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>76 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Org. May, 1860. OFFICE : 150 Nassau, New York City BRANCHES: Maryland: Baltimore.—Massachusetts: Boston (2), Wor- cestester.—Ner w Jersey : Hoboken, Jersey City.—New York : Blmira, New York City.—Pennsylvania : Philadelphia. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE JEWISH TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION (ITO) Org. Apl., 1906. OFFICE : New York City EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, 516 West End Av. ; Solomon Solis Cohen, Phila., Pa. ; Daniel Guggenheim, Herman Rosenthal, N. Y. C. ; Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa. BBANCHES : Maryland : Baltimore.—New York : New York City.—Penn- sylvania : Philadelphia. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906 ; inc. Men. 16, 1911. OFFICE : 356 Second Av., New York City For report, see pp. 397-418. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE : 531 W. 123d, New York City Twenty-second Annual Meeting, Feb. 22-23, 1914, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 373. Has issued twenty-one volumes of Publications. Maintains a collection 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 Philipson, Cincinnati, O. ; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Richard J. H. Gottheil; Treas., N. Taylor Phillips; Curator, Leon Hiihner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row ; Rcc. Sec, Samuel Oppenheim, N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : The Officers, and Charles J. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex. ; Herbert Friedenwald, N. Y. C. ; Lee M. ARBEITBR RING 277 Friedman, Boston, Mass. ; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md. ; Joseph Jacobs, Max J. Kohler, N. Y. C. ; Max L. Margolis, Phila., Pa. ; Alexander Marx, N. Y. C. ; A. S. W. Rosenbach, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa. ; Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C. ; Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. C, ex-officio, as past Presi- dent of the Society. AMERICAN JEWISH PRESS ASSOCIATION Org. Jan. 25, 1914. OFFICE : 210 Olive, St. Louis, Mo. Members, 24. PURPOSES : To increase the influence and efficiency, enlarge the field and scope, and foster the growth of Jewish Journalism in America; to make Jewish publications more profitable, worthier, and better appreciated, by co-operative effort and collective bargaining; to discourage the indis- criminate establishment or multiplication of Jewish journals, and encourage them where need exists ; to afford an organized medium of conference and co-operation with other press, publishing, and newspaper advertising organi- zations. OFFICERS : Pres., Joseph Jacobs, N. Y. C. ; Treas., Leo Wise, Cincinnati, O. ; Sec, A. Eosenthal, St. Louis, Mo. AFFILIATED PUBLICATIONS : California : San Francisco, Bmanu El, The Hebrew, The Jewish Times.—Georgia : Atlanta, American Jewish Review.— Illinois : Chicago, The American Israelite, B'nai B'rith News, The Jewish Sentinel, The Reform Advocate.—Louisiana: New Orleans, Jewish Ledger. —Maryland : Baltimore, The Jewish Comment.—Massachusetts : Boston, The Jewish Advocate.—Missouri : St. Louis, The Jewish Voice, The Modern View.—New York: The American Hebrew. The Hebrew Standard, The Maceabsean.—Ohio: Cincinnati, The American Israelite; Cleveland, The Jewish Independent, The Jewish Review and Observer.—Oregon : Port- land, The Jewish Tribune.—Pennsylvania : Philadelphia, The Jewish Expo- nent ; Pittsburgh, The Jewish Criterion.—Tennessee : Memphis, The Jew- ish Spectator.—Texas : Houston, The Jewish Herald. ARBEITER RING (THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE) Org. Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE : 175 E. Broadway, New York City Fourteenth Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 1914, New Haven, Conn. Members, 45,662. Branches, 509. OFFICERS : Pres., S. Jonas; Treas., B. Levitan; Sec, WTilliam Edlin ; Asst. Sec, R. Fingerhood, 175 E. Bway., N. Y. C. DIRECTORS : The Officers, and R. Auerbach, M. Davidoff, A. Dinnerstein, H. Feldman. M. Malikin, Mrs. E. Sokolsky, and M. Spinrad. BRANCHES : Alabama : Birmingham.—California : Los Angeles, Oak- land, San Francisco.—Connecticut: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Danbury, Hart- ford, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Nor- wich, South Norwalk, Stamford, Wallingford, Waterbury.—Delaware : Wilmington.—District of Columbia : Washington.—Florida : Jacksonville. —Georgia : Atlanta, Macon, Savannah.—Illinois: Chicago, Bnglewood, Maywood, Rock Island.—Indiana : Indianapolis, South Bend.—Iowa : Des Moines, Sioux City.—Kentucky : Louisville, Newport.—Maine : Auburn, Portland.—Maryland : Baltimore.—Michigan : Detroit, Grand Rapids.— Minnesota : Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul.—Missouri: Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis.—Nebraska : Lincoln, Omaha, South Omaha.—New Hamp- shire : Manchester.—New Jersey : Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, Car- teret, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Long Branch, Morristown, New Brunswick, Newark, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Red Bank, 278 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK Trenton, Union Hill, Vineland. West Hoboken, Woodbine.—New York: Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Camillus, Centervilie Station, Dunkirk, Ellen- ville, Glens Falls, Gloversvllle, Greenport, Hudson, Kingston, Mount Vernon, New York City, New Rochelle, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Pat- chogue, Port Cheater, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Rockaway, Schenectady, Spring Valley, Staten Island, Syracuse, Tarrytown, Troy, Utica, Yonkers.— North Dakota : Fargo.—Ohio : Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, East Liverpool, Toledo, Youngstown.—Oregon : Portland.—Penn- sylvania : Allen town, Altoona, Carbondale, Easton, Erie, Harrisburg, Johnstown, Lancaster, Monessen, New Kensington, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Reading, Scranton, South Bethlehem, Wilkes-Barre.—Rhode Island: Providence, Woonsocket.—Tennessee : Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville.— Texas : Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, San Antonio, Waco.—Utah : Salt Lake City.—Virginia : Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond.—• Washington : Seattle.—West Virginia : Wheeling.—Wisconsin : Milwau- kee, Racine, Sheboygan.—Canada : Calgary, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, St. John, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg. BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Inc. 1890. OFFICE : 80 Maiden Lane, New York City The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads : I. BARON DE HIRSCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, Woodbine, N. J., offer- Ing to Jewish young men a course in Agriculture. II. BARON DE HIRSCH TRADE SCHOOL, 22 E. 64th, N. Y. C, offering instruction in day classes in the following trades : Machinist, Plumbing, Electrical, House, Fresco and Sign Painting, Print- ing, Sheet Metal Work, and Operating Engineering. III. WOODBINE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANT. IV. ENGLISH EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANTS. Day and Evening Classes through branches and subsidized societies. V. RELIEF WORK. Through branches and subsidized societies. BRANCHES : Maryland : Baltimore.—Massachusetts : Boston.—New York : Brooklyn.—Pennsylvania : Philadelphia. OFFICERS : Pres., Eugene S. Benjamin. 440 Lafayette; Vice-Pres.. Jacob II. Schiff; Treas., Murry Guggenheim ; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 52 Wil- liam, N. Y. C. TRUSTEES : The Officers, and Charles L. Bernheimer, Nathan Bijur, Abram I. Elkus, S. G. Rosenbaum, N. Y. C.; Simon F. Rothschild, Bklyn., N. Y.; Mayer Sulzberger, William B. Hackenburg, S. S. Fleisher, Phlla., Pa. GENERAL AGENT : H. L. Sabsovlch ; ASSISTANT GENERAL AGENT : B. A. Palitz. CANTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (SUCCESSOR TO SOCIETY OF AMERICAN CANTORS) Org. June 1, 1908. OFFICE : New York City Fifth Annual Meeting, May 26, 1914, New York City. Members, 250. OFFICERS : Pres., David Cahn; Vice-Pres., S. Schlager, M. Gann ; Sec, L. Frank, 68 W. 114th ; Treas., Ed. Kartschmaroff, 1125 Lexington Av., N. Y. C. DIRECTORS : M. Arnoff, A. Frachtenberg, J. B. Goldman, L. Lefkowitz, H. Newmark. M. Saltzberg, I. Schoor, M. Schrager, C. Schramack. BRANCHES : Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 279 CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS Org. July 9, 1889 Twenty-fifth Annual Convention, June 30-July 8, 1914, Detroit. Mich. Members, 207. Has Issued twenty-two volumes of its Tear Book ; and besides the Union Prayer Book ; the Union Hymnal; the Union Haggadah ; Prayers for Pri- vate Devotion, and various other publications. OFFICERS 1913-1914: Hon. Pres., Kaufmann Kohler, Cincinnati, O.; Pres., Moses J. Grles, Cleveland, 0.; Vice-Pres.. William Rosenau, Balti- more, Md. ; Treas., Leo M. Franklin, Detroit, Mich. ; Eec. Sec, Morris M. Feuerlicht, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Cor. Sec, Joseph S. Kornfeld, 1428 Fair Av., Columbus, O. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1913-1914 : Hyman G. Bnelow, N. T. C.; Samuel H. Goldenson, Albany, N. Y.; Maximilian Heller, New Orleans, La. ; Maurice Lef kovits, Duluth, Minn.; J. Leonard Levy, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Julian Morgenstern, David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; Samuel Schulman, N. Y. C.; Joseph Stolz, Chicago, 111.; George Zepin, Cincinnati, O.; Martin Zielonka, El Paso, Tex. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Org. Sept., 1893. OFFICE : 448 Central Park West, New York City Seventh Triennial Convention, Dec, 1914, New Orleans, La. Sections, 78: Senior Sections, 59; Junior Sections, 19. The work of the Council is conducted under, the following Committees : Religion, Religious Schools, Philanthropy, Jewish Juniors, Reciprocity, Peace and Arbitration, Education, Purity of the Press, and a National Department of Immigrant Aid. The National body supports a Department of Immigrant Aid, and the Sections engage in philanthropic, educational, and religious work. OFFICERS: Pres., Bertha F. Rauh (Mrs. Enoch), 5837 Bartlett,