APPENDICES I. ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS UNITED STATES November 13, 1931. Washington, D. C: Seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of Louis D. BRANDEIS, jurist and Zionist leader. November 18, 1931. Lancaster, Pa.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of organization of SHAAREI SHOMAYIM CONGREGATION. December 23, 1931. Chicago, 111.: Seventieth anniversary of founding of BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL ANSHE DOROM CONGREATION. January 10, 1932. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of service of RABBI SIMON R. COHEN with Union Temple. January 17, 1932. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION. February, 1932. Chicago, 111.: Seventieth anniversary of birth of MILTON J. FOREMAN, veteran officer of Spanish-American and World Wars. February, 1932. Jersey City, N. J.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of BERTHOLD S. POLLAK, as medical director of the Hudson County Tuberculosis Hospital, Secaucus, New Jersey. February 22, 1932. Denver, Colo.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of found- ing of NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. February 26, 1932. St. Paul, Minn.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of founding of MOUNT ZION TEMPLE. March 6, 1932. Philadelphia, Pa.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of DROPSIE COLLEGE FOR HEBREW AND COGNATE LEARNING. March, 1932. Cleveland, Ohio.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of associa- tion of SAMUEL GOLDHAMER with the Jewish Welfare Federation. March 11-12. Jacksonville, Fla.: Fiftieth anniversary of AHABATH CHESED CONGREGATION. March 13, 1932. Indianapolis, Ind.: Fiftieth anniversary of SHAARE TEFILLA CONGREGATION. March 18, 1932. St. Louis, Mo.: Fiftieth anniversary of B'NAI AMOONA CONGREGATION. April 2, 1932. New York City: Seventieth anniversary of birth of REUBEN BRAININ, Hebrew writer. April 3, 1932. Syracuse, N. Y.: Seventh-fifth anniversary of NEW BETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION. April 11, 1932. New York City: Fiftieth anniversary of existence of YIDDISH PRESS in the United States. April 16, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES. 94 REVIEW OF THE YEAR 5692 95 April 17, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of FREE SYNAGOGUE. May 2, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary o GABRIEL DAVIDSON'S association with the Jewith Agricultural Society. June 5, 1932. New York City: Celebration of thirtieth anniversary of DR. CYRUS ADLER'S services as a Director and as President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and presentation of testi- monial volume. June 5, 1932. Chicago, 111.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of ANSHE KNESSETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION. June 23, 1932. Albany, N. Y.: Ninetieth anniversary of birth of SIMON W. ROSENDALE, former attorney general of State, and communal leader. OTHER COUNTRIES March 23-24, 1931. London, England: Joint celebration of seventy- fifth anniversary of founding of JEWS' COLLEGE, seventieth anniversary of founding of JEWITH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BOARD and sixtieth anniversary of founding of UNITED SYNAGOGUE. May 28, 1931. Paris, France. Commemoration of hundredth anni- versary of death of ABBE HENRI GREGOIRE, Christian champion of Jewish emancipation. June 15, 1931. Vienna, Austria: Hundredth anniversary of birth of MEIR FRIEDMAN, educator. June 27, 1931. Vienna, Austria. Fiftieth anniversary of birth of CHAJIM BLOCH, author and Jewish folk-lorist. July, 1931. Prague, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventieth anniversary of birth of MORITZ BLOCH, journalist. August 15, 1931. Frankfort a.M., Germany: Seventy-fifth anniversary of the birth of HENRIETTE FURTH, philanthropist, leader in feminist movement. September 17, 1931. Berlin, Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birth of JAMES SIMON, President of Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden. September 20, 1931. Berlin Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birth of ISIDOR LANDAU, newspaper publisher. September, 1931. Vienna, Austria: Hundredth anniversary of birth of SIEGFRIED MARCUS, inventor of first motor-car in Austria. October 9, 1931. Karlsbad, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventieth anniversary of birth of IGNAZ ZIEGLER, Chief Rabbi. October 14, 1931. Hamburg, Germany: Sixtieth anniversary of birth of CARL MELCHIOR, financial expert and philanthropist. October 18, 1931. Neu-Oderberg, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventieth anniversary of birth of JOSEF ZANKER, President of Kultusgemeinde. November 1, 1931. Brisk, Poland: Hundredth anniversary of found- ing of BIKUR HOLIM and LINAS HAZEDEK. November 12, 1931. Berlin, Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birth of EDUARD ENGEL, writer. November 15, 1931. Ostrog, Poland: Commemoration of three- hundredth anniversary of death of M'HARSHA., gaon. November 22, 1931. Zurich, Switzerland: Eighty-fifth anniversary of birth of ALFRED STERN, historian. 96 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK November, 1931. Vronki, Posen (Poland): One-thousandth anni- versary of founding of SYNAGOGUE, the oldest in Poland December 5, 1931. Paris, France: Eightieth anniversary of birth of MOSES GUINSBOURG, philanthropist. December 9, 1931. Paris, France: One-hundredth anniversary of birth of BARON MAURICE DE HIRSCH and fortieth anniversary of organi- zation of JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION. December 17, 1931. Wuertenberg, Germany: Hundredth anniversary of founding of Jewish community. December 30, 1931. Bucharest, Roumania: Two hundredth anni- versary of existence of SEPHARDIC JEWISH COMMUNITY. January 8, 1932. Austria: Celebration of one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of promulgation of the TOLERATION DECREE OF OCTOBER 19, 1781, OF EMPEROR JOSEF II, under which Jews of Austria were accorded civil and political equality. January 24, 1932. Czernowitz, Roumania: Seventieth anniversary of birth of SIGMUND DISCHE, writer. January 29, 1932. London, England: Eightieth anniversary of birth of SIR FREDERIC H. COWEN, distinguished musician and composer. January, 1932. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Seventieth anni- versary of birth of JOSHUA A. JOFFE, formerly professor of Talmud at Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. February 6, 1932. London, England: Seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of MOSES GASTER, formerly Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Congregations of London. February 8, 1932. Tel-Aviv, Palestine: Seventieth anniversary of birth of JEHUDAH GRAZOWSKY, scholar. February 28, 1932. Bucharest, Roumania: Celebration of sixtieth anniversary of the birth of RABBI JACOB NIEMIROWER, Chief Rabbi of Roumania, and ex-officio life member of Senate. March 17, 1932. Berlin, Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birth of EUGEN LANDAU, co-founder of the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden. March 19, 1932. Budapest, Hungary: Hundredth anniversary of birth of ARMINURS VAMBERY, Orientalist and world traveler. March 28, 1932. Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia: Seventieth anniversary of birth of DAVID ALKALAY, communal leader. April 8, 1932. Zurich, Switzerland: Celebration of seventieth anni- versary of founding of Jewish community. April 20, 1932. France: Commemoration of three-hundredth anni- versary of martyrdom of NICOLAS ANTOINE, French-Christian theologian who gave up his life in the name of Judaism. April, 1932. Milan, Italy: Eighty-fifth anniversary of birth of ALESANDRO DA FANO, Chief Rabbi. May 28, 1932. Canada: Hundredth anniversary of grant of Equality of Rights to Jews. June 24, 1932. Berlin, Germany: Official Commemoration of tenth anniversary of assassination of WALTER RATHENAU, industrialist, Minister. REVIEW OF THE YEAR 5692 97 II. APPOINTMENTS, HONORS AND ELECTIONS UNITED STATES ALBERT, HERMAN M., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature, November 3, 1931. ALTERMAN, MEYER, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature, November 3, 1931. ALTMAN, JOSEPH, Atlantic City, N. J., re-elected to State Legislature, November 3, 1931. BALLIN, MAX, Detroit, Mich., awarded by American Medical Asso- ciation, medal for best exhibit of clinical studies, June, 1932. BARNET, PHILIP, New Bedford, Mass., elected to the General Court of Massachusetts (State Legislature), November 6, 1928, and re-elected November 4, 1930. BENESCH, ALFRED, Cleveland, Ohio, elected President, Board of Education, March 28, 1932. BERKOWITZ, HENRY J., Portland, Oregon, awarded by Oregon State College, honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, June, 1932. BERMAN, BENJAMIN, Cincinnati, Ohio, elected to State Senate, November, 1929. BLOCH, LOUIS, San Francisco, Cal., appointed secretary and director of State Unemployment Commission, October, 1931. BLUM, EDWARD C., Brooklyn, N. Y., awarded by Austrian Govern- ment Great Silver Cross of Merit, November 9, 1931. BORDON, ABRAHAM S., Hartford, Conn., appointed by Governor, Associate Judge Common Pleas Court of Hartford County, July, 1931. BUNGARD, MAURICE Z., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legis- lature, November 3, 1931. BUTZEL, HENRY M., Detroit, Mich., appointed by Governor to the Judicial Council of Michigan, December, 1931. CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N., New York City, appointed by President Hoover, Associate Justice Supreme Court of United States, February 24, 1932, awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, by St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., June 13; Williams College, June 20; Prince- ton University, June 21; and University of Pennsylvania, June 22, 1932. Cohen, Albert M., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature, November 3, 1931. ' DEICHES, MAURICE, New York City, appointed by Mayor, member of Board of Higher Education, January 20, 1932. DUBLIN, LOUIS I., New York City, elected president of American Public Health Association, September 17, 1931. ECKSTEIN, LOUIS, opera impresario, Ravinia, 111., awarded by North- western University, honorary degree of Master of Fine