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300 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

JEWISH NATIONAL OKGANIZATIONS IN THEUNITED STATES

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ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLEOrg. May, 1860. OFIICE : 150 Nassau, New York City

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEEOrg. NOT. 11, 1906 ; inc. Men. 16, 1911. OFFICE : 31 Union Square West,

New York CityFor report, see pp. 362-406.

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETYOrg. 1892. OFFICE : 38 Park Row, New York City

Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting, Feb. 11-12, 1918, Philadelphia, Pa.Members, 390.Has issued twenty-six volumes of publications ana an index to publica-

tions 1-20. Maintains a collection of books, manuscripts, and historicalobjects in its room in the building of the Jewish Theological Seminary,531 W. 123d, N. Y. C.

OFFICERS : Pres., Cyrus Adler. Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., Simon W. Rosen-dale, Albany, N. Y. ; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O. ; Julian W. Mack,Chicago, 111. ; Richard .1. H. Gottheil; Treas., N. Taylor Phillips ; Curator,Leon Hiihner ; Cor. Sec, Albert M. Friedenberg, 38 Park Row ; Rec. Sec,Samuel Oppenheim, N. Y. C.

EXECDTIVE COUXCIL : The Officers, and Chas. J. Cohen. Phila., Pa.; HenryCohen, Galveston, Tex. ; Herbert Friedenwald, N. Y. C.; Lee M. Fried-man, Boston, Mass. ; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md. ; Max J. Kohler,L. Napoleon Levy, N. Y. C. ; Max L. Margolis, Phila., Pa. ; Alexander Marx,N. Y. C. ; A. S. W. Rosenbach, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Simon Wolf,Washington, D. C.; Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. C, ex-offlcio, as past Presidentof the Society.

AMERICAN UNION OF ROUMANIAN JEWSOrg. 1916. OFFICE : 44 7th, New York City

Second Annual Convention, Dec. 30, 1917, New York City.PURPOSE : To further, defend, and protect the interests of the Jews in

Roumania, to work for their civic and political emancipation, and for theireconomic reconstruction and rehabilitation, and to represent and further theinterests of the Roumanian Jews in the T'nited States and Canada.

OFFICERS : Pres., Pierre A. Siegelstein ; Vice-Pres., M. Y. Belber; A. B.Goldenberg; Z. Petreanu; Treas., Sam Schwartz; Sec, Edw. Herbert;Jos. E. Braunstein ; A. L. Kalman.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Chairman, Leo Wolfson ; Vice-Chairman, LouisDiamant; Vice-Pres., C. Berkowitz, Cuba; J. Eaton. Rhode Island; C.Edelstein, Massachusetts ; Isidor Escann, Maryland; Reuben Fink, Wash-

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ington, D. C.; Sam Ghinsberg, California; A. Glickman, Illinois ; D. Goldin,Michigan; A. Greenberg, Connecticut; Chas. Juster, Minnesota; H. M.Kaiserman, Canada; Oscar Leonard, Missouri; W. Markovich, Indiana;Jacques Nadler, Alabama; Jac. Rosenberg, Florida; Louis B. Siegelstein,Ohio ; Paul R. Silberman, New Jersey.

BARON DE HIRSCH FUNDOrg. Feb. 9, 1891; inc. 1891. OFFICE : 80 Maiden Lane, New York CityTwenty-seyenth Annual Meeting, Feb. 3, 1918, New York City.The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads :

I. BARON DB HIKSCH AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, Woodbine, N. J., offer-ing to Jewish young men a course in Agriculture.

II. BARON DE HIESCH TEADE SCHOOL, 222 B. 64th, N. Y. C, offeringto Jewish young men instruction in day classes in the followingtrades : Machinist, Plumbing, Electrical, House, Fresco, and SignPainting, Printing, Sheet Metal Work, Woodworking and Car-pentry, and Operating Engineering.

III. WOODBINE LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.IV. ENGLISH EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANTS. Day and Evening Classes.

V. RELIEF WORK. Through subsidized societies in Maryland: Balti-more.—Massachusetts : Boston.—New York : Brooklyn, NewYork City.—Pennsylvania : Philadelphia.

OFFICERS : Pres., Eugene S. Benjamin, 104 E. 25th ; Viee-Pres., Jacob H.Schiff; Treas., Simon F. Rothschild; Hon. Sec, Max J. Kohler, 52 William,N. Y. C.

TRUSTEES : The Officers, and Charles L. Bernheimer, Nathan Bijur,Abram I. Blkus1, Alfred Jaretzki, Herbert H. Lehman, S. G. Rosenbaum,N. Y. C.; S. S. Fleisher, Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.

GENERAL AGENT : B. A. Palitz.

CANTORS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA(SUCCESSOR TO SOCIETY OF AMERICAN CANTORS)

Org. June 1, 1908. OFFICE : 77 Delancey, New York CityEighth Annual Meeting, May 14, 1917, New York City.Members, 250.OFFICERS : Pres., Sol. Baum ; Vice-Pres., A. Gann, S. Lipsky ; Sec, A.

Auerbach, Joseph Salzman, 312 E. 72d ; Treas., A. Aranoff, N. Y. C.DIRECTORS : N. Abramson, N. Cantor, A. Frachtenberg, S. Grafman,

S. Lipitz, N. Metzoff, J. Rappaport, S. Salzberg, S. Singer.

CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBISOrg. July 9, 1899. OFFICE : Euclid Ave. Temple, Cleveland, O.

Twenty-ninth Annual Convention, June 28-July 4, 1918, Chicago, 111.Members, 251.Has issued twenty-eight volumes of its Year Book; and besides, the

Union Prayer Book; the Union Hymnal; the Union Haggadah; Prayers forPrivate Devotion; a special Army Ritual for Soldiers of the Jewish F'alth(1916) ; and various other publications.

OFFICERS, 1918-19 : Hon. Pres., Kaufman Kohler, Cincinnati, O.; Pres.,Louis Grossman, Cincinnati, O. ; Vice-Pres., Leo M. Franklin, Detroit, Mich. ;Treas., Abram Simon, Washington, D. C.; Rec. Sec, Abram Hirschberg,Chicago, 111.; Cor. Sec, Louis Wolsey, Cleveland, O.

EXECUTIVE BOARD, 1918-19 : Edw. N. Caliscb, Richmond, Va.; GotthardDeutsch, Cincinnati, Ohio ; Wm. Fineshriber, Memphis, Tenn.; G. G. Fox,Fort Worth, Tex.; Ephraim Frisch, N. Y. C.; David Lefkowitz, Dayton, O.;Max Merritt, Evansville, Ind. ; Julian Morgenstern, Cincinnati, O.; William


Rosenau, Baltimore, Md.;' Jacob Singer, Lincoln, Neb.; Joseph Stolz,Chicago, 111.

COUNCIL OP JEWISH WOMENOrg. Sept., 1893. OFFICE : 3437 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. *

.Eighth Triennial Convention, Nov., 1917, Chicago, 111.Sections, 9 1 ; Junior Auxiliaries, 31.The work of the Council is conducted under the following Committees :

Eeligion, Religious Schools, Philanthropy, Junior Auxiliaries, Civic andCommunal Affairs, Peace and Arbitration, Education, Legislation, Sub-Com-mittee on Blind, Welfare of Jewish Deaf, Social Hygiene, Purity of thePress, and a National Department of Immigrant Aid with office in NewYork City, 242 E. Bway. Chairman, Helen Winkler.

The National body supports a Department of Immigrant Aid, and theSections are engaged in religious, philanthropic, and educational work.

OFFICERS : Pres., Janet Simons Harris (Mrs. Nath.), 114 South Av.,Bradford, Pa.; First Vice-Pres., Rose Brenner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; SecondVice-Pres., Mrs. Israel Cowen, Chicago, 111. • Treas., Sara Messing Stern(Mrs. Leon), Terre Haute^ Ind.; Rec. Sec, Grace Goldstein, Dallas, Tex.;Ex. Sec, Mrs. Ernestine B. Dreyfus, 3437 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo.

DIRECTORS: (1914-1920) Mrs. Richard D. Bakrow, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs.S. M. Blumauer, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. F. A. Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa.;Mrs. D. E. Levy, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. B. E. Pollak, N. Y. C.; (1917-1923)Mrs. Leo H. Hertz New Haven, Conn. ; Mrs Clarence E. Mack, Cincinnati,0 . ; Mrs. Leopold Metzger, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Leo Schwartz, Nash-ville, Tenn.; Mrs. Wm. D. Sporborg, Portehester. N. Y.

COUNCIL OF YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW AND KINDREDASSOCIATIONS

Org. Nov., 1913. OFFICE : 31 Union Square West, New York CityFirst Triennial Convention, Nov. 10-12, 1916, New York City.Societies, 372.PURPOSE : To promote the religious, intellectual, physical, and social

well-being and development of Jewish young men and women, and to thatend to stimulate the organization, in the several States and Territories ofthe United States and in the Dominion of Canada, of Young Men's HebrewAssociations, to assist, advise, and encourage such associations whenformed; to further the correlation of their activities and the mutual Inter-change of the advantages which they afford, and to co-operate with othercorporations or associations conducted under Jewish auspices.

OFFICERS : Pres., Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Treas., I. Lehman ; Sec,Felix M. Warburg, 52 William, N. Y. C.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES : Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa.; Adolph Lewisohn,N. Y. C.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Jacob H. Schiff, and Herbert N.Straus, N. Y. C.

BOARD OF MANAGERS : I. W. Bernheim, Louisville, Ky.; Alfred M. Cohen,Cincinnati, O. ; David A. Ellis, Boston, Mass.; Harry Flschel, SamuelGreenbaum, N. Y. C.; Isaac Hassler, Phila., Pa ; Irving Lehman, N. Y. C.;Jacob M. Loeb, Chicago, 111.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Louis Marshall,N. Y. C.; Jacob Newman, New Orleans, La.; Max C. Sloss, San Francisco,Cal.; Mrs. Israel Unterberg, Felix M. Warburg, N. Y. C.; A. Led Weil, Pitts-burgh, Pa.

COMPTROLLER : Miss H. B. Lowenstein, N. Y. C.ADVISORY BOAKD : Samson Benderly, I. Edwin Goldwasser, M. M. Kaplan.

J. L. Magnes, all of N. Y. C.


DROPSIE COLLEGE FOR HEBREW AND COGNATELEARNING

Inc. May 20, 1907. Broad and York, Philadelphia, Pa.Incorporated in State of Pennsylvania.Invested funds May, 1918, amount to $838,340.34.LIBRARY : Volumes and pamphlets, 18,300.OFFICERS : Pres., Cyrus Adler; Vice-Pres., Mayer Sulzberger; Treas.,

Oscar B. Teller; Sec, Ephraim Lederer, Phila., Pa.BOARD OF GOVERNORS : The Officers, and Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore,

Md.; Louis Gerstley, Phila., Pa. ; Louis Marshall, N. Y. C.; Simon Miller,A. S. W. Eosenbach, Horace Stern, Phila., Pa.; Oscar S. Straus, N, Y. C.;Edwin Wolf, Phila., Pa.

FACULTY: Pres., Cyrus Adler (M. A., Pennsylvania; Ph. D., Johns Hop-kins) ; Professor in charge of the Biblical Department, Max L. Margolis(M. A., Ph. D., Columbia) ; Professor in charge of the Rabbinical Depart-ment, Henry Malter (Ph. D., Heidelberg) ; Instructor Department ofCognate Languages, Jacob Hoschander (Ph. D., Marburg) ; InstructorHistorical Department, Abraham A. Neuman (M. A., Columbia; H. L. D.,

' Jewish Theological Seminary of America) ; Instructor Biblical Departmentand Assistant Librarian, Joseph Reider (B. A., College of the City of NewYork ; Ph. D., Dropsie College) ; Instructor Talmud and Arabic, B. Halper(M. A., London; Ph.D., Dropsie College); Resident Lecturer in JewishJurisprudence and Institutes of Government, Hon. Mayer Sulzberger(LL. D., Jefferson, Temple; H. L. D., Jewish Theological Seminary ofAmerica).

EASTERN COUNCIL OF REFORM RABBISOrg. Apl. 22, 1912. OFFICE : 1093 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Twelfth Semi-annual Assembly, Apl. 28-29, 1918, New York City.Members, 46.PURPOSE : To offer a reaffirmation of the members' faith in the per-

manent character and value to Israel and to the world of Liberal orReform Judaism.

OFFICERS: Pres., Joseph Silverroan; Vice-Pres., Rudolph Grossman;Treas., Joseph Gorflnkel; Sec, Benj. Tintner, N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Rudolph Grossman, Maurice H. Harris, NathanKrass, Clifton H. Levy, Alexander Lyons, F. de Sola Mendes, Isaac S.Moses, Max Raisin, Max Reichler, Stephen S. Wise, all of Greater NewYork ; Marius Ranson, Paterson, N. J.

EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATIONOF ORPHANS

Org. 1896. OFFICE : 336 Engineer's Bldg., Cleveland, O.Twenty-second Annual Meeting; July 8, 1917, Cleveland, O.Members, 2124.OFFICERS : Pres., S. Wolfenstein, Cleveland, O.; Vice-Pres., Moses J.

Gries, Cleveland, O. ; Hon. Vice-Pres., Nathan Cohn, Tenn.; Jacob Furth,Mo.; Adolph Freund, Mich. ; Milton R. Hart, 111. ; Sol. S. Kiser, Ind. ;Louis S. Levi, Southern Ohio ; Max S. Schayer, Colo.; Simon Wolf, Districtof Columbia; Treas., Alfred A. Benesch, Cleveland, O.; Sec, Eugene E.Wolf, Engineer's Bldg., Cleveland, O.

GOVERNORS : Adolf Kraus, Pres. I. O. B. B.; A. B. Seelenfreund, Sec.I. 0. B. B.; and as ex-omcio members of the Board, the officers and members


of the Executive Committee of the I. O. B. B.; David Alexander, Toledo, O.;Myrtle W. Baer, Milwaukee, Wis.; Block, Cleveland, O.; Isidore Frei-berger, Cleveland, 0. ; Bernard Ginsberg, Detroit, Mich. ; Edna Goldsmith,Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Bernard Greensfelder, St. Louis, Mo.; Grace Gross-man, Youngstown, O.; Eugene Halle, Cleveland, O.; Clarence J. Hays,Cleveland, O.; D. Huebsch, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Sigmund Joseph, Cleveland,O.; J. Kobacker, Toledo, O.; Samuel J. Kornhauser, Cleveland, 0 . ; FredLazarus, Jr., Columbus, O.; Mrs. David Lefkowitz, Dayton, O.; MeyerLovitch, Scranton, Pa. ; Joseph A. Magnus, Cincinnati, O. ; M. J. Mandel-baum, Cleveland, 0 . ; Charles Mayer, Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. L. S. Musliner,Detroit, Mich. ; Emil Nathan, St. Louis, Mo. ; Sidney B. Pritz, Cincinnati, O. ;Mrs. Frank Eosenblatt, St. Joseph, Mo.; Anna C. Roth, Toledo, O.; JosephSchonthal, Columbus, O.; E. A. Schwarzenberg, Cleveland, O.; Abba HillelSilver, Cleveland, 0. ; Philip Stein, Chicago, 111. ; Alex. Stern, Fargo, N.Dak.; I. S. Stern, Madison, Ind.; David Sternberg, Memphis, Tenn ; EmilStraus, Cleveland, O.; Carl Vetsburg, St. Louis, Mo.; A. Weinstein, FortWayne, Ind.; Win. Woolner, Peoria, 111.

FEDERATED ZIONIST SOCIETIES OP THE MIDDLE WEST(MERGED IN ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA)

Org. Oct. 25, 1898. OFFICE : 1212 Ashland Blk., Chicago, 111.Twenty-first Annual Convention, Dec. 31, 1917-Jan. 3, 1918, Chicago, 111.Societies, 116.Affiliated with the Federation of American Zionists.OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.; Pres., Max Shul-

man ; Vice-Pres., H. M. Kallen, Madison, Wis.; Nathan D. Kaplan, Chicago,111.; Jacob M. Loeb, Chicago, 111.; Hugo Pam, Chicago, 111.; I. S. Sheinfeld,Milwaukee, Wis.; Treas., B. Horwlch; Sec, S. A. Hoffman, 1212 Ash-land Blk.. Chicago, 111.; Chairman Executive Committee, Leon Zolotkoff,Chicago, 111.

FEDERATION OF AMERICAN ZIONISTSOrg. 1S97. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York City

Twenty-first Annual Convention, June 23-27, 1918, Pittsburgh, Pa.Number of Sheckel-payers, 120,000. Members, 30,069.Societies, 233 ; Camps of Order Sons of Zion, 90; Gates of Order Knights

of Zion, 93; Hadassah Chapters, 61. Senior Young Judaea, 96; Inter-collegiate Zionist Societies, 25.

Tbe Federation issues the Maccabaan, a monthly, in English; Dos Tid-dishe Folk, a weekly, in Yiddish ; and Young Judean.

For Officers and Executive Committee, see Zionist Organization ofAmerica.

FEDERATION OF JEWISH FARMERS OF AMERICAOrg.' Jan. 20, 1909. OFFICE : 174 Second Av., New York City

Ninth Annual Convention, Dec. 9-12, 1917, New York City.Members, 1235.Societies, 42.PURPOSE : To advance the interests of Jewish farmers.OFFICBES : Ely Greenblatt, Botsford, Conn. ; Vice-Pres., Solomon Grudin,

Hightstown, N. J. ; Sec, J. W. Pincus, 174 Second Av.; Treas., A. M. Kuntz,Iselin, N. J.


DIRECTORS : Paul Abelson, N. Y. C.; J. H. Aronowitz, Hebron, Conn.;Jacob Benenson, Napanoch, N. Y.; Joseph Cohen, Woodbine, N. J . ; SamuelFriedman, Attleboro, Mass. ; Philip Goldstein, Monticello, N. Y.; MorrisGuller, Nassau, N. Y.; Samuel Hein, N. Y. C.; Beni. London, ColchesterConn.; Louis Rosenblatt, Glenwild, N. Y.; Sam'l Schindler, Hurleyville,N. Y.; Morris Seidman, Landsdale, Pa. ; Jacob Weiner, Ellenville, N. Y. ;Isidor D. Wolf, Woodridge, N. Y.; Maurice Wolf, Perrineville, N. J.

FEDERATION OF ORIENTAL JEWS OF AMERICAOrg. 1912. OFFICE : 356 Second Av., New York City

Fourth Annual Meeting, June, 1917, New York City.Societies, 32.PURPOSE : Americanization and betterment of condition of Oriental Jews.OFFICERS : Pres., Joseph Gedalecia ; Vice-Pres., Joseph Hakim, Sabatai

Menachem, Jacques Varon; Treas., Albert Benadaba; Sec, Albert J.Amateau.

ADVISORY BOARD : Cyrus Adler, Pbila., Pa.; Sadie American, Mrs. DavidJ. Benoliel, Mrs. Victor Brenner, Abram I. Elkus, Leon Sanders, Max Senior,Leo Sulzberger, Edward Valensi, Jacques Yalensi, N. Y. C.

FEDERATION OF ROUMANIAN JEWS- OF AMERICAOrg. Men. 8, 1908. OFFICE : 42 7th, New York City

Seventh Annual Convention, June 5, 1915, New York City.Members, 40,000.Branches, 50.PURPOSE : To aid Roumanian Jews here and in Roumania.OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., P. A. Siegelstein, 220 E. 12th ; Pres., Charles I.

Fleck; Vice-Pres., Moritz Graubard, Max Rubinger, and Herman Speier;Treas., B. Carneol; Sec, J. E. Braunstein, N. Y. C.

THUSTEES : L. Eckstein, L. Nussinoff, and Wm. Schreiber.DIRECTORS : H. Altbach, Mrs. S. Berkovitz, H. Birnbaum, H. Bookstaber,

I. Braunstein, L. Eckstein, P. Ferester, Mrs. M. Fichman, Zig. Fichman,Chas. I. Fleck, M. B. Friedman, Mrs. C. Glassberg, M. Glassberg, I. M.Glickman, C. Goldenthal, William Goodman, Harry Greenberg, Ph. Jaeger,A. Kindler, B. Koerner, E. Koffler, Joseph Koffler, Mrs. E. Kramer, S.Kramer, Max Marcus, M. Markowitz, B. Milberg, L. Nussinoff, J. Pocker,Mrs. S. Rosenthal, N. Rosenzweig, Chas. Rubinger, Max Rubinger, A. Schaff-ner, M. Schoenfeld, Sam Schwartz, Sigmund Schwartz, B. E. Siegelstein.Leonard A. Snitkin, S. Solomonidi, H. Speier, B. Stein, N. Vladinger, J.Weitzner.

FEDERATION OF ROUMANIAN JEWS OF AMERICAOrg. Men. 8, 1908. OFFICE : 185 Forsyth, New York City

Ninth Annual Convention, May 27-28, 1916, New York City.Members, 20,000.Branches, 40.PURPOSE : To aid Roumanian Jews in Roumania; local charity activities;

and to participate in all movements of Jewish National character. Main-tains Jewish Home for Convalescents at Grand View, on the Hudson, N. Y.

OFFICEES : Pres., Samuel Goldstein; Vice-Pres., Louis Weiss, NathanSeigel, Rose Markowitz, Mrs. Clara Bereano ; Treas., Michael Baumann ;Ex. Sec, Chas. L. Ornstein.

TRUSTEES : Isaac Aberman, Jacob Ballenberg, Isaac Korman, LouisNaiderman, and Max Ornstein.


HADASSAHTHE WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANIZATION

(MERGED IN ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA)Org. 1912. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York City

Fifth Annual Convention, June 24-27, 1918, Pittsburgh, Pa. ,Chapters, 61.PunposB: In America, to foster Jewish ideals and make Zionist propa-

ganda ; In Palestine, to establish a system of District Visiting Nursing.Affiliated with the Federation of American Zionists.CENTRAL COMMITTEE : Mrs. A. H. Fromenson, Mrs. H. B. Lefkowitz, Lotta

Levensohn, Jessie E. Sampter, Mrs. Jacob Sobel, Nellie Straus, HenriettaSzold, Mrs. Emil Weinheim, Mrs. Charles Zunser.

HAI RESH FRATERNITYOrg. July, 1907. OFFICE : St. Joseph, Mo.

Tenth Annual Conclave, Dec. 28-30, 1917, St. Louis, Mo.Members, 350.Chapters, 22.OFFICEKS : Council Chief, Aaron M. Weitzenhoffer, Blackwell, Okla.;

Council Prophet, Myron I-I. Morreau, Cleveland, O.; Council Scribe, JackFurth, St. Louis, Mo. ; Council Installer, Rudolph W. Loeb, Atlanta, Ga.;Council Historian, Milton Rosenau, Philadelphia, Pa.; Council Editor,Milton Heidenheim, New Orleans, La.

HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETYOF AMERICA

OFFICE : 229-231 East Broadway, New York CityAn amalgamation of the Hebrew Sheltering House Association, organized

Nov., 1888, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, organized 1901.Twenty-ninth Annual Convention, Men. 14, 1918, New York City.Members, 76,033.PURPOSE : To facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants at the

various ports in the United States, to provide them with temporary as-sistance, to prevent them from becoming public charges, to discourage theirsettling in congested cities, to encourage them to follow agricultural pur-suits, to prevent ineligibles from immigrating to the United States, to fosterAmerican ideals, and to instill in them a knowledge of American historyand institutions, and to make better known the advantages of desirableimmigration.

OFFICERS : Pres., John L. Bernstein; N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Isaac Heller,Boston, Mass.; Leon Kamaiky, N. Y. C. ; Louis Edward Levy, Philadelphia,Pa.; Max Meyerson, Jersey City. N. J.; Leo S. Schwabacher, Seattle, Wash.;Israel Silberstein, Baltimore, Md.; Harry K. Wolff, San Franci3co, Cal.;Treas., Harry Fischel, N. Y. C. ; Hon Sec, Jacob Massel: General Manager,Jacob R. Fain, N. Y. C.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS : Morris Asofsky, B. B. Berkowitz, Herman Bern-stein, John L. Bernstein, Henry G. Bralower, Joseph E. Eron, Harry Fischel.Isaac Friedkin, Adolph Held, Isaac Heller, Phillip Hersh, I. Hershfield, Ph.Jaches, Alexander Kahn, Mrs. Leon Kamaiky, Leon Kamaiky, Aaron J. Levy,Louis Edward Levy, H. Linetzky, A. Lubarsky, Joseph S. Marcus, H. Mas-Iiansky, Samuel Mason, Jacob Massel. Max Meyerson, Leon H. Moisseiff,M. H. Phillips, Nathan Roggen, A. Rosenblatt, Leon Sanders, E. Sarasohn,


Leo S. Schwabacher, Bernard Semmel, B. Shelvin, Israel Silberstein,Harry K. Wolff.

For Baltimore, Md.: Benjamin Beck, M. Henry Goldstone, Adolph Kres.For Boston, Mass.: M. Alman, Samuel Kabatznik, Harris Poorvu.For Philadelphia, Pa.: Jacob Ginsburg, Andrew Kaas, Howard S. Levy.For San Francisco, Cal.: I. J. Aschheim, Martin A. Meyer, M. Spiegelman.For Seattle, Wash.: Nathan Eckstein, Julius C. Lang, Henry C. Pickard.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE(See p. 321)

HISTADRUT IBRITHOrg. May 21, 1916. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York City

Second Annual Convention, Apl. 28, 1918, New York City.Members, 1300.Societies, 32.PURPOSE : Hebrew culture and revival of language.OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., S. Levin; Pres.. Reuben Brainin; Treas., A.

Lubarsky; Sec, M. Bernstein, 2933 W. 27tb, Coney Island, N. Y.; N.Kamenetzky, 1269 Fifth Av., N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : H. Bavli, M. Bernstein Reuben Brainin, A.Friedland, I. Frishberg, I. Ginsburg. Ab. Goldberg, S. Goldenberg, M. Halevi,S. Levin, B. Mossensohn, D. Persky, Z. Sharfstein, M. Sheinkin, B. Shelvin,N. Slousch, K. Whiteman.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI B'RITHOrg. Nov. 1, 1843. OFFICE : 1228 Tribune Bldg., Chicago, 111.

Tenth Quinquennial Convention, May 2, 1915, San Francisco, Cal.Members, 40,083.Lodges, 442 (in North America, Europe, Asia, ana Africa).Districts, 11 (7 in the United States).Institutions founded by the Order in the United States : HEBREW OR-

PHAN'S HOME, Atlanta, Ga.; B'XAT B'RITH CEMETERY, Chicago, 111.; FREEEMPLOYMENT BUREAU. Chicago. 111.; .JEWISH WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS'HOME 'New Orleans, La.; TOURO INFIRMARY, New Orleans, La.; HOMEFOE AGED AND INFIRM. Yonkers, N. Y.; CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHANASYLUM, Cleveland, O. ; B'NAI B'RITH FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Pitts-burgh. Pa.; RELIEF COMMITTEE, Hot Springs, Ark.; B'NAI B'RITH CLUB,San Francisco, Cal.; HOME FOR JEWISH ORPHANS, LOS Angeles, Cal.; IM-MIGRANT SCHOOLS, at Kalamnzoo. Mich., and Memphis, Tenn.: SABBATHSCHOOLS, at Houghton, Mich. ; Trenton. N. J.; Sharon. Pa., and Madison,Wis.; B'NAI B'RITH ORPHANAGK, at Erie, Pa.; LEO N. LEVI HOSPITAL, HotSprings, Ark.

OFFICERS : Pres.. Adolf Kraus, Chicago, 111.; First Vice-Pres., LuciusL. Solomons, San Francisco, Cal.; Second Vice-Pres., Archibald A. Marx,New Orleans, La.: Treas., Jacob Furth, St. Louis, Mo. ; Sec, Alex. B., Seelen-freund, Chicago, 111.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C. : Charles Hart-man, N. Y. C.; Henry Morgenthau. N. Y. C.; E. N. Calisch, Richmond. Va.;Jacob Singer, Phila., Pa.; Philip Stein, Chicago, III.; Berthold Timendorfer,Berlin, Germany; Adolphe Stern, Bucharest, Roumania; Sol. Ehrmann,Vienna, Austria ; J. Niego, Constantinople, Turkey.

DISTRICTS : I. Org. 1851. Lodges, 44. Territory : Connecticut, Maine,Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York. Rhode Island. Vermont, andEastern Canada. Sec, B. M. Kaplan, 2307 Broadway, N. Y. C.


II. Org. 1852. Lodges. 45. Territory: Colorado, Indiana, Kansas,Kentucky. Missouri, New Orleans, and Ohio. Sec, Victor Abraham, 504St. Paul Bldg., Cincinnati, O.

III. Org. 1860. Lodges, 38. Territory: Delaware, New Jersey, Penn-sylvania, and West Virginia. Sec, Edward Hemple, Transportation Bldg.,Pittsburgh, Pa.• IV. Org. 1863. Lodges, 35. Territory: Arizona, California, Idaho,

Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah. Washington, Wyoming, and BritishColumbia. Sec. I. J. Ascheim, 149 Eddy, San Francisco, Cal.

V. Org. 1867. Lodges, 21. Territory: Florida, Georgia, Maryland,North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and District of Columbia. Sec,Edwin H. Levy. P. 0. Box 5, Richmond, Va.

VI. Org. 1868. Lodges, 51. Territory: Illinois. Iowa, Michigan,Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba,Ontario, ana Alberta, Can. Sec, A. B. Seelenfreund, 1228 Tribune Bldg.,Chicago, 111.

VII. Org. 1873. Lodges, 85. Territory : Alabama. Arkansas, Louisiana,Mississippi. Tennpssee, Texas, and Indian Territory. Sec, M. M. Goldman,Whitney Central Bldg., New Orleans, La.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH ABRAHAMOrg. Feb. 7, 1887. OFFICE : 37 7th, New York City

Thirty-second Annual Convention, May 26, 1918, New York City.Members, 200,000.Lodges, 753.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Leon Sanders, 217 Broadway ; First Deputy

Grand Master, Max Silverstein. N. Y. C. ; Second Deputy Grand Master.Wm. Bluestone. Boston, Mass.; Grand Sec, M. L. Hollander, 37 7th; GrandTreas., David Goldberg. N. Y. C. ; Endowment Treas., Adolph Teitlebaum ;Counsel to the Order, Leopold Moskovitz.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH SHOLOMOrg. Feb. 23, 1905. OFFICE : 512 S. 5th, Philadelphia, Pa.

Fourteenth Convention, June 9, 19.18, Baltimore, Md.Members. 54,360.Lodges, 371.OFFICERS : Past Grand Master, Solomon C. Kraus; Grand Master,

Louis S. Eubinsohn, Phila , Pa. ; First Deputy Grand Master, Sol. Adolph,N. Y. C. ; Second Deputy Grand Master, A. S. Kanengieser, Newark, N. J.;Third Deputy Grand Master. Louis M. Grant, Providence, E. I.; FourthDeputy Grand Master, Wm. Weinblatt, Baltimore, Md.; Fifth Deputy GrandMaster, Herman P. Koppleman, Hartford, Conn. ; Sixth Deputy GrandMaster, Max Epstein,, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Seventh Deputy Grand Master,R. L. Halpern, Chicago, 111.; Grand Sec, Martin O. Levy ; Assistant Sec,Adolph Rosenblum ; Grand Treas., I. Rosenbaum ; Endowment Treas., HarrySacks ; Counsellor of the Order, Joseph L. Kun, Phila., Pa.

INDEPENDENT ORDER FREE SONS OF ISRAELOrg. Jan. 18, 1849. OFFICE : 21 W. 124th, New York City

Ninth Quinquennial Convention, May 12, 1912, Rochester, N. Y.Triennial Convention, May 23, 1915, Atlantic City, N. J.Members (Jan. 1, 1918), 7176.Lodges, 80.Districts, 2.


OFFICERS : Grand Master. Solon J. Liebeskind; First Deputy GrandMaster, Henry Jacobs; Second Deputy Grand Master, Benjamin H. Wasser-man, N. Y. C.; Third Deputy Grand Master, Adolph Pike, Chicago, 111.;Grand Sec, Abraham Hafer, 21 W. 124th ; Grand Treas., Benj. Blumenthal;Counsel to the Order, M. B. Blumenthal, N. Y. C.; Chairman Committee onDeath Benefit Claims, Samuel Eturtz.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : M. Angelo Ellas, Joseph I. Hartenstein, Jacob A.Hirschman. Henry Lipsky, Benjamin Nagelschmidt, Mayer D. Rosenbach,Henry V. Rothschild, Edward Schulhof, Henry E. Stern, Herman Stiefel,Samuel Strasburger, Emil Tausig, Morris A. Weinberg.

DISTKICTS : I. Territory : Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, NewYork, and Rhode1 Island. II. Territory: Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota,Missouri, and Wisconsin.

INDEPENDENT ORDER SONS OF BENJAMINOrg. Dec. 23, 1877. OFFICE : 953 Third Av., New York City

Twenty-seventh Annual Convention. Feb, 17, 1918, New York City.Members. 742. Underwritten by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.Lodges, 18.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Julius Gumpert: First Deputy Grand Master,

Myer L. Seixas, N. Y. C. ; Second Deputy Grand Master. Jacob Hyman,Boston, Mass.; Grand Sec, Louis B. Franklin ; Grand Treas., TheodoreKatz, N. Y. C.; Chairman on Finance, Abraham Frankel; Chairman onMortuary Fund, Joseph Marmorstein; Chairman on Appeals, LeopoldFuchs ; Counsel to the Order, M. Angelo Elias, N. Y. C.

INDEPENDENT ORDER SONS OF ISRAELOrg. May 29, 1913. OFFICE : 47 Mt. Vernon, Boston, Mass.

Fourth Annual Convention, June 17-19, 1917, Boston, Mass.Members, 5000.Lodges, 50.PURPOSE : Fraternity and Disability Benefits.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Henry H. Levenson, Boston, Mass.; First

Deputy Grand Master, Jacob Rosenberg, Boston, Mass.; Second DeputyGrand Master, Maurice Kronik ; Third Deputy Grand Master, Harry Rubin ;Fourth Deputy Grand Master, Joseph Berman : Fifth Deputy Grand Master,Max Freedman ; Grand Treas., Joseph Kirshen ; Grand Sec, Robt. Silver-man, Boston, Mass.

DIRECTORS : Tobias Berman, Harry Cohen, Louis Ellenbogen, JosephL. Rogers', Jacob Sperber.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF TRUE SISTERSOrg. Apl. 21, 1846. OFFICE : 317 W. 139th, New York City

One hundred and twenty-seventh Semi-Annual, or sixty-eighth AnnualSession of the Grand Lodge, May 28, 1918, New York City.

Members, 6000.Lodges, 21.Publishes a monthly, The Echo. Editor, Bianca B. Robitscher.OFFICERS (for May, 1917 to May. 1919)>: Grand Monitress, Mrs. Flora H.

Fiseh; Grand Pres., Mrs. Emma Schlesinger; Grand Vice-Pres., Mrs.Leopoldine Schwarzkopf; Grand Sec, Mrs. Bianca B. Robitscher, 317 W.139th; Grand Financial Sec, Mrs. Fanny M. Marx; Grand Treas., Mrs.Rosalie A. Eisner ; Grand Mentor, Mrs. Julia Levy; Grand Warden, Mrs.Juliet B. Howard.


INDEPENDENT WESTERN STAR ORDEROrg. Feb. 13, 1894. OFFICE : 1127 Blue Island AT., Chicago, 111.

Fourth Biennial Convention, Aug. 20, 1916, Buffalo, N. Y.Members (Jan. 1, 1917), 17,924.Lodges, 148.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Max Levy, 526 Walnut, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-

Grand Masters : Leo Wolfson, N. Y. C.; G. Roth, St. Louis, Mo. ; S. Noso-vitzky, Detroit, Mich. ; M. Sack, Phila., Pa.; H. Lyons, Los Angeles, Cal. ;First Deputy Grand Master, H. M. Barnett, Chicago, 111.; Second DeputyGrand Master, D. Steiner, Youngstown* O.; Third Deputy Grand Master,M. Bernstein, N. Y. C.; Grand Sec, I. Shapiro, 1127 Blue Island Av.; GrandEndowment Treas., Jacob Schwartz ; Grand General Fund Treas., D. Arkin ;Grand Counsellor, Wm. A. Jonesi, Chicago, 111; Grand Medical Examiner,Dr. S. Still, Chicago, 111.

INDEPENDENT WORKMEN'S CIRCLE OF AMERICA, INC.Org. Dec. 28, 1906. OFFICE : 9 Cambridge, Boston, Mass.

First Annual Convention, May 28-30, 1917, Brockton, Mass.Members, 5609.OFFICERS : Chairman, Morris Rosen, Boston, Mass.; Vice-Chairman, Louis

Hyson, Revere. Mass.; Treas., Hyman Guberman, Maplewood, Mass.; Rec-Sec, Morris H. Lublash, Boston, Mass.; General Sec, Sam'l. Egdall,Maiden, Mass.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and Samuel Albert, Boston, Mass.;Sam'l. Malkiel, Dorchester, Mass.; Aaron Moldow, Alston, Mass.; MorrisOssen, Everett, Mass.; Samuel Osipaw, Lynn, Mass.; Jacob Sitnea, Boston,Mass.; Sam'l. Weisberg, Dorchester, Mass.

INDUSTRIAL REMOVAL OFFICEOrg. 1900. OFFICE : 174 Second Av., New York City

Sixteenth Annual Meeting, Oct. 23, 1917, New York City.Agencies, 245.OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTOES : Chairman, Reuben Arkush ; Vice-

Chairman, Alfred Jaretzki; Sec, Nathan Bijur; Eugene S. Benjamin,N. Y. C.; Jacob Furth, St. Louis, Mo.; Max Senior, Cincinnati, O.; LuciusL. Solomons, San Francisco, Cal. ; Cyrus L. Sulzberger, N. Y. C.

ASSISTANT MANAGER : Isidore Frank.

INTERCOLLEGIATE MENORAH ASSOCIATIONOrg. Jan. 2, 1913. OFFICE : 600 Madison Av., New York City

Sixth Annual Convention, Dec, 1917, New York City.Members, 4000.Societies, 62.PURPOSE : The study and advancement in American Universities of

Jewish culture and ideals.OFFICERS : Chancellor, Henry Hurwitz, 600 Madison Av., N. Y. C.; Pres.,

Louis I. Newman, Columbia University, N. Y, C.; Vice-Pres., Moses Barren,University of Minnesota; Hyman J. Ettllnger, University of Texas; ClaraGoldberg, University of Iowa ; Sec.-Treas., Bernard J. Reis., N. Y. C.

JEWISH NATIONAL, ORGANIZATIONS 3 H

INTERCOLLEGIATE ZIONIST ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA(MERGED IN ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF'AMERICA)

Org. June 24, 1915. OFFICE : 2554 McCulloh, Baltimore, Md.Fourth Annual Convention, June 25, 1918.Societies, 30.PURPOSE : To study and promote the Zionist movement, to organize the

Jewish student body of America on the basis of Jewish national conscious-ness ; to participate actively in all Zionist enterprises.

OFFICERS : Pres., Norman Winestine, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Aaron Schaffer,Jonas E'riedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Benj. Rosen, N. Y. C.; Sarah C.Pitkowsky, N. Y. C.; Sec, A. B. Baroway, Baltimore, Md.

GOVERNING COUNCIL: The Officers, and David-S. Blondheim, Baltimore,Md.; Felix Frankfurter, Cambridge, Mass.; Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore,Md.; Horace M. Kallen, Madison, Wis.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111.

JEWISH ACADEMICIANS OF AMERICAOrg. Aug. 21, 1916. OFFICE : 125 E. 85th, New York City

Members, 24.PURPOSE : To promote constructive scholarship, to elucidate the truths

and principles of Judaism in the light of modern thought, and to apply themethods of modern science toward the solution of ritual problems.

OFFICERS : Chairman of Executive Committee, Bernard Revel, 9-11Montgomery ; Treas., E. D. Friedman, 74 E. 91st. ; Sec, Solomon T. H.Hurwitz, 217 E. 69th, N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Georges Bacarat, Bernard Drachman, J. D.Eisenstein, N. Y. C.; Nathan Isaacs, 3305 Burnet Av., Cincinnati, 0 . ;Henry Keller, N. Y. C. ; David I. Macht, Baltimore, Md. ; Meyer Waxman,Brooklyn, N. Y.

JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETYOrg. Jan. 23, 1900. OFFICE : 174 Second Av., New York City

Eighteenth Annual Meeting, Feb. 13, 1918, New York City.PUEPOSE : The encouragement of farming among Jewish immigrants in

the United States.ACTIVITIES : Maintains agricultural bureau of information and advice ;

assists Jewish immigrants to become farmers by helping them to findsuitable farms and by loans on favorable terms ; loans money to Jewishfarmers who require financial assistance ; maintains Farm Labor Bureaufor the placing out of Jewish young men as farm laborers.

Publishes The Jewish Farmer, a monthly agricultural paper, in Yid-dish ; maintains itinerant agricultural instructors to lecture to farmerson agricultural topics, conduct demonstrations on their own farms, andorganize the farmers into associations for their material, educational,social, and religious advancement; grants free scholarships at agriculturalcolleges to children of Jewish farmers.

WORK DONE SINCE ORGANIZATION : Farm loans, 44S9, to 3691 farmers,amounting to $2,539,545.50; organized 19 credit unions, the first co-operative agricultural credit banks . on American soil; was instrumental


in the organization of the Federation of Jewish Farmers of America with58 constituent farmers' associations and a total membership of about1500 ; assisted in organizing a Co-operative Fire Insurance Company andother co-operative enterprises among Jewish farmers.

WORK IN 1917 : Farm loans, 389, to 442 farmers, amounting to $209,-453.73; farm loans outstanding- (Dec. 31, 1917), $995,085.47; loans tocredit unions, 21, amounting to $20,500; farm labor positions secured,1529 ; scholarships granted, 14.

OFFICERS : Pres., Alfred Jaretzki; Vice-Pres., Percy S. Straus ; Treas.,Solomon G. Rosenbaum ; Sec, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, N. Y. C.

DIRECTORS : The Officers, and Eugene S. Benjamin, N. Y. C.; Jacob G.Lipman, New Brunswick, N. J.

GENERAL MANAGER : Gabriel Davidson.

JEWISH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONOrg. Mch. 20, 1910. OFFICE : 356 Second Av., New York City

OFFICERS : Pres., Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111.; Vice-Pres., LouisMarshall; Treas., Samson Lachman ; Hon. Sec, Henrietta Szold, 2 Pine-hurst Av., N. ,Y. C.

TRUSTEES : Cyrus Adler, Samuel S. Fels, Phila., Pa.; Samson Lachman,N. Y. C.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111. ; J. L. Magnes, Louis Marshall,N. Y. C. ; Milton J. Rosenau, Boston, Mass. ; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago,111.; Nathan Straus, N. Y. C.

MANAGING DIBECTOR ; Aaron Aaronsohn, Haifa, Palestine.

JEWISH CHAUTAUQUA SOCIETYOrg. Apl. 29, 1893. OFFICE : 1305 Stephen Girard Bldg., 21 S. 12th,

Philadelphia, Pa.Twenty-sixth Annual Assembly, Dec. 22-27, 1916, New Orleans, La.Members, 5000.Correspondence Students, 344.OFFICERS : Chancellor, Henry Berkowitz. Phila., Pa.; Vice-Chancellor,

Wm. Rosenau, Baltimore, Md. ; Vice-Pres., Oscar Loeb; Treas., Emil Selig,Phila., Pa.; Sec, Jeannette Miriam Goldberg. Jefferson, Tex.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES : Henry Castleburg, Baltimore, Md.; Israel Cowen,Chicago, 111.; Arthur A. Fleisher, Walter Fox, Phila., Pa.; Lee K. Frankel.N. Y. C.; Perry Frankel, Phila., Pa. ; Jacob Goldbaum, Phila., Pa.; Julius M.Goldenberg, Washington, D. C. ; Adolph Lewisohn, N. Y. C. ; David J. Loeb,Mrs. Max Margolis, Phila., Pa.; Emil Mayer, St. Louis, Mo.; Martin A.Meyer, San Francisco, Cal. ; Julius Peyser, Washington, D. C.; EugeneReefer, Kansas City, Mo.; Jacob H. Schiff, N. Y. C.; Abram Simon, Wash-ington, D. C.; Horace Stern. Phila.. Pa.

HONOHARY MEMBERS : Corrine B. Arnold, Jacob Ginabel, Phila., Pa.;Mrs. Chas. Heidelberger, Atlantic City, N. J. ; George W. Oaks, Pbila., Pa.;Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C.; Louis Wolsey, Cleveland, O.

CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL FACULTY : Wm. Rosenau, Dean, Baltimore,Md.; Henry Berkowitz, Phila., Pa.; Edward N. Calisch, Richmond, Va.;Julius H. Greenstone, Phila., Pa. ; Isaac Landman, Ventnor, N. J. ; EugeneH. Lehman, N. Y. C. ; Martin A. Meyer, San Francisco, Cal. ; Abram Simon,Washington, D. C.; David E. Weglein, Baltimore, Md.


JEWISH CONSUMPTIVE RELIEF ASSOCIATION OFCALIFORNIA

Org. Sept. 28, 1912. OFFICE : 207 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal.Fifth Annual Convention, Jan. 6, 1918, Los Angeles, Cal.Members, 10,000.Auxiliary Societies, 4.PURPOSE : Sanitorium for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.OFFICERS : Pres., B. Forer, 1422 Van Ness Av., Vice-Pres., J. Tobinsky,

834 E. 20th.; Sec, S. Raskin, 1626 Champlain Terrace; Treas., Irving H.Hellman, Hellman Bank, all of Los Angeles, Cal.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : A. Abrahamson, M. J. Abramson, J. Cantor, B.Citrin, H. Citrin, B. Cohen, G. Evans, B. Forer, all of Los Angeles;B. Hatte, San Francisco ; A. Horwitz, H. Kaplan, B. Meyer, L. A. Pertson,S. Raskin, J. A. Rosenkranz, A. Shapiro, J. Tobinsky, all of Los Angeles.

JEWISH CONSUMPTIVES' RELIEF SOCIETYOrg. Jan. 2, 1904 ; inc. June 25, 1904. OFFICE : 510-512 Kittredge Bldg.,

Denver, Colo.Fourteenth Annual Meeting, May 25-26, 1918, Chicago, 111.Contributors, 100,000. Income, 1917, $174,284. Capacity, 160 beds.Auxiliary Societies, 11.Publishes The Sanatorium.OFFICERS : Pres., Philip Hillkowitz, 236 Metropolitan Bldg.; Vice-Pres.,

David Gross, I. Rude, Mrs. I. J. Kolinsky ; Treas., Nathan Striker; Sec,C. D. Spivak, 510-512 Kittredge Bldg., Denver, Colo.

TRUSTEES : Sol. Bloomgarden, S. L. Bresler, S. F. Disraelly, I. Flnesllver,H. H. Frumess, Ben Grimes, David Gross, Philip Hillkowitz, C. H. Kauvar,Mrs. I. J. Kolinsky, Goodman Levin, Max D. Neusteter, Louis Robinson,I. Rude, H. J. Schwartz, O. M. Shere, C. D. Spivak, Nathan Striker, AdolphZederbaum, Denver, Colo. ; Mrs. L. Bloch, N. Y. C, representing New YorkLadies' Auxiliary; Mrs. Harry Crown, St. Louis, Mo., representing St.Louis Ladies' Auxiliary; and Sol Schelinsky, N. Y. C, representing In-dependent Order Brith Abraham.

NEW YORK OFFICE : Manager, I. Spectorsky, 230 Grand.

JEWISH MINISTERS' ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAOrg. Mch., 1917. OFFICE : 74 B. 118th, New York City

First Annual Convention, Dec. 4-5, 1917, New York City.Members, 65.OFFICERS : Pres., Aaron Yudelowitz, 13 Otisfleld, Boston, Mass.; Viee-

Pres., Bernard Drachman, Moses Hyamson, M. A.- Kaplan; Treas., B. Pearse,118 W. 112th ; Sec, S. L. Hurowitz, 66 W. 118th, all of New York City ;Chairman of the Executive, S. Buehler, Bklyn., N. Y.

JEWISH NATIONAL WORKERS ALLIANCE OF AMERICAOrg. 1912. OFFICE : 89 Delancey, New York City

Annual Conference, Nov. 29, 1917, Trenton, N. J.Fifth Annual Convention, Je. 19, 1918, Rochester, N. Y.Members, 5200.Branches, 109.


PURPOSE : Fraternal, Social, and Educational Order.OFFICERS : Pres., Isaac A. Hurwitch ; Vice-Pres., Joshua Gordon ; Treas.,

David l'inski; Sec, Meyer L. Brown, 83 Delancey, N. Y. C.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and 1. Berkenblith, I. Feder, Ph.

Gingold, D: Herlich, Kobert Merlis, M. Mosheritzky, R. Plattrot, SamuelSiegel, I. Tlckman.

JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICAOrg. June 3, 1888. OFFICE : 1201 N. Broad, Philadelphia, Pa.

For the Report of the Thirtieth Year of The Jewish Publication Societyof America, Bee p. 409, et seq.

JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICAOrg. 1886. OFFICE : 531 W. 123d, New York City

Incorporated in State of New York. Library : Printed volumes, 53,980 ;Manuscripts, 1810.

Thirteenth Biennial Meeting, March 24, 1912.Twenty-fifth Commencement, June 2, 1918.Graduates, Rabbinical Course, in 1918, 13.Whole number of graduates, Rabbinical Course, 119.Whole number of graduates, Teachers' Course, 152.OFFICERS OF THE BOARD : Chairman Board of Directors, Louis Marshall;

Hon. Sec, Sol. M. Stroock ; Treas., Daniel Guggenheim, N. Y. C.DIRECTORS : (for life) Daniel Guggenheim, Adolph Lewisohn, Louis

Marshall, Jacob H. Schiff, Felix M. Warburg, N. Y. C.; Philip S. Henry,Asheville, N. C.; Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa. ; Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa. ;(term expiring 1920) Samuel Greenbaum, N. Y. C. ; Cbas. I. Hoffman, New-ark, N. J. ; Irving Lehman, Simon M. Roeder, Sol. M. Stroock, N. Y. C.;William Gerstley, Phila., Pa.; Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; andDavid S. Ellis, Boston, Mass.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Louis Marshall, Cyrus Adler, DanielGuggenheim, Simon M. Roeder, Jacob H. Schiff, Mayer Sulzberger.

FACULTY: Acting President, Cyrus Adler, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins);Sabato Morals Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Israel Fried-laender, Ph.D. (Strassburg) ; Professor of Talmud, Louis Ginzberg, Ph.D.(Heidelberg) ; Professor of History, Alexander Marx, Ph. D. (Konigsberg) ;Professor of Homiletics, Mordecai M. Kaplan, M. A. (Columbia) ; Professorof Medieval Hebrew Literature, Israel Davidson, Ph.D. (Columbia);Professor of Codes, Moses Hyamson, B. A., LL. D. (University of London) ;Instructors, W. P. Kotkov, Ph. D., and Morris D. Levine; Hazan and In-structor in Hazanut, Rev. Simon Jacobson ; Instructor in Public Speaking,Walter H. Robinson.

LIBRARY STAFF : Librarian, Alexander Marx ; Cataloguer, Israel Shapira ;Assistant in Library, Sidney Breuer.

REQISTRAR : Israel Davidson.SECRETARY : Joseph B. Abrahams.TEACHERS' INSTITUTE, 34 Stuyvesant Place. Principal, Mordecai M.

Kaplan, 120 E. 93d. Instructors : Israel Friedlnender; Elias L. Solomon ;Morris D. Levine ; Joseph Bragin ; Assistant Instructors : Leo Honor ; SimonGinzberg. Special Committee : Sol. M. Stroock, Chairman ; Mordecai M.Kaplan, Samuel Greenbauni, Irving Lehman, J. L. Magnes, Felix M. War-burg, Cyrus Adler!


ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYOF AMERICA

Org. July 4, 1901Seventeenth Annual Meeting, June 17-i8, 1918, New York City.Members, 90.OFFICERS : Pres., Max D. Klein, Phila., Pa.; Vice-Pres., Julius H. Green-

stone, Phila., Pa.; Rec. Sec, Benj. A. Lichter, Far Rockaway, N. Y.; Cor.See., Samuel Fredman, Phila.. Pa.; Treas., Israel Goldfarb, Brooklyn, N. Y.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Herman Abramowitz, Montreal. Can.: PaulChertoff, N. Y. C. ; Max Drob, Buffalo, N. Y.; Herbert S. Goldstein, N. Y. C.Ben]. L. Grossman, Washington, D. C. ; Joseph Hevesh, Chicago, 111.,Charles I. Hoffman, Newark, N. J . ; Mordecai M. Kaplan, N. Y. C.; Chas. HKauvar, Denver, Colo.; Eugene Kohn, Balto., Md.; Morris Levine, N. Y. C.I. H. Levinthal, Bklyn., N. Y.: Herman Lissauer. San Francisco, Cal.Jacob S. Mmkin, N. Y. C.; Abr. Nowak, Boston, Mass.

JEWISH WELFARE BOARDOrg. 1917. OFFICE : 149 Fifth Av., New York City

Affiliated Organization : 14.OFFICERS : Chairman. Harry Cutler, Providence, R. I.; Vice-Chairman,

Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treas., Walter E. Sachs ; Sec, Chester J.Teller. N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and Henry J. Bernheim, Abram I.Elkus, I. Edwin Goldwasser. Maurice H. Harris, Chas. Hartman, Louis E.Kristein, Irving Lehman, Julian W. Mack, M. S. Margolies, Louis Marshall,D. de Sola Pool, Wm. Rosenau, Joseph Rosenzweig, Bernard Semel, MortimerL. Schiff, Israel Unterberg.

KAPPA NU FRATERNITYOrg. June 12, 1911. OFFICE : 2937 Schubert Av., Chicago. 111.

First Annual Convention, June 16-17, 1917. Rochester, N. Y.Members, 150.Chapters, 9.PURPOSE : An avowedly Jewish Greek-letter college brotherhood, laying

particular stress on .Tewtshness.OFFICERS : Pres., Nathaniel L. Sanow, 2937 Schubert Av., Chicago, 111.;

Vice-Pres.. Marcus D. H. Schon. Roxbury. Mass. : Treas., Myer Miller,Rochester. N. Y. ; Sec. Harry S. Mackler, 978 Uninn Av., N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and Samuel J. Barll, Dover, N. J. ;Joshua Bernhardt, Baltimore, Md.; Maurice Keesing. N. Y. C. ; Joseph A.Lazarus, N. Y. C.: Louis J. Moskowitz, Rochester, N. Y.; Abraham B.Solomon, Buffalo, N. Y.

THE MIZRAHI OF AMERICAOrg. June 5, 1912. CENTRAL BUREAU : 86 Orchard, New York City

Fifth Annual Convention, May 3-7, 1918, Philadelphia, Pa.Organizations, 159.Members, 18,000.PURPOSE : Following the Zionist movement, based on the Basle program.

Fundamental principles : The land of Israel, for the people of Israel, guidedby the law of Israel.


OFFICERS : Pres., Meyer Berlin; Treas., Ch. Garflel, S. Wllner, J. I.Bluestone, N. T.; Sec, .L L. Fishman, N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : B. Abramowitz, St. Louis, Mo.; A. M. Ashln-sky, Pittsburgh, Pa.; T. Braver, Akron, O.; G. Bublick. N. Y. C.; N. H.Ebin, Buffalo, N. Y.; E. Epstein, Chicago, 111. ; Wolf Gold, Bklyn., N. Y. ;I. Gordon, Toronto, Can.; E. Inselbucb, Bklyn., N. Y.; B. Kaplan, N. Y. C.;B. L. Levinthal, Phila., Pa ; M. Z. Margolies, New York City ; H. Monashe-witz, Cincinnati, O. ; T. Redelheim, N. Y. C. ; S. Silber, Chicago, 111.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JEWISH CHARITIES IN THEUNITED STATES

Org. 1899. OFFICE: 809-10 Neave Building, Cincinnati, O.Tenth Biennial Convention, May 12-15, 1918, Kansas City, Mo.Members, 179 Societies.OFFICERS : Pres., Fred Butzel, Detroit, Mich.; Vice-Pres., Felix M. War-

burg, N. Y. C. ; David Benjamin, Kansas City, Mo. ; Bernard Greensfelder,St. Louis, Mo. ; Sec, Boris D. Bogen, Cincinnati, O. ; Treas., Sidney E. Prita,Cincinnati, O.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Nathan Bijur. N. Y. C.; Louis M. Cahn, Chicago,111. ; Aaron Cohen, Pittsburgh. Pa. ; Lee K. Frankel, N. Y. C. ; Chas. Friend,Milwaukee, Wis.; I. Edwin Goldwasser, N. Y. C.; Max Herzberg, Phila-delphia, Pa. ; Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md. ; Louis B. Kirstein,Boston, Mass. ; Minnie F. Low, Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111. ; Max Senior,Cincinnati, O.; Cyrus L. Sulzberger, N. Y. C.

NATIONAL FARM SCHOOLInc. Apl. 10, 1896. SCHOOL AND FARMS : Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa.

OFFICE : 407 Mutual Life Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.Twentieth Annual Meeting, Oct, 7, 1917, Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa.Seventeenth Annual Graduation, Feb. 22, 1918.Number of Graduates, 1918, 12.Whole number of graduates, 232.Members, 2500.OFFICEES : Pres., Joseph Krauskopf, 4715 Pulaski Av., Germantown. Pa.;

Vice-Pres., Harry B. Hirsh ; Treas., Isaac H. Silverman ; Sec, Miss E. M.Bellefleld, 407 Mutual Life Bldg., Phila., Pa.

DIRECTOR : Bernhard Ostrolenk, Farm School, Pa.EXECUTIVE BOARD : H. D. Allman, Henry Bronner, David Burpee, Harry

Felix, Morris Fleishman, Daniel Gimbel. Leo H. Heimerdinger, James G.Heller, J. H. Hinlein, Bernard Kohn. Manfred E. Krauskopf, Louis Nus-baum, Eugene M. Stern, George Wheeler, John Zimmerman.

HONORARY TRUSTEES : (for ten years) H. Blumenthal, A. Eichholz, S.Friedberger, H. B. Hirsh, A. Israel, A. M. Klein, M. A. Kaufmann, LeonMerz, B. Selig, I. H. Silverman, J. N. Snellenberg.

NATIONAL AUXILIARY BOARD : Louis I. Aaron. Pittsburgh, Pa.; Max A.Adler, Rochester, N. Y.; Geo. M. Alexander, Boise, Idaho; Henry Beer,New Orleans, La.; Melvin Behrends, Washington, D. C. ; I. W. Bernheim,Louisville, Ky.; H. S. Binswanger, Richmond, Va.; Nathan Eckstein,Seattle, Wash.; M. J. Freiberg, Cincinnati, O.; Samuel Friedheim, RockHill, S. C. ; Milton D. Greenbaum, Baltimore, Md. ; A. Hirshheimer, LaCrosse, Wis.; Alfred E. Kalter, Indianapolis, Ind.: Isaac Landman, FarRockaway, N. Y. ; Jacob M. Loeb, Chicago, 111.; J. E. Oppenheimer, Butte,Mont. ; Louis Schlesinger, Newark, N. J. ; Morris Stern, San Antonio, Tex. ;David Sternberg, Memphis, Tenn.; Isaac M. Ullman, New Haven, Conn.;Eugene Warner, Buffalo, N. Y.; Morris Weil, Lincoln, Nebr. ; HarrisWeinstock, San Francisco, Cal.; Maurice Wertheim, N. Y. C.


NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODSOrg. Jan. 22, 1913. OFFICE : 62 Duttenhofer Bldg., Cincinnati, O.

Second Biennial Meeting, Jan. 16-18, 1917, Baltimore, Md.Societies, 178.PURPOSE : Closer co-operation between the various Sisterhoods.The work of the Federation is conducted under the following Committees :

Co-operation, Religion, Religious Schools, Propaganda, Scholarships, UnionMuseum, and War Emergency.

OFFICERS : Pres., Mrs. Abram Simon, Washington, D. C.; Vice-Pres.,Mrs. J. Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati, O. ; Treas., Mrs. Israel Cowen,Chicago, III.; Sec, Mrs. Ben Loewenstein, Cincinnati, O.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and Mmes. Israel Aaron, Buffalo,N. Y.; Max J. Brandenburger, Bklyn., N. Y.; Edgar M. Cahn, New Orleans.La.; Chas. Cohn., Nashville, Tenn.; B. M. Engelhard, Chicago, 111.; DanFrank, Boston, Mass. ; Charles Freund, Paul L. Godchaux, New Orleans, La. ;Leon Goodman, Louisville, Ky.; Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, O.; Albert J.Johnson, New Haven, Conn.; Otto Kempner, Brooklyn, N. Y.; KaufmanKohler, Cincinnati, O. ; Joseph Krauskopf. Phila., Pa.; David Lefkowitz,Dayton. O.; J. Leonard Levy. Pittsburgh, Pa.; H. H. Mayer. Kansas City,Mo.; Nathan J. Miller, N. Y. C. ; Sol. Moses, Cleveland, O.; H. Oppen-heimer, Baltimore, Md. ; David Philipson. Cincinnati. 0. ; B. H. Printz,Youngstown, O.; T. Schanfarber, Chicago, III.; Robert F. Skuteh, Baltimore,Md.; Maurice Steinfeld, St. Louis, Mo.; Harry H. Sternberger, Cincin-nati. O.; Joseph Stolz, Chicago, 111.; Louis Welt, Detroit, Mich.; JosephWiesenfeld. Baltimore, Md.; James Witkowsky, Chicago, 111.; Leo Wolf,Wheeling, W. Va.; Louis Wolsey, Cleveland, O.

NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVESOrg. Dec. 10, 1899. OFFICE : 3800 E. Colfax Av., Denver, Colo.

Seventeenth Annual Meeting, Jan, 13, 1918, New York City.Members, 20,000.Patients treated, April 1, 1917, 3222.OFFICERS : Pres., Samuel Grabfelder, Guarantee Trust Bldg., Atlantic

City, N. J. ; Vice-Pres., J. Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati, O.; Wm. S. Fried-man, Denver, Colo., David May, St. Louis, Mo.; Harmon August, N. Y. C.;Treas., Ben, Altheimer, New York, N. Y.; Sec. Mrs. S. Pisko, 3800 E.Colfax Av., Denver, Colo.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and N. L. Dauby, Cleveland, O.;B. Flesher, Denver, Colo. : Sol. S. Kiser, Indianapolis, Ind. ; Adolph Kraus,Chicago, 111.; Louis D. Shoenberg, New York, N. Y. ; Charles H. Studin,N. Y. C.

NATIONAL JEWISH IMMIGRATION COUNCILOrg. Mch. 5, 1911. OFFICE : 80 Maiden Lane, New York City

Delegates and members at large, 18.Constituent societies, 10.PURPOSE : General supervision of all work for Jewish immigrants at

the sea-ports of the United States.OFFICERS : Chairman, Abr. I. Elkus, 111 Broadway, N. Y. C.; Vice-

Chairman, Max Mitchell, 76 Devonshire. Boston, Mass.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Leon Sanders; Sec, D. M. Bressler,

Abr. I. Elkus, Max J. Kohler, N. Y. C.; Louis H. Levin, Baltimore, Md.;Louis E. Levy, Phila., Pa.

MEMBERS AT LARGE : Nathan Bijur, Oscar S. Straus, N. Y. C.; SimonWolf, Washington, D. C.


NATIONAL UNION OF JEWISH SHELTERING SOCIETIESOrg. July 30, 1911. OFFICE : 229-231 E. BroaiJway, New York City

Members, 36 communities.PURPOSE : To help worthy wayfarers, put a check on habitual wan-

derers, and prevent wife-deserters from using the Hachnoses Orchlm asa means of escape from family responsibilities.

OFFICERS : Pres., Leon Sanders, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., S. H. Brodsky,Newark, N. J. ; Mrs. H. Finkelpearl, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; A. Kress, Baltimore,Md.; M. Meyerowitz, Chicago. 111.; Mendel Silber. Albuquerque, N. M.;Treas., Max Meyerson ; Hon. Sec, I. Hersbfleld, N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE BOARD : M. J. S. Abels, Altoona, Pa.; M. Blechshlager, Cin-cinnati, O.; Mrs. S. Bloch, Indianapolis. Ind.; M. J. Braude, Syracuse,N. Y.; S. H. Brodsky, Newark, N. J. ; Henry J. Colin, Richmond, Va.;A. Coll, Spokane, Wash.; A. Concors, N. Y. C.; Mrs. H. Finkelpearl. Pitts-burgh, Pa. ; I. Hershfield, N. Y. C. ; Mrs. W. Klebansky, Phila., Pa.; A.Kress, Baltimore, Md. ; H. Masliansky, Jacob Massel. N. Y. C. ; M. Meyero-witz, Chicago, 111.; Max Meyerson, N. Y. C.; L. Poliakoff, Newark, N. J. ;

Rissman, Chicago. 111.; Leon Sanders, N. Y. C.; A. L. Schiller,Scranton, Pa. ; M. B. Schlom. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. : A. J. Shon, Pall River,Mass.; Mendel Silber, Albuquerque, N. M.; I. Warsaw, Waco, Tex.; W.Wittenstein, Bridgeport, Conn.

ORDER BRITH ABRAHAMOrg. June 12, 1859. OFFICE : 266 Grand, New York City

Forty-fourth Convention, June 10-14, 1917, Rochester, N. Y.Members, 58,000.Lodges, 365.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Samuel Dorf; First Deputy Grand Master,

Morris M. Green, 306 Broadway, N. Y. C. ; Second Deputy Grand Master,Wm. Martin, Rochester, N. Y.; Third Deputy Grand Master, E. Mantel,Indianapolis, Ind.; Grand Treas-., Barnet Friedman ; Grand Sec, Geo. W.Leisersohn, 266 Grand; Counsel to the Order, H. M. Goldfogle, N. Y. C.

ORDER KNIGHTS OF JOSEPHOrg. Feb. 14, 1896. OFFICE : 311-312 Society for Savings Bldg.,

Cleveland, O.Twentieth Convention, Feb. 27, 1916, Chicago, 111.Members, 16,000.Lodges, 85.OFFICERS : Supreme Commander, D. B. Steuer, Cleveland. O.; First

Supreme Vice-Commander, A. Feld, Cincinnati, O. ; Second Supreme Vice-Commander, L. Goldftnger, Chicago, 111. ; Third Supreme Vice-CommanderM. Taylor, Columbus, O.; Supreme Sec, D. J. Zinner, Cleveland 0 . ; Su-preme Treas., Jos. C. Bloch, Cleveland, O.; Endowment Treas., A. Jacobs

ORDER SONS OF ZION(MERGED IN ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA)

Org. Apl. 19, 1908. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York CityNinth Annual Convention, June 30-July 2, 1917, New Haven, Conn.Members, 7000.Camps, 101.PURPOSE : Fraternal and Zionistic.

JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ;•? j 9

OFFICERS : Nasi, Jacob S. Strahl; Segan Rlshon, Joshua Sprayregen ;Segan Sheni, Max Perlman; Gisbor, H. B. Isaacson ; Maskir, Jacob IshKishor; Counsel, Ph. I. Schlck; Chief Medical Examiner, S. Neuman.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: H. Abramowitz, M. Bloomberg, L. Elltzik, N.Elkin, Ph. Gladstone, Abr. Goldberg, Em. Goldsmith, A. Isserman, LouisJ. Jakovey, S. Markowitch, S. J. Nathanson, Abr. Price, Jacob Prombolm,V. Schwarz, S. Shulman, Samuel Weinstein.

PI TAU PI FRATERNITYOrg. Jan., 1908

Seventh Annual Conclave, Dec. 27-31, 1917, New Orleans, La.Members, 350.PURPOSE : To bring into closer rela-tion and promote sociability among

the Jewish young men of the country and to aid the less fortunate.OFFICERS : Pres., Louis B. Levi, Bvansville, Ind. ; Vice-Pres., Wallace

Spigel, Richmond, Va.; Treas., Henry Stern, 233 Royal, New Orleans, La.;Sec, Julien Caheen, c/o Caheen Bros., Birmingham, Ala.; Editor-in-chief,Arthur S. Friedman, 1020 Downing, Denver, Colo.; Historian, Bert B. Hene,3029 Davenport, Omaha, Neb.; Chaplain, Edward A. Ramer, 219 W. Ever-green, San Antonio, Tex.

PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF THE WESTOrg. Feb. 13, 1896. OFFICE : 406-7-8 Frisco Bldg., 9th and Olive,

St. Louis, Mo.Twentieth Annual Convention, Aug. 5-7, 1917, Detroit, Mich.Members, 20,599.OFFICERS : Grand Master, Jacob Goldberg, Chicago, 111.; First Vice-Grand

Master, Abe Levy, St. Louis, Mo.; Second Vice-Grand Master, Louis Rosen-berg, Chlcgo, 111.; Third Vice-Grand Master, Chas. Goldberg, Baltimore, Md.;Fourth Vice-Grand Master, Meyer Wechsler, Kansas City, Mo.; Fifth Vice-Grand Master. Michael Sack, Phila., Pa.; Sixth Vice-Grand Master, I. Beck.Union Hill, N. J . ; Seventh Vice-Grand Master, Michael Schwartz, Mil-waukee, Wls.; Eighth Vice-Grand Master, Jacob Zuckerman, Cleveland, O.;Ninth Vice-Grand Master, S. D. Frey, Syracuse, N. Y.; Grand Sec, MorrisShapiro, St. Louis, Mo.; Grand Treas., Frank Dubinsky, St. Louis, Mo.;Endowment Treas., Sam Feldman, S t Louis, Mo.; Grand Counsellor, SamMicon, Chicago, 111.; Grand Medical Examiner, M. I. De Vorkin, St. Louis,Mo.

PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR GENERALZIONIST AFFAIRS

(MERGED IN ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA)

RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARYOrg. 1896. OFFICE: 9-11 Montgomery, New York City

Incorporated in State of New York. Invested funds, about $50,000.Library : Printed volumes, 9000 ; manuscripts, small collection.

Commencement, ]917 (Adar 21).Whole number of graduates, Rabbinical course, 25.PURPOSE : To train rabbis and teachers.OFFICERS : Pres., B. Revel; Vice-Pres., Harry Fiachel; Treas., Nathan

Roggen ; Sec, L. Lipnik.EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Jacob Hecht, L. Altshule, J. D.

Cohen, M Gottesman, Nathan Lamport, E. W. Lewin-Epstein, H. Robinson,J. S. Schiff, S. R. Travis, Samuel Wilner.

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SIGMA ALPHA MU FRATERNITYOrg. NOT. 26, 1909. OFFICE : 370 W. 120th, New York City

Eighth Annual Convention, Dec. 29-30, 1917, New York City.Members, 600.Chapters : Undergraduate, 15 ; Alumni, 4.PURPOSE : Greek-letter college fraternity for Jewish students.OFFICERS : Pres., Michael E. Reitzenberg; Treas., Louis Lichtenstein;

Sec, Harry Schindler, Bklyn.DIEECTOES : The Officers, and A. Irvine Covell, Louis Y. Gaberman,

Samuel Ginsburg, Irving J. Sands, Meyer Stone.

*SIGMA THBTA PI SORORITYOrg. 1909. OFFICE : 3303 Woolworth Av., Omaha, Nebr.

Seventh Annual Conclave, Oklahoma City, Okla.Members, 125.Chapters, 10.PDEPOSE : Philanthropic and social work.OFFICERS : Pres., Helen Elsinger, St. Paul, Minn.; Vice-Pres., Mildred

Hirsch, Atlanta, Ga. ; Sec, Hazel Degen. 3303 Woolworth Av., Omaha,Nebr.; Treas., Bertha Brooks, Louisville, Ky.

UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONSOrg. 1873. OFFICE : Cincinnati, O.

Twenty-fifth Council, Jan. 16, 1917, Baltimore, Md.Twenty-sixth Council will meet Mch., 1919, Boston, Mass.Members, 202 Congregations.Pour Departments : I. Executive and Financial, Pres., J. Walter Freiberg,

Cincinnati, O. II. Hebrew Union College; Pres., Board of Governors,Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; Pres., College, Kaufman Kohler. III.Board of Delegates on Civil Rights, Chairman, Simon Wolf, WoodwardBldg., Washington, D. C. IV. Board of Managers of Synagog and SchoolExtension, Chairman, Charles Shoal ; Director, George Zepin, Cincinnati, O.;

EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR 1917-1918 : Pres., J. Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati,0. ; Vice-Pres., Chas., Shohl, Cincinnati, 0. ; Harry Cutler, Providence,R. I. ; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111. ; Isaac W. Bernheim, Louisville, Ky. ;Jesse W. Lilienthal, San Francisco, Cal.; Sec, George Zepin, DuttenhoferBldg., Cincinnati, O. ; N. Henry Beckman, Cincinnati, O. ; Fred E. Bruml,Cleveland, O. ; Josiah Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; David W. Edelman, LosAngeles, Cal.; Gustave A. Efroymson, Indianapolis, Ind.; Isaac Goldberg,Detroit, Mich. ; Simeon M. Johnson. Cincinnati, O. ; Adolf Kraus, Chicago,111.; Max Landauer, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Albert L. Levi, Brooklyn, N. Y.;Lipman Levy, Baruch Mahler, Cleveland, 0 . ; Max B. May, Cincinnati, O.;Henry Morgenthau, N. Y. C. ; Jacob R. Morse, Boston, Mass. ; EmilNathan, St. Louis, Mo. ; Adolph S. Ochs, N. Y. C. ; William Ornstein,Cincinnati, O. ; Marcus Rauh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Sigmund Rheinstrom,Cincinnati, O. ; Maurice D. Rosenberg, Washington, D. C. ; Simon W.Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.; Jacob H. Schiff, N. Y. C.; Louis Schlesinger,Newark, N. J . ; Jacob Schnadig, Chicago, 111.; Isaac Schoen, Atlanta, Ga.:Sigmund Sichel, Portland, Ore. ; Maurice Stern, New Orleans, Da.; SamuelStraus, Cincinnati, O.; Joseph Wiesenfeld, Baltimore, Md.; Herman Wile,Buffalo, N. Y.; Albert Wolf, Phila., Pa.; Wm. B. Woolner, Peorla, 111.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE FOB 1918-1919 :Marcus Aaron, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samuel Ach, Cincinnati, 'O.; A. G. Becker,Chicago, 111.; Henry Berkowitz, Philadelphia, Pa.; Oscar Berman, Cincin-


nati, O. ; Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati. O. ; Maurice J. Freiberg, Cincinnati.O. ; Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, 0. ; Max Heller, New Orleans, La.; Emil G.Hirsch, Chicago, 111.; Harry II. Hoffheimer, Cincinnati. O.; Felix Kahn,Cincinnati, O.; Alfred M. Klein, Phlla.. Pa.: Jos. Krauskopf, Philadelphia,Pa. ; Max Landsberg, Rochester, N. Y. ; Simon Lazarus, Columbus, O. ;Charles S. Levi, Milwaukee, WIs.: Alfred Mack, Cincinnati, 0 . ; Ralph W.Mack, Cincinnati, O. ; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O. ; Emil Pollak, Cin-cinnati, O. ; Carl E. Pritz, Cincinnati, O. ; Wm. Eosenau, Baltimore, Md. ;Murray Seasongood, Cincinnati O.; Jos. Silverman, New York, N. Y.; Jos.Stolz, Chicago, 111.

BOAED OF DELEGATES ON CIVIL RIGHTS FOE 1918 : Chairman, SimonWolf, Washington, D. C.; Isaac Adler, Birmingham. Ala. ; Milton L.Anfenger, Denver, Colo. ; Ralph Bamberger, Indianapolis. Ind. ; Lee Baum-garten, Washington, D. C. ; Leon Block, Kansas City, Mo. ; E. N. Calisch,Richmond, Va.; Josiah Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Myer Cohen, Washington,D. C. ; Morris M. Cohn, Little Rock. Ark. ; Nathan Cohn, Nashville, Tenn. ;Israel Cowen. Chicago, 111. ; Harry Cutler. Providence, R. I. ; Felix J. Drey-fous, New Orleans, La. ; Abram I. Elkus, N. Y. C. ; Harry Franc, Washing-ton. D. C. ; Nathan Frank, St. Louis, Mo. ; Leo M. Franklin, Detroit, Mich. ;J. Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati, O. ; Jacob Furth. St. Louis, Mo. ; Henry M.Goldfogle. N. Y. C.; Louis J. Goldman. Cincinnati, 0 . ; Joseph B. Greenhut,Peoria, 111. ; Mloses J. Gries, Cleveland, O.; Henry Hanaw, Mobile, Ala.;Joseph Hirsh, Vicksburg, Miss. ; Marcus Jacobi, Wilmington, N. C. ;Julius Kahn, San Francisco, Cal. ; Max J. Kohler, N. Y. C.; Adolf Kraus,Chicago, 111.; Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111. ; Lewis W. Marcus, Buffalo,N. Y. ; David Marx, Atlanta, Ga. ; T. M. Mordecai, Charleston. S. C. ;Jacob Nieto. San Francisco, Cal.; Julius Peyser, Washington. D. C.;M. Warley Platzek, N. Y. C. ; Wm. Rosenau, Baltimore, Md. ; Simon W.Rosendale, Albany, N. Y. ; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago, 111. ; Charles A.Rubenstein, Baltimore, Md.; Alfred Selligman, Louisville, Ky.; CharlesShohl, Cincinnati, O. ; Abram Simon, Washington, D. C. ; Lucius L.Solomons, San Francisco. Cal. ; Moses Sonneborn, Wheeling, W. Va. : LouisStern, Washington, D. C. ; Isaac M. Tollman, New Haven, Conn.; SamuelUllrnan, Birmingham, Ala. ; Henry Wallenstein, Wichita. Kan. ; HenryWangensheim. San Francisco. Cal. ; M. H. Wascerwitz, San Francisco, Cal. ;Jonas Weil, Minneapolis. Minn. ; Lionel Weil, Goldsboro, N. C. ; Eugene F.Westheimer, St. Joseph, Mo. ; Morris S. Westheimer, Cincinnati, 0. ; JosephWiesenfeld, Baltimore, Md. ; Eli Winkler, Cincinnati, O. ; Leo Wise, Cin-rinnati, O.; Edwin Wolf. Phila., Pa.; Adolph Wolfe, Portland Ore.

BOARD OP MANAGERS OP SYNAGOG AND SCHOOL EXTENSION : GeorgeZepin, Director ; Jacob D. Schwarz, Louis I. Egelson. Assistants to Di-rector, 62 Duttenhofer Bldg.. Cincinnati, O. ; Mortimer Adler, Rochester,N. Y. ; Maurice Berkowitz, Kansas City. Mo. ; Joseph J. Corn, N. Y. C. ;Israel Cowen, Chicago. 111.; Harry Cutler. Providence. R. I. ; Gustav A.Efroymson, Indiannpolis. Ind. : Daniel B. Freedman, N. Y. C. ; J. WalterFreiberg, Cincinnati, O. ; Frederick L. Gug«cnheimer, N. Y. C. ; IrvingLehman. N. Y. C. ; David Leventritt, N. Y. C. ; Nathaniel H. Levi, N. Y. C. ;Max B. May, Cincinnati. O. : Julius M. Mayer. N. Y. C. ; William Ornstein,Sigmund Rheinstrom. Cincinnati. O. ; Julius Rosenwald, Chicago. 111.;Max L. Schallel;, N. Y. C. ; Joseph Schonthal. Columbus, O. ; Alfred Sellig-man, Louisville, Ky. ; f'has. Shohl, Cincinnati, O. ; Samuel Straus, Cincin-nati, O. ; Abr. J. Sunstein, Pittsburgh. Pa. : Ludwig Vogelstein, N. Y. C. ;Herman Wile, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Otto Irving Wise, San Francisco, Cal.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE : Incorporated, Cincinnati. O. Amount ofinvested funds : $312,550 ; Real Estate, low valuation, $250,000. Volumesin Library, 35,000: Pamphlets in Library, 10.000. Faculty: Pres., Kauf-man Kohler. Ph. D. (Erlangen), Professor of Homiletics, Theology, andHellenistic Literature: Gotthard Deutsch, Ph.D. (Vienna), Professor ofJewish History and Literature; Louis Grossmann, D. D. (H. TJ. C ) .Professor of Ethics and Pedagogy; David Neumark. Ph.D. (Berlin),Professor of Jewish Philosophy; Jacob Z. Lauterbach, Ph.D. (Gottingen),


Professor of Talmud: Moses Buttenwieser, Ph.D. (Heidelberg), Professorof Biblical Exegesis ; Henry Englander, Ph. D. (Brown), Registrar and Pro-fessor of Biblical Exegesis and Biblical History ; Julian Morgenstern, Ph. D.(Heidelberg), Professor of Bible and Semitic Languages; Solomon B. Free-hof, B. A., Asst. Professor of Bible and Rabbinic Texts.

Special Instructors: Boris D. Bogen, Ph.D. (New York University),Sociology with reference to Jewish Philanthropy ; David Philipson, D. D.,LL. D. (H. U. C.), Lecturer on History of the Reform Movement and theActivities of the Rabbi; Cora Kahn. Elocution.

Corresponding Members of the Faculty: Aaron Hahn (1887) ; DavidDavidson (1892) ; Emil G. Hirsch (1901) ; Israel Abrahams (1912).

Library Staff: Adolph S. Oko, Librarian ; David B. Wolfe, Cataloguer.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGEOrg. 1889. Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O.

Annual Meeting, July 2, 1917, Buffalo, N. T.Members, 176.PURPOSE : To promote welfare of the Hebrew Union College and to

strengthen fraternal feeling among graduates of the college.OFFICERS : Pres., Julian Morgenstern, Cincinnati, O.; Vice-Pres., Isaac

L. Ryplns, St. Paul, Minn.; Treas., Louis J. Kopald, Buffalo, N. T.; His-torian, Edgar F. Magnin, Los Angeles, Cal.; Curator of Archives, HenryEnglander, Cincinnati, O. ; Sec, Solomon B. Freehof, Cincinnati, O.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : (For two years) Chas. J. Freund, Grand Rapids,Mich.; Leonard J. Rothstein, Alexander, La.; (for one year) AbramHirschberg, Chicago, 111.; Louis Witt, Little Rock, Ark.

ADVISORY BOARD OF HEBREW UNION COLLEGE : (For two years) Chas. A.Rubenstein, Baltimore, Md.; (for one year) Marcus Salzman, Wilkesbarre,Pa.

UNION OP JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF AMERICAOrg. Feb., 1917. OFFICE : 116 Nassau, New York City

Societies, 7.OFFICERS : Chairman. P. I. Siegelstein ; Vice-Chairman, Sol. Neumann ;

Treas., A. D. Katcher ; Sec, Jos. Seff.COMMITTEE : Samuel Bettelheim, Jacob Carlinger, Joseph Geaalecia, Leo

Lerner. '

UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OFAMERICA

Org. June 8, 1898. OFFICE : 125 E. 85th, New York CityEighth Convention, May 30-31, 1915, New York City.OFFICERS : Pres., Bernard Drachman, 128 W. 121st, N. Y. C.; Vice-

Pres., Moses Hyamson, M. Z. Margolies. Simon M. Roeder, N". Y. C.; Treas.,Jacob Hecht, N. Y. C. ; Sec, Isidore Hershfleld, M. Engelman, Albert Lucas,20'Exchange PI., N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : A. M. Ashinsky, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Louis Bor-genicht, Bklyn., N. Y. ; I. M. Davidson, Youngstown, O. ; Julius J. Dukas,C. J. Epstein, Harry Fischel, Henry Glass, S. H. Glick, Herbert S. Goldstein.M. Gottesman, Jacob M. Guedalia, N. Y. C.; S. Halpern, Hoboken, N. J.;Philip Jaches, N. Y. C. ; J. D. Jurman, Boston, Mass.; Philip Klein, Abr.Krumbein, M. Boas Lande, N. Y. C.; J. Levinson, Albany, N. Y.; B. L. Levln-thal, Phila., Pa.; H. Mandelbaum, H. Pereira Mendes, N. Y. C.; Henry S.Morais, Bensonhurst, L. I.; J. Neulander, Yonkers, N. Y.; David de SolaPool, Nathan Rosenzweig, N. Y. C.; G. S. Roth, Bklyn., N. Y.; Abraham E.Rothstein, N. Y. C.; S. Schaffer, Baltimore, Md; W. Wittenstein, Bridge-port, Conn.

JEWISH NATIONAL, ORGANIZATIONS 323

UNITED ORTHODOX RABBIS OP AMERICAOrg. Tammuz 24, 5662 (1902). OFFICE: 121 Canal, New York CityFifteenth Annual Convention, May 13-15, 1917, New York City.Members, 120.OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., S. E. Jaffe, 207 E. Bway., N. Y. C.; Second Hon.

Pres., Ph. Klein, 137 W. 119th, N. Y. C.; Third Hon. Pres., B. L. Levinthal,716 Pine, Phila., Pa.; Fourth Hon. Pres., T. Rosenberg, Jersey City, N. J . ;Pres., M. Z. Margolies, N. Y. C.; Vlce-Pres., D. Ginzburg, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.;Treas., L. Silber, Harrisburg, Pa. ; Chairman of Committee to organize Jew-ish Congregations in the United States, Isaac Siegel, Bayonne, N. J.

UNITED SYNAGOGUE OP AMERICAOrg. Feb. 23, 1913. OFFICE : 531 W. 123d, New York City

Sixth Annual Convention, June 16-17, 1918, New York City.PURPOSE : The promotion of traditional Judaism in America.FOUNDER : Solomon Schechter.OFFICERS : Pres., Elias L. Solomon, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Louis Ginzberg,

N. Y. C.; Charles H. Kauvar, Denver, Colo.; Mordecai M. Kaplan, N. Y. C.;Herman Abramowitz, Montreal, Can.; Ree. Sec, Jacob Kohn, N. Y. C. ;Cor. Sec, Chas. I. Hoffman, 45 Elizabeth Av., Newark, N. J. ; Treas.,Meyer Goodtriend, N. Y. C.; Supervising Director, Samuel M. Cohen,N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL : The Officers, and Cyrus Adler, Julius H. Green-stone, Phila., Pa.; A. M. Hershman, Detroit, Mich.; Max D. Klein Phila.,Pa.; William Levy, Baltimore, Md. ; Alexander Marx, N. Y: C.; Wm. S. Rich,Newark, N. J. ; Herman H. Rubenovitz, Boston, Mass.; Michael Salit, Bklyn.,N. Y., Mrs. Solomon Schechter, N. Y. C.; Herman Spivak, Chicago, 111.

WOMEN'S LEAGUE OP THE UNITED SYNAGOGUEOP AMERICA

Org. Jan. 21, 1918. OFFICE : 531 W. 123d, New York CityFirst Annual Convention, June 16-17, 1918, New York City.PURPOSE : To advance traditional Judaism by furthering Jewish educa-

tion among women, by creating and fostering Jewish sentiment in the home,by promoting the observance of Jewish dietary laws and home ceremonials,Sabbath and Festivals, and by generally strenghtening the religious insti-tutions of the home.

OFFICERS : Pres., Mrs. Solomon Schechter, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Mrs..Cyrus Adler, Phila., Pa. ; Mrs. Chas. I. Hoffman, Newark, N. J. ; Mrs. H.Pereira Mendes, N. Y. C. ; Mrs. H. H. Rubenovitz, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. IsraelUnterberg, N. Y. C.; Treas., Mrs. Samuel I. Hyman, N. Y. C.; Sec, Mrs.Jacob S. Minkin.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Mrs. L. D. Abrams, Brooklyn, N. Y.; HettyBehrend, Phila., Pa.; Mrs. Benj. Davis, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Max Drob,Buffalo, N. Y. ; Mrs. J. Eisenberg, N. Y. C. ; Mrs. Edward Epstein, N. Y. C.;Mrs. Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Julius Greenstone, Phila.,Pa.; Mrs. A. M. Hershman. Detroit, Mich.; Rose A. Herzog, N. Y. C.; Mrs.M. M. Kaplan, N. Y. C. ; Mrs. C. Hillel Kauvar, Denver, Colo. ; Mrs. JacobKohn, N. Y. C.; Sarah Kussy, Newark, N. J. ; Mrs. Arthur Lamport,N Y. C.; Mrs. Max L. Margolis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Simon Oppenheimer,Washington, D. C. ; Mrs. Cecil B. Ruskay, N. Y. C. ; Mrs. Michael Salit,Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Samuel Schimmel, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. JacobSobel, N. Y. C.; Mrs, A. Solomon, N. Y. C.; Mrs. Ellas Solomon, N. Y. C.;Mrs. Samuel Spiegel, N. Y. C.


YOUNG JUDAEA(MERGED IN ZIONIST ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA)

Org. 1908. OFFICEJ 44 E. 23d, New York CityTenth Annual Convention, June 28-July 2, 1918, Long Branch, N. J.Number of Circles, 612.PURPOSE : To advance the cause of Zionism; to further the mental,

moral, and physical development of the Jewish youth; and to promoteJewish culture and ideals in accordance with Jewish tradition.

OFFICERS : Pres., David de Sola Pool; Vice-Pres., Chas. A. Cowen ; Sec,Samuel J. Borowsky.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Samuel Benjamin. Paul Chertoff, Samuel M.Cohen, Edith Grossman, Eugene Kohn, Sylvan H. Kohn, Harry S. Medlnets,Emanuel Neumann, Joshua H. Neumann, Fay Rutchik, David Schneeherg,Joseph E. Silverstein, Esther Zalkind.

ADVISORY BOAKD : Israel Friedlaender, Chairman; Joseph Barondess,Meyer BerliD, Mrs. Joseph Fels, Harry Friedenwald, S. T. H. Hurwitz,Sarah Kussy, Louis Lipsky, Hirsch Masliansky, Bernard Reuel, Isaac Eosen-garten Jessie E. Sampter, Max Shulman, Henrietta Szold, Mrs. N. TaylorPhillips, Stephen S. Wise.

Z. B. T. FRATERNITYOrg. 1898 ; inc. 190T. OFFICE: (Supreme Council) 127 W. 88th,

New York CityNineteenth Annual Convention, Dec. 27-29, 1917, New York City.Members, 2000.Also known as Zeta Beta Tau, ranking as an Intercollegiate Greek-letter

fraternity, open to Jewish men.OFFICERS: Supreme Nasi (Pres.) ; Richard J. H. Gottheil; "Vice-Nasi,

A. Maurice Levine; Sopher (Sec), Benj. Rubinsonn, Phila., Pa.; Gisbar(Treas.), David Selfman, Rose Bldg., Cleveland, 0. ; Historian, A. H. Kallet,Syracuse, N. Y. ; Sec of Supreme Council, Chas. J. Weil, Montgomery, Ala.

ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAOrg. 1918. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York City

OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., Louis D. Brandeis, Washington, D. C. ; Pres.,Julian W. Mack, Chicago, 111. ; Vice-Pres., Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore,Md.; Stephen S. Wise, N. Y. C.; Treas., E. W. Lewin-Epstein ; Asst. Treas.,Louis Robison; Exec. Sec, Jacob de Haas; Sec, of Organization, LouisLipsky; Sec. of Education, Henrietta Szold: Comptroller, Robt. D^ Kessel-man, N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : The Officers, and S. Abel, N. Y. C.; David W.Amram, Phila., Pa. ; M. L. Avner, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Reuben Brainin N Y C ;Israel B. Brodie, Baltiipore, Md. ; Chas. W. Cowen, N. Y. C. ; Harry Cutler,Providence, R. I. ; Allan Davis, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; S. Marcus Fechheimer,*Cincinnati, 0. ; Mary Fels, N. Y. C. ; Felix Frankfurter, Washington, D. C.;L. A. Freed, San Antonio, Tex. ; Israel Friedlaender, N. Y. C.; Abr. Goldberg,N. Y. C. ; L. I. Goldberg, Norfolk, Va. ; George Gordon, Minneapolis, Minn.;Mrs. R. Gottheil, N. Y. C. ; Max Heller, New Orleans, La. ; H. M. Kallen,N. Y. C.; Harry Kaplan, Cleveland, 0 . ; Nathan D. Kaplan, Chicago, 111.;Louis E. Kirstein, Boston, Mass. ; Leon Kohn, Newark, N. J. ; Zebi H.Masliansky, N. Y. C. ; Eugene Mayer, Jr., N. Y. C.; Martin Meyer, SanFrancisco, Cul.; Abr. A. Neuman, Phila., Pa. ; Hugo Pam, Chicago, 111. ;Benj. Robalsky, Boston, Mass. ; Bernard G. Richards, N. Y. C. ; Bernard A.Rosenblatt, N. Y. C. ; Morris Rothenberg, N. Y. C. ; Wm. Sanber, Green Bay,WIs. ; Jessie E. Sampter, N. Y. C. ; David de Sola Pool, N. Y. C. ; Joshua

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Sprayregen, N. Y. C.; Jacob S. Strahl, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Nathan Straus,N. Y. C. ; Max Shulman, Chicago, 111. ; Robert Szold, Washington, D. C.

CONSTITUENT ORGANIZATIONS : Federated Zionist Societies of the MiddieWest; Hadassah; Intercollegiate Zionist Association of America; OrderSons of Zion ; Young Judaea ; Zionist Society of Engineers.

ZIONIST SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS(MERGED IN ZIONIST ASSOCIATION OP AMERICA)Org. June 25, 1917. OFFICE : 44 E. 23d, New York City

Members, 135.PURPOSE : To utilize the technical knowledge and training of Jewish

Engineers and Scientists: (a) to make a survey of the natural resourcesof Palestine; (b) to plan and aid the upbuilding of Palestine along scien-tific lines ; (c) to project and develop the possible industries in Palestine.

OFFICERS : Hon. Pres., Leon S. Moisseiff, 69 Wall, N. Y. C.; Pres.,Geo. A. Lubarsky, 69 Wall, N. Y. C. ; Vice-Pres., I. Herbst, 313S W. 15th,Chicago, III. ; Boris Kazmann, 93 E. Van Buren, Battle Creek. Mich. ;Benj. M. Halpern, c/o Worthington Machinery Works, Cudahy, Wis.; I. J.Stander, 118 E. 28th, N. Y. C. ; Treas., E. N. Mohl, 3d Av. & 6th; Sec,Perez W. Etkes, c/o P. S. C, 49 Lafayette, N. Y. C. ; and M. A. Drucker,c/o P. S. C, 49 Lafayette, N. Y. C.

COMMITTEES : Palestine Research, Chairman, Joseph Weinstein ; I-IebrowScientific Text Books, Chairman, U. Bernstein ; Library Committee, Chair-man, A. A. Rosenzweig; Publication Committee, Chairman, A. S. Orlans ;Membership, Chairman, S. Judenfreund, all of N. Y. C.; Organization,Chairman, Henry J. Nurick, Bklyn., N. Y.


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