JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES A. GENERAL ORGANIZATIONS [Note.—The information given below is as of April 1, 1927.] ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI B'RITH Org. 1924. OFFICE: 301 Peters Trust Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. 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. OFFICERS: Grand Pres., Sam Beber, Omaha, Nebr.; First Vice-Pres., Saul B. Arenson, Cincinnati, 0.; Second Vice-Pres., Nathan Mnookin, Kansas City, Mo.; Treas., Nathan Bernstein, Omaha, Nebr.; Grand Sec, I. F. Goodman, 301 Peters Bldg., Omaha, Nebr. ALPHA EPSILON PHI SORORITY Org. 1909. OFFICE: 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. Triennial Convention, June 30-July 6, 1924, Charlevoix, Mich. Next Triennial Convention, June 27-July 1, 1927, Ithaca, N. Y. Members, 1,275. 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. OFFICERS: Dean, Freda Rosenthal, Flint, Mich.; Sub-Dean, Martha Kaplan Freedman, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Treas., Edith Lazarus, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Scribe, Ruth I. Wien, 5480 Cornell Av., Chicago, 111. ALPHA EPSILON PI FRATERNITY Org. 1913. OFFICE: 1440 Broadway, New York City Tenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1926, Milwaukee, Wis. Chapters, 11. Alumni Clubs, 5. Members, 700. PURPOSE: A national collegiate Greek-letter organization for Jew- ish students. OFFICERS: Pres., I. L. Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-Pres., Sigmund Steinberg, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., David Schlesinger, N. Y. C; Sec, • Alexander L. Grossman, N. Y. C. ALPHA MU SIGMA FRATERNITY Org. 1914. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City Annual Convention, Dec 29, 1926-Jan. 2, 1927, New York City. Members, 425. 157 158 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK PURPOSE: TO foster and perpetuate the fraternal spirit among its personnel, to cultivate and promote an ideal social relationship among them, to voluntarily give aid to fraters in distress and to perpetuate the ideals which gave origin to its existence. OFFICERS: Grand Chancellor, Irving H. Fisher, N. Y. C; Grand Prior, Percival Sprung, N. Y. C; Grand Vice Prior, Leon Singer; Grand Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Harold L. Weinstein, N. Y. C.; Grand Scribe, Milton S. Abramson, N. Y. C; Grand Historian, Robert Morrison, Cambridge, Mass. ALPHA OMEGA FRATERNITY Org. 1906, Inc., 1909. OFFICE: Secretary, 419 Boylston, Boston, Mass. 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.; Vice-Chancel- lors, S. Katzman, Rahway, N. J.; Sol Leider, San Francisco, Cal.; J. T. Rothner, Detroit, Mich.; Supreme Scribe, A. M. Flashner, 419 Boyls- ton, Boston, Mass.; Editor, S. Birenbach, N. Y. C; Historian, Henry Brown, N. Y. C; Marshall, A. H. Mendelson, Baltimore, Md.; Macer, H. Honick, Baltimore, Md. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF DROPSIE COLLEGE Org. 1924. OFFICE: Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa. Annual Meeting, March 13, 1926, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 36. PURPOSE : To advance the interests of the Dropsie College and further spirit of friendship among its graduates. OFFICERS: Pres., Samuel Nirenstein, N. Y. C; Vice-Pres., S. L. Skoss, 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, O. Members, 200. PURPOSE: TO promote welfare of the Hebrew Union College and to strengthen fraternal feeling among graduates of the college. OFFICERS: Pres., George Solomon, Savannah, Ga. •AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR JEWISH RESEARCH Org. June 15, 1920. OFFICE: Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 14; Honorary member, 1. PURPOSE: TO advance Jewish learning in America. •Revised information was not furnished upon request. For latest official data on this organization, see THB AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, Vol. 28. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 159 OFFICERS: Pres., Louis Ginzberg, N. Y. C; Treas., Jacob Z. Lauter- bach, Cincinnati, O.; Sec, David S. Blondheim, 808 Reservoir, Balti- more, Md. AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE Org. Nov. 11, 1906; inc. Mch. 16, 1911. OFFICE: 171 Madison Av. New York City For report, see p. 391 AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS Org. March, 1916. Re-org. 1920. OFFICE: 8 W. 40th, New York City Sixth Meeting, Feb. 20-21, 1927, Washington, D. C. Delegates, 400. PURPOSE: TO further and promote Jewish rights; to safeguard and defend such rights wherever and whenever they are either threatened or violated; to deal generally with all matters relating to and affecting specific Jewish interests. OFFICERS: Pres., Stephen S. Wise; Vice-Pres., Gustave Hartman; Louis I.ipsky; Julian W. Mack; A. J. Rongy; Carl Sherman; Mrs. Arch- ibald Silverman; Max D. Steuer; Treas., Geo. I. Fox; Ex. Sec, B. G. Richards, 8 W. 40th, N. Y. C. AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting, Oct. 23-24, 1926. Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 438. Has issued thirty volumes of publications and an index to publications 1-20. Maintains a collection of books, manuscripts, and historical ob- jects 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.; Max J. Kohler, N. Taylor Phillips, Richard J. H. Gottheil, N. Y. C; Treas., Henry S. Hendricks; Curator, Leon Huhner; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row; Rec. Sec, Samuel Oppenheim, N. Y. C. AMERICAN JEWISH PHYSICIANS' COMMITTEE Org. May 24, 1921. OFFICE: 5 Columbus Circle, New York City. Fourth Annual Convention, May, 1925, New York City. Members, 3,000. PURPOSE: TO build a medical college and hospital in connection with the Hebrew University in Palestine. OFFICERS: Pres., Nathan Ratnoff; Vice-Pres., Meyer R. Robinson and Julius Halpern; Treas., Emanuel Libman; Asst. Treas., Harry E. Isaacs; Sec, Israel S. Wechsler, N. Y. C. THE AMERICAN ORT Org. 1922. OFFICE: 31 Union Square, New York City PURPOSE: Promotion of technical trades and agriculture among the Jews in Eastern Europe. 160 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK OFFICERS: Chairman, Jacob Panken; Chairman Exec. Com., Henry Moskowitz; Vice-Chairman, Jacob Baskin, Louis B. Boudin, Samuel Ellsberg, Gustave Hartman, B. C. Vladeck; Treas., Arthur D. Wolf; Hon. Sec, Herman Bernstein; Exec. Dir., Abr. Tuvin. AMERICAN PRO-FALASHA COMMITTEE Org. Aug. 1922; inc. 1923. OFFICE: 2107 Broadway, New York City. PURPOSE: The educational and religious rehabilitation of the Falasha Jews of Abyssinia. OFFICERS: Hon. Chairman, Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa.; Chairman. Elias Margolis; Vice-Chairman, Joseph Rauch; Treas., Elias L. Sol- omon; Sec, J. Max Weis, N. Y. C; Director of Field Work, Jacques Faitlovitch. AMERICAN ZION COMMONWEALTH Org. 1924. OFFICE: 114 Fifth Av., New York City. Annual Meeting, June 27-29, 1926, Buffalo, N. Y. Next Annual Convention, June, 1927, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 6,000. PURPOSE: Acquisition and sale of Palestinian land and securities. OFFICERS: Pres., S. J. Weinstein; Vice-Pres., Chas. Passman; Treas., Feibus Kobak, Sec, I. S. Adlerblum, N. Y. C. AVUKAH, AMERICAN STUDENT ZIONIST FEDERATION Org. June, 1925. OFFICE: Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C. First Annual Convention, June 27, 1926, Buffalo, N. Y. Members, 1,500. PURPOSE: An intercollegiate organization of undergraduates and alumni to promote the ideals and work of Zionism among the American Jewish academic youth, on the basis of cultural and practical activity, with a view primarily to education and training for Zionist leadership. OFFICERS: Pres., Max Rhoade, Washington, D. C; Vice-Pres., Sam- uel Blumenfield, N. Y. C; Milton Goell, N. Y. C; Isidore Lapson, N.- Y. C; Joseph Shubow, Cambridge, Mass.; Hymen Smoler, Chicago, 111.; Treas., Emanuel Aaronson; Exec. Sec, Nettie Zimmerman, Wash- ington, D. C; For. Sec, Carl Goldenberg, Washington. D. C. BARON DE HIRSCH FUND Org. Feb. 9, 1891; inc. 1891. OFFICE: 233 Broadway. New York City. Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting, Feb. 6, 1927, New York City. PURPOSE: TO Americanize and assimilate the immigrants with the masses and teach them to become good and self-supporting citizens, and to prevent by all proper means their congregating in large cities. OFFICERS: Pres., S. G. Rosenbaum; Vice-Pres., Samuel Greenbaum; Treas., Simon F Rothschild; Hon. Sec, Max T- Kohler, 253 Broadway, N. Y. C. JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 161 B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS IN AMERICAN COLLEGES Org. 1923. OFFICE: 625 E. Green, Champaign, 111. Foundations, 4. PURPOSE: A Jewish organization devoted to social and religious work among students at the university. ADMINISTRATORS: Dir., Benjamin M. Frankel, 625 E. Green, Cham- paign, 111.; Boris D. Bogen, Alfred M. Cohen, H. M. Fisher, Solomon Goldman, James G. Heller, Isaac Kuhn, Louis L. Mann. BUREAU OF JEWISH SOCIAL RESEARCH Org. April, 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 sup- ported by funds provided by the American Jewish Committee, the New York Foundation, Hofheimer Foundation, and the Federations of Jewish