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Special Events -SPECIAL EVENTS PART THREE Special Events -SPECIAL EVENTS- Compiled by Rose G. Stein— Anniversaries UNITED STATES September 20-22, 1946. Chicago, 111. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of BETH-EL TEMPLE. October, 1946. Fiftieth anniversary of JEWISH MINISTERS' CANTORS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA AND CANADA. October 5, 1946. Seventieth anniversary of first public stage performance in Jassy, Rumania, by ABRAHAM GOLDFADDEN, marking the beginning of the modern professional Yiddish theatre. October 6, 1946. San Francisco, Calif. Celebration of twenty-five years' service of RABBI RUDOLPH I. COFFEE as chaplain California State Prisons and of establishment of JEWISH COMMITTEE FOR PERSONAL SERVICE to aid prison inmates. October 6, 1946. New York, N. Y. Seventy-fifth anniversary of CON- GREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN. October 20, 1946. New York, N. Y. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of establishment of HOME AND HOSPITAL OF THE DAUGHTERS OF JACOB, the Bronx. November, 1946. New York, N. Y. Twenty-fifth anniversary of found- ing of HADOAR, Hebrew publication. November, 1946. New York, N. Y. Celebration of seventieth anni- versary of birth of ABRAHAM REISEN, Yiddish author (b. Apr. 10,1876). December 16, 1946. Boston, Mass. Fiftieth anniversary of local section of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. December 20-22, 1946. Cleveland, O. Celebration of one-hundredth anniversary of EUCLID AVENUE TEMPLE. December 21, 1946. New York, N. Y. Celebration of one-hundredth anniversary of CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE. January 1, 1947. New York, N. Y. Anniversary of twenty-five years' service of JOSEPH C. HYMAN with the American Jewish Joint Distribu- tion Committee. January 10 and following, 1947. New York, N. Y. Commemoration of one-hundredth anniversary of birth of JACOB H. SCHIFF, philan- thropist. February, 1947. Columbus, Miss. Seventy-fifth anniversary of JOSEPH HERZ LODGE B'NAI B'RITH. 593 594 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK March 15, 1947. New York, N. Y. Celebration of eightieth anniversary of birth of WILLIAM FISCHMAN and fiftieth anniversary of DOWNTOWN TALMUD TORAH founded by him. March 16, 1947. New York, N. Y. Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION and of twenty-five years' service of RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE, its founder and president. March 20, 1947. New York, N. Y. Fiftieth anniversary of RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. March 30, 1947. New York, N. Y. Celebration of seventieth anni- versary of birth of NISSON TOUROFF, Hebrew scholar, educator, psychologist (b. Aug. 15, 1877). April 10, 1947. New York, N. Y. Commemoration of one-hundredth anniversary of birth of JOSEPH PULITZER, publisher. April 22-May 25, 1947. New York, N. Y. Celebration of fiftieth anni- versary of The Jewish Daily Forward. OTHER COUNTRIES ,1946. Liverpool, England. Seventieth anniversary of local JEW- ISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS. June, 1946. Jerusalem, Palestine. Celebration of seventieth anniversary of birth of ISAAK HEINEMANN, formerly professor Jewish Theological Seminary, Breslau, Germany. July 15, 1946. London, England. Fiftieth anniversary of THE JEWISH YEAR BOOK. September 13, 1946. Montreal, Canada. Seventieth anniversary of birth of H. Wolofsky, publisher of The Jewish Daily Eagle and The Can- adian Jewish Chronicle. October 20, 1946. Ain Harod, Palestine. Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of Jewish settlement in the EMEK. October 27, 1946. London, England. Celebration by Sefardi commu- nity of fiftieth anniversary of opening of LAUDERDALE ROAD SYNA- GOGUE. November, 1946. Leeds, England. Celebration of eightieth anniversary of birth of DR. JULIUS FRIEND, first Jewish medical practitioner in community. December, 1946. Trieste. Commemoration of two hundredth anniver- sary of foundation of Jewish Community. December 19, 1946. Montreal, Canada. Celebration of one-hundredth anniversary of SHAAR HASHOMAYIM CONGREGATION. December 23, 1946. Ramat Gan, Palestine. Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of establishment of settlement. January, 1947. London, England. Fiftieth anniversary of ORDER ACHEI EMETH, affiliate of Association of Jewish Friendly Societies. January, 1947. London, England. Twenty-fifth anniversary of first WOMEN'S LODGE OF B'NAI B'RITH. FEBRUARY 3, 1947. Bradford, England. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of RABBI JULIUS GALLINER, formerly of Berlin, Germany. April 3, 1947. Jerusalem, Palestine. Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of HAPOEL HAMIZRACHI. APPOINTMENTS, HONORS, ELECTIONS 595 Appointments, Honors, Elections UNITED STATES ABRAMSON, HAROLD A., New York, N. Y., professor physiology, Columbia U., awarded by chief of U. S. Army Medical Corps Legion of Merit for "vital contributions to the Chemical Warfare Service," Oct. 24, 1946. ALBERTS, ARTHUR S., Yonkers, N. Y., awarded Medal of Freedom for service as civilian employee of Office of War Information; announced Nov. 20, 1946. ARONSON, DAVID, Minneapolis, Minn., rabbi, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Hebrew Letters, by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Sept. 15, 1946. ASCH, SHOLEM, New York, N. Y., given Anisfield-Wolf Award for 1946 by The Saturday Review of Literature for book East River; announced Apr. 23, 1947. AUERBACH, HILDA, New York, N. Y., shared prize with MOSHE MOSEN- SON, author, for translation from Hebrew of Letters from the Desert, awarded by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation; announced Dec. 14, 1946. AUSTIN, BERNARD, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Assembly, Nov, 5. 1946. BARUCH, HERMAN BENJAMIN, New York, N. Y., appointed Ambassador to The Netherlands, Mar. 12, 1947. BERLIN, IRVING, New York, N. Y., awarded Roosevelt Medal by (Theo- dore) Roosevelt Memorial Association, Oct. 27, 1946; plaque by National Conference of Christians and Jews for contributions in the theater to good-will movement, Dec. 12, 1946. BERMAN, MORTON M., Chicago, 111., rabbi, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Jewish Institute of Religion, June 9, 1946. BERNHEIM, BERTRAND MOSES, Baltimore, Md., associate professor surgery Johns Hopkins Medical School, won $3,500 Norton Medical Award for book A Surgeon's Domain, given annually for best book by a pro- fessional written for the layman; announced Jan. 14, 1947. BERNSTEIN, LEONARD, New York, N. Y., given award by Audubon Artists for notable contribution in music, Dec. 3, 1946. BERNSTEIN, PHILIP S., Rochester, N. Y., rabbi, appointed special adviser on Jewish affairs by Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, Commander-in- Chief U. S. Army of Occupation; announced May 14, 1946; awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Jewish Institute of Religion, June 9, 1946. BILGRAY, ALBERT T., McKeesport, Pa., rabbi, elected first chairman McKeesport City Commission on Youth Problems, July 1, 1946. BLOCH, JOSHUA, New York, N. Y., chief Jewish Division New York Public Library, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Hebrew Union College, June 22, 1946. BLOOM, SOL, New York, N. Y., appointed by Pres. Harry S. Truman one of five representatives of U. S. to General Assembly of United Nations, July 18, 1946; re-elected to U. S. House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1946. BOOKSTEIN, ISADORE, Albany, N. Y., appointed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey justice Supreme Court: reported Aug. 30, 1946. 596 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK BRIN, ALEXANDER, Boston, Mass., awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, by Calvin Coolidge College of Liberal Arts, June 5, 1946; re-appointed member State Board of Education, announced Feb. 5, 1947. BUTWTN, JULIUS (posthumously) and FRANCES, Minneapolis, Minn., awarded prize by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation for translation from Yiddish of Sholem Aleichem selected stories, The Old Country; an- nounced Dec. 14, 1946. CELLER, EMANUEL, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to U. S. House of Repre- sentatives, Nov. 5, 1946. COHEN, MEYER, Washington, D. C, appointed acting director general of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in Ger- many, Aug. 20, 1946. COHN, EDWIN JOSEPH, Cambridge, Mass., awarded John Phillips Memo- rial Medal by American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, for scien- tific accomplishments, particularly with relation to fractionation of human blood plasma, May 15, 1946. DANNIN, JOHN J., Newport, R. I., elected Alderman, first Jew in city to hold public office; Nov. 5, 1946. DAVIDOWITZ, HARRY S., Cleveland, O., awarded honorary degree, Doc- tor of Hebrew Letters, by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Sept. 15, 1946. DAVIDSON, IRWTN D., New York, N. Y., re-elected to State Assembly, Nov. 5, 1946. DEUTSCH, BABETTE, New York, N. Y., author and poet, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, by Columbia U., June 4, 1946. DEUTSCH, BORIS, LOS Angeles, Calif., won first prize, in national art competition, for painting "What Atomic War Will Do To You," Oct. 1, 1946. DOLLINGER, ISIDORE, New York, N. Y., re-elected to State Senate, Nov. 5, 1946. EINSTEIN, ALBERT, Princeton, N. J., awarded honorary doctorate by Lincoln U., Pa., "for services to humanity"; announced May 5, 1946. FALK, ALEXANDER A., New York, N. Y., re-elected to State Senate, Nov. 5, 1946. FARBSTEIN, LEONARD, New York, N. Y., re-elected to State Assembly, Nov. 5, 1946. FEINBERG, BENJAMIN F., Plattsburg, N. Y., re-elected to State Senate, Nov. 5, 1946. FEINBERG, MICHAEL, Chicago, 111., judge Circuit Court Cook Co., appointed judge Illinois Appellate Court; reported Sept. 12, 1946. FELDMAN, HARRY G., Brookline, Mass., Colonel, awarded Czecho- slovakian Medal of Merit for services to Czechoslovak Republic, Oct. 21, 1946. FINE, SIDNEY A., New York, N. Y., elected to State Senate, Nov. 5, 1946. FRAENCKEL, VICTOR
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