JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: 222 Pulaski, Brooklyn, N. Y. Eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1921, New York City. Members, 271. Chapters, 9. PURPOSE: A national collegiate Greek-letter organization for Jewish students. OFFICERS: Pres., Milton Adler, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Vice-Pres., Simeon L. Hamburger, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treas., Sidney S. Picker, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Sec, Herman Rolnick, 221 Pulaski, Brooklyn, N. Y. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: The Officers, and Maximilian L. Farber, Philadelphia, Pa.; Samuel Kahn, Atlanta, Ga.; Joseph Levine, Brooklyn, N. Y.; T. R. Racoosin, N. Y. C; H. Philip Sohmer, N. Y. C. AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RESEARCH Org. June 15, 1920. OFFICE: Philadelphia, Pa. Meeting, April 30, 1922, New York City. Members, 14. PURPOSE: TO advance Jewish learning in America. OFFICERS: Pres., Louis Ginzberg, N. Y. C; Treas., Jacob Z. Lauter- bach, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, Henry Malter, 1531 Diamond, Philadel- phia, Pa. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906; inc. Mch. 16, 1911. OFFICE: 171 Madison Av., New York City. For report, see pp. 323, seq. AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS Org. March 1916. Re-org. 1920. OFFICE: 1 Madison Ave., New York City Convention, May 21-22, 1922, Philadelphia, Pa. Delegates, 400. PURPOSE: TO further and promote Jewish rights, to safeguard and defend such rights wherever and whenever the same are either threat- ened or violated; to generally deal with all matters relating to and affecting specific Jewish interests. OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan Straus; Vice-Pres.,Aaron J. Levy; Samuel Untermeyer; Stephen S. Wise; Treas., Geo. I. Fox; Ex. Sec, B. G. Richards, 1 Madison Av., New York City. 220 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Max Aaron, Phila., Pa.; M. Abramoff, Phila., Pa.; H. Appelbaum, Tulsa, Okla.; A. M. Ashinsky, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J.A. Bernstein, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Philip N. Bernstein, Waterbury, Conn.; Samuel Blitz, New York City.; Jacob Carlinger, New York City, A. B. Cohen, Scranton, Pa.; Joseph Chagi, Detroit, Mich.; David H. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Samuel Cohen, New York City; Nachman H. Ebin, New York City; Max Eckman, New York City; Wm. Edlin, New York City; Louis D. Gibbs, New York City; Jacob Ginsburg, Phila., Pa.; Leopold C. Glass, Phila., Pa.; Simon Glazer, Kansas City, Mo.; Henry D. Gold, Boston, Mass.; Abraham Goldberg, New York City; Alexander Goldberg, New York City; A. J. Goldstein, Jersey City, N. J.; George Gordon, Minneapolis, Minn.; Meyer Greenberg, New York City; Gustave Hartman, New York City; R. B. Hershon, Easton, Pa.; Abraham Hirsfch, Phila., Pa.; Michael Hollander, Newark, N. J.; Albert Hurwitz, Boston, Mass.; Sol. Hurwitz, Cleveland, O.; Nathan Isaacs, Pittsburgh, Pa.; M. A. Kaplan, New York City; Maurice Katz, Phila., Pa.; Abraham Kollin, Cleveland, O.; Samuel C. Kone, Hartford, Conn.; Solomon Lamport, Long Island; Hyman Lazarus, Bayonne, N. J.; Isaac Levine, New York City; Martin O. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Max Levy, Staten Island; Chas. Lipshutz; Phila., Pa.; Philip Marcus, Providence, R. I.; Morris Margulies, New York City; Wm. B. Marker, Chester, Pa.; Jacob Massel, Long Island; Israel Matz, New York City; B. F. Miller, Phila., Pa.; S. Nadelweiss, New York City; Emanuel Neumann; New York City; Benj. Plotle, New York City; Bernard Reich, New York City; Samuel Rhine, Akron, O.; Adolph Rosenblum, Phila., Pa.; Samuel Sale, St. Louis, Mo.; Joe W. Salus, Phila., Pa.; Peter Schweitzer, New York City; Bernard Shelvin, New York City; J. Silberfeld, Newark, N. J.; Adolph Stern, New York City; Elihu D. Stone, Boston, Mass., Max Suls, Baltimore, Md.; Emil Tausig, New York City; Joseph L. Tepper, Washington, D. C; S. Thau, New York City; Morris Weinberg, New York City; Leo Wolfson, New York City ; Mrs. Jenny Zwick, Cleveland, O. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City Thirtieth Annual Meeting, Apl. 29-30, 1922, New York City. Members, 446. Has issued twenty-eight volumes of publications and an index to publications 1-20. Maintains a collection of books, manuscripts, and historical objects in its room in the building of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 531 W. 123d, N. Y. C. OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham S. W. Rosenbach, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., Simon W. Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 221 Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; N. Taylor Phillips, N. Y. C; Richard J. H. Gottheil; Treas., Henry S. Hendricks; Curator, Leon Huhner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row; Rec. Sec, Samuel Oppen- heim, N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: The Officers, and Chas. J. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex.; Herbert Friedenwald, Washington, D. C.; Lee M. Friedman, Boston, Mass.; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; Max J. Kohler, Harold Korn, N. Y. C; Max L. Margolis, Phila., Pa.; Alexander Marx, N. Y. C.; Abraham A. Neuman, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C; Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. C; Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa., ex-officio, as past Presidents of the Society. AMERICAN JEWISH LEGION Org. 1922. OFFICE: 541 Lincoln PL, Brooklyn, N. Y. First Annual Convention, May 20-21, 1922, Philadephia, Pa. PURPOSE: TO foster Jewish consciousness amongst Jewish ex-service men, to colonize Jewish ex-sevice men in Palestine, keeping physically fit, and mutual aid. OFFICERS: Chairman, Gershon Agronsky, New York City; Treas., Alex Gold, New York City; Sec, Elias Ginsburg, 541 Lincoln PL, Brooklyn, N. Y. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and Harry Almes, Phila., Pa.; Harry C. Appel, Phila., Pa.; Benj. Bronstein, Lynn. Mass.; Samuel Cohen, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Sidney Fink, N. Y. C; Abr. I. Hausman, Cleveland, O.; Aaron Schwartz, Phila., Pa., Z. L. Shein, Baltimore, Md. AMERICAN JEWISH PHYSICIANS' COMMITTEE Org. May 24, 1921. OFFICE: 1225 Broadway, New York City First Annual Convention, May 24, 1921, New York City. Members, 880. PURPOSE: TO build medical college in connection with Hebrew University in Palestine. ' ' -"'•'' OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan Ratnoff; Vice-Pres., Israel Strauss and Samuel J. Kopetzky; Treas., Abraham J. Rongy; Sec, Israel S. Wechsler, N. Y. C. / " EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and Emil Altman, Joseph Bakst, Joseph Bieber, Simon Blatties, Leo Buerger, Samuel J. Druskin, A. A. Epstein, Emanuel Friedman, G. A. Friedman, Sigismund S. Goldwater, S. P. Goodhart, Julius J. Hertz, Philip Horowitz, Abraham Hymanson, Harry E. Isaacs, Leopold Jaches, Julius Jarcho, Max Kahn, David J. Kaliski, Emanuel Libman, William Linder, Herman Lorber, Leon Louria, Samuel J. Scadron. 222 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK AMERICAN RED MOGEN DAVID Org. March 13, 1918. OFFICE: 327 S. 5th, Philadelphia, Pa. Third Annual Convention, Feb. 10, 1921, Philadelphia, Pa. Chapters, 95. Members 25,000. PURPOSE: Transplanting into the land of Israel and caring for the orphans of the war and pogrom-stricken countries; organizing medical and sanitation units wherever necessary; assisting Red Mogen David organizations in other countries to do their work. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., B. L. Levinthal, Philadelphia, Pa.; Pres. Mrs. Rose Glider, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., C. Fieldman, Portland, Me. Mrs. Miriam Greenberg, Phila., Pa.; B. Rosenblatt, Bridgeport, Conn. Mrs. H. Ruderman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; S. Shane, Camden, N. J.; Treas., Mrs. Miriam Kirschner, Phila., Pa.; Chairman National Executive Committee, Mrs. Chas. A. Spivacke, N. Y. C. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE: Mrs. A. Finklestein, Jacob Ginsberg, Reba dayman, Mrs. Rose Glider, Mrs. M. Greenberg, A. Hirsh, Mrs. M. Kirschner, Chas. Lipshutz, S. Shane, Mrs. H. Snyder, Mrs. A. Solomon, Mrs. D. B. Swiren. BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Org. Feb. 9, 1891; inc. 1891. OFFICE: 80 Maiden Lane, New York City Thirty-first Annual Meeting, Feb. 19, 1922, New York City. The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads: I. Agriculture; subsidizing Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society and the National Farm School. Granting scholarships for State agricultural school to young men desiring to take agri- culture as their life work. II. BARON DE HIRSCH TRADE SCHOOL, 222 E. 64th, N. Y. C, offering to Jewish young men instruction in day classes in the following trades: Machinist, Plumbing, .Electrical, House, Fresco and Sign Painting, Printing, Sheet Metal Work, Woodworking and Carpentry, and Operating (Engineering. III. WOODBINE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. IV. ENGLISH EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANTS. Day and Evening Classes. V. RELIEF WORK. Through subsidized societies in Maryland: Balti- more.—New York: Brooklyn, New York City. OFFICERS: Pres., Eugene S. Benjamin, 130 E. 25th; Vice-Pres., S. G. Rosenbaum; Treas., Simon F. Rothschild; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 253 Broadway, N. Y. C. TRUSTEES: The Officers, and Charles L. Bernheimer, Nathan Bijur, Abram I. Elkus, Alfred Jaretzki, Herbert H. Lehman, Mortimer L. Schiff, N. Y. C; S. S. Fleisher, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 223 BUREAU OF JEWISH SOCIAL RESEARCH Org. Apl., 1919. OFFICE: 114 Fifth Av., New York City Merger of Bureau of Philanthropic Research, Bureau of Jewish Statistics and Research of the American Jewish Committee, and the Field Bureau of the National Conference of Jewish Charities, and supported by funds provided by the American Jewish Committee, the New York Foundation, and the Federations of Jewish Philanthropies throughout the country, in addition to private contributions. PURPOSE: Research into problems of Jewish social and communal life in America and in other centers of Jewry throughout the world. OFFICERS: Chairman, Adolph Lewisohn; Treas., David M. Heyman; Sec, Solomon Lowenstein; Chairman Exec. Com., Cyrus L. Sulzberger. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: The Officers, and Cyrus Adler, B. D. Bogen, Fred M. Butzel, Chas. Eisenman, Lee K. Frankel, I. E. Goldwasser, Mrs. Alexander Kohut, Herbert H. Lehman, Irwin F. Lehman, Alfred C. Meyer, Max Senior, Robert Senior, Nat Stone, Aaron Waldheim, Morris D. Waldman, Felix M. Warburg. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Cyrus L. Sulzberger, Chairman; I. E. Gold- wasser, David M. Heyman, Mrs. Alexander Kohut, Herbert H. Lehman, Felix M. Warburg, N. Y. C. ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Lee K. Frankel, Chairman; Ludwig B. Bernstein, Jacob Billikopf, Boris D.