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JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES*

*Indicates no reply was received. AGUDATH ISRAEL YOUTH COUNCIL OF AMERICA Org. Sept., 1922. OFFICE: 1265 Broadway, New York City. Thirteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 1, 1935, New York City. Fourteenth Annual Convention, Oct. 24-25, 1936. Members, 1,300. PURPOSE: TO unite Jewish youth in the spirit of the Torah and in that spirit to solve the problems that confront Jewry in Palestine and in the Diaspora. OFFICERS: Pres., Isaac Strahl, 170 Broadway, N..Y. C; Vice-Pres., Michael G. Tress, Meyer Sanft; Treas., Charles Young; Sec, Anshel Fink, 89 Hooper, Brooklyn, N. Y.

ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH-AMERICAN JEWISH ECONOMIC COMMISSION Org. July, 1933. OFFICE: 2474 N. 41st, Milwaukee, Wis. Second Annual Meeting, July 7-14, 1935, Hollister, Mo. PURPOSE: TO study occupation of Jews in seventy-five American communities to determine the trend in handicrafts, professions and trades during the past decade, that Jewish youth may be directed toward more satisfactory fields of employment. OFFICERS: Chairman, Ernest Eisenberg, 2474 N. 41st, Milwaukee, Wis.; Exec. Sec, Julius Bisno, Omaha, Neb. ADVISORY BOARD: Sam Beber, Philip Klutznick, Omaha, Nebr.; Alfred M. Cohen, I. M. Rubinow, Cincinnati, O.; A. L. Sachar, Cham- paign, 111.; Richard Gutstadt, Chicago, 111.; Herbert D. Allman, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Selig Perlman, Madison, Wis.; H. L. Lurie, N. Y. C; Aaron Tollin, Chester, Pa.; Irving Hill, Lincoln, Neb.

ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (JUNIOR B'NAI B'RITH) Org. May 3, 1924. OFFICE: 607 Brandeis Theatre Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Twelfth International Convention, July 7-14, 1935, Hollister, Mo. Thirteenth International Convention, July 20-27, 1936, Santa Monica, Cal. Chapters, 193. Members, 5,000; 8,000 alumni. PURPOSE: Recreational and leisure-time program providing for the mental, moral and physical development of Jewish adolescents between the ages of 15 and 21. 449 450 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Supreme Advisory Council: Pres., Sam Beber, Omaha, Neb.; Vice-Pres., Jacob J. Lieberman,.Los Angeles, Cal.; Joseph Her- bach, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., I. F. Goodman, Omaha, Neb.; Exec. Sec., Julius Bisno, Omaha, Neb.; Asst. Exec. Sec, Max Baer, Omaha, Neb.; Leo Bearman, Memphis, Tenn.; Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Wilfred B. Feiga, Worcester, Mass.; Simon J. Heller, Denver, Colo.; Irving Hill, Lincoln, Neb.; Henry Monsky, Omaha, Neb.; Harry Roth- man, St. Louis, Mo.; I. M. Rubinow, Cincinnati, O.; Maier Triest, Charleston, S. C.; Jerome Vogel, South Bend, Ind.; John Stein, Winni- peg, Canada. Maintains Free Circulation Library among members. PUBLICATION: The Shofer.

ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SCOUTING Org. 1931. OFFICE: 418 W. Washington Ave., South Bend, Ind. Fourth Annual Meeting, July 7-15, 1935, Hollister, Mo. Fifth Annual Meeting, July 20-27, 1936, Los Angeles, Cal. Troops, 80. PURPOSE: TO interest Jewish boys in the programs of the Boy Scouts of America and the Canadian Boy Scouts Association and to organize troops under Jewish leadership. OFFICERS: Chairman and International Director, Jerome G. Vogel, 418 W. Washington Ave., South Bend, Ind.; Advisors, Ray O. Wyland, N. Y. C; W. L. Currier, Jr., Ottawa, Ont., Canada; Exec. Sec, Julius Bisno, Omaha, Neb. District Directors: Wm. B. Cohen, Newport, R. I.; Lawrence Goldberg, Cincinnati, O.; Edward B. Schifreen, Allen- town, Pa.; Herbert Geldberg, Los Angeles, Cal.; Ramon Wender, Atlanta Ga.; Albert H. Jacobson, Chicago, 111.; Joseph Bock, Dallas, Tex.; Jack Rovinsky, Brantford, Ont., Canada. PUBLICATION: The Shofer. ALEXANDER KOHUT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Org. 1926. OFFICE: 1165 Park Ave., New York City. FOUNDER: George Alexander Kohut. Annual Meeting, May 4, 1934, New York City. Number of Branch Societies, 5. PURPOSE: TO promote original research and to publish works bearing upon Jewish literature and related subjects. OFFICERS: Pres., Julian W. Mack- Vice-Pres., Alexander Marx; Sec, Julius Bewer; Treas., Albert Tallmer; Exec. Dir., Mrs. Rebekah Kohut, 1165 Park Ave.; Counsel, William Gresser; Exec. Sec. for Europe, Emil Damask.

ALPHA EPSILON PHI WOMEN'S FRATERNITY Org. Oct. 24, 1909. OFFICE: 2026 Broadway, New Orleans La. Twenty-fifth Annual Convention, July, 1934, Colorado Springs, Colo. Next Convention, July, 1937. Members 3,000. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 451

PURPOSE: TO foster close friendship between members, to stimulate the intellectual, social and spiritual life of the members, and to count as a force through service to others. OFFICERS: Dean, Elizabeth Eldridge, San Antonio, Tex.; Sub-Dean, Betrice Feingold Behrman, N. Y. C.; Scribe and Exec. Sec, Louise Wolbrette Wolf, New Orleans, La.; Field Sec, Viola Lang Rusnak, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Irma Loeb Cohen, Cleveland, O.; Ritualist, Dorothy Brown Fox, Los Angeles, Cal.; Editor, Ruth Eldridge, San Antonio, Tex.; Alumnae Sec, Anne Rosensweig Klein, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Historian, Ruth Rosenthaler Mode, Cincinnati, O.; Hon. Advisors, Alice Borchard Green, Montclair, N. J., and Bertha Wolbrette Feitel, New Orleans, La. PUBLICATION: Columns of Alpha Epsilon Phi.

ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: 11 Park Place, New York City. Twenty-second Annual Convention, Dec. 26-28, 193S, Cleveland, 0. Chapters, 22. Pledge Chapters, 4. Alumni Clubs, 15. Members, 2,100. PURPOSE: An intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity, maintaining an educational and social service. OFFICERS: Supreme Master, Leon B. Traub, Philadelphia, Pa.; Supreme Lieutenant Master, Samuel H. Shapiro, Kankakee, 111.; Supreme Scribe, Robert J. Brown, N. Y. C; Supreme Exchequer, Siemon L. Hamburger; Supreme Governors: Leonard Blackman, Hunter N. Y.; I. E. Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis.; Joseph G. Greenberg, N. Y. C; Alexander L. Grossman, N. Y. C; Marvin E. Kyman, Cleve- land, O.; Exec. Sec, Robert J. Brown, 11 Park Place; Editor, Leonard Blackman; Regional Representatives: Eastern, Wm. F. Tarlow, N. Y. C; Mid-Western, I. E. Goldberg, Milwaukee, Wis.; Southern, Harry L. Cohen, Atlanta, Ga.; Western, Alvin F. Appel, Los Angeles, Cal. PUBLICATION: Alpha Epsilon Pi Quarterly.

ALPHA MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. March, 1914. OFFICE: 7 Washington Place, New York City. Twenty-first Annual Convention, Dec. 25-31, 1935, New York City. Members, 1,085. Chapters, 21. PURPOSE: TO foster and perpetuate the fraternal spirit among its personnel, to cultivate and promote an ideal social relationship among them, to voluntarily give aid to fraters in distress and to perpetuate the ideals which gave origin to its existence. OFFICERS: Hon. Grand Prior, Irving H. Fisher, Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y.; Grand Prior, A. Abba Orlinger, N. Y. C; Grand Vice-Prior, Jack Hurwitz, N. Y. C; Grand Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leonard Fischer; Grand Scribe, Milton D. Chrisman, 168-18 Crocheron Av., Flushing, L. I., N. Y.; Grand Historian, Henry Lensky, Brooklyn, N. Y. PUBLICATION: Shield. 452 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

ALPHA OMEGA FRATERNITY Org. Dec. 20, 1907. Inc., 1909. OFFICE: Secretary, 1445 N. Gay, Baltimore, Md. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 22-24, 1935, Detroit, Mich. Absorbed the Alpha Zeta Gamma Fraternity, 1932. Twenty-ninth Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1936, Boston, Mass. Chapters, 32. Alumni Clubs, 18. Members, 5,000. PURPOSE: TO promote the highest ethical standards of the Dental profession, further the causes of Judaism and to promote Fraternalism. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Joseph Gruber, Detroit, Mich.; Chancellor- Elect, Abram Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Scribe, Alvin H. Berman, 1445 N. Gay, Baltimore, Md.; Quaestor, Bennett R. Sidenberg, Detroit, Mich.; Editor-in-Chief, Nathan Raff, Philadelphia, Pa.; Historian, Leon A. Katzin, Detroit, Mich.; Marshal, Lewis J. Danovitch, Nor- wood, Mass.; Macer, Jacob J. Glazin, Maiden, Mass. PUBLICATION: The Alpha Omegan.

ALPHA ZETA OMEGA Org. 1919. OFFICE: 13342 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, O. Sixteenth Annual Convention, June 24-26, 1935, Louisville, Ky. Next Annual Convention, June 28-30, 1936, Hartford, Conn. Members, 750. PURPOSE: TO promote good-will and friendship amongst Jewish pharmacists and the profession of pharmacy. OFFICERS: Directorum, Sol Schwartz, 601 W. Oak, Louisville, Ky.; Sub-Directorum, Thomas Segal, Philadelphia, Pa.; Signare, Milford J. Harris, Cleveland, O.; Excheque, Hyman Leichtman, Cincinnati, O.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF DROPSIE COLLEGE Org. 1924. OFFICE: Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Twelfth Annual Meeting, May 24, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 41. PURPOSE: TO advance the interests of the Dropsie College and further spirit of friendship among its graduates. OFFICERS: Pres., Elchanan H. Golomb, Baltimore, Md.; Vice-Pres., Abr. Handelman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec.-Treas., Joseph Reider, Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR JEWISH SOCIAL WORK Org. 1927. OFFICE: 71 West 47th, New York City. Eighth Annual Meeting, June 14, 1935, Lake Placid, N. Y. PURPOSE: TO foster friendly relationships among the members of the association; to maintain cordial relations with the Graduate School for Jewish Social Work; to support its aims and aid its development; to cooperate with and assist the student body of the school; to aid in the maintenance and development of professional standards among its members; to promote in cooperation with other organizations in the JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 453 field of social work adequate personnel standards, and to stimulate constructive attitudes and action on basic questions of social policy. _ OFFICERS: Pres., Arthur Rosichan, Washington, D. C; Treas., Phil Houtz, N. Y. C; Sec, Freda Unger, N. Y. C.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE Org. 1889. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. Forty-seventh Annual Meeting, June 27, 1936, Cape May, N. J. Members, 250. PURPOSE: TO promote the welfare of Judaism, of the Hebrew Union College and of its graduates. OFFICERS: Pres., Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland, O.; Vice-Pres., Joseph L. Rauch, Louisville, Ky.; Sec., Sidney Regner, Reading, Pa.; Treas., Leo Feuer, Toledo, O.; Historian, Abraham J. Feldman, W. Hartford, Conn. PUBLICATION: Alumni Bulletin.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION Org. May, 1926. OFFICE: 40 W. 68th, New York City. Tenth Annual Meeting, March 17, 1936, Wernersville, Pa. OFFICERS: Pres., Morton M. Berman, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Herman Saville, N. Y. C; Albert Baum, Alexandria, La.; Treas., Max Schenk, N. Y. C.; Sec, Aaron Kamerling, Hoboken, N. J.

AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RESEARCH Org. 1920, Inc., Dec. 20, 1929. OFFICE: N. E. Cor. Broadway and 122nd, New York City. Fifteenth Annual Meeting, December 26, 1935 New York City. Members, 285; Honorary members, 12; Fellows 13. PURPOSE: The furtherance of Jewish learning through periodical meetings at which learned papers shall be presented and discussed; the formulation and carrying into effect of scholarly undertakings of a co-operative character; the issuance of publications; the promotion of relations of fellowship and co-operation between scholars and learned organizations in America and those in other countries; furnishing opinions upon scholarly projects submitted to the Academy; and such other means as may, from time to time, be determined by the Academy. OFFICERS: Pres., Harry A. Wolfson, Cambridge, Mass.; Vice-Pres., Isaac Husik, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., William Gresser, N. Y. C; Corr. Sec, Salo W. Baron, Columbia University, N. Y. C; Rec. Sec, Leo Jung, 131 W. 86th, N. Y. C.

AMERICAN BETH JACOB COMMITTEE Org. 1928. OFFICE: 131 W. 86th, New York City. Members, 205. PURPOSE: TO aid the Beth Jacob Schools in Europe, which provide vocational, religious, and academic training for Jewish girls. 454 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Chairman, Leo Jung; Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Rebekah Kohut and Mrs. Samuel H. Golding. NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Cyrus Adler, Mrs. Jennie M. Faggen, Mrs. S. C. Feuerstein; Mrs. Louis Finkelstein; Mrs. Gabriel Hamburger; Mrs. Max L. Levenson; Mrs. Isaac Liberman; Mrs. Alexander Marx; Mrs. Albert J. May; Louis I. Newman; Otto A. Rosalsky; Mrs. Samuel Spiegel; Nathan Stern; Mrs. Esther Surut; Mrs. Louis Surut; Mrs. Felix M. Warburg; Mrs. Mary Winik.

THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN BIROBIDJAN, INC. Org. Sept. 23, 1935. OFFICE: 285 Madison Ave., New York City. Second Annual Convention, October, 1936. New York City. Members, 500. Branches, 4. PURPOSE: TO study and facilitate the settlement in The Autonomous Jewish Territory of Birobidjan in the USSR of such Jews now living in other countries whose conditions make it necessary for them to leave their present homelands, and who, by their training, vocation, and inclination, may be fit for settlement in Birobidjan; to negotiate with the Soviet Government for the assistance and settlement of non-Russian Jews in Birobidjan. OFFICERS: Pres., William W. Cohen; Dir., Abraham Shohan, 285 Madison Ave., New York City.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF HEBREW TEACHERS COLLEGE OF JERUSALEM Org. May, 1925. OFFICE: 430 E. 86th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO secure contributions for Hebrew Teachers College of Jerusalem and to advance its purpose in America. OFFICERS: Chairman, Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Treas., David W. Unterberg; Sec, David de Sola Pool; Exec. Sec, J. Max Weis, 430 E. 86th, N. Y. C; and Alfred M. Cohen Alexander M. Dushkin, Harry P. Fierst, Israel Goldstein, Arthur M. Lamport, Louis Lipsky, Solomon Lowenstein, Julian W. Mack, Henrietta Szold, Stephen S. Wise.

AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF THE UNIVERSAL YESHIVAH OF JERUSALEM Org. 1924. OFFICE: 38 Park Row, New York City. PURPOSE: TO secure contributions for the Universal Yeshivah of Jerusalem (Hebrew: "Yeshivah Merkazith Olamith") and to advance its purpose in America. OFFICERS: Pres., B. L. Levinthal; Treas., Harry Fischel; Asst. Treas., Abraham Horowitz; Sec, S. Cohen-Margolis, 38 Park Row; and M. S. Margolies, I. Rosenberg, L. Silver, A. Teitelbaum, Wolf Gold, Joseph Dauber, David Freiberger, Joseph Polstein, Otto A. Rosalsky, Samuel Rottenberg, Peter Wiernik*.

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AMERICAN COUNCIL OF JEWISH FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS Org. 1934. OFFICE: 500 Fifth Ave., New York City. First Annual Convention, May 7, 1934, New York City. Constituent Members, 5. PURPOSE: Discussion, in the spirit of co-operation, of the problems mutually concerning the fraternal organizations and of their attitude on all matters affecting Jewry, first, as a clearing house of thought and opinion among the organizations, and second, as a basis of unified and co-ordinated action. OFFICERS: Pres., Simon M. Goldsmith; Vice-Pres., Louis Fabricant, Wm. M. Lewis, Joseph Kraemer; Treas., Charles Horowitz; Sec, George 0. Arkin, 500 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C.

AMERICAN ECONOMIC COMMITTEE FOR PALESTINE Org. 1932. OFFICE: 522 Fifth Ave., New York City. Palestine Bureau: 57 Nachlat Benjamin, Tel Aviv, Palestine. Members, 194. PURPOSE: Development of methods of revealing and utilizing the opportunities and the human and material resources available in Palestine and the Diaspora for the building of the Jewish Homeland in Palestine. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Julian W. Mack; Pres., Israel B. Brodie; Chairman Bd. of Dir., Robert Szold; Vice-Pres.-Treas., Lawrence N. Levine; Sec, Aaron Baroway, Tel Aviv; Dir. Tel Aviv Bureau, Rehabiah Lewin-Epstein; Dir. New York Bureau, Maurice Boukstein, 522 5th Av.

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, INC. Org. April 1, 1925. AMERICAN OFFICE: 10 E. 40th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO disseminate information about the Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, and to promote interest in and support of its activities. OFFICERS: Pres., A. S. W. Rosenbach; Vice-Pres., Solomon Lowen- stein, Julian W. Mack, Eugene Untermyer; Treas., Maurice Wertheim; Sec, Alice R. Emanuel. OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL: Chairman, Felix M. Warburg; Vice- Chairmen, James Marshall, Walter E. Meyer; Sec, Elisha M. Friedman. American Members of the Board of Governors: Cyrus Adler, Ben- jamin N. Cardozo, Mrs. Edward Jacobs, David J. Kaliski, Irving Lehman, Emanuel Libman, Julian W. Mack, Walter E. Meyer, Nathan Ratnoff, Charles J. Rosenbloom, Roger W. Straus, Felix M. Warburg, Israel S. Wechsler, Stephen S. Wise. Cooperating Organizations: University Hospital Committee, Ameri- can Jewish Physicians' Committee, Harvard Graduates' Committee, Columbia Graduates' Committee, School of Education Committee. Director, Samuel B. Finkel, 10 E. 40th, N. Y. C.

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. 1906, Inc., 1911. OFFICE: 461 4th Av., New York City. Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting, Jan. 5, 1936, New York City. 456 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Members: Corporate, 305. PURPOSE: "The objects of this corporation shall be, to prevent the infraction of the civil and religious rights of Jews, in any part of the world; to render all lawful assistance and to take appropriate remedial action in the event of threatened or actual invasion or restriction of such rights, or of unfavorable discrimination with respect thereto; to secure for Jews equality of economic, social and educational opportunity; to alleviate the consequences of persecution and to afford relief from calamities affecting Jews, wherever they may occur; and to com- pass- these ends to administer any relief fund which shall come into its possession or which may be received by it, in trust or otherwise, for any of the aforesaid objects or for purposes comprehended therein." OFFICERS: Pres., Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Hon. Vice-Pres., Abram I. Elkus, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Irving Lehman, N. Y. C; Louis E. Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Treas., Samuel D. Leidesdorf, N. Y. C.; Chairman Exec. Comm., Sol M. Stroock, N. Y. C; Sec, Morris D. Waldman; Ass't Sec, Harry Schneiderman, N. Y. C. For Report, see p. 587.

AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS Constituted June 10, 1917, by popular elections. Re-constituted, 1922. OFFICE: 221 W. 57th, New York City. Extraordinary Session, March 16-17, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. PURPOSE: TO protect the fullest rights of the Jews here in America as elsewhere, which rights include complete freedom to pursue as a group and not solely as individuals, the historic aims and aspirations of our people; to secure and safeguard the civil, political, economic and religious rights of Jews; to further the development of the Jewish Homeland; to develop an articulate and intelligent public opinion concerning Jewish interests and problems; to gather and disseminate information touching sudh interests and problems, and to foster free and open discussion; to procure and administer prompt and adequate relief in emergencies beyond the scope and means of existing agencies; to promote proper cooperation and coordination in all Jewish endeavor conceived in a spirit of self-help, self-expression and self-determination. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Vice-Pres., Louis Lipsky; Chair- man Exec. Comm., Nathan D. Perlman; Treas., Jacob Leichtman. PUBLICATION: The Congress Bulletin.

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Fortieth Annual Meeting, October 26-27, 1935, New York City. Members, 400. Has issued thirty-four volumes of publications and an index to publications 1-20. Maintains a collection of books, manuscripts, and historical objects in its rooms in the building of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Jacob H. Schiff Memorial Library, N. E. Cor. Broadway and 122nd, N. Y. C. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 457

OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice- Pres., Simon W. Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.; David Philipson, Cincin- nati, O.; Richard J. H. Gottheil*, N. Taylor Phillips, N. Y. C; Treas.,' Henry S. Hendricks; Librarian, Edw. D. Coleman; Curator, Leon Huhner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 3080 Broadway, N. Y. C; Rec. Sec, Abraham A. Neuman, Philadelphia, Pa.

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT AGRICULTURAL CORPORATION Org. July, 1924. OFFICE: 7 Hanover, New York City. PURPOSE: TO assist and give material aid to Jews to engage in agricultural pursuits and to settle upon the land in Russia, and to act as the operative agency in Russia of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc., and of the American Society for Jewish Farm Settle- ments in Russia, Inc., and to render other constructive aid to Jews in Russia. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Pres., Joseph A. Rosen; Vice-Pres., E. A. Grower, and S. E. Lubarsky; Bernhard Kahn, D. J. Schweitzer. AMERICAN TRUSTEES: Chairman, James N. Rosenberg; Vice-Chair- man, James H. Becker; Treas., Paul Baerwald; Cyrus Adler; David A. Brown, Alexander Kahn, Herbert H. Lehman, James Marshall, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Lewis L. Strauss, Felix M. Warburg; Sec, Joseph C. Hyman, 7 Hanover, N. Y. C.

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE, INC. Org. Nov. 24, 1914. OFFICE: 7 Hanover, New York City. Twenty-first Annual Meeting, April 13, 1935, New York City. PURPOSE: Distribution of funds for the relief and rehabilitation of Jews overseas. MAJOR ACTIVITIES: General and emergency relief; economic aid and rehabilitation; child-care; medical-sanitary; cultural-religious; vocational training, etc.; directly and in cooperation with affiliated and associated organizations. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman, Felix M. Warburg; Chairman, Paul Baerwald; Vice-Chairmen, Herbert H. Lehman, James N. Rosenberg; Treas., Marco F. Hellman; Assoc. Treas., Wm. A. Koshland; Comp- troller, Mrs. H. B. L. Goldstein; Sec. and Exec. Dir., Jos. C. Hyman, 7 Hanover, N. Y. C. . Activities in Eastern and Central Europe, Dir., Dr. Bernhard Kahn Activities in Russia, Dir., Dr. Joseph A. Rosen.

AMERICAN JEWISH PHYSICIANS' COMMITTEE Org. May 24, 1921. OFFICE: Stuyvesant Park East, New York City. Fifteenth Annual Meeting, January, 1936, New York City. Members, about 700. PURPOSE: TO build a medical college and hospital in connection with the Hebrew University in Palestine.

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OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan Ratnoff; Vice-Pres., Meyer R. Robinson and Albert A. Epstein; Treas., Harry E. Isaacs; Sec, Israel S. Wechsler, 1112 Park Ave., N. Y. C.; Chairman Exec Comm., Emanuel Libman, N. Y. C. AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR JEWISH NATIONAL LABOR IN ERETZ ISRAEL Org. 1934. OFFICE: 32 Union Square, New York City. First Annual Convention, January 14, 1934, New York City. Members, 2,500. PURPOSE: TO render financial and moral support to National Labor Organizations in Palestine. OFFICERS: Chairman, Isaac Allan; Co-Chairman, Mrs. Adele Brody, Vice-Pres., Elias Ginsburg, Jacob de Haas, Samuel Wurzel; Treas;. Jacob Lackow; Gen. Sec, Joseph Beder.

AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD UNION FOR PRESERVING HEALTH OF JEWS—OSE Org. May 10, 1929. OFFICE: 1919 Madison Ave., New York City. American Branch of the International Organization OSE. Third Annual Convention, January, 1932, New York City. Members, 28. PURPOSE: TO promote health, hygiene and sanitation among East European Jews. OFFICERS: Chairman, Milton J. Rosenau; Vice-Chairman, Emanuel Libman; Sec.-Treas., J. J. Golub, 1919 Madison Ave., N. Y. C.

AMERICAN ORT FEDERATION Org. 1922 (as The American Ort). OFFICE: 220 5th Ave., New York City. Eleventh Annual Convention, May, 1933, New York City. Next Annual Conyention, October, 1936. PURPOSE: Promotion of technical trades and agriculture among the Jews in Eastern and Central Europe. OFFICERS: National Chairman, B. C. Vladeck; Chairman Bd. of Dir., Henry Moskowitz; Vice-Chairmen, Louis B. Boudin, Morris Berman, Meyer Brown, N. Chanin, Murray Levine, Alexander Kahn; Treas., J. Weinberg; Exec. Dir., Philip Block, 220 5th Ave., N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: American Ort Journal.

AMERICAN PALESTINE CAMPAIGN, INC. Org. 1932. As successor to the U. P. A. and the Keren Hayesod. OFFICE: 111—5th Ave., New York City. Annual Meeting, April 4, 1935, New York City. PURPOSE: TO raise funds for the Keren Hayesod and for the Central Bureau for the Settlement of German Jews in Palestine. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairmen, Cyrus Adler,- Julian W. Mack, Herbert H. Lehman, Felix M. Warburg, Stephen S. Wise; Nat'l Chairmen, James Becker, William M. Lewis, Louis Lipsky, (Chairman Bd. of Dir.), JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 459

Morris Rothenberg, Elihu D. Stone; Treas., Jacob H. Cohen, Harry L. Glucksman, Abram Liebovitz; Sec, Charles Ress; Campaign Dir., Robt. Silverman.

AMERICAN PALESTINE JEWISH LEGION Org. 1922. OFFICE: 1125 Park Ave., New York City. ' Fourteenth Annual Convention, 1936, New York City. Members, 500. PURPOSE: TO commemorate the ideals and achievements of the two Jewish Legions in the World War; to organize and unite all the Jewish ex-Legionaires who served in the Dardanelles and in Palestine campaigns for social, cultural and national activities; to help the settlement in Palestine of the ex-Legionaires and establish there a Jewish Legion Colony. OFFICERS: Pres., Jacob M. Ravid; Vice-Pres., Oscar I. Kahn, Joseph Davidson; Treas., I. M. Tucker; Fin. Sec, Robt. M. Lemberg; Sec, David Dan Tobin, 534 Bushwick Ave., Bklyn, N. Y.

AMERICAN PRO-FALASHA COMMITTEE, INC. Org. Aug. 1922; Inc., 1923. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. PURPOSE: TO carry on work of educating Falasha youths in Abyssinia; to establish there, normal schools for the education of teachers; to organize schools and synagogues in the Falasha communities; to publish educational literature including translation of the Bible in the language of the Falashas; to introduce modern medical knowledge and hygienic modes of living among the Falashas. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chairman, Jacob Greenberg; Treas., Elias L. Solomon, 875 West End Ave., N. Y. C.

AMERICAN RELIEF SOCIETY FOR THE YEMENITE JEWS OF JERUSALEM, PALESTINE, INC. Org. Feb. 3, 1928. OFFICE: 1357 41st, Brooklyn, N. Y. Members, 500. PURPOSE: TO extend assistance to Yemenite Jewish poor and to Yemenite Jewish institutions in Jerusalem, Palestine. OFFICERS: Treas., David Freiberger; Sec, A. Gabli; Representative, Zedock Al Gabli. Committee: G. Bublick, Mordecai Danzis, Samson Erdberg, Jacob Fischman, David Freiberger, Harry Friedenwald, Jacob Goell, Benjamin E. Greenspan, Maximilian Hurwitz, Leo Jung, Max N. Koven, Israel Levinthal, Jos. Lookstein, David de Sola Pool, Israel Rosenberg, Michael Salit, Norman Salit, Juda Seltzer, Elias L. Solomon, Stephen S. Wise. AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE Org. 1932. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Last Annual Session, Dec. 31, 1934-Jan. 2, 1935, New York City. Members, 115. 460 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PURPOSE: TO further purposes of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairmen, Felix M. Warburg, Julian W. Mack; Co-Chairmen, Cyrus Adler, Stephen S. Wise; Vice-Chairmen, Horace Stern, Robert Szold; Chairman of Administrative Comm., Morris Rothenberg; Adm. Comm., James H. Becker, Harry L. Glucksman, Mrs. Rose G. Jacobs, Alexander Kahn, Albert H. Lieberman, Louis Lipsky, Solomon Lowenstein, Samuel Schulman, Hugh Grant Straus.

AMERICAN SEPHARDIC COUNCIL Org. Dec, 1934. OFFICE: 270 Broadway, New York City. First Annual Convention, December, 1935, New York City. Members, 50. PURPOSE: Work of general Jewish interest among Sephardic Jews of America. OFFICERS: Pres., Simon S. Nessim, 270 Broadway, N. Y. C.

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR JEWISH FARM SETTLEMENTS IN RUSSIA, INC. Org. Nov. 13, 1928. OFFICE: 7 Hanover, New York City. Seventh Annual Meeting,,Oct. 15, 1935, New York City. Operative Agency in Russia: American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint). Dir., Joseph A. Rosen. PURPOSE: TO encourage, aid, and facilitate the creation, development and increase of farm settlements among the Jews in Russia. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Felix M. Warburg; Pres., James N. Rosen- berg; Treas., Paul Baerwald; Assoc. Treas., Lewis L. Strauss; Sec, Joseph C. Hyman, 7 Hanover, N. Y. C.

ASSOCIATION OF HUNGARIAN JEWS OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1933. OFFICE: 248 E. 82nd, New York City. Third Annual Convention, July 21, 1935, Coney Island, N. Y. Members, Regular, 1,100. Affiliated 5000. Branches, 12. PURPOSE: TO safeguard and foster civil, political, economical, religious and cultural rights of Hungarian Jews in all countries; to gather and disseminate information concerning Hungarian Jewish interests and problems; to secure the cooperation of Hungarian Jewry in supporting Hungarian Jews in Palestine; to procure and administer relief for Hungarian Jews in all conditions and emergencies that are beyond the scope or means of local agencies; to establish an Hungarian Jewish center for the coordination of all the religious, social and cultural activities of Hungarian Jews in the United States. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Max Krauss; Pres., Alexander Altman; Chair- man Bd. of Dir., Hernian Quittman; Vice-Pres., Samuel B. Ohlbaum, Albert Farkas, Nandor Schneeweis; Treas., Alex. Klein; Dir., Otto A. Hirsch; Exec. Sec, Morton Greenbaum, 248 E. 82nd, N. Y. C. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 461

'AVUKAH, AMERICAN STUDENT ZIONIST FEDERATION Org. June, 1925. OFFICE: 111 5th Ave., New York City. Eleventh Annual Convention, December 24-26, 1935, Washington, D. C. Members, 2,000. Chapters, 48. PURPOSE: TO conduct Zionist educational activity within American academic circles. OFFICERS: Pres., Zellig S. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., Harry Norbitz, N. Y. C; Exec. Sec, Sylvia H. Binder, 404 W. 115th, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Avukah Bulletin.

BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Org. Feb. 9, 1891; Inc., 1891. OFFICE: 220 Fifth Ave., New York City. Forty-fifth Annual Meeting, Jan. 26, 1936, New York City. PURPOSE : Endowed by Baron and Baroness de Hirsch in sum of $3,800,000. Americanization and assimilation of Jewish immigrants, their instruction in trades and agriculture and promotion of agriculture among them. ACTIVITIES: 1. Aid to agriculture through the Jewish Agricultural Society, N. Y. C. 2. Immigration aid port work through subsidized societies. 3. The town of Woodbine, N. J., which was founded by it in 1891. OFFICERS: Pres., George W. Naumburg; Vice-Pres., Stanley M. Isaacs; Treas., Richard S. Goldman; Hon. Sec, Ralph F. Colin, 165 Broadway, N. Y. C.

BETA SIGMA RHO Org. 1910. OFFICE: 534 W. 114th, New York City. Twenty-fifth Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1935, Buffalo, N. Y. Members, 900. Societies, 8. PURPOSE : Greek letter college fraternity for Jewish students. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Michael F. Ellis; Vice-Chancellor, Louis M. Feldstein; Warden, Sidney. Jacobson; Vice-Warden, Abram H. Stock- man; Historian, Morris Reisen; Inner Guard, A. A. Muter; Auditor, David S. Galton; Recorder, Emanuel Goodman, John Jay Hall, Colum- bia University, N. Y. C.

B'NAI AKIBA ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA

\ < •.••)•'• (Junior Division of Happel Hamizrachi of America) Org. 1931. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Fourth National Conference,.June 28-July 2, 1935, New York City. Members, 3,000. PURPOSE: TO educate Jewish boys and girls to be faithful to its people, its land, Palestine and-its Torah (Jewish Culture). Organized on scouting principles; aims to give the training to become .Chalutzim and support the Poel Hamizrachi (Mizrachi Youth Pioneers in Palestine). Member of Torah V'Avodah World Movement. 462 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Miriam Greenfield, Hadassah Koenigsbeifc, Leah Sohn, David Telsner, Aaron Walden, Max Wall, Joshua S. Weintraub.

B'NAI B'RITH Org. Oct. 13, 1843. OFFICE: 9 W. 4th, Cincinnati, O. Fourteenth Quinquennial Convention, May 4-8, 1935, Washington, D. C. Members, 75,000. Lodges, 616 (401 in North America, 215 in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa). Districts, 17 (7 in the United States). Institutions founded by the Order in the United States: HEBREW ORPHAN'S HOME, Atlanta, Ga.; B'NAI B'RITH CEMETERY, Chicago, 111.; FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Chicago, 111.; JEWISH WIDOW'S AND OR- PHAN'S HOME, New Orleans, La.; TOURO INFIRMARY, New Orleans, La.; HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM, Yonkers, N. Y.; JEWISH ORPHAN'S HOME, Cleveland, O.; B'NAI B'RITH FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Pittsburgh, Pa.; RELIEF COMMITTEE, Hot Springs, Ark.; B'NAI B'RITH CLUB, San Francisco, Cal.; HOME FOR JEWISH ORPHANS, LOS Angeles, Cal.; IMMI- GRANT SCHOOLS at Kalamazoo, Mich., and Memphis, Tenn.; SABBATH SCHOOLS, at Houghton, Mich.; Trenton, N. J.; Sharon, Pa.; and Madi- son, Wis.; B'NAI B'RITH ORPHANAGE, at Erie, Pa.; LEO N. LEVI HOS- PITAL, Hot Springs, Ark.; BOYS' VACATION CAMP, Chicago, 111.; SOCIAL SERVICE BOYS SUMMER CAMP, Minneapolis, Minn.; B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS at Universities of Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, California, Texas, Cornell University, Northwestern Univer- sity, Alabama, Penn State College; Aleph Zadik Aleph (Junior Order); NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES, Denver, Colo.; ANTI- DEFAMATION LEAGUE; and numerous other institutions. OFFICERS: Pres., Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Pres., Isidore M. Golden, San Francisco, Cal., Archibald A. Marx, New Orleans, La.; Treas., Sidney G. Kusworm, Dayton, O.; Sec, I. M. Rubinow, 40 Electric Bldg., Cincinnati, O. PUBLICATION: B'nai B'rith Magazine.

B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION COMMISSION Org. 1923. OFFICE: Electric Building, Cincinnati, O. Foundations, 10. PURPOSE: The maintenance of foundations devoted to social and religious work among students at the university. COMMISSION: Chairman, Alfred M. Cohen; Fred Bernstein, Maurice Bisgyer, Albert Cohn, Louis Cohen, Solomon Goldman, James G. Heller, Edward L. Israel, Joseph L. Kun, Edgar C. Levey, Louis L. Mann, I. M. Rubinow, E. J. Schanfarber, Philip L. Seman, Morris D. Waldman. NATIONAL DIRECTOR: A. L. Sachar, 625 E. Green, Champaign, 111. HILLEL DIRECTORS: Max J. Merritt, Berkeley, Cal.; Bernard Heller, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Harry Kaplan, Columbus, O.; Abraham L. Sachar, JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 463

Champaign, 111.; Max Kadushin, Madison, Wis.; Maurice Pekarsky, Ithaca, N. Y.; Martin Weitz, Evanston, 111.; Samuel Cook, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Abram V. Goodman, Austin, Tex.; Ephraim Fischoff^ State College, Pa.

BRITH SHOLOM Org. Feb. 23, 190S. OFFICE: 506-508 Pine, Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty-first Annual Convention, June 14-16,1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 17,493. Lodges, 122. OFFICERS: Grand Master, A. S. Kanengieser, Newark, N. J.; Vice- Grand Master, Louis Levine, N. Y. C; Deputy Grand Masters: New- York, Herman Seidman, Bklyn; New Jersey, Peter Littman, Trenton; Pennsylvania, Max Epstein, Pittsburgh; Grand Sec, Martin O. Levy; Grand Treas., Jacob Ginsburg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Counsellor of the Order, Louis I. Gilgor, Philadelphia, Pa. PUBLICATION: The Brithsholomite.

B'RITH TRUMPELDOR OF AMERICA Org. 1929. OFFICE: 32 Union Sq., New York City. Sixth Annual Convention, April 8, 1935, New York City. Members, 3,600 Circles. Branches, 81. PURPOSE: Jewish youth movement dedicated to upbuilding of Palestine according to principles of Zionist-Revisionist Party and to development of trained, educated, disciplined, and healthy pioneers in Palestine. OFFICERS: Netziv, M. Joseph Beer, N. Y. C; Sgan Netziv, Abraham Zwaiban, Brooklyn, N. Y.

BUREAU OF JEWISH SOCIAL RESEARCH, INC. Activities taken over by NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS, q. v.

CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS Org. July 9, 1899. OFFICE: 204 Buford Place, Macon, Ga. Forty-seventh Annual Convention, June 23-28, 1936, Cape May, N. J. Members, 364, Has issued forty-fifth volumes of its Year Book; and besides, the Union Prayer Book; the Union Hymnal; the Union Haggadah; Prayers for Private Devotion; Army Ritual for Soldiers of the Jewish Faith (1916); and various other publications. OFFICERS: Pres., Felix A. Levy, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., Max C. Currick, Erie, Pa.; Rec. Sec, Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon, Ga.; Corr. Sec, Samuel M. Gup, Columbus, O.; Treas., Harry S. Margolis, St. Paul, Minn. 464 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL JEWISH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS Org. 1923. OFFICE: 625 Madison Ave., New York City. Member Organizations, 5. PURPOSE: TO promote inter-organizational understanding and good will among the cooperating national Jewish women's organizations; to help bring into being local Federations of Jewish women's organizations and to act as a forum group for the presentation and announcements of the respective programs of constituent groups within the Conference, to the end that overlapping and duplication may be obviated. OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. Samuel Spiegel; Sec.-Treas., Mrs. Marion M. Miller.

COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS Org. Oct. 1932. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. Fourth Annual Convention, Jan. 25-27, 1936, St. Louis, Mo. Members, Agencies, 71. PURPOSE: The National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, which has absorbed the activities of the Bureau of Jewish Social Research, is a cooperative organization through which organized local federations, welfare funds and other forms of Jewish communal organization in the United States and Canada meet their needs for developing standards, principles and activities in social and communal welfare work. The Council concerns itself with the problems involved in organizing Jewish community resources to serve Jewish group needs locally, regionally, nationally and overseas; it fosters local leadership in communal projects and encourages lay participation in organized welfare programs; functions through regional and national conferences, special committees, field service, research activities and special studies. The findings of its research and field staffs are available to philanthropic organizations and individuals. It has a membership of 71 Jewish federations and welfare funds and kindred communal organizations. OFFICERS: Pres., William J. Shroder, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Pres., Edward M. Baker, Cleveland, O.; Ira M. Younker, N. Y. C; Treas., Solomon Lowenstein, N. Y. C.; Sec, Henry Wineman, 150 Michigan Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Exec. Dir., H. L. Lurie; Assoc. Dir., G. W. Rabinoff. PUBLICATION: Notes and News.

COUNCIL OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ON PALESTINE Org. 1924. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Tenth Annual Convention, January 26, 1936, New York City. Affiliated Organizations, 200. PURPOSE: TO help the United Palestine Appeal in its fund-raising efforts for the Keren Hayesod and Keren Kayemeth; to assist the Zionist Organization of America and propagate the Zionist ideal for the cause of Palestine among the fraternal and social lodges, clubs and societies. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 465

OFFICERS: Pres., Charles Ress; Exec. Chairman, Hyman J. Reit; Hon. Chairmen, Jonah J. Goldstein, Benj. E. Greenspan, Nathan D. Perlman; Co-Chairman, Jacob Fishman, Samuel Margoshes; Vice-Pres., Alexander Bernardik, Louis Fabricant, Miriam Faitt, Simon N. Gold- smith, Samuel Goldstein, Joseph Hager, Louis Levine, Morris Margulies, Samuel Markevich, Max Silverstein, Mordecai Soltes, Sigmund Thau, Leo Wolfson; Treas., Morris Eisenman; Assoc. Treas., J. L. Morowitz; Sec., Samuel Goldstein, 111 5th Ave., N. Y. C; Hon. Sec, Israel L. Feinberg; Dir., H. W. Carmely.

COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL AND YOUNG ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE ORGANIZATION See: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL

CULTURE LEAGUE OF ROUMANIAN JEWS IN AMERICA Org. 1933. OFFICE: 223 E. 12th, New York City. Members, 120. PURPOSE: TO raise the cultural and social standards of the Roumanian Jews in America, and to acquaint the public with the situation of Jews in Roumania. OFFICERS: Pres., Isaac Horowitz; Vice-Pres., Solomon Rosman; Treas., Jacob Reissman, 223 E. 12th; Sec, Jacob Sylvan.

DELTA PHI EPSILON SORORITY Org. March 17, 1917. OFFICE: 11 W. 42nd, New York City. Eighteenth Annual Conclave, December 27-29,1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Chapters, 15 Undergraduate; 12 Alumnae. Members, 1,000. Regions, 3. OFFICERS: Super-Regina, Felice Rokeach, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice- Regina, Helen Albert, Chicago, 111.; Edythe Barash, N. Y. C; Treas., Berenice Siegel Goldberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rec. Sec, Sally Shapiro, N. Y. C; Alumnae Sec, Lillian Huriash, New Paltz, N. Y.; Expansion Chairman, Helen Albert, Chicago, 111.

DROPSIE COLLEGE FOR HEBREW AND COGNATE LEARNING Org. 1905, Inc. May 20, 1907. OFFICE: Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Incorporated in State of Pennsylvania. Invested funds about $900,000. LIBRARY: Volumes and pamphlets, about 42,400. OFFICERS: Pres., Cyrus Adler; Vice-Pres., Horace Stern; Treas., D. Hays Solis-Cohen; Sec, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Phila., Pa. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: The Officers, and Arthur Bloch, Philadelphia, Pa.; Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Henry E. Gerstley, Isaac Gerstley, Howard S. Levy, Simon Miller, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Morris Wolf, Philadelphia, Pa. 466 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

FACULTY: Pres., Cyrus Adler (M. A., Pennsylvania; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins; D. H. L., Hebrew Union College; D. Litt., Pennsylvania); Professor in charge of the Rabbinical Department, Solomon Zeitlin (Th. D., Ecole Rabbinique; Ph. D., Dropsie); Professor Historical Department, and Secretary of the Faculty, Abraham A. Neuman (M.A., Columbia; H. L. D., Jewish Theological Seminary of America); Professor Department of Egyptology, Nathanie J. Reich (Ph. D., Vienna); Professor Biblical Department and Librarian, Joseph Reider (B. A., College of the City of New York; Ph. D., Dropsie); Professor of Arabic, Solomon L. Skoss (M. A., Denver; Ph. D., Dropsie); Professor of Biblical Philology and the History of the Ancient Orient, Ephraim A. Speiser (M. A., Pennsylvania; Ph. D., Dropsie); Visiting Lecturer in Bible, Alexander Sperber (Ph. D., Bonn), formerly of the University of Bonn. PUBLICATION: Jewish Quarterly Review.

EX-PATIENTS' TUBERCULAR HOME OF DENVER, COLO. Org. 1908. OFFICE: and Home located at 8000 E. Montview Blvd., Denver, Colo. Members, 50,000. Auxiliaries, 4. PURPOSE: TO provide a Home and care for patients who have been discharged fro*n a Tubercular Hospital or Sanatorium, who are in need of further treatment, and to rehabilitate these patients so that they will again become self-respecting and self-supporting citizens. OFFICERS: Pres., Harry Stern; Vice-Pres., Morris Stein; Hon. Vice- Pres., Adolph Kiesler; Treas., B. F. Crown; Sec, A. M. Blumberg, 8000 E. Montview Blvd.

^FEDERATED CHAZANIM MINISTERS OF AMERICA Org. 1894. OFFICE: IS W. 97th, New York City. Fortieth Annual Convention, November, 1934, New York City. Members, 351. OFFICERS: Pres., Louis Lipitz; Vice-Pres., Ephrayim Spivack, A. Goldenberg; Treas., Marcus Arranoff; Rec. Sec, M. Saravaisky; H. Brodwin; Fin. Sec, Salo H. Goldstone; Sargeant-at-Arms, Solomon Nathman; Librarian, Isidore Weiner; Musical Dir., Zavel Zilberts. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: S. Bashkowitz; A. Bloom; J. Breitman;A. Hyman; Chairman, P. Jassinowsky, 15 W. 97th; K. Kagan; S. Levine; J. Mann; A. Singer; S. Weisser; E. Zaludkowsky.

FEDERATION OF AMERICAN JEWS OF LITHUANIAN DESCENT Org. Nov., 1928. OFFICE: 63 Fifth Ave., New York City. PURPOSE: TO extend co-operation to the Jews of Lithuania. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 467

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Win. M. Lewis; Pres., Henry Hurwitz; Vice- Pres., (United States): A. B. Cohen, Edward M. Chase, Alexander Isserman, Meyer Kreeger, Israel Matz, Herman L. Winer; Vice-Pres., (Canada): Lyon Cohen, A. B. Freiman, S. Kronick; Sec, Mordecai Katz,

FEDERATION OF HUNGARIAN JEWS IN AMERICA Org. Nov. 1, 1909. OFFICE: 395 Broadway, New York City. Thirteenth Convention, May 20, 1935, New York City. Members, 36,000. Societies, 107. PURPOSE: TO promote the political, educational, social and religious interests of the Hungarian Jews here and in Hungary. OFFICERS: Pres., Samuel Buchler; Vice-Pres., Bernard Price, Pincus Friedman; Treas., S. Baum; Acting Sec, Frieda Adamsbaum, N. Y. C.

FEDERATION OF ORTHODOX RABBIS OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1926. OFFICE: 252 E. Broadway, New York City. PURPOSE : To promote Judaism in America and to help the " Agunoth'' in Europe. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Y. Chameides, L. Gartenhaus, J. Peimer, B. S. Trainin, J. Twersky; Exec. Sec, Aaron Dym, 637 E. 6th, N. Y. C.

FEDERATION OF PALESTINE JEWS Org. July, 1929. OFFICE: 38 Park Row (Room 416) New York City. Sixth Annual Convention, Dec. 23, 1935, New York City. Seventh Annual Convention, May 16, 1936, New York City. Members, 1,350. Branches, 17. PURPOSE: TO extend assistance to Palestinian Jews in America and Canada, and to promote the upbuilding of Palestine. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres._, J. M. Charlop; Pres., Hirsch Manischewitz; Vice-Pres., Joseph Gabriel, J. Honig; Treas., David Silver; Sec, J. L. Moinester, 38 Park Row, N Y. C.

FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS IN AMERICA Org. 1908. OFFICE: 225 W. 34th, New York City. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, June 28, 1936, Asbury Park, N. J. Members, 50,000. PURPOSE : To unite all landsmanschaften in the United States bearing the names of their .respective home-towns in Poland for the purpose of creating one body of American Jews of Polish extraction; to guard and promote the interests of the Jews in Poland and to help them morally and financially; to promote social and cultural activities among their affiliated organizations through magazines, leaflets, lectures, etc., and to extend medical assistance to members. 468 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Pres., Benjamin Winter; Chairman Exec. Comra., Sol Rosenfeld; Vice-Pres., Jacob Brown, Samuel G. Domash, Herman B. Oberman, Morris Gogolick, Benj. J. Weinberg; Hon. Vice-Pres., Gershom Bader, H. Diamond, Jacob Leichtman, S. Margoshes, Alfred B. Rosen- stein, J. Tenenbaum, David Trautman; District Vice-Pres.: New England, Harry M. Jacobs; Quebec, H. Wolofsky; Middle West, Mandel Yale; Michigan, Irving Adler; Western States, H. Tuch; Pacific Coast, Edward Jaloff.; Treas., Abraham Werner; Exec. Dir., Z. Tygel. PUBLICATIONS: Der Verband; and Polish Jews.

THE FREE SONS'OF ISRAEL Org. Jan. 18, 1849. OFFICE: 257 W. 93rd, New York City. Triennial Convention, June 6, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Districts, 2. Lodges, 65. Members, 9,586. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Simon M. Goldsmith, N. Y. C; First Deputy Grand Master, Max Ogust, N. Y. C; Second Deputy Grand Master, Alex Bernardik, N. Y. C; Third Deputy Grand Master, Samuel Roth, Chicago, 111.; Grand Treas., Leo Benjamin, N. Y. C; Grand Sec, Isaac G. Simon, 257 W. 93rd, N. Y. C; Controller, David H. M. Benjamin. PUBLICATION : The Free Son.

GERMAN JEWISH CHILDRENS' AID, INC. Org. 1934. OFFICE: 245 Fifth Ave., New York City. PURPOSE: Education and training of German Jewish children in the United States in cases in which parents or other relatives desire them to come over with consent of United States authorities. COOPERATING AGENCIES: American Jewish Committee; American Jewish Congress and Women's Division; American Jewish Joint Dis- tribution Committee; Child Placement Executives Group of the National Conference of Jewish Social Work; Committee on German- Jewish Immigration Policy; Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society; Independent Order of B'nai B'rith; National Council of Jewish Women. OFFICERS: Chairman, Solomon Lowenstein; Treas., Paul Felix War- burg; Sec, Joseph Hyman; Exec. Dir., Cecilia Razovsky, 245 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C.

. GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR JEWISH SOCIAL WORK Org. as the Training School for Jewish Social Work, 1925. Name changed to Graduate School for Jewish Social Work, 1932. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO provide facilities for the initial training of Jewish social workers, for the further training and preparation of such workers as are already in the field of Jewish social work, and to build up a literature on Jewish communal life. The School is maintained by appropriations from the New York Foundation, the Nathan Hofheimer Foundation, JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 469 federations of Jewish charities, and private subscriptions. Chartered by the University of the State of New York. Degrees offered: M.S.S., D.S.S. LIBRARY: Volumes and pamphlets, over 12,000. Eleventh Commencement, June 17, 1936. Graduates, 15. Total number of graduates, 155. Students enrolled, 100. OFFICERS: Chairman of Board, Louis E. Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Vice-Chairman, Fred M. Butzel, Detroit, Mich.; Treas., I. Edwin Goldwasser; Chairman Exec. Comm., Felix M. Warburg; Director, Maurice J. Karpf; Asst. Director, Frances N. Harrison, N. Y. C. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Sidney C. Borg, N. Y. C; Fred M. Butzel, Detroit, Mich.; Julius Glaser, St. Louis, Mo.; I. Edwin Goldwasser, N. Y. C; Mrs. S. Herzog, Cleveland, O.; David M. Heyman, N. Y. C; Sidney Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; Louis E. Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Irvin F. Lehman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Irving Lehman, Solomon Lowenstein, N. Y. C.; George Mosbacher, Los Angeles, Cal.; William J. Shroder, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. M. C. Sloss, San Francisco, Cal.; Fred M. Stein, N. Y. C; Horace Stern, Philadel- phia, Pa.; Felix M. Warburg, Ralph Wolf, N. Y. C. FACULTY: President of Faculty and Lecturer in Jewish Social Work Practice and Administration, Maurice J. Karpf, C.E., Ph.D.; Visiting Lecturer in Jewish History, Salo Baron, Ph.D., Pol. Sc.D., Jur.D.; Research Asst., Harry I. Barron, Ph.B., M.S.S.; Lecturer in Problems and Administration of Child Care Agencies, Ludwig B. Bernstein, Ph.D.; Research Librarian, Abraham G. Duker, A.B.; Assistant Director, The Graduate School for Jewish Social Work and Director of Field Work, Frances N. Harrison, M.A.; Lecturer in Jewish Social and Religious Institutions, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Rabbi, M.A., D.H.L.; Director, Department of Social Research and Lecturer in the Scientific Method and Theory of Social Investigation, Fay B. Karpf, Ph.D.; Director, Department of Social Technology and Lecturer in Social Work Practice and Administration, Samuel C. Kohs, Ph.D.; Instructors in Yiddish Language and Literature, Mordecai Soltes, Ph.D. and Alexander S. Kohanski, M.A.; Lecturer in History of Jewish Social Service, Morris D. Waldman, Ph.B.; also the Faculty of the New York Sqhool of Social Work.

HABONIM Org. 1935. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway, New York City. First Leaders Conference, September 6-7, 1936. Members, 1,800. Branches, 120. PURPOSE: Children's educational Chalutz Movement. Affiliated with the Labor-Zionist Movement. OFFICERS: Sec, Nathan Guttman.

HADASSAH THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF, AMERICA Org. 1912. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Twenty-first Annual Convention, Nov. 27-30, 1935, Cleveland, O. 470 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Twenty-second Annual Convention, Oct. 19-21,1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Chapters, 280. PURPOSE: Object in America is to foster Zionist ideals through Jewish education. Medical activities in Palestine conducted on a non-sectarian basis. Hospitals, Dispensaries, X-Ray and Radiology Institutes, Straus Health Centers, Infant Welfare Stations, Pre-natal and Post-natal Care, Pre-School Care, School Hygiene and Public Health Work, Medical Service in Rural Districts, Medical Social Service in Jerusalem. Erec- tion of Rothschild-Hadassah-University Hospital on Mount Scopus. Non-medical activities: School Luncheons, Guggenheimer Playgrounds, Supply of Garments and Linens to 46 institutions in Palestine. New Palestine Activity: Youth Aliyah. The maintenance, education and vocational training in Palestine of refugee children (15 to 17 years of age) from Germany and Poland. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Henrietta Szold, Jerusalem, Palestine; Pres., Mrs. Edward Jacobs, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Robert Szold, Pelham, N. Y-; Pearl Franklin, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, N. Y. C; Mrs. Henry Harris, San Francisco, Cal.; Treas., Mrs. Samuel J. Rosen- sohn, N. Y. C; Sec, Mrs. Henry Shulman, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Hadassah News Letter.

HAPOEL HA-MIZRACHI OF AMERICA (MIZRACHI YOUTH OF AMERICA) Org. May, 1920. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Thirteenth Annual Convention, June 28-July 2, 193S, New York City. Members, 5,000. PURPOSE: TO organize groups of the Jewish youth, both senior and junior, to disseminate the principles and practices of traditional Judaism, to propagate and stimulate interest in the Jewish National Ideal which aims at the development and restoration of Eretz Israel as the National Homeland for the Jewish people in the spirit of Jewish traditions on the basis of Torah v'Avodari, Torah and Labor, to conduct religious and educational activities to develop a learned appreciation of the Jewish spiritual and cultural heritage and a thorough understanding of the problems of the Jewish people; to propagate interest in the Hapoel Hamizrachi in Eretz Israel, assist them in the rebuilding of Eretz Israel and to encourage Jewish young men and women to become pioneers and join them in their work. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Meyer Berlin; Pres., Isidore Epstein; Vice- Pres., Eva Aronson, Max Hagler; Treas., Benj. L. Hillson; Sec, Jennie Kottler. PUBLICATION: Hapoel Hamizrachi Bulletin.

HASHOMER HATZAIR Org. 1925. OFFICE: 305 Broadway, New York City. Seventh Bi-Annual Convention, April 9-12, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 3,500. Branches, 30. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 471

PURPOSE: TO educate the Jewish youth along the principles of Scout- ing, Hebrew, Jugend-Kultur, and Chalutz Zionism so that it will realize the idea of Zionism in the concrete act of Chalutziut in Eretz Yisrael Kibbutzim. SECRETARIAT: M. Furmansky, N. Y. C; Y. Loffman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Y. Yanai, Brooklyn, N. Y.; C. Gruenwald, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Dov Reisen, 30S Broadway, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION : Hashomer-Hatzair.

HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY OF AMERICA OFFICE: 425 Lafayette, New York City. An amalgamation of the Hebrew Sheltering House Association, organized Nov., 1888, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, organized 1901. Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting, March 1, 1936, New York City. Contributors, over 75,000. PURPOSE: TO facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants at the various ports in the United States, to provide them with temporary assistance, to prevent them from becoming public charges, to discourage their settling in congested cities, to prevent ineligibles from immigrating to the United States, to foster American ideals, and to instil in them a knowledge of American history and institutions, and to make better known the advantages of desirable immigration and, in conjunction with other organizations, to maintain offices in European countries for the purpose of advising Jewish emigrants concerning conditions in lands of immigration, and to prepare them for life in these new countries: and, in the lands of immigration other than the United States, to meet them upon arrival, shelter them and enable them to become self- supporting therein. OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham Herman, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Adolph Copeland, Chicago, 111.; A. Coralnik, N. Y. C.; Harris Poorvu, Boston, Mass.; Samuel A. Telsey, N. Y. C; H. H. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Jacob Massel, N. Y. C.; Israel Silberstein, Baltimore, Md.; Nathan Schoenfeld, N. Y. C; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco, Cal.; Julius Shafer, Seattle. Wash.; Treas., Harry Fischel, N. Y. C; Hon. Sec, Samuel Goldstein; General Manager, Isaac L. Asofsky, N. Y. C.

HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE Org. 1922. OFFICE: 3448 Douglas Blvd., Chicago, 111. Annual Meeting, Feb. 12, 1936, Chicago, 111. Branch Auxiliaries, 10. GRADUATES: Rabbinical Course, 1933-34, 14. Whole number of Graduates, Rabbinical Course, 52. Whole number of Graduates, Teachers' Course, 30. PURPOSE: An institution devoted to higher Jewish Learning for the promotion and perpetuation of Traditional Judaism in America giving 472 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK its students the opportunity to become well prepared Rabbis, Teachers, and Leaders of American Israel. OFFICERS: Pres., Saul Silber; Vice-Pres., Samuel Levin, Eliazer R. Muskin; Treas., Wolf Cohen, Meyer T. Lazar; Fin. Sec, J. Rolnick; Rec. Sec, M. Perlstein; Exec. Dir., Samuel S. Siegel. FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE: Chaim I. Korb, Reish Mesivtah, Instruc- tor of Codes and Talmud; Meyer Waxman, Ph.D., Professor of Bible, Philosophy and Jewish History; Chaim Z. Rubinstein, Instructor of Talmud and Ethics; Chaim Regensberg, M. A., Instructor of Talmud and Halacha; Z. Starr, M.A., Instructor of Talmud; A. Shulman, Instructor of Hebrew Literature; S. Seligman, Ph.B., Instructor of Hebrew; Saul Silber, Pres. of College, Instructor of Midrosh; Royal L. Garff, Instructor of Public Speaking; A. Abramovitz, D.D., Instructor of Homiletics; S. Feigen, Ph.D., Professor of Semitics; J. Greenberg, E.M.E., Dean. YESHIVATH ETZ CHAIM DEPARTMENTS (Preparatory): A. Shulman, Jewish History, Bible and Hebrew; S. Seligman, Ph.B., Hebrew and History; A. Soladar, M.A., Bible and Hebrew; M. Schultz, B.A., Hebrew, History and Talmud; H. Kaplan, Talmud; N. Barr, Talmud and Bible; N. Sacks, Talmud. LECTURER: Philip L. Seman, Ph.D., Sociology. INSTRUCTOR of Hazonuth and Liturgy: Samuel S. Siegel. LIBRARY STAFF: Head Librarian, J. Greenberg; Assistants: Anne Korb and David Shapiro. STUDENT PUBLICATION: Hamayon.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE Org. 1875, Inc., Cincinnati, 0. Maintained by the UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS (q. v.) until 1926. Chartered separately under the laws of the State of Ohio, with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations recognized as a patronizing body. LIBRARY: Printed volumes, about 86,000; manuscripts, over 2,000. Sixtieth Commencement, May 23, 1936, graduates Rabbinical Course in 1936, 13; whole number of graduates, 401. School for Teachers in New York City, established 1923. Whole number of graduates, 174. (Discontinued 1932.) OFFICERS: Chairman, Board of Governors, Alfred M. Cohen, Cincin- nati, O.; Vice-Chairman, Maurice J. Freiberg, Cincinnati, O.; Treas., Carl E. Pritz, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, Benj. Mielziner, Cincinnati, O. FACULTY: Julian Morgenstern, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), President, Pro- fessor of Bible and Semitic Languages; Moses Buttenweiser, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), D.H.L. (Hebrew Union College), Professor Emeritus of Biblical Exegesis; Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Talmud and Rabbinics; Henry Englander, Ph.D., Professor of Medi- aeval Jewish Exegesis, Acting Registrar; Israel Bettan, D.D. (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Homiletics and Midrash; Abraham Cron- bach, D.D. (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Jewish Social Studies; Jacob Mann, M.A., Litt.D. (London), Professor of Jewish History and . JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 473

Literature; Samuel S. Cohon, Rabbi (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Jewish Theology; Abraham Z. Idelsohn, D.D. (Hebrew Union Col- lege), Professor Emeritus of Jewish Music and Liturgy; Z. Diesendruck, Ph.D. (Vienna), Professor of Jewish Philosophy; Jacob R. Marcus, Ph.D. (Berlin), Professor of Jewish History; Abraham N. Franzblau, B.S., Professor of Jewish Religious Education; Sol. B. Finesinger, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), Associate Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics; Sheldon H. Blank, Ph.D. (Jena), Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Bible; Nelson Glueck, Ph.D. (Jena), Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Bible; Julius Lewy, Ph.D. (Berlin), Visiting Professor of Semitic Languages; Walter E. Rothman, Ph.D. (Jena), Librarian; Special Instructors, David Philipson, D.D. (Hebrew Union College), LL.D. (Cincinnati), D.H.L. (Hebrew Union College), Lecturer on the History of the Reform Movement; Louis A. Lurie, Lecturer on Mental Hygiene and College Psychiatrist; Cora Kahn, B.A., Instructor in Elocution.

HECHALUTZ Org. Dec. 30, 1932. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway, New York City. Second Annual Convention, Dec. 31, 1933-Jan. 2, 1934, New York City. Branches, 17 City; 3 Farm. Members, 500. PURPOSE: TO train young Jewish men and women culturally and physically (agriculturally) for a life of pioneer labor in Palestine. MEMBERS OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MERCAZ): Louis Behelfer, Ben Cherner, Moshe Furmansky, Nachum Guttman, Yehuda Hirsch, Leo Krown, Yaakov Lofman, Enzo Sereni, David Yaroslavsky, Moshe Zaiman, Shumuel Zahler. PUBLICATION : Hechalutz.

HISTADRUTH IVRITH, INC. Org. 1916. Re-org. 1922. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Sixteenth Annual Convention, July, 1935, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 3,510. PURPOSE: Development of Hebrew culture and Hebrew language. OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham Goldberg, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., S. Blumen- feld, Chicago, 111.; Israel Efros, Buffalo, N. Y.; S. K. Mirsky, Brooklyn, N. Y.; M. Ribalow, N. Y. C; Treas., A. Spicehandler, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hon. Sec, S. Bernstein, N. Y. C. PUBLICATIONS: Hadoar and Tladoar Lanvar.

INDEPENDENT ORDER B'RITH ABRAHAM Org. Feb. 7, 1887. OFFICE: 37-7th, New York City. Forty-ninth Annual Convention, June 28-30, 1936, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Members, 93,971. Lodges, 497. 474 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Max Silverstein, N. Y. C; First Deputy Grand Master, Samuel Goldstein, N. Y. C.; Second Deputy Grand Master, Sam'I Kalesky, Boston, Mass.; Third Deputy Grand Master, Joseph Baurer, Newark, N. J.; Fourth Deputy Grand Master, Samuel Schwartz, Philadelphia, Pa.; Fifth Deputy Grand Master, Jacob W. Schwartz, Chicago, III; Sixth De'puty Grand Master, Wra. H. Caplan, Hartford, Conn.; Seventh Deputy Grand Master, William Bleich, St. Louis, Mo.; Eighth Deputy Grand Master, Charles Sternfeld, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ninth Deputy Grand Master, Louis Clark, N. Y. C; Grand Sec, Max L. Hollander; Grand Treas., Louis E. Goldstein. PUBLICATION: B'rith Abraham.

IOTA ALPHA PI SORORITY Org. 1903. OFFICE: 118 Riverside Drive, New York City. Thirty-third Annual Convention, Dec. 21-24, 1935, New York City. Chapters in United States and Canada, 712. PURPOSE: TO establish and maintain a Society among women who are members of colleges or universities, and to maintain a scholarship fund for needy students at the various universities. OFFICERS: Dean, Martha Silverstein, 118 Riverside Drive, N. Y. C; Treas., Ruth Skolnick, 442 Audubon Ave., N. Y. C; Sec, Gertrude Pincus, 3291 Perry Ave., N. Y. C.

JEWISH ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Org. 1926, Inc., Jan. 1927. OFFICE: (Secretary) 46 West 83rd, New York City. Eighth Annual Meeting, June 30, 1935, New York City. Ninth Annual Meeting, May 24, 1936, New York City. Members, 75. PURPOSE: Encouragement of Jewish achievement in scholarship and the arts, by combining Jews of distinction in one body, and meeting at intervals; publication of writings of value; conferring of honorary.fellow- ships upon older men of great note; presentation of annual Academy medal for achievements in the arts or sciences. OFFICERS: Pres., Morris Raphael Cohen; Vice-Pres., Bernard Revel, Chaim Tchernowitz, Elias Lieberman; Treas., Hymen Alpern; Sec, Abraham Burstein, 46 West 83rd, all of N. Y. C.

JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC. Org. Feb. 12, 1900. OFFICE: 301 E. 14th, New York City. Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting, April 13, 1936, New York City. PURPOSE: The encouragement of farming among Jews in the United States. OFFICERS: Pres., Lewis L. Strauss; Vice-Pres., Eugene S. Benjamin; Treas., Francis F. Rosenbaum; Sec, Reuben Arkush, N. Y. C; General Manager, Gabriel Davidson. PUBLICATION: Jewish Farmer. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 475

THE JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, INC. Org. April 22, 1931. OFFICE: 1825 Harrison Ave., New York City. Annual Meeting, March 25, 1936, New York City. Members, 850. PURPOSE: The promotion of the cultural, economic, and religious welfare of the Jewish blind of America. Beside publication and free distribution of monthly magazine {Jewish Braille Review), the Institute maintains a free national circulating library of braille books of Jewish interest. OFFICERS: Pres., Samuel R. Wachtell; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Louis Ginz- berg, Mrs. Siegfried Bendheim; Treas., Elias L. Solomon; Sec, Mrs. Edgar Lowell, Mrs. Harry Siegelbaum; Exec. Dir. and Editor, Leopold Dubov, 1825 Harrison Ave., N. Y. C.

JEWISH. CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY Org. April 18, 1893. OFFICE: 405 Allman Bldg., 1701 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 4,000. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Louis Wolsey, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Chancellors, Harry W. Ettelson, Memphis, Tenn.; Louis Mann, Chicago, 111.; Hon. Pres., Abram I. Elkus, N. Y. C; Pres., Arthur A. Fleisher, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., Joseph J. Greenberg, Phila., Pa.; Treas., Leon L. Berkowitz, Phila., Pa.; Exec. Sec'y, Gilbert F. Schamberg.

JEWISH CONCILIATION COURT OF AMERICA, INC. Org. Dec, 1930. OFFICE: 225 Broadway, New York City. Sixth Annual Convention, Jan. 8, 1936, New York City. Members, 100. Branches, 10. PURPOSE: Adjustment of Jewish cases. OFFICERS: Pres., Israel Goldstein; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Rebekah Kohut, Jacob Panken, Moses Hyamson; Treas., Jacob R. Schiff; Exec. Sec, Louis Richman, 225 Broadway; Chairman Bd. of Dir., Simon Bergman.

JEWISH CONSUMPTIVE AND EXPATIENTS RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Org. Sept. 28, 1912. OFFICE: 610 W. Temple, Los Angeles, Cal. Sanatorium at Duarte, Cal., and Expatients Home at Belvedere, Cal. Twenty-first Annual Convention, July 4, 1935, Los Angeles, Cal. Next Annual Convention, July 10-12, 1936, Los Angeles, Cal. Auxiliary Societies, 55. Members, 55,000. PURPOSE: TO maintain a sanatorium of 153 beds for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, and an Expatients Home of 62 beds, providing after-care for those discharged from the Sanatorium as "quiescent." OFFICERS: Pres., Joseph A. Rosenkranz; Vice-Pres., Mark Carter, Robert J. Gans, P. Karl; Fin. Sec, Moses I. DeVorkin, 515 N. Ard- more; Exec. Dir., Samuel H. Goiter. PUBLICATION: News Letter. 476 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

JEWISH CONSUMPTIVES' RELIEF SOCIETY OF DENVER Org. Jan. 2, 1904, Inc. June 25, 1904. Denver, Colo. Thirty-second Annual Convention, March 22, 1936, New York City, Contributors, 100,000. Capacity, sanatorium, 300 beds. Auxiliary Societies, 17. OFFICERS: Pres., Philip Hillkowitz, 236 Metropolitan Bldg.; Vice- Pres., H. J. Schwartz; I. Rude; Jos. Durst; Treas., Louis Stern; Sec. Lewis I. Miller, 266 Metropolitan Bldg.; Asst. Sec, Ben Friedland. PUBLICATION; /. C. R. S. Bulletin.

JEWISH COURT OF ARBITRATION, INC. Org. Dec. 1920. OFFICE: 395 Broadway, New York City. Annual Meeting, Nov. 17, 1935, New York City. Next Annual Meeting, May, 1936, New Y&rk City. Branches, 7. PURPOSE: TO settle, arbitrate and conciliate differences between Jews, societies, lodges, Synagogues and fraternities, without resort to civil courts. OFFICERS: Pres., Joseph Sugarman; Founder and Hon. Pres., Samuel Buchler; Hon. Vice-Pres., Jacob S. Strahl; Leon N. Sanders; Vice-Pres., Nathan Newfeld, Charles Rubel, Wm. H. Schreiber Henry Seigel, Michael Wallach; Chairman of Council, Robert Seelav; Vice-Chairmen, Harry Schlacht, Herbert S. Port; Treas., Morris Pollack; Sec, Bernard Price, A. H. Waisman; Chief of Rabbinics, Herman Mantel; Exec. Sec, Evelyn Keller.

JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION Org. and Founded Oct. 1, 1922. OFFICE: 40 West 68th, New York City. PURPOSE: A school of training for the Jewish Ministry, Research and Community Service. Graduate School and Department of Advanced Studies. Incorporated in the State of New York—invested funds, 420,000. Library—approximately 35,000 volumes. Eleventh Commencement, May 31, 1936; Graduates, 4, total number of graduates, 84. Students, 32. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Chairman Bd. of Trustees, Julian W. Mack; Treas., H. M. Kaufman; Asst. Treas., Frederick L. Guggen- heimer; Hon. Sec, Joseph M. Levine; Sec, Gertrude Adelstein. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Julian W. Mack, Abram I. Elkus, Mrs. Norman S. Goetz, Sidney E. Goldstein, Richard Gottheil, Jesse G. M. Bullowa, Frederick F. Greenman; Frederick L. Guggenheimer, N. Y. C; Joseph Hagedorn, Phila., Pa.; Walter S. Hilborn, Beverly Hills, Cal.; Edmund I. Kaufmann, Washington, D. C; H. M. Kaufmann, N. Y. C; Louis Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Rebekah Kohut, N. Y. C; Gerson B. Levi, Chicago, 111.; Joseph M. Levine, N. Y. C; Mrs. Sol Rosenbloom, Pitts- burgh, Pa.; Maxwell Steinhardt, Joseph Stroock, Israel N. Thurman, Samuel Wasserman, Stephen S. Wise, N. Y. C; Alumni Representa- JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 477 tives, Herbert I. Bloom, Kingston, N. Y.; Albert L. Martin, Bridgeport, Conn.; John Tepfer, N. Y. C; Faculty Representatives, Isaac B. Berkson, Samson Benderly. FACULTY: President and Professor of Practical Theology and Hom- iletics, Stephen,S. Wise, Ph.D., LL.D. (Columbia); Dean and Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, Henry Slonimsky, Ph.D. (Mar- burg) ; Asst. Professor in Bible and Hellenistic Literature, Ralph Marcus, Ph.D. (Columbia); Asst. Professor of Hebrew, Harry S. Lewis, M.A. (Cambridge); Professor of Talmud, Chaim Tchernowitz, Ph.D. (Wurzburg); Professor in Social Service, Sidney E. Goldstein, B.A. (Cincinnati); Visiting Professor of History, Salo Baron, Ph.D. (Vienna); Professor in Hebrew Language and Literature and Acting Librarian, Shalom Spiegel, Ph.D. (Vienna). INSTRUCTORS: Instructor in Music, Abraham W. Binder, Mus. B. (Columbia); Instructor in Public Speaking, Windsor P. Daggett, Ph.B. (Brown); Honorary Instructor in Talmud, Moses Marcus. LECTURERS: Samson Benderly, B.A. (American University of Beirut); Isaac B. Berkson, M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia); Homiletics, Nathan Krass, B.H.L., Litt.D. (Owensboro); Charles William Elliot Fellow in History; John J. Tepfer, M.A. (Pennsylvania), M.H.L., Rabbi (Jewish Institute of Religion). LIBRARY STAFF: Acting Librarian, Shalom Spiegel; Asst. Librarian, Isaac Kiev. BURSAR: J. X. Cohen, B.S., C.E., Rabbi. DIRECTOR OF FIELD ACTIVITIES: Morton M. Berman, B.A., M.H.L., Rabbi. SECRETARY: Gertrude Adelstein, B.A.

JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE Org. 1934. OFFICE: 175 E. Broadway, New York City. Annual Convention, October 27, 1935, New York City. Members: National and local units of the Workmen's Circle, Inter- national Ladies' Garment Workers Union, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cap and Millinery Workers Union, United Hebrew Trades, Forward Association, and Jewish Socialist Verband. PURPOSE: TO fight Fascism and Nazism, to help the opposition movement in all Fascist countries and to prevent the spread of Fascist propaganda in America; to represent organized Jewish Labor in all Jewish problems. OFFICERS: Chairman, B. C. Vladeck, N. Y. C.; Vice-Chairman, J. Weinberg, Max Zaritzky, M. Feinstone, R. Guskin, Saul Rifkin, Joseph Schlossberg, all of N. Y. C; Treas., D. Dubinsky; Sec, J. Baskin, 175 E. Broadway, N. Y. C; Exec. Sec, I. Minkoff.

JEWISH MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY Org. 1925. OFFICE: 15 E. 40th, New York City. Members, 500. PURPOSE: The maintenance of the Hastings Hillside Hospital (established by the Jewish Mental Health Society) devoted to the medical 478 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK or surgical care and treatment of persons suffering from incipient and curable mental and nervous disorders, and the prevention of insanity. OFFICERS: Israel Strauss; Vice-Pres., Joseph E. Gilbert; Treas., Arthur Frankenstein, IS E. 40th; Sec, Mrs. Marcus Loewenstein.

JEWISH MINISTERS CANTORS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Org. June 1, 1896. OFFICE: 111 E. Houston, New York City. Thirty-ninth Annual Convention, June 8, 1935, New York City. Members, 450; branches, 3. PURPOSE: TO uplift the profession and extend aid to needy cantors and to their families and to establish a Cantors Seminary and a home for the aged. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Jacob Rappoport; Pres., Louis Lipetz; Vice- Pres., Ephraim Spivack, A. Goldenberg; Treas., Marcus Arranoff; Rec. Sec, M. Saravaisky; Cor. Sec, H. Brodwin; Fin. Sec, Salo H. Goldstone; Sargeant-at-Arms, S. Nathman; Librarian, Isidore Weiner; Musical Dir., Zavel Zilberts. PUBLICATION: Sckluack Zibbur.

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND OF AMERICA Org. 1910. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Twenty-fifth Annual Assembly, March 1, 1936, New York City. PURPOSE: TO redeem the soil of Palestine as the inalienable property of the Jewish People. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Zvi H. Masliansky; Pres., Israel Goldstein, 270 W. 89th; Treas., Louis Rimsky; Assoc. Treas., I. M. Kowalsky; Hon. Sec, Louis Segal.

JEWISH NATIONAL WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Org. 1912. OFFICE: 404 Fourth Ave., New York City. Fourteenth Biennial Convention, May 31-June 4, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Branches, 197. Members, 8,990. PURPOSE: Fraternal, Social, Beneficial, and Educational Order. OFFICERS: Pres., David Pinski; Vice-Pres., Joel Enteen; Treas., Abr. Margulies; Sec, Louis Segal, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Jewish Workers Voice.

JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA Org. 1888. OFFICE: S. E. Cor. Broad and Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. Forty-eighth Annual Meeting, March 29, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. PURPOSE: Formed for the support of a benevolent educational undertaking, namely, for the publication and dissemination of literary, scientific and religious works, giving instruction in the principles of the JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 479

Jewish religion, .which are to be distributed among the members of the corporation, and to such other persons and institutions as may use the same in the promotion of benevolent educational work. OFFICERS: Pres., J. Solis-Cohen, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice^Pres., Horace Stern, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., Howard A. Wolf, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec, Maurice Jacobs; Editor, Isaac Husik. For Report see p. 653.

JEWISH SABBATH ALLIANCE OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1905. OFFICE: 302 E. 14th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO promote the observance of the Seventh Day Sabbath in every possible way and manner. To secure employment for Seventh Day Observers where they need not desecrate the Sabbath. To protect and defend the Seventh Day observing storekeepers against the strict Sunday Laws, always working to secure proper exemption for them under such laws. OFFICERS: Pres., Bernard Drachman; Exec. Sec, Wm. Rosenberg, 302 E. 14th, N. Y. C.

JEWISH SOCIALIST VERBAND Org. Sept. 1921. OFFICE: 175 East Broadway, New York City. Fourteenth Annual Convention, December, 1935. Members, 3,000. Societies, 48. OFFICERS: Chairman, Saul Rifkin; Gen. Sec, Benjamin Gebiner. PUBLICATION: Der Wecker.

JEWISH STATE PARTY OF AMERICA Org. Aug. 1933. OFFICE: 1472 Broadway, New York City. First National Conference, March 28-29, 1936, New York City. Members, 1,000. Branches, 28. PURPOSE: TO recreate the Jewish State (self-governing Jewish Com- monwealth) within the historic boundaries of Palestine; to effect a radical change in the occupational pursuits of the Jewish people simul- taneously with the upbuilding of the Jewish State; to maintain harmoni- ous collaboration and equilibrium between the various economic forces of Palestinian Jewry. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Chaim Tchernovitz, N. Y. C; Chairman, Samuel Bookspan, N. Y. C; Treas., Isaac Rubinstein, N. Y. C; Sec. Israel Baratz, 601 Bright Water Court, Brooklyn, N. Y. PUBLICATION: Judenstaat.

JEWISH THEATRICAL GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1924. OFFICE: 1560 Broadway, New York City. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: Perpetuating Judaism in the theatre; to aid sick and unfor- tunate; to build memorial hall. 480 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Founder, William Morris; Pres., Eddie Cantor; Vice- Pres., George Jessel, Fred Block, A. A. Joller, Sam. H. Harris, Wm. Morris, Jr., Hugo Riesenfeld; Treas., Abe Lastfogel; Cor. Sec, Harry Cooper; Fin. Sec, Sam Forrest; Exec Sec, Dave Ferguson; Dir., Wm. Degon Weinberger.

JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA Org. 1886. NEW BUILDINGS: Broadway to 122nd and 123rd; OLD BUILDING: 531 W. 123rd, New York City. Incorporated in State of New York. Invested Funds for Seminary, $4,929,949.22 inclusive of Brush Foundation; for Teachers' Institute, $454,845.28; for Library, $1,208,280.80. Library: Printed volumes, 103,373; Manuscripts,. 7,000. Forty-second Commencement, June 7, 1936. Graduates, Seminary, 5. Total number of graduates, Seminary, 309. Graduates, Teachers' Institute, Teachers' Training Course, in 1936, 15. Whole number of graduates, Teachers' Institute, Teachers' Training Course, 520; Teachers' Institute, Extension Course, in 1936, 9. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD: Chairman Board of Directors, Sol M. Stroock; Hon. Sec, Henry S. Hendricks; Treas., Arthur Oppenheimer; Treas., Lewis L. Strauss, N. Y. C. DIRECTORS (for life): Adolph Lewisohn, Felix M. Warburg, Sol M. Stroock, Irving Lehman, N. Y. C.; Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; (Term expiring 1938); Max Drob, William Fischman, Lewis L. Strauss, N. Y. C; Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Henry W. Braude, Philadelphia, Pa. (Term expiring 1937); Arthur Oppenheimer, Henry S. Hendricks, Edgar J. Nathan, Jr., N. Y. C; J. Solis-Cohen, Philadel- phia, Pa.; (Term expiring 1936); Isidor S. Morrison, Milton Rubin, William Prager, N. Y. C.; Archibald J. Freiman, Ottawa, Can.; Israel H. Levinthal, Brooklyn, N. Y. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Sol M. Stroock, Chairman; Cyrus Adler, Felix M. Warburg, Irving Lehman, Max Drob. FACULTY: President, Cyrus Adler, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins); Professor of Talmud, Louis Ginzberg, Ph.D. (Heidelberg); Jacob H. Schiff Professor of History, Alexander Marx, Ph.D. (Koenigsberg); Professor of Homiletics, Mordecai M. Kaplan, D.H.L. (Jewish Theological Seminary), William Prager Professor of Mediaeval Hebrew Literature, Israel Davidson, Ph.D. (Columbia); Professor of Codes, Moses Hyam- son, B.A., L.L.D. (University of London); Solomon Schechter, Pro- fessor of Theology, Louis Finkelstein, Ph.D. (Columbia); Instructor in Talmud, Boaz Cohen, Ph.D. (Columbia); Instructor in Hazanuth, Israel Goldfarb, B.S. (Columbia); Visiting Professor of Biblical Litera- ture, 1935-1936, Alexander Sperber, Ph.D. (Bonn); Special Lecturer in Education, Simon Greenberg, Ph.D. (Dropsie), Rabbi (Jewish Theological Seminary). REGISTRAR: Louis Finkelstein. SECRETARY: Joseph B. Abrahams. LIBRARY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA, Incor- porated in State of New York, 1924. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 481

OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD: Pres., Sol M. Stroock; Vice-Pres., Cyrus Adler; Hon. Sec, Henry S. Hendricks; Treas., Arthur Oppen- heimer; Assoc. Treas., Lewis L. Strauss. DIRECTORS OF LIBRARY: Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Louis Bamberger, Newark, N. J.; Irving Lehman, Felix M. Warburg, Sol M. Stroock, Alexander Marx, Frank I. Schechter, Henry S. Hendricks, Arthur Oppenheimer, Max Drob, Lewis L. Strauss, N. Y. C.; A. S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, Pa. LIBRARY STAFF: Librarian, Alexander Marx; Assistant Librarian, Boaz Cohen; Cataloguers, Saul Gittelsohn, Isaac Rivkind; Secretary to Librarian, Anna Kleban; Clerk, Michael S. Schapiro; Loan Depart- ment, Mary Fried; in charge of Museum, Paul Romanoff. TEACHERS INSTITUTE AND SEMINARY COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES: Dean, Mordecai M. Kaplan, D.H.L. (Jewish Theological Seminary); Registrar, Samuel Dinin, Ph.D. (Columbia). Instructors: Hillel Bavli, M.A. (Columbia); Paul Chertoff, Rabbi (Jewish Theological Seminary); Samuel Dinin, Ph. D. (Columbia); Abraham Halkin, Ph.D. (Columbia); Joshua Ovsay; Zevi Scharfstein; Special Instructor in Music, Judith Kaplan, B.S. (Columbia). ISRAEL FRIEDLAENDER CLASSES OF THE SEMINARY COLLEGE OF JEWISH STUDIES: Dean, Mordecai M. Kaplan, D.H.L. (Jewish Theolog- icaf Seminary); Registrar, Israel S. Chipkin, M.A. (Columbia). Instruc- tors: Hillel Bavli, M.A. (Columbia); Paul Chertoff, Rabbi (Jewish Theological Seminary); Samuel Dinin, Ph.D. (Columbia); Joshua H. Newmann, Ph.D. (Columbia); Max Slavin, J.D. (New York Univer- sity); Samuel Zaretski, M.A (Columbia); Abraham Halkin, Ph.D. (Columbia). Special Instructors: Miriam Ephraim, Abraham I. Kalb, Gershon Levi, Rabbi (Jewish Theological Seminary). COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS' INSTITUTE: Chairman, Sol M. Stroock, Cyrus Adler, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Irving Lehman, Felix M. Warburg.

JEWISH VALOR LEGION Org. Feb. 1921. OFFICE: 3265 Bainbridge Ave., New York City. Members, 638. PURPOSE: Compilation of records of Jewish soldiers in American army in Wars of the Republic. OFFICERS: Commander, Sydney G. Gumpertz; Sr. Vice-Commander, Benjamin Kaufman; Jr. Vice-Commander, Herman Bush; Adjutant, Nat. "P. Ruditsky, 3265 Bainbridge Ave., N. Y. C.

JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES Org. 1896, Inc. 1920. OFFICE: 276 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirty-ninth Annual Convention, August 31-September 3, 1935, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Constitutional Convention, May 9-10, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Posts, 140. Members, 60,000. PURPOSE: TO maintain allegiance to the United States of America; To uphold the fair name of the Jew; To foster comradeship; To aid 482 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK needy comrades and their families; To preserve the records of patriotic service of Jews; To honor the memory and shield from neglect the graves of our heroic dead. OFFICERS: Commander-in-Chief, Abraham Kraditor, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Harry H. Schaffer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Junior Vice Commander-in-Chief, Maxwell Cohen, Boston, Mass.; Judge Advocate General, Herman W. Brams, Newark, N. J.; Surgeon General, S. William Kalb, Newark, N. J.; Chaplain-in-Chief, Jerome Rosen, Schenectady, N. Y.; Hon. Chaplain-in-Chief, Edward I. Lissman, N. Y. C; Chaplain-in-Chief Emeritus, Edward Emanuel Josef, Buffalo, N. Y.; Chief of Staff, Samuel B. Mannos, Cambridge, Mass.; Hon, Chief of Staff, David L. Nair, New Britain, Conn.; Adjutant General, Benjamin Sperling, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Quartermaster General, Edward M. Warshauer, N. Y. C; National Supply Officer, Leon Greenbaum, N. Y. C; Inspector General, Mark Corets, N. Y. C; Historian General, Martin H. Horwitz, New Britain, Conn.; Editor-in-Chief, David Coyne, Hoboken, N. J.; Hon. Editor-in-Chief, John A. Bado, North Bergen, N. J.; National Patriotic Instructor, Jean Mathias, Brooklyn, N. Y.; National Liaison Officer, Ivy A. Pelzman, Washington, D. C; Chief National Aide, Joseph F. Barr, Washington, D. C; National Hospitali- zation Officer, Morris Baumfeld, N. Y. C.; National Radio Officer, Samuel Rose, Washington, D. C; National Intelligence Officer, Harry Seid, Jersey City, N. J.; National Organization Officers, Max Slepin, Philadelphia, Pa.; and Sidney R. Sugarman, Los Angeles, Cal.; National Recruiting Officer, Meyer Neumann, N. Y. C; National Librarian, Isaac Sobel, N. Y. C; Master Sergeant-at-Arms, Harry Bergen, Jersey City, N. J.; National Americanization Officer, Sol J. Levine, Chelsea, Mass.; National Color Sergeant, David Feltz, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: The Jewish Veteran.

JEWISH WELFARE BOARD Org. Apr. 1917. OFFICE: 220 Fifth Ave., New York City. Amalgamated with Council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations, July 1, 1921. Annual Convention, April 7, 1935, New York City. Next Annual Convention, May 3, 1936, New York City. Affiliated National Organizations, IS. State and Regional Organiza- tions, 6. Constituent Societies, 316. PURPOSE : To stimulate the organization and to assist in the activities of Jewish Community Centers, including Young Men's Hebrew Asso- ciations, Young Women's Hebrew Associations, and kindred organizations, and to cooperate with similar bodies in the development of Judaism and good citizenship. To promote the welfare of soldiers, sailors and marines in the service of the United States and disabled veterans and especially to provide for men of the Jewish faith in the Army and Navy adequate opportunity for religious worship and hospitality of Jewish communities adjacent to military and naval posts. OFFICERS: Pres., Irving Lehman, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Felix M. Warburg, N. Y. C; Jacob M. Loeb, Chicago, 111.; Jacob K. Newman, JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 483

N. Y. C; M. C. Sloss, San Francisco, Cal.; Sec, Joseph Rosenzweig, N. Y. C; Treas., Benjamin J. Buttenwieser, N. Y. C; Exec. Dir., Harry L. Glucksman. PUBLICATIONS: Jewish Center and Jewish Center Supplement.

JUNIOR HADASSAH (The Young Women's Zionist Organization of America) Org. 1921. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Twelfth Annual Convention, Nov. 27-30, 1935, Cleveland, O. Members, 12,000. PURPOSE: TO support in Palestine, Meier Shfeyah, a children's village; Pardess Anna, an agricultural colony; and the Henrietta Szold School of Nursing; To conduct cultural classes and meetings for propagating Zionist ideals; To carry on Jewish National Fund Work; To cooperate with other existing Zionist groups. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Frieda S. Ullian; Pres., Mildred F. Murnick; Vice-Pres., Pauline Englander, Hannah Goldberg, Leah Weis- berger, Nell Ziff; Treas., Anne Kaplan; Sec, Leah Lintz; Exec. Sec, Alice Bernstein.

KAPPA NU FRATERNITY Org. Nov. 12, 1911. OFFICE: BOX 452, Henderson, Ky. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 28, 1935-Jan. 1, 1936, Roches- ter, N. Y. Chapters, 13. Alumni Assn's., 10. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: A Greek-letter brotherhood for college men of Jewish consciousness. OFFICERS: Pres., Milton Greenebaum, Saginaw, Mich.; Vice-Pres., Benjamin Naumoff, N. Y. C.; Treas., Goodman A. Sarachan, Rochester, N. Y.; Sec, Saul M. Goldstein, Box 452, Henderson, Ky. PUBLICATION: Kappa Nu.

LAMBDA DELTA BETA FRATERNITY Org. March, 1919. OFFICE: 401 Public Square Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1935, St. Louis, Mo. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Nathan Simon; Vice-Chancellor, Sidney Yarus; Master of Scrolls, Benedict Kasner, 401 Public Square Bldg., Cleve- land, O.; Master of the Exchequer, Jacob J. Kessler; Bailiff, David Lefkowitz. PUBLICATIONS : The Lambda Delta Beta Review.

LAMBDA OMICRON GAMMA OSTEOPATHIC FRATERNITY Org. 1924. OFFICE: 1701 68th Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Eleventh Annual Convention, April, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Twelfth Annual Convention, April 25-26, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 160. 484 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Chapters: Undergraduate 3. Graduate 5. PURPOSE: TO unite Jewish students and practioners of Osteopathy for the purpose of maintaining the highest standards of the Osteopathic profession and to promote friendship and fraternalism amongst its members. OFFICERS: Pres., D. Bachrach, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., H. Kohn, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sergt.-at-Arms, E. Grossman, N. Y. C; Editor, N. M. Fybish, Jackson Heights, N. Y. C; Sec.-Treas., A. Beck, 1701- 68th Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. PUBLICATION: National Log Book.

LEAGUE FOR LABOR PALESTINE (Affiliated with the Histadrut Haovdim General Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine) Org. May, 1933. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway (Room 811), New York City. First Annual Convention, May 30, 1934, New York City. Next Annual Convention, May 30-June 2, 1936. Members, 3,000; Chapters, 60. PURPOSE: TO enlighten its members about Palestinian labor and the activities of the Histadrut; to create around work of Palestinian labor an atmosphere of friendship and encouragement; to raise funds for activities of the Histadrut by contributions from League membership aTid by nation-wide campaigns. OFFICERS: Chairman Nat'l Council, Samuel Wohl; Chairman Adm. Comm., Joseph Schlossberg; Vive-Chairmen, Hayim Fineman, Isaac Hamlin, Rose Stoloff; Treas., S. Dingol; Sec, Pinchas Cruso. PUBLICATION; Jewish Frontier.

LEAGUE FOR SAFEGUARDING THE FIXITY OF THE SABBATH AGAINST POSSIBLE ENCROACHMENT BY CALENDAR REFORM Org. May 19, 1929. OFFICE: 305 Broadway, New York City. Constituent Organizations, 55. OFFICERS: Pres., Moses Hyamson; Vice-Pres., Sol Bloom, Bernard Drachman, M. S. Margolies, Albert Ottinger, Abram Simon, Stephen S. Wise; Chairman of Exec. Comm., William Liebermann; Treas., Harry Schneiderman; Sec, Isaac Rosengarten. LEO N. LEVI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Org. 1910. OFFICE: Hot Springs, Ark. Maintains the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital. Last Annual Meeting, May 5, 1935, Washington, D. C. Members, 3,500. OFFICERS: Pres., A. B. Frey, St. Louis, Mo.; Vice-Pres., Mose Kly- man, Hot Springs, Ark.; Treas., D. Burgauer, Hot Springs, Ark.; Sec, A. B. Rhine, Hot Springs, Ark.; Chairman Bd. of Managers, M. Klyman, Hot Springs, Ark. PUBLICATION: Levi Memorial Messenger. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 485

MASADA, YOUTH ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Official Youth Section of Zionist Organization of America. Org. July, 1933. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Second Annual Convention, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1934, Philadelphia, Pa. Next Annual Convention, June, 1936, Providence, R. I. Members, 2,200. Societies, 57. PURPOSE: TO bring the masses of American Jewish Youth into the Zionist ranks; To cooperate with all existing Zionist agencies in the upbuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Homeland; To strengthen Jewish community life in America through the Zionist program; to unify all existing unaffiliated Zionist Youth Organizations; To do concrete work in Palestine. OFFICERS: Pres., Isaac Imber; Vice-Pres., Israel Weiner, Albert Elazar, Milton J. Selig, Bernard Gutow; Treas., Samuel K. Miller; Sec, Max Plisner; Joseph Leib; Exec. Sec, Israel Berman. PUBLICATION: Masada Journal.

THE MENORAH ASSOCIATION, INC. Org. Dec. 29, 1929. OFFICE: 63 Fifth Ave., New York City. PURPOSE: The study and advancement of Jewish culture and ideals. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Honorary: Judge .Irving Lehman; Chairman of the Board, Frederick F. Greenman; Acting Treas., Bernard J. Reis; Chancellor, Henry Hurwitz; Sec, Harry Starr, 116 John, N. Y. C. INTERCOLLEGIATE MENORAH ASSOCIATION Org. January 2, 1913. Societies, 51. PURPOSE: The study and advancement of Jewish culture and ideals in the colleges and universities of the United States and Canada. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Henry Hurwitz; Pres., Theodore H. Gordon; Vice-Pres., L. E. Abremovich, Dorothy C. Adelson, Herzl Friedlaender, Lewis H. Weinstein; Sec-Treas., Bernard J. Reis; Corr. Sec, Frances Grossel. MENORAH EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE Org. Dec. 29, 1918, and composed of University teachers. PURPOSE: TO foster and guide Menorah education in American colleges and universities and among university graduates and other men and women in the general community interested in Jewish culture and ideals. OFFICERS: Chairman, Prof. Nathan Isaacs, Harvard University, School of Business; Vice-Chairman, Prof. Wm. Popper, University of California; Sec-Treas., Adolph S. Oko, Hebrew Union College Library. PUBLICATION: Menorah Journal. MENORAH WOMEN'S LEAGUE Org. 1935. PURPOSE: TO promote the Menorah purposes generally, and Jewish adult education among the members; especially to foster Jewish scholars, writers and artists through the Menorah Journal. 486 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. William E. Friedman; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Benja- min Pepper; Treas., Mrs. Irving H. Shapiro; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Alexander Salzman; Cor. Sec, Mrs. Julius Gottlieb.

THE MIZRACHI ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Org. June 5, 1912. CENTRAL BUREAU: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Twenty-fifth Annual Convention, Feb. 16-18,1936, Washington, D. C. Members, 27,000. Organizations, 312. PURPOSE: Rehabilitation of Palestine in the spirit of Jewish Torah and Traditions. Fundamental principle: The land of Israel, for the people of Israel, in the spirit of the Law of Israel. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Meyer Berlin; Pres., Leon Gellman; Hon. Vice-Pres., A. M. Ashinsky; Vice-Pres., I. M. Kowalsky, Isidore Epstein, Jos. H. Lookstein, Hirsh Manishewitz, Louis Novick; Treas., Max Nadler; Hon. Sec, P. Churgin; Exec. Sec, Max Kirshblum.

MIZRACHI WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Org. 1925. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Tenth Annual Convention, Feb. 15-17, 1936, Washington, D. C. Members, 5,500. Branches, 58. PURPOSE: Rebuilding of Palestine in the traditional Jewish spirit. The organization helps to support all Mizrachi activities in Palestine also gives much of its time and effort to the Jewish National Fund and helps to support the Keren Hayesod. Specific project: Maintaining the Technical Home (vocational school) and Cultural Center for orthodox Jewish girls in Jerusalem, where the native girl as well as the immigrant Chalutzah receives a thorough modern training in Domestic Science, Farming, Academic and Commercial subjects, in a truly orthodox, cultured and refined atmosphere. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Adele Goldstein; Pres., Mrs. Abraham Shapiro; Hon. Vice-Pres., Mrs. A. M. Ashinsky; Vice-Pres., Mrs. J. Ginsberg, Mrs. R. L. Leiserowitz, Mrs. S. Rabinowitz, Mrs. M. A. Singer, Mrs. R. W. Sundelson; Treas., Mrs. B. H. Schnur; Hon. Sec, Mrs. S. Goldstein; Fin. Sec, Mrs. N. Fisher. PUBLICATION: Mizrachi Women's News.

MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. 1906, Inc. 1925. OFFICE: 277 Broadway, New York City. Twenty-ninth Annual Convention, Dec. 24-25, 1935, New York City. OFFICERS: Grand Lumen, Louis H. Stallman, 277 Broadway, N. Y. C; Chairman Exec. Comm., Myron Behr, Jersey City, N. J.; Grand Filium, Bernard Manekin, Baltimore, Md.; Grand Fiscus, Max H. Bohrer, N. Y. C; Grand Scriba, William Greene, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Osaa, Sidney H. Closter, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Ora, Monroe Nachemov, N. Y. C; Grand Co-ordinator, Herman Wilner, Jersey City, N. J. PUBLICATION : The Lamp. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 487

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH CENTER EXECUTIVES Org. 1918. OFFICE: 220 5th Ave., New York City Seventeenth Annual Conference, June 14-18, 1935, Lake Placid, N. Y. Eighteenth Annual Conference, May 29-June 3, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 150. PURPOSE: TO foster and develop an interest in Jewish Center work and to promote friendly and helpful relations among Jewish Community Center workers. OFFICERS: Pres., William Cohen, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Allan Bloom, Indianapolis, Ind.; Herman Jacobs, Detroit, Mich.; Samuel Shair, Scranton, Pa.; Louis Sobel, N. Y. C.; Sec.-Treas., Isidore Beier- feld, 122 S. Broadway, Yonkers, N. Y. PUBLICATION: Jewish Center Quarterly.

NATIONAL CANTORS AND MINISTERS LEAGUE Org. 1928. OFFICE: 15 2d Ave., New York City. Seventh Annual Convention, November, 1935, New York City. Members, 175. PURPOSE: TO organize all cantors, to open first Cantors Seminary; Cantors Registry to place Cantors in positions. OFFICERS: Pres., Zeidel Rovner; Director, Asher Chassin; Sec. Isadore Schoen, 15 2d Ave.; Chairman Board of Directors, A. Ch' Landman, all of N. Y. C.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE Org. 1899 as National Conference of Jewish Charities in the United States. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. Thirty-seventh Annual Conference, May 30-June 3, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 243 Societies, 518 Individuals. PURPOSE : To discuss the problems of Jewish social work, to promote reforms in its administration and to provide uniformity of action and cooperation in all matters pertaining to the development of Jewish philanthropic and communal activities, without, however, interfering with the local work of any constituent society. OFFICERS: Pres., Harry L. Glucksman, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Harry Greenstein, Baltimore, Md.; Jos. Levy, Chicago, 111.; Jos. J. Schwartz, Bklyn, N. Y.; Sec, Moses W. Beckelman, N. Y. C; Treas., Jos. E. Beck, Phila., Pa. PUBLICATION: Jewish Social Service Quarterly. 488 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR AID TO REFUGEES AND EMIGRANTS COMING FROM GERMANY Org. 1934. OFFICE: 221 W. 57th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO cope with problems affecting refugees and emigrants coming from Germany. OFFICERS: Chairman, Joseph P. Chamberlain; Treas., Paul Felix Warburg; Sec. and Exec. Dir., Cecilia Razovsky, 221 W. 57th, New York City. AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS: American-Christian Committee for German Refugees, American Friends Service Committee, American Jewish. Committee, American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Physicians, Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, German- Jewish Children's Aid, Inc., Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society,, Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, International Migration Service, Musician's Emergency Aid Bureau, National Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, National Council of Jewish Women, Zionist Organization of America.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION Org. 1924. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Tenth Annual Conference, June 14-17, 1935, Lake Placid, N. Y. Eleventh Annual Conference, May 30-June 3, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. PURPOSE: TO further the creation of a profession of Jewish education, to improve the quality of Jewish instruction, and to develop professional standards in Jewish education. OFFICERS:.Pres., Jacob S. Golub, Harrisburg, Pa.; Vice-Pres., Bernard Isaacs, Detroit, Mich.; Treas., Barnett R. Brickner, Cleveland, O.; Sec, Azriel L. Eisenberg, 658 Rockdale Ave., Cincinnati, O.; Executive Committee: Israel A. Abrams, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samson Benderly, N. Y. C; Nathan Brilliant, Cleveland, O.; Israel S. Chipkin, N. Y. C; Ben M. Edidin, Palestine; A. H. Friedland, Cleveland, O.; Emanuel Gamoran, Cincinnati, O.; J. G. Gordon, Minneapolis, Minn.; Leo L. Honor, Chicago, 111.; L. L. Kaplan, Baltimore, Md.; Ben Rosen, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Zevi Scharfstein, N. Y. C; Albert P. Schoolman, N. Y. C; Mordecai Soltes, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Jewish Education.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS See: COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUND

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH JUNIORS Org. 1919. OFFICE: 625 Madison Ave., New York City. Biennial Convention, October, 1935, Washington, D. C. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 489

Members, 7,500. Sections, 123. PURPOSE: TO organize, encourage and assist Junior Sections for the promotion of religious, philanthropic, civic and educational work in accordance with the program of the National Council of Jewish Women. OFFICERS: Pres., Beatrice R. Hahn, New Haven, Conn.; Vice-Pres., Rachel A. Hirshberg, Oakland, Cal.; Cora A. Blumenstiel, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y.; Treas., Norman Heine, Camden, N. J.; Sec, Frieda Kaplan, 1630 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton, Mass.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Org. Sept. 1893. OFFICE 625 Madison Ave., New York City. Fourteenth Triennial Convention, March 14-15,1935, New Orleans, La. Next Convention, 1938. Sections, 200. Junior Auxiliaries, 120. PURPOSE: The National Council of Jewish Women stresses religion and Jewish education, peace, civics and social legislation, adult education and social service. It is particularly concerned with service to the foreign born and international service and maintains national and international affiliations to make this service more effective. OFFICERS: (1935-1938) Pres., Mrs. Arthur Brin, 2566 Lake of Isles Blvd., Minneapolis, Minn.; First Vice-Pres., Mrs. Maurice L. Gold- man, N. Y. C; Second Vice-Pres., Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, Detroit, Mich.; Third Vice-Pres., Mrs. Alexander Wolf, Washington, D. C; Treas., Mrs. Benj. Marvin, Hollis, L. I., N. Y.; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Herman B. Levine, West Englewood, N. J.; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Gerson B. Levi, Chicago, 111.; Chairman, Exec. Comm., Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman; Exec. Dir., Mrs. Marion M. Miller, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION : News Letter.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL Org. 1912. OFFICE: 120 Wall, New York City. Twenty-fourth Annual Convention, June 19-22, 1936, Asbury Park, N. J. Members, 8,000. PURPOSE: Consecrated to the task of preserving and perpetuating traditional Judaism. OFFICERS: Pres., Jacob O. Zabronsky; Vice-Pres., Morris Lifschitz, Ida Itzkowitz; Treas., Charles Eckstein; Fin. Sec. Chas. Z. Goldstein; Rec. Sec, Fan Zwillenberg; Regional Vice-Pres., Illinois, Albert Brooks; Connecticut, Sol Govrin; Massachusetts, Leon Carnam; Michigan, Irving W. Schlussel; Exec. Dir., Albert A. Addelston. PUBLICATION: Viewpoint.

NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL Inc., April 10, 1896. SCHOOL AND FARMS: Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa. OFFICE: 1701 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa. Last Annual Meeting, Oct. 20, 1935. 490 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Thirty-sixth Annual Graduation, March 29, 1936. Founders Day, June 7, 1936. PURPOSE: TO train Jewish Youth in practical and scientific agriculture, for agricultural callings. OFFICERS: Pres., Herbert D. Allman; Vice-Pres., Jos. H. Hagedorn; Treas., Isaac H. Silverman; Sec, Miss E. M. Bellefield, 1701 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dean, C. L. Goodling, Farm School, Pa.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF JEWISH MEN'S CLUBS OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. May 20, 1929. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Eighth Annual Convention, Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 1936, Atlantic City, N. J. Societies, 100. Members, 10,000. PURPOSE: TO further traditional Judaism by means of strengthening and developing the activities of the affiliated clubs and by mustering the strength of these clubs for general Jewish purposes. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Edward C. Weinrib, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Pres., Theodore Charnas, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Nathan J. Felsenberg, Balti- more, Md.; Mark Frackman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Abraham J. Gellinoff, N. Y. C; Sylvan H. Kohn, Newark, N. J.; Samuel I. Sacks, Philadel- phia, Pa.; Isidor B. Rosman, N. Y. C; Treas., Louis Soil, N. Y. C; Sec, Nathan Rosenfeld, St. Albans, L. I., N. Y.; Jack Greenstone, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Exec. Dir., Samuel M. Cohen, N. Y. C.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE BROTHERHOODS Org. 1923. OFFICE: Merchants' Bldg., Cincinnati, O. Sixth Biennial Convention, March 22-24, 1935, Washington, D. C. Societies, 120. PURPOSE: TO stimulate interest in Jewish worship, Jewish studies, social service and other kindred activities. To cooperate with Union of American Hebrew Congregations in its national plans. OFFICERS: Pres., Samuel B. Finkel, Boston, Mass.; Vice-Pres., Bernard L. Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jesse Cohen, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ralph E. Grossberg, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Allan V. deFord, Washington, D. C; Exec. Sec, Arthur L. Reinhart, Merchants Bldg., 32 W. 6th, Cincin- nati, O. PUBLICATION : The Jewish Layman.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS Org. Jan. 1913. OFFICE: Merchants' Bldg., 32 W. 6th, Cincinnati, O. Eleventh Biennial Assembly, March 22-26, 1935, Washington, D. C. Societies, 355. PURPOSE: TO bring the Sisterhoods of the country into closer cooperation and association with one another; To quicken the religious consciousness of Israel by stimulating spiritual and educational activity; To spread propaganda for the cause of Judaism; To cooperate with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in the execution of its aims JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 491 and purposes; To espouse such religious causes as are particularly the work of Jewish women. The work of the Federation is conducted under the following Commit- tees: Religious Schools, Religious Extension, H. U. C. Scholarships, Jewish Ceremonials and Art, Uniongrams, State or District Federations, Student Activities, Peace, Literature for Jewish Blind, Young Folk's Temple Leagues, Child Study and Parent Education, and Programs. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Abram Simon, Washington, D. C.; Pres., Mrs. Henry Nathan, Buffalo, N. Y.; First Vice-Pres., Mrs. Adolph Rosenberg, Cincinnati, O.; Second Vice-Pres., Mrs. Albert J. May, N. Y. C; Third Vice-Pres., Mrs. David Lefkowitz, Dallas, Tex.; Fourth Vice-Pres., Mrs. Julian Hennig, Columbia, S. C; Treas., Mrs. Jonas Frenkel, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, Mrs. Joseph Stolz, Chicago, III.; Exec. Sec, Jane Evans, Cincinnati, O. PUBLICATION: Topics and Trends.

NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWISH CHILDREN AT DENVE R Org. June 12, 1907. OFFICE: 828-17th, Denver, Colo. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, Nov. 10-12, 1935, New York City. Auxiliary Societies, 21., Members, 59,000. PURPOSE: TO shelter children of tuberculous parents, who come to Denver seeking restoration of health. OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. J. N. Lorber; Fin. Sec, H. Ralph Redak; Treas., L. K. Sigman; Sec, J. M. Morris; all of Denver, Colo.; National Exec. Dir., Wm. R. Blumenthal, 612 Flatiron Bldg., N. Y. C; New York Committee: Hon. Chairmen, Mitchell May, William W. Cohen; Chairman, Samuel Friedlander; Vice-Chairman, Irving Ben Cooper; Treas., B. W. Weinberger; Sec, Jacob Gerstein.

NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL AT DENVER Org. Dec. 10, 1899. OFFICE: 3800 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colo. Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting, March 29, 1936, Washington, D. C. PURPOSE: TO maintain a free, national, non-sectarian sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis. Contributors, 125,000 Individuals; 125 Federations; 200 Lodges and Societies. Capacity, 250; buildings, 16. Collected (1934-1935) $259, 293.79. Patients treated to July 1, 1935: In hospital, 7,893, through Out- patients department, 13,142. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Louis D. Beaumont, N. Y. C; Pres., Wm. S. Friedman, Denver, Colo.; Vice-Pres., Morton J. May, St. Louis, Mo.; Paul Felix Warburg, N. Y. C; Herman Wile, Buffalo, N. Y.; Harmon Auguste, N. Y. C; E. J. Schanfarber, Columbus, O.; Alfred A. Benesch, Cleveland, O.; Alfred Triefus, Denver, Colo.; Treas., Ben Altheimer; Asst. Treas., Paul M. Rosenthal, N. Y. C; Sec, Mrs. S. Pisko, 3800 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colo.; National Supervisor, Samuel Schaefer, Denver, Colo. 492 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

NATIONAL LABOR COMMITTEE FOR PALESTINE Org. Nov. 1923. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway (Room 404), New York City. Twelfth Annual Convention, Nov. 29-Dec. 2, 1935, New York City. Contributors, 40,000. Affiliated Organizations, 900. PURPOSE: TO assist the "Histadruth," the Federation of Jewish Labor in Palestine, by providing funds to carry on their cultural, social welfare, agricultural and industrial undertakings, to send them tools and machinery, and help the labor population in Palestine to establish itself firmly and do its full share in upbuilding of the country. OFFICERS: National Chairman, Joseph Schlossberg, N. Y. C; Co- Chairmen, Julius Hochman, Alexander Kahn, David Pinski, N. Y. C; Chairman Adm. Coram., Morris Finestone, N. Y. C; National Treas., Max Zaritzky, N. Y. C; Assoc. Treas., Abraham Miller, N. Y. C; National Sec, Isaac Hamlin, 1225 Broadway, N. Y. C.

NATIONAL LEGAL FRATERNITY LAMBDA ALPHA PHI Org. 1919. OFFICE: 828 Raymond-Commerce Bldg., Newark, N. J. Sixteenth Annual Convention, June, 1935. Seventeenth Annual Convention, June, 1936, Newark, N. J. Members, 400. PURPOSE: TO inculcate in Jewish members of the Bar the highest principles of legal ethics in order to maintain the respect of the Bench, Bar and Public. OFFICERS: Supreme Chancellor, Leonard H. Cohn, Newark, N. J.; Supreme Vice-Chancellors, Ephraim Schechner, Newark, N. J.; Maurice Koenigsberg, Newark, N. J.; Nathaniel R. Kaplan, N. Y. C; Supreme Keeper of the Exchequer, David M. Engelson, 415 Lexington Ave., N. Y. C.; Supreme Archon, Michael G. Alenick, Newark, N. J. PUBLICATION: Lambda Alpha Phi Quarterly.

NU BETA EPSILON FRATERNITY Org. 1919. OFFICE: 201 N. Wells (Room 932), Chicago, 111. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-28, 1935, Chicago, 111. Members, 500. PURPOSE: Greek Letter Fraternity for Jewish students at credited Law Schools. OFFICERS: Founder and Hon. Grand Chancellor, Barnet Hodes; Grand Chancellor, Harry Abrahams; Past Grand Chancellor, Eugene A. Delson; Vice-Grand Chancellor, Allan M. Wolf; Grand Scribe, Earl Blumenthal, 176 W. Adams, Chicago, 111.; Grand Master of the Rolls, Samuel Morgan; Grand Master of Exchequer, Benjamin A. Sapoznik; Grand Historian, Earl Susman; Grand Marshal, Robert Shapiro. PUBLICATION: .YM Bait. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 493

OMEGA ALPHA TAU Org. 1916. OFFICE: Philadelphia, Pa. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Nov. 12-13, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 100. Chapters, 12. PURPOSE: Charitable and Social. OFFICERS: Grand Chancellor, Jessie C. Bellet, 1818 Pine, Philadel- phia, Pa.; Vice-Chancellor, Mitzi Silver; Treas., Dorothy Siegal; Sec, Frieda Chary. PUBLICATION: Oats.

ORDER KNIGHTS OF JOSEPH Org. July 10, 1896. OFFICE: 618 Guardian Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Last Convention, Sept. 2, 1934, Cleveland, O. Next Convention, Sept. 8, 1936, Cleveland, O. Members, 1668. Lodges, 30. PURPOSE: Fraternal Insurance. OFFICERS: Supreme Commander, H. A. Rocker, Cleveland, O.; First Supreme Vice-Commander, W. I. Bloch, Chicago, 111.; Second Supreme Vice-Commander, Phil. Goldstein, St. Louis, Mo.; Third Supreme Vice-Commander, Max Lazaer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Supreme Sec, D. J. Zinner, 618 Guardian Bldg., Cleveland, O.; Supreme Treas., Jos. C. Bloch, Cleveland, O.; Endowment Treas., A. Silberman, Cleveland, O.

ORDER SONS OF ZION Org. Sept. 23, 1910. OFFICE: 303 4th Ave., New York City. Twenty-seventh Annual Convention, June 20-22, 1936, Bradley Beach, N. J. PURPOSE: Fraternal and Zionistic. OFFICERS: Nasi, Joseph Kraemer, Newark, N. J.; Segan Rishon, Harris J. Levin; Segan Sheni, Harry A. Pine; Gisbor, Louis Myers Maskir, Heinrich Abramowitz; Counsel, Isaac Allen; Chief Medical Examiner, Solomon Neumann. PUBLICATION: The Voice of the Order Sons of Zion.

ORDER OF THE UNITED HEBREW BROTHERS Org. Oct. 15, 1915. OFFICE: New York City. Quinquennial Convention, October 27, 1935, New York City. Members, 5,500. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Max E. Greenberg, 220 W. 42d; Vice- Grand Master, Louis Goldstein; First Deputy Grand Master, Morris Jacobs; Second Deputy Grand Master, Arthur F. Kallman; Third Deputy Grand Master, Samuel Berkowitz; Grand Sec, Morris Aaron- son, N. Y. C. Grand Trustees: Chairman, Adolph Solomon, Morris Aaronson, Louis Goldstein, Max E. Greenberg, and Morris Jacobs. 494 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

THE PALESTINE LIGHTHOUSE Org. Feb. 1927. OFFICE: Hotel Ansonia, 74th and B'way, New York City. Members, 400. PURPOSE: Feed, clothe, shelter, educate and instruct the blind in arts and crafts. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., David de Sola Pool, N. Y. C; Pres., Mrs. Samuel D. Friedman; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Leon Kamaiky, Mrs. S. L. Kowarsky, Mrs. Arthur M. Lamport, Mrs. Leonard Rothstein, Mrs. William Salzman, Mrs. Jennie Siris, Mrs. Joseph Zubow; Treas., Mrs. Israel Rotkowitz; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Harry Jacoby; Corr. Sec, Mrs. Robert Weil; Exec. Chairman, Mrs. Fanny Eitingon.

PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Org. Oct. 14, 1914. OFFICE: 1215 Court Square Bldg., Baltimore, Md. Twenty-first Annual Convention, Dec. 29, 1935-Jan. 1, 1936, Balti- more, Md. Chapters, 27. Alumni Clubs, 14. Members, 3,418. PURPOSE: Jewish student fraternal relationships in certain Amercian Colleges and Universities where established. OFFICERS: Pres., Walter Ogus, Washington, D. C; Vice-Pres., Irvin Siegael, Baltimore, Md.; Deputy Vice-Pres., Arthur Goldfarb, Dor- chester, Mass.; I. Cyrus Gutman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jack L. Medwedeff, Baltimore, Md.; Norris E. Halpern, Norfolk, Va.; Henry Schor, Pitts- burgh, Pa.; P. E. Lachman, Detroit, Mich.; Treas., Joseph B. Danzan- sky, Washington, D. C.; Adm. Sec, Alex. Goodman, 1215 Court Sq. Bldg., Baltimore, Md.; Asst. Sec, Bernard Levy, Baltimore, Md.; Sergeant-at-Arms, Samuel Green, Manchester, N. H.; Editor, Irving B. Grandberg, Baltimore, Md. PUBLICATIONS: Phi Alpha Quarterly and Phi Alpha Bulletin.

PHI BETA DELTA FRATERNITY Org. Apr. 4, 1912. OFFICE: 67 W. 44th, New York City. Twenty-second Convention, Dec. 22-24, 1934, New York City. Twenty-third Convention, Dec. 25-27, 1936, Cincinnati, O. Members, 2,800. Chapters, 25; Alumni Clubs, 10. OFFICERS: Pres., Isaac Mark, Jr., N. Y. C; Eastern Vice-Pres., Isadore S. Wachs, Philadelphia, Pa.; Western Vice-Pres., Irving J. Kahan, Chicago, 111.; Sec, Harold Baer, N. Y. C; Treas., Max A. Posner, N. Y. C; Historian, George Shapiro, N. Y. C; Delegates— Aurel Rosin, Arcadia, Fla.; Stuart Fischer, Los Angeles, Cal.; Louis Winer, Hammond, Ind.; Abraham Levy, Philadelphia, Pa.; Adam Rosenthal, St. Louis, Mo. PUBLICATION: The Tripod of Phi Beta Delta.

THE PHI BETA FRATERNITY, INC. Org. 1920. OFFICE: Hartford, Conn. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Sept. 2, 1935, New York City. Members, 4,000. Chapters, 41. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 495

PURPOSE: A national Jewish fraternity with chapters located in High and Preparatory Schools, for boys meeting for educational, social and fraternal purposes. OFFICERS: Grand Superior, Harold Hyman, Richmond Hill, N. Y.; Grand Vice-Superior, Ed. M. Olderman, Ansonia, Conn.; Grand Scribe, J. Richard Gothold, Hartford, Conn.; Grand Bursar, Samuel J. Kauf- man, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Editor, Lou Berman, N. Y. C; Grand Marshal, Sam Aarons. PUBLICATION: Pkoebean.

PHI DELTA EPSILON MEDICAL FRATERNITY Org. 1904. OFFICE: 39 W. 55th, New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Next Annual Convention, Dec. 25-27, 1936, Detroit, Mich. Members, 6,300. PURPOSE: TO promote good scholarship, medical ethics, good fellowship and friendship, and to aid needy students and advance medical science. OFFICERS: (Board of Trustees): Pres., Aaron Brown; Vice-Pres., Henry C. Falk; Treas., A. J. Beller; Sec, Jas. W. Smith, and, Grand Consul, Matthew Ersner, Phila., Pa.; Grand Consul Elect., Monroe E. Greenberger, N. Y.C; Vice Grand Consul, Theodore T. Stone, Chicago, 111.; Grand Chancellor, Samuel Z. Levine, N. Y. C: Grand Scribe. B. Edgar Spiegel, N. Y. C.; Grand Historian, Murray B. Gordon, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; Grand Recorder, Fred Firestone, San Francisco, Cal.; Grand Marshal, Simon Ball, Phila., Pa.; Editor-in-Chief, Aaron Brown, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Phi Delta Epsilon News.

PHI DELTA MU FRATERNITY, INC. Org. 1920. OFFICE: 2400 Court Square Bldg., 2 Lafayette, New York City. Thirteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 1933, New York City. Members, 325. PURPOSE: TO promote the intellectual, social and spiritual status of Jewish students at colleges in the United States and Canada. OFFICERS: Chancellor, S. Walter Pokart; Vice-Chancellor, E. Went- worth Reeves; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Arthur S. Bruckman, N. Y. C; Historian, Mathew L. Salonger; Keeper of the Scrolls, Nat J. Nudenberg, N. Y. C; Sec, Murray Sweetgall, 2 Lafayette, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Septagon.

PHI EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. Nov. 23, 1904. OFFICE: Lewis Tower Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty-first Annual Convention, Dec. 28-31, 1935, Pittsburgh, Pa. Members, 4,750. PURPOSE: An intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity of Jewish men, with chapters in 31, colleges and universities and graduate chapters in 39 of the larger cities. 496 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Grand Superior, Louis M. Fushan, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Grand Vice-Superior, Oliver R. Sabin, N. Y. C; Grand Treas., Emanuel W Wirkman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Recorder, Samuel J. Sherman Chicago, 111.; Grand Councilors, Eugene G. Zacharias, Atlanta, Ga. Abram Leon Sachar, Campaign, 111.; Irwin L. Freiberger, Cleveland, O. Exec. Sec, Maurice Jacobs, Lewis Tower BIdg., Philadelphia, Pa. Grand Chaplain, David H. Wice, Omaha, Neb.; Scholarship Comm. Albert G. Minda, Minneapolis, Minn.; Grand Pledge Master, L. Elliot Grafman, Chicago, 111.; Editor, Maurice G. Gurin, Philadelphia, Pa. PUBLICATION : Phi Epsilon Pi Quarterly.

PHI LAMBDA KAPPA MEDICAL FRATERNITY Org. 1907. OFFICE: 1941 S. 9th, Philadelphia, Pa. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 30, 1935-Jan. 1, 1936, Philadelphia, Pa. Twenty-ninth Annual Convention, Dec. 30, 1936-Jan. 1, 1937, Detroit, Mich. Members, 2,500. Chapters, 39; Alumni Clubs, 15. OFFICERS: Grand Superior, J. Allen Yager, Paterson, N. J.; Grand Scribe, Wm. Steinberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; First Grand Chancellor, I. B. Silber, Cleveland, O.; Grand Guardian of the Exchequer, M. Alexander Novey, Baltimore, Md.; Chairman Bd. of Trustees, B. B. Rittenberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Editor, Jack S. Ersner, Philadelphia, Pa. PUBLICATION : Phi Lambda Kappa Quarterly.

PHI SIGMA DELTA FRATERNITY Org. Nov. 10, 1909. OFFICE: 253 W. 73rd, New York City. Twenty-fourth Annual Convention, Dec. 26-29, 1935, Chicago, 111. Members, 2,900. PURPOSE: TO promote brotherhood, friendship, good-fellowship and good character. OFFICERS: Pres., Alan J. Altheimer, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., Alex- ander Mintz, Cleveland, 0.; Treas., Daniel Levy, N. Y. C; Exec. Sec, Joseph Kruger, 253 W. 73d, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Phi Sigma Deltan.

PHI SIGMA SIGMA SORORITY Org. Nov. 26, 1913. OFFICE: 21 N. Rockburn, York, Pa. Biennial Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1935, Chicago, 111. Chapters, 18. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: Belief in the furtherance of higher education, the advancement of womanhood through a close union of congenial friends of high character and intelligence and in a mutuality of philanthropic purpose; encouragement of these qualities in its members. OFFICERS: Grand Archon, Mrs. Raphael Tourover, Washington; D. C; Grand Vice-Archon, Mrs. George I. Goldstein, Chicago, 111., JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 497

National Tribune, Mrs. Arthur Markowitz, York, Pa.; National Bursar, Elma M. Milwit, Brooklyn, N. Y. PUBLICATION: The Sphinx.

PI TAU PI FRATERNITY Org. Nov. 1909. OFFICE: 5885 Nina Place, St. Louis, Mo. Twenty-sixth Annual Conclave, Dec. 27-30, 1935, New York City. Members, 600. Chapters, 24. PURPOSE: TO promote and encourage Judaism; To advance Hebraic culture; To aid in the abolishment of prejudice against the Jew; To further activities social and philanthropic. OFFICERS: Pres., Norman Hirschfield, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., John Joseph Hagedorn, Upper Darby, Pa.; Treas., David W. Dreyfuss, Wash- ington, D. C; Sec, Richard N. Meyer, 5885 Nina Place, St. Louis, Mo.; Editor, Roy G. Rosenthal, Seattle, Wash.; Historian, Bernard H. Baum, N. Y. C; Chaplain, Philip D. Bookstaber, Harrisburg, Pa.; Senior Counsellor, Mervin A. Blach, Birmingham, Ala.; Junior Coun- sellor, Bertram A. Frank, Baltimore, Md.; Conclave Chairman, I. Ed- ward Tonkon, Dallas, Tex.; Regional Governors: Foster S. Goldman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Morton E. Hecht, Norfolk, Va.; Jack A. Goodman, Columbus, O.; Theodore M. Swett, Portland, Ore. PUBLICATION: Pitaupian.

*PI UPSILON PHI Org. 1922. OFFICE: 80 Wolcott Terrace, Newark, N. J. Thirteenth Annual Convention, April 27-28, 1935. Members, 337. Branches, 10. PURPOSE: TO affiliate Jewish young men of high school age for the purpose of making this world a better place in which to live, and to create a strong fraternal bond among its members. OFFICERS: Grand Pup, Morris Benson, N. Y. C; Vice-Grand Pup, Matthew Krumholz, Newark, N. J.; Leo Leiter, Syracuse, N. Y.; Grand Treas., William S. Halprin, Elizabeth, N. J.; Grand Scribe, Harry Bleiberg, 80 Wolcott Terrace, Newark, N. J.

PROBUS NATIONAL Org. 1926. OFFICE: 1694 Main, Springfield, Mass. Annual Convention, February 1, 1935. Next Annual Convention, May 2, 1936. Members, 500. PURPOSE: TO promote and participate in communal and civic activities; to foster social and intellectual ideals; to encourage friendship among its members in local clubs and other clubs of the organization. OFFICERS: Pres., Charles S. Albert, Springfield, Mass.; Vice-Pres., James M. Kent, New Haven, Conn.; Treas., David S. Borowsky, Fitch- burg, Mass.; Sec, Benjamin D. Novak, 1694 Main, Springfield, Mass.; Member-at-Large, Irwin Dorman, West Haven, Conn. 498 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF THE WEST Org. Feb. 13, 1896. OFFICE: 406^7-8 Frisco Bldg., 9th and Olive St. Louis, Mo. Twenty-ninth Convention, July 28-30, 1935, Chicago, 111. Members, 8,800. OFFICERS: Grand Master, A. D. Bearman, Memphis, Tenn.; Vice- Grand Master, I. D. Goldberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Endowment Treas., Wm. H. Goldman, St. Louis, Mo.; Grand Counsellor, Abram A. Schwarz- bach, Chicago, 111.; Grand Sec, Morris Shapiro, St. Louis, Mo.

RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND YESHIVA COLLEGE Org. 1896. Charter amended 1928, to permit the organization of the Yeshiva College, authorized by the Regents of the University of the State of New York to give courses leading to the degrees of B.A. and B.S. OFFICE: 186th and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Incorporated in State of New York. Invested funds about $2,400,000, LIBRARY: Printed volumes, 30,000; manuscripts, small collection. Entire number of graduates, Rabbinical course, 167; Teachers' Insti- tute, 149. PURPOSE: TO disseminate Jewish knowledge; to train rabbis and teachers; to present in a Jewish atmosphere general courses leading to degrees of B.A. and B.S. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., M. S. Margolies; Treas., M. Gottesman; Chairman Yeshiva College Council, Samuel Levy. SEMINARY FACULTY: Pres. and Professor of Codes, Bernard Revel, Ph.D.; Professor of Talmud, Moses Soloveitchik; Instructors of Talmud: B. Aronowitz, A. Burrack, S. Gerstenfeld, L. Levin, S. Olshevsky, M. Poleyeff, S. Schunfenthal, A. Selmanowitz, J. Weil; Professor of Homiletics, Herbert S. Goldstein, M.A.; Assist. Professor of Homiletics; Joseph H. Lookstein, M.A.; Instructor of Bible, Nathan Klotz, Ph.D.; Professor of Hebrew Literature, Pinkhos Churgin, Ph.D.; Lecturer in Jewish History, Solomon Zeitlin, Ph.D.; Registrar, Samuel L. Sar. TEACHERS INSTITUTE FACULTY: Principal and Professor of Jewish History and Literature, Pinkhos Churgin, Ph.D.; Instructors in Talmud, Mishnah and Jewish Customs and Ceremonies: Julius Kaplan, Ph.D.; Samuel K. Mirsky, M.A., and Philip Raymon, B.A.; Instructors in Bible: Nathan Klotz, Ph.D., and S. Turboff; Instructors in Hebrew Language and Literature: Abraham Soyer and Leo A. Arielli; Instruc- tor of Pedagogy, W. Frishberg; Sec, Jacob I. Hartstein, M.S. YESHIVA COLLEGE FACULTY: Pres., Bernard Revel, Ph.D.; Dean and Professor of Biology, Shelley R. Safir, Ph.D.; Instructor in Greek, Samuel Belkin, Ph.D.; Instructor in Philosophy, David Bidney, Ph.D.; Professor of Jewish History, Pinkhos Churgin, Ph.D.; Professorial Lecturer in Hebrew, Bernard Drachman, Ph.D.; Tutor in History, Moses I. Finkelstein, M.A.; Professor of Mathematics, Jekuthiel Ginsburg, M.A.; Tutor in Chemistry, Joseph Glanz, M.S.; Visiting Lecturer in Modern Philosophy, Erich Gutkind; Registrar, Jacob I. Hartstein, M.S.; Instructor in Jewish History, Sidney B. Hoenig, Ph.D.; JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 499

Instructor in Physical Education, Abraham B.Hurwitz, M.A.; Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Moses L. Isaacs, Ph.D.; Professor of Ethics. Leo Jung, M.A.; Instructor in Chemistry, Joseph Kahn, Ph.D.: Instruc- tor in Bible, Nathan Klotz, Ph.D.; Tutor in Education, Philip E. Kraus, M.A.; Tutor in Chemistry, Eli Levine, M.A.; Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Alexander Litman, Ph.D.; Instructor in Physics, Arnold N. Lowan, Ph.D.; Professorial Lecturer in Physiology, David I. Macht, M.D., LL.B., Phar.D., D.H.L.; Instructor in Political Science, Aaron M. Margalith, Ph.D.; Lecturer in Bible, Samuel K. Mirsky, M.A.; Fellow in Mathematics, Harry A. Polachek, M.A.; Assistant Professor of English, Morris Roberts, Ph.D.; Instructor in French, Ralph P. Rosenberg, Ph.D.; Instructor in Bible, Samuel L. Sar; Instructor in Psychology, Nathan Savitsky, M.D.; Assistant Professor of English and Secretary of the Faculty, Joseph T. Shipley, Ph.D.; Fellow in English, Norman Siegel, A.B.; Instructor in Biology, Albert I. Tittler, Ph.D.; Bursar, Rose Levitan, LL.B.; Medical Director, David A. Swick, M.D. YESHIVAH COLLEGE ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, Theodore Abel, Ph.D.; Instructor in Hisfory, St. John's University, Alexander Brody, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Public Speaking, C. C. N. Y., Kenneth F. Damon, Ph.D.; Tutor in English, C. C. N. Y., Robert C. Dickson, M.A.; Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Newark, Solomon Flink, Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia University, Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D.; Professor of English, C. C. N. Y., Charles F. Horne, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of German, C. C. N. Y., Solomon Liptzin, Ph.D.; Professor of History, C. C. N. Y., Nelson P. Mead, Ph.D.; Professor of Latin, Brooklyn College, Joseph Pearl, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of French, Elliott H. Polinger, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of French, C. C. N. Y., Solomon Rhodes, Ph.D.; Professor of Rabbinics, Dropsie College, Solomon Zeitlin, Ph.D.

RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA Org. July 4, 1901. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Thirty-sixth Annual Convention, July 6-9, 1936, Tannersville, N. Y. Members, 250. OFFICERS: Pres., Eugene Kohn, Newark, N. J.; Vice-Pres., Simon Greenberg, Philadelphia; Pa.; Treas., Alexander Basel, N. Y. C; Rec. Sec, Henry Fisher, Arverne, L. I., N. Y.; Cor. Sec, Arthur Neu- lander. PUBLICATION: Rabbinical Assembly Proceedings.

RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE Org. 1925. OFFICE: 3448 Douglas Blvd., Chicago, 111. Tenth Annual Convention, August 7-9, 1935, Chicago, 111. Eleventh Annual Convention, June 28-30, 1936, Chicago, 111. 500 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Members, 50. OFFICERS: Pres., Louis J. Lehrfield, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., Israel Miller, Hammond, 111.; Treas., S. Zaiman, Chicago, 111.; Sec, M. Schultz, Chicago, 111.

RABBINICAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA (Merger of Histadruth Horabonim of Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theo- logical Seminary and Rabbinical Council of Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.) Org. 1923. OFFICE: 186th and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, June 30-July 1, 1936, Belmar, N. J. Members, 100. OFFICERS: Praesidium: Herbert S. Goldstein, Ben Zion Rosenbloom, Samuel Levy; Treas., Mordecai Stern; Sec, Joseph H. Lookstein, 119 E. 84th; Rec. Sec, Abr. S. Irom.

REFUGEE ECONOMIC CORPORATION Org. Nov. 20, 1934. OFFICE: 40 Exchange Place, New York City. PURPOSE: TO promote and assist the economic reconstruction of emigres from Germany and other countries and to this end will under- take and assist in the financing and management of enterprises of a banking, credit, industrial, mercantile, agricultural or utility nature. The corporation will also promote colonization and land settlement of such emigres. OFFICERS: Pres., Felix M. Warburg; Vice-Pres., Charles J. Liebman; Treas., Albert D. Lasker; Asst. Treas., George W. Naumburg; Sec, Bernard Flexner, 40 Exchange Place; Asst. Sec, Bruno Schachner, all of N. Y. C.

SEPHARDIC BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1915. Re-org. 1921. OFFICE: 357 E. 169th, New York City. Fourteenth Annual Convention, Jan. 1936. Next Annual Convention, Dec, 1936. Members, 900. Branches, 5. PURPOSE: TO promote the industrial, social, educational and religious welfare of its members. OFFICERS: Pres., Parius Pilo; Vice-Pres., Daniel Botton; Treas., Jacob Nathan; Fin. Sec, Bension Grottas; Sec, Raphael Hasson; Exec. Clerk, Leon Saady. PUBLICATION: El Hermanado.

SIGMA ALPHA MU FRATERNITY Org. 1909. OFFICE: 100 W. 42nd, New York City. Twenty-sixth Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1935, St. Louis, Mo. Twenty-seventh Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1936, New Or- leans, La. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 501

Chapters: Undergraduate, 34; Alumni Clubs, 30. Members, 4,400. PURPOSE: Greek-letter College Fraternity for Jewish Students. OFFICERS: Pres., Felix J. Jager; Vice-Pres., Benjamin Schwartz; Treas., Howard S. Levie; Sec, Maxwell A. Gronich; Consuls, Samuel J. Halpren, Phila., Pa.; David R. Milsten, Tulsa, Okla.; Alexander Lowy, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Barry B. Cohen, Omaha, Neb.; Exec. Sec, James C. Hammerstein, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Octagonian.

SIGMA ALPHA RHO Org. 1917. OFFICE: 1236 Empire Ave., Camden, N. J. Eighteenth Annual Convention, April 6-8, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Sept. 4-7, 1936, New York City. Members, 1,651. Chapters, 35. PURPOSE: TO promote brotherhood among the Jewish youth of the high schools. OFFICERS: Sup. Exalted Ruler, Martin D. Bornstein, 1236 Empire Ave., Camden, N. J.; Sup. Mortal Ruler, Beryl Price, Philadelphia, Pa.; Exalted Mortal Ruler, Sam'l Rosenthal, Wilkes Barre, Pa.; Sup. Exchequer, Julius Margolis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sup. Scribe, Nathan Horrow, 5206 Euclid Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Chancellors, Bernard Abramsohn, Reading, Pa.; Sec, J. Graff, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Thomas Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa. PUBLICATION : Gleaming Eye.

SIGMA DELTA TAU SORORITY Org. 1917. OFFICE: 19621 Winslow Rd., Shaker Heights, Cleveland, O. Seventeenth Annual Convention, Dec. 1934, Buffalo, N. Y. Eighteenth Annual Convention, Aug. 5-8, 1936, Chicago, 111. Chapters, 13. Members, 1,250. OFFICERS: Pres., Mildred E. Wallens, Buffalo, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Roslyn Pizer, Omaha, Nebr.; Treas., Leona Payne, Chicago, 111.; Sec, Miriam H. Jacobs, 19621 Winslow Rd., Shaker Heights, Cleveland, O. PUBLICATION: The Torch.

SIGMA EPSILON DELTA FRATERNITY Org. 1901. OFFICE: 294 New York Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Thirty-fourth Annual Convention, Dec. 28, 1935, New York City. Members, 700. PURPOSE: TO promote the highest excellence in the science and art of dentistry and its collateral branches; to bring about a closer ac- quaintance among the student body and graduates through fraternal cooperation. OFFICERS: Grand Past Master, I. Perlstein, N. Y. C; Grand Master, Saul Goodman, Nutley, N. J.; Grand Chaplain, Ed. Wasserman; 502 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Scribe, Jerome A. Boley, 294 New York Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Treas., M. A. Heckler, N. Y. C; Grand His- torian, Aaron Pargot, Perth Amboy, N. J. PUBLICATION: The Tattler.

SIGMA OMEGA PSI FRATERNITY Org. 1914. OFFICE: 73 Tremont (Room 541-2), Boston, Mass. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 30-31, 1935, Boston, Mass. Chapters, 19 Under-graduate; 3 Alumni clubs. Members, 2,200. PURPOSE: Greek letter college fraternity for Jewish students and to foster the spirit of true friendship, love and self-sacrifice and assistance to each other. OFFICERS: Grand Sup., Jack Schneiderman; Grand Vice-Sup., David Easton; Grand Scribe-Comp., Irving L. Rudin, 73 Tremont, Boston, Mass.; Delegates to Grand Conclave, Aaron Lewin and Harold Jacobs, N. Y. Dist. Council; Leon Berig and Leo Green, New England Dist. Council, Dist. Council Superior, New York, Arnold Lewin; Dist. Council Superior, New England, Leo Green. PUBLICATION: The Shield.

*SIGMA TAU EPSILON FRATERNITY Org. 1923. OFFICE: 274 Madison Ave., New York City. Eleventh Annual Convention, Dec. 31, 1934-Jan. 1, 1935^ New York City. Members, 567. Chapters, 7 Undergraduate, 4 Alumni. PURPOSE: TO instil and inculcate the teachings of the Torah and Jewish ideals amongst men of the Jewish faith in American colleges and universities. OFFICERS: Grand Chancellor, Archibald U. Braunfeld, 274 Mad- ison Ave., N. Y. C; Grand Vice-Chancellor, Max Stohler; Irving Simon; Grand Exchequer, Max Alan Hubar; Grand Scribe, Samuel Kirschenbaum.

SIGMA TAU PHI Org. 1917. OFFICE: 5 Beaumont, Springfield, Mass. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 31, 1935-Jan. 1, 1936, Phila- delphia, Pa. Members, 800. PURPOSE: College Fraternity. OFFICERS: Sup. Chancellor, Joseph Axelrod, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sup. Vice-Chancellor, Jack Aron, 5 Beaumont, Springfield, Mass.; Sup. Bursar, Edward Cohen, Elizabeth, N. J.; Sup. Recorder, Marvin Gordell, N. Y. C; Sup. Scribe, Haskell Block, Newark, N. J. PUBLICATION: Sigma Tan Phi Record. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 503

SOMCHE TORAH Org. Sept. 1924. OFFICE: 124 W. 95th, New York City. First Convention, 1935, New York City. Biennial Convention, 1937, New York City. Members, 1,300. Branches, 4. PURPOSE: Support of Yeshivoth in Central Eastern Europe. OFFICERS: Pres., Isidore Grossman, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Jacob Margareten, N. Y. C; Treas., Benjamin Reich, N. Y. C; Ex. Sec, H. Friedman, 680 West End Ave., N. Y. C.

SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF AMERICA Org. June 9, 1925. OFFICE: 1 E. 65th, New York City. Annua lMeeting, May 12, 1936, New York City. Members, 36. PURPOSE: TO take council together for the sacred purpose of preserving and fostering Judaism; composed of representatives of national congregational and rabbinical organizations of America for the purpose of speaking and acting unitedly and furthering such religious interests as the constituent organizations and the Council have in mind. CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS: The Union of Orthodox Jewish Con- gregations of America, The Rabbinical Council of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Union of American Hebrew Congrega- tions, Central Conference of American Rabbis, United Synagogue of America, and Rabbinical Assembly of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. OFFICERS: Pres., Elias Margolis; Vice-Pres., David de Sola Pool, Edward I. Israel; Treas., Ben Altheimer; Sec, Morris Engelman; Sec. to the Board, Nathan A. Perilman, N. Y. C.

TAU DELTA PHI FRATERNITY Org. 1910. OFFICE: 11 E. 44th, New York City. Twenty-fifth Bi-Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1935, New York City. Twenty-sixth Bi-Annual Convention, 1937, New York City. Members, 2,550. Chapters, 22. OFFICERS: Grand Consul, Ben S. Goldman, N. Y. C; Grand Vice- Consul, Ellsworth Hoffstadt, Chicago, 111.; Grand Quaestor, Irving E. Gennet, Newark, N. J.; Grand Councillor, Eli M. Goldberg, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Scribe, Philip Feldblum, 11 E. 44th., N. Y. C; Editor, Emanuel A. Honig, Newark, N. J.; Grand Historian, Harold M. Hoff- man, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Pyramid.

TAU EPSILON PHI FRATERNITY Org. Oct. 19, 1910, Inc., 1917. OFFICE: 618 W. 113th, New York City Twenty-fifth Convention, Dec. 28, 1934-Jan. 1, 1935, New York City Next Convention, Dec. 31, 1936-Jan. 2, 1937. Chapters, 36 Undergraduate; 25 Alumni Clubs, Members, 3,123. 504 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PURPOSE: TO foster the spirit of true brotherly love and self-sacrifice. OFFICERS: Consul, Julius M. Breitenbach; Vice-Consuls, Herbert T. Singer, J. Brown Venezky and Hyland Dinion; Quaestor, Irving Golembe; Tribune, Howard Simon; Asst. Tribune, Sidney S. Suntag, 618 W. 113th; Editor, Ben Kaplan. PUBLICATION: The Plume,

TAU EPSILON RHO FRATERNITY Org. 1919. OFFICE: 1400 B. F. Jones Law Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1935, Philadelphia, Pa. Seventeenth Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1936, Pittsburgh, Pa. Undergraduate Chapters, 10; Graduate Chapters, 7. Members, 800. PURPOSE : Legal fraternity with undergraduate chapters in accredited day law schools and graduate chapters in cities. OFFICERS: Supreme Chancellor, Manuel Levine, Cleveland, O.; Supreme Exec. Chancellor, Samuel Goldstock, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Supreme Vice-Chancellor, Irving Perlman, Boston, Mass.; Supreme Master of the Rolls, George P. Slesinger, 1400 B. F. Jones Law Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Supreme Bursar, Baruch A. Feldman, Cleveland, O.; Supreme Pledgor, Benjamin Marcus, Detroit, Mich.; Supreme Historian, Herbert Champagne, Albany, N. Y.; Supreme Scholar, Morton S. Klaus, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Members of Supreme Council: Manuel Levine, Cleveland, O.; Baruch A. Feldman, Cleveland, O.; George P. Slesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samuel Goldstock, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Francis Finkelhor, N. Y. C; Milford J. Meyer, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sydney N. Leshin, Milwaukee, Wis.; Irving Perlman, Boston, Mass. PUBLICATION: The Summons.

UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS Org. 1873. OFFICE: Merchants Bldg., Cincinnati, O. Thirty-fourth Council, March 22-26, 1935, Washington, D. C Thirty-fifth Council, Jan. 15-19, 1937, New Orleans, La. Members, 286 congregations. PURPOSE: TO encourage and aid the organization and development of congregations and Synagogues; to promote religious instruction and encourage the study of Jewish history and literature; to maintain the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, O.; to foster other activities for the perpetuation of Judaism. Five Departments: I. Executive: Chairman of Exec. Bd., Jacob W. Mack, Cincinnati, O.; Hon. Pres., Charles Shohl, Cincinnati, O.; II. Union College: Chairman, Board of Governors, Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Julian Morgenstern, President, Cincinnati, O.; III. Department of Synagogue and School Extension: Chairman, Board of Managers, Julius W. Freiberg; Dir., George Zepin, Cincinnati, 0.; IV. National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods: Pres., Mrs. Henry Nathan, Buffalo, N. Y.; Hon. Pres., Mrs. Abram Simon, Washington, D. C; Exec. Sec, Jane Evans, Cincinnati, O.; V. National Federation JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 505 of Temple Brotherhoods: Pres., Samuel B. Finkel, N. Y. C; Hon. Pres., Roger W. Straus, N. Y. C.; Exec. Sec, Arthur L. Reinhart, Cincinnati, O. EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR 1936: Chairman of Exec. Bd., Jacob W. Mack, Cincinnati, O.; Hon. Pres., Charles Shohl, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Pres., Jacob W. Mack, Cincinnati, O.; Marcus Rauh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Maurice D. Rosenberg, Washington, D. C; A. Leo Weil, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Treas., N. Henry Beckman, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, George Zepin.

UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA Org. June 8, 1898. OFFICE: C/O Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, 186th and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Last Annual Convention, Jan. 28-30, 1933, New York City. National Conference, April 26, 1936, New York City. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., H. Pereira Mendes; M. S. Margolies; Bernard Drachman; Herbert S. Goldstein; Julius J. Dukas; Pres., William Weiss; Vice-Pres., C. Joshua Epstein, Benjamin Koenigsberg, Harry Roggen, Albert Wald, N. Y. C; Samuel Feuerstein, Boston, Mass.; Samuel S. Isaacs, Long Island, N. Y.; Israel S. Gomborov, Baltimore, Md.; A. Goldblatt, Chicago, 111.; S. Braun, Cleveland, O.; Rabbinical Vice-Pres., Leo Jung; Moses Hyamson, Israel Rosenberg, N. Y. C; Saul Silber, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Arthur I. LeVine; Max Herskovits; Finan- cial Sec, Morris Engelman; Rec. Sec, Max S. Rosenfeld; Corr. Sec, Harry G. Fromberg, Exec. Dir., Max J. Wohlgelernter, N. Y. C.

UNION OF ORTHODOX RABBIS OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA Org. Tammuz 24, 5662 (1902). OFFICE: 673 Broadway, New York City. Thirtieth Annual Convention, Nov. 13-15, 1933, Lakewood, N. J. Members, 400. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., I. Rosenberg; M. S. Margolies, N. Y. C; L. Silver, Cincinnati, O.; B. L. Levinthal, Philadelphia, Pa.; B. Revel, N. Y. C; Ch. I. Bloch, Jersey City, N. J.; Pres. J. Konvitz, Newark, N. J.; Vice-Pres. Chairman Adm. Comm., I. Siegal, Jersey City, N. J.; Vice-Pres., Ch. F. Epstein, St. Louis, Mo. (for West); J. Rosen, Passaic, N. J.; J. Levinson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. S. Pfeffer, N. Y. C; I. Idelson, N. Y. C; L. Forer, Holyoke, Mass.; H. Dachowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y.; L. Predmesky, N. Y. C; N. Riff, Camden, N. J.; J. Baumel, Brooklyn, N. Y.; A. I. Selmanowitz, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treas., Ch. B. Notelovitz, Louisville, Ky.; Gen. Sec; L. Seltzer, 673 Broadway, N. Y. C; Fin. Sec, E. Pelchovitz, Bridgeport, Conn.; Chairman Exec. Comm., Sh. Karlinsky, N. Y. C.

UNION OF SEPHARDIC CONGREGATIONS, INC. Org. March 3, 1929. OFFICE: 99 Central Park West, New York City. Annual Convention, May, 1936, New York City. 506 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PURPOSE : The promotion of the religious interests of Sephardic Jews. OFFICERS: Pres., David de Sola Pool, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Capt. William Sebag-Montefiore, Montreal, Canada; Samuel Coen, N. Y. C.; Treas., Mathew J. Levy, N. Y. C; Sec, Simon S. Nessim, 270 Broad- way, N. Y. C.

UNITED ORDER "TRUE SISTERS" Org. April, 1846, as Independent Order of True Sisters. OFFICE: ISO W. 85th, New York City. Lodges, 36. Members, 10,431. OFFICERS: (For January, 1936, to January, 1938) Pres., Mrs. Bertha B. Grad; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Bertha G. Levis, Mrs. Mildred Kohnfelder; Sec., Mrs. Janet Tokaji; Financial Sec, Mrs. Hattie Latz; Treas., Mrs. Rita Rosenfeld; Editor, Mrs. Esther Davis. PUBLICATION: The Echo.

UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL Org. Jan. 1, 1936. OFFICE: 111 5th Ave. (Suite 703), New York City. Conference, Feb. 2, 1936, Washington, D C. PURPOSE: Raising of Funds by the Palestine Foundation Fund (Keren Hayesod) of the Jewish Agency for Palestine; Including the Settlement of German Jews and the Children's Aliyah (Immigration); Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth) Palestine Land Redemption Fund. OFFICERS: Chairman, Stephen S. Wise; Co-Chairmen, Israel Gold- stein, Maurice Levin, William M. Lewis, Louis Lipsky, Morris Rothen- berg, Abba Hillel Silver; Hon. Chairmen, Cyrus Adler, Alfred M. Cohen, Herbert H. Lehman, Julian W. Mack, Henrietta Szold; Treas.,1 Nathan Straus; Assoc. Treas., Abr. L. Liebovitz, Louis Rimsky; Chair- man Nat'l Council, Elihu D. Stone; Campaign Dir.; Robt. Silverman. WOMEN'S DIVISION: Chairman, Mrs. Wm. D. Sporborg; Hon. Chair- man, Mrs. Rebekah Kohut.

UNITED ROUMANIAN JEWS OF AMERICA Org. March 8, 1909. OFFICE: 799 Broadway, New York City. Twenty-seventh Annual Convention, June 21, 1936, New York City. PURPOSE: TO further, defend and protect the interests of the Jews in Roumania, to work for their civic and political emancipation and for their economic reconstruction and rehabilitation; and to represent and further the interests of the Roumanian Jews in the United States and Canada. OFFICERS: Pres., Leo Wolfson, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Abraham Hirsh, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jos. Rauchbach, Julius I. Klepper, Leon Fischer, Chas. Sonnenreich, Max Schonfeld, Sam'l Lonschein; Treas., Abraham Falick; Sec, Herman Speier, 799 Broadway, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: The Record. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 507

UNITED STATES MACCABI ASSOCIATION, INC. Org. 1934. OFFICE: 217 Broadway (Room 711), New York City. Members, 125. PURPOSE : Aims at education of its members by physical and cultural training for responsible cooperation in all Jewish national enterprises, especially the upbuilding of Palestine. OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan L. Goldstein; Sec, Albert D. Schanzer, 217 Broadway (Room 711), N. Y. C.

UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. Feb. 23, 1913. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Biennial Convention, March 13—17, 1936, Washington, D. C. PURPOSE: The promotion of traditional Judaism in America. FOUNDER: Solomon Schechter. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Elias L. Solomon, N. Y. C; Pres., Louis J. Moss, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hon. Vice-Pres., Louis Ginzberg, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., A. B. Cohen, Scranton, Pa.; H. J. Reit, N. Y. C; Jacob Kohn, Los Angeles, Cal.; H. P. Kopplemann, Hartford, Conn.; Rec. Sec, Sol. Mutterperl, N. Y. C; Cor. Sec, Chas. I. Hoffman, 624 High, Newark, N. J.; Treas., Israel Silberman, Kew Gardens, L. I., N. Y.; Exec. Dir., Samuel M. Cohen, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: United Synagogue News.

UNITED ZIONIST SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY POALE-ZION ZEIRE-ZION Poale Zion, Org. 1905. Zeire Zion, Org. 1921. Re-org. Oct. 1931. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway, New York City. Fourth Convention, Dec. 25-29, 1935, Detroit, Mich. Members, 6,000. PURPOSE: TO rebuild Palestine as a Jewish Homeland on socialistic basis; to cooperate with the World Zionist Organization, to help the Jewish Federation of Labor in Palestine, and to participate in the movement in America. OFFICERS: General Sec, David Wertheim; Editor, Hayim Greenberg. N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Yiddisher Kaempfer.

UPSILON LAMBDA PHI FRATERNITY, INC. Org. 1916; Inc. 1917. OFFICE: New Britain, Conn. Eighteenth Annual Convention, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 1935, Philadel- phia, Pa. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Sept. 4-7, 1936, Hartford, Conn. Chapters, 40. Members, 2,200. PURPOSE: An International Fraternity open to male students of the Jewish faith, in attendance at the high and preparatory schools, with the steadfast purpose of uniting the brothers spiritually, socially and 508 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

fraternally, by means of a better understanding of the cardinal principles of Judaism. OFFICERS: Master Ulp, Lewis M. Chernoff, 300 Main, New Britain, Conn.; Deputy Master Ulp, Samuel G. Ruttenberg, Camden, N. J.; Financial Ulp, Morton A. Koshland, Philadelphia, Pa.; Secretarial Ulp, Jack Anhalt, Providence, R. I.; Executive Board Members: Joseph D. Bui man, Philip Goldstein, Morton A. Silverman. PUBLICATION: The Hour Glass.

WOMEN'S AMERICAN ORT ORG. 1927. OFFICE: 200 5th Ave., New York City. Members, 1,500. Chapters, 8. PURPOSE: Teaching of skilled trades and agriculture to the Jews of Europe. OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. Emily M. Rosenstein, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chair- man Exec. Bd., Mrs. Rae B. Harris, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treas., Mrs. May S. Liberman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chairman Nat'l Organization, Mrs. Florence R. Dolowitz, 718 Cortelyou Rd., Brooklyn, N. Y.

WOMEN'S BRANCH OF THE UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA (Affiliated with the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America) Org. April 19, 1924. OFFICE : 186th and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Convention, Jan. 1935, New York City. PURPOSE: The unification of all the Orthodox women and organizations of the country into one strong body; the intensification and furtherance of Orthodox Judaism in the home, the religious school, amongst students, in institutions of higher learning; the spreading of the knowledge necessary for the understanding and practice of Orthodox Judaism through the circulation of religious and cultural literature; assistance in the organization of Sisterhoods and in the solution of their problems; providing scholarships for needy students of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Yeshiya of America; assisting in the maintainance of a Hebrew Teachers' Training School for Girls. OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. Herbert S. Goldstein; Hon. Vice-Pres., Mrs. Joseph Mayer Asher, Mrs. Moses Hyamson, Mrs. N. Taylor Phillips, Vice-Pres., Mrs. Leo Jung, Mrs. Isidore Freedman, Mrs. Bernard Revel, Mrs. Abraham Levitan; Treas., Mrs. Adolph Schwarcz; Cor. Sec, Mrs. Harry Schuman, 1231 Ward Ave., Rec. Sec, Mrs. Ralph Harte.

WOMEN'S DIVISION OF AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS Org. 1935. OFFICE: 221 W. 57th, New York City. Annual Convention, May 28, 1935, New York City. PURPOSE: TO cooperate with the American Jewish Congress, in its general purposes; to maintain Congress House for temporary reception of German Jewish exiles. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 509

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Sol Rosenbloom; Pres., Mrs. Stephen S. Wise; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Samuel Cahan, Mrs. Edward Cahn, Mrs. George Lion Cohen, Mrs. Richard Gottheil, Mrs. Nathan D. Perlman, Mrs. Jacob M. Ross, Mrs. Beth Levin Siegel; Treas., Mrs. Bernard S. Deutsch; Fin. Sec, Beatrice Block; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Benjamin Lazarus; Exec. Sec, Hilda Kassell.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR PALESTINE Org. 1927. OFFICE: 2390 Broadway, New York City. Eighth Annual Meeting, Jan. 5, 1935, New York City. Ninth Annual Meeting, June 3, 1936, New York City. Members, 1,200. Branches, 9. PURPOSE: TO assist the immigrant girls in Palestine by providing them with shelter, vocational training and employment. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Richard Gottheil; Hon. Vice-Pres., Mrs. Rose Blumenthal; Pres., Mrs. William Prince; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Alex. P. Kaplan, Mrs. David L. Isaacs, Mrs. Harry F. Fischbach, Mrs. Louis H. Garland, Mrs. Abr. Lipton and Mrs. Louis Diamond; Ch. Ex. Bd., Mrs. Charles Hyman; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Leo Kaplan; Sec, Mrs. Joseph Hordes; Treas., Mrs. Isaac Tumpowsky; Ch. Fin. Comm., Mrs. Louis Kiosk. PUBLICATION: Women's League for Palestine Bulletin.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. Jan. 21, 1918. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Eighteenth Annual Convention, March 15-17, 1936, Washington, D. C. PURPOSE: TO advance traditional Judaism by furthering Jewish education among women and children by creating and fostering Jewish sentiment in the home, by promoting the observance of Jewish dietary laws and home ceremonials, Sabbath and Festivals, and by generally strengthening the religious institutions of the home. FOUNDER: Mrs. Solomon Schechter. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Chas. I. Hoffman, Newark, N. J.; Pres., Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, N. Y. C; Hon. Vice-Pres., Mrs. Joseph Herzog, Mrs. Moses Hyamson, Mrs. Morris Lurie, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Israel Davidson, N. Y. C; Mrs. Benj. Davis, Chicago, 111.; Sarah Kussy, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Leo Abrahams, East Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Jacob S. Minkin, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. H. H. Rubenovitz, Boston, Mass.; Treas., Mrs. Elias L. Solomon, N. Y. C; Cor. Sec, Mrs. David Kass, N. Y. C; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Morris Klein, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Women's League Outlook. 510 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION FOR THE PIONEER WOMEN OF PALESTINE Org. 1926. OFFICE: Room 404, 1225 Broadway, New York City. Fifth Biennial Convention, Oct. 17-21, 1934, Chicago, 111. Sixth Biennial Convention, Oct. 1936. Members, 6,000. PURPOSE: TO help pioneer women's cooperative institutions in Palestine; to train women in agricultural and industrial work; to help establish and maintain nurseries and kindergartens for children of working mothers; to help the Women Workers' Council in Palestine in all its endeavors in the economic, social and political life; to do cultural work among its membership and groups in America, and to help maintain the Jewish Folks Schools of America. Affiliated with the Poale Zion Zeiri Zion Party of America. OFFICERS: Treas., Blanch Mogil, 1225 Broadway; Sec, Sophie A. Udin. PUBLICATION: Pioneer Women.

THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE Org. Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE: 175 East Broadway, New York City. (Merger of Independent Workmen's Circle of America, Inc., with The Workmen's Circle.) Thirty-fifth Annual Convention, May 5-11, 1935, New York City. Members, 75,000. PURPOSE: Fraternal insurance and mutual aid. OFFICERS: Pres., J. Weinberg; Treas., A. Seldin; Sec, Joseph Baskin. PUBLICATION: Friend.

YOUNG JUDAEA Org. 1909. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, July 2-5, 1936, New Orleans, La. Number of Clubs, 750. PURPOSE: TO advance the cause of Zionism; to further the mental, moral and physical development of the Jewish youth; and to promote Jewish culture and ideals. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman, Herbert H. Lehman; Pres., Louis P. Rocker; Vice-Pres., Mrs. A. H. Vixman, N. Y. C; Sidney Jacobs, New Orleans, La.; Mrs. Claire R. Shanas, Chicago, 111.; Clarence Goldstein, Houston, Tex.; Chairman Adv. Bd., Clarence Y. Palitz; Treas., Abr. Wechsler; Sec, Sonia Dingol; Exec. Dir., Mrs. A. H. Vixman, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Young Judaean.

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. Nov. 29, 1925. OFFICE: 3080 Broadway, New York City. Twelfth Annual Convention, Feb. 21-23, 1936, New York City. Members, 17,000. Affiliated and Associated Societies, 251. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 511

PURPOSE: TO bring the Jewish youth nearer to traditional Judaism and to the Synagogue. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Harry J. Goebel, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Pres., John Lewis, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Bernard Fribush, Albany, N. Y.; Leon H. Magi, Philadelphia, Pa.; Walter V. Ronner, N. Y. C; Martha Schenfeld, N. Y. C; Albert L. Sklar, Baltimore, Md.; C. Carl Sternoff- Seattle, Wash.; Treas., Sidney H. Siegel, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Cor. Sec, Gertrude Drotman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rec. Sec, Goldie Cohen, Hemp, stead, L. I., N. Y.; Exec. Sec, Ella Lichtman, N. Y. C; Exec. Dir., Samuel M. Cohen, N. Y. C. PUBLICATION: Y. P. L. Review.

YOUNG POALE ZION ALLIANCE (Youth Section of the Poale Zion Zeire Zion Party) Org. 1915. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway (Room 704), New York City. Thirteenth Annual Convention, Oct. 10-13, 1935, Buffalo, N. Y. Fourteenth Annual Convention, Sept. 3-7, 1936, Detroit, Mich. Members, 2,800. Branches, 106. PURPOSE: Socialist and Zionist education and activities for boys and girls from seventeen to twenty-two years. OFFICER: Sec, Moshe Cohen. PUBLICATION: Jewish Pioneer. ZETA BETA TAU FRATERNITY Org. Dec. 29, 1898. OFFICE: 545 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirty-seventh Annual Convention, Dec. 28-31, 1935, Chicago, 111. Thirty-eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 28-31,1936, New Orleans, La. Members, 6,000. Ranking as the oldest and largest national Jewish intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity with chapters in thirty-five universities and colleges, and graduate clubs in thirty-eight of the principal cities of the United States and Canada. Annually presents the "Gottheil Medal" to the American who does most for Jewry during year for which award is made. OFFICERS: Sup. Pres., Herbert E. Steiner, N. Y. C.; Sup. Vice-Pres., Edward J. Bassen, N. Y. C.; Joseph E. Hirsh, Birmingham, Ala.; Benjamin J. Scheinman, Los Angeles, Cal.; S. E. Heilbron, Chicago, III.; Sup. Treas., James R. Katzman, N. Y. C.; Sup. Sec, Harold E. Grotta, Newark, N. J.; Sup. Historian, Samuel Luchs, Columbua, O.; General Sec, L. D. Dover, 545 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. PUBLICATIONS: The Zeta Beta Tau Quarterly and Monthly Confidential News. ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Org. 1897: Reorg. 1918. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirty-ninth Annual Convention, July 5-7, 1936, Providence, R. I. Members, 80,500. PURPOSE: TO stimulate interest in the rebuilding of Palestine as the Jewish National Home, and to foster interest in the Jewish renaissance. CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS: Hadassah, Order Sons of Zion. 512 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS: Young Judaea, Avukah, Junior Hadas- sah, Masada, Youth Zionist Organization. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Max Schul- man, Chicago, 111., Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland, O., Elihu D. Stone, Boston, Mass., Nathan Straus, N. Y. C, Solomon Goldman, Chicago, 111., Joseph Kraemer, Newark, N. J., Israel Goldstein, N. Y. C, Win. M. Lewis, Phila. Pa., Gustave Klausner, St. Louis, Mo.; Chairman Adm. Comm., Morris Rothenberg, N. Y. C, Chairman Nat'l. Comm., A. J. Rongy, N. Y. C; Exec. Comm., Louis Lipsky, Abr. Goldberg, Louis Rocker, Samuel Markewich, Edward I. Israel, Israel H. Levinthal; Treas., Morris Weinberg, Bklyn. N. Y., Harry Feist, Mt. Vernon, N. Y. PUBLICATION: The New Palestine.

ZIONIST REVISIONIST ORGANIZATION OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA Org. 1926. OFFICE: 32 Union Square, New York City. Ninth Annual Convention, April 6-8, 1935, New York City. Members, 2,000. Societies, 40. PURPOSE: Establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine on both sides of the Jordan. OFFICERS: Pres., Mordecai Danzis; Chairman, Joseph Beder; Treas., D. S. Shecket; Sec, Shlomo Telushkin, 32 Union Sq., N. Y. C. DIRECTORY OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS, 1936 Prepared by COUNCIL OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS

INTRODUCTION During the past forty years, American Jews have devel- oped three forms of community-wide organizations concerned with Jewish social welfare problems and needs. These are: the Federation of Jewish Charities, the Jewish Welfare Fund and the Jewish Community Council. The first and best known of the three, Federation, was originally formed for the more efficient collection and distribution of funds for various philanthropic purposes. In the course of its development, however, it assumed other functions, notably the coordination and planning of the community's social service programs. This was particularly true in the larger centers of Jewish population. Today, very few communities with a substantial Jewish population are without a Federation. With the growth of city-wide,- non-sectarian Community Chests, most of the Jewish Federations became an integral part of these central fund-raising efforts in their cities. The affiliation of the Federation with the Community Chest made it necessary to devise some form of organization for the support of Jewish cultural activities and for non-local causes. As a result, there has been created during the past ten years, either as a constituent of Federation, or as a separate and distinct organization, the Jewish Welfare Fund. Welfare Funds generally conduct annual campaigns for the support of non-local agencies and of special Jewish local services, including Jewish education. The Jewish Community Council, of more recent origin, is still in an experimental stage. Its general purpose is to bring together, on a democratic basis, the community's civic, philanthropic, religious, educational and social interests, primarily for consultative purposes. 513 514 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK The Directory which follows includes the first two types of community organization. Jewish Community Councils are listed only for those cities where they act as sponsors for the Welfare Fund. There are also included in the Direc- tory a number of organizations which are primarily family welfare agencies. They are listed because they are the most inclusive social welfare agencies in their respective communities and because in most instances, they are taking the initiative in the organization of a community-wide program of Jewish social welfare. Roughly, the 143 agencies listed divide themselves as follows: Federations 36 Welfare Funds 49 Federations with Welfare Fund functions 32 Primarily family welfare agencies 26 143 Federations (including those described as primarily family welfare agencies) and Welfare Funds are to be found in 118 cities, located in 36 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. Sixty-three of the Federations (not including the 49 Wel- fare Funds) are affiliated with Community Chests; 22 are unamliated and 9 operate in cities without Chests. The chronological growth of Federations and Welfare Funds is indicated in the following: Year Established No. of Agencies 1890 - 1900 7 1901 - 1910 14 1911 - 1920 27 1921 - 1930 36 1931 - 1936 48 132* Practically all the agencies organized since 1930, and a good many of those established in the period 1925-1930, are Welfare Funds. The period of Federation growth

* Information on the year of organization is lacking for 11 agencies. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 515 extended from the turn of the century to about 1920, when most of the larger cities had federated. It should be added that a number of the newer agencies, particularly those functioning in small Jewish communities, have as yet given insufficient proof of their stability as community-wide organizations. Their development along sound lines, however, has been considerably advanced by the organization of Regional Conferences, sponsored by the Council, which afford the organized as well as unorganized communities an opportunity to pool their experiences and resources. The inclusion of an agency in the Directory does not, of course, carry with it an endorsement of its efficacy. A number of organizations, on which insufficient information is available, have been excluded from this edition. As this goes to press word has been received of the formation of Welfare Funds in the following cities: Charleston, W. Va., Duluth, Minn., Phoenix, Ariz., and Toledo, Ohio. The information in the Directory, unless otherwise indicated, is as of the spring of 1936. Jewish population figures are from the American Jewish Year Book, 1935-1936, except in those instances where local estimates have been made by the organizations listed.

DIRECTORY OF JEWISH FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS, 1936

Community City; Organization; Chest Affiliation; Jewish Population Year Established; Incorporation Activities

ALABAMA Birmingham Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Support of non- 4,000e 700 North 18th Street local causes; administra- Dr. Morris Newfield, Pres. tion of local social services. Benjamin A. Roth, Secy. Est. 1924. Not incorporated

Mobile Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Support of local 950 6 North Pine Street and non-local beneficiary B. H. Eishold, Pres. agencies. Nell R. Hess, Secy. Est. 1914. Not incorporated

Montgomery •Jewish Federation of Montgomery Unaffiliated. Support of l,200e 102 Clayton Street non-local causes; adminis- Rabbi Eugene Blachschleger, Pres. tration of local social Cecelia Sacks, Secy. services. Est. 1930. Not incorporated

ARKANSAS Hot Springs Jewish Welfare Federation **Unaffiliated. 250 315 W. Grant Avenue Moses Klyman, Pres. Dr. A. B. Rhine, Dir. Est. 1932.

Little Rock Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Support of local 1,500 Capitol Avenue and Broadway and non-local causes. Dr. Ira Sanders, Pres. D. L. Menkus, Secy. Est. 1912. Not incorporated

CALIFORNIA Fresno Jewish Benevolent Society Conducts Joint Agency HOOe 1509 Van Ness Avenue Drive, formed in 1936, for Rabbi David L. Greenberg, Pres. non-local causes. Paul Newman, Secy.

e Local estimate * Member of Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. ** 1935 information. 517 518 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Long Beach United Jewry of Long Beach Support of local and non- 1400 615 Jergins Trust Building local causes. N. Nagel, Pres. Est. 1933. Not incorporated

Los Angeles •Federation of Jewish Welfare Organizations Affiliated. Financing and 75,000- 610 Temple Street coordination of social ser- 85,000e Marco R. Newmark, Pres. vices conducted by local Charles I. Schottland, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1911. Incorporated

•United Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local causes 811 West 7th Street and special Jewish local Isaac Pacht, Pres. services. J. Peckell Nathan, Exec. Secy. Est. 1929. Incorporated.

Oakland •Oakland Jewish Federation Affiliated. Financing and 6,000 724—14th Street administration of local Dr. Charles F. Wise. Pres. social services. Harry J. Sapper, Exec. Dir. Est. 1918. Incorporated

•United Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 724 - 14th Street causes and special Jewish Michael Grodin, Pres. local services. Harry J. Sapper, Secy. Est. 1926. Incorporated

Sacramento •United Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 900e P. O. Box 982 causes and special Jewish Morris B. Rothholz, Pres. local services. Oscar Blumberg, Secy. Est. 1935

San Diego •United Jewish Fund Support of non-local 2,500 415 Bank of America Building causes and special Jewish Jacob Weinburger. Pres. local services. Sol Stone, Exec. Dir. Est. 1935. Not incorporated

San Francisco •Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Financing and 38,000 1600 Scott Street coordination of social ser- Robert J. Koshland, Pres. vices conducted by local Hyman Kaplan, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1910. Incorporated FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 519

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San Francisco •Jewish National Welfare Fund Support of non-local (Cont'd) 478 Mills Building causes an^ special Jewish M. C. Sloss, Pres. local services. Mrs. Annette R. Saber, Secy. Est. 1925. Incorporated

Stockton •National Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-loca! lOOOe 6 West Adams causes. Rabbi J. Aaron Levy, Pres. Est. 1936. Not incorporated

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport •Jewish Welfare Bureau Affiliated. Primarily a 12,000 881 Lafayette Street family welfare agency Harry Silverstone, Pres. Fred J. Stern, Exec. Dir. Est. 1921. Not incorporated

Hartford •United Jewish Charities Affiliated. Primarily a 27,000 54 Church Street family welfare agency Joseph S. Silver, Chairman, Board of Directors Anna F. Skolsky, Exec. Dir. Est. 1914. Incorporated

New Haven •Jewish Welfare Society Affiliated. Primarily a 25,000 152 Temple Street family welfare agency. Louis M. Rosenbluth, Pres. Isidor E. Offenbach, Exec. Dir. Est. 1921. Incorporated

DELAWARE Wilmington •Jewish Federation of Delaware No chest. Support of local 3,936 100 East 7th Street and non-local beneficiary Dr. Joseph M. Barsky, Chairman agencies. Ben V. Codor, Exec. Dir. Est. 1935. Incorporated

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Washington Jewish Social Service Agency Affiliated. Primarily a 18,000 1101 M Street, N. W. family welfare agency. Paul Himmelfarb, Pres. Morris Klass, Dir. Est. 1890. Incorporated 520 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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FLORIDA Jacksonville •Jewish Community Council Sponsors Welfare Fund 3000e P. O. Box 872 campaign for non-local Morton R. Hirschberg, Pres. causes. Rabbi Morris D. Margolis, Secy. Est. 1936 Miami Jewish Welfare Bureau Affiliated. Primarily a SOOOe 111 N. E. Second Avenue family welfare agency. Stanley C. Myers, Pres. Mrs. S. G. Rose, Exec. Secy.

Tampa United Jewish Charities Affiliated. Primarily a l.OOOe 2406 Watrous Avenue family welfare agency. Mrs. Ben Haimovitz, Pres. Mrs. Ozias Marcus, Exec. Secy. Est. 1930. Not incorporated

GEORGIA Atlanta •Federation for Jewish Social Service Affiliated. Financing and 12,000e 318 Capitol Avenue, S. E. administration of local Louis H. Moss, Pres. social services. Edward M. Kahn, Exec. Dir. Est. 1905. Incorporated

""Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 318 Capitol Avenue, S. E. causes. Harold Hirsch, Chairman Edward M. Kahn, Budget Secy. Est. 1936. Not incorporated

ILLINOIS Chicago *The Jewish Charities of Chicago Shares in non-sectarian 3S0,00Oe 220 South State Street joint campaign. Financing Frank L. Sulzberger, Pres. and coordination of social Samuel A. Goldsmith, Exec. Dir. services conducted by local Est. 1900. Incorporated beneficiary agencies.

*The Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-locat 220 South State Street causes and Board of Jew- Ulysses S. Schwartz, Chairman ish Education Samuel A. Goldsmith, Exec. Dir. Est. 1936.

Peoria •Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 1,500 929 Jefferson Building causes and administration William B. Woolner, Pres. of local social services. Max J. Lipldn, Secy.-Treas. Est. 1933. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 521

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INDIANA Evansville Jewish Federated Charities **Unaffiliated. Support oi 1,500 400 Main Street non-local causes and local Isaac Salm, Pres. social services. Est. 1919.

Fort Wayne Ft. Wayne Jewish Federation Affiliated. Administration 1,800 401 Arcadia Court of local social services. Nelson Pollak, Pres. Conducts Welfare Fund Mrs. I. L. Bronstein, Secy. campaign for non-loca] Est. 1923. Not incorporated causes.

Indianapolis *Jewish Federation Affiliated. Financing and 9.000e 17 W. Morris Street coordination of social ser- Dr. H. A. Jacobs, Pres. vices conducted by local H. Joseph Hyman, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1905. Incorporated

*Jewish Welfare Fund Constituent of Federation. 17 W. Morris Street Support of non-local Joseph M. Bloch, Pres. causes and special Jewish H. Joseph Hyman, Exec. Dir. local services. Est. 1925. Incorporated

Lafayette Federated Jewish Charities No chest. Support of 260e 614 North 6th Street non-local causes and local Jacob Singer, Pres. social services. Mrs. Andrew Fried, Secy. Est. 1924. Incorporated

South Bend •Jewish Welfare Fund of St. Joseph Support of non-local 2,500 Valley causes and local social 403 Citizens Bank Building services. Maurice Tucker, Pres. Est. 1935. Not incorporated IOWA Davenport Tri-City Jewish Charities Affiliated. Financing and 690 522 Union Bank Building administration of local E. P. Adler, Pres. social services; support of Cecelia K. Arshack, Exec. Secy. non-local causes. Est. 1921.

Des Moines Federated Jewish Charities Affiliated. Primarily a 4,200 407 Iowa Nat'l Bank Building family welfare agency. Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer, Pres. Mrs. S. Weinstock, Supt. Est. 1906. 522 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Dee Moines •Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 712 Des Moines Building causes and special Jewish Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer, Pres. local services. Harold Leener, Secy. Est. 1914. Incorporated

Sioux City •Federation of Jewish Social Service Affiliated. Support of 3,150 421 Pearl Street local social services and A. M. Davis, Pres. non-local causes. Dena Baron, Supt. Not incorporated

KANSAS Wichita The Mid-Kansas Jewish Welfare 80O-850e Federation Support of non-local 1104 Union National Bank Bldg. causes and special Jewish Henry Wallenstein, Sr., Pres. local services. Leonard A. Levand, Secy. Est. 1935. Incorporated

KENTUCKY Lexington Federated Jewish Charities ••Unaffiliated. Financing 750 Sig. Bing, Pres. and administration of Morris Baker, Secy. local social services; sup- 401 Hemando Bldg. port of non-local causes.

Louisville •Conference of Jewish Organizations Jewish Community Coun- 8,500e 1603 Kentucky Life Building cil. Conducts United Charles W. Morris, Pres. Jewish Campaign for non- Sidney D. Handmaker, Secy. local causes and special Est. 1934. Not incorporated Jewish local services.

•Jewish Welfare Federation Affiliated. Financing and 215 East Walnut Street administration of local Victor J. Burger, Pres. social services. Mrs. Lula D. Krakaur, Exec. Secy. Est. 1908. Incorporated

LOUISIANA New Orleans •Jewish Charitable and Educational Federation Affiliated. Financing and 9,000 1205 St. Charles Avenue administration of local Harold S. Mayer, Pres. social services; support ol David Fichman, Exec. Dir. local beneficiary agencies. Est. 1914. Incorporated FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 523

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New Orleans •Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 1206 St. Charles Avenue causes and special Jewish Mayer Israel, Pres. local services. David Fichman, Exec. Secy. Est. 1936.

MARYLAND Baltimore •Associated Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Financing 68,000 16 West Saratoga Street and coordination of social Jacob Blaustein, Pres. services conducted by local Harry Greenstein, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1919. Incorporated

MASSACHUSETTS Boston •Associated Jewish Philanthropies Affiliated. Conducts an 85,000 24 Province Street independent campaign. Louis E. Kirstein, Pres. Financing and coordina- Ben M. Selekman, Exec. Dir. tion of social services con- Est. 1896. Incorporated ducted by local beneficiary agencies.

Brockton Jewish Family Welfare ••Affiliated. Primarily a 3,2OO-3,5OOe • 66 Green Street family welfare agency. Henry S. Rubin, Pres. Mrs. Rachel Goldberg, Secy. Est. 1922.

Lynn Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Administration 9,000 25 Central Square of local social services. Charles J. Goldman, Pres. Mrs. Esther Cheskis, Dir. Est. 1928. Not incorporated

Springfield Jewish Social Service Bureau Affiliated. Primarily a 12,000 1862 Main Street family welfare agency. Herman Isenburg, Pres. Frances Resnik, Exec. Secy.

Worcester •United Jewish Charities Affiliated. Administration 13.000 10 Waverly Street of local social services; Rabbi Levi Olan, Pres. support of local agency. Mrs. Anna B. Seder, Exec. Secy. Est. 1920. Incorporated 524 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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MICHIGAN Detroit •Jewish Welfare Federation Affiliated. Financing 71,268 51 West Warren Avenue and coordination of soda] Henry Wineman, Chairman, Board services conducted by local Clarence H. Enggass, Pres. beneficiary agencies. Kurt Peiser, Exec. Dir. Since 1926 conducts Wel- Est. 1926. fare Fund campaign for non-local causes and special Jewish local services.

Flint •Federation of Jewish Charities Support of non-local 1100 Ellis H. Warren, Pres. causes. Oscar Dean, Secy. 207 Paterson Building Est. 1936

Grand Rapids United Jewish Welfare Society Unaffiliated. Primarily a 1,780 307 Fuller Avenue, S. E. family welfare agency. M. M. Weiss, Pres. Harold Albert, Secy. Est. 1914. Not incorporated

MINNESOTA Duluth United Jewish Social Agencies Affiliated. Administration 3,000 305 Moore Memorial Building of local social services. Harry W. Davis, Pres. Mrs. Bessie W. Cohen, Exec. Secy. Est. 1922. Incorporated

Minneapolis •Federation for Jewish Service Support of non-local 22,000 840 Andrus Building causes and special Jewish Amos Deinard, Pres. local services. Charles I. Cooper, Dir. Est. 1931. Incorporated

St. Paul •Jewish Welfare Association Affiliated. Primarily a 14,000 105 Wilder Building family welfare agency. Bernard Marx, Pres. Helen Grodinsky, Supt. Est. 1911. Incorporated

•United Jewish Fund Support of non-local 1202 Pioneer Building causes and special Jewish Milton P. Firestone, Pres. local services. B. Wolfe, Exec. Secy. Est. 1935. Incorporated FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 525

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MISSOURI Kansas City Jewish Educational Institute Affiliated. Financing and 22,5OOe 1000 Admiral Boulevard administration of local Sigmund Stem, Pres. social services; support Of Mrs. Henry Cohen, Exec. Dir. local beneficiary agencies. Est. 1900. Incorporated

•Jewish Welfare Federation of Financing of local benefi- Greater Kansas City eiary agencies; support of 1600 Linwood Boulevard non-local causes. Louis H. Ehrlich, Pres. Max Bretton, Exec. Secy. Est. 1933. Incorporated

St. Joseph Federated Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Support of 2,500 219 South Sixth Street non-local causes and loca! Samuel Hassenbusch, Pres. social services. Edith Resnick, Exec. Secy. Est. 1909. Incorporated

St. Louis •Jewish Federation Affiliated. Financing and 50.000 3636 Page Boulevard coordination of social ser- Irvin Bettman, Pres. vices conducted by loca] Samuel Gerson, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1900. Incorporated Since 1934 conducts Wel- fare Fund campaign for non-local causes and special Jewish local services.

SedaJa Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 200e Temple Beth El causes and special Jewish E. H. Milton, Pres. local services. Rabbi Newton L. Friedman, Secy. Est. 1935. Not incorporated

Springfield Jewish Community Fund Support of non-local 360 Irving W. Schwab, Pres. causes and administration Louis L. Barth, Treas. of local social services. Est. 1935. Not incorporated 526 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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NEBRASKA Omaha •Jewish Community Center and 10,0O0e Welfare Federation Affiliated. Financing and 101 North 20th Street administration of local William L. Holzman, Pres. social services. Paul Goldblatt, Exec. Dir. Since 1930 conducts Est. 1919. Incorporated Jewish Philanthropies campaign for non-local causes and special local Jewish services.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Berlin United Hebrew Charities 250 59 Main Street Louis Nab09hek, Pres. Samuel Evans, Treas. Est. 1933.**

NEW JERSEY Atlantic City Federation of Jewish Charities No Chest. Financing 12,160 138 S. Virginia Avenue and administration of local Harry Cassman, Pres. social services; support of Anne R. Greenberg Gen. Secy. local and non-local agen- Est. 1925 cies.

Elizabeth Jewish Council Support of non-local 9,500 1034 E. Jersey Street causes. Julius Kivalick, Pres. Harry Lebau, Secy. Est. 1927.

Newark •Conference of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Coordination 65,000 24 Branford Place of social services con- Michael A. Stavitsky, Pres. ducted by local beneficiary Mrs. Leah Frank Segal, Exec. Dir. agencies. Est. 1922. Incorporated

Trenton •Jewish Federation No Chest. Financing and 11,000 18 S. Stockton Street administration of local Louis Rudner, Pres. social services; support of Mrs. Fannie D. Budson, Exec. Dir. local and non-local benefi- Est. 1929. Incorporated ciary agencies. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 527

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NEW YORK Albany •Jewish Social Service Affiliated. Primarily a 8,500 78 State Street family welfare agency. Bertram M. Aufsesser, Pres. Edith M. Sanders, Exec. Secy Est. 1931. Incorporated

Binghamton Federation for Jewish Welfare No Chest. Support of non- 2,400 155 Front Street local causes; financing and Manuel Davis, Pres. administration of local Julian L. Greifer, Exec. Dir. social services.

Brooklyn •Federation of Jewish Charities No Chest. Financing and 797,000 130 Clinton Street coordination of social ser- Algeron I. Nova, Pres. vices conducted by local J. J. Schwartz, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1909. Incorporated

Buffalo *Jewish Federation for Social Service Unaffiliated. Financing 20,000 398 Jefferson Avenue and coordination of social Eugene Warner, Pres. services conducted by local Est. 1903. beneficiary agencies.

Newburgh United Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Support of 2,000 56 Second Street non-local causes; financing J. Fineberg, Pres. and administration of local M. J. Rider, Secy. social services. Est. 1924. Not incorporated

New York •Federation for the Support of Jewish (Manhattan Philanthropic Societies No Cheat. Financing and and Bronx) 71 West 47th Street coordination of social ser- 885,000 Samuel D. Leidesdorf, Pres. vices conducted by local Solomon Lowenstein, Exec. Vice-Pres. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1917. Incorporated

Niagara Falls •Jewish Federation of Niagara Falls Support of non-local 1,200 2818 Whirlpool Drive causes and special Jewish Franklin C. Wisbaum, Pres. local services. Mrs. Abba M. Fineberg, Exec. Secy. Est. 1935. Not incorporated 528 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Rochester •Jewish Welfare Council Affiliated. Primarily a 33,000 144 Baden Street family welfare agency. Dr. S. J. Appelbaum, Pres. Jacob Kammen, Exec. Dir. Est. 1924

Syracuse •Jewish Welfare Federation Affiliated. Support of local 14,000 222 Cedar Street beneficiary agencies. Rabbi Benj. Friedman, Pres. Since 1933 conducts Wel- Aaron E. Rose, Secy. fare Fund campaign for Est. 1918. non-local causes and special local Jewish services.

Utica Federation for Jewish Social Service Affiliated. Administration 5,600 1434 Steuben Street of local social services. Mrs. M. S. Liberman, Pres. Mrs. Clara G. Rockovitz, Exec. Secy. Est. 1917. Incorporated

Watertown Jewish Federation of Charities Support of non-local 450 142 Court Street causes. Isadore Herr, Pres. Edward H. Lebovsky, Treas. Est. 1930. Not incorporated

NORTH CAROLINA Asheville •Federated Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Support 700 P. O. Box 6 of non-local and local R. B. Zageir, Pres. agencies. Julius Levitch, Exec. Secy. Est. 1935. Incorporated

Raleigh Federated Jewish Charities Support of local and non- 150 B. E. Ellisberg, Secy. local causes. Est. 1936 NORTH DAKOTA Fargo Central Fund Support of non-local 500 Herman Wilk, Chairman causes. Est. 1936.

OHIO Akron •Jewish Social Service Federation Affiliated. Administration 6500 191 S. Main Street of local services. Richard M. Polsky, Pres. Malvyn Wachner, Exec. Secy. Est. 1914. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 529

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Akron Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local agen- 191 S. Main Street cies and special Jewish Louis Nobil, Pres. local services. Malvyn Wachner, Secy. Est. 1935.

Canton •Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 4,300 411 N. Market Avenue causes and special Jewish David B. Livingston, Pres. local services. Ben M. Dreyer, Secy. Est. 1935. Incorporated •Jewish Welfare League ••Affiliated. Administra- 411 N. Market Avenue tion of local social services. Abe M. Luntz, Pres. Bernard Truxton, Exec. Dir. Cincinnati •Jewish Community Council Sponsors Jewish Welfare 23,500 15th St. and Central Parkway Fund for the support of Max Hirsch, Chairman non-local causes and spe- Maurice J. Sievers, Exec. Secy. cial Jewish local services. Est. 1929. •United Jewish Social Agencies Affiliated. Financing and 15th St. and Central Parkway administration of local Dr. Henry Freiberg, Pres. social services; support oi Maurice J. Sievers, Exec. Secy. local beneficiary agencies. Est. 1896. Incorporated Cleveland •Jewish Welfare Federation Affiliated. Financing and 8S.000 1900 Euclid Avenue coordination of social ser- Louis S. Bing, Jr., Pres. vices conducted by local Samuel Goldhamer, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Est. 1904. Incorporated In 1931 established Jewish Welfare Fund for non-local causes and special Jewish local services.

Columbus Jewish Welfare Federation Affiliated. Administration 8,500 555 East Rich Street of local social services. E. J. Schanfarber, Pres. Rose Sugarman, Exec. Secy. Est. 1908.

•United Jewish Fund Support of non-local 150 East Broad Street causes and special Jewish E. J. Schanfarber, Pres. local services. Est. 1926. 530 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Dayton •Jewish Federation for Social Service Affiliated. Administration 5.000 59 Green Street of local social services. Sam H. Thai, Pres. Jane G. Fisher, Exec. Secy. Est. 1909.

•United Jewish Council Support of non-local Biltmore Hotel causes and special Jewish Harry Winer, Acting Pres. local services. Miriam Rosenthal, Exec. Secy. Est. 1934. Not incorporated

Springfield United Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 27Oe 501 S. Limestone Street causes; administration of Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray, Dir. local social services. Est. 1935. Not incorporated

Toledo •Jewish Federation ••Affiliated. Administra- 12,000 1900 Linwood Avenue tion of local social services. Eugene T. Farber, Pres. Joseph A. Woolf, Exec. Dir. Est. 1920.

Youngstown •Jewish Federation of Youngstown Unaffiliated. Support of 6,000e Central Tower Building non-local and local bene- C. J. Strouss, Pres. ficiary agencies; adminis- Haym Peretz, Exec. Dir. tration of social services. Est. 1935. Incorporated

OKLAHOMA Ardmore Jewish Community Fund Support of non-local 67 Joe Simons, Exec. Dir. causes. Est. 1934. Not incorporated

Tulsa Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Administration 2,000 602 S. Cheyenne, Room 9 of local social services. Samuel Boorstin, Pres. Mrs. Emil Salomon, Secy. Est. 1923.

OREGON Portland •Federated Jewish Societies Affiliated. Financing ol 7,000 1636 S. W. 13 th Avenue social services conducted Julius L. Meier, Pres. under own auspices and Mrs. Isaac Swett, Exec. Dir. support of local benefici- Est. 1920. Incorporated ary agencies. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 531

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Portland •Oregon Jewish Welfare Fund Support of non-local 1636 S. W. 13th Avenue causes and special Jewish Julius L. Meier, Pres. local services. Mrs. Isaac Swett, Exec. Dir. Est. 1936. Not incorporated

PENNSYLVANIA Altoona •Federation of Jewish Philanthropies ••Affiliated. Support of 1,600 Commerce Building, Room 202 non-local agencies and Isaac Slutzker, Pres. administration of local Rose Diamond, Secy. social services. Est. 1920.

Erie Jewish Welfare Society Affiliated. Primarily a l.SOOe 133 West 7th Street family welfare agency. Milton Schaffner, Pres. Mrs. Eleanor W. Philips, Dir. Est. 1922. Incorporated

Harrisburg •United Jewish Community Unaffiliated. Financing 4,500 1110 North Third Street and administration of local Gus Kaplan, Pres. social services. Conducts Est. 1932. campaign for non-local causes.

Philadelphia •Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Financing and 247,000 330 South 9th Street coordination of social ser- Arthur Loeb, Pres. vices conducted by local Est. 1901. Incorporated beneficiary agencies.

Pittsburgh •Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Affiliated. Financing and 45.000 15 Fernando Street coordination of social ser- Leon Falk, Jr., Pres. vices conducted by local Ludwig B. Bernstein, Exec. Dir. beneficiary agencies. Maurice Taylor, Asst. Dir. Est. 1912 United Jewish Fund Support of non-local 15 Fernando Street causes and special Jewish Est. 1936 local services.

Reading •Jewish Community Council Sponsors United Jewish 2500 24 N. Sixth Street Campaign for non-local Ellis Brodstein, Chairman causes. Bernard Rosenthal, Secy. Est. 1935. 532 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Scranton "Jewish Federation Affiliated. Financing and 7,500 440 Wyoming Avenue administration of local Louis Oettinger, Pres. social services. Mrs. Hattie R. Mechlouitz, Exec. Dir. Est. 1915. Incorporated

York •Jewish Organized Charities Affiliated Administration 750 36 S. Queen Street of local social services; Mose Leibowitz, Pres. support of n o n -1 o c al Joseph Sperling, Exec. Dir. causes. Est. 1928. Not incorporated

RHODE ISLAND Providence Jewish Family Welfare Society Affiliated. Primarily a 21,000 100 North Main Street family welfare agency. Arthur J. Levy, Pres. Jessie Josolowitz, Exec. Dir. Est. 1929.

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston Associated Hebrew Charities Support of non-local 2,5OOe 105 Alexander Street causes. Rabbi B. G. Axelman

TENNESSEE Chattanooga •Federation of Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Financing 2,500 312 West 8th Street and administration of local Harry Miller, Pres. social services; support of Est. 1931. Incorporated non-local causes.

Memphis •Federation of Jewish Welfare Agencies Affiliated. Administration 10,000 230 Dermon Building of local social services; Ben Goodman, Jr., Pres. support of local beneficiary Stella Loewenstein, Exec. Dir. agencies. Est. 1906. Incorporated

•Jewish Welfare Fund t Support of non-local 230 Dermon Building causes and special Jewish William Loeb, Pres. local services. Stella Loewenstein, Exec. Dir. Est. 1934. Not incorporated

Nashville •Federation of Jewish Charities Affiliated. Administration 3,000 712 Union Street of local social services; Rabbi Julius Mark, Pres. support of non-local Hirsh Kaplan, Exec. Secy. causes. Est. 1916. FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 533

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Nashville Jewish Community Council Sponsors Welfare Fund 712 Union Street campaign for non-local Lee J. Loventhal, Pres. causes. Est. 1936.

TEXAS Beaumont Jewish Welfare Association Affiliated. Primarily a 1,000 1266 North Street family welfare agency. Mrs, C. Chinski, Secy.-Treas.

Dallas •Jewish Federation for Social Service Unaffiliated. Financing 8.000 1817 Pocahontas Street and administration of local Herbert Mallinson, Pres. social services; support of George A. Levy, Exec. Dir. local and non-local benefi- Est. 1924. Incorporated ciary agencies.

Fort Worth •Jewish Charities Affiliated. Financing and l.SOOe 1107 Commerce Street administration of local Rabbi Harry A. Merfeld, Pres. social services. Mrs. Sadie Wile, Disbursing Officer Est. 1929. Not incorporated

Jewish Federation Support of non-local Trinity Life Building causes. Sol Brachman, Pres. Est. 1936.

Galveston United Jewish Welfare Association ••Unaffiliated. Primarily 1,100 1902 Strand Street a family welfare agency. Jules Block, Chairman

Houston Jewish Community Council Sponsors Welfare Fund 15.000 Main at Capitol campaign for non-local Max H. Nathan, Organizing Chairman causes. Est. 1936 •United Jewish Welfare Agencies Affiliated. Primarily a 618 H Milam Street family welfare agency. Alexander T. Sidman, Pres. Support of non-local Mrs. Miriam Oberdorfer, Supt. causes. Est. 1914. Incorporated

San Antonio •Jewish Social Service Federation No Chest. Financing and 6.000 County Court House administration of local Miss Hannah Hirshberg, Pres. social services; support of Hannah Myers, Exec. Secy. non-local causes. Est. 1924. Incorporated 534 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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Tyler •Jewish Community Jewish Community Coun 500 B. Wadel, Chairman cil; conducts campaign foi Rabbi David B. Alpert, Exec. Secy, major non-local causes. Est. 1935. Not incorporated

Waco •Jewish Federated Charities Unaffiliated. Financing 85Oe 614 Service Mutual, P. O. Box 1270 and administration of local Julius Englander, Pres. social services; support ol Abe A. Rosenberg, Exec. Dir. non-local causes. Incorporated

VIRGINIA Richmond *Jewish Community Council Support of non-local 6,500 1205 East Cary Street causes and special Jewish Henry S. Raab, Pres. local services. Edwin L. Levy, Cor. Secy. Est. 1935. Incorporated WASHINGTON Seattle Federated Jewish Fund Support of non-local lO.OOOe 1718 Smith Tower causes. Richard Lang, Chairman Melville Monheimer, Secy. Est. 1936. Not incorporated

•Jewish Welfare Society Affiliated. Primarily a 423 Smith Tower Annex family welfare agency. Mrs. Max Silver, Pres. May B. Goldsmith, Exec. Secy. Est. 1892. Incorporated

Spokane Jewish Welfare Association Unaffiliated. Primarily a 1,350 722 Riverside Avenue family welfare agency. Ben Cohn, Pres. Rabbi Adolph Fink, Exec. Secy. Est. 1915.

Tacoma Federated Jewish Fund of Tacoma Support of non-local 1.000 2424 Bay Street causes and special Jewish Morris Kleiner, Pres. local services. Mrs. A. Robbins, Exec. Secy. Est. 1936. Not incorporated WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling Federated Jewish Charities Affiliated. 750 12th and Chapline Streets H. O. Baer, Dir. Est. 1925. Not incorporated FEDERATIONS AND WELFARE FUNDS 535

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WISCONSIN Madison Central Jewish Committee Support of local and non- 250 families e S. B. Schein, Pres. local causes. Miss Rose Nathanson, Secy.

Manitowoc Jewish Federation Fund Unaffiliated. Support of lOOe 1015 Buffalo Street non-local causes and local David Balkansky, Pres. social services. Bernard Balkansky, Sec.-Treas. Est. 1928. Not incorporated

Milwaukee •Federated Jewish Charities **Affiliated. Coordination 25,000 1002 W. North Avenue of social services con- Aaron Scheinfeld, Pres. ducted by local beneficiary Mrs. Rae C. Ruscha, Exec. Secy. agencies. Est. 1902.

Sheboygan Federated Jewish Charities Unaffiliated. Support of 5S0e 1024 Michigan Avenue non-local causes and Samuel Krasnick, Chairman administration of local Est. 1927. Not incorporated social services.

CANADA Hamilton *The Jewish Social Services Affiliated. Primarily a 3000e 54 Vine Street family welfare agency. N. Sole, Pres. Miss N. Lyons, Exec. Secy. Est. 1932. Incorporated / Montreal Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Unaffiliated. Financing 57,710 2040 Bleury Street and administration of local Samuel Bronfman, Pres. social services; support of E. G. F. Vaz, Exec. Dir. local beneficiary agencies. Est. 1916.

Regina Hebrew Federated Community **Unaffiliated. Financing 2060 Halifax Street and administration of local A. D. Chmelnitsky, Pres. social services. E. Basin, Secy. Est. 1925. Toronto •Federation of the Jewish 48,000e Philanthropies of Toronto Unaffiliated. Financing 179 Beverley Street of social services con- H. M. Samuel, Chairman, ducted by local benefici- Board of Management ary agencies. Martin M. Cohn, Exec. Dir. Est. 1917. Incorporated S36 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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ANSORGE, MARTIN C, 1882- . Rep. from N. Y., 1921-1922. BENJAMIN, JUDAH PHILIP, 1812-1884. Sen. from La., 1853-1861. BERGER, VICTOR, 1860-1929. Rep. from Wis., 1911-1913, 1923-1929. CANTOR, JACOB A., 1854-1920. Rep. from N. Y., 1913-1915. COHEN, WILLIAM W., 1874- . Rep. from N. Y., 1927-1929. EINSTEIN, EDWIN, 1842-1906. Rep. from N. Y., 1879-1881. EMERICH, MARTIN, 1847-1922. Rep. from 111., 1903-1907. FISCHER, ISRAEL F., 1858- . Rep. from N. Y., 1895-1899. FRANK, NATHAN, 1851-1930. Rep. from Mo., 1889-1891. GOLDER, BENJAMIN N., 1891- . Rep. from Pa., 1925-1933. GOLDFOGLE, HENRY M., 1856-1929. Rep. from N. Y., 1901-1915,1919- 1921. GOLDZIER, JULIUS, 1854-1925. Rep. from 111., 1893-1895. GUGGENHEIM, SIMON, 1867- . Sen. from Colo., 1907-1913. HART, EMANUEL B., 1809-1897. Rep. from N. Y., 1851-1853. HOUSEMAN, JULIUS, 1832-1891. Rep. from Mich., 1883-1885. JACOBSTEIN, MEYER, 1880- . Rep. from N. Y., 1923-1929. JONAS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1834-1911. Sen. from La., 1879-1885. KAHN, JULIUS, 1861-1924. Rep. from Cal., 1889-1902, 1905-1924. KRAUSS, MILTON, 1866- . Rep. from 111., 1917-1922. LESSLER, MONTAGUE, 1869- . Rep. from N. Y., 1902-1903. LEVIN, LEWIS CHARLES, 1808-1860. Rep. from Pa., 1845-1851. LEVY, DAVID. See YULEE, DAVID LEVY. LEVY, JEFFERSON MONROE, 1852-1924. Rep. from N. Y., 1899-1901, 1911-1915. LITTAUER, Lucius NATHAN, 1859- . Rep. from N. Y., 1897-1907. LONDON, MEYER, 1871-1926. Rep. from N. Y., 1915-1917, 1921-1923. •MARX, SAMUEL, 1867-1922. Rep. from N. Y., 1922. MAY, MITCHELL, 1871- . Rep. from N. Y., 1899-1901. MEYER, ADOLPH, 1842-1908. Rep. from La., 1891-1908. MORSE, LEOPOLD, 1831-1892. Rep. from Mass., 1877-1885, 1887-1889. PERLMAN, NATHAN D., 1887- . Rep. from N. Y., 1920-1927.

•Died before takine his Seat. 545 546 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PHILLIPS, HENRY MYER, 1811-1884. Rep. from Pa., 1857-1859 PHILLIPS, PHILIP, 1807-1884. Rep. from Ala., 1853-1855. PULITZER, JOSEPH, 1847-1911. Rep. from N. Y., 1885-1886. RAYNER, ISADOR, 1850-1912. Rep. from Md., 1887-1895. Sen. from Md., 1905-1912. ROSENBLOOM, B. L., 1880- . Rep. from Wheeling, W. Va., 1921. ROSSDALE, ALBERT B., 1878- . Rep. from N. Y.r 1921-1922. SIEGEL, ISAAC, 1880- . Rep. from N. Y., 1915-1922. SIMON, JOSEPH, 1851-1935. Sen. from Ore., 1897-1903. STRAUS, ISIDOR, 1845-1912. Rep. from N. Y., 1804-1895. STROUSE, MYER, 1825-1878. Rep. from Pa., 1863-1867. VOLK, LESTER DAVID, 1884- . Rep. from N. Y., 1921-1923. WOLF, HARRY B., 1880- . Rep. from Md., 1907-1909. YLXEE, DAVID LEVY, 1811-1886. Del. from Fla., 1841-1845. Sen. from Fla., 1845-1851, 1855-1861.

PRESENT

(MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS) BACHARACH, ISAAC, Republican, Representative, Atlantic City, 1915- BLOOM, SOL., Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923- CELLER, EMANUEL, Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923- CITRON, WILLIAM M., Democrat, Representative-at-Large, Middletown, 1935- DICKSTEIN, SAMUEL, Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923- ELLENBOGEN, HENRY, Democrat, Representative, Pittsburgh, 1933- KAHN, FLORENCE PRAG (MRS. JULIUS), Republican, Representative, San Francisco, 1925- KOPPLEMANN, HERMAN P., Democrat, Representative, Hartford, 1933- PEYSER, THEODORE A., Democrat, Representative, New York City 1933- SABATH, ADOLPH J., Democrat, Representative, Chicago, 1907- SIROVICH, WM. I., Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1927- JEWS IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES The following is a lit of Jews who have served as ministers or ambassadors of the United States to foreign countries. It does not include persons who have served, or are now serving, as consuls, except when consuls were clothed with diplomatic power. In the compilation of this list, the Jewish Encyclopedia, the American Jewish Year Book, and the Register of the Department of State were consulted.

BELMONT, AUGUST, (1816-1890), New York, Charge d'Affaires in the Netherlands, May 24, 1853; Minister Resident, June 29, 1854. BERNSTEIN, HERMAN, (1876-1935), New York City, Minister to Al- bania, 1929-1933. EINSTEIN, LEWIS, (1877- ), New York City, Minister to Costa Rica, July 6, 1913 to June 1921; Minister to Czechoslovakia, October 8, 1921 to February 1, 1930. ELKUS, ABRAM I., (1867- ), New York City, Ambassador to Turkey, July 21, 1916 to -1917. GUGGENHEIM, HARRY F., (1890- ), New York City, Ambassador to Cuba, October 10, 1929-1933. HIRSCH, SOLOMON, (1839-1902), Portland, Oregon, Minister to Turkey, May 16, 1889 to 1892. KAUFMAN, DAVID E., (1883- ), Philadelphia, Pa., Minister to Bolivia March 7, 1928-January 9, 1930; Minister to Siam, June 12, 1930- 1933. KORNFELD, JOSEPH S., (1876- ), Toledo, Ohio., Minister to Persia November 9, 1921 to September 1, 1924. MORGENTHAU, HENRY, (1856- ), New York City, Ambassador to Turkey, September 4, 1913 to July, 1916. MORRIS, IRA NELSON, (1875- ), Chicago, 111., Minister to Sweden, July 13, 1914 to April 15, 1923. NOAH, MORDECAI MANUEL, (1785-1851), New York City, Consul to Tunis, 1813-1816. OTTERBOURG, MARCUS, (1827-1893), Milwaukee, Wis., Consul to Mexico City, August 1861 to July 1, 1867; Minister to Mexico, July 1-21, 1867. PEIXOTTO, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, (1834-1890), San Francisco, Cal., Consul General to Roumania, 1870 to 1876. RATSHESKY, A. C, (1864- ), Boston, Mass., Minister to Czecho- slovakia, January 1930-June 1932. SACK, LEO R., (1889- ), Washington, D. C, Minister to Costa Rica, August 17, 1933- STEINHARDT, LAWRENCE A., (1892- ), New York City, Minister to Sweden, May 4, 1933- STRAUS, JESSE ISIDOR, (1872- ), New York City, Ambassador to France, 1933- STRAUS, OSCAR S., (1850-1926), New York City, Minister to Turkey, March 24, 1887 to 1888; June 3, 1898 to 1900; Ambassador to Turkey, May 17, 1909 to December 11, 1910. WOLF, SIMON, (1836-1923), Washington, D. C, Agent and Consul Gen- eral to Egypt, June 30, 1881- , 1882. 547 JEWS AS GOVERNORS OF STATES

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ALEXANDER, MOSES, 1853-1932, Governor of Idaho, two terms, 1915- 1919. BAMBERGER, SIMON, 1847-1926, Governor of Utah, 1917-1921. (First non-Mormon Governor of Utah.). EMANUEL, DAVID, 1744-1808, Governor of Georgia, 1801.1 MEIER, JULIUS L., 1874- , Governor of Oregon, 1930-1934. SELICMAN, ARTHUR, 1873-1933. Governor of New Mexico, 1930; 1932 SOLOMON, EDWARD S., 1836-1913, Governor of Washington Territory, 1870-1874.

PRESENT

HORNER, HENRY, 1878- , elected Governor of Illinois, 1932. LEHMAN, HERBERT H., 1878- , elected Governor of New York, 1932; re-elected 1934.

1 Authorities differ as to whether Emanuel was elected, or, by virtue of hit being President of the Senate, became Governor "in the interim before a new election took place." (See "First Jew to Hold the Office of Governor" by Leon Huhner in Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 192, 193.) 548