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Jewish National Oeganizations in the United States AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY 361 JEWISH NATIONAL OEGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE Org., May, 1860. OFFICE: 150 Nassau, New York City BRANCHES: Maryland: Baltimore.—Massachusetts: Boston (2), Wor- cester.—New Jersey: Hoboken, Jersey City.—New York: Elmira, New York City.—'Pennsylvania : Philadelphia. AMERICAN FEDERATION OP THE JEWISH TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION (ITO) Org., Apl., 1906. OFFICE : New York City EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, 516 West End Av. ; Daniel Guggenheim. Herman Bosenthal, N. Y. C.; Solomon Solis Cohen, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa. BRANCHES : Maryland : Baltimore.—New York : New York City.—Penn- sylvania : Philadelphia. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org., Nov. 11, 1906; inc., , Mch. 16,, 1911. OFFICEOFFI ) : 356 Second Av., New York City. New York City. For report, see pp. 437-465. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org., 1892. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City Twenty-first Annual Meeting, February 11-12, 1913, New York City. Members, 355. Has issued twenty volumes of Publications. Maintains a collection of Books, Manuscrlots, and Historical Objects In its Room in the Building of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 531 W. 1230, N. Y. C. OFFICERS : Pres., Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa.; Vlce-Pres., Simon W. Rosen- dale, Albany, N. Y.; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; Julian W. Mack, Washington, D. C.; Richard J. H. Gottheil; Treas., N. Taylor Phillips; Curator, Leon Htihner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row; Rec. Sec, Herbert Friedenwald, 356 Second Av., N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : The Officers, and Charles J. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex.; Lee M. Friedman, Boston, Mass; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph Jacobs, Max J. Kohler, N. Y. C.; Max L. Margolis, Phila., Pa.; Alexandei Marx, N. Y. C.; A. S. W. Rosenbach, J. Bunford Samuel, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Simon Wolf, Washing- ton, D. C.; Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. C, ex offlcio, as past President of the Society. 362 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK ARBEITER RING (THE WORKMEN'S CIRCLE) Org., Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE: 175 E. Broadway, New York City Thirteenth Annual Meeting, May 7-11, 1913, Phila., Pa. Members, 43.302. Branches, 495. OFFICERS : Pres., M. Davidoff; Treas., A. Penziner ; Sec, Jehiel Wein- traub, 175 E. Broadway; Asst. Sec, R. Fingerhood, N. Y. C. DIRECTORS : The Officers, and J. Batt, A. Block, L. Dinnerstein, R. Koorhan, M. Mallkin, J. Miller. BRANCHES : Alabama : Birmingham,—California: Los Angeles. Oak- land, San Francisco.—Colorado : Denver.—Connecticut: Ansonia, Bridge- port, Danbury, Hartford, Merlden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London. Norwalk. Norwich, Stamford, Waterbury, Winsted.—Dela- ware : Wilmington.—District of Columbia : Washington.—Florida : Jack- sonville.—Georgia : Atlanta, Macon, Savannah.—Illinois: Chicago, Chi- cago Heights, Maywood.—Indiana : Indianapolis, South Bend.—Iowa : Des Moines, Sioux City.—Kentucky : Louisville, Newport.—Louisiana : New Orleans.—.Maine : Auburn.—Maryland : Baltimore.—Michigan : Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids.—Minnesota : Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul.—Mis- souri : Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis.—Nebraska : Lincoln, Omaha, S. Omaha.—New Hampshire : Manchester, Nashua.—New Jersey : Atlantic City, Bayonne, Cartaret, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Long Branch, Morristown, Newark, New Brunswick, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfleld, Red Bank, Trenton. Vineland, W. Hoboken.—New York : Al- bany, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Camillus, Centerville Sta., Elmira, Glens Falls, Gloversvllle.Greenpoint, Hudson, Kingston, Mount Vernon, New- burgh, New Rochelle, New York City, N. Tarrytown, Patchogue, Port Ches- ter, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Yonkers.—Ohio: Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, East Liverpool, Toledo, Youngstown.—Oregon : Portland.—Pennsylvania: Allentown, Al- toona, Easton, Harrisburg, Johnstown, New Castle, Philadelphia, Pitts- burg, Reading, Scranton, Uniontown, Wllkes-Barre.—-Rhode Island : Provi- dence, Woonsocket.—Tennessee : Memphis.—-Texas : Dallas, Galveston, Houston. San Antonio, Waco.—Utah: Salt Lake City.—Virginia : Lynch- burg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond.—Washington : Seattle.—West Virginia : Wheeling.—Wisconsin : Milwaukee, Racine, Sheboygan.—Can- ada : Calgary, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, St. John, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg. BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Inc., 1890. OFFICE : 80 Maiden Lane, New York City The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads : I. BARON DB HIRSCB AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, Woodbine, N. J., offer- ing to Jewish young men a course in Agriculture. II. BARON DE HIRSCH TRADE SCHOOL, 22 E. 64th, N. Y. C, offering instruction in day classes in the following trades: Machinist, Plumbing, Electrical, House, Fresco and Sign Painting, Print- ing, Sheet Metal Work, and Operating Engineering. III. WOODBINE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. IV. ENGLISH EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANTS. Day and Evening Classes through branches and subsidized societies. V. RELIEF WORK. Through branches and subsidized societies. BRANCHES : Colorado : Denver.—Illinois : Chicago.—Maryland : Balti- more.—Massachusetts : Boston.—Missouri: St. Louis.—'New York : Brook- lyn.—Pennsylvania : Philadelphia, Plttsburg. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN 3g3 a- °J^.IS1KSm: Pres>> EuSene S. Beniamin, 440 Lafayette; Vice-Pres., Jacob H. Schiff; Treas., Murry Guggenheim; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 52 Wil- TKUS' ' '" Abram Child, Liuvikiyu, 1^1, JL . \ ami and S. S. Plelsher, Phila., Pa. GEN. AGT. : H. L. Sabsovich ; ASST. AGT. : B. A. Palitz. CANTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (SUCCESSOR TO SOCIETY OF AMERICAN CANTORS) Org., June 1, 1908. OFFICE : New York City Fourth Annual Meeting, March 10, 1913. New York City Members, 250. OFFICERS : Pres.-Davld Cahn ; Vlce-Pres., H. Neumark and A. Auerbach ; Sec, I. Prank, 68 W. 114th; Treas., Ed. Kartschmaroff, 1125 Lexington Av., N. Y. C. DIRECTORS : M. Aronoff, J. L. Gasigursky, I. Kaminsky, L. Levkowitz, H. A. Rosotto, M. Schechter. M. Schrager, M. Siegel, and B. Steinberg. BRANCHES : Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia. CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS Org., July 9, 1889 Twenty-fourth Annual Convention, July 2-7, 1913, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 207. Has issued twenty-two volumes of its " Year Book"; the " Union Prayer Book " ; the " Union Hymnal " ; the " Union Haggadah " ; " Prayers for Private Devotion," and various other publications. OFFICERS, 1913-1914: Hon. Pres., Kaufmann Kohler, Cincinnati, O. ; Pres., Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, O. ; Vice-Pres.. William Rosenau, Balti- more, Md.; Treas., Leo M. Franklin, Detroit, Mich. ; Rec. Sec, Morris M. Feuerllcht, Indianapolis, Ind.; Cor. Sec, Joseph S. Kornfeld, 1428 Fair Av., Columbus, O. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1913-1914 : Edward N. Calisch, Richmond, Va.; Samuel N. Deinard, Minneapolis, Minn.; Hyman G. Enelow, N. Y. C.; Solomon Foster, Newark, N. J. ; Maximilian Heller. New Orleans, La. ; Harry H. Mayer, Kansas City, Mo. ; Martin A. Meyer, San Francisco, Calif.; Julian Morgenstern, Cincinnati, O.; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; Samuel Schulman, N. Y. C. ; Joseph Stolz, Chicago, 111. COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN Org., Sept., 1893. OFFICE: 448 Central Park West, New York City Sixth Triennial Convention, Dec. 12, 1911, Phila., Pa. Sections, 77 ; Senior Sections, 57 ; Junior Sections, 20. The work of the Council is conducted under the following Committees : Religion, Religious Schools, Philanthropy, Jewish Juniors, Reciprocity, Peace and Arbitration, Education, Purity of the Press, and a National Department of Immigrant Aid. The National body supports a Department of Immigrant Aid, and the Sections engage in philanthropic, educational, and religious work. 364 - AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK OFFICEKS : Pres., Marlon L. Misch (Mrs. Caesar), 400 Westminster, Providence, R. I.; First Vlce-Pres., Mrs. Bertha P. Rauh (Mrs. Enoch), Pittsburg, Pa., Second Vlce-Pres., Mrs. Miriam K. Arnold, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., Ida W. Friend (Mrs. Jos. B.), New Orleans, La.; Rec. Sec, Mrs. Paul Kessel, Kansas City, Mo.: Auditor, Mrs. Henry Streng, Louis- ville, Ky.; Executive Secretary, Sadie American, 448 Central Park West, N. Y. C.; Chairman Immigrant Aid Committee, Sadie American, 448 Central Park West. N. Y. C. DIRECTORS: (1911-1917) Mrs. Nathaniel Harris, Donora, Pa.; Mrs. Seymour Samuels, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Emma Eckhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Otto Kempner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. S. M. Blumauer, Port- land, Ore.: (1908-1914) Mrs. Ell Strouse, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Nathan Glauber, N. Y. C.; Mrs. D. E. Levy, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Robert Well, N. Y. C.; Mrs. Henry Teitelbaum, Nashville, Tenn. SENIOR SECTIONS : Alabama: Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma. —Arkansas: Hot Springs, Little Rock.—California: Los Angeles, San Francisco.—Connecticut: Hartford, New Haven, Stamford.—Georgia : Atlanta.—Indiana : Indianapolis, Lafayette, Terre Haute.—Kentucky : Louisville.—Louisiana : New Orleans.—Maryland : Baltimore.—Massachu- setts : Worcester.—Minnesota : Minneapolis, St. Paul.—Missouri: Kan- sas City.—New Jersey : Newark.—New York : Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Elmlra, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse.—Ohio: Cincinnati, Dayton, Marion.—Oregon : Portland.—Pennsylvania : Altoona, Bradford, Oil City, Philadelphia, Pittsburg.—Rhode Island : Providence.—South Carolina: Charleston.—Tennessee : Chattanooga, Nashville.—Texas : Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, San Antonio,- Tyler, Waco.—Virginia : Alex- andria, Norfolk, Richmond.—Washington : Seattle.—.West Virginia : Charleston.—Wisconsin : Milwaukee.—Canada :
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