DIRECTORIES AND LISTS JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Jewish organizations in the United States the scope of whose work is more than local or regional are given here- with in two lists, (1) alphabetical, (2) classified according to function. The alphabetical list constitutes a directory of, and at the same time an index to, the classified list. It is believed that the latter will serve to present a picture of the varied functions which are performed by the national organ- izations. Bodies which perform more than one function are classified according to their chief activity. Following is a list of the classes of organizations: I. Organizations to Protect Civil Rights II. Religious Organizations 1. Federations of Congregations and Their Affiliates 2. Associations of Rabbis and Cantors 3. General Religious Agencies III. Educational Organizations 1. Rabbinical Schools 2. College for Jewish Studies 3. Institution for Training of Social Workers 4. Agricultural School 5. Organizations for Character Building 6. Organizations for Research 7. Publication Societies 8. Boards of Education 9. Miscellaneous IV. Social Service Organizations 1. General Agencies 2. Organizations for Immigrant Aid 3. Vocational Agencies 4. Boards of Arbitration 5. Health Agencies 611 612 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK V. Social and Mutual Benefit Organizations 1. Fraternal Orders 2. Greek Letter Fraternities 3. Alumni of Colleges and Seminaries 4. Landsmannschaften 5. Organizations of War Veterans 6. Miscellaneous Social Organizations VI. Organizations for Overseas Relief and Reconstruction 1. General Agencies 2. Agencies for Special Services 3. Organizations for the Support of Overseas Educational Institutions VII. Zionist and Pro-Palestine Organizations 1. Zionist Organizations 2. Agencies for Special Palestine Services JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 613 A. ALPHABETICAL LIST* Agudath Israel Youth Council of America, (1922). Pres., Isaac Strahl; Sec, Anshel Fink, 1265 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, III-5. Aleph Zadik Aleph-American Jewish Economic Commission, (1933). Chairman, Ernest Eisenberg, 2474 N. 41st, Milwaukee, Wis.; Sec, Julius Bisno. See Classified List, IV-3. Aleph Zadik Aleph (Junior B'nai B'rith), (1924). Pres., Sam Beber; Sec, Julius Bisno, 607 Brandeis Theatre Bldg., Omaha, Neb. See Classified List, III-5. Aleph Zadik Aleph International Committee on Scouting, (1931). Chair- man, Jerome G. Vogel, 418 W. Washington Ave., South Bend, Ind.; Sec, Julius Bisno, 607 Brandeis Theatre Bldg., Omaha, Neb. See Classified List, III—5. Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation, (1926). Pres., Julian W. Mack; Sec, Mrs. Rebekah Kohut, 1165 Park Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, III—7. Alpha Epsilon Phi Women's Fraternity, (1909). Dean, Elizabeth Eldridge; Scribe, Louise W. Wolf, 2026 Broadway, New Orleans, La. See Classified List, V-2. Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, (1913). Sup. Master, Leon B. Traub; Exec. Sec, Robert J. Brown, 11 Park Place, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-2. Alpha Mu Sigma Fraternity, (1914). Grand Prior, Nathan Lewis; Grand Scribe, S. Walter Shapiro, 8301 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. See Classified List, V-2. Alpha Omega Fraternity, (1907). Chancellor, Abram Cohen; Scribe, Alvin H. Berman, 1445 N. Gay, Baltimore, Md. See Classified List, V-2. Alpha Zeta Omega, (1919). Directorum, Harry Ostrow; Signare, M. Eisen, 13342 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, O. See Classified List, V-2. Alumni Association of Dropsie College, (1924). Pres., Elchanan H. Golomb; Sec, Joseph Reider, Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. See Classified List, V-3. Alumni Association of the Hebrew Union College, (1889). Pres., Abba H. Silver; Sec, Sidney L. Regner, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. See Classified List, V-3. Alumni Association of the Jewish Institute of Religion, (1926). Pres., Morton M. Berman; Sec, Aaron Kamerling, 40 W. 68th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-3. The year of organization follows the name in each case. An asterisk (*) indicates that the organization did not respond to requests for revised data. 614 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK American Academy for Jewish Research, (1920). Pres., Harry A. Wolf- son; Sec, Ralph Marcus, 3080 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, 111-6. American Beth Jacob Committee, (1928). Chairman, Leo Jung, 131 W. 86th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Committee Appeal for the Jews in Poland, (1936). Chairman, Benjamin Winter; Exec. Dir., Z. Tygel, 225 W. 34th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Committee for the Settlement of Jews in Birobidjan, The (1935). Pres., Wm. W. Cohen; Sec, Edw. I. Aronow, 285 Madison Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Committee of the Universal Yeshivah of Jerusalem, (1924). Pres., B. L. Levinthal; Sec, S. Cohen-Margolis, 38 Park Row, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-2. American Council of Jewish Fraternal Organizations, (1934). Pres., Simon M. Goldsmith; Sec, Geo. O. Arkin, 270 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-l. American Economic Committee for Palestine, (1932). Pres., Israel B. Brodie; Dir., Maurice Boukstein, 522 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-2. American Friends of the Hebrew University, (1928). Chairman, Felix M. Warburg; Sec, Elisha M. Friedman; Dir., Samuel B. Finkel, 10 E. 40th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-2. American Jewish Committee, (1906). Pres., Cyrus Adler; Sec, Morris D. Waldman, 461 4th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, 1-2. American Jewish Congress, (1922). Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Chairman Exec. Comm., Nathan D. Perlman, 221 W. 57th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, 1-2. American Jewish Historical Society, (1892). Pres., Abraham S. W. Rosenbach; Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 3080 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, III—6. American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation, (1924). Chairman, James N. Rosenberg; Sec. Joseph C. Hyman, 100 E. 42d, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, (1914). Chairman, Paul Baerwald; Sec. and Exec. Dir., Joseph C. Hyman, 100 E. 42nd, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-1. American Jewish Physicians' Committee, (1921). Pres., Nathan Rat- noff; Sec, Israel S. Wechsler, 1112 Park Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-2. American League for Jewish National Labor in Eretz Israel, (1934). Chairman, Abr. Zweiban; Sec, Irving Hunger, 32 Union Sq., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-1. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 615 American National Committee of the World Union for Preserving Health of Jews—OSE, (1929). Chairman, Milton J. Rosenau; Sec, J. J. Golub, 1919 Madison Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, IV-5. American Ort Federation, (1922). Chairman, B. C. Vladeck; Ex-Dir., Philip Block, 220 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Palestine Jewish Legion, (1922). Pres., Jacob M. Ravid; Sec, H. L. Gordon, 1020 48th, Brooklyn, N. Y. See Classified List, V-5. American Pro-Falasha Committee, (1922). Chairman, Elias L. Solomon; Ex. Sec, Harry Schneiderman, 3080 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. American Representatives of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, (1932). Chairman, Morris Rothenberg, 111 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-2. American Sephardic Council, (1934). Pres., Henry M. Alvo; Sec, Albert J. Hasson, 1776 Broadway, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-4. American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia, (1928). Pres., James N. Rosenberg; Sec, Joseph C. Hyman, 100 E. 42nd, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI-2. Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, (1913). Chairman, Sigmund Livingston; Dir., Richard E. Gutstadt, 130 N.Weils, Chicago, 111. See Classified List, 1-1. Association of Hungarian Jews of America, (1933). Pres., Alexander Altman; Sec, Samuel Schubert, 248 E. 82nd, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-4. Avukah, American Student Zionist Federation, (1925). Chairman. Adrian Schwartz; Sec, Lawrence B. Cohen, 111 5th Ave., N. Y. C, See Classified List, VII-1. Baron de Hirsch Fund, (1891). Pres., George W. Naumburg; Hon. Sec, Ralph F. Colin, 220 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, IV-3. Beta Sigma Rho, (1910). Grand Chancellor, Louis A. Harrison; Grand Recorder, Emanuel Goodman, c/o John Jay Hall, Columbia Uni- versity, N. Y. C. See Classified List, V-2. B'nai B'rith, (1843). Pres., Alfred M. Cohen; Sec, Maurice Bisgyer, 9 W. 4th, Cincinnati, O. See Classified List, V-l. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Commission, (1923). Chairman, Alfred M. Cohen; Nat'l Dir., A. L. Sachar, Electric Bldg., Cincinnati, O. See Classified List, 111-5. Brith Sholom, (1905). Grand Master, A. S. Kanengieser; Grand Sec, Martin O. Levy, 506 Pine, Philadelphia, Pa. See Classified List, V-l. 616 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK B'rith Trumpeldor of America, (1929). Netziv, M. Joseph Beer; Sec, David Mogilensky, 32 Union Square, N. Y. C. See Classified List, VII-1. Central Conference of American Rabbis, (1889). Pres., Max C. Cur- rick, Sec, Isaac E. Marcuson, 204 Buford Place, Macon, Ga. See Classified List, II—2. Conference Committee of National Jewish Women's Organizations, (1923). Pres., Mrs. Samuel Spiegel; Sec, Mrs. Marion M. Miller. 221 W. 57th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, IV-1. Conference on Jewish Relations, (1934). Pres., Morris R. Cohen; Ex. Sec, Melvin M. Fagen, 55 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, 111-6. Council of Jewish Consumptive Relief Society Auxiliaries, (1936). Pres., Mrs. Mark Harris, 270 West End Ave., N. Y. C; Sec, Mrs. Joseph Millenson. See Classified List, IV-5. Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, (1932). Pres., Wil- liam J. Shroder; Sec, Henry Wineman, 71 W. 47th, N. Y. C. See Classified List, IV-1. Council of Jewish Organizations on Palestine, (1924). Pres., Hyman J. Reit; Sec, Samuel Goldstein, 111 5th Ave., N. Y. C. See Classified List, VI1-2. Council of Young Israel and Young Israel Synagogue Organization, See National Council of Young Israel. Culture League of Roumanian Jews in America, (1933).