Review of the Year: Appendices (1924-1925)

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APPENDIX I
ANNIVERSARIES AND CELEBRATIONS
APRIL 18. Celebration of one hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Morais Sabato, at Mikve Israel Synagogue, Philadelphia, Pa.,
and at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York City.—
27-29 Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of Temple Emanuel
Tex.
JUNE.—Celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of B'nai Israel Congregation, Baltimore, Md.
OCTOBER 1-2. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of Achduch
Vesholom Congregation, Fort Wayne—7. Celebration of seventhy-fifth
anniversary of Congregation Berith Kodesh, Rochester, N. Y.,—12-14.
Celebration of Silver Jubilee, of Mt. Sinai Congregation, El Paso, Tex.,
NOVEMBER 31-DECEMBER 4. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Newark, N. J.
DECEMBER 2. Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary of Barnert
Memorial Temple, Paterson, N. J.—3. Celebration of seventy-fifth
anniversary of Adath Israel Congregation Avondale Synagogue,
Cincinnati, O.—2-9. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of Onab
Zedek Congregation, New York City.
JANUARY 18. Celebration of one hundredth anniversary of Bene
Israel Congregation, Cincinnati, O.
FEBRUARY 16-18. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding
of Temple Beth El, New York City.—24. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of organization of United Roumanian Jews of America,
New York City.
MARCH 14—23 Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of
Young Men's Hebrew Association, New York City.
OTHER COUNTRIES
28-29. Celebration of centenary of birth of Rabbi Elia
Benamozegh, Leghorn
JUNE 2. Celebration of fiftieth jubilee of Spanish and Portuguese
Synagogue (Shaare Tefilla), Manchester.
OCTOBER 11. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of
Rabbiner-Seminar fur das Orthodoxe Judenthum, Berlin.
NOVEMBER. Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of founding of Jewish
Deaf and Dumb Institute Berlin.
DECEMBER 16. Celebration of jubilee anniversary of founding of
Aria College, Portsmouth.
JANUARY Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of organization of
Independent Order B'nai B'rith Bucharest.—26. Celebration of
one hundredth anniversary of birth of Josef Israels, painter.
APRIL
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AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK
APPENDIX II
APPOINTMENTS, ELECTIONS AND HONORS
UNITED STATES
Pittsburgh, Pa., receives degree of LL.D. from
University of Pittsburgh, Feb. 19, 1924.
ADI.ER, CYRUS, Philadelphia, Pa., elected vice-President, Board of
Trustees of Free Library of Philadelphia, Pa., July 6, 1923.
ADLER, SIMON, L., Rochester, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature
Nov. 6, 1923.
ALTERMAN, MEYER, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature
Nov. 6, 1923.
BAMBERGER, ADOLPH H., promoted lieutenant (junior grade),
United States Navy, Jan. 9, 1924.
BARUCH, BERNARD M., New York City, receives honorary degree
of LL.D. from Williams College, June 25, 1923.
BERG, JULIUS S., New York, City, re-elected to State Legislature,
Nov. 6, 1923.
BERGER, DAVID C , appointed Vice-Consul and interpreter at
Tientsin, China, June, 1923.
BETTMAN, ALFRED, Cincinnati, O., appointed by Governor, member
of the Ohio Judicial Council, July, 1923.
BIEDERMAN, SOLOMON, appointed first lieutenant, October, 1923.
BIJUR, NATHAN, New York City, re-elected judge of Supreme Court,
November, 6, 1923.
BLOCH, JOSHUA, New York City, appointed chief of the Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, October, 1, 1923.
BLOCH, MAURICE, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November, 6, 1923.
BLOCK, MORRIS, elected Mayor of Kingston, N. Y., November, 6,
1923.
BLOOM, WILLIAM, Johns Hopkins University, appointed lieutenant
in the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, June, 1923.
BLOOMBERG,
HARRY LOUIS, promoted junior hydrographic and geodetic engineer, in Coast and Geodetic Survey, Jan. 16, 1924.
BLUMENKRANZ, WALTER M., promoted lieutenant (junior grade'',
United States Navy, March 13, 1924.
BRODE, ROBERT B., Pasadena, Cal., appointed Rhodes Scholar-atLarge, Jan. 12, 1924.
BROWN, HERSCHEL BAST, appointed aid in Coast and Geodetic
Survey, with relative rank of Ensign in the Navy, February, 15, 1924.
CARDOZO, BENJAMIN NATHAN, New York City, received honorary
LL.D. degree from the University of Michigan, June 19, 1923.
COFFEE, RUDOLPH I., rabbi, Oakland, Cal., elected Chairman,Committee for Personal Service in State Institutions, October 3, 1923;
appointed by Governor, member of State Board of Charities and Corrections, January, 1924.
AARON, MARCUS,
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COHEN, ISAAC, New York City, appointed judge Municipal Court
October, 1, 1923.
COHON, SAMUEL S., Chicago, 111., appointed professor of Jewish
Theology at Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 0., April, 1923.
CONE, DANIEL M., JR., promoted ensign, United States Navy, January 9, 1924.
CONE, WILLIAM W., promoted lieutenant (junior e;rade), United
States Navy, January, 9, 1924.
CONTENT, HABOLD A., Captain, New York City, awarded D.S.C
for extraordinary heroism in action near Bois de Consenvoye, France,
October 23, 1918, April 7, 1923.
DAVIS, ABEL, Brigadier-General, awarded the D.S.M. in recognition
of services of the regiment at the front, in the World War, April, 1923;
appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, July, 1923.
DAVID, JOSEPH B., Chicago, 111., re-elected judge of Superior Court
of Cook County, November 6, 1923.
DESBECKER, LEWIS E., Buffalo, N. Y., appointed by Governor,
member of commission on home rule for large cities, June, 1923.
DREYFUS, LOUIS G., JR., promoted consul of Class 3, March 1, 1923.
EFRON, NATHAN, re-elected judge advocate of the Department of
Massachusetts Veterans of Foreign Wars, June, 1923.
ELLENBOGEN, ABRAM, New York City, re-elected judge Municipal
Court, November 6, 1923.
ELLER, EMANUEL, Chicago, 111., elected judge of Superior Court,
Nov. 6,-1923.
FEISS, PAUL, Cleveland, 0., awarded by King Alexander I. of Jugoslavia the Cross of the Commander of the Order of St. Sava, June, 1923.
FINKLE, HERMAN H., Cleveland, 0., re-elected to the City Council,
November, 6, 1923.
FLEICHER SAMUEL S., Philadelphia, Pa., awarded Bok Prize of
$10,000 for civic services during the past year, February, 1924.
FLEXNER, ABRAHAM, New York City, appointed by League of Nations, head of committee to investigate white slave traffic, July, 1923.
FLEXNER, SIMON, New York City, appointed Commander of the
Legion of Honor of France, September, 1923.
FRANK, ELI, Baltimore, Md., elected judge of Supreme Court,
November, 6, 1923.
FRANKLIN, LEO M., rabbi, Detroit, Mich, awarded degree of LL.D.,
by the University of Detroit, June 1, 1923.
FREIBERG, CHAS. A., Buffalo, N. Y., elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
FREIBERG, JULIUS, Cincinnati, O., elected president of Chamber of
Commerce, January, 1924.
FRIEDLANDER, JACK, Los Angeles, Cal., appointed by Mayor, City
Prosecutor, August, 1923.
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FRIEDLANDER, SAMSON, New York City, elected president of the
Board of Municipal Court Judges, January 30, 1924.
FRIEDMAN, EDWIN, promoted lieutenant, United States Navy,
January 9, 1924.
GOLDSMITH, LOUIS N., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed assistant di-
rector of Public Welfare, January 7, 1924.
GOLDSMITH, WALTER A., promoted ensign United States Navy,
January 9, 1924.
GREEN, NATHAN, JR., promoted lieutenant (junior grade), United
States Navy, January 9, 1924.
GREENEBAUM, EDGAR N., Chicago, 111., appointed member of Board
of Education, May, 1923.
GROSS, SAMUEL L., appointed United States Marshal for the northern
district of Texas, January, 21, 1924.
GROSSMAN, MARY B., Cleveland, O., elected judge Municipal Court,
November, 6, 1923.
HECHT, L E E I., Baltimore, Md., appointed by Mayor, judge of the
Appeal Tax Court, Sept. 10, 1923.
HEIZER, OSCAR S., Iowa, appointed consul at Jerusalem, October
18, 1923.
HERSHFIELD, HENRY G., Pompton Lakes, N. J., re-elected to State
Legislature, November 6, 1923.
HOCHFELDER, ANNA W., Brooklyn, N. Y., appointed by Mayor,
Assistant Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, August, 1923.
HOSCHANDER, JACOB, Philadelphia, Pa., appointed Sabato Morais
Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis at the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, New York City, April 27, 1923.
ISAACS, NATHAN, Cambridge, Mass., appointed professor of business
law, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University,
February, 1924.
JACOBI, LEON J., promoted lieutenant (junior grade), United States
Navy, January 9, 1924.
JACOBS, JOSEPH E., appointed consul class 5 of United States Consular
Service, December 19, 1923.
KAHAN, HENRY O., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November, 6,1923.
KAHN, FREDERICK G., promoted lieutenant (junior grade), United
States Navy, January 9, 1924.
KARLIN, F. A., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
KAUFFMAN, FRANK D., Quincy, Mass., elected to City Council,
December, 1923.
KAUFMANN, VICTOR R., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature, November 6, 1923.
KORN, Louis LEHMAN, promoted lieutenant colonel, J udge Advocate
General's Department, United States Army, February 15, 1924.
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KRAUS, GILBERT J., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed Assistant City
Solicitor, February 4, 1924.
LEFF, MAX, appointed junior hydrographic and geodetic engineer
with relative rank of lieutenant (junior grade), United States Navy,
December 17, 1923.
LEHMAN, IRVING, New York City, elected judge, Court of Appeals,
New York State, November 6, 1923.
LEVY, AARON J., New York City appointed Chairman of Commission
for Re-organization of Municipal Courts, October, 1923.; elected President of the Board of Municipal Justices, November 6, 1923.
LEVY, HERBERT, Baltimore, Md., appointed Assistant Attorney
General, December, 1923.
LEVY, SAMUEL D., judge, re-appointed by Mayor, to Children's
Court, for ten year term, June, 29, 1923.
LIEPOLD, S. AUGUST, Baton Rouge, La., appointed by Governor,
Sheriff of Morehouse Parish, Feburary 26, 1924.
LIPMAN, CHARLES B., appointed Dean of Graduate Division of
the University of California, November 1923.
LIPMAN, JACOB G., New Brunswick, N. J., awarded honorary degree
of Doctor of Science by Rutgers College and the State University
of New York, June 12, 1923; elected member of Swedish Royal Society of Agriculture, July, 1923; appointed member of the International
Commission of Agricultural Ecology, December, 1923.
LIPMAN, SOL. MARKS, promoted first lieutenant, Cavalry, United
States Army, Feb. 15, 1924.
LOEB, ISIDORE, Columbia, Mo., appointed Acting-President of the
State University of Missouri, April, 1923.
MANDELBAUM, S., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
MARSHALL, LOUIS, New York City, elected member of the Board of
Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, January 7, 1924.
MARX,. ROBERT S., Cincinnati, O., awarded the D.S.C. for "gallantry in action" in World War, April, 1923.
MEYER, EUGENE, JR., Washington, D. C , appointed Administration,
adviser on relief for agricultural distress, October, 1923.
MICHAEL, MRS. ELIAS, St. Louis, Mo., elected member of Board of
Education, April 3, 1923.
MICHELSON, A. A., Chicago, 111., elected president of the National
Academy of Sciences, April 1923.
MORGENTHAU, HENRY, New York City, appointed by the Council
of the League of Nations, Geneva, Chairman of a commission to assist
the settlement in Greece of refugees from Asia Minor, September, 1923;
receives from the City Council of Athens, Greece, the citizenship of
the City and in his honor Athens Street is changed to America Street,
February, 1924.
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NKWMAN, JOSEPH
C , promoted lieutenant, United States Navy,
January 9, 1924.
NOTZ, WILLIAM F., Washington, D. C , appointed Dean of the
School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, October, 1923.
PADWAY, JOSEPH A., Milwaukee, Wis., appointed judge of the Civil
Court of Milwaukee County, December, 1923.
PAM, HL'C;O, Chicago, 111., re-elected judge of Superior Court of
Cook County, November 6, 1923.
PERLMAN, PHILIP B., Baltimore, Md., appointed by Mayor, City
Solicitor, September 10, 1923.
PEYSER, JULIUS I., Captain, Washington, D. C , appointed member
of Board of Education of District of Columbia, December 3, 1923.
PHILLIPS, NATHANIEL, New York City, appointed member of the
Legislative Committee of the State of New York to investigate the
exploitation of immigrants, July, 1923.
PINCUS, SAMUEL £., Chicago, III., appointed city prosecuting attorney, May, 1023.
PROSKAUER, JOSEPH M., New York City, appointed by Governor,
Justice Supreme Court, June 10, 1923; elected judge Supreme Court
November 6, 1923.
RAISIN, JACOB S., Charleston, S. C , elected School Commissioner,
December. 1923.
RATSHESKY, ABRAHAM C , Boston, Mass., appointed by Governor,
to Division of Metropolitan Planning, July 25, 1923.
REICH, JOSEPH, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
REINECKE, MRS. GEO. W. (Mabel G.), Chicago, 111., appointed Collector of Internal Revenue, June, 1923.
RESE, ALBERT, life-saver with over seven hundred lives to his credit.
Long Beach, Cal., awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, June,
1923.
ROBECHECK, EMIL, Cleveland, O., elected to City Council, November
6, 1923.
ROSENAU, WILLIAM, rabbi, Baltimore, Md., awarded degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law by Hebrew Union College, June 2. 1923.
ROSENBERG, ELI, New York City, elected President of the New York
County Association of the Criminal Bar, May, 1923.
ROSENFIELD, WALTER A., elected Mayor of Rock Island, 111., April,
1923.
ROSENMAN, SAMUEL I., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature, November 6, 1923.
ROSENTHAL, Louis, Baltimore, Md., elected associate of the Royal
Society of Miniature Painters of London, June, 1923.
ROTH, DAVID E., promoted ensign, United States Navy, January
9, 1924.
RUTTENBURG, N., New York City, elected to State Legislature,
November 6, l'J23.
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SALMAN, KARL S., elected Mayor of Amsterdam, N. Y., November 6,
SAMUEL, DAVID B., Shreveport, La., re-elected judge of the City
Court, Jan. 15, 1924.
SARNOFF, DAVID, New York City, receives Order of Polonia Restituta
from the Polish Government for services in establishing radio station,
January 4, 1924.
SCHOENFELD, H. F., Washington, D. C , First Secretary to the American Embassy at Vienna, appointed Counselor of the American Embassy
in Mexico, March 5, 1924.
SCHOENFELD, RUDOLPH E., appointed consul, class 7, United States
Consular Service, December 19, 1923.
SCHOFFEL, Louis A., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
SHAFFER, ISIDOR, Boston, Mass., invested by Greek Government
with the Knighthood of the Royal Order of the Cross of the Holy
Savior, June 22, 1923.
SILBERT, COLEMAN, Boston, Mass., appointed by Governor, Public
Administrator for Suffolk County, July 25, 1923.
STARR, MORRIS H., Philadelphia, Pa., elected Commander of the
American Legion, October 11, 1923.
STEIN, MAURICE H., promoted lieutenant, United States Navy,
January 9, 1924.
STEIN, OTTO, Trenton, Mo., elected Mayor, April 5, 1923.
STEINBERG, JOSEPH, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
STEINER, ADOLPH, rabbi, Salt Lake City, U., receives degree of Doctor
of Divinity from the Lincoln Memorial University, August, 1923.
STEINGUT, IRWIN, Brooklyn, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
STERN, SAMUEL D., West Allis, Wis., elected judge, April 3, 1923.
STIEGLITZ, ALFRED, New York City awarded progress medal by Royal
Photographic Society, London, January, 1924.
STRAUS, ELLIOTT B., promoted ensign, United States Navy, January
9, 1924.
SWAAB SOLOMON M., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed Consulting Engineer to the Mayor, January 26, 1924.
TREIMAN, ISRAEL, St. Louis Mo., appointed Rhodes Scholar-at-large,
January, 1924.
TRIEST, MONTAGUE, Charleston, S. C , elected School Commissioner,
December, 1923.
VINER, JACOB, associate professor of economics University of Chicago,
Chicago, 111., awarded Davis A. Wells prize of $500 by Harvard University for research in economics, May, 1923.
WASSERMAN, JACOB, Boston, Mass., appointed by Governor member
of commission to revise the city charter of Boston, June, 1923.
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WEGLEIN, DAVID, E. Baltimore, Md., appointed by School Board
first assistant superintendent of Public Schools, October, 1923.
WEINFELD, MORRIS, New York City, elected to State Legislature,
November 6, 1923.
WOLF, HERMAN H., promoted commander, United States Coast
Guard, January 28, 1924.
WOLFSON, IIAKRY A., appointed head of the Department of Jewish
Philosophy and History of the Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
City, May, 1923.
WOLFSON, MRS. JACOB W., Maiden, Mass., elected to City Council,
December, 1923.
ARGENTINE
S., Chief Rabbi of the Argentine, created Chevalier of
the French Legion of Honor, September, 1923.
HALPHON,
AUSTRIA
KAPPELMACHER,
—, appointed professor at University of Vienna,
November, 1923.
LIEBERMAN, MAX, artist, elected honorary member, Art Academy
of Vienna, August, 1923.
PLASCHKES, LEOPOLD, Vienna, elected to the City Council, Oct.
21, 1923.
BRAZIL
Sao-Paulo, appointed Councillor of Foreign
Commerce of France, November, 1923.
KLOTZ, JULIEN, Sao-Paulo, appointed Councillor of Foreign Commerce
of France, November, 1923.
GRUMBACH, LAZARE,
BRITISH EMPIRE
ATKINS, A., Johannesburg, elected Deputy Mayor, January, 1924.
BONN, MAX JULIUS, London, made Companion of Order of the
British Empire. July, 1923.
COHEN, H. I., Melbourne, appointed Minister of Public Works
and Mines, March, 1924.
COHEN, J. B. Brunei, Liverpool, re-elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
COHEN, LEWIS, Lord Mayor, Adelaide, knighted, Jan. 1, 1924.
.DAVIS, DAVID, Lord Mayor, Birmingham, knighted, July, 1923.
EMANUEL, S. H., London, appointed Master of the Bench of the
Inner Temple, London, February, 1924.
FACTOR, S., Toronto, re-elected member of Board of Education,
Jan. 1. 1924.
Fox, BENJAMIN, Toronto, elected a public school trustee, Dec. 31,
1923.
FRAMPTON, G.M., lieutenant, Liverpool, promoted captain, July, 1923.
FRANKLIN, LEONARD B., Hackney, elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
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FRECE, SIR WALTER DE, Ashton-Under-Lyne, re-elected to House
of Commons, Dec. 6, 1923.
GOLLANCZ, HERMANN, rabbi, London, knighted, July, 1923.
HARRIS, M. J., Johannesburg, elected Mayor, January, 1924.
HARRIS, PERCY A., Bethnal Green, re-elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
HORE-BELISHA, LESLIE, Plymouth, elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
JACOBS, LYON W., Montreal, appointed King's Counsel, Sept. 20,
1923.
JESSEL, HERBERT MERTON, London, created Baron, Jan. 1, 1924.
LEVENTON, ASHER, lieutenant-colonel, Bengal, appointed Companion
of the Order of the Indian Empire, June 3,1923.
MICHAELS, MAX, awarded honorary degree of LL.D. by the University of Cape Town, January, 1924.
MILLER, JULIUS, Cornwall, elected alderman, December, 1923.
MONASH, SIR JOHN, elected vice-chancellor of Melbourne University,
October, 1923.
MOND, H., Huntingdonshire, elected to House of Commons, Dec.
6, 1923.
MORRIS, S., ex-Mayor of Doncaster, elected alderman, November,
1923.
MYERS, JACOB, Dublin, appointed Peace Commissioner for the
County of Dublin, March, 1924.
MYERS, MICHAEL, ex-commandant at Grand Balsam, awarded
by King, French Colonial Medal, French Victory Medal, and French
Commemoration Medal, all with Bars, for services rendered to the
French Government during the World War, August, 1923.
NEWMAN, MARCUS, Cork, appointed Commissioner of Peace,
September, 1923.
PHILLIPS, NATHAN, Toronto, elected alderman, Jan. 21, 1924.
RICHARDSON, LEWIS, Port Elizabeth, created baronet, Jan. 1, 1924.
ROSE, BERNARD, Toronto, appointed King's Counsel, September,
1923.
ROTHBAND, HENRY LESSER, Manchester, made baronet, June 1, 1923.
SAMUEL, A. M., Surrey, re-elected to House of Commons, Dec. 6, 1923.
SAMUEL, SAMUEL, Wandworth, re-elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
SASSOON, SIR PHILIP, Hythe, re-elected to House of Commons, Dec.
6, 1923.
SHINWELL, EMANUEL, Linlithgow, re-elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923; appointed Parliamentary secretary to the Department of Mines, January, 1924.
SPERO, GEORGE E., Stoke Newington, elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
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STIEBEL, HERBERT, receives insignia of Officer of the Order of the
British Empire, July, 1923.
SUNLIGHT, J., Shropshire, elected to House of Commons, Dec. 6, 1923.
SWAYTHLING, LORD, receives Royal license and authority to wear
the Insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Roumania,
May, 1923.
TURNER-SAMUELS, M., Durham, elected to House of Commons,
Dec. 6, 1923.
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA
Prague, elected member of City Council, Sept. 16, 1923.
KISCH, GUIDO, Prague, appointed Professor of the History of Law
at the German University in Prague, October, 1923.
SINGER, LUDWIG, Prague, elected member of City Council, Sept.
16, 1923.
KAFKA, EMIL,
EGYPT
CATTAUI BEY, JOSEPH, Cairo, elected to Parliament, Jan, 12, 1924.
ISOPOVICI, ALBERT, appointed to Egyptian diplomatic legation at
Paris, January, 1924.
PICCIOTTO BEY, JOSEPH,
Cairo, appointed to the Senate, Jan, 12, 1924.
FRANCE
ALCAN, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
ALEXANDRE, —, Paris, appointed officer of the Legion of Honor
September, 1923.
ALTMAN, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
ASCHER, J., Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, August,
1923.
ASTRUC, —, Montpellier, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, August, 1923.
BASH, VICTOR, professor, elected French representative on the Executive of the International League of Human and Citizens' Rights,
November, 1923.
BAUER, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
BENEDITE, GEORGES, Paris, elected member of the Academie des
Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, February, 1924.
BERGSON, HENRI, Paris, appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of
Honor, August, 1923; appointed member of the Council of the Legion
of Honor, August, 1923; appointed member of Supreme Council of
Public Instruction, November, 1923.
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BERNARD, LEON, Paris, appointed Commander of the Legion of
Honor, September, 1923.
BERNARD, LEON, appointed member of Public Health Committee
of the League of Nations, December, 1923.
BERNARD, MARCEL, re-elected President of the Tribunal of Commerce
of Besancon, February, 1924.
BERNSTEIN, HENRI, appointed officer of the Legion of Honor, August
1923.
BERR, —, professor appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
March, 1924.
BEZREDKA, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
September, 1923.
BICHART-SEE, EDMOND, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of
BI.OCH, MAXIME, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
November, 1923.
BLUM, LEON, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
BOAS, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August,
1923.
BOCCARA, —, Tunis, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
BRUNSCHWIG, —, Havre, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
September, 1923.
BRUNSWEIG, LEON, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
August, 1923.
CARVALLO, —, appointed Brigadier-General, December, 1923.
CHEBAT, —, Algiers, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
CITROEN, ANDRE, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
September, 1923.
DEI. PORTO, —, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, September, 1923.
DORVILLE, LEON, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
DREYFUS, CHARLES-LOUIS, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion
of Honor, August, 1923.
DUKAS, PAUL, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
DUVERNOIS, HENRI, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
March, 1924.
ELLEINSTEIN, jACQtrES, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion
of Honor, January, 1924.
ELLISSEN, —, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, August,
1923.
ESCHWEGE, —, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
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FERNBACK,
—, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, September,
1923.
FRAENKEL, MARCEL, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
September, 1923.
FREY, —, professor, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
March, 1924.
GATTEGNO, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
GETTING, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
GOLDSCHMIDT, JEAN, Paris, appointed Councillor of Foreign Commerce, November, 1923.
GOMPEL, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
GROS, —, Bourges, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, January, 1924.
GUGENHEIM, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
GUGENHEIM, ERNEST, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, November, 1923.
HADAMARD, JACQUES, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
October, 1923.
HAGUENAU, DAVID, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
HAGUENAU, JACQUES, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, January, 1924.
HAMBURGER, D., Paris, made Knight of Order Orange-Nassau by
Queen of Netherlands, Aug. 31, 1923.
HESSEL, JOSEPH, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
November, 1923.
ISRAEL, ALBERT, Paris, appointed Chevalier of Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
KLOTZ, LOUIS LUCIEN, appointed Officer of Legion of Honor, November, 1923.
LANTZ, —, Paris, appointed Judge of the Court of Appeals of Paris
January, 1924.
LAROQUE, GUSTAVE, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, February, 1924.
LARRIER, NATTAN, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
LAZARD, ANDRE, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
LEVI, —, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, August,
1923.
LEVY, EDOUARD, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, January, 1924.
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LEVY, F., Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August,
LEVY, ISAAC, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
December, 1923.
LEVY-BING, —, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, February, 1924.
LISBONNE, —, elected Senator for the Dr6me, January, 1924.
LYON-CAEN, CHARLES, elected President of the Curatorium of the
Academy of International Rights, Hague, July, 1923.
MARX, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
MESSIAH, —, Nice, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
MEYER, LEON, mayor, Havre, elected Deputy for the Department
of the Lower Seine, June, 1923.
MEYER, ROBERT-LEON, Rouen, appointed Officer of the Legion of
MICHEL-LEVY, —, appointed professor of petrography, University
of Paris, September, 1923.
MILHAUD, ALBERT, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, September, 1923.
MOCH, BAUMANN, Rheims, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
MOSSE, ARMAND, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, September, 1923.
OPPENHEIMER, —, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
November, 1923.
PERQUEL, —, publisher, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
February, 1924.
PORTO-RICHE, GEORGES de, elected member of French Academy,
June, 1923.
REIN, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, August, 1923.
ROSENTHAL, LEONARD, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of
RUEF, —, appointed Brigadier-General December, 1923.
SAINT-PAUL, GEORGES, appointed head of the financial section of
the French Army, Navy and Colonies, October, 1923.
SALLE, LEVI, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
December, 1923.
SALOMON, EDOUARD, Dijon, appointed Councillor of Foreign Commerce, November, 1923.
SCHWOB, —, Marseilles, appointed Grand Officer of the Legion of
SERRUYA, —, Paris, appointed Commander of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
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SILBERT,
—, Paris, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor, August,
1923.
STRAUSS, RAOUL, Paris, appointed Commander of the Legion of
STRAUSS, SIMON, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, November, 1923.
TARNOWSKY, MICHEL, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of
Honor, January, 1924.
TREVES, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
WEILL, —, editor of the Revue des Telephones et Telegraphes,
appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, February, 1924.
WEILL, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
WEILL, ALFRED, Metz, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
January, 1924.
WEILL, ARMAND, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
November, 1923.
WEILL, EMILE, Paris, appointed Offirer of the Legion of Honor,
September, 1923.
WEILL, HENRI, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, January,
1924.
WEILL, PAUL, (Edmond), Lyons, appointed Officer of the Legion of
WEINBERG, —, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, September, 1923.
WOOG, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
March, 1924.
WORMS, —, Paris, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor,
August, 1923.
ZIVI, PAUL, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, September,
1923.
ZIVY, GEORGES, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, January, 1924.
GERMANY
CARLEBACH, PHILIP HARTWIG,
Berlin, elected Chief Rabbi of Fries-
land, November, 1923.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT, Berlin, elected to membership in the Order
"Pour le Merite," June, 1923.
LIEBERMANN, Max, Berlin, elected to membership in the Order
"Pour le Merite," June, 1923; re-elected President of the Berlin
Academy of Art, July, 1923.
LOEB, —, Munich, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of
France, August, 1923.
MEYERHOF, OTTO, Keil, awarded Nobel prize for work for 1922
on muscular contraction, November, 1Q23.
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SPIEGEL, DR. —, Officer of German Red Cross, Berlin, receives
official letter of thanks from Emperor of Japan and gift of Japanese
vase, for relief work rendered in earthquake in Japan, September, 1923.
WASSERMAN, OSCAR, Berlin, appointed member of the Board of the
new German Annuity Bank (Rentenbank), October, 19_>3.
GREECE
ALHANATI, ISAAC,
Salonica, elected to Assembly, 1V<\ I,1!, 1023.
JAMNELIDES, JONAS, Salonica, elected to Assembly, Dec.
23,( 1023.
7
Salonica, elected to Assembly, Dec. I. !, 1 >23.
LEVY, M., Salonica, elected to Assembly, Dec. 23, 1<>23.
LAIAS, JOSHUA,
HUNGARY
HORN, —, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor of France,
November, 1923.
ITALY
FRANK, CASIMIRO, Rome, created Knight, Dec. 31, 1023.
MORTARA, LUDOVICO, senator, Rome, appointed Chairman
of the
Central Court of Appeals, June, 1923.
OTTOLENGUI, PROF.
, appointed on the Public Health Committee
of the League of Nations, December, 1923.
TORRE, —, Deputy, Rome, appointed Chief of Railways, April, 1923.
JUGO-SLAVIA
rabbi, Belgrade, appointed by King, Chief Rabbi
of Jugo-Slavia, November, 1923.
ALCALAY, ISAAC,
LATVIA
HYMAN,
ber, 1923.
, appointed Latvian Consul-General in Berlin, SeptemLITHUANIA
, rabbi, elected to the Sejm, May 12-13, 1923.
, elected to the Sejm, May 12-13, 1923.
, elected to the Sejm, May-12-13, 1923.
H., Secretary of the Lithuanian Bureau in London,
appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October, 1923.
RAGINSKY,
ROBINSON,
ROSENBAUM,
WOLF, M., elected President of Kovno City Council, November,
1923.
COHENMAN,
FINKELSTEIN,
GARFUNKELIS,
RABINOWITCH,
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NETHKKLANDS
Amsterdam, appointed Officer of the Legion
of Honor of France, August, 1923.
BERGH, SAMUEL VAN DEN, Amsterdam, elected member of the Eerste
Kamer (Upper House of Parliament), August, 1923.
COHEN, E., Utrecht, made Knight of the Netherlands Lion, Aug.
31,1923.
COHEN, SARA, Deventer, awarded Silver Medal of Honor of the Order
of Orange-Nassau, June, 1923.
COSTA, S. MKNDES DE, Amsterdam, made Knight of the Netherlands
Lion, Aug. 31, 1923.
HEER, J. DE, Eindhoven, created Knight, Aug. 31, 1923.
HYMANS, H., The Hague, made officer Order Orange-Nassau, Aug.
31, 1923.
KATTENBURG, M. L., Rotterdam, appointed by Queen, Chevalier
of the Order of Orange-Nassau, November, 1923.
MAY, PAUL, Amsterdam, made Knight of Netherlands Lion, Aug. 31,
1923.
MENKO, S. I\\, Emschede, made Officer of the Order Orange-Nassau,
Aug. 31, 1923.
MIRANDA, S. R. DE, Amsterdam, re-elected Alderman, Aug. 31, 1923.
MONASCH, J. 'S Hertogenbosch, created Knight of the Order OrangeNassau, Aug. 31, 1923.
PEREIRA, S. A. RODRIGUES, Amsterdam, elected Chief Rabbi at
The Hague, December, 1923.
POLAK, E., Amsterdam, elected Alderman, Aug. 31, 1923.
SIMMONS, B., Amsterdam, made Commander of Order OrangeNassau, Aug. 31, 1923.
SPANJAARD, J., made Officer of the Order Orange-Nassau, Aug. 31,
1923.
STERKE, L. J. DE, made Officer of the Order Orange-Nassau, Aug.
31, 1923.
VAN WEZEL, A. S., Amsterdam, receives from France posthumous
title of Knight of the Legion of Honor, July, 1923.
. VEGA, E. A., Amsterdam, receives gold medal of the Order OrangeNassau, August, 31, 1923.
VISSCHER, L. E., Amsterdam, made Knight of the Netherlands
Lion, Aug. 31, 1923.
Vos, H. J., Amsterdam, re-elected Alderman, Aug. 31, 1923.
WOLFF, J., present Concul-General in Berlin, made Officer of Order
Orange-Nassau, Aug. 31, 1923.
WOLFF, M., Haarlem, created Knight, August, 31, 1923.
ASSCHER, LODEWIJK,
PALESTINE
Jerusalem, elected Fellow of the Royal Institute
of British Architects. March, 1924.
CHAIKIN, BENJAMIN,
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HADEF, ZAKI, appointed
HYAMSON, ALBERT M.,
temporary Mayor of Tiberias, October, 1923.
Jerusalem, appointed director of the Palestine Immigration Bureau, October, 1923.
KALVERISKY, C. M., Jerusalem, appointed member of the Advisory
Council, June, 1923.
SAMUEL, EDWIN, Jerusalem, appointed Chief Clerk of the Government, May, 1923.
YELLIN, DAVID, Jerusalem, appointed member of the Advisory
Council, June, 1923.
POLAND
ALERHAND, MOSES, professor, Lemberg, elected by the Sejm a
member of the Supreme Court, March, 1924.
AUERBACH,
-, appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of
France, August, 1923.
GEISLER, MEIR, (soldier), Lodz, decorated for bravery, August, 1923.
GOLDMAN,
, (soldier), Lodz, decorated for bravery, August, 1923.
NUSSBAUM, HENRIK, Warsaw, appointed by President, Honorary
Professor to Medical Faculty of the University of Warsaw, November,
1923.
ORNSTEIN, MME. F., poetess, Warsaw, presented with double War
Cross decoration by the President of the Republic in recognition of
her services in the liberation of Poland, October, 1923.
ROUMANIA
DACASTO,
, Bucharest, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor
of France, August, 1923.
HACHMANN,
, Czernowitz, elected to the Senate of the University, August, 1923.
SWITZERLAND
FARBSTEIN,
D., Zurich, re-elected Judge of the Court of Cassation,
June, 1923.
GINSBURGER, ERNEST,
Geneva, appointed Chief Rabbi of Belgium,
January, 1924.
KETTEN, LEOPOLD, Geneva, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor,
of France, August, 1923.
MAMELOK, A., Zurich, re-elected Chief Judge of the Zurich Canton
for six years, June, 1923.
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APPENDIX
III
BEQUESTS AND GIFTS
UNITED STATES
Cincinnati: Mrs. Myer Oettinger, donates $10,000 to
Jewish Hospital in celebration of seventieth birthday.
APRIL. New York City: Harry Ackerland, bequeaths $20,000 to
charitable organizations.—Pittsburgh, Pa.: Isaac W. Frank, establishes a trust fund of $200,000, the income of which is to be transmitted
to the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Pittsburgh, semi-annually,
beginning as of Oct. 1, 1923, during the lifetime of donor.—New York
City: Lucius N. Littauer, donates $50,000 to Nathan Littauer Hospital,
< iloversville, N. Y.—Cincinnati, O., Mrs. Joseph Ransohoff gives
$10,000 to the Jewish Hospital in memory of her husband—Philadelphia, Pa.: Mayer Sulzberger bequeaths estate to his brother at whose
death $48,000 is to be left to charitable and educational institutions;
leaves library to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Dropsie
College and other institutions and $10,000 to be willed to the Jewish
Publication Society by his brother Joseph E. Sulzberger and recorded
in name of Mayer Sulzberger.
MAY. New York City, Harry Fischel gives official residence the
Palestine Chief Rabbi, at Jerusalem, opened on May 27, 1923—Mrs.
Hannah Heyman bequeaths $550,000 to thirty-two institutions—Salomon C. Loewenstein bequeathes $19,000 to sixteen charitable and religious organizations.—Louis Marshall gives $10,000 toward fund for
purchase of Elkan N. Adler library, for the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America.—Philadelphia, Pa.: Jules E. Mastbaum, gives $5,000
toward fund for purchase of Elkan N. Adler library, for the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America.—New York City: Nathan Miller
donates $5,000 towards fund for purchase of Elkan N. Adler library,
for the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.—Marx Ottinger,
bequeaths $10,000 to eleven Jewish institutions.—San Francisco, Cal.:
Adolph Rosenberg, bequeaths trust fund of $100,000 to be distributed
by his brother to charities, and $10,000 to the Federation of Jewish
Charities of San Francisco.—New York City: Mortimer Schiff, gives
$50,000 toward fund for purchase of Elkan N. Adler library, for the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America.—Portland, Ore.: Ben Selling,
on occasion of seventy-first birthday gives $10,000 for Jewish war
orphans to the American Jewish Relief Committee.—New York City:
Byron L. Strasburger, bequeaths $22,000 to Jewish and $2,000 to nonJewish charities.—Felix M., Warburg, gives $10,000 toward fund for
purchase of Elkan N. Adler library, for the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America; $10,000 to Chaim Weizmann, for the Jerusalem University
Fund.—Detroit, Mich.: Leopold Wineman, bequeaths $15,000 to
Jewish charities.
MARCH.
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JCNE. New York City: Mrs. William Bamberger, gives $10,000
to the Eagleville Sanatorium, Philadelphia, Pa., for erection of a cottage
in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Bloch.—Cleveland, 0 . r
Hattie Braham, bequeaths $13,400 to Jewish chanty.—Newark, N. J.:
David Grotta, gives 20,000,000 marks to Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia,
Germany, for creation of a community center.—New York City: Julius
Janowitz, bequeaths $10,000 to National Farm School.—Eleanor von
Koppenfels, bequeaths $25,000 to Mt. Sinai Hospital.—Mrs. Henry
Morgehthau, gives $15,000 to establish a scholarship to enable a graduate of Hebrew Union College to pursue rabbinical studies abroad.—
Pittsburgh, Pa.: Oscar Simon bequeaths $28,000 to local Jewish charities
—Philadelphia, Pa.: Edward Stern, bequeaths $17,200 to Jewish
charity and $400 to other charities in Philadelphia.—Williamsport, Pa.:
Rosetta M. Ulman, bequeaths $45,000. to the National Farm School •
for erection of a memorial dormitory, and an additional $24,000 to
become due after the death of certain life beneficiaries; $25,000 to the
Philadelphia Jewish Hospital, and $109,500 to various charitable
institutions in Williamsport.
JULY. New York City,: Emil V. Kohnstamm, bequeaths $27,000
to Jewish charity.—New Orleans, La.: Mrs. E. Rosenberg, donates
swimming pool "to children of New Orleans" as memorial to her
husband.—New York City: Mortimer L. Schiff gives $48,000 for extension of work of Boy Scouts of America.
AUGUST. San Francisco, Cal.: Aaron A. Alper, bequeaths $200,000
for charities in Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco.—
New York City: David Ansbacher, gives $25,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital for laboratory experimentation.—New York City: A. L. P. Barnett, bequeaths $13,000 to Jewish charities.—Chicago, 111.: Levy Mayer,
bequeaths $100,000 to be distributed by his executors within two years
among Chicago charities.—New York City: Abraham Stein, bequeaths
$15,000 to charity—Nathan Straus, gives $10,000 to the Palestine
Development Council, and $10,000 to Hadassah for milk stations
in Palestine.
SEPTEMBER. New York City. Joseph D. Bookstaver, establishes
fund at New York University in memory of parents, to enable ten
students yearly to take a course in life insurance training at the School
of Commerce of the University.—Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jonas, give
Jay Seth Jonas Park to Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn, in memory of
son.—Philadelphia, Pa.:Mrs. Harry J.Miller gives $50,000for community
center for B 'nai Jeshurun Congregation, to be known as the Harry
Miller Community Centre.—New York City, Elkan Naumberg, gives
new bandstand for the Mall of Central Park.
OCTOBER. New York City: Harry Ackerland, bequeaths $20,000
to Jewish charitable organizations in Cincinnati, O.—Atlantic City,
N. J.: Family of Bachrach give home for crippled children on occasion
of fiftieth anniversary of Mr. Harry Bachrach.—Philadelphia, Pa.:
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Bernard and Arthur Bloch, give $10,000 to the Eagleville Sanatorium
for Consumptives in memory of their parents.—New York City,
Benjamin Block, gives $25,000 to Central and Free Synagogue for
erecting a chapel at the Westchester Hills Cemetery of the Synagogue,
in memory of his wife.—George Blumenthal, gives 250,000 francs to
University of Paris.—Louis J. Firuski, bequeaths $25,000 to Brooklyn
Hebrew Orphan Asylum.—Philadelphia, Pa.: Mrs. Louis Fleisher,
bequeaths $10,000 to Rebecca Gratz Club.—William Gross, bequeaths
$60,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities, $110,000 to the Sheltering Home for the Homeless and Aged and $10,000 to the Pennsylvania
Hospital.—New York City.: William B. Kaufman, bequeaths $535,318
to the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of
New York.—Daniel Kops, bequeaths $37,000 to Jewish charites.
Waldemar Kops, and Helen Glauber Kops, give $25,000 in memory of
father, Daniel Kops, to Central and Free Synagogue, to be used as
nucleus of fund for building a permanent synagogue.—Henrietta
Littman, bequeaths $43,500 to local Jewish charities.—Chicago, 111.:
Mrs. Rachel Mayer gives $500,000 from estate of Levy Mayer for new
law school of Northwestern University, Chicago.—New York City:
I. L. Phillips gives $50,000 to Beth Israel Hospital as memorial to father
Moses Phillips—Chicago, 111.: Julius Rosenwald contributes $100,000
to the fund of the American Committee for the Relief of German
Children.—Muskogee, Okla.: Alexander Sondheimer, bequeaths estate
to charity in trust of for twenty-five years after which $50,000 shall be
given to Beth Ahaba Congregation and $400,000 to general local charities.—Philadelphia, Pa.: Jacob A. Spitzer bequeaths $35,000 to Federation of Jewish Charities.—Atlantic City, N. J.: Mrs. Fannie Teller,
bequeaths estate valued at $20,000 to Eagleville Sanatorium, and
the proceeds of sale of personal property to be divided between Jewish
Foster Home and Young Women's Union.—New York City: Mrs. Emma
Stern Wertheim and children, gives $100,000 to Harvard University
for endowment of the Jacob Wertheim Research Fellowship for the
purpose of fostering better relations between capital and labor.
NOVEMBER. Manchester, N. H.: E. Chase, gives $10,000 to the Jewish
Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.—Newark, N. J.: F. Fuld,
gives $10,000 to the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.
Everett, Mass.: Israel I. Gottsfield, bequeaths estate valued at $40,000
to charity.—San Francisco, Cal.: Mrs. Abraham Haas and family,
gives $25,000 as additional gift to Abraham Haas Memorial Fund to
encourage Jewish agricultural work, $15,000 given now and additional
$10,000 to be paid on January 1, 1924.—Chicago, 111.: Mr. and Mrs.
John Hertz, gives $30,000 for establishment of a fellowship for the
Michael Reese Hospital.—Albert Kuppenheimer, gives $50,000 for
establishment of a research fund for the Michael Rees Hospital.—New
York City: Louis T. Lehmeyer, bequeaths $75,000 to the Town of Mainz
to be distributed to orphan asylums, hospitals, and homes, for the poor
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and dependent, and $21,500 to charitable organizations in New York
City.—New York City: Mr. and Mrs M. Lurie give $10,000 to th^
Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.—Louis Marshall,
gives $25,000 to the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.—
Otto L. Mayer, gives $20,000 to Jewish charity.—Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Jacob Rosenbloom, bequeaths medical library valued at $50,000 to
the Beth Israel Hospital, New York City.—Sol. Rosenbloom, gives
$25,000 to the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.—
Chicago, 111.: Gusta Morris Rothschild, (estate), gives $50,000 for
establishjent of a research fund for the Michael Rees Hospital.—
New York City: Mortimer L. Schiff, gives $25,000 to the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment Fund.—Chicago, 111.: Joseph G. Snydacker (estate), gives $30,000 for establishment of a fellowship for the
Michael Rees Hospital.—New York City: Solomon Stroock and
Brothers, give 815,000 to the Jewish Theological Seminary Endowment
Fund.—Felix M. Warburg, gives $25,000 to the Jewish Theological
Seminary Endowment Fund.
DECEMBER. Boston, Mass: Mr. and Mrs. Meyer, gives $10,000 to
the Beth Israel Hspital.—Mr.and Mrs. Druker, gives $10,000 to the
Beth Israel Hospital.—New York City, Harry Fischel, gives $10,000
to the Building Fund of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
—Morris, Glaser, gives $10,000 for the Building Fund Campaign of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminaryy.—Boston, Mas.: Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan H. Gordon, give $25,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital.—
New York City: Mendel Gottesman gives $10,000 to the Building Fund
of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.—Samuel Greenstein, gives $10,000 to the Building Fund of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary and promises to contribute $5,000 for evey
$1,000,000 collected over and above the first $1,000,000.—Boston,
Mass: Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Grosberg Mr. and Mrs. Casper Grosberg and
son, Lassor Harris Grosberg, give $25,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital.—
New York City, S. A. Israel, gives 810,000 to the Building Fund of the
Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.—Nathan Lamport,
gives $10,000 to the Building Fund of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan
Theological Seminary.—Boston, Mass.: Mr. and Mrs. Colman Levin,
give $10,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital.—Mr. and Mrs. Louis Levin,
give $10,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital.—New York City, Adolph
Lewisohn, give S5,000 to the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.—Cleveland, O.: Baruch Mahler, gives $50,000
for new building to the Temple (Tifrereth Israel)—New York City,:
Adolph S. Ochs, gives $5,000 to the Endowment Fund of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America.—Moses Ottinger, gives $5,000 to
the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America—
Isaac L. Phillips, bequeaths $50,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital on
condition the hospital erect new buiding within three years.—Joseph
Polstein, gives $10,000 to the Building Fund of the Rabbi Isaac El-
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chanan Theological Seminary.—Boston, Mass.: Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Rosenbush, give $10,000 to the Beth Israel Hospital.—MTS. Albert
Rosenthal.and children in memory of Mr. Albert Rosenthal give $25,000
to Beth Israel Hospital.—New York City: Gustave S. Roth gives $10,000 to the Building Fund of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological
Seminary.— Boston, Mass.: Joseph Rudnick, gives $10,000 to Beth
Israel Hospital.—New York City: Reuben Sadowsky, gives $5,000 to
the Endowment Fund of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.—
Philip Weinstein in memory of his father gives $15,000 to Jewish charities.—Boston, Mass.: Mr. and Mrs. George Wyner, give $10,000 to the
Beth Israel Hospital.—
JANUARY, San Francisco, Cal.: Aaron Alper, bequeaths $24,000 to
the Federation of Jewish Charities of San Francisco.—Atlantic City,
N. J.: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bachrach give $6,000 for Jewish Community Center.—Isaac Bachrach gives $5,000 for Jewish Community
Center.—Philadelphia, Pa.: David Berg, gives $5,000 for Jewish Community Center, Atlantic City, N. J.—New York City: William N,
Cohen gives $5,000 to Dartmouth College.—Los Angeles, Cal.: Isidor
Eisner, gives to Orphans' Home of Los Angeles, Cal., $10,000 from which
endowment every orphan hereafter discharged from the orphanage
shall receive not less than $100 as a help to independence.—Pittsburgh,
Pa.: J. H. Frank, gives $25,000 to the Jewish Home for the Aged.—
New York City: Mrs. Isabella Friedman, gives $10,000 to Widowed
Mothers' Fund Association as a permanent fund to provide summer
vacations for widowed mothers and their children.—Michael Friedsam,
gives six modern French paintings to New York University.—Newark,
N. J.: Mr. and Mrs. Felix Fuld give $6,000 for Jewish Community
Center, Atlantic City, N. J.—New Orleans, La.: J. K. Newman, gives
$10,000 to the Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home.
FEBRUARY. Manchester, N. H.: Edward M. Chase on fiftieth birthday, gives $50,000 to the Chase Family Home Association of Manchester
N. H., for the building of homes to be occupied by families having at
least two children and to be paid for by small weekly payments.—
Gimbel Brothers, give $5,000 to the Mayer Sulzberger Memorial
Laboratory of $75,000 at the Jefferson Hospital.—Albert M. Greenfield,
gives $5,000 to the Mayer Sulbsberger Memorial Laboratory of $75,000 at the Jefferson Hospital.—Baltimore, Md.: Samuel A. Katz,
gives $10,000 for new building for Home for Aged.—Philadelphia, Pa.:
Lit Brothers, give $5,000 to the Mayer Sulzberber Memorial Laboratory
of $75,000 at the Jefferson Hospital.—New Orleans, La.: Sigmund
Odenheimer, gives to Audubon Park an aquarium costing $80,000.—
Pittsburgh, Pa.: Abraham L. Rauh bequeaths S19.500 to Jewish Charity
—Philadelphia, Pa.: N. Snellenburg & Co., gives $7,500 to the Mayer
Sulzberger Memorial Laboratory of $75,000 at the Jefferson Hospital.—
New York City: James Speyer, gives an organ costing $35,000 to Town
Hall in memory of his wife Ellin Prince Speyer.—Greenwood, Miss.:
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Samuel J. Stein bequeaths $6000 to Jewish charity and approximately
$11,500 to non-Jewish organizations.—Philadelphia, Pa.: Abraham
Stern, gives $20,500 to Jewish charity.—New Orleans, La.: Mrs. Maurice Stern, gives $12,500 to the Tulane University School of Medicine
for a foundation to be known as the Maruice Stern Fund for Medical
Literature, in memory of her husband.
MARCH. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Charles and Marcus Aaron, give $5,000
for the endowment fund of the Hebrew Institute of Pittsburgh.—New
Bedford, Mass.: Alfred Adamsky, gives $23,000 to Beth Israel Hospital
in Boston.—Pittsburgh, Pa.: J. H. Frank, gives $7,000 for the endowment fund of the Hebrew Institute of Pittsburgh.—Cincinnati, O.:
Mrs. Sallie Heinsheimer, gives $20,000 to Hebrew Union College for
a scholarship in memory of her husband Edward L. Heinsheimer.—
Boston, Mass.: Mrs. Joseph M. Herman and children, give $10,000
to Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, fund to be used for founding of Joseph
M. Herman Laboratory.—Cincinnati, O.: Arthur Joseph, to the University of Cinncinati, $250,000 insurance policy payable at his death.—
Pittsburgh, Pa.: Leo Lehman, gives $5,000 for the endowment fund
of the Hebrew Institute of Pittsburgh.—New York City.: Lucius N.
Littauer, gives $300,000 for additional buidling to the Nathan Littauer
Hospital at Gloversville, N. Y., in memory of his wife.—Pittsburgh, Pa.:
Bennie Neiman, gives $7,500 for the endowment fund of the Hebrew
Institute of Pittsburgh.-—Pittsburgh, Pa.: Sol. Rosenbloom, gives
$10,000 for the endowment fund of the Hebrew Institute of Pittsburgh.
—R. Sadowsky, gives $5,000 for the endowment fund of the Hebrew
Institute of Pittsburgh.—Isaac Seder, gives $7,500 for the endowment
fund of the Hebrew Institute of Pittsburgh.—Pittsburgh, Pa.: Oscar
Simon (estate—), gives $7,000 for the endowment fund of the Hebrew
Institute of Pittsburgh.—New York City, Louis S. Stroock, gives to
various schools and institutions, twenty-three scholarships, each for
a period of one year.—New York City: Philip Waldheim, estate,
gives $15,000 to the Child Adoption Committee of the Central and
Free Synagogues, for the establishment of a nursery for children pending
adoption.
OTHER COUNTRIES
APRIL. HongKong, R. A. Gubbay, bequeaths $40,000 for Jewish charity
Vienna, —Rudni, presents the Jewish Foundation School with newpremises.—Woking, England: Joseph H. Jacobs, gives £2,000 to local
Cottage Hospital.
MAY. Paris, Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe, gives 10,000,000 francs
in memory of his wife to the Paris University for the " University City"
—London Mrs. Ludwig Mond, mother of Sir Alfred Mond, dies and by
provision of his father's will leaves fifty-six Italian paintings to the
National Gallery at London and $160,000 for scientific work in England
and Germany.
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JUNE. Liverpool—Cohen (sons of late Louis S. Cohen), donate £5,000
to Maternity Hospital.—London, Sir Joseph Duveen, donates £40,000
for new building to house examples of modern foreign art.—Bucharest:
Jacques Elias bequeaths 800,000,000 lei (about $5,000,000) for Roumanian cultural purposes, part of which is to be used for erecting a cultural
palace to be named after his father, Menahem Elias.—Basrah: H. J.
Shemtob, makes will, leaving approximately £140,000 to Keren Hayesod
for a public institution to bear his name.—Winnipeg, Hayyim Leb
and Dov Ber Weidman, give home for Maternity Aid Society at Jerusalem, Palestine.
AUGUST. Warsaw: Leib Davidson, bequeaths private collection to
the Hebrew Library of Jerusalem.—Jerusalem, Haim Aaron Valero,
bequeaths £15,000 to Jewish institutions in Palestine.
SEPTEMBER. Jerusalem: Joseph Poper (pseud. Linkeus), bequeaths
library of 12,500 volumes to the Jewish National Library of Jerusalem.
OCTOBER. London: Geoffrey E Duveen, gives £10,000, in memory of
his father Henry J., to the University of London, for establishment of
a University Lectureship in Otology, and £15,000 to the University
College Hospital for provision of the most complete and modern treatment of the deaf.—Budapest, Aladar Kaszab gives 400,000,000 Hungarian kronen for erection of a Jewish clinic.—Sir Alfred and Dr. R.
L. Mond, gives six cases of books (326 volumes) to the Hebrew National
and University Library in Jerusalem.—Astoria, Alexander Samuels,
bequeaths £10,450 to Jewish and £2,250 to other charities.
NOVEMBER. London: Maurice Marcus, bequeaths £1,000 to the
Jewish Board of Guardians and £19,000 for non-Jewish philanthropic
purposes.—Zilina, Czecho-Slovakia: Ignaz Rosenfeld bequeaths Kc
177,000 to charity here and Kc 60,000 to Vienna.—London: Nathaniel
Charles Rothschild, bequeaths sums of money and valuable scientific
collections to the British Museum Royal Botanic Gardens, etc.
DECEMBER. Paris: Henri de Rothschild, gives to the Curie Foundation
for the Treatment of Cancer, half a gram of radium and an annuity
of 200,000 francs.
FEBRUARY. Jassy: Alphonse Lupo Bratshiner bequeaths 40,000 francs
for Hebrew University in Palestine.—Warsaw, Stanislau Nathanson,
gives 2,800,000,000 marks to the Communal Executive to enable it
to pay the salaries of the teachers in the Jewish trade school.
MARCH. Xanthi, Grece: Isaac Daniel bequeaths 1,200,000 drachmas to
the local Jewish community, and 250,000 drachmas to the Jewish community of Serres. London, England: Sir Joseph Duveen offers to the
Government, and the latter accepts to erect a building for a national
gallery to contain the works of John S. Sargent.—Bucharest, — Miczatski, gives 4,000,000 lei (about $20,000) to the Jewish Kehillah.
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APPENDIX IV
NECROLOGY
UNITED STATES
ABRAMS, ALBERT, physician and founder of School of Electronic
Medicine, San Francisco, Cal., aged 61, January 14, 1924.
AGRONSKY, JUDAH, Talmudic scholar, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 83,
June 14, 1923.
ALTMAN, LEOPOLD, lieutenant, New York City, July, 1923.
AMRAM, MRS. DAVID W., author and communal worker, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 43, March 25, 1924.
ARMHOLD, WILLIAM, rabbi emeritus of Congregation Keneseth Israel,
Philadelphia, Pa., at Atlantic City, N. J., aged 94, March 5, 1924.
BACHRACH, ISAAC, communal worker, Kansas City, Mo., aged 76,
December 16, 1923.
BALLIN, JULIUS, philanthropist, New York City, aged 75, November
30, 1923.
BAUMGARTEN, DAVID L., civic worker, Cincinnati, O., July 13, 1923.
BENJAMIN, ALFRED, philanthropist and humanitarian, Kansas City,
Mo., aged 64, July 18, 1923.
BENJAMIN, HARRY L., civic leader and philanthropist, Kansas City,
Mo., aged 63, April 24, 1923.
BENNETT, HARRIS, communal worker, Duluth, Minn., October 3,
1923.
BERGER, SAMUEL, ex-director of public concerts in the parks and on
piers, New York City, aged 66, April 18, 1923.
BERKOWITZ, HENRY, rabbi emeritus, Rodeph Shalom Congregation,
author, and founder of Jewish Chautauqua Society, Philadelphia, Pa.,
at Atlantic City, N. J., aged 66, February 7, 1924.
BERNARD, BARNEY, actor, New York City, aged 47, March 21, 1924.
BERNAYS, ELY, merchant, philanthropist and communal worker,
New York City, aged 63, October 8, 1923.
BERNSTEIN, MICHEL, civic worker, Shreveport, La., aged 65, August,
1923.
BIEBER, WILLIAM, manufacturer and communal worker, Brooklyn,
N. Y., aged 81, December 11, 1923.
BLOCH, SOLOMON D., former State Senator and civic leader, Mobile,
Ala., aged 69, March 17, 1924.
BLOCK, JACOB, surgeon and professor of philosophy, Kansas City,
Mo., in Philadelphia, Pa., aged 70, October 31, 1923.
BLUMENTHAL, JOSEPH W., communal worker, Pittsburgh, Pa., aged
57, October 20, 1923.
BORENSTEIN, MORRIS, major, New York City, aged 81, July 7, 1923.
BREMER, ANNE M., artist, San Francisco, Cal., October 26, 1923
154
BRICKMAN, ASHF.K, rabbi, Syracuse, N.
BROWN, MKS. DAVID A., communal
Y., aged 54, December 6, 1923.
worker, Detroit, Mich., aged
46, February 1, 1924.
CAHEN, ALFRED, lawyer, captain, Spanish-American War, Pittsburgh, Pa., aged 54, November 5, 1923.
CARACO, ABRAHAM, rabbi of the Spanish-Portuguese Community,
Los Angeles, Cal., aged 69, March 9, 1924.
CHAPMAN, EDWARD M., rabbi, Schenectady, X. Y., aged 69, May
22, 1923.
COBLENZ, JUDAH SIGMUND, rabbi, New York City, aged 63, October
13, 1923.
COHEN, AAKON A., rabbi, Newark, N. J., aged 65, March 6, 1924.
COHEN, ABRAHAM B., rabbi, Chester, Pa., aged 70, February 27, 1924.
COHEN, JOHN G., Civil War veteran, Cincinnati, O., aged 82, April
28, 1923.
CROCKIN, JACOR, communal worker and former member of the
Common Council, Norfolk, \ a., aged 45, January 26, 1924.
DANZIG, JESSE A., (Jess Dandy), comedian, New York City, aged
51, April 15, 1923.
DUSCHOFF, D. FALK, communal worker, Detroit, Mich., April 20,
1923.
ECKSTEIN, SOLOMON, park commissioner, Milwaukee, Wis., aged 65,
June 3, 1923.
'
EPSTEIN, BAER, chemist and Zionist leader, Xew York City, aged
48, June 6, 1923.
EPSTEIN, MYER, rabbi, Houston, Texas, aged 61, November 26, 1923.
FELS, SAMUEL, pioneer wholesale merchant, Paducah, Ky., aged 90,
September, 1923.
FINK, Jacob, judge and former Mayor, Helena, Ark., aged 61,
December 12, 1923.
FIRUSKI, Louis J., communal worker, New York City, aged 59,
September 24, 1923.
FOGEL, LEO J., physician and civic worker, Cincinnati, O., aged 72,
August 16, 1923.
FRANK, LEWIS, cantor, New York City, aged 60, May 8, 1923.
FRANK, MARX, communal and civic leader, Fort Wayne, Ind., aged
88, March 28, 1923.
FRANKLIN, HARRIS, Civil War veteran, New York City, aged 88,
May 30, 1923.
FREIDUS, ABRAHAM SOLOMON, bibliographer and head of Jewish
literature division of New York Public Library. New York City, aged
56, October 2, 1923.
FRIEDBERGER, MRS. CAROLINE, communal worker, Philadelphia,
Pa., aged 78, February 10, 1924.
FRIEDSEL, LOUIS, musician and conductor, New York City, aged 60,
June 24, 1923.
155
GIDEON, SAM, civic and communal worker, Huntington, W. Va.,
aged 87, June 13, 1923.
GLYCK, CHARLES, rabbi, Macon, Ga., July 10, 1923.
GOLDBERG, I. L., former mayor and president of the Chamber of
Commerce, Jefferson, Tex., aged 47, June, 1923.
GOLDENBERU, JULIUS, philanthropist, Baltimore, Md., aged 73,
October 13, 1923.
GOLDMAN, MRS. TOBY, communal worker, Rochester, N. Y., aged
86, July 24, 1923.
GOTTHELF, PHILIP, publisher Elite Magazine, New York City, aged
54, October 20, 1923.
GUINSBURG, THEODORE, cantor emeritus of the Central and Free
Synagogue, New York City, aged 76, October 2, 1923.
HAHN, THEODORE J., member of Sons of the American Revolution,
Philadelphia, Pa., aged 56, September 16, 1923.
HALPER, BENZION, associate professor of Arabic at Dropsie College
for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, Philadelphia, Pa., author, and
editor of the Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, Pa.,
aged 39, March 21, 1924.
HARTMANN, MORRIS, rabbi, Kenosha, Wis., aged 39, February 4, 1924.
HAYS, DANIEL PEIXOTTO, lawyer, former President of Village of
Pleasantville, communal leader, New York City, aged 69, November
24, 1923.
HIRSCHBERG, CARL, artist, Danbury, Conn., aged 69, May 24, 1923.
HOFFMAN, BEN ZION, rabbi, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 50, January 29,
1924.
HOFFNER, HAYYIM AARON, Hebrew-Yiddish author and journalist,
Providence, R. I., aged 61, September 13, 1923.
HURWITZ, NATHAN, rabbi, New York City, aged 69, May 21, 1923.
HYNEMAN, LOUIS, communal worker, Boston, Mass., aged 67,
September 26, 1923.
ISRAEL, SIGMUND, rabbi, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., aged 62, December 9,
1923.
JAFFE, JOSEPH MORDECAI, rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 62, Octo-
ber, 11, 1923.
JAFFE, SOLOMON ELHANAN, rabbi and author, New York City, aged
65, November 15, 1923.
JOKELSON, BARUCH J., rabbi, Sharon Springs, N. Y., aged 76,
August 2, 1923.
KIRJASSOFF, MAX, Waterbury, Conn., acting Consul General at
Yokohama (in earthquake), aged 35, September, 1923.
KOPLOWITZ, ISIDORE, rabbi, Detroit, Mich., aged 55, December 17•
1923.
KOWALSKI, BENJAMIN, former mayor and post-master of Brownsville, Tex., at Houston, Tex., aged 69, October 25, 1923.
156
KRAUSKOPF, JOSEPH, rabbi, founder of National Farm School, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 65, June 12, 1923.
LAXON, L., journalist, New York City, aged 51, September 17, 1923.
LEHMAN, B. L., rabbi, St. Louis, Mo., aged 63, February 21, 1924.
LE MESNABER, GEORGES, lieutenant, Franco-Prussian and World
War veteran, Los Angeles, Cal., in France, aged 79, October, 1923.
I.ERMAN, ABRAHAM, rabbi, Rock Island, 111., aged 38, May 15, 1923.
LEVIN, GUSTAV, Civil War veteran, New York City, aged 83, July 1,
1923.
LEVIN, LOUIS H., professional communal worker, editor, Baltimore,
Md., aged 57, April 21, 1923.
LEVISON, WALLACE GOOLD, scientist, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 78,
March 2, 1924.
LEVY, FERDINAND, former city coroner, city registrar, and Civil War
veteran, New York City, aged 79, July 1, 1923.
LEVY, JEFFERSON MONROE, former member of Congress and owner
of Monticello, Va.; New York City, aged 72, March 6, 1924.
LIPMAN, PHILIP, rabbi, New York City, aged 77, January 14, 1924.
LIPSCHUTZ, MICHAEL ELIEZER, teacher and author, Philadelphia,
Pa., aged 73, January 13, 1924.
LOEB, JACQUES, scientist, head of Division of General Physiology of
Rockefeller Institute, New York City, at Hamilton, Bermuda, aged
65, February 11, 1924.
LOURIA, LEON, physician and communal worker, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
aged 59, August 27, 1923.
LOVEMAN, ROBERT, poet, Dalton, Ga., July 10, 1923.
LUBIN, SIGMUND, pioneer moving picture producer, Philadelphia,
Pa., at Atlantic City, N. J., aged 72, September 14, 1923.
LUCAS, ALBERT, professional communal worker, New York City,
aged 63, June 14, 1923.
MARCUS, LOUIS W., Supreme Court Judge, Buffalo, N. Y., aged 60,
August 18, 1923.
MARGOLIS, SAMUEL, rabbi, San Bernardino, Cal., November 8, 1923.
MARQUIS, MRS. REINA MELCHER, author, Forest Hills, L. I., aged
40, December 2, 1923.
MEDOFF, JOSEPH, principal, Gratz College, School of Practice,
Philadelphia, Pa., aged 46, September 20, 1923.
MEYER, MARTIN A., rabbi, San Francisco, Cal., aged 44, June 27,1923.
MEYERS, SIDNEY J., physician, major, Spanish-American War and
World War veteran, Louisville, Ky., aged 50. May 28, 1923.
MINKOWSKY, PINCUS, hazzan, New York City, at Boston, Mass.,
aged 66, January 18, 1924.
MORDECAI, MIRIAM GRATZ, educator, Philadelphia, Pa., a;ed 79,
June 29, 1923.
MOSES, WILL H., artist, New Orleans, La., aged 52, September 24,
1923.
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NEUHAUSEN, SIMON, associate professor of physical chemistry, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., aged 27, August 26, 1923.
NIRDLINGER, E L I , judge, Leavenworth, Kan., aged 66, October 21,
1923.
NUSBAUM, BENJAMIN, former American Consul at Munich, Philadelphia, Pa., at Atlantic City, N. J., aged 51, June 18, 1923.
OBERNDORFER, H. M., communal worker, Civil War veteran, aged
79, Milwaukee, Wis., May 8, 1923.
OSTERMANN, ALBERT, director in Washington Park Zoological
Society, Milwaukee, Wis., aged 80, October 17, 1923.
OTTINGER, M A R X , real estate operator, civic and communal worker,
New York City, aged 83, May 7, 1923.
PHILO, SOLOMON, rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 81, August, 1923.
POPPER, WILLIAM C , lithographer, communal worker, New York
City, aged 67, January 5, 1924.
RAUH, ABRAHAM L., communal worker, Pittsburgh, Pa., aged 62,
January 27, 1924.
R E I C H , JOSEPH, rabbi, Cleveland, O., aged 63, August 25, 1923.
ROBITZEK, HARRY, judge, New York City, aged 40, June, 1923.
ROSENFELD, MORRIS, Yiddish poet, New York City, aged 60, June
22, 1923.
SEELENFREUND, A. B., communal worker and secretary of Independent Order B'nai B'rith, Chicago, 111., at Memphis, Tenn., aged 55,
April 23, 1923.
SHRAGE, ADOLPH, actor, New York City, at Philadelphia, Pa., aged
52, February 10, 1924.
SHESTACK, JULIUS, rabbi, Philadelphia, Pa., aged 66, July 27, 1923.
SIDIS, BORIS, psychologist and psychopathologist, Portsmouth, N. H.,
aged 56, October 24, 1923.
SINGER, ZEV, rabbi, New York City, aged 38, July 1, 1923.
SIVIN, SOLOMON, radio operator, U. S. Navy, on board U. S. S.
Tacoma, off the coast of V'era Cruz, Mexico, January 21, 1924.
SNELLENBURG, SAMUEL, merchant and philanthropist, Philadelphia,
Pa., a t Atlantic City, N. J., aged 76, August 17, 1923.
STERN, EDWARD, printer and communal worker, Philadelphia, Pa.,
aged 74, June 7, 1923.
SULZBERGER, MAYER, jurist, scholar, publicist, communal leader,
Philadelphia, Pa., aged 79, April 20, 1923.
VELD, HARTOG, rabbi and chaplain, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 68,
February 28, 1924.
WEINSTOCK, NATHAN, rabbi, Brooklyn, N. Y., aged 52, August 29,
1923.
W I N T N E R , H U G O LEOPOLD, rabbi emeritus, Brooklyn, New York,
aged 86, M a y 19, 1923.
W O L F , ABRAHAM, former mayor of Somerset, Ky., at Memphis,
Tenn., aged 78, November 22, 1923.
158
WOLF, SIMON, lawyer, communal leader, former consul-general to
Egypt, Washington, D. C , at Atlantic City, N. J., aged 87, June 4, 1923.
ZACHS, A. L., rabbi and founder of Yeshibath 'Beth Midrash
Elijah," Brooklyn, New York, aged 67, October 26, 1923.
ZEVIN, MOKDECAI, rabbi, Chicago, 111., aged 75, July 27, 1923.
AUSTRIA
BLOCH, JOSEPH S., author, rabbi, former member of Parliament,
Vienna, aged 73, October 1, 1923.
EISENBACH, HEINRICH, comedian, Vienna, aged 53, May, 1923.
GRUNFELD, ALFRED, musician and composer, Vienna, aged 72,
January 7, 1924.
JERUSALEM, WILHELM, author and communal worker, Vienna, aged
69, July 16, 1923.
KOENIGSTEIN, LEOPOLD, dentist and communal leader, Vienna, aged
73, January 2, 1924.
ROSENBERG, WILLIAM, banker, financier, and councillor, Vienna
April 3, 1923.
SONNENSCHEIN, THEODOR, communal leader, Troppau, aged 71
February 7, 1924.
SPRECHER, MEIER BEN JACOB, Zionist leader, at Vienna, March 31
1923.
THALER, EDUARD, communal worker, Vienna, December 11, 1923.
WEISENGRUEN, PAUL, author and Zionist leader, Vienna, aged 50,
December 22, 1923.
BRITISH EMPIRE—GREAT BRITAIN
ARNHOLZ, ADOLPH, communal worker and formeHy mayor at Ceres,
Union of South Africa, London, October 19, 1923.
BARNET, MYER, rabbi and author, London, aged 72, September, 1923.
BARNETT, HENRY, communal worker, Swansea, aged 93, December
14, 1923.
BAUER, JAMES, communal worker, Manchester, aged 72, July 6, 1923 .
BLOCH, ISAAC, rabbi, Leeds, December, 1923.
BLOCH, SHEMARIAH ISAAC, rabbi, London, aged 61, December 14, 1923.
COHEN, M. A., educator, Sydney, aged 72. June, 1923.
COHN, JOSHUA, pioneer restaurateur, London, aged 86, July 26, 1923.
DAVIDSON, SIR WALTER, Governor, New South Wales, September,
1923.
DAVIS, ABRAHAM, alderman and municipal worker, London, aged 68,
January 28, 1924.
DAVISON, 1. L., Talmudic scholar, and communal worker, SunderUuid, aged 75, April, 2i
159
ELLINSON, JACOB, formerly rabbi, Revel, Esthonia, Devenport,
February 8, 1924.
ENOCH, E. S., music publisher, London, aged 80, March, 1924.
FRIEDLANDEK, GERALD, author and preacher, London, August 23,
1923.
C.AVOURIN, SHLOIME, rabbi, London, aged 63, March, 1924.
GEFFEN, JOHN LIONEL, chaplain during World War, London, aged 56,
January 15, 1924.
HART, LEWIS ALEXANDER, author and communal worker, Montreal,
aged 77, November 25, 1923.
HERTZ, CARL, actor, London, March, 1924.
HIRSCH, S. A., scholar, emeritus professor at Jews' College, London,
HYAM, DAVID, former Alderman and Mayor of Nawa and of the
Central Shoalhaven Council and a justice of the peace, Shoalhaven
District, aged 88, November, 1923.
JOUQUES, L. A., engineer and publisher at Meran, S. Tyrol, April,
1923.
KATZ, JOSHUA, lieutenant, Abuswair, formerly of Jewish Legion in
Palestine, killed while in air force in Egypt, aged 26, December 27, 1()23.
KLOTZ, OTTO, director of Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, aged 71,
December 29, 1923.
LIBERMAN, HYMAN, three times mayor, Cape Town, aged 71, June,
1923.
LEVY, MRS. BENAS, scholar and author, Berlin, July, 1923.
MAGNCS, LADY KATIE, author and communal worker, London, aged
80, March 2, 1924.
MEISELS, ISAAC S., rabbi, London, aged 79, November 5, 1923.
MICHAEL, GUSTAVE, physician and communal worker, London, aged
61, March 7, 1924.
MYERS, S., communal worker, Manchester, May, 1923.
OELSNER, HERMAN, scholar and literateur, London, aged 51, May,
1923.
RAPAPORT, SAMUEL, shochet and author, London, aged 87, May 28,
1923.
RAPHAEL, JOHN R., journalist and editor, Birmingham, January, 1924.
ROTHSCHILD, HON. NATHANIEL CHARLES, scientist, Northampton,
SAMSON, WILLIAM LEOPOLD, D.F.C., captain and barrister, London,
June 12, 1923.
SOLOMON, SHOLOM ZWI, communal worker, Toronto, aged 55,
October 14, 1923.
SOLOMONS, ISRAEL, Anglo-Jewish bibliophile, London, aged 58, July
11, 1923.
SYMMONS, ISRAEL ALEXANDER, police magistrate, London, aged 61,
August 7, 1923.
160
TAUBE, L. S., communal worker, Toronto, October 11, 1023.
YAAVEZ, ZEV, historian, author, and journalist, London, aged 77,
January 24, 1924.
ZUNDELEWITCH, AARON, labor leader, in London, aged 69, August 29,
1923.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
BRODY, ABRAHAM,
rabbi, Klimovice, at Dunajska-Streda, aged 52,
November, 1923.
FRANKL, OTTO,
Professor of Law, University of Prague, Prague, aged
68, April, 1923.
KLEIN, ABRAHAM MAIER, communal leader, Trnava, January, 1924.
rabbi, Velki Selvjus, March, 1923.
ROSENFELD, IGNAZ, philanthropist and communal leader, Zilina. at
Vienna, August 22, 1923.
WOLLIN, BENEDIKT, communal leader, Prague, November IS, 1923.
KLEIN, PINCHAS CHAYIM,
FRANCE
ADERER, ADOLPHE,
1924.
author and playwright, Paris, aged 67, January,
AUSCHER, J., former Chief Rabbi of Besancon, at Paris, aged 67,
March 13. 1924.
BERR, EMILE, journalist and writer, Officer of the Legion of Honor,
Paris, October, 1923.
BESSIS, CHOUA, communal leader, Tunis, May, 1923.
BLOCH, —, general, Marseille, June, 1923.
BRAUNSTEIN, —, Paris, Zionist leader, Paris, July, 1923.
CASTRO, ABRAHAM, President of the Jewish community, author, and
editor, Tunis, March, 1924.
COHEN, JACQUES, judge, secretary to ex-Premier M. Coombes, Paris,
January, 1924.
DENNERY, ALFRED, Honorary Director of the Ministry of Posts and
Telegraphs and Commander of the Legion of Honor, Paris, aged 52,
November, 1923.
DREYFUS, RENE, communal worker, former member of the Paris and
the Central Consistory, Paris, April, 1923.
EPHRUSSI, MRS. MICHEL, communal worker, Paris, March, 1°24.
HADIDAH, DAVID, rabbi and scholar, Tunis, January, 1924.
LEWISOHN, RAPHAEL, artist, Paris, aged 55, May 1, 1923.
LOEVI, LADISLAS, painter and art critic, Paris, aged 55, March, 1924.
MARMOREK. ALEXANDER, physician and Zionist leader, Paris, aged
48, July 13, 1923.
SELIGMANN, JACQUES, art connoisseur and dealer, Paris, aged 64,
October 31, 1923.
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GERMANY
CASSEL, OSCAR,
August, 1923.
statesman and communal worker. Berlin, aged 74,
COBLENZ, FELIX, rabbi, Berlin, aged
FUCHS, EUGEN, jurist, author, Privy
59, September 6, 1923.
Councillor of Justice, and communal leader, Berlin, aged 68, December 22, 1923.
GOLDSCHMIDT, HANS, metallurgist and inventor, Baden-Baden, aged
62, May 20, 1923.
HAMBURGER, J. H., professor of physiology in the University of
Groningen, aged 64, January 4, 1924.
KAREWSKI, FERDINAND, professor and surgeon, Berlin, November,
1923.
KATZ, ALBERT, author and editor, Berlin, aged 66, December 25, 1923.
KELLERMANN, BENZION, rabbi and author, Berlin, aged 53, July, 1923.
KRONER, THEODOR, Chief Rabbi, Stuttgart, aged 79, October 21,1923.
LANGE, GERSON, director of the Orthodox Institute, Frankfort
a.Main, aged 55, October, 1923.
LOEWENSTEIN, LEOPOLD, chief rabbi, and historian Mosbach, Baden,
aged 81, December 16, 1923.
LOEWY, IGNACE, rabbi, Sarbograd, aged 83, September 30, 1923.
MARX, MOSES, rabbi, Darmstadt, aged 47, January 11, 1924.
MUNK, MICHAEL, communual worker, Cologne, aged 70, December,
1923.
ROSEMAK, LEOPOLD, rabbi, Bremen, at sea, August 14, 1923.
^ROTHSCHILD, MATHILDE, Baroness, philanthropist and composer,
Frankfort, aged 92, March 9, 1924.
SCHIFFER, SINAI, rabbi, Karlsruhe, aged 70, October, 1923.
THEODOR, JULIUS (Judah), author and rabbi, Berlin, aged 74,
September, 1923.
NETHERLANDS
Zionist leader, The Hague, November, 1923.
Norden, S. L., communal worker, Amsterdam, aged 49, November,
1923.
SUIKERBURG, J., city official communal worker, and Knight of the
Order of Orange Nassau, Winschoten, aged 79, June, 1923.
TOLKOWSKY, SOLOMON, Hebrew scholar, Antwerp, aged 56, April,
1923.
VAS NUNES, DAVID, teacher and communal leader, Amsterdam, aged
82, June, 1924.
KATZENELSOHN, NISSIM,
PALESTINE
ELBO, MATTATHIAS,
rabbi and communal worker, Jerusalem, aged
57, December 10, 1923.
ELYACHAR, CHAIM MOSHE,
January 10, 1924.
former Chief Rabbi, Jerusalem, aged 80,
102
GULINKIN, MMK. —, artist, Tel Aviv, November, 1923.
KATZENELUOGKN, ABRAHAM MOSES, rabbi and teacher in
the Yeshibath Torath Hayyim, Jerusalem, aged 57, January 27, 1924.
RAPHAELI, SAMUEL, numismatist and archaeologist, Jerusalem,
November 11, 1923.
SCHAKOWITZ, SAMUEL JONAH, rabbi, Jerusalem, aged 65, March 16,
1923.
VALERO, HAIM AARON, philanthropist, Jerusalem, aged 77, August
28, 1923.
POLAND
DANZIGER, SAMUEL HIRSCH,
Hasidic Rabbi, Alexandrov, aged 67,
October 8, 1923.
communal leader, Warsaw, aged 69, July 27, 1923.
veteran of the Polish rebellion in 1863, Kalisz, aged
85, November, 1923.
EICHENSTEIN, MENAHF.M MENDEL, rabbi, Lemberg, aged 56, August,
1023.
ERSLER, A. S. hazzan and composer, Warsaw, aged 69, October 29,
1923.
GREENBERG, DAVID, rabbi, Kobrin, aged 72, June, 1923.
HARZSTARK, SHALOM JOSEPH, rabbi, Jusepof, aged 76, January 18,
1924.
KIRSHENBLATT, P., labor leader, Warsaw, June 9, 1923.
LEVIN, ELIEZER, Zionist leader, Vilna, November, 1923.
MOSHKOWSKA, ADELINA, communal worker, Warsaw, October, 1923.
OCZENSKI, —, professor at Warsaw University, aged 60, May 26, 1923.
OKOLOWITCH, JOSEPH, director Emigration Office, Warsaw, April 3,
1923.
POTCHTER, SAMUEL, physician and communal leader, Yilna, November 19, 1923.
RECHTMAN, MORDECAI A., merchant and communal worker, Warsaw,
aged 84, August 28, 1923.
ROSENTHAL, PHINEAS (pseud., P. Anman), author, labor leader, Yilna,
aged 52, February 29, 1924.
RUNDSTEIN, MEYER, president of the Kehillah, Warsaw, aged 72,
May 1, 1923.
SCHIFFMAN, ABRAHAM, ex-councilman and communal worker,
Sczirardow, November 28, 1923.
SCHWARZMAN, ISIDORE, Secretary Jewish community in Lodz,
ovember, 1923.
SEIDKNBEITEL. JOSEPH, artist, Warsaw, aged 29, June 15, 1923.
UNGER, SHALOM DAVID, Hassidic rabbi of Sabne, later Tarnov, at
Vienna, August 13, 1923.
URI, HAYYIM, rabbi, Vilna, aged 68, August 30, 1923.
URSTEIN, JOSEPH, (pseud. Picucz). actor, Warsaw, October 8, 1923.
DAVIDSON, LEIB,
ECKMANN, ISAAC,
163
YUDT, A. M., physician, author, and communal worker, Warsaw,
aged 48, December 8, 1023.
ZE.TCHIK-JACOBIN, JOSEPH, writer, Tchudnow-Yolhinsk, November,
1923.
ZELIGER, MAIJJICI, labor leader, Warsaw, aged 55, January 20, 1924.
ZIVIOTH, HAYYIM, communal worker, Kutno, aged 85, December,
1923.
ROUMANIA
BRENNER, BERL, rabbi, Czernowitz, aged 73, February 21, 1924.
ELIAS, JACQUES, banker, June, 1923.
MARGULIES, ISRAEL, Chief Rabbi, Bucharest, aged 66, November,
1923.
RABINOWITCI, MEYER, rabbi, talmudist and author, Harlau, March
1, 1924.
ROSENTHAL, H. D. J., journalist and publisher, Bucharest, October,
1923.
SHOLOM, ISRAEL, rabbi, Bohuszl, aged 60, April 8, 1923.
SOVIET RUSSIA
BRODSKY, L., industrialist and civic leader, Kiev, at Berlin, aged 72,
August, 1923.
EPHROS, NICHOLAS, author and dramatic critic, Moscow, December,
1923.
KANTOROWITZ, WILLIAM, (pseud., \\. Kaniev), Bund leader, journalist
and poet, Petrograd, aged 37, October, 1923.
MARTOFF, LEO (Julius Zederbaum), Menshevik leader, Russia, at
Berlin, Germany, aged 50, April 4, 1923.
SHIVOV, CHAIM, labor leader, Ghomel, at Moscow, aged 49, January,
1924.
OTHER COUNTRIES
BLOCH, ARMAND, Chief Rabbi of Belgium, Brussels, August 31, 1923.
CAMBI, VITALI R., communal worker, Constantinople, Turkey, aged
58, March, 1924.
CATTAUI PASHA, MOSES, President of the Jewish Kehillah, Cairo,
Egypt, March 23, 1924.
COLOMBO, SAMUELE, professor and Chief Rabbi of Leghorn, at
Florence, Italy, September 7, 1923.
DANIEL, ISAAC, communal worker, Xanthi, Greece, aged 80, March,
1924.
DANON, JOSEPH, director of the Alliance Israelite Universelle School,
Beyrout, Syria, August, 1923.
DELLA, PERGOLA RAPHAEL. Professor and Chief Rabbi, Alexandria,
Egypt, at Florence, Italy, aged 47, August 24, 1923.
164
ELIASHOW, ISIDORE, (Baal Mahashaboth), author and critic, Kovno,
Lithuania, aged 51, January 14, 1924.
GOLDSCHMIDT, HAROLD, professor at the Veterinary College, Copenhagen, Denmark, aged 66, December 9, 1923.
HABERFELD, ISAAC, rabbi, Budapest, Hungary, January, 1924.
KATZENELSOHN, DR. N., P H . D . , Hebrew scholar, mathematician,
Zionist leader, Libau, Latvia, aged 61, November 19, 1923.
MOHR, MICHAEL, oculist, and author, Budapest, Hungary, January
2, 1924.
REZNIKOV, MENACHEM MENDEL, communal worker, Kovno,
Lithuania, March 7, 1924.
SLOPAK, .MEIER JONAH, teacher and communal worker. Adrage,
Argentine, aged 48, January 11, 1924.

Review of the Year: Appendices (1924-1925)

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