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THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK v. 44 LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS 1856-1941 The American Jewish Year Book 5703 September 12, 1942 to September 29, 1943 Volume 44 Edited for THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE HARRY SCHNEIDERMAN, Editor MORRIS T. FINE, Assistant Editor PHILADELPHIA THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1942—S 703 COPYRIGHT, 1942 BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA All rights reserved. No Part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher: except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESS OF THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY PHILADELPHIA, PENNA. PREFACE Appearing at a time when our country is at war, this volume has had to be considerably reduced in size as compared with those of recent years, because of the rise in printing costs and the necessity of economizing in materials. The section containing the monthly calendars regularly appearing at the beginning of the volume is this year expanded to include brief descriptions of the Jewish Holy Days, Festivals and Fasts as well as tables of abridged calendars for fifty years. For these additional features, as well as for the monthly calendars prepared annually, the Editor is indebted to Dr. Julius H. Greenstone, whose valuable contribution will, we trust, make this section more useful and meaningful to those who consult the YEAR BOOK for information on the Jewish calendar. Of the five special articles in this volume two deal with American Jews who passed away during the year, while three commemorate significant cultural landmarks in Jewish life. The death of Justice Louis D. Brandeis deprived the country of one of the greatest judicial minds in American history and the Jewish community of a great moral force who for more than thirty years occupied, directly and indirectly, a position of leadership in communal and particularly in Zionist affairs. It is fitting that a biographical appreciation of the late Justice, dwelling especially on his contributions to the Zionist movement, should be from the pen of a fellow-Zionist who is also the present head of the Zionist Organization of America. Another prominent figure who in his own way typified the best traditions of America and Juda- ism was Sol M. Stroock whose passing has left a void in the community. At the time of his death Mr. Stroock was president of the American Jewish Committee. The appreciation of the man is from the pen of a fellow-lawyer, also active in civic and communal affairs and in addition a life-long, intimate friend of the deceased. Limitations of space make it impossible to publish tributes to other departed leaders of the community. They are, however, given extended notices in the necrology supplement to the Review of the Year. During the past year the millenary of Saadia Gaon, one of the great Jewish thinkers of the Middle Ages whose works profoundly influenced the subse- quent development of Judaism and its study, was observed in the several Jewish communities which are happily free to continue unimpeded their vi PREFACE cultural and intellectual pursuits. In our own country scholarly and cultural circles in the community took cognizance of the centenary of the birth of Alexander Kohut, eminent American Semitic philologist, rabbi and cham- pion of Conservative Judaism. The last special article is in belated com- memoration of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Nachman Krochmal, Galician pioneer in the philosophy of Jewish history, who was a great influence on the modern interpreters of the Jewish past. In the preparation of the Review of the Year painstaking efforts were made by the authors of the various sections to summarize all significant events affecting Jews throughout the world — a task which becomes increas- ingly difficult owing to the disruption of communications caused by the ever- widening spread of the world conflict. Of the Supplements to the Review of the Year a timely innovation worth noting is the lists of American Jewish men who have been cited for bravery or have lost their lives ill the service. These lists were compiled for the YEAR BOOK by the Jewish Welfare Board, for whose assistance and cooperation the Editor expresses his deep appreciation. Partial listings of the awards earned by Jews in the armed forces of Great Britain and the U. S. S. R. are also given in the regular list of appoint- ments and honors in foreign countries. With regard to the Soviet Union, especially, such information no doubt represents only a fraction of all the citations for heroism, owing to the fragmentary nature of the news reaching us from that country. In order to reduce the size of the Directories and Lists, the Directory of Jewish National Organizations has been cdmpletely reset into a more com- pact form. In addition, over 100 cross-references have been introduced, making this section largely self-indexing and therefore more serviceable. In the section on Statistics of Jews, most of the tables dealing with the Jewish population of the world are omitted from this issue, because of the impossibility of obtaining revised figures on foreign countries or any reliable data on the rapid and sudden shifts of population in Europe. Two of the previous summary tables are, however, retained for the convenience of those wishing pre-war statistics. To the authors whose articles appear in these pages the Editor expresses his grateful appreciation for their valuable contributions. The Editor is also indebted to his co-workers on the staff of the Library of Jewish Information, the department of The American Jewish Committee under whose auspices the YEAR BOOK is compiled, for their valuable service and able assistance in preparing this volume for the press. Miss Rose A. Herzog again compiled the material for the Directories and the Supplements to the Review of the Year, and assisted in the proofreading; Mrs. Anita W. Fried gave these supplements their final form and did much of the proofreading; Miss Irma PREFACE vii Engel and Mrs. Helen W. Eliezer assisted in the preparation of copy for the printer and in many other ways, the latter also preparing the Index to the contents of the preceding volumes. Mrs. Rose G. Stein again revised the figures in the section on statistics and rendered other assistance to the Editor; Dr. Adolph S. Oko, Mr. Harold J. Jonas and Mr. Edward W. Jelenko gave valuable editorial assistance. The Editor also wishes to acknowledge grate- fully the helpful cooperation of Mr. Maurice Jacobs, the Executive Director of the Jewish Publication Society of America. For the past five years, Mr. Morris T. Fine, who is in charge of the research staff of the Library of Jewish Information of the American Jewish Com- mittee, has given the editor notable assistance in the preparation of the copy for the Year Book and in all the various details connected with seeing the volumes through the press. The editor takes much pleasure in announc- ing that in recognition of these outstanding services and of Mr. Fine's ability, the title of assistant editor has been conferred upon him, with the approval of the administration of the American Jewish Committee. The editor looks forward to many years of useful and productive collaboration with Mr. Fine. HARRY SCHNEIDERMAN August 25, 1942. CONTRIBUTORS HARRY J. ALDERMAN, B.A., B.S., Librarian, American Jewish Committee. ISMAR ELBOGEN, Ph.D., Research Professor of History, Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N. Y.; Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, N. Y.; Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. MICHAEL FREUND, Director of Research, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, New York, N. Y. THEODOR H. GASTER, M.A., Orientalist, formerly on the research staff of the American Jewish Committee. ROBERT GORDIS, Ph.D., Rabbi of the Rockaway Park He- brew Congregation, New York; Associate Professor of Biblical Exegesis at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. JULIUS H. GREENSTONE, Ph.D., Principal of Gratz College, Philadelphia, Pa.; author of The Jewish Religion and other works. LILLIAN GREENWALD, A.B., LL.B., member of the New York Bar; member of the legal staff of the American Jewish Committee. EUGENE HEVESI, Jur.D., formerly head of the foreign trade policy branch of the Hungarian Foreign Trade Office; onetime Hungarian commercial attache in Rumania, and later trade commissioner in New York. EDWARD W.JELENKO, M.S., formerly member of the Research Department of the American Jewish Congress. MARTHA JELENKO, M.A., member of the research staff of the American Jewish Committee. x CONTRIBUTORS Louis E. LEVINTHAL, LL.M., Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pa.; president, Zionist Organization of America. HARRY S. LINFIELD, Ph.D., Director, Statistical Bureau, Synagogue Council of America, New York, N. Y. MOSES MOSKOWITZ, B.S., member of the staff of the Research Institute on Peace and Post-War Problems of the American Jewish Committee. MAX NUSSBAUM, Ph.D., Rabbi of Temple Israel, Hollywood, Cal. ABRAHAM REVUSKY, B.S., journalist, member of the editorial staff, Jewish Morning Journal, N. Y.; author of The Jews in Palestine, The Histadrut, Social Forces in Palestine. DAVID ROME, Editor of the English section of The Daily Hebrew Journal, Toronto, Canada; author of The First Two Years; A Record of the Jewish Pioneers on Canada's Pacific Coast, 1858-1860. BEN ROSEN, Ed. M., Director of the Associated Talmud Torahs of Philadelphia, Pa.; Editor-in-chief of Jewish Education. JAMES N. ROSENBERG, LL.B., Doctor, honoris causa, leading member of the New York Bar; member of the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Committee; chairman of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association; honorary chairman of the Executive Committee of the Joint Distribution Committee.

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