13 1952,17:1. worker, Brooklyn; withJewish Welfare Bd. • See: WWIA], 1928. Abraham, Herbert; b. NYC, July 91883; d. Abelman, Max; b.Jassy, Jan 26 1887; d. Apr41967. Brooklyn, Oct 17 1960. Abelson, Lester Sidney; b. Niagara Falls, CCNY, BS Columbia. • Mfr, NYC; chemical To NYC 1892/1902. • DeWight School of Dec 181902; d.Nov 51980. co exec, St Louis; WWI government service. • Accounting, Mechanics Inst ofNY, NYU JD U Chicago. • Distilling co exec, Chicago; See:A]YB, 24:112; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., School ofPhilanthropy, NYU. • Public with Barton Brands. • See: WWW1A, 7. 4; NITimes, Apr 5 1967, 47:2. relations dir, civic & communal worker, Brooklyn; exec dir Fedn ofJewish Charities; Abelson, Louis Irving; b. NYC, Aug 5 1895. Abraham, HilleIJ; b. ca 1842;d. San dir public relations BrooklynJewi.sh Hospital; .CCNY, DDS Columbia. • Dentist, NYC; Francisco, Apr 1917. WWI fundraiser.· See:A]YB, 63:558; officer Am Jewish Dentists Com for Heb U, Rabbi. • See: A]YB, 19(1917-1918):263. WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes, Oct 181960, professional orgs; author in field. • See: 39:3. WWIA], 1938. Abraham, Joseph Henry; b. Montgomery, AL, Sep 171870; d. NYC, June 1954. Abeloff, AbramJoseph; b.