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A P P E N D I C E S

I. ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHERCELEBRATIONS

UNITED STATES

November 13, 1931. Washington, D. C : Seventy-fifth anniversaryof birth of Louis D. BRANDEIS, jurist and Zionist leader.

November 18, 1931. Lancaster, Pa.: Seventy-fifth anniversary oforganization of SHAAREI SHOMAYIM CONGREGATION.

December 23, 1931. Chicago, 111.: Seventieth anniversary of foundingof BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL ANSHE DOROM CONGREATION.

January 10, 1932. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary ofservice of RABBI SIMON R. COHEN with Union Temple.

January 17, 1932. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary offounding of YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION.

February, 1932. Chicago, 111.: Seventieth anniversary of birth ofMILTON J. FOREMAN, veteran officer of Spanish-American and WorldWars.

February, 1932. Jersey City, N. J.: Twenty-fifth anniversary ofBERTHOLD S. POLLAK, as medical director of the Hudson CountyTuberculosis 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 offounding of MOUNT ZION TEMPLE.

March 6, 1932. Philadelphia, Pa.: Twenty-fifth anniversary ofDROPSIE 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 AHABATHCHESED CONGREGATION.

March 13, 1932. Indianapolis, Ind.: Fiftieth anniversary of SHAARETEFILLA CONGREGATION.

March 18, 1932. St. Louis, Mo.: Fiftieth anniversary of B'NAIAMOONA CONGREGATION.

April 2, 1932. New York City: Seventieth anniversary of birth ofREUBEN BRAININ, Hebrew writer.

April 3, 1932. Syracuse, N. Y.: Seventh-fifth anniversary of NEWBETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION.

April 11, 1932. New York City: Fiftieth anniversary of existence ofYIDDISH PRESS in the United States.

April 16, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary of foundingof HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES.

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April 17, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary of foundingof FREE SYNAGOGUE.

May 2, 1932. New York City: Twenty-fifth anniversary o GABRIELDAVIDSON'S association with the Jewith Agricultural Society.

June 5, 1932. New York City: Celebration of thirtieth anniversaryof DR. CYRUS ADLER'S services as a Director and as President of theJewish Theological Seminary of America, and presentation of testi-monial volume.

June 5, 1932. Chicago, 111.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of ANSHEKNESSETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION.

June 23, 1932. Albany, N. Y.: Ninetieth anniversary of birth ofSIMON W. ROSENDALE, former attorney general of State, and communalleader.

OTHER COUNTRIES

March 23-24, 1931. London, England: Joint celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of founding of JEWS' COLLEGE, seventieth anniversaryof founding of JEWITH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION BOARD and sixtiethanniversary of founding of UNITED SYNAGOGUE.

May 28, 1931. Paris, France. Commemoration of hundredth anni-versary of death of ABBE HENRI GREGOIRE, Christian champion ofJewish emancipation.

June 15, 1931. Vienna, Austria: Hundredth anniversary of birth ofMEIR FRIEDMAN, educator.

June 27, 1931. Vienna, Austria. Fiftieth anniversary of birth ofCHAJIM BLOCH, author and Jewish folk-lorist.

July, 1931. Prague, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventieth anniversary ofbirth of MORITZ BLOCH, journalist.

August 15, 1931. Frankfort a.M., Germany: Seventy-fifth anniversaryof the birth of HENRIETTE FURTH, philanthropist, leader in feministmovement.

September 17, 1931. Berlin, Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birthof JAMES SIMON, President of Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden.

September 20, 1931. Berlin Germany: Eightieth anniversary ofbirth of ISIDOR LANDAU, newspaper publisher.

September, 1931. Vienna, Austria: Hundredth anniversary of birthof SIEGFRIED MARCUS, inventor of first motor-car in Austria.

October 9, 1931. Karlsbad, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventieth anniversaryof birth of IGNAZ ZIEGLER, Chief Rabbi.

October 14, 1931. Hamburg, Germany: Sixtieth anniversary of birthof CARL MELCHIOR, financial expert and philanthropist.

October 18, 1931. Neu-Oderberg, Czecho-Slovakia: Seventiethanniversary 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 birthof 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 anniversaryof birth of ALFRED STERN, historian.

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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 ofMOSES GUINSBOURG, philanthropist.

December 9, 1931. Paris, France: One-hundredth anniversary ofbirth of BARON MAURICE DE HIRSCH and fortieth anniversary of organi-zation of JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION.

December 17, 1931. Wuertenberg, Germany: Hundredth anniversaryof 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-fiftiethanniversary of promulgation of the TOLERATION DECREE OF OCTOBER19, 1781, OF EMPEROR JOSEF II, under which Jews of Austria wereaccorded civil and political equality.

January 24, 1932. Czernowitz, Roumania: Seventieth anniversaryof birth of SIGMUND DISCHE, writer.

January 29, 1932. London, England: Eightieth anniversary ofbirth of SIR FREDERIC H. COWEN, distinguished musician andcomposer.

January, 1932. Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: Seventieth anni-versary of birth of JOSHUA A. JOFFE, formerly professor of Talmud atJewish Theological Seminary in New York.

February 6, 1932. London, England: Seventy-fifth anniversary ofbirth of MOSES GASTER, formerly Haham of the Spanish and PortugueseCongregations of London.

February 8, 1932. Tel-Aviv, Palestine: Seventieth anniversary ofbirth of JEHUDAH GRAZOWSKY, scholar.

February 28, 1932. Bucharest, Roumania: Celebration of sixtiethanniversary of the birth of RABBI JACOB NIEMIROWER, Chief Rabbi ofRoumania, and ex-officio life member of Senate.

March 17, 1932. Berlin, Germany: Eightieth anniversary of birthof EUGEN LANDAU, co-founder of the Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden.

March 19, 1932. Budapest, Hungary: Hundredth anniversary ofbirth of ARMINURS VAMBERY, Orientalist and world traveler.

March 28, 1932. Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia: Seventieth anniversary ofbirth 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 theologianwho gave up his life in the name of Judaism.

April, 1932. Milan, Italy: Eighty-fifth anniversary of birth ofALESANDRO DA FANO, Chief Rabbi.

May 28, 1932. Canada: Hundredth anniversary of grant of Equalityof Rights to Jews.

June 24, 1932. Berlin, Germany: Official Commemoration of tenthanniversary of assassination of WALTER RATHENAU, industrialist,Minister.


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 Courtof Massachusetts (State Legislature), November 6, 1928, and re-electedNovember 4, 1930.

BENESCH, ALFRED, Cleveland, Ohio, elected President, Board ofEducation, March 28, 1932.

BERKOWITZ, HENRY J., Portland, Oregon, awarded by Oregon StateCollege, 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 directorof 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 theJudicial Council of Michigan, December, 1931.

CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N., New York City, appointed by PresidentHoover, Associate Justice Supreme Court of United States, February24, 1932, awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, by St. LawrenceUniversity, 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, memberof Board of Higher Education, January 20, 1932.

DUBLIN, LOUIS I., New York City, elected president of AmericanPublic Health Association, September 17, 1931.

ECKSTEIN, LOUIS, opera impresario, Ravinia, 111., awarded by North-western University, honorary degree of Master of Fine Arts, June, 1932.

EISNER, MARK, New York City, elected chairman of Board of HigherEducation of the City of New York, March, 1932.

ENELOW, H. G., New York City, awarded by Jewish TheologicalSeminary of America, honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature,June 5, 1932.

EPSTEIN, MAX, Chicago, 111., elected member of Board of Trusteesof University of Chicago, October 9, 1931.


FALK, ALEXANDER A., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

FILENE, EDWARD A., Boston, Mass., awarded by Rollins College,honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, February 22, 1932; awarded byCzecho-Slovakian Government, Order of the White Lion, June 27,1932.

FISHER, HARRY M., Chicago, 111., appointed Chief Justice of CriminalCourt, September 7, 1931.

FORMAN, PHILLIP, Trenton, N. J., appointed by President, DistrictJudge for District of New Jersey, June 23, 1932.

FRANKLIN, LEO M., Detroit, Mich., elected President of PublicLibrary Commission of Detroit, January, 1932.

FRIEDENWALD, HARRY, Baltimore, Md., awarded by Jewish Instituteof Religion, honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters, June 5, 1932.

GABRILOWITSCH, OSSIP, Detroit, Mich., awarded by Oberlin College,honorary degree of Doctor of Music, June, 1932.

GINZBERG, Louis, New York City, awarded by Jewish Institute ofReligion, honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters, June 5, 1932.

GREENBERG, JOSEPH, Hoboken, N. J., elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931; elected Speaker of the House, January 13, 1932.

GROSS, LOUIS D., Brooklyn, N. Y., appointed by Mayor, member ofBoard of Higher Education of the City of New York, March 30, 1932.

HARTOGENSIS, B. H., Baltimore, Md., elected Chairman of the LandsLaw Commission, appointed by Governor, October, 1931.

HEUMAN, MAURICE, Jackson, Mich., elected Mayor, November 5,1931.

HOLLANDER, JACOB H., Baltimore, Md., appointed by Governor,member of Tax Survey Commission, to study the taxing system of theState, October, 1931.

HOOD, CHARLES, Newark, N. J., elected to State Legislature, Novem-ber 3, 1931.

HYMAN, SOL A., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

JACOBY, AARON L., Brooklyn, N. Y., elected Register for KingsCounty, November 3, 1931.

JOSLIN, PHILIP, Providence, R. I., appointed by Governor, JudgeSuperior Court, April, 1932.

KADUSHIN, MAX, Madison, Wis., awarded by Jewish TheologicalSeminary of America, degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature, June 5,1932.

KAHAN, HENRY O., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

KARP, MAURICE F., Clifton, N. J., appointed by Governor, JudgeDistrict Court, February, 1932.

KARPF, MAURICE J., New York City, elected President of the Ameri-can Association of Schools of Social Work, January 2, 1932.

KOHUT, MRS. REBEKAH, New York City, appointed member ofSpecial Joint Legislative Committee on Employment, November 13,1931.

LAZARUS, LESTER, New York City, elected Judge Municipal Court,November 3, 1931.


LAZARUS, SYLVAIN J., San Francisco, Cal., re-elected Judge, MunicipalCourt, November 3, 1931.

LAZANSKY, EDWARD, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected Judge, SupremeCourt, November 3, 1931.

LEVY, SAMUEL, New York City, re-elected President of Borough ofManhattan, November 3, 1931.

LIPPMAN, WALTER, New York City, awarded by Yale Review, annual$2,000 prize for article on newspapers, September, 1931, awardedhonorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Dartmouth College andColumbia University, June, 1932.

MANDELBAUM, SAMUEL, New York City, re-elected to State Legisla-ture, November 3, 1931.

MARCUS, LOUIS, Salt Lake City, Utah, elected Mayor, November 3,1931.

MARKOWITZ, SAMUEL H., rabbi, Chicago, 111., awarded by Universityof Chicago, degree of Doctor in Practical Theology, first Jew to receivesuch a degree at this university, June, 1932.

MARKS, H. H., Rochester, N. Y., elected to State Legislature, Novem-ber 3, 1931.

MEISSNER, HARRY V., Milwaukee, Wis., elected President SchoolBoard, July, 1931.

MEYER, EUGENE, New York City, nominated by President, Chairmanof Reconstruction Finance Corporation; nomination confirmed bySenate, February 26, 1932; awarded by Yale University, honorarydegree of Doctor of Laws, June 22, 1932.

MITTLER, BENJAMIN B., New York City, re-elected to State Legis-lature, November 3, 1931.

MOGILESKY, BERNARD, New York City, appointed by Mayor, Citymagistrate, July 31, 1931.

MORRIS, DAVID. Denver, Colo., elected member of State Legislature,November 4, 1930.

NATHAN, MARVIN, Rabbi, Philadelphia, Pa., awarded by Universityof Pennsylvania, degree of Doctor of Sociology and Psychology ofReligion, June 22, 1932.

NATHANSON, JACOB P., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, November 3, 1931.

NEUSTEIN, IRVING D., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

NOVA, ALGERNON I., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected Judge of KingsCounty Court, November 3, 1931.

OCHS, ADOLPH S., New York City, awarded by Dartmouth College,honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, June 21, 1932.

PACHT, ISAAC, LOS Angeles, Cal., appointed Judge of the SuperiorCourt, August, 1931.

PARIS, DAVID, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

REYNER, HARRY, Newport News, Va., elected Mayor, 1930.ROSEN, THEODORE, Philadelphia, Pa., appointed by Governor,

Judge of Municipal Court, August 19, 1931.ROSENAU, WILLIAM, Baltimore, Md., appointed by Academic Council


of Johns Hopkins University, Professor Emeritus of Post-BiblicalHebrew, April, 1932.

ROSENMAN, SAMUEL I., New York City, appointed by Governor,Supreme Court Judge, March 11, 1932.

SAMBEKG, HARRY A., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

SCHANZER, ALBERT D., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legis-lature, November 3, 1931.

SCHWARTZ, WILLIAM, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

SCHWARTZWALD, JACOB J., Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to StateLegislature, November 3, 1931.

SICHER, DUDLEY E., New York City, elected President of the NewYork State Conference on Social Work, November 13, 1931.

SIMANDL, SIDNEY, Newark, N. J., elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

SIMONS, CHARLES C, Detroit, Mich., appointed by President, Judgeof Federal District Court, January 8, 1932.

SPEISER, EPHRAIM A., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed to head Penn-sylvania University Expedition to Mesopotamia, August 24, 1931; andappointed Professor of Semitics by University of Pennsylvania, inrecognition of his archaeological discoveries, September, 1931.

STADFELD, JOSEPH, Pittsburgh, Pa., appointed by Governor, JudgePennsylvania Superior Court, October 30, 1931.

STEINBRINK, MEIER, Brooklyn, N. Y., elected Judge of State SupremeCourt, November 3, 1931.

STEINGUT, IRWIN, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

STERN, HORACE, Philadelphia, Pa., re-elected Judge Common PleasCourt No. 2, November 3, 1931.

STERNFELD, HARRY, Philadelphia, Pa., wins national contest onmemorial design of the Appomattox Courthouse Memorial to com-memorate the ending of the Civil War, March, 1932.

STOLZ, JOSEPH, Chicago, 111., awarded by Hebrew Union College,honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, May 28, 1932.

STRAUS, JESSE I., New York City, appointed by Governor, Chairmanof State Emergency Unemployment Relief Administration, September29, 1931.

STREIT, SAUL S., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

WARBURG, JAMES P., New York City, awarded by Swedish Govern-ment, Royal Swedish Order of Vasa, First Class, for helping to bringabout commercial relations between America and Sweden, November12, 1931.

WATKINS, FRANKLIN C, Philadelphia, Pa., awarded by CarnegieInstitute International Exhibition of Modern Painting, first prize of$1500 and Lehman prize of $2000, October 16, 1931.

WELTCHEK, HARRY, Elizabeth, N. J., elected to State Legislature,November 3, 1931.

WIENER, (MISS) CECIL B., Buffalo, N. Y., elected Judge, Children'sCourt of Erie County, November 3, 1931.


WILEY, LOUIS, New York City, awarded by French Government,decoration of Commander of the Colonial Order, Black Star of Benin,September 21, 1931; and, by King of Italy, title of Commander of theOrder of the Crown of Italy, October, 1931.

WINTERNITZ, MILTON C , New Haven, Conn., awarded by Connec-ticut State Dental Association, the Newell Sill Jeunkens MemorialMedal, March SO, 1932.

WISE, JONAH B., New York City, awarded by New York University,honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, June 8, 1932.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ABRAMOWITZ, HERMAN, Montreal, Canada, awarded by JewishTheological Seminary of America, New York City, honorary degreeof Doctor of Divinity, June 5, 1932.

ABRAMSON, •, Jerusalem, Palestine, appointed by High Commis-sioner, member of Tax Commission, January, 1932.

ALEXANDER, MORRIS, Capetown, Union of South Africa, electedmember of Parliament, January, 1932.

ALKALAY, ISAK, Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia, appointed by King, memberof Senate, January 12, 1932.

ASSCHER, L., Amsterdam, Holland, elected deputy in Provinzialrat,April 2, 1931; and awarded by Queen, Knighthood in Order OrangeNassau, September, 1931.

AUSCHNITT, M. COVORULUI, Roumania, re-elected Senator, June 9,1931.

BACHER, FRANZ, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, appointed member ofParliament, September, 1931.

BAUER, IGNACIO, Madrid, Spain, appointed by Government, Inspectorof Jewish schools in Spanish Morocco, February 18, 1932.

BENVENISTI, J., Bucharest, Roumania, elected Senator, June 6, 1931.BERCOVICI, A., Bucharest, Roumania, elected Senator, June 6, 1931.BERCOVITCH, PETER, Montreal, Canada, re-elected member of Legis-

lature, August 24, 1931.BERGH, Z. V.D., Amsterdam, Holland, awarded by Queen, Knighthood

in the Order Netherlands Lion, September, 1931.BIALIK, CHAIM N., has street in Trembovle, Galicia, named in his

honor, October, 1931; elected member of the Spanish Academy, Madrid,Spain, March 21, 1932.

BLUM, LEON, Paris, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May8, 1932.

BRODY, ERNEST, Hungary, re-elected to Parliament, July, 1931.CASSEL, GUSTAV, Sweden, appointed Rhodes Memorial lecturer at

University of Oxford, England, for 1931-32, October, 1931.CATTAUI, YOUSSEF, Pascha, Cairo, Egypt, appointed by King,

Senator, June 14, 1931.COHEN, BARNARD, Kimberley, Union of South Africa, elected Mayor,

October, 1931.COHEN, BERTRAM S., England, knighted, January 1, 1932.COHEN, JOSEPH, Montreal, Canada, re-elected member of Legislature,

August 24, 1931.


DASBERG, S., Amsterdam, Holland, awarded by Queen, knighthoodof the Order of Orange Nassau. April, 1932.

DIAMANT, MAX, Cernauti, Roumania, elected to Parliament, June,1931.

DICKER, , Geneva, Switzerland, re-elected member of Parliament,November 3, 1931.

DINERMAN, S., Bucharest, Roumania, elected Senator to representChamber of Commerce, June, 1931.

DIZENGOFF, MEYER, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, re-elected Mayor, June,1932.

DONATO, MRS. MARGARITA, Madrid, Spain, elected to the SpanishCortes (Parliament), November, 1931.

DREYFUS, LOUIS, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May 8.1932.

DUBIN, , Latvia, re-elected to Parliament, October 6, 1931.FABIAN, BELA, Budapest, Hungary, re-elected to Parliament, July,

1931.FARBSTEIN, DAVID, Zurich, Switzerland, re-elected member of

Parliament, November 3, 1931.FILDERMAN, WILLIAM, Bucharest, Roumania, elected President of

the Kehillah, November 10, 1931.FINKELSTEIN, J., Bucharest, Roumania, elected Senator, June 6, 1931.FISCHER, JOSEPH, Maramuresh, Roumania, elected to Parliament,

June, 1931.FISHER, MICHAEL, Transylvania, Roumania, elected to Parliament,

June, 1931.FRANKLIN, LEONARD BENJAMIN, London, England, knighted, June

4, 1932.FRUMKIN, MOSES, Soviet Russia, appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign

Commerce, February 17, 1932.GAL, EUGEN, Hungary, re-elected to Parliament, June 28, 1931.GAZA, DESI, Hungary, re-elected to Parliament, June 28, 1931.GLUCKSTEIN, L. H., Nottingham City, England, elected member of

Parliament, November 5, 1931.GOLDENBERG, JOSEPH, Bucharest, Roumania, awarded by King,

decoration, on occasion of fortieth anniversary of his advent on thestage, November 26, 1931.

GOLDI, HORACE, Paris, France, awarded by Academy of Medicine,Prix Martin, and made a laureate of the Academy, January 15, 1932,

GOLDSCHMIDT, JAMES, Berlin, Germany, elected Dean of BerlinUniversity Law School and member of the University Senate, August,1931.

GOLDSTEIN, ANGELO, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, elected member ofParliament, September 8, 1931.

GORCHOVSKI, S. L., Harbin, China, appointed by Municipality, FirstSecretary, May 24, 1932.

GROSS, LOUIS, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May 8, 1932.GUGEL, JACOB, MOSCOW, Soviet Russia, appointed Chief Commissar

of construction project in Magnitogorsk, Ural, November 26, 1931.GUINZBOURG, J., Professor, Antwerp, Belgium, elected President of

Medical Union of Belgium, March 9, 1932.


HARRIS, PERCY ALFRED, London, England, elected member ofParliament, November 5, 1931; created Baronet, January 1, 1932.

HAUSNER, BERNARD, Haifa, Palestine, named manager of PolishConsulate at Tel-Aviv, June, 1932.

HEDGEDUS, , Roumania, elected Senator, June 6, 1931.HERZBERGER, L., Amsterdam, Holland, awarded by Queen, knight-

hood of the Order of Orange Nassau, March, 1932.HORE-BELISHA, L., Devenport, England, elected member of Parlia-

ment, November 5, 1931.HOROWITZ, AARON, Cornwall, Ont., Canada, re-elected Mayor,

December, 1931.HYMAN, MARCUS, Winnipeg, Canada, elected member of Provincial

Legislature, June 18, 1932.ISAACS, SIR ISAAC, Governor General of Australia, appointed by King

of England, Knight of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George,April, 1932.

ISRAEL, ALEXANDRE, France, elected Under-Secretary of the Interior,June 3, 1932.

JANNER, BARNET, Whitechapel, England, elected member of Parlia-ment, November 5, 1931.

JONG, MRS. ALIDA de, Holland, elected to House of Commons, August14, 1931.

LANDAU, MICHAEL, Kishineff, Roumania, elected to Parliament, June22, 1931.

LAZARSON, , Latvia, re-elected to Parliament, October 6, 1931.Levy, Sir Daniel, Sydney, Australia, appointed Attorney-General and

Minister of Justice, May 17, 1932.LIER, F. C. VAN, Cheribou, Dutch East Indies, elected Mayor, July

18, 1931.LOOPUIT, S., Amsterdam, Holland, awarded by Queen, Knighthood

in Order of Orange Nassau, September, 1931.LUZATTI, LUIGI (late), city of Vicenza, Italy, erects monument to

Luigi Luzatti, July, 1931.LYONS, A. M., England, elected member of Parliament, November 5,

1931.MANDEL, GEORGES, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May

8, 1932.MARPURGO, JOSEPH, Rome, Italy, awarded by King, Cross of the

Italian Crown (highest order), on occasion of hundredth anniversary ofexistence of insurance company of which he is general director, May 8,1932.

MELCHIOR, CARL, Hamburg, Germany, appointed by Government,representative in bankers' parley to aid foreign bankers to study Reichcrisis, July 31, 1931; awarded Rathenau prize, awarded annually toperson who has done most for the welfare of the German Republic,April 12, 1932.

MEYER, LEON, Havre, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies,May 8, 1932; appointed Minister of Merchant Marine, June 3, 1932.

MODENNA, ANGELO, Rome, Italy, appointed President of the HighestMilitary Tribunal, October 30, 1931.

MOND, ROBERT LUDWIG, London, knighted, in recognition of services

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as President of Faraday Society and of the Egypt Exploration Society,June 4, 1932.

MOSES, MIRIAM, J. P., Stepney, England, elected Mayor, Novembery iy l

NATHAN, HARRY L., London, England, re-elected member of Parlia-ment, November 5, 1931.

NEIROP, H. A. v., Amsterdam, Holland, knighted by Queen, Septem-ber, 1931.

NEUBERG, CARL, Director, of Chemical Institute of Kaiser Wilhelm,Berlin, Germany, awarded by Chemical-Biological Society of Paris,Pasteur Medal, July, 1931.

NIEMIROWER, JACOB, Chief Rabbi, Bucharest, Roumania, awardeddecoration of Grand Officer of the Roumanian Crown, February 28, 1932.

NUROK, • , Latvia, re-elected to Parliament, October 6, 1931.PICK, ERNEST, Vienna, Austria, appointed by University of Vienna,

Dean of Medical School, June, 1932.POLAK, N. J., Holland, appointed Rector of Dutch Commercial

University at Rotterdam, September, 1931.PONTREMOLI, ALDO, Rome, Italy (last in Nobile Polar expedition),

has islands in Polar Region named in his honor and memory, November7, 1931.

READING, MARQUESS (SIR RUFUS ISAACS), London, England, ap-pointed by National Coalition Cabinet, foreign secretary, August 26,1931.

REIFER, MANFRED, Kimpoling, Roumania, elected to Parliament,June 22, 1931.

RIVENSON, S., Roumania, elected Senator, June 6, 1931.ROBINSON, JAKOB, Kovno, Lithuania, appointed representative in

the International Arbitration Court, Geneva, October 7, 1931.ROTHSCHILD, JAMES DE, London, England, re-elected member of

Parliament, October 27, 1931.SALMON, ISIDORE, London, England, re-elected member of Parlia-

ment, October 27, 1931.SAMUEL, ARTHUR MICHAEL, London, England, re-elected member of

Parliament, October 27, 1931; and, created by King, Baronet, January1, 1932.

SAMUEL, SIR HERBERT, London, England, elected President of BritishInstitute of Philosophical Studies, July 6, 1931; elected member andchief leader of Liberal Party of National Coalition Cabinet, August 26,1931; re-elected to Parliament, October 27, 1931; appointed HomeSecretary, November 5, 1931.

SANDOR, PAUL, Budapest, Hungary, re-elected to Parliament, July,1931.

SARETZKY, A. J., Boksburg, Union of South Africa, elected Mayor,December, 1931.

SASSOON, SIR PHILIP, London, England, re-appointed under-secretaryof British Air Ministry, September 3, 1931;—and elected member ofParliament, October 27, 1931.

SCHLANG, IGNJAT, Belgrade, Jugo-Slavia, awarded by Government,decoration, in honor of thirtieth anniversary of occupancy of post ofchief rabbi, December 22, 1931.


SCHUBERT, JOSEPH, Montreal, Canada, re-elected alderman by ac-claimation, March 22, 1932.

SHATOFF, BILL, MOSCOW, Soviet Russia, appointed Assistant Com-missar of Transportation, January 6, 1932.

SINGER, M., Roumania, elected to Parliament, June 22, 1931.SOKOLOW, NAHUM, London, England, elected President of World

Zionist Organization, July 14, 1931; and awarded, by Jewish Instituteof Religion, New York City, honorary degree of Doctor of HebrewLetters, May 12, 1932.

STERN, JACQUES, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May 8,1932.

STRAUSS, EDWARD A., London, England, elected to Parliament,October 27, 1931.

TABORI, , Haifa, Palestine, receives International award forresearch in trachoma; prize of 2,000 Swiss francs to be shared withDr. Lombroso of Tunis, June, 1932.

TORRES, HENRI, Paris, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies,May 8, 1932.

VASZONYI, JOHANN, Hungary, elected to Parliament, July, 1931.VIDAL, JOSEPH, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May 8, 1932.WEIL, GEORGE, France, elected to Chamber of Deputies, May 8, 1932.

III. SPECIAL BEQUESTS AND GIFTSUNITED STATES

ADLER, MRS. FRIEDA, New York City, bequeaths $20,000 to HarvardUniversity, for permanent fund for providing a triennial prize to beknown as the Isaac Adler Prize for Research in Medical or AlliedSciences, June 28, 1932.

ALEXANDER, SARA, New York City, bequeaths (approximate inven-tory value) $20,000 half residuary estate to Federation for the Sup-port of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City, upon deathof sister, June 27, 1931.

ALTMAN FOUNDATION, New York City, donates $50,000 to Federationfor the support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City,for emergency appeal for $2,230,000, October 11, 1931.

ARBER, ADOLPH, New York City, makes bequests ranging from $1,000to $30,000 to Mt. Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids,United Krakauer Charity and Aid Society, New York Guild for theJewish Blind, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Federation for the Supportof Jewish Philanthropic Societies, all of New York City; United Homefor Aged Hebrews, New Rochelle, N. Y.; National Jewish Hospital,Denver, Colo.; Congregation B'nai Israel, Little Rock, Ark.; HebrewHome for Aged, Israelitische Weisen Verein, Israelitisches HandwerkerVerein, and Jewish Hospital, all of Cracow, Poland, February 17, 1932.

BEAUMONT, MRS. JEANNETTE D., New York City, bequeaths $40,000:$10,000 to National Jewish Home for Consumptives at Denver; $10,000to French Benevolent Society; $5,000 each to Mount Sinai Hospital,


New York Philanthropic League, Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and Monte-fiore Hospital, June 27, 1932.

BERNARD, BENJAMIN, New York City, bequeaths $80,000 to Jewishcharity, announced May 2, 1932.

BLOOMINGDALE, IRVING I., New York City, bequeaths bulk ofestate estimated at over $8,000,000 to Federation for the Support ofJewish Philanthropic Societies of New York, and to the Cathedral ofSt. John the Divine, upon death of his wife, July 28, 1931.

BOAS, FRANZ, New York City, donates scientific library to theEthnological Museum, Hamburg, August 1, 1931.

CLAY, HENRIETTA (non-Jew), Lexington, Ky., donates Gratz Cor-respondence, consisting of 500 documents, letters and manuscripts,to Jewish Historical Society, New York City, announced November15, 1931.

COWEN, WILLIAM, New York City, bequeaths $171,658 to JewishTheological Seminary of America, New York, and $1,000 to Congrega-tion Bnai Jeshurun, (announced) May 18, 1932.

EHRMAN, MR. AND MRS. SIDNEY M., San Francisco, Cal., donate$250,000 to the University of California, in memory of son, September,1931.

FLEISHER, EDWIN A., Philadelphia, Pa., donates collection of ChamberMusic, 4,300 items, to Free Library of Philadelphia, June 3, 1932.

FLEISHER, HELEN, Philadelphia, Pa., bequeaths $95,000, of which$50,000 is for a Helen Fleisher Student Aid Fund to be used by thePhiladelphia Trade School for Girls, so as to increase the opportunitiesand facilities for the acquisition by women of training in handicraft;$10,000 for the Helen Fleisher Educational Fund, to promote educa-tional work of the Neighborhood Centre; $15,000 to Federation ofJewish Charities, and $10,000 each to two brothers to be used to promotehumanitarian interests, December 29, 1931.

FRIDENBERG, MRS. ESTHER, Philadelphia, Pa., donates $400,000 toJewish Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., to build surgical department, asmemorial to her brother Mone S. Fridenberg, May 29, 1932.

FRIEDSAM, MICHAEL, New York City, bequeaths $10,000,000 artcollection to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, December,1931.

GARLAND, MRS. LILLIAN B., New York City, bequeaths $62,166 toJewish charities and charitable institutions, April, 1932.

GERSTLEY, LOUIS, Philadelphia, Pa , bequeaths $250,000 each toEagleville Sanitarium and to the Jewish Hospital, conditionally, and$1,000 to Congregation Rodeph Sholom, December, 1931.

HECHT, LEWIS, Chicago, 111., bequeaths trust fund of $50,000 toJewish Charities of Chicago, in memory of father and mother (Solomonand Rachel Hecht), for perpetual endowment; and $1,000 to the HebrewBenevolent Society, October, 1931.

HENNING, FANNY, New York City, bequeaths $121,499 to charity;filed February 9, 1932.

HYAMS, ROSALIE, New York City, bequeaths $40,500 and one-tenthof residue of estate, to charities, March, 1932.

ILLOWAY, HENRY, New York City, donates to Jewish National andUniversity Library, Jerusalem, a number of important periodicals,


among them 110 volumes of Zeits chrift fuer physiologische Chemie,January, 1932.

Jewish Daily Forward, New York City, donates $70,000 (of $200,000underwritten), in memory of Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader, for recon-struction of Radio Station WEVD, October 26, 1931.

KANDER, MRS. L. B., Milwaukee, Wis., donates $100,000 proceedsfrom her cook book to establish Jewish Center, February, 1932.

KLEIN, JACOB B., Bridgeport, Conn., bequeaths $500,000 to City ofBridgeport, for a municipal auditorium to be known as "Klein MemorialAuditorium;" and $20,000 to charities, March 31, 1932.

KOHLER, MRS. ALICE A., New York City, bequeaths $44,000 toJewish charities, February 29, 1932.

KRAMER, LOUIS, New York City, bequeaths $100,000 to Mt. SinaiHospital, and $15,000 to other charities, November, 1931.

LAUTERSPIEL, MAX, New York City, bequeaths $50,000 to OrthodoxJewish schools in Poland, for distribution by ten Rabbis, September,1931.

LEHMAN, SIGMUND M., New York City, bequeaths $65,000 to Federa-tion for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York;and $35,000 to Montefiore Hospital, November, 1931.

LEVY WILLIAM, Baltimore, Md., bequeaths $22,000 to five institu-tions ($5,000 each to Sinai Hospital, Hebrew Home for Incurables,Jewish Home for Consumptives, and to Johns Hopkins University; and$2,000 to Presbyterian Eye and Throat Charity Hospital, all of Balti-more, Md.); and in memory of parents sets aside $20,000 in trust for theJewish Theological Seminary of America, August, 1931.

Louis, CHARLES H., New York City, bequeaths $55,000 to Jewishinstitutions, September, 1931.

LOVENBERG, MRS. ISIDORE, Galveston, Tex., donates $50,000 toBoard of School Trustees of Galveston, Texas, for Galveston HighSchool to be named for husband, November, 1931.

MANDELBAUM SEYMOR, Baltimore, Md., bequeaths over $90,000 toJewish and non-Jewish organizations, November, 1931.

MENDELSOHN, LOUIS, Detroit, Mich., donates $100,000 to EmergencyRelief Fund, December, 1931.

MEISELMAN, MORRIS, Brooklyn, N. Y., bequeaths $253,775 to 38Jewish charitable institutions, December 21, 1931.

MOHRMAN, WILLIAM, Yonkers, N. Y., bequeaths residue of estate toFederation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of NewYork and Mount Sinai Hospital, and to 4 non-Jewish societies, Septem-ber 11, 1931.

MORRIS, SELIG, Chicago, 111., bequeaths $52,000 to Jewish charities,December, 1931.

ROSE, WILLIAM R., New York City, bequeaths $100,000 to charities,to be distributed upon death of his sister, June 27, 1932.

ROSENWALD, JULIUS, Chicago, 111., donates $85,000 to Hoover Illiter-acy Commission, August, 1931; $1,000,000 to Berlin, Germany, forerection of children's dental clinic, July 31, 1931; $150,000 to JolietRelief Committee [for unemployed]; and bequeaths $11,000,000 to theRosenwald Family Association, charging his children to carry on hisphilanthropies, January 15, 1932.


ROSSMAN, SELMA, New York City, bequeaths $61,250 to charities,March 16, 1932.

SCHIFF, MRS. JACOB H., New York City, donates $250,000 to BoyScouts of America, in memory of son, Mortimer L. Schiff, for trainingschool for leaders of Boy Scout movement, May 16, 1932.

SCHWADRON, ABRAHAM, Philadelphia, Pa., donates collection ofautographs and portraits to Hebrew University, Jerusalem, January,1932.

SEAMAN, LLOYD W. (non-Jew), New York City, bequeaths $25,000to Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City, October 22, 1931.

SIMONS, DAVID W., Detroit, Mich., bequeaths $150,000 toward fundfor erection of a Jewish hospital, (filed) May 30, 1932.

STERN, MRS. SIGMUND, San Francisco, Cal., donates $50,000 plot ofground to the city for a park in memory of husband, (announced)September 17, 1931.

THAU, SIGMUND YISCHAR, New York City, donates scholarship fundfor ten scholarships annually at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, inmemory of wife, April, 1932.

WARBURG, MR. AND MRS. FELIX M., New York City, donate $75,000to Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of NewYork City, for emergency appeal for $2,230,000, October, 1931.

WEINBERGER, LOUIS H., Philadelphia, Pa., bequeaths approximately$240,000 to charities, October, 1931.

WOHL, MORRIS I., New York City, bequeaths half of his residuaryestate amounting to about $75,000, to the Jewish National Fund, NewYork City, September 3, 1931.

YOUNKER, AARON, Chicago, 111., bequeaths $200,000 to five Jewishcharities and to six non-Jewish charities: every charity and philanthropyto which he had made a contribution last year is to be paid a similarsum for a period of three years after his death; in the event no childor grandchild is living at termination of trust for his widow and children,the entire estate, valued at $600,000 is to be divided between theJewish Charities of Chicago and the University of Chicago, August, 1931.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ARBIB, MRS. ANNIE, London, England, bequeaths three-quarters ofresidue of property in trust to pay £500 to Home and Hospital forJewish Incurables for a Eugene J. and Annie Arbib Bed, and balancein trust to distribute income therefrom in her name for purpose ofassisting individual cases of Jewish women who have become impover-ished and for purpose of encouraging talent in poor young girls, Decem-ber, 1931.

BATTERSEA, LADY CONSTANCE, London, England, bequeaths £13,000:including £5,500 to Jewish Associations for Protection of Girls andWomen; £3,000 to Jewish Board of Guardians, December, 1931.

BURTON, SIR MONTAGUE, London, England, donates £18,858 toCambridge University, for a Professorship of Industrial Relations,January 13, 1931; and donates £15,000 to Hebrew University in Jeru-salem, for Chaim Weizmann chair of International Law and Peace,July 27, 1931.


CARLISH, MONTAGUE, London, England, bequeaths residue of hisestate (value £147,082), after fulfilment of certain trusts and bequests,to Spanish and Portuguese Synagogues, September, 1931.

CASSEL, BARON LEON, Brussels, Belgium, establishes a Cassel Fellow-ship at the University of Brussels, to be awarded without distinction ofnationality or religion, June, 1931.

CONTENT, M., Amsterdam, Holland, bequeaths 700,000 florins (about$280,000) to various philanthropic institutions, July, 1931.

FELSENSTEIN, LUDWIG, London, England, bequeaths one-tenth ofestate of £18,689 and ?37S in addition, to Jewish charity, August, 1931.

HAENDLER, ADOLPH, Paris, bequeaths estate valued at about £200,000,to the Jewish community of London, for Nathan and Adolphe Haendler[Foundation], to assist poor Jews who, in consequence of religiouspersecution or other misfortune, shall take refuge in England, July, 1931.

HARDOON, SILAS AARON, Shanghai, China, bequeaths $50,000 fortranslation into Chinese of English text of the Hebrew Bible as pub-lished by the Jewish Publication Society of America, July 24, 1931.

HARDOON, MRS. SILAS AARON, Shanghai, China, donates $600,000for the relief of Chinese flood sufferers in Hanknow, October, 1931.

JOEL, SOLOMON BARNATO, London, England, bequeaths £100,000provisionally to his brother, requesting that if not required for personaluse, to devote this sum for charities in Union of South Africa, July, 1931.

LEVINSON, SOLOMON, Montreal, Canada, bequeaths $30,000 to variouscharitable institutions, Jewish and non-Jewish, in Canada, Palestineand Lithuania, November 28, 1931.

LYON, MAURICE, London, England, bequeaths $375,000 for establish-ment of a Jewish convalescent home to be known as "The Maurice andSamuel Lyon Home," and $22,500 for other charities, July 15, 1931.

ROSENTHAL, Miss EMMA, Hove, England, bequeaths £4,000 forreduction of national debt, and, among other gifts, £2,000 to the JewishBoard of Guardians, and £300 and her jewelry to the Jewish Home forIncurables, Tottenham, April, 1932.

SALOMON, CHARLES, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, University of SouthAfrica, bequeaths $350,000 to local and Palestinian philanthropies,July, 1931.

IV. NECROLOGY

UNITED STATES

ALEXANDER, MOSES, ex-Governor of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, aged 78,January 4, 1932.

ARNDT, JULIUS, member Federal Mediation Board, Mobile, Ala.,May 17, 1932.

ASHKENAZI, JECHIEL, rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 51, February 22,1932.

AUSTRIAN, ALFRED S., lawyer and communal worker, Chicago, 111.,aged 61, January 25, 1932.

BARATZ, DAVID, Yiddish actor, New York City, aged 55, October 21,1931.


BAUM, SOLOMON, rabbi and cantor, New York City, aged 64, April21, 1932.

BECHHOEFER, CHARLES, judge and communal worker, Minneapolis,Minn., aged 67, January 25, 1932.

BENJAMIN, MRS. HENRIETTA ISRAEL, communal worker, Boston,Mass., aged 69, November 12, 1931.

BERMAN, MOSES, rabbi, Los Angeles, Cal., aged 67, November 2,

BERNSTEIN, ERNEST R., civil engineer, communal worker, formermayor, Shreveport, La., aged 61, May 4, 1932.

BOJARSKY, E. H., communal and civic worker, Los Angeles, Cal.,aged 66, February 24, 1932.

BRAUDE, A., rabbi, Denver, Colo., aged 48, June 18, 1932.CASTELLE, GEORGE, cantor and member of faculty of Peabody Con-

servatory of Music, Baltimore, Md., aged 45, October 17, 1931.CHAIMOVITZ, BERNARD, rabbi, Chicago, 111., aged 62, December 26,

1931.CHARIFF, HAYIM, rabbi, New York City, aged 68, April 22, 1932.COOPER, LEO, actor and leader in the little theatre movement, San

Francisco, Cal., aged 73, May 30, 1932.DIAMANT, HENRY A., former actor and former editor of first Jewish

St. Louis paper, St. Louis, Mo., aged 69, April 2, 1932.DREYFUSS, BERNARD (BARNEY), communal worker and pioneer in

baseball, Pittsburgh, Pa., aged 67, February 5, 1932.EDELHERTZ, BERNARD, lawyer and publisher, New York City, aged

51, July 17, 1931.EISENBERG, MAURICE, rabbi, author and Zionist leader, New York

City, aged 69, January 6, 1932.ELSBERG, NATHANIEL, lawyer, former state Senator, New York City,

aged 60, June 4, 1932.ENDEL, MARCUS, communal worker, Jacksonville, Fla., aged 77,

March 28, 1932.FECHHEIMER, SAMUEL MARCUS, philanthropist and Zionist worker,

Daytona Beach, Fla., aged 65, March 23, 1932.FEISS, JULIUS, merchant and civic worker, Cleveland, Ohio, aged 82,

July 6, 1931.FINKELGREEN, DAVID, artist, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 43, August 8,

1931.FINN, JULIUS, chess champion, New York City, aged 60, December

6, 1931.FLEISCHER, HELEN, communal and philanthropic worker, Philadel-

phia, Pa., December 20, 1931.FRANCK, BEN C , secretary of New York Times Company, New York

City, aged 76, April 6, 1932.FRANKEL, DAVID I., professor at Boston University School of Medi-

cine, Boston, Mass., aged 46, January 24, 1932.FRANKEL, LEE K., humanitarian, civic and social worker, communal

leader, New York City, at Paris, France, aged 64, July 25, 1931.FRIEDMAN, ISAAC K., writer and journalist, Highland Park (Chicago),

111., aged 61, September 22, 1931.


FROMKES, MAURICE, painter, New York City, at Paris, France,aged 59, September 17, 1931.

GANS, S. LEON, physician, veteran World War and Spanish AmericanWar, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 56, August 26, 1931.

GERSTLEY, LOUIS, communal worker, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 82,November 29, 1931.

GERSTLEY, WILLIAM, communal worker, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 81,November 14, 1931.

GITTELSON, BENJAMIN, rabbi, Cleveland, Ohio, aged 78, January 1,1932.

GLICKMAN, ELLIS F., pioneer Yiddish actor and producer, Chicago,111., aged 62, October 3, 1931.

GOLDBERG, EUGENE H., first mayor of Kearney, physician, banker,Kearney, N. J., aged 63, June 13, 1932.

HURWITZ, D., rabbi and scholar, Lynn, Mass., May 26, 1931.HYMAN, HENRY J., communal worker, New York City, aged 64,

January 8, 1932.ILLOWAY, HENRY, physician and writer, New York City, aged 84,

January 15, 1932.ISAACSON, ISAAC BENZION, rabbi, Baltimore, Md., August 2, 1931.JUD, HAYIM M., rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 56, August 29, 1931.KADUSHIN, JACOB L., rabbi, New Rochelle, N. Y., aged 73, May

28, 1932.KAHAN, HENRY O., assemblyman, World War veteran, New York

City, aged 40, February 6, 1932.KAHN, LOUIS, physician and surgeon, civic and communal worker,

Columbus, Ohio, aged 67, September 6, 1931.KAHN, SAMUEL B., communal worker, and former mayor of Harris-

ville, Mich., Detroit, Mich., aged 58, March 22, 1932.KAMIONER, LEE, civic and communal worker, New York City, aged

65, May 3, 1932.KANAREK, SOLOMON Z., rabbi, New York City, aged 77, December

16, 1931.KARTZINEL, PHINEAS, rabbi, New York City, aged 23, January 13,

1932.KLEIN, BARUCH MEYER, rabbi, New York City, aged 69, November

10, 1931.KLEINBERG, HENRY, communal and civic worker, Seattle, Wash.,

aged 72, January 16, 1932.KNOPF, SAMUEL, banker, publisher, New York City, at Mamaroneck,

N. Y., aged 70, June 11, 1932.KOBER, LEO, artist, author and musician, Larchmont, N. Y., aged

53, September 17, 1931.KOHLER, MRS. KAUFMANN, communal worker, New York City, aged

84, March 13, 1932.KRISOFF, JACOB, rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 77, January 18, 1932.LACHMAN, SAMSON, former judge, New York City, aged 77, December

Zo, 1931.LAPIDUS, HARRY, communal leader, Omaha, Neb., aged 49, Decem-

ber 22, 1931.LEVIN, SOLOMON, rabbi, New York City, aged 53, April 5, 1932.


LEVY, AARON, rabbi, Beaumont, Tex., aged 85, December, 1931.LEVY, DAVID, rabbi, Bridgeport, Conn., at Charleston, S. C , aged 76,

1931.LEVY, WILLIAM, communal worker, Baltimore, Md., at Gardiner,

Me., aged 74, July 27, 1931.LIFCHITZ, JACOB, Hebrew teacher and scholar, Oakland, Cal., March

26r 1932.LOEB. LEO, communal worker, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 88, January

1, 1932.'MARGOLIS, MAX L., Professor of Biblical Philology at Dropsie College,

author, scholar, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 65, April 2, 1932.MEYEROWITZ, JACOB, rabbi, Baltimore, Md., aged 72, August 26,

1931.MEYERSON, MAX, communal leader, New York City, aged 62, April

9, 1932.NEWBURGER, JOSEPH E., communal worker and former Supreme

Court Judge, New York City, at Bluff Point, N. Y., aged 78, July19, 1931.

NEWMARK, M. B., rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 79, June 25, 1932.OCHS-OAKES, GEORGE WASHINGTON, editor and publisher, former

mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., New York City, aged 70, October 26,1931.

PRESENT, PHILIP, communal worker, Rochester, N. Y., aged 75,May 31, 1932.

RAFAILOVITCH, B. S., holder of congressional medal of honor forheroism in Galveston flood, San Diego, Cal., aged 57, May 6, 1932.

REICHENBACH, HARRY L., press agent, publicity director, New YorkCity, aged 49, July 3, 1931.

ROSENBERG, ADOLPH, rabbi, Bradford, Pa., aged 48, September, 1931.ROSENGARD, B. H., rabbi and author, New York City, aged 55,

November 9, 1931.ROSENWALD, JULIUS, merchant, communal leader and philanthropist,

Chicago, 111., aged 69, January 6, 1932.ROTHSTEIN, ELIAS, Yiddish actor, New York City, aged 61, February

14, 1932.SACKS, A. S., economist and writer, New York City, aged 50, Sep-

tember 8, 1931.SCHLESINGER, BENJAMIN, labor leader, New York City, at Colorado

Springs, Colo., aged 56, June 6, 1932.. SCHOEN, EDWARD, former Judge, member of Board of Education,Newark, N. J., aged 51, June 22, 1932.

SCHREIBER, EMANUEL, rabbi, Los Angeles, Cal., aged 80, March,1932.

SHMUKLER, PETER, journalist, New York City, aged 64, October 7,1931.

SIGMAN, MORRIS, labor leader, New York City, at Storm-Lake, la.,aged 51, July 19, 1931.

SIMONS, DAVID W., Zionist and communal leader, Detroit, Mich.,aged 75, May 14, 1932.

SPIEGELBERG, WILLIAM I., communal worker, New York City, atParis, France, aged 70, January 18, 1932.


STEINER, GUSTAVE, communal and civic worker, Astoria, L. I., N. Y.,aged 74, April 8, 1932.

STEINHART, MRS. AMY S., member of State Board of Education,San Francisco, Cal., April 11, 1932.

STERN, MILFORD, communal leader, Detroit, Mich., aged 50, February28, 1932.

STRECKER, CHARLES B., civic and communal worker, editor, Boston,Mass., aged 67, September 12, 1931.

STROOCK, MOSES J., communal worker, educator, Chairman of Boardof Higher Education, New York City, aged 65, October 27, 1931.

SULZBERGER, CYRUS L., merchant, communal and civic leader, NewYork City, aged 74, April 30, 1932.

SUTRO, LIONEL, philanthropist, New York City, at Santa Monica,Cal., aged 72, July 28, 1931.

WACKSMAN, MOSES DAVID, actor, Los Angeles, Cal., aged 55, Novem-ber 2, 1931.

WARBURG, PAUL M., banker, financier, author, member FederalReserve Board, civic leader, New York City, aged 63, January 24, 1932.

WATTENBERG, PHILIP, communal worker and Zionist leader andphilanthropist, New York City, at Jerusalem, Palestine, aged 63, April15, 1932.

WEIDENTHAL, WILLIAM R., publisher, communal worker, Cleveland,Ohio, aged 43, January 24, 1932.

WEIL, EDWARD, judge, New York City, aged 59, March 4, 1932.WEINBERG, ABRAHAM I., merchant and communal worker, Baltimore,

Md., aged 69, May 31, 1932.WEINMANN, ALBERT, sculptor, East Rockaway, L. I., N. Y., aged 71,

July 21, 1931.WINCHEVSKY, MORRIS, "grandfather" of Jewish socialist movement,

writer, New York City, aged 76, March 18, 1932.WOLPE, SENDER, rabbi, Chicago, III., aged 80, September 6, 1931.ZALUDKOWSKI, NOACH, rabbi, cantor and talmudist, Detroit, Mich.,

aged 72, July, 1931.ZARCHY, ASHER L., rabbi, Louisville, Ky., aged 70, June 24, 1932.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ABRAHAM, HERMAN H., philanthropist, Berlin, Germany, aged 85,May 4, 1932.

ABRAHAMSON, LIONEL SAMUEL, communal worker, London, England,aged 68, April 19, 1932.

ALEXANDER, GUSTAV, professor, surgeon and specialist, Vienna,Austria, April 12, 1932.

ALTHOFF, THEODOR, dean of department store owners, Berlin, Ger-many, aged 73, August 27, 1931.

ARIEL, ISAAC ELIEZER, communal leader, head of Beth-Din, Istambul,Turkey, aged 78, December 17, 1931.

ARKUS, I., communal worker, Paris, France, aged 71, February 9,

AUERBACH, ISAAC, rabbi, Halberstadt, Germany, aged 64, Tune 1,1932.


AUSTERLITZ, FRIEDRICH, socialist leader, editor, Vienna, Austria,aged 69, July, 1931.

BARICHAK, NISSIM, member of Supreme Court, communal leader,Adrianople, Turkey, aged 70, March, 1932.

BASSIN, MEYER, rabbi and scholar, Vilna, Poland, aged 62, November1, 1931.

BAUER, JULES, chief rabbi, director of Rabbinical College of France,Paris, France, aged 63, December, 1931.

BENTWICH, HERBERT, attorney, Zionist leader, communal worker,London, England, at Jerusalem, Palestine, aged 76, June 25, 1932.

BENVENISTE, ABRAHAM, communal worker, Istambul, Turkey, aged73, January 11, 1932.

BERMANN, JACOB, musician, teacher and composer, Bialystok, Poland,aged 71, October 25, 1931.

BERNSTAM, VLADIMIR, attorney, Leningrad, Soviet Russia, aged 73,November 9, 1931.

BERNSTEIN, ABRAHAM MOSHE, cantor, author of Jewish folk songs,Vilna, Poland, aged 67, June 16, 1932.

BERNSTEIN, LENA, aviatrix, Paris, France, at Biskra, Algeria, June9, 1932.

BIBER, SCHLOIMA, journalist and communal worker, Warsaw, Poland,aged 56, October 15, 1931.

BIERER, REUBEN, physician and Zionist leader, Lemberg, Poland,aged 97, December 5, 1931.

BLACK, ISRAEL ISAAC, author, Hebrew scholar, Liverpool, England,aged 73, March, 1932.

BOLAFFIO, VITTIO, painter, Trieste, Italy, aged 48, January 11, 1932.BRANDES, EDUARD, statesman and writer, Copenhagen, Denmark,

aged 84, December 20, 1931.BREUER, RAPHAEL, rabbi, Aschaffenburg, Germany, aged 51, January

9, 1932.BRUNNER, MORITZ, attorney, communal worker, Prague, Czecho-

slovakia, aged 80, May 14, 1932.BUIRSKI, ELI , member of Parliament, communal worker, Capetown,

Union of South Africa, aged 54, August 14, 1931.COHEN, BARUCH, rabbi, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, aged 70, June 23, 1931.COHEN, HERMAN J., barrister and author, London, England, March

4, 1932.COHEN, ISAAC, chief rabbi, Aden, August 21, 1931.COHN, CARL, former senator of Hamburg, Germany, aged 78, May,

1931.COLLINS, ARTHUR, theatrical manager, London, England, aged 69,

January 13, 1932.COWEN, JOSEPH, Zionist, London, England, aged 64, May 24, 1932.DANON, ISRAEL, foundation manager of Alliance Israelite Universelle

schools in Salonica, at Adrianople, Turkey, aged 78, September 21, 1931.DAVIS, HERBERT JOHN, public and communal worker, Liverpool,

England, aged 66, May 13, 1932.DEFRIES, WOLF, engineer and technical journalist, awarded M. B. E.

for services during war, London, England, aged 72, January, 1932.


DJAVES, JOSEPH, chief rabbi, Athens, Greece, aged 58, September,1931.

DREYFUS, EMILE, merchant and communal worker, Zurich, Switzer-land, aged 90, September 23, 1931.

DUBROWSKI, SIMON, rabbi, scholar and writer, Brajansk, Latvia,aged 62, March 25, 1932.

EISENBERG, AARON, member of Jewish Council, founder of Rehobothand Hedera, Rehoboth, Palestine, September 23, 1931.

ELIA, JOSEPH, poet and translator, Athens, Greece, August 1, 1931.ELTE, MISS R., chemist, lecturer in high schools, Amsterdam, Holland,

September, 1931.EPELGRAD, JACOB ZUNDEL, rabbi, Slonim, Poland, at New York City,

February 1, 1932.EPSTEIN, ZORACH, rabbi, head of Yeshivah Torath Hayim, Jerusalem,

Palestine, aged 60, June 7, 1931.ERLANGER, ABRAHAM, merchant and communal leader, Luzerne,

Switzerland, aged 78, December 3, 1931.ESCHELBACHER, MRS. ERNESTINE, social worker and pioneer reformer,

Berlin, Germany, aged 73, July 6, 1931.FASSOF, ISRAEL, merchant and Zionist worker, London, England,

December 2, 1931.FEIGENSON, SAMUEL SHRAGE FEIVUSH, writer and scholar, Talmudic

printer, Vilna, Poland, aged 95, March 31, 1932.FEINSTEIN, S., mnemonic expert, Odessa, Russia, aged 71, February

11, 1932.FLATAU, EDUARD, physician, psychiatrist, discoverer of brain cancer,

Warsaw, Poland, aged 63, June 7, 1932.GABAI, DAVID, communal leader, linguist and theologian, Hong Kong,

China, aged 67, November 30, 1931.GEISMAR, GEDEON, general and communal worker, Bambach, France,

aged 68, June, 1931.GERGEL, NAHUM, economist, writer, communal worker, Berlin, Ger-

many, aged 44, November 18, 1931.GETZ, FEIVEL MEIR, publicist and scholar, specialist on Jewish affairs,

Riga, Latvia, aged 82, January 1, 1932.GUINZBOURG, BARON VLADIMIR, philanthropist and art patron, Paris,

France (formerly of Kiev, Russia), aged 59, April, 1932.GLICKMAN, MOSES J., communal worker, Montreal, Canada, aged

69, September 11, 1931.GOITEIN, IDA, communal and Zionist worker, Mannheim, Germany

aged 84, October 21, 1931.GOLDBERG, ARON WOLF, veteran of the War of Liberation in 1877,

recipient of eight medals, Sofia, Bulgaria, aged 84, April, 1932.GOLDBERG, SOLOMON JOSHUA, merchant, scholar and philanthropist,

Otwock, Poland, aged 77, May 1, 1932.GOLDENSTEIN, ISRAEL S., communal worker, Montreal, Canada, aged

66, September 28, 1931.GOLDSCHMIDT, JULIUS, antiquarian, philanthropist, and communal

worker, Frankfort a. M., Germany, aged 72, January 5, 1932.GORDIN, , timber merchant and steamship owner, Riga, Latvia,

March, 1932.


GREENBERG, LEOPOLD JACOB, editor London Jewish Chronicle andJewish World, Zionist pioneer, London, England, aged 70, November

GROSSMAN, GRIGORY, journalist, Berlin correspondent of Russiannewspapers, Berlin, Germany, aged 69, March 3, 1932.

GRUENBAUM, ABRAM ANTON, professor of psychology at UtrechtUniversity, writer, Amsterdam, Holland, aged 40, January 12, 1932.

GRUENFELD, HEINRICH, professor, distinguished violin cellist, Berlin,Germany, aged 76, August, 1931.

GUGGENHEIM-WEIL, Moses, social worker, Zurich, Switzerland, aged63, August 18, 1931.

GUNDOLF, FRIEDRICH, professor of German literary history, writerand historian, Heidelberg, at Berlin, Germany, aged 51, July 13,1931.

GUNZIG, ISRAEL, rabbi, author and editor, Antwerp, Belgium, aged63, August, 1931.

GUTMAN, SIMCHA A. (BEN ZION), Hebrew writer and poet, Tel-Aviv,Palestine, aged 62, June 2, 1932.

HABERER, OSCAR, painter, Berlin, Germany, aged 65, March 21, 1932.HAIM, SAMUEL EZEKIEL, former member of Parliament, Zionist

leader, Teheran, Persia, aged 40, December 30, 1931.HAMBURGER, AARON, communal worker, recipient of gold medal of

Austria for relief work during World War, Manchester, England, Janu-ary, 1932.

HARDOON, SILAS AARON, communal leader and philanthropist,Shanghai, China, aged 84, June 19, 1931.

HARTOGS, JACQUES, chemist, manufacturer, Knight of the Order ofthe Netherlands Lion, Arnheim, Holland, May, 1932.

HAYEM, JULIEN, industrialist and scholar, Paris, France, aged about80, March 6, 1932.

HAZAN, ARON DE JOSEPH, former editor, communal worker, Smyrna,Turkey, aged 83, May, 1932.

HIRSCHFELD, LUDWIG, editor of Jewish periodicals, Vienna, Austria,June 26, 1931.

HUELSEN, JULIUS, professor of history of art, archaeologist, Darm-stadt, Germany, aged 59, September 12, 1931.

ITZHAK, ICHYEH, chief rabbi, Sanaa, the Yemen, aged 63, June 29,1931.

JACOB, MOSES, former Austrian stage censor, theatre director, Krakau,Poland, January, 1932.

KAHN, SELIGMANN, scholar, Stuttgart, Germany, October 3, 1931.KARLIN, GREGOIRE, communal leader, Antwerp, Belgium, aged 63,

March, 1932.KASTAN, ISIDOR, leader in journalism, author, physician, Berlin,

Germany, aged 91, October 13, 1931.KAUFMAN, HAYIM, rabbi, Zagreb, Jugo-Slavia, aged 68, May 17, 1932.KLATZKIN, ELIHU, rabbi, Talmudic authority, Jerusalem, Palestine,

aged 81, May 22, 1932.KOGAN, P. S., professor, literary critic, founder and former President

of Soviet Academy of Science, Moscow, Soviet Russia, aged 60, May3, 1932.


KRAZIOSKY, SIMON, journalist, member of government press depart-ment, Vienna, Austria, aged 62, October 14, 1931.

KRUSHKIN, RAPHAEL, Zionist worker, Hebrew writer, Wilkomir,Lithuania, May, 1932.

LANDMANN, JULIUS, political economist, authority on finance, Kiel,Germany, aged 54, November 8, 1931.

LANDMAN, PHILIP, writer and dramatist, Vienna, Austria, aged 70,May 26, 1931.

LARIN, URI, communist leader, initiator of Jewish colonization move-ment in Soviet Russia, Moscow, Soviet Russia, aged 49, January 14,1932.

LAWRENCE, Z., rabbi, Bloemfontein, Union of South Africa, June 26,1931.

LESSER, MRS. ERNEST, communal worker, London, at Sidmouth,England, aged 53, August 17, 1931.

LEVINSON, MORRIS, founder and president of Maccabee organizationin France, Paris, France, aged 39, February 25, 1932.

LEVY, BENAS, communal worker, Berlin, Germany, aged 76, Novem-ber 20, 1931.

LEVY, EDWARD LAWRENCE, author and communal worker, Birming-ham, England, aged 80, June, 1932.

LEVY, M., rabbi, Wallasey, England, aged 41, April, 1932.LEVYLIER, EMILE, vice-president of Central Consistory of France,

Nancy, France, aged 70, February 27, 1932.LEWIT, MAX, representative of Jewish community, Berlin, Germany,

February 5, 1932.LIEBSCHITZ, EZEKIEL, rabbi, scholar, President of Union of Orthodox

Rabbis, Kalish, Poland, aged 74, March 21, 1932.LIPSCHUETZ, BENJAMIN, professor of chemistry, author, Vienna,

Austria, aged 50, December 31, 1931.LISSACK, J. M., communal worker, London, England, aged 80, July

18, 1931.LITTMAN, MAX, architect, Munich, Germany, aged 70, September 21,

1931.LOEWNER, JOSEPH, lawyer, communal leader, Vienna, Austria, April

29, 1932.Low, SIR SIDNEY, historian and journalist, London, England, aged

74, January 13, 1932.MATALON, DAVID, Parliament deputy, founder of local B'nai B'rith,

Salonika, Greece, aged 59, October 7, 1931.MELCHOIR, CARL HENRIQUES, communal worker, Copenhagen, Den-

mark, aged 75, June 20, 1931.MINISHIN, ABRAHAM, painter, Paris, France, at Toulon, aged 36,

April 25, 1931.MINTZ, SOLOMON, founder of Chovevi Zion, Warsaw, Poland, aged

70, June 20, 1932.MINZ, CZESLAVA, communal worker, founder of Women's Interna-

tional Zionist Organization, Warsaw, Poland, aged 64, November 2,1931.

MODIANO, SAMUEL D., communal worker, formerly President ofJewish Communal Council, Salonika, Greece, aged 88, July, 1931.


MONASH, SIR JOHN, civil engineer, lieutenant-general, commander ofAustralian Expeditionary Forces in World War, Melbourne, Australia,aged 66, October 8, 1931.

MORITZ, GUSTAV, communal worker, Vienna, Austria, aged 61,September 23, 1931.

MORPUGO, GIULIO, rector of Commercial University, founder ofMuseum of Commerce, Trieste, Italy, aged 66, November 16, 1931.

MORTKOVITCH, JACOB, philologist and publisher, Warsaw, Poland,aged 64, August, 1931.

NASSATISIN, MICHAEL O., Zionist leader and philanthropist, London,England, at Bad-Kissingen, Germany, aged 56, August 10, 1931.

NATHAN, EMILE, member of House of Assembly, Johannesburg, Unionof South Africa, aged 72, August, 1931.

NATHAN, N. ALFRED, communal worker, Auckland, New Zealand,aged 81, July 1, 1931.

NEUMANN, ISAAC ARIE, artist, communal worker, Cairo, Egypt,aged 62, August, 1931.

NOYK, ISAAC, communal worker and Talmudist, Dublin, Ireland, aged69, February, 1932.

OCHS, ALPHONSE, communal worker and philanthropist, Paris, France,aged 81, March, 1932.

OLIVETI, ANGELO, professor, chief theoretician of Fascism, Rome,Italy, December, 1931.

OPPENHEIMER, HENRY, banker, art connoisseur and philanthropist,London, England, aged 72, March 23, 1932.

PETSCHEK, JULIUS, banker and communal worker, Prague, Czecho-slovakia, aged 76, January 22, 1932.

PHILIPS, (MISS) MARION, chief woman officer of Labor Party andformer member of Parliament, London, England, aged 51, January 23,1932.

PICHER, J., journalist and translator, Cluj (Klausenberg), Roumania,aged 25, January 23, 1932.

RABINOWITSCH, MORDECAI (BEN-AMI), writer, pioneer Zionist, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, aged 78, February 8, 1932.

REITZES, HEINRICH, member of Austrian Parliament, and later ofPolish Sejm, Vienna, Austria, aged 52, November 9, 1931.

RHINEWINE, ABRAHAM, newspaper publisher and editor, Toronto,Canada, aged 45, May 19, 1932.

RICHEVAL, MENACHEM, rabbi, Warsaw, Poland, aged 75, November9, 1931.

RINK, LAIB, rabbi, Ladybrand, Union of South Africa, aged 46,August, 1931.

ROSENFELD, SIDNEY, communal worker, London, England, at Brus-sels, Belgium, aged 69, September 21, 1931.

ROTHBART, JACOB, leader of Transylvanian Jewry and founder ofJewish national party, Bucharest, Roumania, aged 68, December 12,1931.

ROTHSCHILD, CONSTANCE DE (LADY BATTERSEA), author, communalworker, London, England, aged 84, November 22, 1931.

RUBINS, ALEXANDER, communal worker, London, England, aged 50February 20, 1932.


SALAMON, CHARLIE, communal worker, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, SouthAfrica, at East London, Cape Province, aged 64, July 7, 1931.

SCHATZ, BORIS, sculptor, founder of Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem,Palestine, at Denver, Colo., aged 65, March 22, 1932.

SCHIFF, ERNST H., communal worker, banker and philanthropist,President of Jewish Religious Education Board, London, England, aged50, December 24. 1931.

SCHNITZLER, ARTHUR, poet, dramatist, novelist, Vienna, Austria,aged 69, October 21, 1931.

SHEIN, HEINRICH, Zionist leader, one of the founders of the ChoveviZion in Roumania, jassy, Roumania, aged 76, February 22, 1932.

SHKLOVER, NOAH, rabbi, official at Slobodka Yeshiva, Tel-Aviv,Palestine, February 15, 1932.

SILBERMINTZ, NUTE, active in Polish revolt of 1863, Otwock, Poland,February 3, 1932.

SIMON, JAMES, communal leader, philanthropist, art connoisseur,Berlin, Germany, aged 81, May 23, 1932.

SIMON, OSWALD JOHN, author, one of founders of Anglo-Jewish Asso-ciation, London, England, aged 77, January 21, 1932.

SIMONSEN, DAVID JACOB, rabbi, Orientalist, communal leader, Copen-hagen, Denmark, aged 79, June 15, 1932.

SINGER, LUDWIG, member of Parliament, President of Jewish NationalCouncil, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, aged 55, July 23, 1931.

SOLOMON, JOSEPH, linguist and scholar, Bristol, England, aged 78,September 15, 1931.

SONNENFELD, JOSEPH CHAIM, rabbi, scholar, leader of OrthodoxJewry of Palestine, Jerusalem, Palestine, aged 83, March 27, 1932.

STEINBERG, ELIEZER, writer of fables, Czernowitz, Roumania, aged52, March 28, 1932.

STEINHARDT, IGNATZ, communal leader, Bucharest, Roumania, atPurkersdorf, Austria, aged 62, August 3, 1931.

STERN, ADOLPHE, politician, writer and jurist, Bucharest, Roumania,aged 84, October 18, 1931.

STORA, NATHAN DE MOISE, communal leader, Algiers, Algeria, aged85, June, 1931.

STRASSMANN, , prominent physician, public health worker,Berlin, Germany, April 22, 1931.

SUPINO, CAMILLO, economist, writer, professor at University of Pavia,Pavia, Italy, aged 71, January 1, 1932.

SZATMARI, MORITZ, journalist, former member of Parliament, Buda-pest, Hungary, aged 76, January 3, 1932.

SZEDAK, TUVIA, communal worker, Riga, Latvia, aged 76, March28, 1932.

TIMENDORFER, BERTHOLD, counsellor and communal leader, formerPresident I. O. B. B., Berlin, Germany, aged 78, October 5, 1931.

TIMERES, AARON SAMUEL, rabbi, writer, peace advocate, Mileitchitz,(near Grodno) Poland, at Warsaw, aged 62, August 11, 1931.

TOLKOWSKY, ISIDORE, communal worker, Antwerp, Belgium, at Bonn,Germany, aged 61, July 6, 1931.

URY, LESSER, painter and etcher, Berlin, Germany, aged 70, October18, 1931.


VAN DEN BERGH, A. S., communal and philanthropic worker, theHague, Holland, aged 77, April, 1932.

WALDSTEIN, ABRAHAM SOLOMON, Hebrew pedagogue, a founder ofthe Poale Zion in the United States, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, aged 58, June6, 1932.

WARBURG, EMIL, physicist, author, professor, Grunau, Germany,aged 85, August 1, 1931.

WEBER, KOLOMAN, chief rabbi, Bratislava, Czecho-Slovakia, Septem-ber 28, 1931.

WEISS, MRS. HENRIETTE, philanthropist, Vienna, Austria, aged 68,October, 1931.

WITTMAN, FRANZ, university professor, Budapest, Hungary, aged 72,March, 1932.

WOLF, MRS. LEAH, philanthropic worker, Kowno, Lithuania, aged88, October 18, 1931.

WUNDERLICH, ALBERT, surgeon on Hadassah staff, Jerusalem, Pales-tine, at Haifa, aged 44, November 16, 1931.

ZIMMERMAN, BERNARD, civil engineer and active Zionist, Krakau,Poland, aged 46, September 20, 1931.

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