SUPPLEMENTS TO THE REVIEW OF THE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, HONORS, GIFTS, NECROLOGY Compiled by ROSE G. STEIN Anniversaries and Other Celebrations UNITED STATES July 26, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Seventieth birthday anniversary of SERGE A. KOUSSEVITZKY, orchestra conductor. JULY 28, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Seventieth birthday anniversary of ERNST CASSIRER, philosopher, formerly Hamburg, Germany. August 15, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Sixtieth birthday anniversary of SIMON BERNSTEIN, director, Palestine Immigration Bureau, Zionist Organization of America. September 1, 1944. Vineland, N. J.: Celebration, by survivors of Jewish pioneer settlers in Southern New Jersey, of sixtieth anniversary of first agricultural settlements. September 2, 1944. Denver, Colo.: Seventieth birthday anniversary of MILTON L. ANFENGER, communal leader. September 13, 1944. Los Angeles, Calif.: Seventieth birthday anniversary of ARNOLD SCHONBERG, Austrian-born composer. September 13,1944. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of ISRAEL ZION HOSPITAL. September 21, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Eightieth birthday anniversary of HARRY FRIEDENWALD, eye specialist and Zionist leader. October 12, 1944. Cincinnati, Ohio: Celebration of twenty-five years' service of JACOB R. MARCUS as member of faculty of Hebrew Union College. October 19, 1944. Cincinnati, Ohio: Eighty-fifth birthday anniversary of ALFRED M. COHEN, honorary president of B'nai B'rith. November 1, 1944. Philadelphia, Pa.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of founding of JEWISH WELFARE SOCIETY. November 4, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of BETH ABRAHAM HOME FOR INCURABLES. November 6, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Thirtieth anniversary of THE DAY, Yiddish daily newspaper. November 13, 1944. Worcester, Mass.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of found- ing of JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY. November 17, 1944. New Brunswick, N. J.: Celebration of eighty-fifth anniversary of founding of ANSHE EMETH MEMORIAL TEMPLE. November 17, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH JUNIORS. November 17, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE HAR SINAI. 501 502 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK November 20, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Seventieth birthday anniversary of JAMES N. ROSENBERG, communal leader. November 22, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Seventy-fifth birthday anniversary of ABRAHAM K. COHEN, former judge, communal leader. November 24, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Thirtieth anniversary of establish- ment of AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE. December 2, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Celebration of eightieth birthday anni- versary of AARON STRAUS, philanthropist, communal worker. December 17, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION ANSHE EMUNAH (the Tavriger Shule). December 17, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of SISTERHOOD of CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN. December 17, 1944. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of founding of INFANTS HOME OF BROOKLYN. December 26, 1944. Miami, Fla.: Celebration of seventieth birthday anni- versary of JACOB HYMAN KAPLAN, rabbi. December 28, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Celebration of eightieth birthday anniversary of JACOB EPSTEIN, merchant, philanthropist, communal leader. January 20, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of founding of GRAND STREET BOYS ASSOCIATION. February, 1945. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of ASSOCIATED TALMUD TORAHS. February, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of fifty years of literary activity of CHAIM TCHERNOWITZ, Jewish scholar and teacher. March 4, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of tenth anniversary of MENDEL N. FISHER as executive director of Jewish National Fund. March 4, 1945: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of the YIDDISH PRESS in the United States. March 5, 1945. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of seventy-fifth birthday anniversary of LEO M. FRANKLIN, rabbi. March 9, 1945. Washington, D. C: Celebration of seventy-fifth birthday anniversary of SOL BLOOM, Member of House of Representatives, U. S. Congress. March 17, 1945. Los Angeles, Calif.: Seventy-fifth birthday anniversary of Louis GEORGE REYNOLDS, physician and scholar. March 18, 1945. Providence, R. I.: Celebration of seventieth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION SONS OF ZION. March 20, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of thirtieth anniversary of formation of JEWISH LEGION which fought in Palestine in World War I. March 20, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE OHABEI SHALOM BROTHERHOOD. April 5,1945. Boston, Mass.: Eightieth birthday anniversary of A. LINCOLN FILENE, merchant. April 5-7, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of one hundredth anni- versary of founding of CONGREGATION EMANU-EL. April 22, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of twenty-five years' service of SAMUEL J. ABRAMS as rabbi of Temple Ohabei Shalom. April 22, 1945. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of MEN'S CLUB of TEMPLE BETH EL. April 22, 1945. Portsmouth, N. H.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of local section of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS 503 April 27, 1945. Philadelphia, Pa.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of WORKMEN'S CIRCLE SCHOOLS. May, 1945. Michigan City, Ind.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of local B'NAI B'RITH LODGE. May 5, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of seventy-fifth birthday anni- versary of SAMUEL DANA, communal leader. May 12, 1945. Philadelphia, Pa.: Eightieth birthday anniversary of BERNARD LOUIS LEVINTHAL, rabbi. May 25, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of sixtieth anniversary of FIRST RUMANIAN AMERICAN CONGREGATION AND TALMUD TORAH. May 27, 1945. Cambridge, Mass.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of HEBREW WOMEN'S AID SOCIETY. May 27, 1945. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of ninety-fifth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE BETH EL. OTHER COUNTRIES July 20, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Twenty-fifth anniversary of legal career of GAD FRUMKIN, Justice of Supreme Court. July 21, 1944. Dublin, Eire: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of JEWISH LADIES' CHARITABLE SOCIETY. August 11, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Seventieth birthday anniversary of YEHUDAH BERGMANN, rabbi, scholar, formerly of Berlin, Germany. August 11,1944. Manchester, England: Twenty-fifth anniversary of service of S. H. STEINART as chairman of Jewish Education Board; Hebrew teachers' training college to be set up in his honor. August 20, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Seventieth birthday anniversary of JOSEPH KLAUSNER, professor at Hebrew University, historian and Hebrew critic. August 24, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Twenty-fifth anniversary of found- ing of JEWISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. September 12, 1944. London, England: Seventieth birthday anniversary of REDCLIFFE NATHAN SALAMAN, scientist. September 14, 1944. London, England: Seventieth birthday anniversary of ISAAC LANDAU, solicitor, communal worker. September 15, 1944. Liverpool, England: Seventieth birthday anniversary of AARON LEW, secretary of Jewish Board of Guardians for forty-four years. October 15, 1944. Bulawayo, Rhodesia: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of HEBREW CONGREGATION. October 29, 1944. Paris, France: Commemoration of one-hundredth anni- versary of birth of SARAH BERNHARDT, famous actress. November 10, 1944. England: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of TORAH VA'AVODAH ASSOCIATION of Great Britain. November 20, 1944. U. S. S. R.: Commemoration of fiftieth anniversary of death of ANTON RUBINSTEIN, pianist. November 27, 1944. London, England: Seventieth birthday anniversary of CHAIM WEIZMANN, leader of World Zionist Organization. December 6, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of sixtieth birthday anniversary of ISAAC BEN-ZVI, president, Vaad Leumi, and member, Municipal Council. 504 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK December 8, 1944. Johannesburg, Union of So. Africa: Eightieth birthday anniversary of EZRA MICHAEL DAVIS-MARKS, first secretary of S. A. Jewish Board of Deputies. December 9, 1944. Montreal, Canada: Celebration of sixtieth birthday anniversary of VLADIMIR GROSSMAN, journalist, editor of Canadian Jewish Year Book. January, 1945. London, England: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of BRICK LANE TALMUD TORAH. January 17, 1945. Jerusalem, Palestine: Seventieth anniversary of birth of RABBI SAMUEL ARJE, former president of Association of Czecho- slovak Rabbis. January 31, 1945. London, England: Seventieth anniversary of birth of ISAAK MARKON, scholar and writer, originally from Russia. February, 1945. Commemoration of one-hundredth anniversary of death in Hamburg, Germany, of SHALOM HACOHEN, Hebrew poet, pioneer in the revival of Hebrew, pedagogue. February 11, 1945. Bombay, India: Celebration of tenth anniversary of HABONIM. March, 1945. Haifa, Palestine: Celebration of twentieth anniversary of founding of HAIFA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. March 18, 1945. Pretoria, Union of So. Africa: Celebration of fortieth anniversary of MIRIAM MARKS HEBREW SCHOOL. March 22, 1945. London, England: Celebration of thirtieth anniversary of BEN URI JEWISH ART SOCIETY. April, 1945. London, England: Celebration of seventieth birthday anni- versary of PAUL GOODMAN, communal leader and author, and of fifty years of service as secretary of Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. April 1, 1945. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of twentieth anniversary of founding of HEBREW UNIVERSITY. April 2, 1945. Commemoration of one hundred