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DIEECTOEY OP JEWISH NATIONAL OEGANIZA- TIONS in the UNITED STATES [An Asterisk (*) Indicates That No Response Was Received] ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Org AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 229 DIEECTOEY OP JEWISH NATIONAL OEGANIZA- TIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [An asterisk (*) indicates that no response was received] ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Org. May, 1860. OFFICE : 150 Nassau, New York City BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass., 2 ; Elrnira, N. T. ; Hoboken, N. J.; Jersey City, N. J.; New York City ; Philadelphia, Pa.; Worcester, Mass. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE JEWISH TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION (ITO) Org. April, 1906. OFFICE : New York City EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Chairman, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, 516 West End Av., N. Y. C. ; Daniel Guggenheim, Herman Rosenthal, both of N. Y. C. ; Solomon Solis Cohen, Mayer Sulzberger, both of Phila., Pa. BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; New York City ; Philadelphia, Pa. THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906. OFFICE : 356 Second Av., New York City For report, see pp. 338-54. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE : 531 W. 123d, New York City Eighteenth Annual Meeting, February 21-22, 1910, New York City. Members, 286. Has issued nineteen volumes of " Publications." Maintains a collec- tion of Books, Manuscripts, and Historical Objects in its Room in the Building of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 531 W. 123d, N. Y. C. OFFICERS : Pres., Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., Simon W. Rosen- dale, Albany, N. Y. ; David Phllipson, Cincinnati, O.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Richard J. H. Gottheil, New York City ; Treas., N. Taylor Phillips, N. Y. C.; Curator, Leon Runner, N. Y. C.; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row, N. Y. C.; Rec. Sec., Herbert Friedenwald, 356 Second Av., N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : The Officers, and Charles J. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex. : Lee M. Friedman, Boston, Mass.; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph Jacobs, N. Y. C.; Max J. Kohler, N. Y. C.; Max L. Margolis, Phila., Pa.; Alexander Marx, N. Y. C. ; A. S. W. Rosenbach, Phila., Pa.; J. Bunford Samuel, Phila., Pa.; Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C.; Oscar S. Straus, Constantinople, ex bfficio. as past President of the Society. 230 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK ARBEITER RING (THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE) Org., Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE : 89 Delancey St., New York City Tenth Annual Meeting, May 4-7, 1910, New York City. Members, 35,883. Branches, 440. OFFICERS : Pres., S. Boulgach, N. Y. C. ; Treas., H. Sack, N. Y. C.; Sec, Jehiel Weintraub, 89 Delancey Street, N. Y. C. DIRECTORS : The Officers, and R. Ginsburg, B. Wolovltz, J. Cooperman, A. Raffalofsky, A. Walitzky, Mrs. C. Hochberg, Win. Holen, A. Smith, H. Feldman, I. Cohen, J. Epstein. BRANCHES : Alabama : Birmingham ; California : Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco; Colorado: Denver; Connecticut: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Danbury, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury, Winsted r Delaware: Wilmington ; District of Columbia : Washington ; Florida : Jacksonville ; Georgia: Atlanta, Macon, Savannah; Illinois: Chicago, Maywood; In- diana : Indianapolis, South Bend; Iowa: Des Moines, Sioux City; Ken- tucky : Louisville, Newport; Louisiana : New Orleans ; Maine : Auburn ; Maryland: Baltimore; Massachusetts: Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Fall River, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lynn, Maiden, Marlboro, New Bedford, Pittsfield, Quincy, Roxbury, Salem, Springfield, Taunton, Wor- cester ; Michigan : Detroit; Minnesota : Minneapolis, St. Paul; Missouri: Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis ; Nebraska : Lincoln, Omaha, S. Omaha; New Hampshire : Manchester, Nashua; New Jersey : Atlantic City, Bay- onne, Carteret, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, New Brunswick, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Trenton, Vineland, W. Hobo- ken ; New York : Albany, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Centerville Sta., Elmira, Gloversville, Kingston, Newburgh, New Rochelle, New York, N. Tarrytown, Patchogue, Port Chester, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Yonkers; Ohio: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, Youngstown ; Oregon : Portland ; Pennsylvania : Altoona, Easton, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Scranton, Wilkes- Barre; Rhode Island: Providence, Woonsocket; Tennessee: Memphis; Texas : Dallas, Houston, San Antonio ; Utah : Salt Lake City ; Virginia : Lynchburg, Norfolk, Richmond; Washington: Seattle; Wisconsin: Mil- waukee, Sheboygan; Canada : Hamilton, London, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg. THE BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Inc., 1890. OFFICE : 43 Exchange Place, New York City The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads : I. BARON DE HIRSCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, Woodbine, N. J., offers to Jewish young men a course In Agriculture, consisting of two years, beginning April 1. II. BARON DE HIRSCH TRADE SCHOOL. 22 East 64th Street, New York City, offers instruction in day classes in the following trades : Machinist, Plumbing, Electrical, House, Fresco and Sign Paint- ing. III. Controls the Woodbine Land and Improvement Company. IV. English education to immigrants. Day and Evening Classes through branches and subsidized Societies. V. Relief Work. Through branches and subsidized Societies. BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chicago, 111.; Denver, Colo.; Philadelphia and Pittsburg, Pa., and St. Louis, Mo. OFFICERS : Pros., Eugene S. Benjamin, 440 Lafayette; Vice-Pres., Jacob H. Schiff; Treas., Murry Guggenheim ; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 30 Broad Street, all of New York City. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 231 TRUSTEES : The above Officers, and Nathan Bijur, Abram I. Elkus, Henry Rice, Louis Siegbert, S. G. Rosenbaum, all of New York City; Abraham Abraham, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Hon. Mayer Sulzberger, William B. Hackenburg and S. S. Fleisher, of Philadelphia, Pa. GEN. AGT. : H. L. Sabsovich; ASS'T AGT. : Louis J. Cohen. CANTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (SUCCEEDS SOCIETY OF AMERICAN CANTORS) Org., June 1, 1908. OFFICE : New York City. Second Annual Meeting, August, 1910, New York City. Members, 200. OFFICERS : Pres., David Cahn ; Vice-Presidents, Saul Draffman and A. Trachtenberg; Sec, Solomon Sokolsky; Treas., Ed. Kartschmafoff, 1143 Lexington Av., N. Y. C. TRUSTEES : Sol. Baum and S. Melsel. DIRECTORS : A. Minkofsky, S. Meisel, S. Baum, I. Schorr, Cantors, Siegel, Wolfberg, Friedman, and Auerbach. BRANCHES : Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia. CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS Org., July 9, 1889 Twentieth Annual Convention, November 9-16, 1909, New York City. Members, 206. Has issued nineteen volumes of its " Year Book "; the " Union Prayer Book " ; the " Union Hymnal " ; the " Union Haggadah " ; and " A Set of Holiday Sermons," and various other publications. OFFICERS (1909-10) : Hon. Pres., Kaufmann Kohler, Cincinnati, O.: Pres., Max Heller, 1828 Marengo, New Orleans, La.; Vice-Pres., Samuel Schulman, New York City ; Treas., Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, O.; Rec Sec, Julian Morgenstern, Cincinnati, O.; Cor. Sec, David Marx, 354 Washington, Atlanta, Ga. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1910): Israel Aaron, Buffalo, N. Y.; Henry Berkowitz, Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex.; Win. H. Friedman, Denver, Col.; Maurice H. Harris, New York City; Emil G. Hirsch, Chicago, 111.; Charles S. Levi, Peoria, 111.; David Phllipson. Cincinnati, O.; Win. Rosenau, Baltimore, Md.; Isaac L. Rypins, St. Paul. Minn.; Joseph Stolz, Chicago, 111. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Org., Sept., 1893. OFFICE : 448 Central Park West, New York City. Fifth Triennial Convention, Dec. 1-8, 1908, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sections, 65 : Senior Sections, 55 ; Junior Sections, 10. The work of the Council is conducted under the following Committees : Religion, Religious Schools, Philanthropy, Jewish Juniors, Reciprocity, Peace, Education, Purity of the Press, Immigrant Aid. The National body supports a Committee on Immigrant Aid and the Sections engage in philanthropic, educational, and religious work. OFFICERS: Pres., Marion L. Misch (Mrs. Caesar), 400 Westminster, Providence, R. I. ; First Vice-Pres., Belle Lowenstein (Mrs. Ben), Cin- cinnati, Ohio; Second Vice-Pres., Bertha F. Rauh (Mrs. Enoch), Pittsburg, Pa.; Treas., Hattie Kahn (Mrs. Adolph), Washington, D. C.; Rec. Sec, Melida Pappe (Mrs. Julius), Sioux City, la.; Auditor, Janet S. Harris (Mrs. Nathaniel), Donora, Pa.; Executive Secretary, Sadie American, 448 Central Park West, New York City; Sec. of Immigrant Aid Com- mittee, Julia Schoenfeld, 448 Central Park West, New York City. DIRECTORS (1905-1911): Miss Jeanette Goldberg, Jefferson, Texas; Mrs. Julius Andrews, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Emma Eckhouse, Indianapolis, 232 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK Ind.; Mrs. Harry Hart, Chicago, 111. ; Mrs. M. A. Weinberg, Chicago, 111. (1908-1914); Mrs. Ell Stronse, Baltimore, Md. ; Mrs. J. L. Greenwald, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Mrs. Jacob B. Judah, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. D. E. Levy, Norfolk, Ya.; Mrs. Robert Weil, New York City. SECTIONS : Albany, N. Y.; Alexandria, Va.; Altoona, Pa. ; Atlanta, Ga.; Baltimore, Md. ; Birmingham, Ala.; Bloomlngton, 111. ; Boston, Mass. ; Bradford, Pa.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Charleston, S. C. ; Chicago, 111. ; Cincinnati, Ohio; Colorado Springs, Colo. ; Dayton, O.; Blmira, N. Y. ; Port Worth, Texas; Hartford, Conn. ; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo. ; Lafayette, Ind.; Los Angeles, Cal. ; Louisville, Ky.; Marion, Ohio ; Milwaukee, Wis. ; Minneapolis, Minn. ; Mobile, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala. ; Nashville, Tenn. ; New Orleans, La.; New York, N. Y.; Norfolk, Va.; Oil City, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburg, Pa. ; Portland, Ore.; Providence, R. I. ; Richmond, Va.; Rochester, N. Y.; St. Paul, Minn.; San Antonio, Texas
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