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The Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Connecticut, Issues Endowment Policies to either men or women, which (besides giving Five other options) GUARANTEE when the Insured is Fifty, Sixty or Seventy Years Old To Pay $1,500 in Cash for Every $1,000 of Insurance in force. Sample Policies, rates and other information will be given on application to the Home Office. • • • JONATHAN B. BUNCE, President. JOHN M. HOLCOMBE, Vice-President. CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, Secretary. IV ADVERTISEMENTS THE LORD BALTIMORE PRESS THE FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. PRINTERS LITHOGRAPHERS BOOKBINDERS The American Jewish Year Book 5660 September 5, 1899 TO September 23, 1900 Edited by CYRUS ADLER PHILADELPHIA THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA 1899 COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA JSort <§&tiimovt (pttee THE FRIEDENWALD COMPANY BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. PEEFACE Everything must have a beginning, and the beginning is necessarily imperfect. Errors, no doubt, abound in this volume and omissions are numerous. It is natural that these failings will at once attract attention. Future issues can be made more accurate, and hence more serviceable, if readers will be good enough to send to the Editor notice of any omissions or errors which may come to their attention. It is hoped that the Calendar will be found convenient in form. The original intention was to supply information as to the hour of the commencement of the Sabbath, etc., but owing to the great extent of the country this was found impracticable. The spread of Jews all over our vast country seemed to make it desirable that a Directory should form the principal feature of this Year Book. The difficulties in compiling it were very great, arising partly from an inability to secure the names of minor organizations in large cities and of any organ- ization in small towns, partly from the unwillingness of the officers of some Congregations and Societies to fill out the blanks sent them. All information derived from unofficial sources is marked with a star (*); the remainder has been received from officials of the various organizations, and may be relied upon as authentic. X PKEFACE An almost infinite variety in the spelling of Hebrew names will be found in the Directory. For this the Editor is in no wise responsible. The only proper course seemed to be to employ the transliteration used by Congregations and Socie- ties themselves. It may be said, however, that this lack of uniformity has a certain value, since it exhibits in our midst most of the peculiarities of Hebrew pronunciation now in existence. A cursory examination of the Directory as well as of the list of Jewish Periodicals (for which but little time could be allowed the compiler) will, I think, convince the most pessi- mistic that Jewish ideals have a strong hold upon the Jews of the United States, especially in the direction of charitable and educational work. In placing this first issue of the American Jewish Year Book before the members of the Society I desire to express my heartiest thanks to those who have aided me—a list so long that the bare mention of names is impossible—and to ask kindly criticism of a work which had to be done hastily and amidst numerous exacting official duties. CYRUS ADLEH. WASHINGTON, August 21, 1899. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE ix CALENDAR 1 THE JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES, BY ABRAM S. ISAACS 14 THE JEWS OP EUBOPE, BY JOSEPH JACOBS 20 DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Alliance Israelite Universelle 34 • Society of American Cantors 35 The American Jewish Historical Society 35 Federation of American Zionists 36 Baron de Hirsch Fund 42 Central Conference of American Rabbis 49 Council of Jewish Women 51 Hebrew Sabbath School Union of America 55 The Jewish Chautauqua 55 The Jewish Publication Society of America 56 Jewish Theological Seminary Association 58 National Conference of Jewish Charities 60 National Farm School 61 Order B'nai Brith 62 Order Brith Abraham 73 Order Free Sons of Israel 84 Order Sons of Benjamin 91 The Orthodox Jewish Congregational Union of America 99 The Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Hebrew Union College 102 DIRECTORY OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS (arranged alphabetically by States and Towns) 105 A LIST OF JEWISH PERIODICALS PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES, BY A. S. FREIDUS 271 STATISTICS 283 A LIST OF LEADING EVENTS IN 5659 286 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 292 1899, Sept. 5-Oct. 4] TISHRI 30 DAYS [i"IETl 5660 Bay Hebrew PENTATEUCHAL PROPHETICAL English of the Month, SABBATHS, FESTIVALS, FASTS PORTIONS PORTIONS jnOHUl Week Tishri nwia nntoan Sept. ( Gen. 21; 5 T 1 New Year nJBTI 'VI 'K 1 Num. 29:1-6 I Sam. 1:1-2:10 (Gen. 22; 6 W 2 New Year rOKT! 'VI '2 1 Num. 29: 1-6 Jer. 31: 2-20 J Ex. 32: 11-14; 7 Th 3 Fast of Gedaliah n'bli D1V 1 34:1-10 Isa. 55: 6-56: 8 ( Hos. 14: 2-10; 8 F 4 J Joel 2:15-27 ) Seph. Hos. 14:2-10; 9 S 5 Vayelekh i"Q1B> H3C ."I^I Deut. 31 { Micah 7:18-20 10 S 6 11 M 7 12 T 8 13 W 9 I Isa. 57:14-58:14 I Lev. 16; < Aflernoon, 14 Th 10 Day of Atonement 1133 DV < Num. 29: 7-11 (Book of Jonah 15 F 11 I Afternoon, Lev. 18 J II Sam. 22 16 S 12 Ha'azeenu 13*tNH Deut. 32 1(Ezek.l7:22-l8:32) 17 s 13 18 M 14 j Lev. 22: 26-23: 44; 19 T 15 Tabernacles T1131DT 'X 1 Num. 29: 12-16 Zech. 14 1 Lev. 22:26-23:44; 20 W 16 Tabernacles JTOIDI '2 ) Num. 29:12-16 I Kings 8: 2-21 21 Th 17 1 Num. 29: 17-25 22 F 18 Num. 29: 20-28 1 Ex. 33:12-34: 26; 23 S 19 I- iinon ^in 1 Num. 29: 23-28 Ezek. 38:18-39: 16 24 20 Num. 29: 26-34 s The Great Hosanna 25 M 21 Num. 29: 26-34 JI Eight h Day of the nFeasn tso win j Deut. 15:19-16:17; 26 T 22 I Num. 29: 35-30: 1 I Kings 8:54-66 31 Rejoicing of the Larnviw ; »^DB> Deut. 33:1-34:12; 27 W 23 < Gen. 1: 1-2: 3; Josh. 1 i mm nn»K> ( Num. 29: 35-30:1 28 Th 24 jn nDX 29 F 25 j Isa. 42: 5-43:10 30 S 26 Beresheet [Tin '30] rVB>«"l3 Gen. 1:1-6: 8 1 Seph. 42: 5: 21 Oct. 1 27 2 Ms 28 3 T 29 4 W 30 New Moon EHn 'VI 'X Num. 28: 1-15 1899, Oct. 5-Nov. 2] HESHVAN 29 DAYS [fiBTI 5660 Day Hebrew PENTATEUCHAL PROPHETICAL English of the Month PORTIONS PORTIONS Month SABBATHS, FESTIVALS, FASTS Week Hesh- TM rinoBPi Oct. 5 Th 1 New Moon KHPI 'YT '1 Num. 28:1-15 6 F 2 I Isa. 54:1-55: 5 7 S 3 Noah rO Gen. 6: 9-11: 32 I Sepfc. 54:1-10 8 s 4 9 M 5 10 T 6 11 W 7 12 Th 8 13 F 9 e 14 S 10 Lekh L kha -fa "l"? Gen. 12:1-17: 27 Isa. 40:27-41:16 15 s 11 16 M 12 17 T 13 18 W 14 19 Th 15 20 F 16 < II Kings 4:1-37 21 S 17 Vayera' XT1 Gen. 18:1-22: 24 1 Seph. 4:1-23 22 s 18 23 M 19 24 T 20 25 W 21 26 Th 22 27 F 23 28 S 24 Hayay Sarah ['nn '10] mK> "PI Gen. 23:1-25:18 I Kings 1:1-31 29 s 25 30 M 26 31 T 27 Nov. 1 W 28 2 Th 29 1899, Nov. 3-Dec. 2] KISLEV 30 DAYS [TSD3 5660 Hebrew PENTATEUCHAL PROPHETICAL English of the Month, SABBATHS, FESTIVALS, FASTS PORTIONS PORTIONS Unnttnonui Week Kislev nvena nnoan Nov. 3 F 1 New Moon KHn "1 Num. 28:1-15 4 S 2 Toiedot nn'?in Gen. 25:19-28: 9 Mai. 1:1-2: 7 5 s 3 6 M 4 7 T 5 8 W 6 9 Th 7 10 F 8 I Hos. 12:13-14:10 11 S 9 Vayetsay' XVI Gen. 28:10-32: 3 1 or 11: 7-12:12 12 s 1U 13 M 11 14 T 12 15 W 13 16 Th 14 17 F 15 1 Hos. 11: 7-12:12 •< or 12:13-14:10 18 S 16 Vayishlah r6K"l Gen.