JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE 1 National Organizations organized after April 1, 1930, are not included in this list.

ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH OF THE B'NAI B'RITH Org. 1924. OFFICE: 650 Omaha National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb. Seventh Annual International Convention, July 12-14, 1930, Oak- land, Cal. Chapters 140. Members, 5,000. PURPOSE: Mental, moral and physical development of Jewish youth. Inculcation of Jewish ideals. SUPREME ADVISORY COUNCIL: Pres., Sam Beber, Omaha, Neb.; First Vice-Pres., Jacob J. Lieberman, Los Angeles, Cal.; Second Vice-Pres., Julius J. Cohn, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Third Vice-Pres., Joseph Herbach, , Pa., Treas., Harry Lapidus, Omaha, Neb.; Sec, I. F. Goodman, Omaha, Neb.; Ex. Sec, Philip M. Klutznick, Omaha, Neb.; Asst. Exec. Sec, Julius Bisno, Omaha, Neb.; Alfred M. Cohen, Cincin- nati, O.; Wilfred B. Feiga, Worcester, Mass.; Hyman M. Goldstein, Washington, D. C.; Leo Kaminsky, , Ind.; Joseph Karesh, San Francisco, Cal.; Henry Monsky, Omaha, Neb.; I. M. Rubinow, , O.; Aaron Tollin, Chester, Pa.; Isadore Weiss, Oakland, Cal.

ALEXANDER KOHUT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Org. 1926. OFFICE: 1185 Park Avenue, . Annual Meeting, March 27, 1930, 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., Hon. Julian W. Mack; Vice-Pres., Alexander Marx; Sec, Julius Bewer; Treas., Albert Tallmer; Exec. Dir., George A. Kohut; Exec. Sec. for America, Benjamin Barondess; Exec. Sec. for Europe, Dr. Emil Damask. ALPHA EPSILON PHI WOMEN'S FRATERNITY Org. 1909. OFFICE: 2026 Broadway, New Orleans, La. Biennial Convention, July 26th—30th, 1929. Mackinac Island, Mich. Next Biennial Convention, July 6-10, 1931, Asheville, N. C. Members, 2,160. 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, Bertha Wolbrette Feitel; Scribe, Aline Lazard Roos, New Orleans, La.; Field Sec, Elizabeth Eldridge, San Antonio, 213 214 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Texas; Exec. Sec, Louise W. Wolf, New Orleans, La.; Sub-Dean, Gertrude Friedlander Markel, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Treas., Irma Loeb Cohen, Cleveland, O.; Ritualist, Lucy Cooper; Historian, Beatrice Feingold, N. Y. C.; Editor, Viola Land Rusnak, Chicago, 111.; Alumnae Sec, Martha Kaplan Freedman, Brooklyn, N. Y. ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: Woolworth Bldg., New York City. Eighteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 26-29, 1931, Philadelphia, Pa. Chapters, 21. Alumni Clubs, 12. Members, 1,940. PURPOSE: An intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity, maintaining an educational and social service. OFFICERS: Supreme Master, Max S. Schrieber; Supreme Lieutenant Master, Lester Harwood Block; Supreme Scribe, J. George Greenberg; Supreme Exchequer, Alexander L. Grossman; Supreme Historian, Alvin Appel; Exec. Sec, Lester Harwood Block, 233 B'way, N. Y. C. ALPHA MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. 1914. OFFICE: 327 W. 84th, New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 24-28, 1930, New Haven, Conn. Members, 850. 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, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Prior, Morton M. Grossman; Grand Vice-Prior, Lawrence Levitas; Grand Chancellor of the Exchequer, Milton S. Abramson, N. Y. C; Grand Scribe, Leon S. Imrey, 124 Remington, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Grand Historian, David Miller, Portsmouth, N. H.; Chairman Bd. of Trustees, Abba A. Orlinger, Brooklyn, N. Y. ALPHA OMEGA FRATERNITY Org. 1907, Inc., 1909. OFFICE: Secretary, 419 Boylston, Boston, Mass. Twenty-fourth Annual Convention, Dec. 25-27, 1931, Buffalo, N. Y Chapters, 25. Alumni Clubs, 9. Members, 2,500. PURPOSE: TO uphold the highest standards of the dental profession, further the causes of Judaism and to promote fraternalism. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Henry Brown, N. Y. C.; Vice-Chancellors, Edward Pressman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Max Rabinovich, San Francisco, Cal.; Leonard Sidlow, Detroit, Mich.; Supreme Scribe, A. M. Flaschner, 419 Boylston, Boston, Mass.; Quaestor, J. W. Malkinson, Hartford, Conn.; Editor, Joseph Gruber, Detroit, Mich.; Historian, Max Soifer, Hartford, Conn.; Marshall, M. D. Wolfsohn, Buffalo, N. Y.; Macer, H. H. Goldberg, Buffalo, N. Y. ALPHA ZETA GAMMA DENTAL FRATERNITY Org. 1910. OFFICE: 55 E. Washington, Chicago, 111. Annual Convention, Feb. 2, 1931, Chicago, 111. Members, 1684. Chapters, 12. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 215

PURPOSE: For professional and social betterment of members. OFFICERS: Supreme Grand Master, M. Schneider; Supreme Grand Treas., B. Krohn; Supreme Grand Scribe, A. D. Newberger; Supreme Grand Fin. Scribe, R. Friedman. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF DROPSIE COLLEGE Org. 1924. OFFICE: Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Meeting, March 8, 1931, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 41. PURPOSE: TO advance the interests of the Dropsie College and further spirit of friendship among its graduates. OFFICERS: Pres., Solomon Grayzel, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-Pres., William Chomsky, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec.-Treas., Joseph Reider, Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE Org. 1889. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. Annual Meeting, June 17, 1931, Wauwausee, Ind. Members, 200. PURPOSE: TO promote welfare of the Hebrew Union College and to strengthen fraternal feeling among graduates of the college. OFFICERS: Pres., Emil Leipziger, New Orleans, La.; Vice-Pres., Eugene Mannheimer, Des Moines, la.; Sec, Ira E. Sanders, Capitol Hill Apts., Little Rock, Ark.; Treas., Solomon Bazell, Louisville, Ky.; Historian, Julian B. Feibelman, Philadelphia, Pa. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION Annual Meeting, March 17, 1931, New York City. OFFICERS: Pres., J. X. Cohen, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Maurice A. Hirshberg, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Baruch Braunstein, N. Y. C.; Sec, Morton M. Berman, N. Y. C. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR JEWISH SOCIAL WORK Org. 1927. OFFICE: 71 West 47th, New York City. Annual Meeting, Oct. 12, 1930, New York City. PURPOSE: TO maintain friendly relationships among the members; to maintain cordial relations with the Training School; to support its aims and aid its development; to aid in the maintenance and development of professional standards. OFFICERS: Pres., Herman Jacobs; Eastern Vice-Pres., Elsie Lakoff; Mid-Western Vice-Pres., Sam'l Levine; Eva Sackeroff; Western Vice- Pres., Charles Schottland; Treasurer, Moses Beckelman; Sec, Esther Davison. AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RESEARCH Org. 1920, Inc., Dec. 20, 1929. OFFICE: Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 285; Honorary members, 5. 216 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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 through such other means as may, from time to time, be determined by the Academy. OFFICERS: Pres., Louis Ginzberg, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Alexander Marx, N. Y. C; Treas., Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Cincinnati, O.; Corr. Sec, David S. Blondheim, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Rec. Sec, Leo Jung. AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF HEBREW TEACHERS COLLEGE OF JERUSALEM Org. May, 1925. OFFICE: 50 E. 58th, 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., Unterberg; Sec, David de Sola Pool; Exec. Sec, J. Max Weis, N. Y. C; and Alfred M. Cohen, Alexander M. Dushkin, Harry P. Fierst, Israel Goldstein, George A. Kohut, Arthur M. Lamport, Louis Lipsky, Solomon Lowenstein, Julian W. Mack, Henrietta Szold, Stephen S. Wise. AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM, PALESTINE Org. 1925. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO disseminate information about the Hebrew University, and to promote interest in and support of its activities. OFFICERS: Chairman, Felix M. Warburg; Yice-Chairman, Julian W, Mack, Walter E. Meyer; Treas., Maurice Wertheim; Sec, Elisha M. Friedman; Chairman Office Comra., Solomon Lowenstein; Director. David Tannenbaum. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906; Inc., March 16, 1911. OFFICE: 171 Madison Ave., New York City For report, see p. 339. Org. 1920. OFFICE: 33 West 42nd, New York City. Eighth Session, Oct. 19-20, 1930, Washington, D. C. Delegates, 400. PURPOSE: TO further and promote the full rights of ; to safeguard and defend such rights wherever and whenever they are either threat- ened or violated; to deal generally with all matters relating to and affecting specific Jewish interests. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 217

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Dr. Stephen S. Wise; Pres., Bernard S. Deutsch; Vice-Pres., Wm. M. Lewis, Nathan D. Perlman, Carl Sherman, Mrs. Archibald Silverman, Robt. Szold, Baruch Zuckerman; Chairman Administrative Committee, Nathan D. Perlman; Chairman Executive Committee, Joseph Tenenbaum; Treas., Jacob Leichtman, Ex. Dir., B. G. Richards, 33 W. 42nd St., N. Y. C.

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE: N. E. Cor. Broadway & 122d, New York City. Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting, Nov. 14-15, 1931, New York City. Members, 450. Has issued thirty-two volumes of publications and an index to publica- tions 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 122d, N. Y. C. OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice- Pres., Simon W. Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; Richard J. H. Gottheil, Max J. Kohler, N. Taylor Phillips, N. Y. C; Treas., Henry S. Hendricks; Librarian, Edw. D. Coleman; Curator, Leon Huhner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 116 Nassau Street, 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 agri- cultural pursuits and to settle upon the land in Russia, and to act as the operative agency in Russia of the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements 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, Bernard Kahn, D. J. Schweitzer.

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 24, 1914. OFFICE: 7 Hanover, New York City. PURPOSE: Distribution of funds for the relief and rehabilitation of Jews overseas. MAJOR ACTIVITIES: Economic reconstruction directly and in co-opera- tion with the American Joint Reconstruction Foundation; child care, medical, cultural-religious, vocational training, etc. OFFICERS: Chairman, Felix M. Warburg; Vice-Chairman, Herbert H. Lehman, James N. Rosenberg; Treas., Paul Baerwald; Assoc. Treas., Geo. W. Naumburg; Comptroller, Mrs. Jonah J. Goldstein; Sec, Jos. C. Hyman. AMERICAN MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN JOINT RECON- STRUCTION FOUNDATION: Felix M. Warburg, Herbert H. Lehman, Bernard Flexner, Peter Wiernik, Meyer Gillis, Leonard G. Robinson; Sec, Jos. C. Hyman. 218 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

DIRECTOR FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE: Dr. Bernhard Kahn. DIRECTOR FOR RUSSIA: Dr. Joseph A. Rosen. AMERICAN JEWISH PHYSICIANS' COMMITTEE Org. May 24, 1921. OFFICE: 106 E. 85th, New York City. Tenth Annual Meeting, May 12, 1930, New York City. Members, about 1,000. PURPOSE: TO build a medical college and hospital in connection with the Hebrew University in Palestine. OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan Ratnoff; Vice-Pres., Meyer R. Robinson and Albert A. Epstein; Treas., Harry E. Isaacs; Sec, Israel S. Wechsler, N. Y. C; Chairman, Exec. Comm., Emanuel Libman, N. Y. C. AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD UNION FOR PRESERVING HEALTH OF JEWS Org. May 10, 1929. OFFICE: 1919 Madison Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, Jan, 11, 1931, 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. THE AMERICAN ORT Org. 1922. OFFICE: 220 Fifth Ave., New York City. PURPOSE: Promotion of technical trades and agriculture among the Jews in Eastern and Central Europe. OFFICERS: Chairman, Murray Levine; Chairman Exec. Com., Henry Moskowitz; Vice-Chairmen, Edward Lazansky, Joseph Baskin, Louis B. Boudin, Samuel Ellsberg, Gustave Hartman, B. C. Vladeck; Treas., Morris Berman; Hon. Sec, Herman Bernstein; Exec. Sec, Ezekiel Rabinowitz. AMERICAN PRO-FALASHA COMMITTEE Org. Aug. 1922; Inc., 1923. OFFICE: 305 Broadway, New York City. PURPOSE: The educational and religious rehabilitation of the Falasha Jews of Abyssinia. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman, Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Chair- man, Norman Salit; Vice-Chairmen, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Nathan Stern, Peter Wiernik; Treas., S. Herbert Golden; Hon. Sec, Isaac Landmann, Elias L. Solomon, N. Y. C.; Executive Director, Jacques Faitlovitch. WOMEN'S DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN PRO-FALASHA COMMITTEE Org. February 1, 1930. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman. Mrs. Rebekah Kohut; Chairman, Mrs. Nathaniel Levy; Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Herbert S. Goldstein, Mrs. Samuel Spiegel; Treas., Mrs. Eva Levy; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Max J. Branden- burger; Rec Sec, Mrs. David Kass. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 219

AMERICAN RELIEF SOCIETY FOR THE YEMENITE TEWS OF JERUSALEM, PALESTINE, INC. Org. Feb. 3, 1928. OFFICE: 196 Henry, New York City. Members, 1,000. PURPOSE: TO extend assistance to Yemenite Jewish poor and to Yemenite Jewish institutions in Jerusalem, Palestine. OFFICERS: Treas., David Freiberger; Sec, A. Gabli. Committee: Reuben Arbib, G. Bublick, Mordecai Danzis, Samson Erdberg, Jacob Fischman, David Freiberger, Harry Friedenwald, Jacob Goell, Jos. Solomon Houred, Maximilian Hurwitz, Leo Jung, Max N. Koven, Solomon Lamport, Israel Levinthal, Wm. Levy, Jos. Lookstein, David de Sola Pool, Israel Rosenberg, Michael Salit, Norman Salit, Juda Seltzer, Elias L. Solomon, Peter Wiernick, Stephen S. Wise. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR JEWISH FARM SETTLEMENTS IN RUSSIA, INC. Org. Nov. 13, 1928. OFFICE: 7 Hanover, 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., Julius Rosenwald and Felix M. Warburg; Pres., James N. Rosenberg; Treas., Paul Baerwald; Associate Treas., Lewis L. Strauss; Sec, Joseph C. Hyman. AMERICAN ZION COMMONWEALTH Org. 1914. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Av., New York City. Last Annual Convention, June, 1930. Members, 6,000. PURPOSE: Acquisition and sale of Palestinian land and securities. OFFICERS: Pres., David Freiberger; Vice-Pres., Louis Germain; Treas., Morris Weinberg; Sec, S. Kobak, N. Y. C. AVUKAH, AMERICAN STUDENT ZIONIST FEDERATION Org. June, 1925. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Fifth Annual Convention, Dec. 24-28, 1930, Boston, Mass. Members, 1,200. Chapters, 34. PURPOSE: TO conduct Zionist educational activity in American universities and colleges. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Max Rhoade, Washington, D. C; Pres., Sam- uel M. Blumenfield, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., Mitchell S. Fisher, N. Y. C; Sidney Jacobi, N. Y. C; Maurice B. Pekarsky, N. Y. C; Hon. Treas., Charles Rosenbloom, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Treas., R. Lewin-Epstein, N. Y. C; Hon. Sec, James Waterman Wise, N. Y. C; Exec. Sec, Geo. M. Hyman. BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Org. Feb. 9, 1891; Inc., 1891. OFFICE: 233 Broadway, New York City. Fortieth Annual Meeting, Feb. 1, 1931, New York City. 220 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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, and the granting of scholarships to agricultural schools. 2. Baron de Hirsch Trade School, N. Y. C, which offers free trade instruction. 3. Immigration aid port work through subsidized societies. 4. The town of Woodbine, N. J., which was founded by it in 1891. OFFICERS: Pres., S. G. Rosenbaum; Vice-Pres., Arthur H. Sulzberger; Treas., Simon F. Rothschild; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 25 W. 43d., N. Y. C. B'NAI B'RITH Org. Nov. 1, 1843. OFFICE: 9 W. 4th, Cincinnati, O. Thirteenth Quinquennial Convention, April 27—May 1, 1930, Cin- cinnati, O. Members, 75,000. Lodges, 602 (399 in North America, 203 in Europe, Asia, and Africa). Districts, 15 (7 in the United States). Institutions founded by the Order in the United States: HEBREW ORPHANS' HOME, Atlanta, Ga.; B'NAI B'RITH CEMETERY, Chicago, 111.; FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Chicago 111.; JEWISH WIDOWS' AND OR- PHANS' HOME, New Orleans, La.; TOURO INFIRMARY, New Orleans, La.; HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM, Yonkers, N. Y.; JEWISH ORPHANS' 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.; BOY'S 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, West Virginia, Texas, and Cornell University; NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES, Denver, Colo.; MEXICO IMMIGRATION BUREAU; and numerous other institutions. OFFICERS: Pres., Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; First Vice-Pres., Lucius L. Solomons, San Francisco, Cal.; Second Vice-Pres., Archibald A. Marx, New Orleans, La.; Treas., Jacob Singer, Phila., Pa.; Sec, I. M. Rubinow, Cincinnati, 0. B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION COMMISSION Org. 1923, OFFICE: Electric Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. Foundations, 8. PURPOSE: The maintenance of foundations devoted to social and religious work among students at the university. ADMINISTRATORS: Acting Dir., Louis Mann, 4600 S. Parkway, Chi- cago, 111.; Fred Bernstein, Alfred M. Cohen, A. B. Freyer, Solomon JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 221

Goldman, James G. Heller, Edward L. Israel, Nathan Krass, Joseph L. Kun, Edgar C. Levey, Joseph Rosenzweig, I. M. Rubinow, E. J. Schanfarber, Philip L. Seman, Abba Hillel Silver, Morris D. Waldman.

BUREAU OF JEWISH SOCIAL RESEARCH, INC. Org. April, 1919. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. Merger of Bureau of Philanthropic Research of New York City, and Field Bureau of the National Conference of Jewish Charities, and sup- ported by funds provided by the New York Foundation, Hofheimer Foundation, Federations of Jewish Philanthropies throughout the country, private contributions, and fees for seryice. PURPOSE: Research into problems of Jewish social and communal work in the United States and in other centers of Jewry throughout the world, with a view to improving their programs of social work and to integrating them with general social work activities. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Adolph Lewisohn; Pres., David M. Heyman; Vice-Pres., Lee K. Frankel, Felix M. Warburg; Treas., Walter N. Rothschild; Sec, Solomon Lowenstein; Ex. Dir., H. L. Lurie. CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN Org. July 9, 1899. OFFICE: Cincinnati, O. Forty-second Annual Convention, June 17-21, 1931 Lake Wawasee, Ind. Members, 268. Has issued thirty-nine 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 1930-1931: Pres., Morris Newfield, Birmingham, Ala.; Vice-Pres., Samuel H. Goldenson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Treas., Felix A. Levy, Chicago, 111.; Rec. Sec, Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon, Ga.; Cor. Sec, Harry S. Margolis, St. Paul, Minn.

COUNCIL OF YOUNG ISRAEL AND YOUNG ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE ORGANIZATIONS Org. 1912. OFFICE: 120 Wall, New York City. Annual Convention, June 19-22, 1931, Asbury Park, N. J. Members, 8,000. PURPOSE: TO promote traditional Judaism and to further the religious and cultural development of the American Jewish youth. OFFICERS: Pres., Edward S. Silver; Vice-Pres., J. David Delman; Esther Garfunkel; Treas., Chas. Levine; Fin. Sec, David Lowenkron; Rec. Sec, Sadie Wachtelkenig; Ex. Dir., Harry Bluestone.

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN JEWISH STUDENT AFFAIRS Org. 1925. OFFICE: New York City. PURPOSE: Advisory body for discussion of problems of interest to Jewish students at American colleges and universities, and presentation 222 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK of such recommendations as the Council shall deem wise, proper and constructive, educational and otherwise. OFFICERS: Chairman, Harold Riegelman, N. Y. C; Sec.-Treas., Aaron E. Stein, 22 W. 77th St., N. Y. C.

DROPSIE COLLEGE FOR HEBREW AND COGNATE LEARNING Org. 1905. Inc. May 20, 1907. Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Incorporated in State of Pennsylvania. Invested funds about $900,000. LIBRARY: Volumes and pamphlets, 39,250. 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.; Isaac Gerstley, Louis Gerst- ley, Howard S. Levy, Simon Miller, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Edwin Wolf, Philadelphia, Pa. 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 Biblical Department, Max L. Margolis (M. A., Ph. D., Columbia); Professor in charge of the Rabbinical Department, Solomon Zeitlin (Th. D., Ecole Rabbinique; Ph. D., Dropsie); Associate Professor Historical Department, Abraham A. Neuman (M. A., Colum- bia; H. L. D., Jewish Theological Seminary of America); Associate Professor Department of Egyptology, Nathaniel J. Reich, (Ph. D., ); Instructor Biblical Department and Librarian, Joseph Reider (B. A., College of the City of New York; Ph. D., Dropsie); Instructor in Arabic, Solomon L. Skoss (M. A., Denver; Ph. D., Dropsie).

THE EX-PATIENTS' TUBERCULAR HOME OF DENVER, COLO. Org. 1908. OFFICE: 505 Interstate Trust Building, Denver, Colo. Home located at 8000 E. Montview Blvd., Denver, Colo. Members, 55,000. Auxiliaries, 4. PURPOSE: TO care for patients who have been discharged from a Tubercular Sanatorium or Hospital, who are in need of further treat- ment, and to rehabilitate these patients so that they will again become self-respecting and self-supporting citizens. OFFICERS: Pres., Max Bronstine; Vice-Pres., Harry Stern; Sec, A. M. Blumberg, P. O. Box 1768; Treas., Morris Binstock.

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. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres.j Wm. 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., JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 223

(Canada); Lyon Cohen, A. B. Freiman, S. Kronick; Treas., Levi Rokeach; Sec, Mordecai Katz. FEDERATION OF HUNGARIAN JEWS IN AMERICA Org. Nov. 1 1909. OFFICE: 145 Nassau, New York City. Tenth Convention, May 25-26, 1930, 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; Treas., Alexander Altman; Acting Sec, Dorothy Buck, 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: L. Oartenhaus, S. L. Hurwitz, I. Maierovich, J. Peimer, B. S. Trainin; Exec. Sec, Aaron Dym. FEDERATION OF PALESTINE JEWS Org. July, 1929. OFFICE: 38 Park Row (Room 501) New York City. Annual Convention, July 6, 1930, New York City. Members, 1,000. Branches, 15. PURPOSE: TO extend assistance to Palestinian Jews in America and Canada, and to promote the upbuilding of Palestine. OFFICERS: Pres., J. M. Charlop; Treas., U. Felshin; Sec, Jacob L. Moinester, 38 Park Row, New York City. FEDERATION OF POLISH JEWS IN AMERICA Org. 1908. OFFICE: 32 Union Square, New York City. Twenty-third Annual Convention, June 6-7, 1931, Asbury Park, N. J. Members, 15,000. PURPOSE: TO cultivate and maintain friendly relations and co-opera- tion among the Landsmannschaften in America; To extend assistance to the Jews of Poland; To promote cultural activities among affiliated societies; To extend medical assistance to members. Publishes a bi-monthly, in and English, Der Verband. OFFICERS: Pres., Benjamin Winter; Hon. Vice-Pres., Jacob Glad- stone, Chas. Green; Vice-Pres., M. Halpern, A. Harris, Herman B. Oberman, Sol Rosenfeld, Alfred Rosenstein, J. Stofsky; Treas., Jacob Leichtman; Sec, David Trautman; Exec. Dir., Z. Tygel. HADASSAH THE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION Org. 1912. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Oct. 26-28, 1930, Buffalo, N. Y. Chapters, 304. Sewing Circles, 900. Junior Hadassah Groups, 220. PURPOSE: TO promote Jewish institutions and enterprises in Pales- tine, and to foster Zionist ideals in America. 224 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Henrietta Szold; Pres., Mrs. Edward Jacobs, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Pearl Franklin, Chicago, III., Mrs. Samuel Halprin, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Henry Harris, San Francisco, Cal., Mrs. Robert Szold, Pelham, N. Y.; Treas., Mrs. S. J. Rosensohn; Sec, Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, N. Y. C. 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-second Annual Meeting, March 1, 1931, New York City. Contributors, over 100,000. 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, III.; Harris Poorvu, Boston, Mass.; Aaron Benjamin, N. Y. C; H. H. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Max Meyerson, Newark, N. J.; Jacob Massel, N. Y. C; Israel Silberstein, Baltimore, Md.; Nathan Schoenfeld, N. Y. C; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco, Cal.; Treas., Harry Fischel, N. Y. C; Hon. Sec, James Bernstein; General Manager, Isaac L. Asofsky, N. Y. C. HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE Org. 1921. OFFICE: 3448 Douglas Blvd., Chicago, 111. Ninth Annual Meeting, Jan. 13, 1931, Chicago, 111. Graduates, Rabbinical Course, 1928, 12. Whole number of Graduates, Rabbinical Course, 31. Graduates, Teachers' Course, in 1928, 4. Whole number of Graduates, Teachers' Course, 20. PURPOSE: An Institution for Higher Jewish Learning, and the pro- motion and perpetuation of Traditional Judaism in America, giving its students the opportunity to become well prepared Rabbis, Teachers, and Leaders of American Israel. OFFICERS: Pres., Saul Silber; Vice-Pres., A. I. Cardon, Mrs. William Lavin, Samuel Levin; Treas., Louis Bomash; Rec Sec, M. Perlstein; Fin. Sec, J. L. Rubin; Exec Sec, Samuel S. Siegel. FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE: Pres., Saul Silber, President of the Faculty and Lecturer in Homiletics; Professor in and Codes, JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 225

Rabbi Chaim Yitzok Korb, Professor in Bible Jewish History and Philosophy, Meyer Waxman; Instructors in Talmud: Rabbi Ch. Regensberg, Rabbi Ch. Rubinstein, Rabbi Z. Starr; for Codes, Rabbi A. Soladar; for Bible, Hebrew Grammar and History, Rabbi A. Shulman; Hebrew Grammar and Literature, A. Soladar; for Public Speaking, J. R. Tysen; Teachers' Institute: Bible, Hebrew Literature and History, A. Soladar; Hebrew Grammar, Composition and Pedagogy, S. Soladar; Preparatory Dept.; Instructor in Talmud, Rabbi N. Bar, Rabbi N. Kaplan; Bible and Talmud, Rabbi N. Sax, Rabbi Soladar; Bible Jewish History and Talmud, Rabbi M. Schultz; Elementary Hebrew and Grammar, S. Soladar; Hebrew and Jewish History, A Braude; Dean and Librarian Rabbi Jacob Greenberg.

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. Fifty-sixth Commencement, May 30, 1931, graduates Rabbinical Course in 1931, 15; whole number of graduates, 331. School for Teachers in New York City, established 1923. Graduates 1931, 15; whole number of graduates, 146. OFFICERS: Chairman, Board of Governors, Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Chairman, Maurice J. Freiberg, Cincinnati, O.; Treas., Carl E. Pritz; Sec, Benj. Mielziner, Cincinnati, O. FACULTY: Julian Morgenstern, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), President, Professor of Bible and Semitic Languages; Moses Buttenwieser, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), D.H.L. (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Biblical Exegesis; Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Ph.D., Professor of Talmud; Henry Englander, Ph.D., Professor of Mediaeval Jewish Exegesis; Israel Bettan, D.D., (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Homiletics and Midrash; Abraham Cronbach, D.D. (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Jewish Social Studies; Jacob Mann, M.A., Litt. D. (London), Pro- fessor of Jewish History and Literature; Samuel S. Cohon, Rabbi (Hebrew Union College), Professor of Jewish Theology; Abraham Z. Idelsohn, Professor of Jewish Music and Liturgy; Z. Diesendruck, Ph.D. (Vienna), Professor of Jewish Philosophy; Jacob R. Marcus, Ph.D. (), Associate Professor of Jewish History; Sol. B. Finesinger, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), Instructor in Rabbinics; Sheldon H. Blank, Ph.D. (Jena), Instructor in and Bible; Nelson Glueck, Ph.D. (Jena), Instructor in Hebrew Language and Bible; Abraham N. Franzblau, M.A., Instructor in Jewish Education; Shalom B. Maximon, Registrar; Lawrence E. B. Kahn, M.A. Rabbi (Hebrew Union College), Heinsheimer Fellow; Adolph S. Oko, 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; Jacob S. Golub, Ph.D. (New York Univer- sity), Lecturer on Jewish Education; Cora Kahn, B.A., Instructor in 226 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Elocution; Clarence C. Abrams, B.S. (Cincinnati), Physical Director; Corresponding Members of the Faculty: Aaron Hahn (1887); David Davidson (1892). HISTADRUTH IVRITH Org. 1916. Re-org. 1922. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Convention, June 29—July 1, 1930, Cleveland, O. Societies, 103. Members, 3,130. PURPOSE: Development of Hebrew culture and Hebrew language. OFFICERS: Chairman Exec. Comm., Ab. Goldberg; Chairman Adm. Comm., A. Spicehandler; Treas., Boris Margolin; Sec, S. K. Mirsky. INDEPENDENT ORDER B'RITH ABRAHAM Org. Feb. 7, 1887. OFFICE: 37-7th, New York City. Forty-fifth Annual Convention, June 7-9, 1930, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Members, 100,000. Lodges, 505. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Nathan D. Perlman; First Deputy Grand Master, Isidore Apfel; Second Deputy Grand Master, Wm. Bluestein;. Grand Sec, Max L. Hollander, Grand Treas., I. Frankel.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH SHOLOM Org. Feb. 23, 1905. OFFICE: 506-508 Pine, Philadelphia, Pa. Twenty-sixth Annual Convention, June 14-16, 1931, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 21,350. Lodges, 156. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Hon. William M. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-Grand Master, Moses N. Helfgott, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Sec, Martin O. Levy; Asst. Grand Sec, Adolph Rosenbaum; Grand Treas., Jacob Edelstein, Philadelphia, Pa.

INDEPENDENT ORDER FREE SONS OF ISRAEL Org. Jan. 18, 1849. OFFICE: 257 W. 93d., New York City. Triennial Convention, May 30, 1930, Atlantic City, N. J. Districts, 2. Lodges, 62. Members, 8,564. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Samuel Sturtz; First Deputy Grand Master, Simon M. Goldsmith; Second Deputy Grand Master, Sol Kahn; Third Deputy Grand Master, Isaac G. Simon; Grand Treas., Leo Benjamin; Grand Sec, Henry J. Hyman; Controller, David H. M. Weynberg; Counsel, Maurice B. Blumenthal; Medical Director, Israel L. Feinberg.

INDEPENDENT WESTERN STAR ORDER Org. Feb. 13, 1894. OFFICE: 1127 Blue Island Ave., Chicago, 111. Last Annual Convention, June 22, 1930, Chicago, 111. OFFICERS: Grand Master, H. Waiss, Detroit, Mich.; Grand Sec, I. Shapiro, 1127 Blue Island Ave., Chicago, 111. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 227

INDEPENDENT WORKMEN'S CIRCLE OF AMERICA, INC. Org. Dec. 28, 1906. OFFICE: 86 Leverett, Boston, Mass. Twenty-first Annual Convention, May 29—June 1, 1931, Boston, Mass. Members, 5,933. Number of Branches, 85. OFFICERS: Chairman, Louis J. Hyson, Roxbury, Mass.; Vice-Chair- man, Abraham Trucktman, Revere, Mass.; Treas., Samuel Wilcon, Brookline, Mass.; Rec. Sec, William Rivkin, Dorchester, Mass.; Gen. Sec, Morris H. Tubiash, Dorchester, Mass. IOTA ALPHA PI SORORITY Org. 1902. OFFICE: Chalfonte Hotel, New York City. Convention, Dec. 20-25, 1930, New York City. Chapters in United States and Canada, 700. 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, Amelie Spiegel Rothschild; Treas., Elva W. Slate, N. Y. C.; Sec, Lucie Schumer. JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, INC. Org. Feb. 12, 1900. OFFICE: 301 E. 14th, New York City. Thirty-first Annual Meeting, Feb. 10, 1931, New York City. BRANCH OFFICES: Chicago, 111.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Ellenville, N. Y. 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. JEWISH CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETY Org. April 29, 1893. OFFICE: 1305 Stephen Girard Bldg., 21 S. 12th, Philadelphia, Pa. Forty-second Assembly, Dec. 25-29, 1929, Buffalo, N. Y. 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.; Marvin Nathan, Phila. Pa.; Treas., Emil Selig, Phila., Pa.; Sec, Jeannette Miriam Goldberg. JEWISH CONSUMPTIVE, AND EX-PATIENTS RELIEF ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Org. Sept. 28, 1912. OFFICE: 411 Lincoln Bldg., 742 South Hill, Los Angeles, Cal. Sanatorium at Duarte, Cal., and Ex-Patients Home at Belvedere, Cal. Auxiliary Societies, 32. Members, 75,000. PURPOSE: TO maintain a sanatorium of 150 beds for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, and Ex-Patients Home of 60 beds, providing after-care for those discharged from the Sanatorium as "quiescent." 228 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Pres., Moses I. De Vorkin; Vice-Pres., AbrahamHor- witz, Joseph A. Rosenkranz, Harry Sherr; Fin. Sec, Samuel Tierman; Treas., Irving H. Hellman; Exec. Dir., Abr. Shohan, Los Angeles, Cal. JEWISH CONSUMPTIVES' RELIEF SOCIETY OF DENVER Org. Jan. 2, 1904. Inc. June 25, 1904. Denver, Colo. Contributors, 100,000. Capacity, sanatorium, 300 beds. Auxiliary Societies, 11. Publishes: The Hatikvah; and J.C.R.S. Bulletin. OFFICERS: Pres., Philip Hillkowitz. 236 Metropolitan Bldg.; Vice- Pres., I. Rude; H. J. Schwartz; Jos. Durst; Treas., Louis Stern; Sec, Lewis I. Miller; Asst. Sec, Ben Friedland, P. O. Box 537.

JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION Org. 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 Ad- vanced Studies. Incorporated in the State of New York—invested funds, $500,000. Library—35,000 volumes; 6,500 pamphlets. Sixth Commencement, May 24, 1931; Graduates, 5; total number of graduates, 47. Students, 63. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Chairman Bd. of Trustees, Julian W. Mack; Treas., H. M. Kaufman; Asst. Treas., Frederick L. Guggen- heimer; Hon. Sec, Nathan Straus, Jr.; Sec, Gertrude Adelstein; Bursar, J. X. Cohen. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Julian W. Mack, Abram I. Elkus, Mrs. Norman S. Goetz, Sidney E. Goldstein, Richard Gottheil, N. Y. C; M. E. Greenebaum, Chicago, 111.; Albert M. Greenfield, Phila., Pa.; Frederick L. Guggenheimer, N. Y. C; Joseph Hagedorn, Phila., Pa.; Walter S. Hilborn, N. Y. C; Edmund I. Kaufmann, Washington, D. C; H. M. Kaufmann, N. Y. C; Louis Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Geo. A. Kohut, Leon Lauterstein, N. Y. C.; Gerson B. Levi, Chicago, 111.; Joseph M. Levine, Louis I. Newman, N. Y. C; Mrs. Sol. Rosenbloom, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Nathan Straus, Jr., Joseph Stroock, Israel N. Thurman, Albert Valensi, Samuel Wasserman, Stephen S. Wise, N. Y. C. FACULTY: President and Professor of Practical Theology and Hom- iletics, Stephen S. Wise, Ph.D., LL.D. (Columbia); Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Religion, Henry Slonimsky, Ph.D. (Marburg); Dean and Asst. Professor of Hebrew, Harry S. Lewis, M.A. (Cambridge University); Professor of Bible and Semitic Philosophy, Julian J. Obermann, Ph.D. (University of Vienna); Professor of Talmud, Chaim Tchernowitz, Ph.D. (Wurzburg); Professor in Social Service, Sidney E. Goldstein, B.A. (University of Cincinnati); Professor of Hebrew and Literature, Nisson Touroff, Ph.D. (Lausanne); Professor of History, Salo Baron, Ph.D. (University of Vienna); Assoc. Professor in Hebrew Language and Literature and Acting Librarian, Shalom Spiegel, Ph.D. (Vienna); Asst. Professor in Bible and Hellenistic Literature, Ralph Marcus, Ph.D (Columbia). JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 229

INSTRUCTORS: Instructor in Music, Abraham W. Binder; Instructor in Public Speaking, Windsor P. Daggett, Ph.D.; 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.; Louis I. Newman, Ph.D. (Columbia); Jewish Liter- ature and Philosophy, Harry A. Wolfson, Ph.D. (Harvard). LIBRARY STAFF: Acting Librarian, Shalom Spiegel; Asst. Librarian, Isaac Kiev; Clerk, Mary Nover Kiev. DIRECTOR OF FIELD ACTIVITIES: Morton M. Berman. SECRETARY: Gertrude Adelstein. JEWISH MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY Org. 1925. OFFICE: 9 E. 40th, New York City. Members, 700. PURPOSE: TO establish and maintain a hospital (Hastings Hillside Hospital) to be devoted to the medical or surgical care and treatment of persons suffering from incipient and curable mental and nervous disorders, and the prevention of insanity. OFFICERS: Pres., Israel Strauss; Vice-Pres., Irving Blumenthal; Treas., Arthur Frankenstein; Sec, Mrs. Marcus Loewenstein. JEWISH MINISTERS CANTORS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA Org. June 1, 1900. OFFICE: 945 Fox, New York City. Members, 400. PURPOSE: TO uplift the profession and give aid to cantors in need and to their families. OFFICERS: Pres., Jacob Rapaport; Vice-Pres., Maurice Erstling; Sec, Louis D. Wein; Treas., M. Aranoff, N. Y. C.

JEWISH NATIONAL WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Org. 1912. OFFICE: 189 Second Ave., New York City. Twelfth Biennial Convention, May 17-21, 1930, Montreal, Can. Branches, 139. Members, 7,615. PURPOSE: Fraternal, Social, Beneficial, and Educational Order. OFFICERS: Pres., Meyer L. Brown; Vice-Pres., I. Applebaum; Treas., Nathan Zvirin; Sec, Louis Segal, N. Y. C.

JEWISH PALESTINE EXPLORATION SOCIETY (American Committee) Org. 1922. OFFICE: 50 E. 58th, New York City. Members, 306. PURPOSE: Conducts extensive excavations in special localities in Palestine under the joint supervision of the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society and the Hebrew University. OFFICERS: Chairman, Elisha M. Friedman, N. Y. C; Vice-Chairman, Rabbi D. de Sola Pool; Treas., Arthur L. Malkenson; Sec, J. Max Weis, N. Y. C. 230 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA Org. June, 1888. OFFICE: S. E. Cor. Broad and Spring Garden, Philadelphia, Pa. For the Report of the Forty-third Year of The Jewish Publication Society of America, see p. 403.

JEWISH SABBATH ALLIANCE OF AMERICA, INC. Org. 1905. OFFICE: 302 E. 14th, New York City. Twenty-fifth Anniversary Meeting, May 18, 1930, 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; Vice-Pres., Isser Reznik; Treas., R. L. Savitzky; Exec. Sec, Wm. Rosenberg, 302 E. 14th, N. Y. C.

JEWISH SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY POALE ZION OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA Org. 1905. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Seventeenth Convention, Oct. 23-27, 1929, Buffalo, N. Y. Members, 5,000. PURPOSE: TO rebuild Palestine as a Jewish Homeland on socialistic bases, to participate in the labor movement in America, and to maintain educational institutions for Jewish youth in America. OFFICERS: General Sec, B. Locker; Treas., S. Siegel, N. Y. C.

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. OFFICERS: Pres., William Morris, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Eddie Cantor, Hollywood, Cal.; George Jessel, S. Silverman, N. Y. C.; Treas., Hugo Riesenfeld; Sec, Harry Cooper; Fin. Sec, Fred Block; Field Sec, L. Haskell, 200 W. 90th St., N. Y. C.

JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA Org. 1886. NEW BUILDINGS: Broadway to 122d and 123d; OFFICE AND RABBINICAL DEPARTMENT: 531 VV. 123rd, New York City. Incorporated in State of New York. Invested Funds for Seminary, $4,078,167.35 inclusive of Brush Foundation and New Building Funds for Teachers' Institute, $310,276.90; for Library, $544,048.07. Library: Printed volumes, 105,000; Manuscripts, 6,000.' Thirty-seventh Commencement, June 7, 1931. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 231

Graduates, Seminary, 23. Total number of graduates, Seminary, 254. Graduates, Teachers' Institute, Teachers' Training Course, in 1931, 34. - s - Extension Course, in 1931, 2. Whole number of graduates, Teachers Institute, Teachers' Training Course, 440, Teachers' Institute, Extension Course, 62. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD: Chairman Board of Directors, Sol. M. Stroock; Hon. Sec, Henry S. Hendricks; Treas., Arthur Oppenheimer; Assoc. Treas., Lewis L. Strauss, N. Y. C. DIRECTORS (for life): Adolph Lewisohn, Felix M. Warburg, Sol. M. Stroock, Irving Lehman, Israel Unterberg, N. Y. C.; Philip S. Henry, Asheville, N. C.; Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry A. Dix, N. Y. C; (Term expiring 1932): Max Drob, William Fischman, Lewis L. Strauss, N. Y. C.; Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md. (Term expiring 1933): William Prager, N. Y. C; William Gerstley, Philadelphia, Pa.; (Term expiring 1934): Arthur Oppenheimer, Jacob Kohn, Henry S. Hendricks, N. Y. C.; J. Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Isidor S. Morri- son, Milton Rubin, N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Sol. M. Stroock, Chairman; Cyrus Adler, Felix M. Warburg. FACULTY: President, Cyrus Adler, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins); Professor of Talmud, Louis Ginzberg, Ph.D. (Heidelberg); Professor of History, Alexander Marx, Ph.D. (Koenigsberg); Professor of Homiletics, Mor- decai M. Kaplan, M.A. (Columbia); William Prager, Professor of Mediaeval Hebrew Literature, Israel Davidson, Ph.D. (Columbia); Professor of Codes, Moses Hyamson, B.A., LL.D. (University of London); Sabato Morais Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Jacob Hoschander, Ph.D. (Marburg); Associate Professor of Hebrew, Morris D. Levine, M.A. (Columbia); Associate Professor of Theology ( Foundation), , Ph.D. (Columbia); Instructor, Boaz Cohen, Ph.D. (Columbia); Instructor in Hazanuth, Israel Goldfarb, B.S. (Columbia); Hazan, M. Jacobson; Instructor in Public Speaking, Walter O. Robinson. REGISTRAR: Israel Davidson. SECRETARY: JosejJIh B. Abrahams. LIBRARY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA, Incor- porated in State of New York, 1924. OFFICERS OF THE LIBRARY BOARD: Pres., [Vacant]; Vice-Pres., Cyrus Adler; Hon. Sec, Sol. M. Stroock; Treas., Arthur Oppenheimer; Assoc. Treas., Lewis L. Strauss. DIRECTORS OF LIBRARY: Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Louis Bamberger, Newark, N. J.; William Gerstley, Philadelphia, Pa.; Irving Lehman, Mortimer L. Schiff, Felix M. Warburg, Sol. M. Stroock, N. Y. C; A. S. W. Rosenbach, Philadelphia, Pa.; Max Drob, N. Y. C. LIBRARY STAFF: Librarian, Alexander Marx; Assistant Librarian, Boaz Cohen; Cataloguers, Israel Shapiro, Saul Gittelsohn, Isaac Riv- kind; Assistants in Library, Michael Shapiro, Abraham Duker; Loan Department, Mary Fried; Secretary to Librarian, Anna Kleban. TEACHERS INSTITUTE: Dean, Mordecai M. Kaplan. Instructors: Morris D. Levine, Joseph Bragin, Paul Chertoff, Zevi Scharfstein, Joshua Ovsay, I. S. Chipkin, Hillel Bavli, Benjamin Silk, S. E. Gold- 232 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK farb, Samuel Dinin, Morris Schussheim, Robert Gordis, David W. Pearlman, S. Pollack, Isaac Silberschlag, K. W. Whiteman, Ari A. Kutai, Reuben Leaf, Judith Kaplan, Simha Rubinstein, Max Slavin, Anna Grossman, Joshua H. Neumann, Miriam Ephraim. COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS INSTITUTE: Chairman, Sol. M. Stroock, Cyrus Adler, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Irving Lehman, Israel Unterberg, Felix M. Warburg. JEWISH VALOR LEGION Org. Feb. 1921. OFFICE: 1775 Broadway, New York City. Members, 638. PURPOSE: Welfare of the Ex-Service men of Jewish faith; compilation of records of Jewish soldiers in American army in World War. OFFICERS: Commander, Sydney G. Gumpertz; Sr. Vice-Commander, Benjamin Kaufman; Jr. Vice-Commander, Herman Bush; Adjutant, Nat. P. Ruditsky, N. Y. C. JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES Org. 1894, Inc. 1920. OFFICE: 18 Tremont, Boston, Mass. Annual Convention, July 3-6, 1930, Providence, R. I. Next Annual Convention, July 2-5, 1931, Philadelphia, Pa. Posts, 31. Members, 20,000. PURPOSE: TO maintain allegiance to the United States of America; To uphold the fair name of the Jew; To foster comradeship; To aid 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: Past Commanders-in-Chief, Maurice Simmons, N. Y. C; Morris J. Mendelsohn, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Julius S. Berg, N. Y. C; Cammander-in-Chief, Harold Seidenberg, Boston, Mass.; Senior Vice- Commander-in-Chief, Herman M. Davis, Providence, R. I.; Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, David M. Goldberg, Cleveland, Ohio; Judge Advocate General, Saul Adelman, N. Y. C.; Surgeon General, Herman J. Ballen, N. Y. C; Adjutant General, William Berman, Boston, Mass.; Quartermaster General, Jacob Reitzfeld, N. Y. C; Chaplain-in-Chief, Rabbi Abraham Nowak, Cleveland, Ohio; Honorary Chaplain-in-Chief, Rabbi Edward Lissman, N. Y. C.; Chief of Staff, Maxwell Cohen, Boston, Mass.; National Liaison Officer, Edward M. Rodin, N. Y. C; Editor-in-Chief, Abraham Millen, Boston, Mass.

JEWISH WELFARE BOARD Org. 1917. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. Amalgamated with Council of Young Men's Hebrew and Kindred Associations, July 1, 1921. Affiliated National Organizations, 15. State and Regional Organiza- tions, 6. Constituent Societies, 254. 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 organiza- tions, and to co-operate with similar bodies in the development of JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 233

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, 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.

KAPPA NU FRATERNITY Org. June 12, 1911. OFFICE: 33 Tyler, Rochester, N. Y. Fourteenth Annual Convention, Dec, 1930—Jan. 2, 1931, Boston, Mass. Chapters, 15. Members, 1,500. PURPOSE: A Greek-letter brotherhood for college men of Jewish consciousness. OFFICERS: Pres., Garson Meyer, Rochester, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Milton Greenebaum, Saginaw, Mich.; Treas., Goodman Sarachan, Rochester, N. Y.; Sec, Harry K. Herschman, Washington, D. C.

LAMBDA DELTA BETA FRATERNITY OFFICE: 1215 Swetland Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. OFFICERS: Chancellor, A. L. Glaser; Vice-Chancellor, F. H. Feingold; Bursar, Benjamin Kasner; Master of Scrolls, H. Bluffstone; Bailiff, H. C. Wedren.

LEAGUE FOR SAFEGUARDING THE FIXITY OF THE SABBATH AGAINST POSSIBLE ENCROACHMENT BY CALENDAR REFORM Org. 1929. OFFICE: 1459 Lexington Ave., 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; Chairm. of Executive Committee, William Lieberman; Treas., Harry Schneiderman; Sec, Isaac Rosengarten.

LEO N. LEVI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Org. 1911. OFFICE: Hot Springs, Ark. Maintains the Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital. Members, 1,500. OFFICERS: Pres., A. B. Frey, St. Louis, Mo.; Hon. Vice-Pres., Dan Daniel, Shreveport, La.; Vice-Pres., J. K. Hexter, Dallas, Tex.; Treas., D. Burgauer, Hot Springs, Ark.; Sec, A. B. Rhine, Hot Springs, Ark.; Chairman, Bd. of Managers, M. Klyman, Hot Springs, Ark. 234 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

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; Treas., S. W. Straus; Chancellor, Henry Hurwitz; Sec, Harry Starr, 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 col- leges 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. THE MIZRACHI ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Org. June 5, 1912. CENTRAL BUREAU: 31 Union Sq., New York City. Convention, Oct. 26-28, 1930, Baltimore, Md. Members, 20,000. Organizations, 298. PURPOSE: Rehabilitation of Palestine in the spirit of Jewish and Traditions. Fundamental principle: The , for the people of Israel, in the spirit of the Law of Israel. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Meyer Berlin; Pres., Gedalia Bublick; Vice- Pres., E. Inselbuch, Wolf Gold; Treas., Max Nadler. MIZRACHI YOUTH OF AMERICA (MIZRACHI HATZOIR) Org. May, 1920. OFFICE: 31 Union Sq., New York City. Tenth Annual Convention, May 30—June 1, 1931, New York City. Members, 3,500. PURPOSE: TO organize groups of the Jewish youth, both senior and junior, to spread Judaism and a love for Jewish knowledge, to acquaint the Jewish youth with the national aspirations of the Jews, and to strive for the rehabilitation of Palestine in accordance with Jewish traditions on the basis of Torah V'avodah, Torah and Labor. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Meyer Berlin; Pres., Isidore Epstein; Vice- Pres., Eva Aronson, Max Hagler, Harry Karp; Treas., Benj. L. Hillson; Sec, Jennie Kottler. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 235

MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. 1906, Inc., 1925. OFFICE: 300 Riverside Drive, New York City. Twenty-fourth Annual Convention, Dec. 24-26,1930, New York City. Twenty-fifth Annual Convention, Dec. 26-27, 1931, New York City. OFFICERS: Grand Lumen, Jerome S. Lippe, N. Y. C; Grand Filium, Herbert Pick, Newark, N. J.; Grand Fiscus, Samuel Peckerman, N. Y. C; Grand Scriba, Michael Kaplan, N. Y. C; Grand Ossa, Norman Herzig, N. Y. C; Grand Ora, Lester Lasker, Jersey City, N. J.; Grand Co-ordinator, Daniel Schonfeld, Jamaica, L. I. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER SECRETARIES Org. 1918. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. Twelfth Annual Convention, June 4-7, 1930, Boston, Mass. Thirteenth Annual Convention, June 7-10, 1931, Camp Scopus, Lake George, N. Y. 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., E. J. Londow, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Maurice Bisgyer, Washington, D. C.; M. H. Chaseman, Albany, N. Y.; Wm. Pinsker, Savannah, Ga.; Rose Sugarman, Columbus, Ohio; Sec.-Treas., Wm. Cohen, 4910 14th Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. NATIONAL CANTORS AND MINISTERS LEAGUE Org. 1928. OFFICE: 104 2nd Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, July 20, 1929, New York City. Members, 175. PURPOSE: TO organize all cantors, to open first Cantors Seminary. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Zeidel Rovner; Director, Asher Chassin; Sec, Isadore Schoen; Chairman Board of Directors, A. Ch. Landman. 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-second Annual Conference, June 13-15, 1931, Minneapolis, Minn. Members, 250. Societies, 500 individuals. PURPOSE: TO discuss the problems of Jewish social work, to promote reforms in its administration and to provide uniformity of action and co-operation 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., Philip L. Seman, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., Mary E. Boretz, N. Y. C.; Hyman Kaplan, San Francisco, Cal.; Dudley D. Sicher, N. Y. C; Sec, George W. Rabinoff, N. Y. C; Treas., Ferdinand S. Bach, St. Louis, Mo. 236 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION OFFICE: Room 407, 330 S. 9th, Philadelphia, Pa. 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., Alexander M. Dushkin, Chicago, 111.; Treas., B. Isaacs, Detroit, Mich.; Sec, Mordecai Soltes, N. Y. C; Executive Com- mittee: I. Abrams, Pittsburgh, Pa.; S, Benderly; I. S. Chipkin, N. Y. C; B. Edidin, Buffalo, N. Y.; A. H. Friedland, Cleveland, Ohio; E. Gam- oran; Jacob S. Golub, Cincinnati, Ohio; L. L. Honor, Chicago, 111.; L. Hurwich, Boston, Mass.; M. M. Kaplan; J. B. Pollak, N. Y. C; B. Rosen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Z. H. Scharfstein; A. P. Schoolman, N. Y. C; Publishes Jewish Education.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Org. Sept. 1893. OFFICE: 625 Madison Ave., New York City. Twelfth Triennial Convention, Jan., 1930, Los Angeles, Cal. Sections, 232, Junior Auxiliaries, 84. The Council and its Sections are engaged in Religious, Social Welfare, Civic and Educational Work. Its activities are promoted through Departments of Civics and Community Co-operation, Education, Extension and Field Service, Farm and Rural Work, Finance and Bud- get, Service for Foreign-Born, Junior Auxiliaries, Legislation, Peace, Religion and Religious Education, Social Service, and Vocational Guid- ance and Employment. Official publication, "The Jewish Woman," issued quarterly, Estelle M. Sternberger, Editor-in-Chief. OFFICERS: (1929-1932) Pres., Mrs. Joseph E. Friend, 1807 Palmer Ave., New Orleans, La.; First Vice-Pres., Mrs. Alvin L. Bauman, St. Louis, Mo.; Second Vice-Pres., Mrs. Arthur Brin, Minneapolis, Minn.; Third Vice-Pres., Mrs. Sydney M. Cone, Pikesville, Md.; Treas., Mrs. Nathan Eisenmann, New Orleans, La.; Rec. Sec, Mrs. I. K. E. Prager, Boston, Mass.; Exec. Sec, Mrs. Estelle M. Sternberger, 625 Madison Ave., N. Y. C.

NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL Inc. April 10, 1896. SCHOOL AND FARMS: Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa. OFFICE: 1701 Walnut, Philadelphia, Pa. Thirty-third Annual Meeting, Oct. 12, 1930, Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa. Thirty-first Annual Graduation, March 22, 1931. PURPOSE: TO train Jewish Youth in practical and scientific agricul- ture, and agricultural callings. OFFICERS: Chairman Board of Trustees, Hart Blumenthal; 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. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 237

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE BROTHERHOODS Org. 1923. OFFICE: Merchants' Bldg., Cincinnati, O. Fourth Biennial Convention, Jan. 18-21, 1931, Philadelphia, Pa. Societies, 123. PURPOSE: TO stimulate interest in Jewish worship, Jewish studies, social service and other kindred activities. To co-operate with Union of American Hebrew Congregations in its national plans. OFFICERS: Pres., Charles P. Kramer, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Joseph L. Kun, Philadelphia, Pa.; Wilford M. Newman, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Albert C. Weihl, Cincinnati, Ohio; Exec. Sec, George Zepin, Cincinnati, Ohio; Asst. Exec. Sec, Louis I. Egelson, Cincinnati, Ohio: Arthur L. Reinhart, Cincinnati, Ohio.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS Org. Jan. 1913. OFFICE: Merchants' Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. Ninth Biennial Assembly, Jan., 1931, Philadelphia, Pa. Societies, 342. PURPOSE: Closer co-operation between the various Sisterhoods. The work of the Federation is conducted under the following Commit- tees: Co-operation, Religion, Religious Schools, Propaganda, Scholar- ships, Union Museum, Uniongrams, and State or District Federations, Student Activities, Peace, Literature for Jewish Sightless and Young Folk's Temple Leagues, I. M. Wise Memorial Programs. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Abram Simon, Washington, D. C; Pres., Mrs. Maurice Steinfeld, St. Louis, Mo.; First Vice-Pres., Mrs. Henry Nathan, Buffalo, N. Y.; Second Vice-Pres., Mrs. Adolph Rosenberg, Cincinnati, O.; Third Vice-Pres., Mrs. Albert J. May, N. Y. C; Fourth Vice-Pres., Mrs. David Lefkowitz, Dallas, Texas; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Joseph Stolz, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Mrs. Jos. M. Herman, Boston, Mass.; Parliamentarian, Mrs. Ben Loewenstein; Exec. Sec, Helen L. Strauss, Cincinnati, O.

NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWISH CHILDREN AT DENVER Org. June 12, 1907. OFFICE: West 19th Ave., at Julian St., Denver, Colo. Annual Convention, May 3, 1931, Denver, Colo. Members, 85,000. Auxiliary Societies, 15. PURPOSE: TO shelter children of tuberculous parents, who come to Denver seeking restoration of health. OFFICERS: Pres., Mrs. J. N. Lorber; Vice-Pres., Mrs. B. Willens, Mrs. S. Francis, Mrs. M. Lifshutz; Fin. Sec, Louis Stern; Treas., Samuel Isaacson; all of Denver, Colo.; National Exec. Dir., Wm. R. Blumen- thal, 907 Flatiron Bldg., N. Y. C.

NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL AT DENVER Org. Dec. 10, 1899. OFFICE: 3800 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colo. Thirtieth Annual Meeting, June 14, 1931, Portland, Ore. 238 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Contributors, 125,000 Individuals; 75 Federations; 200 Lodges and Societies. Capacity, 350; buildings, 16. Collected (1929-1930) $402,037.53. Patients treated to July 1, 1930, 6,500. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Louis D. Beaumont, N. Y. C.; Pres., Wm. S. Friedman, Denver, Colo.; Vice-Pres., Harry H. Lapidus, Omaha, Neb.; Morton May, St. Louis, Mo.; B. Flesher, Denver, Colo.; Herman Wile, Buffalo, N. Y.; Harmon August, N. Y. C.; E. J. Schanfarber, Columbus, O.; Treas., Ben. Altheimer; Asst. Treas., Paul Felix Warburg, N. Y. C; Sec, Mrs. C. Pisko, 3800 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, Colo.; National Supervisor, Samuel Schaefer, Denver, Colo.

NATIONAL LEGAL FRATERNITY LAMBDA ALPHA PHI Org. 1919. OFFICE: 1000 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Newark, N. J. Annual Convention, August, 1931, Asbury Park, 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, Sidney L. Jacobi, N. Y. C.; Supreme Vice-Chancellor, Allan Farber, Newark, N. J.; Morris Rifkin, Denver, Colo.; Supreme Keeper of the Exchequer, David M. Engelson, N. Y. C; Supreme Archon, Michael G. Alenick, Newark, N. J.; Supreme Histor- ian, Nathan Herbsman, N. Y. C.

NU BETA EPSILON FRATERNITY Org. 1919. OFFICE: 1701 W. Madison, Chicago, 111. Convention, May 13, 1930, Chicago, 111. Next Convention, Dec. 26-28, 1931, Chicago, 111. Members, 350. PURPOSE: Greek Letter Fraternity for Jewish students at credited Law Schools. OFFICERS: Founder and Hon. Grand Chancellor, Barnet Hodes; Grand Chancellor, Reginald A. Barnett; Vice-Grand Chancellor, Robt. R. Scher; Grand Scribe, Harvey Cousens; Grand Master of Rolls, Allen Wolf; Grand Master of Exchequer, Wm. J. Robinson; Grand Marshall, Geo. Kaplan.

OMICRON ALPHA TAU FRATERNITY Org. 1912. OFFICE: 535 High, Newark, New Jersey. Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1930, New Brunswick, N. j. Next Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1931, New York City. Chapters, 14. Members, 1,250. PURPOSE: Greek-letter college fraternity for Jewish students. OFFICERS: Grand Chancellor, Joseph Rubinstein, Buffalo, N. Y.; Vice-Grand Chancellor, Seymour Bernstein, Chicago, 111.; J. J. Rosen- berg, N. Y. C; Grand Scribe, Sidney C. Heyman, Newark, N. J.; Grand Bursar, Nathan Perselay, Newark, N. J. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 239

ORDER KNIGHTS OF JOSEPH Org. Feb. 14, 1896. OFFICE: 1122 Standard Trust Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio. Twenty-seventh Convention, Aug. 22, 1926, Buffalo, N. Y. Members, 10,587. Lodges, 68. OFFICERS: Supreme Commander, H. A. Rocker, Cleveland, O.; First Supreme Vice-Commander, A. Fishman, Chicago, 111.; Second Supreme Vice-Commander, L. Gottlieb, Buffalo, N. Y.; Third Supreme Vice- Commander, Max Lazaer, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Supreme Sec, D. J. Zinner, Cleveland, 0.; Supreme Treas., Jos. C. Bloch, Cleveland, O.; Endow- ment Treas., A. Silberman, Cleveland, O.

ORDER SONS OF ZION Org. April 19, 1908. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Twenty-second Annual Convention, June 20-22, 1931, Long Branch, N. J. Camps, 55. Members, 3,206. PURPOSE: Fraternal and Zionistic. OFFICERS: Nasi, Isaac Allen; Segan Rishon, Jacob I. Steinberg; Segan Sheni, Bernard Hollander; Gisbor, David Podolsky; Maskir, Louis Weiss; Counsel, Alazar Kushner; Chief Medical Examiner, Solomon Neumann. ORDER OF THE UNITED HEBREW BROTHERS Org. Nov. 15, 1915. OFFICE: 5 Columbus Circle, New York City. Quinquennial Convention, October, 1930, New York City. Members, 5,000. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Meyer Greenberg, 5 Columbus Circle; Vice-Grand Master, Samuel Hirsh; First Deputy Grand Master, Alb. Halle; Grand Sec, Kallman Flus, N. Y. C.

ORT RECONSTRUCTION FUND Organized 1924, and affiliated with the American Ort. OFFICE: 220 5th Ave., New York City. PURPOSE: TO reconstruct the lives of the Jews of Eastern Europe in co-operation with the various national governments, by extending long term credit to the Jews for the purchase of machines and tools of trade: by extending similar credits to relatives in America and elsewhere who wish to help their kin in Eastern Europe by purchasing machines for them; by opening and conducting trade schools for Jews, both young and adult, and helping to place the graduates in permanent positions; and by helping to establish Jewish families on farms and furnishing them, on credit, with the necessary farm machinery and seeds. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Adolph Lewisohn; Pres., Howard S. Cullman; Treas., Paul Felix Warburg; Hon. Sec, Herman Bernstein; Chairman Exec. Com., Henry Moskowitz. 240 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Org. 1914. OFFICE: 110 E. Lexington, Baltimore, Md. Sixteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 29, 1930—Jan. 1, 1931, Boston, Mass. Chapters, 38. Members, 2,318. PURPOSE: Jewish student fraternal relationships in certain American Colleges and Universities where established. OFFICERS: Pres., Maurice Levitan, Washington, D. C; Vice-Pres., Herbert Robinson, Cambridge, Mass.; Deputy Vice-Pres., Percy Car- mel, Hampton, Va.; Milton Klein, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Joseph Leyinson, Chicago, 111.; Isidore A. Lobel, Brookline, Mass.; Manuel M. Steinberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Alfred L. Tuvin, Baltimore, Md.; Sec, Alexander Goodman, Baltimore, Md.; Asst. Sec, Milford F. Schwartz, Washing- ton, D. C; Treas., Sigmund Danzansky, Washington, D. C; Sergeant at Arms, Ellis L. Arenson, Baltimore, Md.; Editor, Emanuel Emroch, Richmond, Va.

PHI BETA DELTA FRATERNITY Org. 1912. OFFICE: 67 W. 44th, New York City. Convention, Dec. 26-28, 1930, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 2,100. Chapters, 28; Alumni Clubs, 10. OFFICERS: Pres., Isaac Marks, Jr., N. Y. C; Eastern Vice-Pres., Isadore S. Wachs, Philadelphia, Pa.; Western Yice-Pres., Graham Susman, Denver, Colo.; Sec, Harold Baer, N. Y. C.; Treas., David Baumgarten, N. Y. C; Historian, Harry Kalker, Philadelphia, Pa.; Delegates; Aurel Rosin, Arcadia, Fla.; Samuel V. Goldfarb, Los Angeles, Cal.; Louis Winer, Hammond, Ind.; Leonard Jacobs, N. Y. C; Norman Bierman, St. Louis, Mo.

*THE PHI BETA FRATERNITY Org. 1920. OFFICE: 111-11 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, L. I. Tenth Annual Convention, Aug. 25-29, 1929, Hartford, Conn. Members, 1,200. Chapters, 26. PURPOSE: A national Jewish fraternity with chapters located in High and Preparatory Schools, for boys meeting for educational, social and fraternal purposes. OFFICERS: Hon. Grand Superior, Louis L. Shapiro, Lancaster, Pa.; Grand Superior, Harry Perlmutter, Newark, N. J.; 1st Grand Vice- Superior, Frank Weiner, Chicago, 111.; 2nd Grand Vice-Superior, Marty Gosch, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Secretary, Herman Cipnic, 111-11 Liberty Ave., Richmond Hill, L. I.; Grand Bursar, Edward Olderman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Editor, Morris, J. Eschay, X. Y. C; Grand Marshal, David Rice, Newark, N. J.

PHI DELTA MU FRATERNITY, INC. Org. 1920. OFFICE: 11 Park Place, New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 28, 1930, New York City. Members, 300. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 241

PURPOSE: TO promote the intellectual, social and spiritual status of Jewish students at colleges in the United States and Canada. OFFICERS: Chancellor, Harry Kisver; Vice-Chancellor, Jack Sperling; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert C. Grossman; Historian, Ralph T. Heymsfeld; Keeper of the Scrolls, Harold Boxer;Sec, Benjamin Levine, 1911 New York Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

PHI EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1904. OFFICE: 520 Lewis Tower, Philadelphia, Pa. Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1930, Pittsburgh, Pa. Members, 3,000. OFFICERS: Grand Superior, Louis M. Fushan, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Grand Vice-Superior, Jesse Acker, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Treas., Emanuel W. Wirkman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Secretary, Charles H. Fleish- man, Philadelphia, Pa.; Members of Grand Council, Edward Davis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Eugene G. Zacharias, Atlanta, Ga.

PHI LAMBDA KAPPA MEDICAL FRATERNITY Org. 1907. OFFICE: 1941 S. 9th, Philadelphia, Pa. Next Convention, Dec. 25-27, 1931, Cleveland, O. Members, 1,600. OFFICERS: Grand Superior, J. Allen Yager, N. Y. C; Grand Scribe, Wm. Steinberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Guardian Exchequer, I. Wm. Gash, Philadelphia, Pa.

PHI SIGMA DELTA FRATERNITY Org. 1909. OFFICE: 111 W. 46th, New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 22-25, 1929, New York City. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: Promote brotherhood, friendship, good-fellowship, and good character. OFFICERS: Pres., Benjamin A. Etler; Vice-Pres., Joseph Kruger, Treas., Melvin L. Levi; Sec, Benjamin Potar.

PHI SIGMA SIGMA SORORITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: 1528 Pratt Blvd., Chicago, 111. Biennial Convention, 1930, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chapters, 20. Members, 1,215. PURPOSE: TO create a spirit of sisterhood among its members; to promote close friendships; to develop character; to advance justice and to be philanthropic. OFFICERS: Grand Archon, Belle F. Quitman, Philadelphia, Pa.; Grand Vice-Archon, Natalie Kahn, Cincinnati, Ohio; National Tribune, Rose J. Lidschin, Chicago, 111.; National Bursar, Gertrude A. Berson, Syracuse, N. Y. 242 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

PI TAU PI FRATERNITY Org. November, 1909. Annual Conclave, Dec. 26-30, 1930. Birmingham, Ala. Members, 600. Chapters. 30. PURPOSE: TO bring into closer relation and promote sociability among the Jewish young men of the country and to aid the less fortunate. OFFICERS: Pres., Mervin A. Blach, Birmingham, Ala.; Vice-Pres., Edw. F. Stern, Seattle, Wash.; Treas., Gilmore G. Kahnweiler, Chicago, 111.; Sec, Rudolph M. Singer, Jr., 5400 Harper Ave., Chicago, 111.; Editor, Roy G. Rosenthal, Seattle, Wash.; Historian, Yale S. Kroloff, Omaha, Neb.; Chaplain, Philip D. Bookstaber, Harrisburg, Pa.; Senior Counsellor, Irvin M. Shlenker, Monroe La.; Junior Counsellor, Moe Tonkon, Portland, Ore.; Past Pres., Theo. M. Rotschild, Evansville, Ind. PROBUS CLUB NATIONAL Org. 1926. OFFICE: Worcester, Mass. Members, 500. PURPOSE: TO promote and participate in communal and civic activi- ties; to foster social and intellectual ideals; to encourage friendship among its members in local clubs and other clubs of the organization. OFFICERS: Pres., Allen E. Price, Worcester, Mass.; Vice-Pres., Jacob Caplan, New Haven, Conn.; M. J. Josolowitz, Springfield, Mass.; Harry Schwartz, Hartford, Conn.; Treas., Nathan Gruber, Hartford, Conn.; Sec, Harry L. Shapiro, 390 Main, Worcester, Mass. PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF THE WEST Org. Feb. 13, 1896. OFFICE: 406-7-8 Frisco Bldg., 9th and Olive, St. Louis, Mo. Convention, July 21-23, 1929, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 10,347. OFFICERS: Grand Master, Joseph Schiller, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Grand Master, I. D. Goldberg, St. Louis, Mo.; Endowment Treas., Win, H. Goldman, St. Louis, Mo.; Grand Counsellor, Louis Joffie, Chicago, 111.; Grand Sec, Morris Shapiro, St. Louis, Mo. RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND 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 St. and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Incorporated in State of New York. Invested funds about $2,400,000. LIBRARY: Printed volumes, 24,000, manuscripts, small collection. Entire number of graduates, Rabbinical course, 136, Teachers' Institute, 107. 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. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 243

OFFICERS: Pres., M. S. Margolies; Treas., M. Gottesman; Chairman, Yeshiva College Council, Samuel Levy. FACULTY: Seminary: Pres. and Professor of Codes, B. Revel, Ph.D.; Professor of Talmud, M. Soloveitchik; Professor of Bible, Chaim Heller; Instructors of Talmud; B. Aronowitz; A. Burack; J. Kaplan, M.A.; L. Levin; R. Mirski; S. Olshevsky; M. Poleyeff; S. Rackovsky; J. Weill; Prof, of Homiletics, Herbert S. Goldstein, M.A.; Asst. Prof, of Homil- etics, Joseph H. Lookstein; Instructor of Bible, N. Klotz, Ph.D.; Asst. Prof, of Hebrew, P. Churgin, Ph.D.; Lecturer in Jewish History, Solomon Zeitlin, Ph.D. LIBRARY STAFF: Librarian, S. Gandz, Ph.D.; Assistant, R. Grossman, B.A. REGISTRAR: Samuel L. Sar. FACULTY: Yeshiva College: Pres., B. Revel, Ph.D.; Dean and Prof, of Biology, S. R. Safir, Ph.D.; Instructor in German, B. Drachman, Ph.D.; Librarian, S. Gandz, Ph.D.; Asst. Prof, of Mathematics, J. Ginsberg, M.A.; Instructor in Physical Education, A. B. Hurwitz, M.A.; Instructor in Chemistry, M. L. Isaacs, Ph.D.; Prof, of Jewish Ethics, Leo Jung, Ph.D.; Lecturer in Physiology, R. Kurzrok, M.D., Ph.D.; Professor of Public Speaking, Erastus Palmer, M.A.; Instructor in Psychology, B. L. Rosenbloom, M.A.; Instructor in Physics, J. R. Silverman, Ph.D. ASSOCIATED FACULTY: Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D., Asst. Prof, of Psy- chology, Columbia Univ.; I. Husik, Professor of Philosophy, U. of P.; C. F. Horne, Ph.D., Prof, of English, C. C. N. Y.; S. Liptzin, Ph.D., Instructor in German; Louis W. Max, Ph.D., Asst. Prof, of Psychology, N. Y. U.; N. P. Mead, Ph.D.; Professor of History, C. C. N. Y.; J. Pearl, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Latin, Brooklyn, C. C. N. Y.; S. A. Rhodes, Ph.D., Instructor in French, C. C. N. Y.; Joseph T. Shipley, Ph.D., Instructor of English, School of Education, C. C. N. Y. RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY OF THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA Org. July 4, 1901. Annual Convention, July 7-9, 1930, Tannersville, N. Y. Members, 201. OFFICERS: Pres., Israel H. Levinthal, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Jacob Kohn, N. Y. C.; Rec. Sec., Leon Lang, Newark, N. J.; Cor. Sec, Simon Greenberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., Benj. H. Birnbaum, Chicago, 111. RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE Org. 1925. OFFICE: 3448 Douglas Blvd., Chicago, 111. Annual Convention, Aug. 24-27, 1930, Chicago, 111. Members, 42. OFFICERS: Pres., Wm. Miller, 532 S. 5th, Terre Haute, Ind.; Vice- Pres., Oscar Z. Fassman, Tulsa, Okla.; Treas., David Rosenblum, South Haven, Mich.; Sec, Leonard C. Mishkin, New Orleans, La. 244 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE YESHIVA Org. 1921. OFFICE: 186th and Amsterdam Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, July 8-9, 1930, New York City. Members, 110. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Bernard Revel; Pres., Nachman H. Ebin, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Shepard Baum, Albany, N. Y.; A. D. Burrack, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. M. Charlop, N. Y. C; Sec.-Treas., Solo- mon Reichman, 571 E. 170th, N. Y. C; Chairman Exec. Comm., Ben Zion L. Rosenbloom, N. Y. C. SEPHARDIC BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICA, INC. Re-org. 1921. OFFICE: 20 W. 114th, New York City. Annual Convention, April, 1931. Members, 900. Branches, 5. PURPOSE: TO promote the industrial, social, educational and religious welfare of its members and to engage in philanthropic endeavors for the welfare of Sephardic immigrants. OFFICERS: Pres., Henry J. Perahia; Vice-Pres., Marius Pilo; Treas., Albert Y. Nathan; Fin. Sec, Bension Grottas; Sec, Hyman M. Nadjari. SIGMA ALPHA MU FRATERNITY Org. Nov. 26, 1909. OFFICE: 120 W. 44th, New York City. Twenty-first Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1930, New York City. Twenty-second Annual Convention, Dec. 29-31, 1931, New Orleans, La. Chapters: Undergraduates, 37; Alumni Clubs, 30. Members, 3,300. PURPOSE: Greek-letter College Fraternity for Jewish Students. OFFICERS: Pres., Franklin A. Alter; Vice-Pres., Samuel Rabin; Treas., Bernard W. Cohen; Sec, James C. Hammerstein; Consuls, Harry S. Dasch, Nathan R. Feldman, Adolph M. Friedman, Allen E. Rivkin. SIGMA DELTA TAU SORORITY Org. 1917. OFFICE: 25 Delham Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. Next Convention, Dec. 1932. Chapters, 13. Members, 700. OFFICERS: Pres., Miriam S. Levy, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-Pres., Leah A. Kartman, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Helen \Y. Morris, Columbus, Ohio; Sec, Mildred E. Wallens, Buffalo, N. Y. SIGMA EPSILON DELTA FRATERNITY Org. 1901. OFFICE: 294 New York Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Convention, Dec 26-28, 1930, 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 co-operation. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 245

OFFICERS: Grand Master, D. M. Arkin, N. Y. C; Grand Chaplain, Saul Goodman, Nutley, N. j.; Grand Scribe, Jerome A. Boley, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; Grand Treas., M. A. Heckler, N. Y. C; Grand Historian, Benj. Jacobs, Newark, N. J. SIGMA OMEGA PSI FRATERNITY Org. 1916. OFFICE: 2 Lafayette (Room 1013), New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 25-29, 1930, New York City. Chapters, 20. Members, 1,725. 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 Superior, Henry W. Holzman, N. Y. C; Grand Vice-Superior, Philip Cowin, Boston, Mass.; Grand Scribe and Comp- troller, Frederick Katz, 2 Lafayette, N. Y. C; Grand Conclave Rep., Sidney Korn, N. Y. C. SIGMA TAU EPSILON FRATERNITY Org. 1923. OFFICE: 1320 Park Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, January, 1931, New York City. Members, 450. Chapters, 8. PURPOSE: TO instill and inculcate the learnings of the Torah and Jewish ideals amongst men of the Jewish faith in American colleges and universities. OFFICERS: Grand Chancellor, Chauncey Ingram; Grand Vice-Chan- cellor, William H. Weiss; Grand Exchequer, Philip H. Kirschenbaum; Grand Scribe, Robert Sokol. SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL OF AMERICA Org. 1925. OFFICE: 11 W. 42d, New York City. Members, 36. PURPOSE: TO take council together for the sacred purpose of preserv- ing 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. CONSTITTENT 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. OFFICERS: Chairman, Elias L. Solomon; Vice-Chairman, Albert D. Wald, Samuel Schulman; Treas., Ben. Altheimer; Sec, Israel Goldstein, Sec. to the Board, J. B. Pollak, N. Y. C. TAU DELTA PHI FRATERNITY Org. 1910. OFFICE: 521 Fifth Ave., New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 28-31, 1930, New York City. 246 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Members, 1,750. Chapters, 19. OFFICERS: Grand Consul, M. H. Blinken, Yonkers, N. Y.; Grand Quaestor, Irving Brown, N. Y. C.; Grand Counsellor, Herman L. Baskin, N. Y. C; Grand Scribe, Irving H. Jurow, N. Y. C; Editor of Pyramid, Herbert F. Simons, Chicago, 111.

TAU EPSILON PHI FRATERNITY Org. Oct. 19, 1910, Inc., 1917. OFFICE: 618 W. 113th, New York City. Convention, Dec. 28, 1930—Jan. 1, 1931, Boston, Mass. Chapters, 31 Undergraduate; 10 Alumni Clubs, Members, 2,800. PURPOSE: TO foster the spirit of true brotherly love and self-sacrifice. OFFICERS: Consul, Julius M. Breitenbach; Vice-Consuls, Wm. S. Lipman, Henry Semans, Herbert T. Singer; Quaestor, Irving Golembe; Tribune, Alfred J. Kleinberger; Asst. Tribune, Nathaniel W. Gold; Editor, Geo. H. Bernstein; National Auditor, Howard Simon.

TAU EPSILON RHO FRATERNITY Org. 1919. OFFICE: 322 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Undergraduate Chapters, 11; Graduate Chapters, 4. Members, 500. PURPOSE: Legal fraternity with undergraduate chapters in accredited day law schools and graduate chapters in cities. OFFICERS: Supreme Chancellor, Manuel Levine, Cleveland, 0.; Supreme Exec. Chancellor, Jerome W. Moss, Cleveland, O.; Supreme Vice-Chancellor, Solomon Eisen, Toronto, Canada; Supreme Master of the Rolls, Baruch A. Feldman, Cleveland, O.; Supreme Bursar and Pledgor, George Slesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Supreme Historian, Elwood Englander, Philadelphia, Pa.; Supreme Scribe, Allan Greenberg, Bos- ton, Mass.; Members of Supreme Council: George Slesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Manuel Levine, Cleveland, O.; Jerome W. Moss, Cleveland, 0.; Baruch A. Feldman, Cleveland, O.; Jack A. Persky, Cleveland, 0.; Benjamin Marcus, Detroit, Mich.; Solomon Eisen, Toronto, Canada; Harry Rubenstein, Wilmington, Del.

TRAINING SCHOOL FOR JEWISH SOCIAL WORK Org. Mar. 26, 1925. OFFICE: 71 W. 47th, New York City. PURPOSE: TO provide facilities for the initial training of Jewish Social workers by offering a course of graduate study lasting two academic years, to provide facilities for the further training and prepara- tion of such workers as are already in the field of Jewish Social Work, and to build up a literature on Jewish communal life. COURSE OF STUDY: TWO academic years. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: A college degree. LIBRARY: 3,000 volumes. FIFTH COMMENCEMENT, June 10, 1931. GRADUATES, 14. Total number of graduates to date, 74. TOTAL NUMBER OF REGULAR AND SPECIAL STUDENTS TO DATE, 350. NUMBER OF STUDENTS NOW ENROLLED—44. FACULTY: 15 permanent members, and 20 special lecturers. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 247

OFFICERS: Pres., Louis E. Kirstein, Boston, Mass.; Vice-Pres., Lee K. Frankel, N. Y. C; Fred M. Butzel, Detroit, Mich.; Treas., I. Edwin Goldwasser; Chairman Exec. Com., Felix M. Warburg; Dir., M. J. Karpf; Asst. Dir., Frances N. Harrison, N. Y. C.

UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS Org. 1873. OFFICE: Cincinnati, O. Thirty-second Council, January, 1931, Phila., Pa. Thirty-third Council, 1933, Savannah, Ga. Members, 286 congregations. PURPOSE: TO maintain the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati, O., an institution for educating rabbis; to promote religious instruction and encourage the study of the tenets and history of Judaism. Four Departments: I. Executive and Financial: Chairman of Exec. Bd., Ludwig Vogelstein, N. Y. C; Hon. Pres., Charles Shohl, Cincin- nati, O.; II. Board of Finance: Chairman, David A. Brown, N. Y. C; III. Hebrew Union College: Chairman, Board of Governors, Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Julian Morgenstern, President, Cincinnati, O.; IV. Board of Managers of Synagogue and School Extension: Chairman, Julius W. Freiberg; Dir., George Zepin, Cincinnati, O. EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR 1931: Chairman of Exec. Bd., Ludwig Vogel- stein, N. Y. C.; Hon. Pres., Charles Shohl, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Pres., Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111.; Marcus Rauh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Maurice D. Rosenwald, Washington, D. C; Jacob W. Mack, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, George Zepin; Asst. Sec, Jacob D. Schwarz, Merchants Bldg., Cin- cinnati, Ohio.

UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA Org. June 8, 1898. OFFICE: 50 W. 77th, New York City. Twenty-ninth Convention, March 16-18, 1929, New York City. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Bernard Drachman: Julius J. Dukas; M. S. Margolies; H. Pereira Mendes; Pres., Herbert S. Goldstein; Vice-Pres., C. Joshua Epstein, Harry Roggen, N. Y. C.; Samuel Feuerstein, Maiden, Mass.; Israel S. Gomborov, Baltimore, Md.; Rabbinical Vice- Pres., Leo Jung; Treas., Arthur I. Levine; Recording Sec, Albert Wald; Financial Sec, Morris Engelman; Corr. Sec, Harry G. Fromberg, N. Y. C.

UNION OF ORTHODOX RABBIS OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA Org. Tammuz 24, 5662 (1902). OFFICE: 214 E. Broadway, New York City. Twenty-eighth Annual Convention, May 11-13, 1931, Belmar, N. J. Members, 375. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., I. Rosenberg; M. S. Margolies, N. Y. C; B. L. Levinthal, Philadelphia, Pa.; B. Revel, N. Y. C; Pres., L. Silver, Springfield, Mass.; Vice-Pres., J. Konvitz, Newark, N. J.; Ch. I. Bloch, Jersey City, N. J.; I. Siegel, Jersey City, N. J.; Joseph Rosen, Passaic, 248 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

N. J.; R. Katz, Bayonne, N. J.; Treas., Ch. B. Notelovitz, Harrisburg, Pa.; Sec, L. Seltzer; Chairman Ex. Com., J. Levinson, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chairman Ex. Com. for Western States, Ch. F. Epstein, St. Louis, Mo.

UNION OF SEPHARDIC CONGREGATIONS Org. March 3, 1929. OFFICE: 99 Central Park West, New York City. PURPOSE: The promotion of the religious interests of Sephardic Jews. OFFICERS: Pres., David de Sola Pool, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., Solomon Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa.; Capt. William Sebag-Montefiore, Montreal, Canada; Samuel Coen, N. Y. C; Treas., Mathew J. Levy, N. Y. C; Sec, Simon S. Nessim.

UNITED ORDER "TRUE SISTERS" Org. April, 1846, as Independent Order of True Sisters. OFFICE: 150 W. 85th, New York City. Eightieth Annual Convention of the Grand Lodge, Dec. 1-3, 1930, New York City. Lodges, 34. Members, 12,000. Publishes a monthly, The Echo, editor, Mrs. Esther Davis. OFFICERS: (For December, 1929, to December, 1931) Grand Mon- itress, Mrs. Amelia Oppenheimer; Grand Pres., Mrs. Henriette N. Prin- stein; Grand Vice-Pres., Mrs. Rose Deutschberger, Mrs. Martha Gould; Grand Sec, Mrs. Fanny M. Marx; Grand Financial Sec, Mrs. Julia Levy; Grand Treas., Mrs. Hermine Breitenfeld; Grand Mentor, Mrs. Bertha Grad; Grand Warden, Mrs. Bertha Levis.

UNITED ROUMANIAN JEWS OF AMERICA OFFICE: 799 Broadway, New York City. Twenty-second Annual Convention, Jan. 18, 1931, 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: PrC3., Leo Wolfson; Vice-Pres., Peter Ferester, Bruno Berk, Abraham Hirsh, Samuel Kanter, Aaron D. Braham, Jacques Weiss, Julius Klepper; Treas., H. Haimowitz; Sec, Herman Speier.

UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. Feb. 23, 1913. OFFICE: 531 W. 123rd, New York City. Nineteenth Annual Convention, April 26-28, 1931, Atlantic City, N. J. 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.; Vice-Pres., Louis Ginzberg; H. J. Reit; Jacob Kohn, N. Y. C; H. P. Kopplemann, Hartford, Conn.; Rec. Sec, Sol. Mutterperl, N. Y. C; Cor. Sec, Chas. I. Hoffman, 624 High, Newark, JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 249

N. J.; Treas., Israel Silberman, N. Y. C; Executive Director, Samuel M. Cohen, N. Y. C. UPSILON LAMBDA PHI FRATERNITY Org. 1916; Inc. 1917. OFFICE: C/O Samuel A. Feir, 500 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirteenth Annual Convention, Aug. 30—Sept. 2, 1930, Montreal, Canada. Fourteenth Annual Convention, August 4-7, 1931, Asbury Park, N. J. Chapters, 33. Members, 1,800. 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 fraternally, by means of a better understanding of the cardinal principles of Judaism. OFFICERS: Master Ulp, Samuel A. Feir, 201 W. 89th, N. Y. C; Deputy Ulp, Joseph M. Feinberg, Elizabeth, N. J.; Financial Ulp, Edward S. Basch, N. Y. C.; Secretarial Ulp, Leon Podolsky, Philadel- phia, Pa.; Executive Board Members: Augustus S. Dreier, Lester Miller, Elliot H. Robinson. 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. PURPOSE: The uniting of all the Orthodox women and organizations of the country into one strong body; the intensification and furtherance of in the home, the religious school, amongst students in institutions of higher learning; the dedication of a dormitory for the spreading of 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 Yeshiva of America; maintaining 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. Isidore Freedman, Mrs. Leo Jung, Mrs. Harry Fischel, Mrs. Bernard Revel, Mrs. Abraham Levitan; Treas., Mrs. Adolph Schwarcz; Cor. Sec, Mrs. Edwin Kaufman; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Ralph Harte. WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR PALESTINE Org. 1927. OFFICE: 1274 Fifth Ave., New York City. Annual Meeting, May 6, 1931, New York City. Members, 1,000. Branches, 9. PURPOSE: TO assist the working woman and girls in Palestine by providing them with YWHA's and in other ways. 250 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Mrs. Richard Gottheil; Pres., Mrs. Rose Blumenthal; Vice-Pres., Mrs. A. P. Kaplan, Mrs. D. L. Isaacs, Mrs. Wm. Prince; Ch. Ex.Bd., Mrs. Charles Hyman; Fin. Sec, Mrs. Leo Kaplan; Exec. Sec, Mrs. I. S. Danziger; Treas., Mrs. Isaac Tumpowsky.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. Jan. 21, 1918. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City. Fourteenth Annual Convention, April 26-28, 1931, New York City. 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; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Cyrus Adler, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Mrs. Israel Davidson, N. Y. C; Mrs. Benj. Davis, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Joseph Herzog, N. Y. C; Sarah Kussy, Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Morris Lurie, Mrs. Alexander Marx, N. Y. C; Treas., Mrs. Philip Gold- berg, N. Y. C; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Jacob Minkin, N. Y. C.

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION FOR THE PIONEER WOMEN OF PALESTINE Org. 1926. OFFICE: Room 1023, 1133 Broadway, New York City. Third Convention, Oct. 16-19, 1930, Detroit, Mich. Members, 3,000. PURPOSE: TO help pioneer women's co-operatives in Palestine; to train women to participate fully in all phases of social and economic life; to do cultural work among its groups; to help to maintain the Jewish schools. OFFICERS: Treas., Mrs. R. Siegel; Sec, Mrs. N. B. Zuckerman, 1133 Broadway.

THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE Org. Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE: 175 East Broadway, New York City. Thirty-first Convention, May 3-9, 1931, Washington, D. C. Members, 75,000. PURPOSE: Fraternal insurance and mutual aid. OFFICERS: Pres., N. Chanin; Treas., B. Wolff; Sec, Joseph Baskin.

YOUNG JUDAEA Org. 1908. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Twenty-third Annual Convention, June, 1931, Long Branch, N. J. Number of Circles, 600. 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. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 251

OFFICERS: Pres., Israel Goldstein; Vice-Pres., Mrs. Archibald Silver- man; Treas., Louis P. Rocker; Exec. Dir., Mrs. A. H. Vixman. YOUNG PEOPLE'S LEAGUE OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA Org. 1921. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City. Next Convention, Nov. 27-30, 1931, New York City. Members, 15,000. Societies, 130. PURPOSE: TO bring the Jewish youth nearer to traditional Judaism and to the Synagogue. OFFICERS: Pres., Harry J. Goebel, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Edward I. Aronoff, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Leon S. Lang, Newark, N. J.; Maxwell J. Mangold, N. Y. C; David I. Siegel, Toronto, Ont.; Harry Silverstein, Boston, Mass.; E. Chas. Sydney, Freeport, L. I., Treas., Samuel Rabin, Jamaica, L. I., Sec, Wilma Shenker, Jamaica, L. I. YOUNG POALE ZION Org. 1915. OFFICE: 1133 Broadway, New York City. Eighth Annual Convention, Sept. 1929, Washington, D. C. Members, 1,500. Branches, 45. PURPOSE: Junior Socialist and Zionist education and activities. OFFICER: Sec, M. Cohen. ZETA BETA TAU FRATERNITY Org. 1898; Inc. 1907. OFFICE: 551 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirty-second Annual Convention, Dec. 29, 1929—Jan. 1, 1930, St. Louis, Mo. Next Annual Convention, Dec. 28-31, 1931, Boston, Mass. Members, 4,600. Ranking as an intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity with chapters in thirty-four universities and colleges, and graduate clubs in thirty- three of the principal cities of the United States. OFFICERS: Sup. Pres., Wm. S. Evans, N. Y. C; Sup. Vice-Pres., Rollin G. Osterweis, New Haven, Conn.; Sup. Sec, B. J. Scheinman, Los Angeles, Cal.; Sup. Treas., Herbert E. Steiner, N. Y. C; Sup. Historian, Jack I. Wagenheim; General Sec, Leon D. Dover, 551 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. ZIONIST LABOR PARTY "HITACHDUT ZEIRE ZION" OF AMERICA Org. 1920. OFFICE: 25 E. 7th, New York City. Annual Convention, Dec. 7-11, 1930, Cleveland, O. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: TO help in creating a Jewish free working community in Palestine and to renew the life of the Jewish people in the Diaspora on the basis of work and Hebrew culture. OFFICERS: Exec. Sec, Abraham Spierer; and A. Brener, L. Glantz, Hayim Greenberg, D. Rebelsky, L. Rubinstein, D. Wertheim. 252 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA Org. 1897; Re-org. 1918. OFFICE: 111 Fifth Ave., New York City. Thirty-third Annual Convention, June 29—July 1, 1930, Cleveland, Ohio. Members, 65,000. 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. Affiliated Organizations: Young Judaea, Avukah, Junior Hadassah. PUBLICATIONS: The New Palestine, a weekly for members, in English. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman, Julian W. Mack, N. Y. C.; Hon. Vice- Chairman, Louis Lipsky, N. Y. C; Chairman, Robert Szold, N. Y. C; Vice-Chairman, Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland, O.; Members of the Administration: Israel B. Brodie, Abraham Goldberg, Jacob de Haas, N. Y. C; James G. Heller, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Edward Jacobs, N. Y. C.;Wm, M. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Louis Lipsky, Julian W. Mack. Emanuel Neumann, Louis I. Newman, Nathan Ratnoff, Samuel J. Rosensohn, Morris Rothenberg, Nelson Ruttenberg, N. Y. C; Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland, O.; Robert Szold, Abraham Tulin, Stephen S. Wise, N. Y. C; Treas., Morris Weinberg, N. Y. C; Assoc. Treas., Harry P. Fierst. Mt. Vernon, N. Y. LIST OF FEDERATIONS FOR PHILANTHROPIC WORK, 1930

In 1930, a total of 54 communities reported the existence of 55 city federations for the support of philanthropic work;1 New York City has two such bodies, one for the Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, and the other for Brooklyn. Of the 55 federations, 36, or two-thirds, are members of com- munity chests, while the remaining 19 obtain their revenues directly from the Jewish public. During 1930, the 55 federations disbursed a total of $16,205,685. Of this amount $12,008,136 (74%) was dis- bursed by the 19 independent federations, and $4,197,549 by the 36 which are members of community chests. In 1930, the 55 federations had a total of 466 constituent societies. In the following table the independent federations are indicated by an asterisk (*).

1 For a definition of "federation" as employed in this table, and for further details regarding this type of organization, the reader is referred to The Communal Organisa- tion of the Jews in the United States, 1927, by H. S. Linfield, American Jewish Committee, 1930, 122-125, 183. 253 254 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, 1852-1930. Rep. from Mo., 1889-1891. 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 taking his seat. 261 262 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., 1921-1922. SIEGEL, ISAAC, 1880- . Rep. from N. Y., 1915-1922. SIMON, JOSEPH, 1851- . Sen. from Ore., 1897-1903. STRAUS, ISIDOR, 1845-1912. Rep. from N. Y., 1894-1895. 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. YULEE, DAVID LEVY, 1811-1886. Del. from Fla., 1841-1845. Sen. from Fla., 1845-1851, 1855-1861.

PRESENT (MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS) BACHARACH, ISAAC, Republican, Representative, Atlantic City, 1915- BLOOM, SOL., Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923— CELLER, EMANUEL, Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923- DICKSTEIN, SAMUEL, Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1923- GOLDER, BENJAMIN M., Republican, Representative, Philadelphia, 1924- KAHN, FLORENCE PRAG (MRS. JULIUS), Republican, Representative, San Francisco, 1925- SABATH, ADOLPH J., Democrat, Representative, Chicago, 1907- SIROVICH, WM. I., Democrat, Representative, New York City, 1926- JEWISH AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS OF THE UNITED STATES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

The following is a list of Jews who have served as ministers or ambas- sadors 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, as in the cases of Mordecai M. Noah, Benjamin F. Peixotto and Simon Wolf. In the compilation of this list, the Jewish Encyclopedia, the American Jewish Year Book, and the Register of the Department of State for 1930 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- ), New York City, Minister to Al- bania, 1929- EINSTEIN, LEWIS, (1877- ), New York City, Minister to Costa Rica, July 6, 1913 to June 1921; Minister to Czecho-Slovakia, October 8, 1921- 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- 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- 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- 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, 1920. WOLF SIMON, (1836-1923), Washington, D. C, Agent and Consul Gen- eral to Egypt, June 30, 1881- , 1882. 263 JEWISH JUDGES OF UNITED STATES AND STATE COURTS

Following is a list of Jews who have served, or are now serving, as judges in the courts of the United States, or of the various states. This does not include persons who have been, or are, judges of county, city, or municipal courts. In the compilation of this list, such authorities as the Jewish Encyclopedia, Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Jewish Year Book, and Who's Who in American Jewry were consulted. The list was compiled by Mr. Bernard Postal of New York City. A. UNITED STATES COURTS Supreme Court BRANDEIS, LOUIS D. (1856- ), Boston, Mass., appointed 1916. Circuit Courts ALTSCHULER, SAMUEL J. (1859- ), Chicago, 111., appointed 1915. MACK, JULIAN W. (1866- ), Chicago, 111., appointed 1910. MAYER, JULIUS M. (1865-1925), New York City, appointed 1912. District Courts ADLER, SIMON (1867- ), Rochester, N. Y., appointed 1927. BONDY, WILLIAM (1871- ), New York City, appointed 1923. GALSTON, CLARENCE G. (1876- ), New York City, appointed 1929. HOLLZER, HARRY A. (1880- ), Los Angeles, Cal., appointed 1931. MOSCOWITZ, GROVER M. (1886- ), New York City, appointed 1925. SIMONS, CHARLES C. (1876- ), Detroit, Mich., appointed 1923. SULZBACHER, Louis (1842-1915), Kansas City, Mo., appointed Judge of Supreme Court of Porto Rico 1900, U. S. District Court Indian Territory 1904, resigned 1909. TRIEBER, JACOB (1853-1927), Little Rock, Ark., appointed 1900, reap- pointed 1903. WOLF, ADOLF GRANT (1869- ), Washington, D. C, associate Justice of Supreme Court of Porto Rico, appointed 1904. B. STATE COURTS A rkansas FRAUENTHAL, SAMUEL, (1864- ) , Supreme Court, appointed 1909-1913. 264 JEWISH JUDGES 265

California LYONS, HENRY A., (1810-1872) San Francisco, Supreme Court, elected 1849-1852, Chief Justice 1852. HEYDENFELDT, SOLOMON, (1816-1890), San Francisco, Supreme Court, 1852-1857. SLOSS, MARCUS C, (1869- ), San Francisco, Supreme Court, ap- pointed and elected 1906, reelected 1910, resigned 1919 Illinois FRIEND, HUGO M. (1882- ), Chicago. Appellate Court, appointed iy5u MACK, JULIAN W., (1866- ), Chicago, Appellate Court, appointed 1909-1911. STEIN, PHILIP, (1844-1922), Chicago, Appellate Court, appointed 1903- 1905, Chief Justice 1905-1922. Iowa SALINGER, BEN. I., (1861-1931), Carroll, Supreme Court, 1915-1921. Louisiana MOISE, EDWIN WARREN, (1811-1868), New Orleans, appointed Judge Confederate State Court 1861-1865. DINKELSPIEL, MAX, (1844-1927), Court of Appeals, appointed 1913-1922. Massachusetts LOURIE, DAVID A., (1878-1930), Boston, Superior Court, appointed 1924-1930. PINANSKI, ABRAHAM, (1887- ), Boston, Superior Court, appointed 1930- Michigan BUTZEL, HENRY M.( (1871- ), Detroit, Supreme Court, appointed 1929 Chief Justice 1930, reelected 1931. New Jersey KALISCH, SAMUEL, (1851-1930), Newark, Supreme Court, appointed 1911 reelected 1918 and 1925-1930. New York Court of Appeals CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N., (1870- ), New York City, appointed Acting Judge Court of Appeals 1914, appointed Judge, 1917, elected 1917, elected Chief Justice 1926. ELKUS, ABRAM I., (1867- ), New York City, appointed 1929, resigned 1920. LEHMAN, IRVING, (1876- ), New York City, elected 1924. 266 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Supreme Court BIJUR, NATHAN, (1862-1930), New York City, 1909-1930. CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N., (1870- ), New York City, 1913-1914. COHN, ALBERT, (1885- ), New York City, 1929- ERLANGER, MITCHELL L., (1857- ), New York City, 1906-1927, retired FRANKENTHALER, ALFRED, (1881- ), New York City, 1926- GIBBS, Louis D., (1880-1929), New York City, 1924-1929. GOLDSMITH, IRVING I., (1881- ), Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1927- 1930 resigned GREENBAUM, SAMUEL, (1854-1930), New York City, 1914- , Ap- pellate Division, appointed 1920, resigned 1923. HARRIS, SAMUEL J., (1877- ), New York City, 1924- HIRSCHBERG, MICHAEL HENRY, (1847- ) Newburgh, 1896-1917, presiding justice 1904-1917, retired. LAZANSKY, EDWARD, (1872- ), New York City, 1917- LEHMAN, IRVING, (1876- ), New York City, 1908-1922. LEVENTRITT, DAVID, (1845-1926), New York City, 1898-1908. LEVY, AARON J., (1881- ), New York City, 1923- LEWIS, HARRY E., (1880- ), New York City, 1922- MAY, MITCHELL, (1870- % ), New York City, 1922- MILLER, Julius, (1880- * ), New York City, 1930- PLATZEK, M. WARLEY, (1854- ), New York City, 1907-1924, retired PROSKAUER, JOSEPH M., (1877- ), New York City, 1923-1930, resigned. SHIENTAG, BERNHARD, (1887- ), New York City, 1929- SHERMAN, HENRY L., (1870- ), New York City, 1927- UNTERMEYER, IRWIN, (1886- ), New York City, 1929- WASSERVOGEL, ISIDOR, (1875- ), New York City, 1920- Rhode Island HAHN, J. JEROME, (1868- ), Providence, Supreme Court, 1931- JEWISH GOVERNORS

PAST ALEXANDER, MOSES, 1853- , 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.' SOLOMON, EDWARD S., 1836-1913, Governor of Washington Territory, 1870-1874.

PRESENT MEIER, JULIUS L., 1874- , elected Governor of Oregon, 1930. SELIGMAN, ARTHUR, 1873- , elected Governor of New Mexico, 1930.

1 Authorities differ as to whether Emanuel was elected, or, by virtue of his 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 Hilhner in Publications of the Amercan Jewish Historical Society, Vol. 17, pp. 192, 193. 267 JEWS WHO HAVE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE

ASSER, TOBIAS MICHAEL CAREL, born, April 28, 1838, Amsterdam, Netherlands; died, July 29, 1913, The Hague; awarded prize in 1911 for peace propaganda of long standing. BARANY, ROBERT, born, April 22, 1876, Vienna, ; awarded prize in medicine, 1914, for researches on physiology and pathology of the auditory canal. BERGSON, HENRI, born, October 18, 1859, Paris, France; awarded prize in literature in 1928, for philosophical writings. BRAUN, KARL FERDINAND, born, June 6, 1850, Fulda, Germany; died April 20, 1918, New York; awarded prize in physics, 1909, for researches in wireless telegraphy. EHRLICH, PAUL, born, May 14, 1854, Strehlen, Silesia, Germany; died, August 20, 1925, Homburg (v. d. H.), awarded prize in medicine, 1908, for researches in trypan-red for sterilization. EINSTEIN, ALBERT, born, May 14, 1879, Ulm, Wuerttemberg, Germany; awarded prize in physics in 1921, for researches in astro-physics. FRANCE, JAMES, born August 26, 1882, Hamburg, Germany; awarded prize in physics, 1925; for researches in theories of atoms. FRIED, ALFRED H., born, November 11, 1864, Vienna, Austria; died May 5, 1921, Vienna; awarded prize in 1911, for comprehensive peace propaganda. HABER, FRITZ, born, December 9, 1868, Breslau, Germany; awarded prize in Chemistry, 1918, for researches on the synthesis of ammonia. HERTZ, GUSTAV, born July 22, 1887, Hamburg, Germany; awarded prize in physics, 1925, for researches in theories of electrons. LANDSTEINER, KARL, born, June 14, 1868, Vienna, Austria; awarded prize in medicine, 1930, for discoveries in classifying different types of human blood. LIPPMANN, GABRIEL, born, August 16, 1845, Hallerich, Luxemburg; died, July 13, 1921; awarded prize in physics, 1908, for researches in color photography. MEYERHOFF, OTTO, born, April 12, 1884, Hannover, Germany; awarded prize in medicine, 1922, for researches in the transformation of energy in the muscles. MICHELSON, ALBERT ABRAHAM, born, December 19, 1852, Strelno, Prussia; died, May 9, 1931, Pasadena, Cal.; awarded prize in physics, 1907, for researches with spectroscopy and interferometer. 268 JEWS WHO HAVE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE 269

WALLACH, OTTO, born, March 27, 1847, Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Germany; awarded prize in chemistry, 1910, for researches in essential oils and terpenes. WILI.STAETTER, RICHARD, born, August 13, 1872, Carlsruhe, Baden; awarded prize in chemistry, 1915, for researches in alkaloids (atropin and cocaine), aniline dyes and vegetable coloring matters ZSIGISMONDO, RICHARD, born, April 1, 1865, Vienna, Austria; died, September 23, 1929, Goettingen, Germany; awarded prize in chemistry, 1925, for researches in Colloid chemistry.