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To Volumes 1-35 American Jewish Year Book INDEX TO VOLUMES 1-35 OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK INDEX TO VOLUMES 1—35 OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK Abrahams, Israel, compiler, Selected Hebraica and Judaica, 5661, p. 626; 5662, p. 160; 5663, p. 147; 5664, p. 165; 5665, p. 318 Abrahams, Israel, by Herbert Loewe, 5687, p. 219 Adler, Cyrus, [Editor] Year Books, 5660; 5661; 5662; 5663; 5664; 5677; (in collaboration with Henrietta Szold) 5665; 5666 [Compiler] From Kishineff to Bialystok, a table of pogroms from 1903 to 1906, 5667, p. 34 [Compiler] Voice of America on Kishineff, additions and cor- rections, 5665, p. 378 —— American passport in Russia, 5665, p. 283 Benzion Halper (address delivered at meeting in memory of Benzion Halper at Dropsie College. Philadelphia, May 6, 1924), 5685, p. 459 Jacob Henry Schiff, a biographical sketch, 5682, p. 21 Louis Marshall, a biographical sketch, 5691, p. 21 Max Leopold Margolis, 5694, p. 139 • Oscar S. Straus, a biographical sketch, 5688, p. 145 Solomon Schechter, a biographical sketch, 5677, p. 25 Adler, Michael, Story of British Jewry in the War, 5680, p. 98 AGRICULTURE Agricultural activities of the Jews in America, by L. G. Robinson, 5673, p. 21 Ahad Ha-Am (Ginzberg, Asher), by Leon Simon, 5689, p. 87 Alcalay, I., Jews of Serbia, 5679, p. 75 Alliance Israelite Universelle, by Jacques Bigart, 5661, p. 45 ALSACE-LORRAINE Jews of Alsace-Lorraine (1870-1920), by Sylvain Halff, 5681 p. 53 AMBASSADORS See DIPLOMATIC SERVICE AMERICA, LATIN Jews of Latin America, by Henry Sandberg, 5678, p. 35 AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Annual Reports, 5669, and following American passport in Russia, 5665, p. 283 561 562 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK AMERICANIZATION Jewish Americanization agencies, by Charles S. Bernheimes, 5682, p. 84 The Yiddish press—an Americanizing agency, by M. Soltes, 5685, p. 165. Angell, Pauline K., Julius Rosenwald, 5693, p. 141 Anniversary and Barmitzvah Tables, 5676, p. 21; 5677, p. 21; 5678, p. 21 Anniversary celebrations of congregations in the United States, 5662, p. 186; later included in Events Appointments, Honors, and Elections, 5663 to date. Title changes: Appointments and honors, 5663-5668; Appointments, honors and elections, 5669-5673; Appointments, honors and elections, and necrology, 5674 and following, included in Events); beginning with 5683, entered as Appendix to Survey of the Year, later called Review of the Year See also Decorations, Honors, and Distinctions; Elections Architecture of the Synagogue, by William G. Tachau, 5687, p. 155 ARMY AND NAVY Jews in the United States army and navy, by Lewis Landes, 5677, p. 76 See also WARS ARTISTS List of works by Jewish artists in the United States, 5667, p. 175; 5668, p. 467 BALKANS Balkan wars and the Jews, 5674, p. 188 Levantine Jews in the United States, by David de Sola Pool, 5674, p. 207 Barmitzvah Tables, see Anniversary and Barmitzvah Tables Barnett, George E., Jewish population of Maryland, 5663, p. 46 Beilis affair, [by Herman Bernstein], 5675, p. 19 Bequests and gifts, 5661, p. 639; 5662, p. 181; 5663, p. 175; 5664, p. 193; 5665, p. 354; 5666, p. 195; 5667, p. 188; 5668, p. 480; 5669-5682 included in Events; beginning with 5683, entered as appendix to Survey of the Year later called Review of the Year Berkowitz, Henry J., Ben Selling, 5692, p. 155 Berkowitz, Henry, by William Rosenau, 5685, p. 448 BERLIN, TREATY OF (1878) Jewish rights at international congresses, by Max J. Kohler, 5678, p. 106 Situation of Jews of Roumania since the Treaty of Berlin, by E. Schwarzfeld, 5663, p. 63 See also MINORITIES Bernheim petition to the League of Nations, 5694, p. 74 INDEX TO VOLUMES 1—35 563 Bernheimer, Charles S., Jewish Americanization agencies, 5682, p. 84 Summary of Jewish organizations in the United States, 5661, p. 496 Bernsl'in, Herman, [Editor], Year Book, 5675 Beilis affair, 5675, p. 19 Bialystok, see POGROMS BIBLE New English translation of the Bible, 5678, p. 161 BIBLIOGRAPHY Classified list of standard books in English and Jewish subjects, by I. George Dobsevage, 5684, p. 204 Hundred best available books in English on Jewish subjects, 5665, p. 309 List of available stories of Jewish interest in English, 5667, p. 130 List of books and articles by Jews in the United States, 5666, p. 171; 5667, p. 148; 5668, p. 443; 5669, p. 91; 567a, p. 204; 5671, p. 301 List of notable articles of Jewish interest, 5668, p. 438; 5669, p. 80; 5670, p. 194; 5671, p. 281 List of works by Jewish artists in the United States, 5667, p. 175; 5668, p. 467 One hundred available books in English on Palestine, 5666, p. 153 One hundred best available books in English on Jewish subjects 5686, p. 260 Selected Hebraica and Judaica, by I. Abrahams, 5661, p. 626; 5662, p. 160; 5663, p. 147; 5664, p. 165; 5665, p. 318 Bigart, Jacques, Alliance Israelite Universelle, 5661, p. 45 BIOGRAPHY Biographical sketches of Jewish communal workers in the United States, 5666, p. 32 Biographical sketches of Jews who have served in the Congress of the United States (through 1900), 5661, p. 517 Biographical sketches of Jews in the Fifty-Seventh Congress, 5663, p. 172 Jews in the Congress of the United States, 5666, p. 126 Biographical sketches of Jews prominent in the professions, etc., in the United States, 5665, p. 52 Biographical sketches of rabbis and cantors officiating in the United States, 5664, p. 40; 5665, p. 214; 5666, p. 119 Abrahams, Israel, by Herbert Loewe, 5687, p. 219 Ahad Ha-Am, by Leon Simon, 5689, p. 87 Berkowitz, Henry, by W. Rosenau, 5685, p. 448 564 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, by S. D. Oppenheim, 5678, p. 227 Frankel, Lee K., by Solomon Lowenstein, 5693, p. 121 Friedlaender, Israel, by Jacob Kohn, 5682, p. 65 Halper, Benzion, by Cyrus Adler, 5685, p. 459 Hirsch, Emil Gustave, by S. D. Schwartz, 5686, p. 230 Isaacs, Abram S., by Lewis M. Isaacs, 5682, p. 80 Isaacs, Myer S., by Abram S. Isaacs, 5667, p. 19 Jacobs, Joseph, by Mayer Sulzberger, 5677, p. 68 Kahn, Julius, by Harry Schneiderman, 5686, p. 238 Kohler, Kaufmann, by H. G. Enelow, 5687, p. 235 Krauskopf, Joseph, by Rabbi Abraham J. Feldman, 5685, p. 420 Lederer, Ephraim, by J. H. Greenstone, 5687, p. 273 Levy, Uriah P., by Simon Wolf, 5663, p. 42 Malter, Henry, by A. Marx, 5687, p. 261 Margolis, Max Leopold, by Cyrus Adler, 5694, p. 139 Marshall, Louis, by Cyrus Adler, 5691, p. 21 Meyer, Martin Abraham, by Louis I. Newman, 5686, p. 246 Moise, Penina, by Lee C. Harby, 5666, p. 17 Rosenwald, Julius, by Pauline K. Angell, 5693, p. 141 Schechter, Solomon, by Cyrus Adler, 5677, p. 25 Schiff, Jacob Henry, by Cyrus Adler, 5682, p. 21 Seixas, Gershom Mendes, by N. Taylor Phillips, 5665, p. 40 Selling, Ben, by H. J. Berkowitz, 5692, p. 155 Straus, Nathan, by David de Sola Pool, 5692, p. 135 Straus, Oscar S., by Cyrus Adler, 5688, p. 145 Sulzberger, Cyrus L., by Morris D. Waldman, 5694, p. 145 Sulzberger, Mayer, address of Louis Marshall, 5685, p. 373 Wolf, Simon, by Max J. Kohler, 5685, p. 404 Zangwill, Israel, by Harry Schneiderman, 5688, p. 121 CALENDARS Calendars [for current years], 5661 to date Jewish Calendar for one hundred years, (1824-1924) 5585-5684; 5678, p. 24; 5679, p. 20; 5680, p. 20; 5681, p. 20 Table showing dates on which Jewish holidays and festivals occur, 5676, p. 20; 5678, p. 20 CANADA Jews of Canada, by Martin Wolff, 5686, p. 154 See also IMMIGRATION—Canada INDEX TO VOLUMES 1—35 565 CANTORS Biographical sketches of rabbis and cantors, 5664, p. 40; 5665, p. 214; 5666, p. 119 CENSUS See STATISTICS CHARITIES See FEDERATIONS CHRONOLOGY See Events COLLEGES American colleges in which Hebrew is taught, 5678, p. 406 List of rabbis and instructors in Jewish colleges, 5678, p. 367 Professional tendencies among Jewish students in colleges, universities and professional schools (including statistical tables) 5681, p. 383 Table showing enrollment of Jewish students in American colleges and universities in 1915-16, 5678, p. 407 See also SEMINARIES COMMUNAL ORGANIZATION Communal organization of the Jews in the United States, 1927, by H. S. Linfield, 5690, p. 99 Synagogue and Jewish communal activities, by Horace Stern, 5694, p. 157 COMMUNAL WORKERS Biographical sketches of Jewish communal workers in the United States, 5666, p. 32 CONGREGATIONS Anniversary celebrations of congregations, 5662, p. 186 Census of Religious Bodies, 1917 [schedules and correspondence], by the Bureau of Jewish Social Research, 5678, p. 421 Jewish Congregations in the United States, 1927, a preliminary statement, by H. S. Linfield, 5689, p. 199 See also SYNAGOGUES; Directory of Jewish local organizations, 5680, p. 330 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Biographical sketches of Jews in the Fifty-Seventh Congress, 5663, p. 172 Biographical sketches of Jews who have served in the Congress (through 1900), 5661, p. 517 Jews in Congress of the United States [biographical sketches], 5666, p. 126 List of Jewish members of the Congress of the United States, past and present, 5665; 5667-5672; 5675-5694 566 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK CRIME, See PRISONS DANZIG, FREE CITY OF Jews of the Free City of Danzig—Census of 1923 and 1924, 5691, p. 249 Davidson, Israel, Kol Nidre, 5684, p. 180 Decorations, honors, and distinctions awarded to Jews (United States and abroad), 5663, p. 187; 5664, p. 208 See also Appointments, honors, etc. DIPLOMATIC SERVICE Jews in the diplomatic service of the United States, 5694, p. 233 Jewish ambassadors and ministers of the United States to foreign countries, 5692, p. 263; 5693, p. 233 Directory of Jewish Organizations—local Directory of Jewish local organizations in the United States, with statistical tabulations on synagogues, religious schools and other organizations, 5680, p.
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