DIRECTORY OF JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZA

TIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

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ALLIANCE ISRAÉLITE UNIVERSELLE

Org. May, 1860. OFFICE: 150 Nassau, New York City BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass., 2; Elmira, N. Y.; Hoboken, N. J.; Jersey City, N. J.; New York City; Philadelphia, Pa.; Worcester, Mass.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE JEWISH TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION

(ITO)

Org. April, 1906. OFFICE: New York City

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Chairman, Cyrus L. Sulzberger, 516 West End Av., N. Y. C.; Sec. Goodman Lipkind, N. Y. C.; Daniel Guggenheim, Louis Loeb, Bernard G. Richards, Herman Rosenthal, all of N. Y. C.; Solomon Solis Cohen, Mayer Sulzberger, both of Phila., Pa.

BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; New York City; Philadelphia, Pa.

THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
Org. Nov. 11, 1906. OFFICE: 356 Second Av., New York City
For report, see pp. 237-258.

AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Org. 1892. OFFICE: 531 W. 123d, New York City Sixteenth Annual Meeting, May 18, 1908, New York City. Members, 265.

Has issued sixteen volumes of "Publications." Maintains a collection of Books, Manuscripts, and Historical Objects in its Room in the Building of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 531 W. 123d, N. Y. C.

OFFICERS: Pres., Cyrus Adler, Washington, D. C.; Vice-Pres.

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W. Rosendale, Albany, N. Y.; David Philipson, Cincinnati, O.; Charles Gross, Cambridge, Mass.; Richard J. H. Gottheil, New York City; Treas., N. Taylor Phillips, N. Y. C.; Curator, Leon Hühner, N. Y. C.; Cor. Sec., Max J. Kohler, 42 Broadway, N. Y. C.; Rec. Sec., Herbert Friedenwald, 356 Second Av., N. Y. C.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: The Officers, and Charles J. Cohen, Phila., Pa.; Henry Cohen, Galveston, Tex.; Albert M. Friedenberg, N. Y. C.; Charles I. Hoffman, Newark, N. J. Jacob H. Hollander, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph Jacobs, N. Y. C.; J. Bunford Samuel, Phila., Pa.; Judge Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.; Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C.; Oscar S. Straus, Washington, D. C., ex officio, as past President of the Society.

ARBEITER RING

(The Workmen's Circle)

Org. Sept. 4, 1900. OFFICE: 24 Rutgers, New York City Eighth Annual Meeting, May 7-10, 1908, Philadelphia, Pa. Members, 16,700.

Branches, 208.

OFFICERS: Pres., Joseph Weinberg, N. Y. C.; Treas., Abraham Epstein, N. Y. C.; Sec., Jehiel Weintraub, 24 Rutgers, N .Y. C.

DIRECTORS: The Officers, and Bernard Spinard, Harry Z. Levine, Isaac Cohen, Samuel Savetzky, Abraham Walitzky, Harris Sack.

BRANCHES : California San Francisco; Colorado: Denver; Connecticut Ansonia, Bridgeport, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, South Norwalk, Stamford, Waterbury; District of Columbia Washington; Delaware: Wilmington; Georgia: Atlanta; Illinois: Chicago; Indiana: Indianapolis, South Bend; Iowa: Des Moines, Sioux City; Kentucky: Newport; Maryland: Baltimore; Massachusetts: Boston, Brockton, Chelsea, Haverhill, Lawrence, Malden, Worcester; Michigan: Detroit; Minnesota Minneapolis, St. Paul; Missouri Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis; Nebraska : Omaha; New Jersey: Atlantic City, Bayonne, Camden, Carteret, Elizabeth, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, Passaic, Paterson, Perth Amboy, Plainfield, Trenton, Vineland, West Hoboken; New York: Albany, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Gloversville, Kingston, Newburgh, New Rochelle, New York, Patchogue, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Tarrytown, Troy, Utica; Ohio: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo; Pennsylvania: Altoona, Butler, Easton, Harrisburg, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre; Rhode Island Providence; Texas: San Antonio; Virginia: Richmond; Wisconsin : Milwaukee; Canada: Montreal, Winnipeg.

THE BARON DE HIRSCH FUND

Inc. March, 1890. OFFICE: 42 Broadway, New York City The activities of the Fund fall under the following heads: Reception and distribution of immigrants.

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English education: Day and evening classes for immigrants.
Mechanical education.

Agricultural and industrial work:

Controls the WOODBINE LAND

AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY; establishes and aids colonies and settlements; and affords an opportunity for an agricultural education.

BRANCHES : Baltimore, Md.; Boston, Mass.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Pittsburg, Pa.; St. Louis, Mo.

OFFICERS: Pres., Eugene S. Benjamin, 440 Lafayette; Vice-Pres., Jacob H. Schiff; Treas., Murry Guggenheim; Hon. Sec., Max J. Kohler, 42 Broadway; all of New York City.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and Abraham Abraham, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Nathan Bijur, N. Y. C.; Abram I. Elkus, N. Y. C.; S. S. Fleisher, Phila., Pa.; William B. Hackenburg, Phila., Pa.; Henry Rice, N. Y. C.; S. G. Rosenbaum, N. Y. C.; Louis Siegbert, N. Y. C.; Mayer Sulzberger, Phila., Pa.

AGENTS: Gen. Agt., H. L. Sabsovich; Ass't Agt., Louis J. Cohn.
THE CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS
Org. July 9, 1889

Nineteenth Annual Convention, July 1-8, 1908, Frankfort, Mich.
Members, 201.

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Has issued seventeen volumes of its "Year Book"; the "Union Prayer Book"; the Union Hymnal"; the "Union Haggadah"; and A Set of Holiday Sermons," and various other publications.

OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., Kaufmann Kohler, Cincinnati, Ohio; Pres., David Philipson, Beechwood Av., Rose Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio; Vice-Pres., Max Heller, New Orleans, La.; Treas., Charles S. Levi, Peoria, Ill.; Rec. Sec., David Lefkowitz, 242 Lexington Av.; Cor. Sec., Julian Morgenstern, 3450 Highland Place, Cincinnati, Ohio.

DIRECTORS: Henry Berkowitz, Phila., Pa.; H. G. Enelow, Louisville, Ky.; William H. Greenburg, Dallas, Tex.; Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, O.; Adolph Guttmacher, Baltimore, Md.; S. Hirschberg, Milwaukee, Wis.; David Marx, Atlanta, Ga.; Morris Newfield, Birmingham, Ala.; I. L. Rypins, St. Paul, Minn.; Samuel Schulman, New York City; Joseph Stolz, Chicago, Ill.

COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN

Org. Sept., 1893. OFFICE: 448 Central Pk., W., New York City Fourth Triennial Convention, Dec. 5-12, 1905, Chicago, Ill. Members, 10,000.

Sections, 77:

Senior Sections, 57; Junior Sections, 20.

The national body gives financial support to its National Committee on Immigrant Aid.

The Sections engage in philanthropic and Jewish educational and religious work. OFFICERS: Pres., Pauline H. Rosenberg (Mrs. Hugo), Hotel Schenley, Pittsburg, Pa.; Hon. Pres., Hannah G. Solomon (Mrs. Henry), 4406 Michigan Av., Chicago, Ill.; First Vice-Pres., Lizzie Barbe (Mrs. Martin), 4230 Grand Blvd., Chicago, Ill.; Second Vice-Pres., Melida Pappe (Mrs. Julius), 1501 Nebraska, Sioux City, Iowa; Treas., Rebecca Judah (Mrs. J. B.), 1528 Everett Av., Louisville, Ky.; Sec., Mrs. Eli Strouse, 1617 Madison Av., Baltimore, Md.; Auditor, Mrs. Cæsar Misch, 601 Elmwood Av., Providence, R. I.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Sadie American, 448 Central Park, W., New York City.

DIRECTORS (1902-1908): Mrs. Max Landsberg, Rochester, N. Y.; Mrs. M. L. Margolis, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. M. B. Schwab, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Hattie M. Sloss, San Francisco, Cal.; Miss Goldberg, Jefferson, Tex. (1905-1911); Mrs. E. Eckhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Harry Hart, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Julius Andrews, Cambridge, Mass.; Mrs. Ben. Lowenstein, Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Hettie Abraham, National Farm School, Bucks Co., Pa.

SECTIONS: Albany, N. Y.; Alexandria, Va.; Asheville, N. C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Baltimore, Md.; Birmingham, Ala.; Boston, Mass.; Bradford, Pa.; Brooklyn, N. Y.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Charleston, S. C.; Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland, O.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Dayton, O.; Elmira, N. Y.; Fort Worth, Tex.; Greenville, Miss.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kansas City, Mo.; Lafayette, Ind.; Louisville, Ky.; Macon, Ga.; Marion, O.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Mobile, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; New Orleans, La.; New York City, N. Y.; Norfolk, Va.; Oakland, Cal.; Oil City, Pa.; Pensacola, Fla.; Philadelphia, Pa.: Pittsburg, Pa.; Portland, Ore.; Providence, R. I.; Richmond, Va.; Rochester, N. Y.; San Antonio, Tex.; San Francisco, Cal.; Savannah, Ga.; Seattle, Wash.; Selma, Ala.; Sioux City, Ia.; Sumter, S. C.; Syracuse, N. Y.; Terre Haute, Ind.; Toledo, O.; Toronto, Can.; Tri-City, Davenport, Moline, Rock Island; Tyler, Tex.; Washington, D. C.; Worcester, Mass.; Youngstown, O. DROPSIE COLLEGE FOR HEBREW AND COGNATE

LEARNING

Org. Sept. 17, 1895. Inc. May 20, 1907.

Philadelphia, Pa.

TEMP. OFFICE: 316 Race,

OFFICERS: Pres., Cyrus Adler, Washington, D. C.; Vice-Pres., Judge Mayer Sulzberger, 1303 Girard Av.; Treas., Oscar B. Teller; Sec., David Sulzberger, 316 Race; all of Philadelphia, Pa.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS: The Officers, and Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Louis Gerstley, William B. Hackenburg, Ephraim Lederer, all of Phila.; Louis Marshall, N. Y. C.; S. Schechter, N. Y. C.; Oscar S. Straus, Washington, D. C.; Paul M. Warburg, N. Y. C.; Edwin Wolf, Phila., Pa.

THE EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE

FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF ORPHANS
Org. 1896. OFFICE: Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, O.
Twelfth Annual Meeting, July 12, 1908, Cleveland, O.

Members, 1645.

OFFICERS: Pres., Moses J. Gries, Cleveland, O.; Vice-Pres., Nathan Cohn, for Tenn.; Adolph Freund, for Mich.; Milton R. Hart, for Ill.; Emil Joseph, for Northern Ohio; Louis S. Levi, for Southern Ohio; Ernest Morris, for Colo.; Treas., S. Wolfenstein, Cleveland, O.; Sec., Alfred A. Benesch, 620 Society for Savings Bldg., Cleveland, O.

GOVERNORS : Selma E. Altheimer, St. Louis, Mo.; Herman August, Cleveland, O.; Myrtle W. Baer, Milwaukee, Wis.; Henry Berkowitz, Phila., Pa.; Garfield A. Berlinsky, Cincinnati, O.; Amelia Buchman, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Rosalie L. Cohen, Columbus, O.; Mrs. S. H. Einstein, Cleveland, O.; Morris H. Flarsheim, Louisville, Ky.; Nathan Glicksman, Milwaukee, Wis.; Isidore Glueck, St. Louis, Mo.; Miriam D. Goldman, Detroit, Mich.; Henry Greenebaum, Chicago, Ill.; Simon Greenebaum, Cincinnati, O.; Louis Grossman, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. Edwin Haas, Atlanta, Ga.; Minnie Halle, Cleveland, O.; Mrs. Michael W. Heller, Cleveland, O.; Sol. S. Kiser, Indianapolis, Ind.; S. J. Kornhauser, Cleveland, O.; Emil W. Leipziger, Terre Haute, Ind.; Elsa Littman, Cleveland, O.; Meyer Lovitch, Paducah, Ky.; Louis D. Marks, Cincinnati, O.; Martin A. Marks, Cleveland, O.; Charles F. Moritz, Montgomery, Ala.; Beatrice Moss, Cleveland, O.; Emil Nathan, Memphis, Tenn.; John Neethe, Galveston, Tex.; Mrs. Jacob Ottenheimer, Cincinnati, O.; Sidney Pritz, Cincinnati, O.; Anna C. Roth, Toledo, O.; E. A. Schwartzenberg, Cleveland, O.; S. W. Slawitzky, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Charles A. Stix, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Aaron Waldheim, St. Louis, Mo.; Henry Wallenstein, Wichita, Kansas; Eugene F. Westheimer, St. Joseph, Mo.; Louis Wolsey, Cleveland, O.

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The members are distributed as follows: Alabama: Demopolis, Montgomery, Opelika, Selma; Colorado: Cripple Creek, Denver, Leadville, Pueblo; District of Columbia; Washington; Illinois; Champaign, Chicago, Rochelle; Indiana : Evansville, Goshen, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Madison, Marion, Mt. Vernon, Muncie, Terre Haute; Iowa: Des Moines, Oskaloosa; Kentucky: Louisville, Maysville, Newport, Paducah, Vanceburg; Louisiana: Donaldsonville, New Orleans, Shreveport; Maryland: Baltimore, Cumberland; Michigan: Cadillac, Detroit, Gaylord, Houghton, Kalamazoo, Saginaw; Minnesota : St. Paul, Winona; Mississippi : lumbus, Greenville, Gunnison; Missouri: Farmington, Kansas City; Louisiana, Mexico City, St. Joseph, St. Louis; Montana: Helena; Nebraska : Beatrice, Grand Island; New Jersey: Jersey City; New York: Brooklyn, Buffalo, New York City; North Dakota Fargo; Ohio: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Coldwater, Collinwood, Columbus, Dayton, Defiance, Eaton, Fremont, Lima, Mt. Gilead, Ottawa, Toledo, Youngstown; Pennsylvania: Allegheny, Philadelphia; South Carolina: Sumter; Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville; Texas: Dallas, Galveston, San Antonio, Victoria; Utah: Salt Lake City; West Virginia: Charleston; Wisconsin: Ashland, Milwaukee; Canada : Montreal; Germany: Würzburg.

FEDERATION OF AMERICAN ZIONISTS

Org. 1897.

OFFICE: 204 E. Broadway, New York City Eleventh Annual Convention, July 10-15, 1908, Atlantic City, N. J. Number of Shekel payers, 16,892.

Societies, 210.

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The Federation publishes leaflets, pamphlets, and brochures; also The Maccabæan" is issued under its supervision.

OFFICERS: Pres., Harry Friedenwald, Baltimore, Md.; Vice-Pres., J. L. Magnes, N. Y. C.; Sec., Joseph Jasin, Fort Worth, Tex.; Treas., Henry Jackson, Pittsburg, Pa.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

H. Epstein; I. Friedlaender; R. Gottheil;

L. D. Livingston; I. Maltin; A. M. Radin; D. Schneeberg, all of N. Y. C.; Louis H. Levin, Baltimore, Md.; N. Prensky, Brooklyn, N. Y.; T. Isaacs, Cincinnati, O.; H. Newstad, Stamford, Conn.; B. L. Gordon, Phila., Pa.; S. Shapinsky, Louisville, Ky.

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES : On Yiddish Publication, S. Abel; on Propaganda, A. H. Fromenson; on Organization, S. Joseph; on National Fund, Elias Margolis; on English Publication, Louis Lipsky; on "The Maccabæan," D. H. Lieberman; on Palestine, E. W. Lewin-Epstein; on the Jewish Colonial Trust, D. Blaustein, all of N. Y. C.; on Education, J. H. Greenstone, Phila., Pa.

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SOCIETIES: Alabama: Birmingham, Montgomery, 2; Arizona: Bisbee; Arkansas Little Rock; California: Los Angeles, 3, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, 2; Colorado: Denver, 6; Connecticut: Ansonia, Bridgeport, Hartford, 2, New Britain, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury; District of Columbia Washington; Florida : Jacksonville; Georgia: Atlanta, Augusta, 2, Savannah, 3; Illinois: Chicago; Indiana: Indianapolis; Kansas: Leavenworth; Kentucky Louisville, Newport; Louisiana: New Orleans; Maine: Auburn, Bangor, 2, Lewiston, Portland; Maryland: Baltimore, 5, Hagerstown; Massachusetts: Boston, 7, Brockton, Cambridge, Fitchburg, 2, Haverhill, 2, Holyoke, 2, New Bedford, Salem, Worcester, 2; Minnesota: Chisholm, Minneapolis, 3, St. Paul, 2; Michigan: Detroit, 2; Mississippi: Rolling Forks, Vicksburg; Missouri: Kansas City, 2, St. Louis, 4; North Carolina: Wilmington; North Dakota Fargo, Grand Forks; New Hampshire: Manchester, 2; New Jersey: Alliance, Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, 3, Norma, Paterson, 2, Perth Amboy, New Brunswick, Newark, Trenton, 2, Woodbine, 2; New York: Albany, Bedford Station, Brooklyn, 5, Buffalo, 2, Elmira, 2, Lake Placid, Newburgh, New York, 19, Rochester, 5, Sag Harbor, Syracuse, 3, Troy, 3, Watertown; Ohio: Bellaire, Cincinnati, 5, Cleveland, 4, Columbus, Dayton, Lorain, Youngstown, 3; Oregon Portland; Pennsylvania: Bradford, Butler, Doylestown, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, 6, Pittsburg, 2, Punxsutawney, Scranton, 2, Sharon, Shenandoah, Washington; Rhode Island: Pawtucket, Providence, 2, Woonsocket, 2; Tennessee: Chattanooga, Knoxville; Texas: Austin, Dallas, 2, Fort Worth, 2, Houston, 2, San Antonio, Terrell, Tyler, Waco; Vermont: Burlington, 2; Virginia: Lynchburg, Newport News, Norfolk, 2, Portsmouth; Washington: Bellington, Seattle, 2, Spokane.

SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION POALE-ZION OF AMERICA
(Affiliated with the Federation of American Zionists)

Org. Dec. 21, 1904. OFFICE: 53 Avenue A, New York City
Third Annual Convention, Dec., 1907, Boston, Mass.

Members, 1500.

Branches, 41, in the United States and Canada.

Issues a weekly paper, "Der Yiddisher Kämpfer," maintains a publishing society, "Verlag Kämpfer," National Fund, and Bank Bureaus, and a Bezalel organization.

GENERAL SECRETARY: Hayim Fineman, 53 Avenue A, N. Y. C.

BRANCHES : Albany, N. Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Bangor, Me.; Boston, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Brockton, Mass.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Cambridge, Mass.; Chicago, Ill., 3; Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland, O.; Columbus, O.; Denver, Colo.; Detroit, Mich.; Hamilton, Ont.; Hartford, Conn.; Kansas City, Mo.; Lynn, Mass.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Montreal, Can.; New Haven, Conn.; Newark, N. J.; Newport, Ky.; New York City, 2; Omaha, Neb.; Passaic, N. J.; Paterson, N. J.; Philadelphia, Pa.;