SUPPLEMENTS TO THE REVIEW OF THE YEAR ANNIVERSARIES, HONORS, GIFTS, NECROLOGY Compiled by ROSE G. STEIN1 Anniversaries UNITED STATES June 11, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of NEW ENGLAND REGION, ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA. July 1, 1945. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Seventieth anniversary of birth of RABBI JACOB LEVINSON. July 7, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Eighty-fifth anniversary of birth of ABRA- HAM CAHAN, author and editor of Jewish Daily Forward. August 19, 1945. Washington, D. C.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of BERNARD M. BARUCH, financier and statesman. September 23, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of establishment of ASSOCIATED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES. October, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE ISRAEL. October 10, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Seventieth anniversary of birth of GEDALIAH BUBLICK, journalist. October 28, 1945. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of DAVID BICUR CHOLIM SOCIETY. October 31, 1945. Washington, D. C: Celebration of seventieth anniversary of birth of EUGENE MEYER, publisher. November, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of organiza- tion of JUNIOR HADASSAH (young women's Zionist orgn of Am.). November 3, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Seventieth anniversary of birth of DAVID A. BROWN, publisher. November 9, 1945. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of eightieth anniversary of birth of ELLIS A. GIMBEL, merchant. November 16-18, 1945. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of one-hundredth anniversary of founding of WEST END SYNAGOGUE (Congregation Shaaray Tefila). November 18,1945. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of JEWISH WOMEN'S EUROPEAN WELFARE ORGANIZATION. December 7-8, 1945. Cincinnati, Ohio: Celebration of seventieth anni- versary of founding of HEBREW UNION COLLEGE. December 19, 1945. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of GRATZ COLLEGE. January 6, 1946. Chicago, 111.: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION ANSHE SHOLOM. February, 1946. Lowell, Mass.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of BENJAMIN S. POUZZNER LODGE or B'NAI B'RITH. 1 Member of staff, Library of Jewish Information, American Jewish Committee. 469 470 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK February, 1946. Shreveport, La.: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of local B'NAI B'RITH LODGE. February 14, 1946: Commemoration of fiftieth anniversary of publication of Theodore Herzl's THE JEWISH STATE. March 4, 1946. New York, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of organization of JEWISH WAR VETERANS. March 6, 1946. Boston, Mass.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of CONGREGATION AGUDATH ISRAEL, Dorchester. March 24, 1946. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of publication of HATZOFEH BAARETZ HAHADASHAH, New York, first Hebrew weekly in America. March 24, 1946. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of fifty years of literary activity of LEON KOBRIN,1 novelist, playwright, journalist. January 14, 1946. Philadelphia, Pa.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of WOMEN'S AUXILIARY, NORTHERN LIBERTIES HOSPITAL. March 24, 1946. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION SONS or ISRAEL. April, 1946. Schenectady, N. Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of local B'NAI B'RITH LODGE. April 4, 1946. Chicago, 111.: Eightieth anniversary of birth of Congressman ADOLPH J. SABATH. April 5, 1946. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of BROOKLYN JEWISH CENTER. April 9, 1946. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of seventieth anniversary of birth of BERNHARD KAHN, communal worker. April 10, 1946. Doylestown, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of establishment of NATIONAL FARM SCHOOL. April 25, 1946. Boston, Mass.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of GREATER BOSTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL. April 26, 1946. New York, N. Y.: Ninetieth anniversary of birth of HENRY MoRGENTHAU, SR. April 27, 1946. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of local section of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN. May 3, 1946. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of B'NAI ISRAEL COMMUNITY CENTER.. OTHER COUNTRIES April, 1944. France: Commemoration of six-hundredth anniversary of death of RABBI LEVI BEN GERSON (GERSONIDES) of Bagnols, Southern France, philosopher, biblical exegete, mathematician and astronomer. April 9, 1945. Llandudno, North Wales: Ninetieth anniversary of birth of MORRIS WARTSK.1, "dean" of North Wales Jewry. June, 1945. London, England: One-hundred-fiftieth anniversary of JEWISH ORPHANAGE. June 8, 1945. Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of DAVAR, Hebrew publication. June 19, 1945. Montreal, Canada: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of JEWISH IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY. Deceased. APPOINTMENTS, HONORS AND ELECTIONS 471 June 24, 1945. London, England: Seventy-fifth anniversary of DALSTON SYNAGOGUE. July, 1945. Bombay, India: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of BOMBAY ZIONIST ASSOCIATION, oldest organization in India. July, 1945. London, England: Twenty-fifth anniversary of establishment of WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST ORGANIZATION. August 12, 1945. Salisbury, Union of So. Africa: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of HEBREW CONGREGATION. August 30, 1945. London, England: Celebration of fifty years' service of REV. SOLOMON LEVY, Minister Emeritus of New Synagogue,Stamford Hill. September, 1945. Italy: Commemoration of two-hundredth anniversary of death in Palestine of MOSES CHAIM LUZZATTO, Hebrew scholar and poet, Italy. September, 1945, Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of establishment of DAGANIA BETH in Jordan Valley, first settlement estab- lished after World War I. October, 1945. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of KEREN HAYESOD (Palestine Foundation Fund). October, 1945. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of establishment of HABIMA ART THEATRE. October 22, 1945. London, England: Seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of JACOB ROSENHEIM, pres. Agudath Israel World Organization. October 30, 1945. Petach Tikvah, Palestine: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of ABRAHAM SHAPIRO, a founder of the town, and of the first Jewish self-defense organization in Palestine. December, 1945. Montreal, Canada: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of TEMPLE BROTHERHOOD. December 1, 1945. Haifa, Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth anni- versary of HISTADRUTH HAOVODIM, General Federation of Labor in Palestine. 1946. Palestine: Commemoration of two-hundredth anniversary of birth of RABBI SHNEOR ZALMAN BEN BARUCH, chassidic leader, Poland. January, 1946. Belfast, Ireland: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of CHEVRA GEMARA. February 18, 1946. Oxford, England: Celebration of eightieth anniversary of birth of SAMUEL KRAUSS, scientist, author, formerly professor Jewish Theological Institute, Vienna. April 21, 1946. Buenos Aires, Argentine: Commemoration of fiftieth anni- versary of death of BARON MAURICE DE HIRSCH, founder of Jewish Coloni- zation Association. Appointments, Honors and Elections UNITED STATES ADLER, DAVID, Chicago, 111., architect, elected member National Institute of Arts and Letters; announced Dec. 27, 1945. BARUCH, BERNARD M., Washington, D. C., appointed by Pres. Harry S. Truman U. S. representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, Mar. 18, 1946. 472 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK BERLIN, IRVING, New York, N. Y., awarded Medal of Merit, by direction of Pres. Harry S. Truman, for service to the United Service Organization through his musical production "This Is The Army," Sept. 1, 1945; received award from The Saturday Review of Literature for "distinguished service to American music," Jan. 27, 1946. BINSTOCK, Louis, Chicago, 111., rabbi, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Hebrew Union College, Dec. 8, 1945. BOOKSTEIN, ISADORE, Albany, N. Y., appointed by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey justice Supreme Court, Third Judicial District; announced Apr. 10, 1946. BRICKNER, BARNETT R., Cleveland, O., rabbi, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Hebrew Union College, Dec. 8, 1945. CAYTON, NATHAN, Washington, D. C, associate judge, appointed by Pres. Harry S. Truman chief judge Municipal Court of Appeals, Washington, D. C; announced Jan. 21, 1946. COHEN, BENJAMIN V., Washington, D. C, appointed by Pres. Harry S. Truman Counsellor of State Department, Sept. 5, 1945. COHEN, MYER, Washington, D. C., appointed director of displaced persons division United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association; an- nounced Dec. 23, 1945. COHN, EDWIN JOSEPH, Cambridge, Mass., prof, biochemistry Harvard Medical School, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Science, by Columbia University, June 5, 1945; given John Scott Award in recognition of out- standing work in the field of medical and chemical research, Jan. 18, 1946. CORWIN, NORMAN, New York, N. Y., radio author and producer, won first Wendell L. Willkie "One World Award" established by Common Council for American Unity and Willkie Memorial of Freedom House, Feb. 18, 1946. DICKSTEIN, SAMUEL, New York, N. Y. Congressman, elected judge New York State Supreme Court, Nov. 6, 1945. EISENDRATH, MAURICE N., Cincinnati, O., rabbi, awarded honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity, by Hebrew Union College, Dec. 8, 1945. FELLER, ABRAHAM HOWARD, Washington, D. C, appointed general counsel to Secretary-General of United Nations; reptd Feb. 21, 1946. FINKELSTEIN, Louis, New York, N. Y., pres. Jewish Theological Seminary of Am., elected president of Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion,