JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [Note.—The information given below is as of April 1, 1926.] ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI BRITH Org. 1924. OFFICE: 300 Peters Trust Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. Second Annual Convention, July 5-7, 1925, Kansas City, Mo. Third Annual Convention, July 1-4, 1926, St. Paul, Minn. Chapters, 20. Members, 800. PURPOSE: Mental, moral and physical development of Jewish youth. Inculcation of Jewish ideals. SUPREME ADVISORY COUNCIL: Grand Pres., Sam Beber, Omaha, Nebr.; Grand Vice-Pres., Nathan Mnookin, Kansas City, Mo.; Saul Arenson, Cincinnati, O.; Grand Treas., Nathan Bernstein, Omaha, Nebr.; Grand Sec, I. F. Goodman, 300 Peters Trust Bldg., Omaha, Nebr.; Julius J. Cohn, Chattanooga, Tenn.; H. D. Frankel, Chicago, 111.; Myer Freeman, Omaha, Nebr,; Archie Herzoff, Sioux City, la.; Philip Klutznick, Kansas City, Mo.; Harry H. Lapidus, Omaha, Nebr.; Samuel H. Schaefer, Denver, Colo.; S. I. Silberman, Des Moines, la.; Harry Trustin, Omaha, Nebr. GRAND OFFICERS : Grand Aleph Godol, Philip Klutznick, Kansas City, Mo.; Grand Aleph S'gan, Harry S. Shedlov, Minneapolis, Minn.;Grand Aleph Senior Shotare, Alex Altshuler, St. Paul, Minn.; Grand Aleph Junior Shotare, Philip Wasserman, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Grand Aleph Mazkir, Jake Marx, Lincoln, Nebr.; Grand Aleph Gisbor, Bernie Glazer, Minot, N. Dak.; Grand Aleph Sopher, Abe Katebman, Council Bluffs, la.; Grand Aleph Kohen Godol, Louis Williams, Des Moines, la. ALPHA EPSILON PHI SORORITY Org. 1909. OFFICE: First National Bank Bldg., Chicago, 111. Convention, June 30-July 6, 1924, Charlevoix, Mich. Next Convention, 1927. Members 1,050. 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 rendered to others. 287 2SS AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK OFFICERS: Dean, Freda Rosenthal, Flint, Mich.; Sub-Dean, Martha Kaplan, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treas., Edith Lazarus, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Scribe, Ruth I. Wien, 5480 Cornell Av., Chicago, 111. ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: 129 W. 29th, New York City Eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-28, 1924, New York City. Tenth Annual Convention, Dec, 1926, Chicago 111. Chapters, 11. Alumni Clubs, 5. Members, 500. PURPOSE: A national collegiate Greek-letter organization for Jew- ish students. OFFICERS: Pres., Herman Rolnick, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., I.L. Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., David Schlesinger, Chicago, 111.; Sec, George Cooper, Brooklyn, N. Y. BOARD OF GOVERNORS: The Officers, and Stanley Epstein, N. Y. C; Fred Kaplan, N. Y. C; Sidney Picker, N. Y. C; T. R. Racoosin, N. Y. C; S. H. Steinberg, Philadelphia, Pa. •ALPHA MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. 1914. OFFICE: 2078 Vyse Av., New York City. ALPHA OMEGA FRATERNITY Org. 1906, Inc., 1909. OFFICE: Secretary, 2435 N. 17th, Philadelphia, Pa. Eighteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 23-25, 1925, Toronto, Ont. Nineteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1926, New York City. Members, 2,000. PURPOSE: TO uphold the highest standards of the dental profession, to provide for ourselves the pleasures of universal brotherhood and to promote our general welfare. OFFICERS: Chancellor, A. H. Berman, Baltimore, Md.; Supreme Vice-Chancellors, S. Katzman, Rahway, N. J.; M. Bleddon, San Francisco, Cal.; Supreme Scribe, S. H. Bowman, 2435 N. 17th, Phila- •Revised information was not furnished upon request. For latest official data oa this organization, see THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, Vol. 27. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 289 delphia, Pa.; Supreme Quaestor, J. W. Malkinson, Hartford, Conn.; Supreme Tribune, P. B. Label, Philadelphia, Pa.; Editor, N. Raff, Philadelphia, Pa.; Organizer, Wm. Ersner, Philadelphia, Pa.; Historian, S. Birenbach, N. Y. C; Marshal, Wm. Rich, N. Y. C; Macer, H. Brown, N. Y. C. TRUSTEES: S. Perlman, Toronto, Ont.; D. Pink, Minneapolis, Minn.; J. M. Strully, Brooklyn, N. Y. JUSTICES: S. H. Bowman, M. M. Fintz, M. Harris, all of Philadel- phia, Pa. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF DROPSIE COLLEGE Org. 1924. OFFICE: Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Convention, March 9, 1926, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 30. PURPOSE: TO advance the interests of the Dropsie College and further spirit of friendship among its graduates. OFFICERS: Pres., Harry S. Linfield, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., S. Zeitlin, Phila., Pa.; Sec.-Treas., Joseph Reider, Broad and York, Phila., Pa. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE Org. 1889. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. Annual Meeting, Oct. 19-23, 1925, Cincinnati, 0. Members, 200. PURPOSE: TO promote welfare of the Hebrew Union College and to strengthen fraternal feeling among graduates of the college. OFFICERS: Pres., Jonah B. Wise, N. Y. C; Treas., Jacob Skirball, Evansville, Ind.; Sec, Harry S. Linfield, N. Y. C. EXECUTIVE BOARD:David Alexander, Harry W. Ettelson, Sol. L. Kory, Israel Mattuck, Louis D. Mendoza, Jacob B. Pollak, Abraham B. Rhine, Samuel Schwartz, Geo. Solomon, Wm. M. Stern, Aaron Weinstein, and Member ex-officio, Julian Morgenstern. AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RESEARCH Org. June 15, 1920. OFFICE: Philadelphia. Pa. Members, 14; Honorary member, 1. PURPOSE: TO advance Jewish learning in America. OFFICERS: Pres., Louis Ginzberg, N. Y. C; Treas., Jacob Z. Lauter- bach, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, David S. Blondheim, 808 Reservoir, Balti- more, Md. 290 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK •AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE HEBREW NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN JERUSALEM Org. Jan. 2, 1924. OFFICE: New York City. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906; inc. Mch. 16, 1911. OFFICE: 171 Madison Av. New York City. For report, see p. 429 et seq. AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS Org. March, 1916. Re-org. 1920. OFFICE: 8 w. 40th st., New York City Fifth Biennial Meeting, Oct. 25-26, 1925, Philadelphia, Pa. Delegates, 350. PURPOSE: TO further and promote Jewish rights; 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. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Vice-Pres., Joseph Barondess; Aaron J. Levy; Louis Lipsky; Carl Sherman; Samuel Untermyer; Treas., Geo. I. Fox; Ex. Sec, B. G. Richards, 1 Madison Av., New York City. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and Max Abramoff, Phila., Pa.; Benj. Antin, N. Y. C; Robt. August, N. Y. C; Herman Bernstein, N. Y. C; S. Bernstein, N. Y. C; B. H. Birnbaum, Youngstown, O.; Maurice A. Bleich, Yonkers, N. Y.; Samuel Blitz, N. Y. C; Sol. Bloom, N. Y. C; Elizabeth Blume, Newark, N. J.; Reuben Brainin, N. Y. C; Meyer Brown, N. Y. C; Gedalia Bublick, N. Y. C; Israel Carmel, N. Y. C; Emanuel Celler, N. Y. C; A. B. Cohen, Scsanton, Pa.; Edward Cohen, Boston, Mass.; Max Cohen, Bridgeport, Conn.; Max Conheim, Chicago, 111.; Abr. Coralnick, N. Y. C; Jacob De Haas, N. Y. C; Bernard S. Deutsch, N. Y. C; Samuel Dickstein, N. Y. C; Morris Dlugasch, N. Y. C; Joseph Durst, N. Y. C; Nachman H. Ebin, Brook- lyn, N. Y.; Max Eckman, N. Y. C; Adolph Edlis, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Henry Eiser, Brooklyn, N. Y.; S. C. Eldridge, San Antonio, Tex.; Joel Entin, N. Y. C; Sam'l Epstein, Chicago, 111.; Chaim Fineman, Phila,; Pa.; Jacob Fishman, N. Y. C; Louis Germain, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Louis D. Gibbs, N. Y. C; Jacob Ginsburg, Phila., Pa.; Leopold C. Glass, Phila., Pa.; Jacob Goell, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Abr. Goldberg, N. Y. C; Israel Goldberg, N. Y. C; Solomon Goldman, Cleveland, O.; Louis 'Revised information was not furnished upon request. For latest official data on this organization, see THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, Vol. 27. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 291 Goldring, Buffalo, N. Y.; Sam'l Goldstein, N. Y. C; Geo. L. Gordon, Minneapolis, Minn.; Richard Gottheil, N. Y. C; Mrs. Richard Gottheil, N. Y. C; Harry Grayer, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Chas. Green, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Meyer Greenberg, N. Y. C; Leonard J. Grossman, Chicago, 111.; Isaac Hamlin, N. Y. C.; Harry Harriton, Buffalo, N. Y.; Gustave Hart- man, N. Y. C.< Jacob Heckman, Washington, D. C; Max Heller, New Orleans, La.; Ralph B. Hershon, Wilmington, Del.; Abr. Hirsh, Phila., Pa.; Max L. Hollander, N. Y. C; Joseph Jasin, Miami, Fla.; David Kaliski, N. Y. C; Abr. I. Kaplan, N. Y.C.; Mordecai M. Kaplan, N. Y. C; Nathan D. Kaplan, Chicago, 111.; M. Katz, Phila., Pa.; C. Hillel Kauvar, Denver, Colo.; Gustave Klausner, St. Louis, Mo.; Herman P. Koppelman, Hartford, Conn.; Sol. C. Kraus, Phila., Pa.; Arthur M. Lamport, N. Y. C; B. L. Levinthal, Phila., Pa.; Israel Herbert Levin- thai, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Louis E. Levinthal, Phila., Pa.; Aaron J. Levy, N. Y. C; Martin O. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Wm. B. Lewis, Phila., Pa.; Solon J. Liebeskind, N. Y. C; Harry Liebowitz, N. Y. C; Abr. Liesin, N. Y. C; Norvin R. Lindheim, Long Island, N. Y.; Chas. Lipshutz, Phila., Pa.; J. L. Louisson, Portland, Ore.; Max Luria, Reading, Pa.; S. Mar- goshes, N. Y. C; Morris Margulies, N. Y. C; Hirsh Masliansky, N. Y. C; Julius Meyer, Boston, Mass.; Jacob.B. Moses, Baltimore, Md.; Max I. Mydans, Boston, Mass.; Emanuel Neumann, N. Y. C; Lewis I. Newman, San Francisco, Cal.; Lester Nusbaum, Rochester, N. Y.; Hugo Pam, Chicago, 111.; Sam'l B. Paulive, Chelsea, Mass.; Nathan D. Perlman, N. Y. C; David Podolsky, N. Y. C; David R. Radovsky, Fall River, Mass.; Louis Rimsky, N. Y. C.John Rissman, Chicago, 111.; Henry Rocker, Cleveland, O.; A. J. Rongy, N. Y. C; Bernard A. Rosenblatt, N. Y. C; J. Rudovsky, Brooklyn, N. Y.; David Salpeter, Brooklyn, N. Y.; L. Segal, N. Y. C; Herman Seidel, Baltimore, Md.; Harry M. Seidenberg, Phila., Pa.; David Shapiro, N. Y. C; Morris Shapiro, St. Louis, Mo.; Bernard Shelvin, N. Y. C; Benjamin Shepard, N. Y. C; Archibald Silverman, Providence, R. I.; Mrs. Archibald Silverman, Providence, R. I.; Robt. Silverman, Boston, Mass.; D. W. Simons, Detroit, Mich.; Mordecai Soltes, Arverne, L. I.; Leon Spitz, New Haven, Conn.; Adolph Stern, N.