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Baar, Emile Nathaniel; b. Vienna, Sep 9
1891; d. NYC, Nov 111985.
To US 1893.· AB, LLB Columbia; honorary
degree. - Lawyer, state supreme court judge,
communalldr, NYC; natl trustee Union ofAm
Heb Congregations; officer Jewish Hospital,
Jewish Braille Inst; bd Natl Conf cif Christians
& Jews; WWIservice. - See:A]YB, 87:436;
WWIA],1938.
Baar, Herman (Hermann); b. Stadthagen,
Germany, 1826;.d. NYC, Sep 41904.
To US ca 1867. - U Gottingen. - Communal
admr, rabbi, scholar, author, NYC; earlier
England, Washington DC, New Orleans; supt
Heb Orphan Asylum. - See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,
7(1905-1906):216;NYTimes, Sep 51904,5:6.
Baar, Jesse; b. Brooklyn, June 15 1885; d.
Miami, Apr 9 1936.
Stockbroker, NYC; active Jewish community. ­
See:A]YB, 38:425; WWIA], 1928.
Bab, Julius; b. Berlin, 1880; d. Feb 1955.
To US 1940. • German drama critic & literary
historian; fdr Jiidischen Kulturband; authorin
field. - See: E]; NYTimes, Feb 13 1955,86:7.
Babin, Victor; b. Moscow, Dec 13 1908; d.
1972.
To US 1937.· Honorary degree. - Pianist,
composer; dir Cleveland Inst ofMusic; chr
Berkshire MusicCentre; WWII service. - See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 2 1972, 42 :4.
Bacarat, Georges; b. Marseilles, 1883; d.
Brooklyn, Oct 5 1943.
To US 1911. - Orthodox rabbi, Portsmouth,
VA, Memphis; then court interpreter. • See:
A]YB, 46:334; NYTimes, Oct 6 1943,23:4.
Bach, AaronJ; b. NYC, 1855?; d. Deal, NJ,
Sep 241934.
Tobacco dealer, NYC; public official, mayor,
Deal, NJ; active Republican politics. - See:
UJE; A]YB, 37:254.
Bach, Ephraim Lee; b. Linton, IN, Aug 31
1905.
BS U IL, Natl Inst ofCommercial Org Secys.
- Business assn exec, South Bend; earlier
Linton & Misawaka, IN. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Bach, Ferdinand S; b. Nashville, IL, Aug 28
1866.
Social work exec, St Louis; exec dirJewish
Fedn ofCharities; active YMHA. - See:
WWIA], 1928 (addenda), 1938.
Bach, Julius Max; b. Austria, ca 1872; d.
NYC, Nov291946.
To US 1939.· Rabbi, Vienna, NYC; withAm
Congregation ofJews from Austria. - See:
A]YB, 49:608; NYTimes, Nov 301946,15:3.
Bach, Louis S; b.*; d. Nov 27 1937.
Motion picture theatre owner, Atlanta. - See:
A]YB, 40:381.
Bach, Marcus; b. ca 1824; d. Brooklyn, Oct
28 1914.
Merchant, Brooklyn.· See:A]YB, 17(1915­
1916):218.
Bacharach, Benjamin; b. Philadelphia,
1865; d. Adantic City,]une 18 1936.
To Atlantic City 1881. - Banker, realtor, civic
ldr, philanthropic worker, Atlantic City; a fdr
Home for Afflicted Children; officer synagog.
- See: UJE; E] (sub Bacharach); A]YB, 38:425.
Bacharach, George; b. Berne, Oct 16 1888;
d. NYC, Sep 201943.
To NYC 1920. -U Zurich, BS, DSc U
Geneva; honorary degree. • Chemist,
Brooklyn; faculty Fordham, Brooklyn ColI;
author in field. - See: UJE; A]YB, 46:334;
WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 22 1943,
23:3.
Bacharach, Gustav; b. ca 1868; d.
Philadelphia, Apr 8 1912.
Pres, Commonwealth Realty Co, Philadelphia.
• See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):126.
Bacharach, Harry B; b. Philadelphia, Oct 24
1873; d. Arlantic City, May 13 1947.
Public official, banker, realtor, mayor,
postmaster, NJ Public Utility Commr, Atlantic
City; pres City Council; estJewish Community
Center, home for crippled children; active
Republican politics. - See: UJE; E] (sub
Bacharach);A]YB, 24:116, 50:513; WWIA],
1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 14
1947,25:1.
Bacharach, Herman Dfeld; b. Las Vegas,
NM, Aug 5 1899.
UPA, PAMuseum School ofArt. - Artist,
Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bacharach, Isaac; b. Philadelphia, Jan 5
1861/1870; d. Arlantic City, Sep 5 1956.
Congressman, legislator, businessman, realtor,
insurance agent, public official, Atlantic City;
active Republican politics. - See: UJE; E] (sub
Bacharach);A]YB, 24:116; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 6 1956,
25:5.
Bache, Harold L; b. NYC, June 17 1894; d.
NYC, Mar 14/15 1968.
Cornell. - Stockbroker, financialldr, NYC;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish
Big Brothers; WWI service. - See: A]YB,
70:519; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Mar 18 1968,45:4.
Bache, Jules Semon; b. NYC, Nov 9 ·1861;
d. Palm Beach, Mar 24 1944.
Financier, broker, art collector, NYC; donated
art collection to Metropolitan Museum ofArt;
Episcopalian. - See: UJE; E] (sub Bache);
A]YB, 24:116; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3.
Bache, Leopold Semon; b. NYC, Nov 12
1865/1866; d. NYC, Oct 101927.
Financier, commodity broker, NYC; officer
trade assns; trustee Home for Aged & Infirm
Heb.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Oct 111927,1:7.
Bachman, Milton Homer; b. Pittsburgh,
Nov 121884.
MDJefferson Med ColI, post-grad Vienna,
London. - Physician, radiologist, Youngstown;
officer med soc; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Bachmann, Alberto Abraham; b. Geneva,
1875.
To US 1916, to Paris 1922. - Lille
Conservatory ofMusic. - Violinist, composer;
mem NY Philharmonic; author in field. - See:
UJE.
Bachmann, Burton Stanley; b. Chicago, Sep
201897.
Northwestern. • Mfr, salesman, Chicago;
WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Bachner, Lester R; b. NYC, Aug 9 1897; d.
Apr 51976.
LLB NYU, post-grad Columbia, NYU. ­
Lawyer, NYC; pres Dreyfus Fund; active
Republican politics. - See: WWIA], 1928;
NYTimes, Apr 71976,44:4.
Bachrach, Alfred R; b. 1900; d. NYC, Sep
211982.
CPA, communalldr, NYC; pres Emanu-EI; bd
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Montefiore
Hospital, Beth Abraham Hospital. - See:
A]YB, 84:329.
Bachrach, Benjamin Charles; b. Elgin, IL,
Jan 29 1874; d. Dec 1950.
AB Notre Dame, Cornell, Columbia, LLB
Kent ColI ofLaw. - Lawyer, noted public
defender, Chicago; defense lawyer in Leopold­
Loeb case. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Jan 11951, 17:2.
Bachrach, Clarence Grover; b. Brooklyn,
Apr 25 1883; d. Oct 1977.
AB Harvard, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
Brooklyn; specialty: equity; faculty Brooklyn
Law; active Fedn ofJewish Charities, Jewish
Bd ofGuardians, Progressive Party. - See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 24 1977, 32:4.
Bachrach, David; h. Russia, ca 1863; d.
Cincinnati, July 31 1946.
To US ca 1886. - Rabbi, Cincinnati. - See:
A]YB, 49:608.
Bachrach, David Hayyim; b. Russia, Oct 4
1863/1865; d. May 281939.
To US 1889. - Rabbi, Trenton, Providence. •
See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):43,41:418; Gottlieb,
313.
Bachrach, Grace Baer (Mrs Clarence G
Bachrach); b. NYC, June 12 1884; d.
Brooklyn, June 17 1962.
NYTraining School for Tchrs. - Communal
worker, public school tchr, Brooklyn; active
Jewish Hospital, Fedn ofJewish Charities, Natl
Council ofJewish Women, Visiting Nurse
Assn, Joint Distribution Com, United Hospital
Fund.- See:A]YB, 64:492; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, June 191962,35:1.

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Bamberger, Jacob; b. ca 1839; d. Ft Scott,
KS, Aug 23 1920.
Pioneer merchant, Civil War veteran, Ft Scott,
KS.· See:AJYB, 23:131.
Bamberger, Julian Maas; b. Salt Lake City,
Feb 91889.
BA Princeton. • Corp exec, legislator, Salt
Lake City; pres State Travelers Aid; active Red
Cross, Boy Scouts, Am Legion. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Bamberger, Leo; b. NYC, Sep 2 1868; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 1961.
Cooper Inst. • Photoengraving exec,
Philadelphia; fdr Labor Day Baby Parade
(Ocean City, NJ); active trade assns. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb 251961,21:3.
Bamberger, Leon; b. NYC, Dec 22 1892; d.
Apr 1967.
Motion picture sales promoter, NYC; with
Paramount Pictures, RKO. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, Apr 27 1967,45:2.
Bamberger, LeviS; b. ca.1839; d. Locust
Valley, LI,July 1912.
Merchant, NYC.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):269;NITimes,July81912,9:5.
Bamberger; Louis; b.*; d. Selma, AL,Jan 7
1909. .
Newspaper editor, Selma, AL. • See: AJYB,
11(1909-1910):108.
Bamberger, Louis; b. Baltimore, May 15
1855; d. South Orange, NJ, Mar 111944.
Honorary degrees. • Dept store merchant,
philanthropist, Newark; fdr radio station;
benefactorJoint Distribution Com, Newark
Museum, Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton).
• See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:116,46:334;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; PAJHS, 37:455-57;
WWWIA., 2; DAB, 3; NITimes, Mar 12 1944,
38:1.
Bamberger, Max; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Aug
41910.
Merchant, philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See:
AJYB, 13(1911-1912):135.
Bamberger, Miriam Epsteiti (Mrs Melvin
Bamberger); b. Frankfort, IN.
Civic & communalldr, social worker,
Milwaukee; dir FederatedJewish Charities;
active Natl Council of]ewish Women, County
Fedn ofWornens Clubs, sisterhood. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Bamberger, Mrs Simon; b. ca 1864; d. Salt
Lake City, May 211936.
Communal worker, Salt Lake City. • See:
AJYB, 38:425.
Bamberger, Ralph; b. Indianapolis, Dec 24
1871.
BA, LLB UIN. • Lawyer, legislator,
Indianapolis. • See: WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA.,
5.
Bamberger, Raymond Sidney; b. KY, Oct
291877; d.June 1957.
AB Male High School (Louisville). • Air force
officer, major, Washington DC. • See: AJYB,
6(1904-1905):58, 24:117; NYTimes, June 18
1957,33:2.
Bamberger, Reba Cecelia (Mrs Ira Leo
Bamberger); b. Brooklyn, Mar 261865;
d. May 211937.
Communal & civic worker, NYC; mem Bd of
Education, Local Bd ofEducation (Brooklyn);
officer Clara de Hirsch Home, Natl Council of
Jewish Women. • See:AJYB, 39:588; WWIAJ,
1938;NITimes, May 22 1937, 15:2.
Bamberger, Simon; b. Darmstadt, 1845/
1846; d. Salt Lake City, Oct 7 1926.
To US 1861. • Governor, storekeeper, railroad
& traction line bldr, banker, mineowner, Salt
Lake City; mem Bd ofEducation; officer
synagog; active Democratic politics, aidJewish
agricultural colony at Clarion. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:117, 29:117; WWWIA., 1.
Band, Max (Mordecai); b. Naumestis,
Lithuania, 1900; d. 1974.
To US ca 1940. • Kaiser Friedrich Museum
(Berlin). • Painter; noted for portraits of
Holocaust survivors. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1983­
1985.
Bandes, Louis E; see Miller, Louis E.
Bandler, Clarence Garfield; b. Owego, NY,
Nov 6 1880; d. Nov 15 1957.
CCNY, AB, MD Columbia. • Urologist,
NYC; faculty Columbia, NY Post-Grad Med
School; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Nov 171957,87:1.
Bandler, Maurice Edward; b. Owego, NY,
Apr 21878.
Columbia, Columbia Physicians & Surgeons. •
•Industrial diamond importer, NYc. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Bandler, Max; b. Bolechow, Poland, Mar 12
1878.
Businessman, NYC; active communal charities.
• See: WWIAJ, i 928.
Bandler, Samuel Wyllis (William); b.*; d.
NYC,July 311932.
Gynecologist, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:117,
35:122.
Bandman, Chester Gabriel; b. Birmingham,
AL, May 211886.
BS U PA, post-grad U Berlin, LLB U AL, U
Chicago, U CA. • Mathematician, tchr,
Birmingham, AL, Pittsburgh; education dir
synagog; author in field. • See:A]YB, 24:117;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Bandmann, Daniel Edward; b. Cassel,
Germany, Nov 11840; d. Missoula, Nov
1905.
To US 1863. • Shakespearian actor, rancher,
Missoula; known for portrayal ofShylock. •
See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 8(1906-1907):224;
WWWIA., 1; NITimes, Nov 25 1905,9:5.
Bane, Henry; b. Siauliai, Lithuania, May 12
1905.
To Durham, NC 1914.· AB Duke, LLB U
NC. • Lawyer, Durham, NC; investigator
Barack, Louis Barry
Wickersham Commn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Banen, Florence Dorfl:nan (Mrs Maurice
Banen);b. Virginia, MN,June 91905.
Superior State Tchrs ColI. • Communal &
civic worker, Virginia, MN; officer Natl
Council ofJewish Women; active work for
crippled children, Little Theatre movement. 48
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Banever, Gilbert; b. New Haven, June 8
1913.
BFAYale.· Painter, New Haven. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Bank, Morris; b. Croz, Russia, May 11
1873.
Communal worker, Baltimore; dir Assocd
Jewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Banks, Polan (Algernon); b. Norfolk, 1906.
Baltimore City ColI. • Author, newspaperman,
novelist. • See: UJE.
Banov, Leon; b. Suwalki, July 5 1888; d.
Nov 3 1971.
To Charleston, SC 1898.· MD Med ColI of
Sc. • Physician, public health officer,
Charleston, SCi consult US Public Health
Service; officer med socs, B'nai B'rith. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., 6.
Banowitch, Morris Mortimer; b. NYC, May
28 1891/1892.
MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad U Vienna. •
Physician, internist, Brooklyn;·with LI ColI
Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Bara, Theda (born Theodosia Goodman);
b. Cincinnati, July 201885; d. Los
Angeles, Apr 71955•
U Cincinnati. • Film actress, the "vamp,"
Hollywood, CA. • See:A]YB, 24:117;
WWWIA., 3; NAW:modern; DAB, 5; NITimes,
Apr 81955,21:1.
Barach, Alvan Leroy; b. Newcasde, PA, Feb
22 1895; d. Dec 13 1977.
CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC; a
developer ofoxygen tent; faculty Columbia;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA., 7; NITimes, Dec 141977, IV 17:4.
Barach, Frederica Pisek (Mrs Alvan L
Barach); b. Lake Hopatcong, NJ, Aug 1
1904.
AB Vassar. • Editor, NYC; editor-in-chief
Golden Book Magazine. • See: WWWIA., 3.
Barach, Joseph Hayem (Hayim); b.
Kalvaria, Lithuania, Mar 12 1882; d. Mar
71954.
To US 1888.· MD U Pittsburgh, post-grad
Columbia. • Physician, Pittsburgh; with US
Public Health Service; faculty U Pittsburgh;
officer professional socs; author in field; WWI
service, WWII selective service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; WWWIA., 3; NITimes,
Mar 10 1954,25:5.
Barack, Louis Barry; b. Pittsburgh,June 7
1910; d.June 19 1967.
BS U Pittsburgh, MBA Harvard. • Dept store
exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA., 5.

Barr,]oseph Fischer
Barr, Joseph Fischer; b. Poland, Feb 7
1900; d. Washington DC, June 25 1965.
To US 190411905;· George Washington,
Boston U.· Lawyer, org exec, Washington
DC; exec elir, nad commanderJewish War
Veterans; a fdrJewish Community Center,
usa; counsel Veterans Adm; WWI service. •
See: A]YB, 67:531; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,
June 26 1965,29:6.
Barrett, Mrs Starr (Esther?); b. 1699?; d.
Charleston, SC?, Jan 9 1820(?).·
To America 1780 from London. • Colonial
woman reputed to have elied at age 100 (?). •
See:BDEA].
Barron, Harry Diad; b. Chicago, Dec 9
1909.
PhB, M Soc Sci U Chicago, Grad School of
Jewish Social Work, post-grad Heb Union
ColI, Columbia. • Social worker, Erie,
Cincinnati, Elizabeth, NYC; faculty Grad
School Social Work (NYC). • See: WWIA],
1938.
Barron, Isaac; b. ca 1848; d. Shreveport,
May 3 1916.
Mem Chamber ofCommerce, Shreveport. •
See: AJYB, 18(1916-1917):106.
Barron,Jennie Loitman (Mrs Samuel
BarronJr); b. Boston, Oct 12 1891; d.
Boston, Mar 281969.
AB, LLB, LLM Boston U; honorary degree. •
Lawyer, municipal & state supreme court
justice, asst atty general, suffragist, Boston;
mem School Com; officer League ofWomen
Voters; bd Brandeis.· See: UJE; E]; WWIA],
1928 (addenda), 1938; BEOA]; NAW:modern;
NYTimes, Mar 301969,71:5.
Barron, Maurice Edward; b. ca 1892; d.
Bristol, RI, Aug 22 1938.
Surgeon, Boston; faculty Tufts. • See: A]YB,
41:418;NYTimes, Aug 23 1938,17:4.
Barron, Moses; b. Lithuania, Nov 8 1883.
BS, MD U MN, post-grad U Vienna. •
Physician, pathologist, Minneapolis; faculty U
MN; officer med socs; author in field; WWI
service. • See: A]YB, 24:117; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOA].
Barron, Ted S; b. Flushing, NY, Dec 14
1879.
BS NYU. • Song composer, Flushing; coauthor
official Actors Fund song. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Barsel, Solomon Mordecai; b. Tiberias,
Palestine,Jan 11899; d. Feb 1952.
To US 1916.· PhG Rutgers, BS William &
Mary. • Rabbi, Zionist ldr, Philadelphia;
officer Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA],
1938; NITimes, Feb 16 1952, 13:6.
Barsimson, Jacob; b.*
To America 1654. • One offirstJews in New
Amsterdam; exempted from appearing in court
on the Sabbath. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; PAJHS,
29:39-52; BDEA].
Barsky, ArthurJoseph; b. NYC, Dec 7
1899.
DDS U PA, MD NYMed ColI, post-grad
London. • Plastic surgeon, NYC; faculty
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; pres Childrens
Med Relief Internad; officer med soc; author in
field; wwn service. • See: WWWIA,8.
Barsky, George; b. NYC, Aug 26 1896.
BS, CE, MA, PhD Columbia. • Consulting
chemist & engineer, NYC; atheist. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Bart, Jan; b. Sambor, Poland,Jan 261919;
d. Brooklyn, Aug 12 1971.
To US 1930. • Entertainer, communal fund
raiser.· See:A]YB, 73:629; NITimes, Aug 14
1971,28:2.
Bartel, Benjamin; b. Brooklyn, Feb 26
1916; d. NYC, Sep 111983.
StJohns. • Lawyer, real estate & alcoholism
consult, philanthropist; bd AmJewish Cong;
active politics. • See: A]YB, 85:412.
Barth, Alan; b. NYC, Oct 21 1906.
PhBYale, Harvard. • Editorial & sports writer,
St Paul; with Minneapolis papers; pres Nad
Boxing Assn. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Barth, Harry; b. ca 1878; d. Aug 25 1937.
Hotel chain pres, communal worker, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 40:381; NITimes, Aug 271937,
19:3.
Barth, Irvin V; b. Columbia, MO, Nov 6
1877; d. before 1938.
AB, AM, LLB U MO, LLB Harvard. •
Lawyer, circuit court judge, St Louis; lecturer
St Louis U; active bar & legal assns. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Barth, Judah Harry; b. Paterson, Mar 9
1902.
LLB NJ Law School. • Lawyer, Hackensack;
pres Heb Inst; active YMHA. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Barthold, Manuel; b. Russia, Sep 91874.
Artist, Paris. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):59.
Barton, Harris; b. ca 1845; d. Pittsburgh,
Mar 171923.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,
25:138.
Bartzoff, Benjamin; b. Buffalo, June 11906.
BS, EE Columbia. • Newspaper exec, Boston;
fdr Nat! Cooking School ColI & Jewish School
Cookery; publisher Young Israel. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Baruc, Edgar Sigmund; b. NYC, Oct 15
1886; d.June 1952.
CCNY, abroad. • Banker, NYC; with
Goldman-Sachs; WWI government service. •
See: WWIA], 1926,1938; NITimes, June 14
1952,15:4.
Baruch, Bernard; b.*; d. Brooklyn, May 21
1910.
Justice, Rye, NY; Civil War veteran. • See:
A]YB,12(1910-1911):II1.
Baruch, Bernard Mannes; b. Camden, SC,
Aug 191870; d. NYC, June 201965.
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AB CCNY; honorary degrees. • Broker, stock
analyst, speculator, presidential advisor, NYC;
est US atomic energy policy; WWI, WWII
government service; autobiography. • See:
UJE; E] (sub Baruch); A]YB, 24:117, 67:531;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
4; DAB, 7; NITimes, June 21 1965, 1:6.
Baruch, Dorothy Walter (Mrs Herbert M
Baruch); b. San Francisco, Aug 5 1899;d.
Sep 41962.
Bryn Mawr, U Southern CA, BEd, M Ed
Whittier ColI, PhD Claremont ColI. •
Psychologist, educator, Whittier, CA; faculty
nursery school, Broadoaks School of
Education; active Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; author/lecturer/consult in field;
WWII government service. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.
Baruch, Edgar; b. Los Angeles, Oct 20
1879.
BS, MS U CA (Berkeley). • Chemical
engineer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938.
Baruch, Edward; b. Reilingen, Germany,
Sep 211877.
To NYC 1896.· Merchant, NYC.· See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Baruch, Emanuel; b. NYC, Feb 22 1868.
U Wiirttemburg, Columbia, post-grad U
Munich, U Berlin..• Bacteriologist,
pathologist, NYC; faculty Flower Hospital &
Med ColI; author in field. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):59.
Baruch, Hartwig N (stage name Nathaniel
Hartwig); b. WInnsboro, SC, 1868; d.
Coral Gables, FL, Mar 11953.
Actor, financier, NYc. • See: E] (sub Baruch);
NITimes, Mar 2 1953,23:6.
Baruch, Herman Benjamin; b. Camden,
SC, Apr 28 1872; d. Wyandanch, LI, Mar
15 1953.
BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,
broker, public servant, diplomat, NYC; pres
Baruch Found. • See: E] (sub Baruch); A]YB,
55:454; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Mar 161953,19:4.
Baruch, Isobel (Isabelle) Wolfe (Mrs Simon
Baruch);b.SC,caI849;d.NYC,Nov
1921.
Descendant ofcolonial settler, Winnsboro, SC;
honorary officer United Daughters ofthe
Confederacy; active Daughters ofthe Am
Revolution. • See: E] (sub Baruch); NITimes,
Nov 25 1921, 15:$.
Baruch, Jacob;b. ca 1861; d. Detroit,Jan 4
1933.
Physician, author, Detroit. • See: A]YB,
35:122.
Baruch, Sailing P Jr; b. Elberon, N],June 7
1904; d. Miami, Feb 1956.
Lafayette ColI. • Broker, NYC; WWII service.
• See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Feb 111956,
17:3.

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Baruch, Sailing W; h. Camden, SC, Feb 1
1874;d.June 1962.
Broker, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes,
June 151962,27:3.
Baruch, Simon; b. Schwersen, Posen,July
291840; d. NYC,June 3 1921.
To US 1855. • SC Med CoIl, MD VAMed
Coll. • Surgeon, SC, NYC; authority on
hydrotherapy; faculty Columbia; officer med
socs; author/editor in field; Confederate Civil
War serVice. • see:]E; UJE; E] (sub Baruch);
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):59-60,24:100; WWWIA,
1;DAB;NITimes,June41921, 13:5.
Baruch, Sydney Norton; b. Mamaroneck,
NY, Mar 14 1890/1895; d. Sep 22 1959.
EE Cooper Union, PhD U CA, U NV, DSc
Stanford, DSc Cambridge U. • Research
engineer, exec, inventor, NYC. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 3;NITimes,
Sep 241959,37:2.
Baruth, Ralph Howard; b. NYC, June 2
1888; d. Nov 1947.
Business exec, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 2;
NITimes, Nov 25 1947, 32:4.
Basch, David; b. Rondout, NY, Apr 16
1874.
Research engineer, inventor, Schenectady;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Basch, Hennan; b. Bohemia, Dec 18 1866;
d. Oct 28 1936.
Furrier, Brooklyn; faculty U Prague; fdr Fur
Dressing & Dyers Assn, Employers Fur
Workers Assn. • See: A]YB, 39:588; WWIA],
1928.
Baschein,Jacob; b. ca 1876; d. Oct 91939.
BIdr, communal worker, NYC; orgrJewish
Actors Union, Forward Assn; active Reb
Sheltering Guardian Soc; \VWIJewish
Welfare Bd worker.· See:A]YB, 42:476;
NITimes, Oct 10 1939,23:4.
Basel, Alexander; b. Lithuania, Aug 11882;
d.June 111941.
Columbia, U MA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi,
author, Bronx; an orgr YMHA; chaplain
CountyJail; dir nat! council Boy Scouts. • See:
A]YB, 43:355; WWIA], 1928; NITimes, June
12 1941,23:5.
Bashevis Singer, Isaac; see Singer, Isaac
Bashevis.
Baskin, Herbert K; b. Brooklyn, Dec 29
1907; d. NYC, Oct 271966.
Banker, civic & communalldr; active United
Jewish Appeal, AmJewish Coni. • See: A]YB,
68:522-23;NITimes, Oct28 1966,31:3.
Baskin, Joseph; b. Biala, Minsk, Oct 20
1880; d. NYC,June 261952.
To NYC 1907. • CoIl de Geneve, U Lausanne,
EE UNancy.· Generalsecy, Workmen's
Circle, NYC; editor Friend;· active Bund. • See:
A]YB, 54:538; Fink, 16-17; WWIA], 1938;
BEGA]; NITimes, June 27 1952,23:2.
Baskin, Leonard; b. New Brunswick, NJ,
1922.
Printmaker, sculptor; faculty Smith
(Northampton, MA). • See: E].
Baskin, Salem N; b. Chicago, Mar 8 1894;
d.July 1947.
Advertising agent, Chicago; contributing
editor Fairchild Publications; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, July 5 1947,
11:5.
Baskin, Samuel; b. Rogachev, July 7 1883/
1884; d. NYC, May 251975.
To US 1904. • Rabbi, Denver, Salt Lake City,
New Brunswick, NJ; active Mizrachi, Union of
Orthodox Rabbis. • See:A]YB, 77:591;
WWIA], 1926;NITimes,May271975, 32:3.
Baskind, Louis; b. ea 1882; d. Aug 241936.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
39:588.
Bass, Abe Wtlliam; b. Warsaw, Mar 19
1906.
To US 1913. • LLB U IA. • Lawyer, Cedar
Rapids; officer Assocd Philanthropies, B'nai
B'rith, bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bass (Bezprozvany), Hyman B; b. Vilna,
Nov 271904; d. NYC, Sep 141983.
To US 1922. • Honorary degrees. •
Communal educator, admr, author, NYC; nat!
officer, tchr Workmen's Circle; with Joint
Distribution Com (overseas); adm comJewish
Labor Com; bd Conffor Jewish Culture,
Forward. • See: E]; A]YB, 85:412-13.
Bass, John; b. Vienna, Dec 25 1891.
To NYC 1914. • Sugar co exec, NYC, Puerto
Rico.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Bassein, Leon (pseud=Leon Elbe, Leibe der
Roiter); b. Minsk, Sep 25 1879;d. before
1938.
To US 1904. • Yiddish author, journalist,
translator, NYC; staff The Day; fdr Yiddish
schools. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Basshe, EmJo (Emjo); b. Vilna,Jan 20
1899; d. Oct 1939.
To US 1912. • Columbia, Valparaiso U. •
Playwright; with Provincetown Playhouse; a
fdr, dir The New Playwrights Theatre (NYC).
• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes,Oct 29
1939,40:7.
Bassin, Moshe (Max); b. Nivki, Belorussia,
Mar 15 1889; d. Brooklyn,]uly 101963.
To US 1907. • Yiddish poet, anthologist,
NYC.· See:E];A]YB, 65:431; NITimes, July
11 1963,29:1.
Bassinov, Abraham; b;*; d. Quincy, MA,
Feb 3 1920.
Rabbi, Quincy, MA.· See:A]YB, 22:164.
Bassuk, Albert Oliver; b. Brooklyn, Sep 6
1912.
BS StJohns, StJohns Law. • Orgr, pres Hobby
Guild ofAm, NYC; editor Gilbert & Sullivan
Quarterly. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bauer, Solomon H
Basy, Alexander; b. Moscow, 1883; d.
Brooklyn, Jan1937.
To US 1906. • Musical & vaudeville
impresario; general mgr Russian Opera Co. •
See: UJE; NITimes, Jan 15 1937,21:3.
Bath, Felix P; b. ca 1855; d. Ft Worth, May
22 1917.
Communal worker, FtWorth.· See:A]YB,
19(1917-1918):264.
Bauch, Solomon Stan; b.Rumania, Sep 7
1883.
To US 1900. • MD LI CoIl Hospital. •
Physician, artist, NYC; specialty: tuberculosis;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Bauer,Adolph;b.ca 1864; d.Mobile, Apr
15 1912.
Spanish-Am War veteran, Mobile. • See:
A]YB, 14(1912-1913):127.
Bauer, Benjamin Baumzweiger; b. Odessa,
June 261913; d. Mar 311979.
To US 1930. • EE Pratt, U Cincinnati. •
Broadcasting co exec; general mgr CBS. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Bauer, Harold Victor; b. New Malden,
England, Apr 28 1873; d. Miami, Mar 12
1951.
To US during WWI. • Pianist, tchr, violinist,
NYC; an orgr Beethoven Assn, Manhattan
School ofMusic. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:117;
WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5;NITimes, Mar 13 1951,
31:1.
Bauer, Lester Louis; b. Schenectady, Oct
101887.
Lake Forest, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Chicago; pres Fedn ofJewish
Reformed & Conservative Temples; officer
Anti-Discrimination Com; editor, publisher
Jewish Standard; WWI government service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Bauer, Marion Eugenie; b. Walla Walla,
Aug 15 1887; d.South Hadley, MA, Aug
91955.
Honorary degree. • Musician, composer,
NYC; facultyJuilliard, NYU; editor, critic
Musical Ldr; active professional socs. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NAW:modern; NITimes, Aug 111955, 21:3.
Bauer,Moncis;b.ea1832;d.Cineinnari,
Apr 121920.
Municipal worker, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,
22:164.
Bauer, Samllel; b. ea 1870; d. Cleveland,
July 171945.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 48:484.
Bauer, Sol A; b. Cleveland, Mar 11 1898.
Civil engineer, Cleveland. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Bauer, Solomon H; b. Poland,Jan 1 1863;
d. Chicago, Aug 81913. .
Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):43,
16(1914-1915):161.

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Designer ofseal ofthe Confederacy. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916):218.
Baumgarten, Selig; b. Silzheim, Hannover,
1804; d. ca 1879.
To Baltimore 1852. • Seal engraver,
government contractor, Baltimore. • See:
PA]HS, 26:248.
Baumgarten, Yetta Rose; b. Cincinnati,
Aug 22 1869.
Settlement worker, tenement inspector,
probation officer, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):40.
Baumgard, Isidor; b. Pesth, Hungary, Mar
291860.
To Chicago 1871.· Mfr, communal worker,
author, Chicago; an orgr AssocdJewish
Charities; officer Home for Jewish Friendless
& Working Girls, Jewish Orphans Home,
Jewish Home Finding Soc. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Baumrind, Harold; b. NYC, Apr 13 1911.
Ordained Yeshiva ColI. • Rabbi, cantor,
businessman, NYC, Maspeth, NY; officer
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bavli (Rashgolski), Hillel; b. Pilvishki,
Lithuania, Apr 10 1893; d. NYC, July
1961.
To US 1912. • BS Canisius, MA Columbia. •
Heb poet, literary critic, NYC; facultyJTS
Tchrs Inst. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 64:492;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July 7 1961,25:3.
Baxte, Michael Posner; b. Russia, 1890.
Musician, NYc. • See: A]YB, 24:117.
Bayar, Herman G; b.*; d.June 41942.
Rabbi, Fairfield, CT. • See:A]YB, 44:335.
Bayer, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. Deal, N],July
181936.
Cotton converter, communalldr, NYC; pres
Yeshiva ColI.· See:A]YB, 39:589.
Bayersdorfer, Sydney Harry; b.
Philadelphia, Oct 19 1888.
Merchant, Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bayersdorfer, William; b. ca 1836; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 201916.
Merchant, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­
1917):106.
Bayes, Nora (born Dora Goldberg); b.
Joliet, IL?, 1880?; d. Brooklyn, Mar 19
1928.
Vaudeville & musical comedy actress, cocomposer
ofpopular songs; contributor to
communal & childrens causes. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:117; NAW; NYTimes, Mar 20 1928,
27:3.
Baylinson, Abraham S; b. Moscow, Jan 6
1882; d. NYC, May 6 1950.
To US 1892.· Artist, NYC; faculty Art
Students League; supervisor WPA; active Soc
ofIndependent Artists. • See: UJE; A]YB,
24:117,52:501; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May
7 1950, 106:5.
Bayuk, Ford Meyer; b. Philadelphia, Apr 29
1903.
Tobacco dealer, broker, Philadelphia. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Bayuk, Harold Mann; b. Philadelphia, Dec
2 1901.
Wharton. • Tobacco dealer, broker,
Philadelphia.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Bayuk, Samuel; b. Russia, 1870; d. Nov 11
1954.
Tobacco co exec, Philadelphia. • See:
WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 13 1954,15:5.
Bazelon, David L; b. Superior, WI, 1909.
Lawyer, US asst atty general, court ofappeals
judge, Chicago, Washington DC; specialty:
relationship between law & psychiatry. • See:
E].
Beacher, Lawrence Lester; b. Czeme,
Czechoslovakia, Aug 181905.
To US 1921. • Dr ofOptometry PA State ColI
ofOptometry. • Optometrist, NYC; faculty PA
State ColI ofOptometry; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Beame, Abraham David; b. London, 1906.
To US ca 1906.· CCNY.· Mayor,
Comptroller, CPA, NYC; faculty Rutgers;
active Democratic politics. • See: E]: 1973­
1982.
Bean, Louis H; b. Russia, Mar 29 1896.
To US 1906. • AB U Rochester, MBA
Harvard. • Agricultural economist,
Washington DC; with Dept ofAgriculture,
Agricultural Adjustment Adm; author in field.
• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Bear, Alexander; b. Marion, VA, 1841; d.
Richmond, 1924.
MD U MD.· Physician, civic ldr, mayor,
legislator, Norfolk, NE, then Richmond;
regent U NE; Civil War service. • See: UJE.
Bear, Benjamin; b. Hohebach,
Wiirttemburg, Nov 3 1853.
To US 1867. • Retail clothing & furnishings
businessman, Decorah, IA; pres Decorah
Hospital; active Red Cross. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA].
Bear, Harry; b. Richmond, Nov 20 1890; d.
July 301950.
Richmond ColI, DDS Med ColI ofVA;
honorary degree. • Dentist, Richmond; faculty,
dean Med ColI ofVA; officer professional orgs,
B'nai B'rith; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.
Bear, Joseph; b. Richmond, June 17 1889.
MD Med ColI ofVA. • Obstetrician,
Richmond; faculty Med ColI ofVA; author in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bear, Joseph Ainslie; b. Louisville, May 27
1878; d. July 13 1955.
Banker, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,
July 141955,23:3.
Bearg, Benjamin; b. Kletzk, Poland, Dec 20
1867.
Beck, Joseph Clar
Communalldr, Springfield, MA; presJewish
Civic League; natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;
active communal charities. • See: WWIA],
1928.
Bearman, Abraham Nathaniel; b.
Tauroggen, Lithuania, Dec 81873.
U MN. • Communal worker, Minneapolis;
pres Jewish Family Welfare Bd; officerJewish
Sheltering House, synagog. • See: WWIA],
1926.
Bearman, Leo Edward; b. St Louis, Nov 29
1902.
LLB Vanderbilt.· Lawyer, communal worker,
Memphis; officer B'nai B'rith; bd Old Folks
Home; active Natl Fedn ofTemple
Brotherhoods. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bearman, Wtlliam W; b. Providence, Oct
12 1889.
AB, LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, communal
worker, Providence, NYC, Los Angeles; asst
city atty, Los Angeles; bd Loyola; active
Republican politics, synagog, Non-Sectarian
Orphanage; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Beatty, Clyde R; b. Bainbridge, OH,June
101903; d. Ventura, CA,July 191965.
Noted animal trainer, circus owner. • See:
BEOA];DAB, 7; NYTimes, July 20 1965,33:3.
Beaumont, Louis Dudley (family name
Schoenberg); b. Dayton, OH, Apr 26
1857; d. NYC, Oct 11942.
Dept store merchant, philanthropist; co-fdr
May Dept Stores; honorary pres NatlJewish
Hospital; benefactor Western Reserve; WWI
Red Cross service. • See:A]YB, 45:381;
NYTimes, Oct 2 1942,25:1.
Beber, Meyer; b. Minsk, Dec 27 1899.
To US 1904. • BS, PhD, MD U NE. •
Biochemist, physician, Omaha; faculty U NE;
authorin field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Beber, Sam; b. Minsk, Sep 27 1901; d.
Chicago, Aug 251976.
To US 1906/1908. • LLB Creighton.·
Lawyer, natl communalldr, philanthropist,
Omaha; a fdr Aleph Zadik Aleph; natlldr B'nai
B'rith; natl bdJoint Defense Appeal;
benefactor Heb U.· See:A]YB, 78:538;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 28 1976,24:4.
Bechhoefer, Charles; b. Woodbury, PA,Jan
11864; d.Jan 25 1932.
LLD U MI. • District court judge, US
Commr, communal worker, Minneapolis. •
See:A]YB, 34:110; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Beck, Jacob; b. Cleveland, Mar 18 1886.
Mfr, communal worker, East St Louis, IL;
earlier with US Bureau ofAnimal Industry;
pres public library; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Beck, Joseph Clar; b. Prague, Sep 26 1870.
To US 1884. • MD U IL.· Plastic surgeon,
otolaryngologist, Chicago; faculty U IL; mem
Peoples Church; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.

Beck, Martin
Beck, Martin; b. Czechoslovakia, July 30
1867/1869; d. NYC, Nov 161940.
To US 1887. • Conservatory ofDramatic Arts
(Vienna). • Theatrical producer, theatre bldr,
vaudeville impresario, NYC. • See: AJYB,
24:118,43:355; WWlAJ, 1926, 1938; DAB, 2;
NYTimes, Nov 17 1940, 49:1.
Beck, Morey M; b. ca 1901; d. Dec 181938.
Lawyer, communal worker, Jersey City. • See:
AJYB, 41:418; NYTimes, Dec 19 1938,23:4.
Beck, Morris; b. Fiirth, Jan 26 1864.
Legislator, communal worker, Jamestown,
NO; WWIJewish War Relief Campaign
officer, Liberty Loan & Red Cross fundraiser.
• See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Beck, Rudolph; b. ca 1869; d. Chicago, Mar
281913.
Surgeon, Chicago; faculty Chicago CoIl of
Dental Surgery.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):269.
Beck, SamuelJacob; b. Tecuciu, Rumania,
July 19 1896.
To US 1903.· AB Harvard, MA, PhD
Columbia. • Psychologist, orthopsychiatrist,
Chicago; earlier journalist; author/editor in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Beckelman, Moses W; b. NYC, Aug 12
1906; d. NYC, Dec 10 1955.
BS CCNY, post-grad Columbia; Grad School
for Jewish Social Work, NY School ofSocial
Work. • Social worker, NYC; withJoint
Distribution Com; active UNRRA, refugee
work; editor in field; WWIIJoint Distribution
Com & OSS service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 58:475;
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 111955,88:3.
Becker, Abraham G; b. Warsaw, OH, Sep
211857; d. Chicago, May 14 1925.
Banker, investment broker, communalldr,
philanthropist, Chicago; a fdr Assocd Jewish
Charities; bd Heb Union CoIl; benefactor Art
lost. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Becker); AJYB,
24:118; PAJHS, 31:250-52; NYTimes, May 15
1925,19:5.
Becker, Benjamin Vogel; b. Warsaw, IN,
June 201871; d. Feb 5 1955.
Lawyer, Chicago; orgr Bank Internatl
Settlement (Baden-Baden); WWI Red Cross
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3.
Becker, Ferdinand; b. Bavaria, July 9 1851.
Rabbi, Philadelphia; earlier Keokuk, Wabash,
Peoria, Pine Bluff.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):44.
Becker, Harry; b. Chicago, Mar 4 1904.
LLB JohnMarshall Law. • Lawyer, author,
Chicago. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Becker, Isador Gross; b. Philadelphia, Feb
251881.
Insurance agent, Philadelphia; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Becker, Isidor Schultz; b. NYC, May 19
1897; d.June 21963.
AB CCNY. • Radio & television exec, NYC;
with CBS, Columbia Artists; active
professional orgs. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,
June 5 1963,41:3.
Becker, Jacob S; b. Poland, Jan 14 1882; d.
NYC, Sep 1960.
To US ca 1885. • Realtor, financier, NYC;
orgr Meridian Securities Corp. • See: WWIAJ,
1928; NYTimes, Sep 20 1960, 39:1.
Becker, James H; b. Chicago, Dec 11 1893/
1894; d. Chicago, Oct 191970.
AB Cornell. • Investment banker, communal
ldr, Chicago; officerJewish Welfare Fund;
non-Zionist memJewish Agency; dirJoint
Distribution Com; active Am Jewish Com, war
reliefwork; WWI service. • See: UJE; EJ (sub
Becker);AJYB, 24:117, 72:539; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Oct 21 1970,50:1.
Becker, Julius; b. Gottesberg, Germany, ca
1882; d. NYC, Apr 30 1945.
To US 1941. • Journalist, editor; fdr, honorary
pres Foreign Press Assn; officer professional
soc; League on'{ations reporter. • See: AJYB,
47:518.
Becker, Levi; b. Bialystok, Nov 15 1894.
To US 1907.· LLB U AL.· Lawyer,
merchant, communal & civic worker,
Birmingham & Bessemer, AL; active YMCA,
Red Cross, Louis N Levi Memorial Hospital;
WWI communal welfare worker. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Becker, Martin; b. ca 1851; d. Chicago, July
61935.
Civic worker, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 38:425.
Becker, Maurice; b. Nizhni-Novgorod, Jan
41889;d.1975.
To US 1892. • Artist, NYC; a fdr The Masses;
WWI conscientious objector. • See: AJYB,
24:118; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Sep 3 1975, 40:5.
Becker, Samuel; b. Milwaukee, Mar 16
1903.
AB U WI, LLB, JSD Harvard. • Lawyer,
government counsel, Milwaukee; faculty
Tulane.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Becket, Samuel P; b. Zed, Russia, 1882; d.
Hartford, Oct 28 1910.
To US ca 1892. • Baron de Hirsch
Agricultural School. • Orgr, Fedn ofJewish
Farmers in Am, Hartford, Ellington, CT;
bought CT farmland for Jewish farmers. • See:
UJE; AJYB, 13(1911-1912):136.
Beckhardt, Moses; b. NYC, Feb 17 1876; d.
Bronx, Apr 141940.
BA CCNY, Columbia. • Rabbi, public school
tchr, NYC, Bronx.•, See: AJYB, 42:476;
NYTimes, Apr 15 1940, 17:4.
Beckler, Charles Lyon; b. Rochester, NY,
July 23 1909.
Bach ofOratory, LLB Cumberland U. •
Lawyer, legislator, Waterloo, lA. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Beckman, Harold Edward; b. Cincinnati,
Aug 12 1892; d. NYC, Feb 1964.
BS Yale, MIT. • Industrialist, philanthropist;
natl officer Am Technion Soc; dir Palestine
Economic Corporation; active Am Jewish
Com; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 66:572;
NYTimes, Feb 22 1964,21:1.
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Beckman, Nathan (N) Henry; b. Furth, Oct
1 1860; d. Aug 30 1940.
To Cincinnati 1880. • Clothing mfr,
communal worker, philanthropist, Cincinnati;
natl officer Union ofAm Heb Congregations.
• See:AJYB, 43:355; WWIAJ, 1926,1938;
BEOAJ.
Beckman, Theodore N; b. Dzigovka,
Russia, Sep 3 1895; d. Apr 201973.
To Columbus, OH 1914.· BSc, AM, PhD
OH State. • Economist; Columbus, OH;
faculty OH State; with Dept ofCommerce;
active trade orgs, Hillel; author in field; WWII
WWII service. • See: WWlAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 22
1973,54:6.
Beckmann, Max; b.Leipzig, Feb 121884; d.
NYC, Dec 27 1950.
To US 1947. • Noted modern artist; faculty
Washington U (St Louis); with Brooklyn
Museum. • See: AJYB, 53:523; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Dec 281950,25:1.
Bedacht, Max; b. Munich, 1885; d. July
1972.
To NYC 1908. • Communist Party ldr;
general secy Internatl Workers Order; editor
New Order; later poultry farmer. • See: EJ;
NYTimes, July 5 1972,42:3.
Beeber, Samuel; b. Worcester, Mar 31
1885.
AB, MA Brown. • Public school science tchr,
asst principal, communal worker, Worcester. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Beer, Edith/Cecilia Hellman (Mrs George
Louis Beer); b. New Orleans, 1882; d.
July 1952.
Volunteer social worker, NYC; pres Eiseman
Day Nursery; officer Hudson Guild
Settlement, Assn ofDay Nurseries; dir Italian
Welfare League.· See: WWlA], 1938;
BEOAJ; NYTimes, July 27 1952,57:1.
Beer, Edwin; b. NYC, Mar 28 1876; d.
NYC, Aug 13 1938.
AB, MD Columbia, post-grad abroad. •
Urologist, surgeon, NYC; specialty: bladder
tumors; pioneer in diagnostic & therapeutic
methods; pres Mt Sinai Med Bd; author in
field; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:118,
41:418; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,
Aug 15 1938, 15:4.
Beer, George Louis; b. Staten Island, July
261872; d. NYC, Mar 15 1920.
AB, AM, LLB? Columbia. • Tobacco
importer, historian, Anglophile, publicist,
NYC; specialty: British colonial economic
policy; advisor Paris Peace Conf; dirJewish
Protectory & Aid Soc; author in field. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 22:164; PAJHS, 28:258-61;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Mar 161920,9:4.

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Beer, Hofmann Richard; b. Vienna, July 11
1866; d. NYC, Sep 261945.
To NYC 1939. • U Vienna. • Noted Austrian
poet, playwright, art collector, Vienna. • See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 48:484; NYTimes, Sep 271945,
21:3.
Beer, Isaac; b. ca 1918; d. St Louis, Mar 28
1915.
Civil War veteran, St Louis. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):218.
Beer, Max; b. Tarnobrzeg, Galicia, 1864; d.
1949.
In NYC 1899-1901. • London School of
Economics. • German socialist, journalist,
NYC, England; staff]E; author in field;
autobiography. • See: UJE; E].
Beer, Max; b. Austria; 1886?; d. NYC, Oct
1965.
To US 1940. • Journalist, information officer,
author, Geneva, NYC; with League of
Nations, UN, WorldJewish Cong; officer
Internad League ofHuman Rights. • See:
A]YB, 67:532; NYTimes, Oct 28 1965,43:1.
Beer, Morris Abel; b. NYC, July 171887; d.
NYC, Feb 71936.
BS CCNY, AM Columbia. • Poet, author,
public school & CCNY tchr, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 38:425; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Beer, Sophia Walter (Mrs); b. ca 1845; d.
NYC, Jan 161935.
Communalldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 37:254.
Beery, Edwin Milton; b. ca 1872; d. Jan 30
1939.
Ophthalmologist, surgeon, Brooklyn. • See:
A]YB, 41:418;NYTimes,]an 311939, 21:5.
Begun, William; b. Lahishan, Poland, Dec
221908.
To US 1914.· BBANortheastern.·
Accountant, insurance broker, statistician, tchr,
communal worker, Gardner, MA; officer
fraternal orgs.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Behar, Nissirn Abraham; b. Jerusalem,Jan!
Feb 1848; d. NYC,Jan 11931.
To US 1901. • Alliance Israelite Universelle. •
Fdr modern Heb education, communal orgr;
fdr Nad Liberal Immigration League; a fdr
Fedn ofJewish Orgs; ldr fight against
immigration restriction. • See: ]E; UJE; E};
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):40,24:118,33:125;
WWIA],1926.
Behelfer, Louis; b. Brooklyn, Jan 9 1907.
CCNY. • Businessman, Labor Zionist worker,
NYC; nat! officer Hechalutz Org ofAm; exec
secy Hapoel Sport Org ofAm; officer Workers
Sports League ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Behr, Louis A; b. Bavaria, May 201868; d.
Dec 23 1933.
To US 1883. • Dept store merchant,
philanthropist, Pittsburgh; nad officer trade
org. • See: A]YB, 36:278; WWIA], 1926.
Behrend, Bernard Arthur; b. Villeneuve,
Switzerland, May9 1875; d. Mar 25
1932.
To US 1898. • CE U Berlin. • Electrical
engineer, engineering physicist, Brookline,
MA; designed generators, Niagara Falls. • See:
A]YB, 24:118; DAB, 1.
Behrend, Ernst Richard; b. Coeslin,
Germany, Mar 29 1869; d. Erie, Sep 22
1940.
To US 1896. • Honorary degree. • Paper mfr,
yacht owner, inventor, Erie; a fdr Nat!
Industrial ConfBd. • See: WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes, Sep 23 1940, 17:5.
Behrend, Jeanne (Mrs Alexander
Kelberine); b. Philadelphia, 1911.
Curtis. • Concert pianist, composer; faculty
Curtis. • See: UJE.
Behrend, Moses; b. Philadelphia, June 6
1877.
MD U PA. • Physician, Philadelphia; faculty
Jefferson Med ColI; pres med soc; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEGA].
Behrendt, Henry; b. ca 1869; d. Feb 19
1939.
Civic worker, sheriff, Detroit. • See: A]YB,
41:418.
Behrendt, Milton Aubrey; b. Ovid, MI, May
241898.
LLB Detroit CoIl ofLaw. • Lawyer, common
pleas court judge, Detroit. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Behrendt, Walter Curt; b. Metz, Dec 16
1884; d. Norwich, vr, Apr 261945.
To US 1934. • Dr Eng Technische
Hochschule·(Dresden). • Architect, regional
planner, architectural historian, critic,
Hannover; faculty Dartmouth; author in field;
WWI German army service; Protestant. • See:
WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Apr 271945,
19:3.
Behrens, Herman Albert; b. Hamburg, Sep
291883; d. Mar 13 1945.
To US 1889. • Insurance exec, Chicago;
Christian Scientist. • See: WWWIA, 2.
Behrens, Manfred I Jr; b. NYC, July 31
1904; d. NYC, Mar 24 1961.
Management consult, NYC; specialty:
retailing; advisor government agencies, Federal
Reserve; trustee Jewish Bd ofGuardians, Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 63:558;
NYTimes, Mar 25 1961,25:4.
Behrman, Abraham Sidney; b. Covington,
KY, Dec 15 1892.
Chemist; Chicago; with Internad Filter Co;
Episcopalian. • See: WWIA], 1938;
Behrman, Martin; b. NYC, 1864; d. New
Orleans,]an 12 1926.
Public official, mayor, New Orleans; mem Bd
ofEducation; pres State Bd ofAssessors,
League ofAm Municipalities; active
Democratic Party. • See: UJE; E}jA]YB,
24:118,28:150; WWWIA, 1.
Bekker, Paul
Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel (S N); b.
Worcester,June 91893; d. Sep 1973.
Clark, AB Harvard, MA Columbia; honorary
degree. • Playwright, biographer, novelist,
NYC; autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,
Sep 10 1973, 38:1.
Beier, Samuel K; b. NYC, Sep 22 1900.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; active
Republican politics, communal education, Am
Jewish Cong, Union ofOrthodox
Congregations. • See: BEGA].
Beierfeld, Isidore; b. Baltimore, Nov 6
1897.
Baltimore City ColI, Johns Hopkins, LLB U
MD. • Social worker, MD legislator, Yonkers;
exec dir Jewish Community Center; officer
Nad Assn ofJewish Center Execs, other
professional orgs. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Beigler, Sydney Karl; b. Posen, Sep 25
1900.
To US 1909. • AB, MD U MI, post-grad U
Berlin. • Surgeon, Detroit; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bellis, (Menahem) Mendel; b. ca 1874; d.
Saratoga Springs, NY, July 7 1934.
To US 1920. • Defendant in Russian ritual
murder trial, NYc..• See:. UJE (sub Beilis
Case); E]; A]YB, 37:254.
Beirnel, Jacob; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, Nov 17
1944.
To US 1914.· Royal Academy ofArts (Berlin).
it Cantor, NYC, Philadelphia; author onJewish
musical topics. • See: A]YB, 47:518; NYTimes,
Nov 181944,13:2.
Bein, Albert (pseud=Charles Walt); b.
EJshinev, 1902;d.1963.
To US ca 1909. • Author, novelist; theatre
mgr, producer, playwright, NYC. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, May41963, 25:3.
Bein, Royal Hamilton; b. Chicago, Nov 3
1897.
BS U PA. • Investment counsellor,
businessman, Mansfield, OH. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Bein, William; b. Monor, Hungary, Sep 21
1899; d. NYC, Dec 121968.
Communal & civic worker; fdr Nad Parkinson
Found; financial admr Com to Rescue Italian
Art; dirJoint Distribution Com; trustee Sanger
Research Bureau. • See: A]YB, 70:519.
Beitman, MrsJoseph; b. ca 1870; d.
Birmingham, AL,Jan 5 1933.
Philanthropic ldr, Birmingham, AL. • See:
A]YB, 35:122.
Bekker, David (Ben Menachem, Aba
Shoshanna); b. Vilna, May 11897.
To US 1920. • Artist; engraver, coin designer,
author, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bekker,Paul;b.Berlin, 1882; d. NYC, Mar
1937.
To US 1930s. • Violinist, musicologist,
impresario, critic, Berlin; with New Yorker

Belais, David
Stattszeitung; authorlbiographer in field. • See:
UJE; NITimes, Mar 8 1937, 19:5.
Belais, David; b. NYC, July 21862; d. NYC,
June 51933.
CCNY. • Jeweler, inventor ofwhite gold; a fdr
Humane Soc ofNY, free clinic for animals;
officer trade assn. • See: UJE;A]YB, 35:122;
WWIA], 1928; NITimes,]une 71933,21:4.
Belais, Henry; b.ca 1859; d.June 11940.
Mfr, Sephardic ldr, NYC. • See:A]YB, 42:476;
NITimes,]une 3 1940, 15:4.
Belais, Solomon; b. ca 1827; d. NYC, May
211911.
Expert in precious stones, NYC. • See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):138.
Belarsky, Sidor; b. Russia, Feb 23 1900; d.
Manhasset, June 7 1975.
To US 1930. • Opera singer, tchr; faculty]TS,
UUT, Brigham Young.· See:A]YB, 77:592;
NITimes,]une 81975,55:3.
Belasco, David; b. San Francisco, July 25
1853/1858; d. May 141931.
Lincoln ColI. • Theatrical producer,
playwright, NYC; pioneer in electric stage
lighting; "The Girl ofthe Golden West." •
See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):60,
24:118,33:125; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1; NITimes, May 15 1931,
1:3.
Belber, Aaron Selig; b. Harlau, Rumania,
Jan 271877; d. Feb 15 1936.
To US 1888.· Bag & trunkmfr, philanthropic
worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 38:425;
WWIA], 1928.
Belber, Henry A; b. ca 1876; d.
Philadelphia, June 17 1934.
Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:
A]YB, 36:278.
Belber, Marcus Yoseph; b.Jassy, Sep 11
1871; d. Adantic City, Jan 11939.
To Philadelphia 1883. • DDS U PA. • Dental
surgeon, Philadelphia; pres Fedn ofRumanian
Jews; officer Franklin Free Dispensary; active
relieffor Rumanian]ews. • See: A]YB, 41 :418;
WWIA], 1938; BEGA]; NITimes, Jan 5 1939,
23:5.
Beldoch, Albert I; b. Brooklyn, Apr 15
1901; d. Great Neck, Nov61978.
Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; Fire Commr,
Hewlitt Bay; officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; active Boys Scouts, United
Cerebral Palsy, Anti-Defamation League. 8
See: A]YB, 80:362; NITimes, Nov 9 1978, IV
19:6.
Beldock, GeorgeJ; b. Bielk, Poland, Jan 8
1904; d. Sea Cliff, NY, Mar 15 1970.
State supreme court judge, NYC; mem NYC
Council against Discrimination. • See: A]YB,
72:539; NYTimes, Mar 16 1970,43:1.
Belfer, Maurice; b.*; d. 1978.
Business exec, philanthropist; benefactor Heb
U, Yeshiva U, Anti-Defamation League. • See:
A]YB, 80:362.
Belford,Jacob; b. NYC, Aug 18 1898.
LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, New Haven. •
See: WWIA]; 1928,1938.
Belkin, Samuel; b. Swislocz, Poland, Dec 12
1911; d. NYC, Apr 18 1976.
To US 1929. • PhD Brown; honorary degrees.
• Rabbi, scholar, educational admr; authority:
] ewish law & Hellenistic literature; faculty,
pres Yeshiva Coll, RIETS; author in field. •
See: UJE; E];A]YB, 78:538; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Apr 19 1976,30:4.
Bell, Nahum; b. ca 1877; d. Dec 7 1938.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 41 :418.
Bellanca, DorothyJacobs (Mrs August
Bellanca); b. Zemel, Latvia, Aug 101894;
d. NYC, Aug 16 1946.
To US 1900. • Labor ldr, NYC; mem state
commns on employment discrimination;
officer Amalgamated Clothing Workers;
advisor ILO; an orgr, officer Am Labor Party.
• See:A]YB, 49:608; Fink, 21; NAW; DAB, 4;
NITimes, Aug 17 1946, 13:3.
Bellarina, Bella (Mrs Chaim Schneyer
Hamerow); b. Warsaw, July 1896; d.
NYC, Feb 11969.
Actress, NYC; with Yiddish Art Theatre. • See:
A]YB, 71:602;NITimes,Feb21969, 72:3.
Beller, AbrahamJacob; b. NYC, Feb 7
1886; d. Philadelphia, Jan 1960.
BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC;
faculty Cornell; pres med soc; author in field. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NITimes,
Jan 16 1960,21:2.
Beller, Ida F (Mrs AbrahamJ Beller); b.
NYC, Mar 51896; d. Dec 1944.
BA Hunter, MA NYU, NY School ofSocial
Work. • Social worker, NYC; pres United
Parents Assn; with Red Cross, Veterans
Bureau, Mt Sinai. • See: BEGA]; NITimes, Jan
11945,21:2.
Beller, MrsJohn D; b.*; d. Apr 16 1938.
Social worker, Worcester.· See:A]YB, 40:381.
Bellin, Jacob Harold; b. Derby, CT,July 31
1893; d. Feb 1956.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, businessman, pianist,
accompianist, Ansonia, CT, New Haven. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes, Feb 5
1956,86:3.
Bellis, Leon Robert; b. Elizavetgrad, Mar
25 1910; d. Apr 51972.
To US 1923. • U PA. • Wholesale jeweler,
diamond appraiser, New Orleans, then
Chicago; officer professional socs; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Bellison,Simon(Simeon);b.Moscow,
1882/1884; d. NYC, May 41953.
To US 1921. • Moscow Conservatory. •
Clarinettist; mem Moscow Symphony, St
Petersburg Symphony, NY Philharmonic; fdr
Jewish Folk Music Soc. 8 See: UJE; A]YB,
55:454; NITimes, May 5 1953,29:3.
Bellman, Jack; b. Kiev, Sep 11 1890.
To US 1908. 8 Motion picture distributor,
NYC; with Exhibitors Film Exchange; pres
Hollywood Pictures Corp. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Bellow, Saul; b. Lachine, Quebec, 1915.
U Chicago, Northwestern. • Novelist, Nobel
laureate; faculty U Chicago. • See: E];
E]:1973-1982.
40
Belmont, August; b. Alzey, Hesse, Dec 8
1816; d. NYC, Nov 24 1890.
Banker, diplomat, art collector, NYC; pres Am
Jockey Club; active Democratic politics; Civil
War Union supporter. • See:]E; UJE; E];
DAB; NITimes, Nov 25 1890, 1:7.
Belmont, August; b. NYC, Feb 18 1853; d.
Dec 101924.
AB Harvard. • Banker, public transportation
financier, NYc. • See: E] (sub Belmont,
August); WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Dec 12 1924,
21:4.
Belmont, IraJean; b. Kovno, May 15 1884;
d. Oct 1964.
Cooper Union. • Artist, art expert & dealer,
NYc.. See: WWIA], 1928;NITimes, Oct23
1964,39:1.
Belmont, Morgan; b. Hempstead, LI, Mar
191892; d. Sep 1953.
AB Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC;
WWI & WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Sep 191953, 15:3.
Belmont, Oliver Hazard Perry; b. NYC,
Nov 12 1858; d.June 1908.
US Naval Academy. • Capitalist, banker,
publisher, NYC; active Democratic politics;
naval service. • See: WWJ¥IA, 1; NITimes,
June 111908, 7:3.
Belmont, Perry; b. NYC, Dec 28 1850; d.
May 251947.
AB Harvard, U Berlin, LLB Columbia. •
Congressman, lawyer, diplomat, author,
Newport; Spanish-Am War & WWI service. •
See: E] (sub Belmont, August); WWWIA, 2;
NITimes, May 261947,1:5.
Belous, Charles; b. Bessarabia, Feb 41907;
d. July 1966.
To NYC 1914. 8 AB, LLB Columbia.·
Lawyer, political activist, LI City; officer bar
assn; active Fusion Party, Am Labor Party,
Progressive Party. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, July 15 1966,31:3.
Beloussoff, Evsei; b. Moscow, Dec 28 1881;
d. NYC, Dec 11945.
To US 1923. • Imperial Conservatory
(Moscow). • Concert cellist, tchr, NYC; faculty
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Kharkov). •
See:A]YB, 48:484; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
NITimes, Dec 3 1945,21:5.
Belov, Joel; b. Ekaterinoslav, OctlDec 18
1894.
To US 1911. • Ekaterinoslav Royal
Conservatory ofMusic. • Violinist, composer,
author, Philadelphia; mem Philadelphia
Symphony, NY Philharmonic; faculty Curtis. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].

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BA U MI, MD U Cincinnati.- Physician,
Cincinnati; faculty Cincinnati ColI ofMed; dir
Assocd Charities, UnitedJewish Social
Agencies. It See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
NITimes, Dec 1 1972,42:4.
Benjamin, Louis; b. London, Nov 8 1883.
Newspaper publisher, Erie; publisher Dispatch­
Herald. It See: WWIAJ, 1938; "WWWIA, 1.
Benjamin, Marcus; b. ca 1857; d.
Washington DC, Nov 1932.
Editor, encyclopedist, Washington DC. It See:
AJYB,35:122.
Benjamin (Benjamins), Myer;b. Hungary,
ca 1733; d. Newport, Nov 201776.
Translator, Newport; his name may have been
Benjamin Myer. It See: RDEAJ.
Benjamin, Raphael; b. London, June 19
1846; d. NYC, Nov 15 1906.
Jews Free School, BA U London, MA U
Melbourne, DrJewish Law for Australia. It
Rabbi, poet, musician, Brooklyn, earlier
Cincinnati; bd Heb Union ColI; active Charity
Org Soc. It See: UJE; AJYB, 5(1903-1904):44,
8(1906-1907):44; PAJHS, 17:214-17;
"WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Nov 16 1906, 9:6.
Benjamin, Robert Morris; b. NYC, Apr 26
1896; d. NYC,Jan 171966.
AB, LLB Harvard. It Lawyer, public official,
NYC; chr State Bd ofRegents; officer Public
EducationAssn, bar assns; bd Am Bar Found;
active bar assn; WWII government service. It
See:AJYB, 68:523; "WWWIA, 4; NITimes,Jan
181966,34:1.
Benjamin, Samuel; b. Jerusalem, Sep 12
1893/141894.
AB Brown,JD NYU, ordainedJTS. It Rabbi,
Cleveland, Jacksonville, FL, Chicago,
Brooklyn; mem Tel Aviv Municipal Council;
active Jewish Center. It See: WWIAJ, 1926;
REGAJ; see entry for Bension, Samuel.
Benjaminson (Benjaminsohn), Abraham L;
b. Minsk, 1884.
To US 1892. It Heb author, circumcisor, NYC.
It See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):60-61; Eisenstadt,
19.
BenJehudah (Yehuda), Eliezer (originally
Perlman); b. Luzhky, Lithuania, 1857; d.
Jerusalem, Dec 1922.
In US during WWI. It Pioneer developer of
modern Heb, lexicographer, Palestine. It See:
UJE;EJ;NITimes, Dec 181922, 17:5.
Benkowitz, lcik; b. Lithuania, Aug 1 1853;
d. Chelsea, MA,June 1963.
In US before 1914. It Rabbi. It See:AJYB,
65:431.
Ben-Meir, Moshe S; b. Bialystok,Oct 26
1900; d. NYC,Jan 17 1959.
To'US 1940. It Educator, Heb poet, author;
faculty Yeshiva U. It See:AJYB, 61:415;
NYTimes, Jan 19 1959,27:4.
Benmosche, Herman; b. Cairo, Egypt,Jan
181858.
Rabbi, Norfolk, earlier London. It See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):44.
Benmosche, Moses; b. London, Dec 5
1883; d. NYC, Sep 4/5 1951.
MD Med ColI ofVA, post-grad England. It
Surgeon, cancer researcher, poet, NYC; active
city politics; author in field. It See: AJYB,
54:538; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NITimes,
Sep 61951,31:1.
Benn, Ben; b. Ukraine, Dec 27 1884.
To US 1895. It NatlAcademyofDesign. It
Artist, NYC. It See:AJYB, 24:118; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Bennett, Harris; b.*; d. Duluth, Oct 3 1923.
Communal worker, Duluth. It See:AJYB,
26:153.
Bennett, Max A; b. Botosani, Rumania, Dec
1618,82.
To US 1900. It Insurance agent, broker, Erie;
officer Heb Inst; dirJewish Welfare Bd. It See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Benny, Jack (born Kubelsky); b. Waukegan,
IL, Feb 141894; d. Beverly Hills, Dec 26
1974.
Stage, radio & screen comedian,
philanthropist; a fdr Am Israel Cdtural Found;
WWI service. It See: UJE; !lJYB, 76:511;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Dec 27
1974, 1:2.
Benoliel, Solomon David; b. NYC, June 1
1873/1874; d. Nov 23/30 1932.
BS CCNY, EE, AM Columbia. • Consult
electrical & mechanical engineer, chemist,
Niagara Falls, Merien, PA; author/lecturer in
field. - See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):61,24:118,
35:122; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; REGAJ;
WWWIA, 1.
Benquiat, Vital; b. ca 1859; d. Mar 171937.
Art expert, oriental rug, textile & jewelry
dealer, NYC. • See:AJYB, 39:589; NITimes,
Mar 181937,25:1.
Bensadon,Joseph;b.NYC, 1819; d. Nevv
Orleans, 1871.
MD U Charleston. • Physician, New Orleans;
encouragedJudah Touro to found infirmary;
Mexican War & Civil War Confederate
service. • See: UJE.
Bensinger, Benjamin Edvvard; b. Louisville,
Jan 4 1868; d. Chicago, Nov 27 1935.
Mfr, communal worker, Chicago; pres Assocd
Jewish Charities. • See:AJYB, 24:119, 38:425;
WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 1.
Bensinger, Benjamin Edvvard; b. Chicago,
Dec 61905; d.Jan 19 1979.
PhB Yale. • Corp exec, Chicago; trusteeJewish
Fedn; active civic, charitable, cultural &
business instns. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Bension, Samuel; b. Jerusalem, Sep 12
1894.
To US 1903, Palestine 1935.· AB Brown,JD
NYU, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Haifa, earlier
Cleveland,]acksonville, FL, NYC, Chicago;
pres Am-Palestine Bank (Tel Aviv); mem
Bercovici, Konrad
Municipal Council (Tel Aviv & Haifa). • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; see entry for Benjamin, Samuel.
Benson, Emanuel Mervyn; b. NYC, Oct 22
1904; d.June 11971.
BA Dartmouth, MA Columbia. • Art educator,
Philadelphia, NYC; with Museum ofArt; dean
Museum ColI; researcher NYU; author in
field. It See: WWWIA, 5.
Bensvvanger, William Edvvard; b. NYC, Feb
22 1892; d. Jan 15 1972.
Businessman, professional athletic team exec,
Pittsburgh; earlier in insurance business; pres
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Baseball Club; dir
Natl League; WWI service. • See: EJ:1973­
1982; "WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Jan 17 1972,
34:4.
Benter, Charles; b. NYC, Apr 29 1887; d.
Dec 1964,.
Honorary degree. • Band ldr, composer,
Washington DC; fdr US Navy School of
Music; naval service.. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NITimes, Dec 5 1964, 31:2.
Benzer, Seymour; b. NY, 1921.
Purdue. • Molecular biologist; specialty:
genetic analysis; faculty Purdue. • See: EJ.
Ben-Zion (Weinman); b. Ukraine, 1897.
To US 1920. • Painter, etcher; noted for
unconventional handling ofbiblical themes;
with WPA. • See: EJ.
Benzion, Benedict; b. Gomostapolye, Kiev,
1839; d. US, ca 1915.
To US 1887. It MD U Wiirzburg. • Christian
missionary to Jews, physician, Heb author,
Yiddish translator; convert from Judaism. •
See: UJE.
Beranger, Clara (Mrs Albert B Beranger,
Mrs Williain de Mille); b. Baltimore,Jan
141886; d. Sep 10 1956.
AB Goucher. • Screenplay writer, NYC, Los
Angeles; faculty U Southern CA. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Sep 12 1956,37:2.
Berch, Rose Jean Chmelnitsky (Mrs
Samuel H Berch); b. Wtnnipeg, May 1
1892.
To US 1891 (?).• Communal worker, Los
Angeles; officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women, Heb Sheltering Home for Aged. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Berch, Samuel Harry; b. Russia, Dec 10
1888; d. Oct 29 1951.
To US 1918. - Dairy co exec, Los Angeles. •
See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Oct 30 1951, 29:3.
Bercovici, Konrad; b. BrailalGalati,
Rumania, JunelJuly 22 1882; d. Dec
1961.
To US 1908/1916. • Author, screenwriter,
musician, composer, charity investigator,
Morristown, NJ; special interest gypsy music &
stories. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:119; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Dec 28 1961,27:1.

Berdichevsky, Leo
Berdichevsky, Leo; b. Kherson, Nov 12
1886.
BA Petrograd Imperial Conservatory. •
Pianist, popularizer ofHeb music, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1928.
Berdon, David; b. Jan 17 1894/1895; d.
NYC, Mar 20 1969.
BCS NYU. • Accountant, philanthropist; a fdr
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, FeOO ofJewish
Philanthropies; active Am Jewish Com. • See:
A]YB, 71 :602; WWIA.], 1938; NITimes, Mar
23 1969,93:1.
Bereano, Philip L; b. Ploesti, Rumania,
Nov 161878; d. May 1949.
MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician, NYC;
specialty: diseases ofgastro-intestinal tract; fdr
Jewish Home for Convalescents. • See:
WWIA], 1926; NITimes, May 23 1949,23:5.
Berell, Elias; b. Austria, June 25 1891.
Kansas City School ofLaw. • Lawyer, Kansas
City; active Am Legion, communal charities,
Democratic politics. • See: BEOA].
Berenberg, David Paul; b. Brooklyn, Mar
171890.
BA CCNY, post-grad Columbia. • Tchr,
writer, poet, Brooklyn; faculty Rand School;
editorial staffAm Labor Year Book. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Berenson, Arthur; b. Boston, Oct 1 1879; d.
NYC, Aug 11 1944.
LLB Boston U.· Lawyer, Boston, NYC;
WWI enlistment bd service. • See: A]YB,
47:518; WWIA.], 1938; NITimes, Aug 13 1944,
35:2.
Berenson, Bernard (Bernhard); b.
Baltramentz, Lithuania, June 26 1865; d.
Florence, Oct 61959.
To US ca 1875.• AB Harvard; honorary
degrees. • Art historian, connoisseur, critic,
Florence; specialty: Italian Renaissance art;
benefactor Harvard; author in field. • See: ]E;
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):61, 24:119;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NITimes,
Oct81959, 1:3.
Berenson, Senda; b. Biturmansk, Lithuania,
Mar 19 1868; d. Santa Barbara, CA, Feb
161954.
To Boston 1875. • Boston Conservatory,
Boston Normal School ofGymnastics, Smith,
Royal Central Inst ofGymnastics (Stockholm).
• Sportswoman, educator; assocd with Smith;
opposed womens intercoll competition. • See:
E]:1983-1985; DAB, 5.
Berg, Aaron W; b. NYC, July 4 1903; d.
Mar 1978.
AB, LLB Columbia.· Lawyer, communalldr,
NYC; officer Jewish Vacation Assn, FeOO
Settlement; dir Boys Athletic League; active
bar assn. • See: WWIA.], 1938; BEOA];
NITimes, Mar 17 1978, II 2:1.
Berg, Abram S Jr; b. Philadelphia, Sep 7
1902; d.Jenkintown, PA,Jan 16 1972.
Industrialist, communalldr, Philadelphia;
officer Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; natl bd Jewish
Welfare Bd, Am Jewish Com; dir FeOO of
Jewish Agencies. • See:A]YB, 74:554.
Berg, Albert Ashton; b. NYC, Aug 10 1872;
d. NYC, July 1 1950.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon, book
collector, philanthropist, NYC; specialty:
stomach; benefactor NY Public Library (Berg
Collection).· See: UJE;A]YB, 24:119, 53:523;
WWIA.], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
July 2 1950,24:3.
Berg, Benjamin Nathan; b. NYC, Dec 8
1897.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC;
faculty Columbia; author in field. • See:
WWIA.], 1938. .
Berg, Bernard; b. London, Mar 26 1894.
DMD Tufts. • Dentist, Boston; faculty Tufts;
WWI service. • See: WWIA.], 1938.
Berg, Charles F; b. San Francisco, July 14
1871; d. Portland, OR, Sep 8 1932.
Merchant, civic & communalldr, Portland,
OR; pres trade assns. • See:A]YB, 35:122;
WWIA.],1928.
Berg, Eva S (Mrs Reuben Berg); b. NYC,
Oct 15 1891; d. Ramat Aviv, Nov 13
1964.
Pratt. • Communal worker, hotel owner,
Stanfordville, NY; a fdr Pioneer Women. •
See: A]YB, 66:572; NITimes, Nov 19 1964,
39:6.
Berg, Forrest T; b. San Francisco,Jan 5
1901.
Merchant, communal worker, Portland, OR;
dir Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIA.],
1938.
Berg, Gertrude; b. Savannah, ca 1858; b.
Oct 201938.
Communal & civic clubwoman, Philadelphia,
NYC; natl officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women; pres Young Womens Union; officer
"Home ofDelight." • See:A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):41,41:419.
Berg, Gertrude Edelstein (Mrs Louis/
Lewis Berg); b. NYC, Oct 3 1899; d.
NYC, Sep 141966.
Columbia. • Radio, screen & television actress,
scriptwriter, dir; creator & star "The
Goldbergs." • See: UJE; A]YB, 68:523;
WWIA.], 1938; WWWIA, 4;NAW:modern;
DAB, 8;NITimes, Sep 15 1966,43:3.
Berg, Harold C; b. Saginaw, MI, May 3
1900.
Composer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIA.], 1928.
Berg, Henry W; b. Austria, Dec 25 1859; d.
NYC, Dec 22 1938.
To US 1865. • AB CCNY, MD Columbia. •
Physician, neurologist,NYC; author in field. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 41:419; WWIA.], 1926, 1928;
NITimes, Dec 23 1938, 19:1.
Berg, Jacob D; b. Brezin, Poland, Dec 26
1888; d. NYC,June 17 1963.
To US 1914.· BIdr, communalldr; pres
Sholem Aleichem Folk Inst; bd Yiddish Inst;
mem world council Cong for Jewish Culture. •
See:A]YB, 65:431; NITimes,June 19 1963,
37:5.
Berg,Julius Simon; b. NYC,July 12 1835/
July 15 1895; d.July 201938.
NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; active
Internatl Peace Movement, veterans affairs,
Boy Scouts; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
41:419; WWIA.], 1926,1938.
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Berg, Leon; b. ca 1867; d. Dayton, OH, Oct
191933.
Theatrical press agent, author. • See: A]YB,
36:278.
Berg, Louis; b. London, June 19 1900/
1901; d. Oct 11972.
To NYC 190411905. • AB Columbia, MD
Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad U Berlin, U
Vienna. • Psychiatrist, NYC; with NY Dept of
Correction; author in field, fiction. • See:
WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
Berg, Morris (Moe); b. NYC, Mar 2 1902;
d.May 1972.
AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Professional
baseball player, lawyer, linguist, Newark; mem
WWII government service. • See: E]:1973­
1982; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 1 1972,46:1.
Berg, Nettie L (Mrs); b. 1887?; d. NYC,
July 25 1967.
Educator, communal worker; specialty: audiovisual
education; active professional orgs;
author in field. • See: A]YB, 69:605; NITimes,
July271967,35:3.
Berg, Paul; b. NYC, 1926.
PA State, PhD Western Reserve. • Biochemist,
Nobel laureate; faculty Stanford. • See:
E]:1973-1982.
Berg, Simon; b. Kiev, Jan 6 1872.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; specialty: real
estate; dir communal orgs. • See: WWIA],
1926.
Berg, Sol I; b. ca 1869; d. Ysleta, TX, May
1935.
Merchant, mayor, Ysleta, TX.· See:A]YB,
37:254.
Berg, William Nathan; b. Hungary, Sep 22
1881.
BS, PhD Columbia. • Biochemist, NYC;
specialty: foods; dir Berg Biological
Laboratory; author in field; WWI service. •
See:A]YB, 24:119; WWIA], 1928.
Bergad, MaxM; b. Russia, Mar 291901.
BS Harvard, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer,
Greensburg, PA; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
BEOA].
Bergen, Emil; b. NYC, Jan 261912; d. Palo
Alto, Oct 311974.
Communal worker & fundraiser; active Am
Jewish Com, Joint Distribution Com. • See:
A]YB, 76:511; NYI'imes, Nov 11974,42:2.
Berger, Adolph; b. Hungary, Dec 12 1882;
d. NYC, Apr 1961.
To NYC 1903. • DDS NY ColI ofDentistry. •

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Oral surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia; author/
lecturer in field. • See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Apr 16 1961,86:6.
Berger, Arthur Victor; b. NYC, 1912.
Harvard, Paris. • Composer, critic, author;
with NY Herald Tribune; faculty Brandeis. •
See:EJ:1973-1982.
Berger, Benjamin; b. Hraboce, Hungary,
June 17 1884.
To NYC 1885.· CCNY,MDLICoIl
Hospital. • Physician, NYC; specialty: urology,
dermatology; active communal affairs. • See:
WWL4.J, 1926, 1938.
Berger, Die L; b. Galatz, Rumania, Nov 8/9
1884.
Brown, 42nd Street CoIl ofDentistry (NYC). •
Dentist, Zionist & communalldr, Providence;
staffAm Jewish Cong; regionaVstate officer
Zionist Org ofAm; officer professional soc. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.
Berger,Jacob Israel; b. Rawa, Poland, Apr
3 1888.
ToUS 192 7. • Rabbi, kashruth supervisor,
Cleveland; officer Rabbinical Council. • See:
WWL4.J,1938.
Berger,Joseph; b. Austria, Sep 17 1864.
Communal & civic worker, StLouis; officer
Childs Welfare Bureau, Community Center. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Berger, Louis; b. NYC, May 16 1894; d.
Brooklyn, Mar 1970.
CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician, surgeon,
Brooklyn; faculty LI CoIl Hospital, Downstate
Med Center; pres med soc. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Mar 291970, 72:8.
Berger, Louis L; b. Detroit, May 281880.
Retail exec, Buffalo; mem State Planning Bd;
local, natl officer business orgs; dirJewish
Hospital. • See: WWL4.J, 1928, 1938.
Berger, Marcy Irwin; b. Holyoke, MA, Feb
271877; d. Vero Beach, FL, Feb 23
1951.
U Chicago. • Mfr, dairy farmer, cattle dealer,
Chicago; natl seey UnitedJewish Campaign;
active comunal charities; WWI natl guard
service. • See:AJYB, 53:523; WWL4.J, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 25 1951,85:1.
Berger, Maurice Wibert; b. Riverdale, NY,
July 51906; d.July 251968.
B Litt Rutgers, Yale Law. • Merchant, art
collector & donor,. Milwaukee, NYC; with
Gimbels; officer business assns, Milwaukee Art
Center; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes,July27 1968,27:1.
Berger, Max; b. ca 1874; d. Middletown,
NY,June 10 1935.
Philanthropist, Middletown, NY. • See: AJYB,
37:254.
Berger, Meyer M (Mike); b. NYC, Sep 1
1898; d. NYC, Feb 8 1959.
Newspaperman, Pulitzer Prize winner, author,
NYC; staffNYTimes; WWI service, WWII
London correspondent. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA., 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Feb 9
1959,29:1.
Berger, Morroe; b. NYC,June 251917; d.
Apr 71981.
BSS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Sociologist, consult, author, editor, translator,
Princeton; faculty Princeton U; WWII service.
• See: WWWIA., 7,8.
Berger, Nathan Hale; b. Brooklyn, July 14
1889; d. Oct 1968.
AB, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, banker, Newark; NJ
delegate ConfofJewish Charities. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Nov 1
1968,47:1.
Berger, Samuel; b. Poland, ca 1857; d.
NYC, Apr 181923.
To US ca 1882.· Dir NYC piers & parks
public concerts. • See:AJYB, 26:153; NYTimes,
Apr 19 1923, 19:4.
Berger, Samuel A; b. Pilten, Kurland, Nov
21877.
To US 1894.· Tea & brewing businessman,
realtor, communal & Zionist worker, NYc. •
See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Berger, Samuel A; b. Czechoslovakia, Sep
291882; d. NYC,Jan 1972.
CCNY, NY Law. • Lawyer, public servant, art
collector, NYC; mem State Insurance Bd;
active Republican politics; WWII service. • Se:
WWIAJ, 1926; NYTimes, Feb 11972,40:3.
Berger, Samuel David; b. Gloversville, NY,
Dec 61911; d. Feb 16 1980.
PhB U WI, post-grad U WI, London School
ofEconomics. • Foreign service officer,
London, Tokyo, New Zealand; with State
Dept; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 7.
Berger, Samuel Sylvester; b. Kisdobra,
Hungary, Apr 14 1884; d. Cleveland, Sep
1956.
To Cleveland 1895. • MD Western Reserve,
post-grad Europe. • Gastroenterologist,
Cleveland; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 201956,33:4.
Berger, Victor Luitpold; b. Nieder­
Rehbach, Austria, Feb 28 1860; d.
Milwaukee, Aug 71929.
To Milwaukee 1878/1880. • U Budapest, U
Vienna. • Congressman, Socialist ldr,
journalist, Sunday school tchr, Milwaukee; a
fdr Am Socialist Party; editor Milwaukee
Leader; opposed US entry into WWI. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 32:153; WWIAJ, 1928; Fink,
21-22; WWWIA., 1; DAB, 1; NYTimes, Aug 8
1929,25:1.
Bergida, Adolf; b. Hungary, ca 1866; d.
Jersey City, May 11939.
To US ca 1885. • Butter & egg merchant,
communal worker, Brooklyn; pres United
Jewish Aid Soc; fdr synagog. • See: AJYB,
41:419; NYTimes, May 2 1939,23:4.
Bergida, JeromeJacob; b. Brooklyn, Feb 18
1907; d. Mar 111974.
MD LI CoIl Hospital, post-grad Columbia. •
Otolaryngologist, Brooklyn; popular author in
Bergson, eBen
field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Bergler, Edmund; b. Austria, July 20 1899;
d. NYC, Feb 61962.
To US 1938.· MD UVienna.•
Psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, theoretician, NYC;
with NY Psychoanalytic Inst; earlier with
Freud Clinic (Vienna); author in field. • See:
WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Feb7 i962, 37:2.
Bergman, Bernard Aaron; b. Chillicothe,
July 8 1894; d. Apr 11 1980.
BA OH State, post-grad U Poitiers. • Writer,
publicity agent, journalist, NYC; with
Philadelphia Bulktin, Jewish Exponent; WWI,
WWII service. • See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 7,8.
Bergman, Isaac; b.*; d. Astoria, OR, June
141911.
Mayor, Astoria, OR. • See: AJYB, 13(1911­
1912):138.
Bergman, Moise; b. Shreveport, Nov10
1877; d. San Diego, 1948.
BH, ordained Heb Union ColI, BA U
Cincinnati. • Rabbi, social worker, Grand
Rapids, New Orleans, San Diego. • See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):44,6(1904-1905):214; CCARYB.
Bergman, Simon; b. Riga, Oct 26 1869; d.
May 101939.
Exec, civic & communal worker, Rye, NY,
NYC; with Lily Tulip Cup; pres Sydenham
Hospital; active Am Jewish Com. • See:AJYB,
41:419; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May 11
1939,25:3.
Bergman, WalterJames; b. NYC, Jan 14
1904; d. Sep 111972.
Wharton; honorary degree. • Exec, NYC; with
Lily Tulip Cup; natl trustee Natl Confof
Christians &Jews; officer Am Jewish Com. •
See: WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Sep 13 1972, 50:2.
Bergmann, Max; b. Fiirth, Feb 12 1886; d.
NYC, Nov71944.
To US·1933/1934. • U Munich, PhD U
Berlin. • Chemist, Berlin, NYC; specialty:
leather, proteins; faculty Rockefeller Inst;
WWII government research. • See: E); DAB,
3; NYTimes, Nov 8 1944, 17:5.
Bergner, Elisabeth; b. Vienna, Aug 22
1897/1900.
Vienna Cqnservatory. • Stage actress, Berlin,
London, NYC. • See: UJE; EJi WWIAJ, 1938.
Bergson, Abram; b. Baltimore, 1914.
Economist, Sovietologist, government advisor;
faculty Columbia, Harvard; author in field. •
See:BJ.
Bergson, Bette; b. Kansas City, Nov 13
1919; d. NYC, Mar 21964.
Journalist, communal & civic worker; orgr,
exec dir Com to Save Middle East from
Communism; consult War Refugee Bd,
Nuremberg trials. • See: AJYB, 66:572;
NYTimes, Mar 4 1964, 34:6.
Bergson, C Ben; b. Rutland, VI', Apr 18
1896.
Fabric mfr, jobber, inventor, Kansas City;

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Berman, Saul; b. Bobraisk, Minsk, Mar-18
1899.
Cooper Union, Nad Academy ofDesign,
Beaux Arts, Art Students League. • Artist,
watercolorist, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928.
Berman, William; b. Savannah, Oct 2 1893.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston; nad
officerJewish War Veterans; active veterans
assns; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Berman, William Barry; b. Minneapolis,
May251905.
BS U MN. • Fur & wool dealer, Sacramento;
officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; dir UnitedJewish
Welfare Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.
.Bermann, Isidor Samuel; b. Germany,
1845.
Physician, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,
24:119.
Bermann, Richard Arnold (pseud=Arnold
HoellriegeO;b.Vienna, 1883; d. Saratoga
Springs, NY, Sep 51939.
To US 193K • Austrian author, journalist; dir
Am Guild for German Cultural Freedom
(NYC); WWI war correspondent. • See: UJE;
E]; A]YB, 42:476; NITimes, Sep 6 1939,23:1.
Bem, Howard Leonard; b. Flushing, NY,
Sep 81924.
Hotel exec, communal worker, Sullivan
County, NY; WWII service. • See: WWWIA,
7.
Bem, Paul; b. Wandsbeck, Germany, Dec 3
1889; d. 1932.
To US 1898. • Am Academy ofDramatic Arts.
• Motion picture writer, dir, Beverly Hills;
with MGM. • See: WWWIA, 1.
Bemard,Bamey;b.caI877;d.NYC,Mar
211924.
Actor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:119, 26:153;
NYTimes, Mar 22 1924, 15:6.
Bemard, Harold Baruch; b. NYC, Oct !6
1893.
ME Stevens Inst. • Engineer, oil co exec,
Tulsa; author/inventor in field. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928.
Bemard, Sam (Samuel) (born Bamett); b.
Birmingham, England, July 161863; d.
May 171927.
To US 1868.· Vaudeville & musical comedy
comedian, US, England; officerJewish
Theatrical Guild. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):62,30:79; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1;
NITimes, May 191927, 27:3.
Bemays, Augustus Charles; b. Highland,
IL, Oct 13 1854; d. St Louis, May 22
1907.
BA McKendree ColI (Lebanon, IL), MD U
Heidelberg. • Surgeon, St Louis; pioneer in
asepsis; faculty St Louis ColI ofPhysicians &
Surgeons, Marion Sims ColI; active horse
racing; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 1;
DAB; NITimes, May 23 1907, 9:6.
Bemays, Edward L; b. Vienna, Nov 22
1891.
To US 1892. • BS Cornell. • Public relations
expert, NYC; WWI government service. • See:
UJE; E] (sub Bernays); WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA].
Bemays, Ely; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Oct 8
1923.
Merchant, philanthropist, communal worker,
NYC.· See:A]YB, 26:153; NYTimes, Oct 9
1923,21:5.
Bembach,William;b.Bronx, 1911;d. 1982.
Advertising exec, creative ldr ofadvertising
industry; WWII service. • See: E]; E]:1983­
1985.
Bembaum, Harry Leon; b. Austria, July 5
1889.
To US 1902. • Retail merchant, hospital admr,
Philadelphia; earlier merchant in Litde Rock,
Vancouver, Seatde, Springfield, OH,
Cincinnati, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bemd, Aaron Blum; b. Macon, GA, Dec 22
1894.
AB U GA, BL Columbia. • Merchant, editor,
publicity agent, Macon, GA; editor Macon
Telegraph. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bemd, Julius D; b. 1830; d. Pittsburgh,
Nov 301892.
Merchant, philanthropist, Pittsburgh;
benefactor Heb Union ColI; active Humane
Soc, Gusky Orphanage. • See: ]E.
Bemd, LaurenceJoseph; b. East Carroll
Parish, LA, Aug 30 1885.
BS Mercer U. • Merchant, Macon, GA; officer
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bemd-Cohen, Max; b. Macon, GA, May 7
1899.
AB, LLB Columbia, abroad. • Painter,
Westchester, PA, Montezuma, GA.· See:
WWIA],1938.
Beme, Joseph M; b. Cleveland,June 5
1887.
LLB Western Reserve. • Lawyer, communal
worker, Cleveland; presJewish Welfare Fedn;
active Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Bemey, Albert; b. Baltimore, ca 1878; d.
Baltimore, Mar 20 1940.
Business exec, Baltimore; active communal &
civic affairs, Am Jewish Com; bd Sinai
Hospital.· See:A]YB, 42:476; BEOA].
Bemey, Louis; b. Baltimore, Dec 311875;
d. Baltimore, Jan 19 1940.
Merchant, Baltimore; officerJewish Childrens
Soc.· See:A]YB, 42:476; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Bernfeld, Seymour S; b. NYC, Mar 31
1909.
Fordham, LLB Fordham.· Lawyer, NYC;
with Dept ofthe Interior (Billings, MT). • See:
BEOA].
Bemfeld, Siegfried; b. Lvov, 1892; d. 1953.
Bernheim, Bertram Moses
To US ca 1936. • U Freiberg, U Vienna. •
Psychoanalyst, educator, San Francisco;
communalorgrAustria;pupilofFreud;active
German & Austrian Zionist youth movements.
• See: UJE; E].
Bernhard, Dorothy Lehman; b. NYC, Apr
221903; d. NYC, Mar 61969.
Wellesley ColI. • Child care, civic &
communalldr, social worker, NYC; officer
Child Welfare League, Jewish Child Care
Assn.· See:A]YB, 71:602; WWWIA, 5;
NITimes, Mar 7 1969, 34:1.
Bernhard,Georg;b.BerIin, 1875;d.NYC,
Feb 10 1944.
To US 1941. • Editor, political economist,
Reichstag mem; faculty Berlin
Handelshochschule; deputy mem Jewish
Agency; advisor German League for Human
Rights.· See:A]YB, 46:334-35; NITimes, Feb
11 1944, 19:3.
Bernhard,Joseph; b. Philadelphia, Mar 7
1889; d. NYC, July 1954.
Motion picture exec & producer, NYC; earlier
realtor Philadelphia; with Warner Brothers;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
July 161954,21:4.
Bernhard, RichardJacques; b. NYC, June 5
1893; d. NYC, Jan 271961.
Yale. • Banker, business & communal exec,
NYC; a fdr, officer Fedn Employment &
Guidance Service, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 63:558; WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Jan 28 1961, 19:3.
Bernhardt,Joshua; b. Wmdau, Latvia, Sep
211893.
To US 1899.· AB U Rochester, PhD Johns
Hopkins. • Economist, NYC, Washington
DC; specialty: sugar, tariffs, statistics; author in
field.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Bernhardt, Maurice; b. ca 1830; d. Chicago,
June 13 1933•
. Civil War veteran, Chicago.· See:A]YB,
35:122.
Bernhardt, Maurice; b. NYC,June 28 1899;
d. LI, Apr 261974"
State supreme court justice, communalldr,
philanthropist, Brooklyn; pres Pride ofJudea
Childrens Services; officer Am Jewish Cong;
active Liberal Party, ORT. • See: A]YB,
76:511; NITimes, Apr 27 1974,34:1.
Bernheim, Abram C; b. NYC, Feb 1 1866;
d. NYC,July 241895.
Columbia, U Berlin. • Lawyer, broker,
philanthropist, author, NYC; benefactor
Columbia, University Setdement; active
tenement improvement. • See:]E.
Bernheim, Bemard; b. ca 1850/1851; d.
Atlantic City, July 311925.
Civic & communal worker, distiller, Louisville.
• See:A]YB, 28:150; NITimes, Aug 11925,
11:5.
Bernheim, Bertram Moses; b. Paducah, Feb
15 1880; d. Baltimore, Nov 28 1958.
AB, MDJohns Hopkins, post-grad Europe. •

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Bernstein, Alexander A; b. Zuromin,
Poland, Feb 22 1880; d. NYC, Feb 9
1971.
To NYC 1891. • Business exec, actor,
songwriter, philanthropist; officer Heb Free
Loan Soc; benefactor Haym Solomon Home;
active UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: A]YB,
73:629; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 11 1971,
48:1.
Bernstein, Aline (born Hazel Frankau)
(Mrs Theodore Bernstein); b. NYC, Dec
22 1880; d. NYC, Sep 71955.
NY School ofApplied Design. • Stage &
costume designer, novelist, author, NYC; with
Neighborhood Playhouse, Theatre Guild; pres
Costume Inst ofMetropolitan Museum ofArt.
• See: UJE; WWWIA, 3; NAW':modern; DAB,
5; NYTimes, Sep 8 1955, 31:1.
Bernstein, Allen Milton; b. NYC, Nov 23
1881; d. NYC, June 1951.
AB Harvard. • Musician, composer, investment
counsellor, author, NYC; pres Bernstein
Macaulay, Inc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
June 19 1951,29:2.
Bernstein, Arnold; b. ca 1874; d. Dec 21
1937.
Mayor, Monroe, LA. • See:A]YB, 40:382.
Bernstein, Arnold; b. Breslau, 1888/1890;
d.Mar 1971.
To NYC 1939. • German shipbuilder; est
Palestine Shipping Co; WWI German serVice,
decorated. • See: UJE; E]; NYTimes, Mar 9
1971,41:1. .
Bernstein, Asher; b. Kapule, Russia, Mar
15 1885.
To US 1902. • MD NYU.• Physician, Middle
Village, LI. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bernstein, Benjamin Abram; b. Posvol,
Lithuania, May 201881.
To US ca 1891. • Baltimore City Coll, AB
Johns'Hopkins, PhD U CA.· Mathematician,
Berkeley; faculty U CA (Berkeley); author in
field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:120; WWIA],
1926, 1928,1938;BEOA].
Bernstein, Benjamin Maurice; b. Brooklyn,
Apr 23 1893; d. Brooklyn, Jan 1964.
MD NYU. • Gastroenterologist,
roentgenologist, Brooklyn; author/editor in
field; WWI service, WWII US Public Health
Service reserve. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Jan 20 1964,43:2.
Bernstein, Bernard; b. Russia, Sep 12 1836.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):45.
Bernstein, Bernard; b. Warsaw, 1861; d.
NYC,Aug 1922.
To US ca 1891. • Yiddish actor & noted
comedian, Russia, Galicia, NYC. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):62, 25:138; NYTimes, Aug 31
1922,15:5.
Bernstein, Bernard;b. 1879?;d.Far
Rockaway, NY, May 311957.
Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Albert
Einstein Coll ofMed; trustee Yeshiva COlli
active UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: A]YB,
59:474; NYTimes, June 1 1957, 17:6.
Bernstein, Bernard; b. NYC, Dec 91893; d.
NYC,Jan 1958.
AB Columbia. • Textile mfg exec, NYC; a fdr
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; officer Soc for
the Advancement ofJudaism; active industry
arbitration. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes,Jan23 1958,21:5.
Bernstein, Charles; b. Carlisle, NY, Dec 21
1872; d. June 13 1942.
MD Albany Med ColI. • Neurologist, Rome,
NY; specialty: progressive rehabilitation
programs; supt State Custodial Asylum; author
in field. • See: A]YB, 24:120; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, June 14
1942,46:3.
. Bernstein, David; b.Utica, Apr 211882; d.
NYC, Nov 101945.
Motion picture exec, a developer ofsound
pictures; with Loews, MGM; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; charities. • See: A]YB,
48:485; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes,
Nov 111945, 42:3.
Bernstein, David Brandon; b. NYC, Mar 20
1897.
Cornell, LLB U Southern CA. • Lawyer, Los
Angeles; officer B'nai B'rith; WWI service,
decorated. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bernstein, Doris Glixon (Mrs Gottfried D
Bernstein); b. Peoria, Nov 211884.
Social & communal worker, Chicago; fdr,
officer Blind Service Assn; active Natl Council
ofJewish Women.· See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Bernstein, Edna Levy (Mrs Milton Louis
Bernstein); b. NYC, Jan 6 1884.
Art Students League. • Painter, sculptor, Lake
Placid, NY, NYC; pres Room Registry for
Jewish Girls & Women. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bernstein, EdwardJoy; b. Baltimore, Aug
261863; d. Mar 301939.
PhGMD Coll ofPharmacy, U MD, Johns
Hopkins, MD U Vienna, post-grad Paris,
London. • Surgeon, ophthalmologist,
laryngologist, Detroit; earlier faculty U MD;
WWI service. • See: A]YB, 41 :419; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
.Bernstein, Elias; b. NYC, Sep 3 1889; d.
NYC, June 1950.
LLB, LLD NY Law. • Lawyer, Staten Island;
mem School Bd; officer bar assn; active
Democratic politics, Jewish Community
Center, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1928;
BEOA]; NYTimes, June 10 1950, 17:2.
Bernstein, Emil; b. Winsen Luhe,
Germany, Aug 241869.
To US 1885. • Clothing merchant, business
exec, Jacksonville, FL; chr Bd ofHealth; WWI
Jewish Welfare Bd service.· See: WWIA],
1928.
Bernstein, Ernest Ralph; b. Baton Rouge,
Oct 231870; d. Shreveport, May41932.
Bernstein, Isadore
Thatcher Coll, Chicago Coll ofPharmacy. •
Civil engineer, railroad exec, mayor,
communal worker, Shreveport. • See: A]YB,
34:110; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Bernstein, Fred; b. Chicago, Jan 18 1882.
U MI, LLBJohn Marshall Law. • Lawyer,
Chicago; pres B'nai B'rith; active Am Jewish
Cong, Hillel. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bernstein, Gedalia; b. ca 1857; d. Chelsea,
MA,Jan 61936.
Pioneer settler, communalworker, Chelsea,
MA.· See:A]YB, 38:425.
Bernstein, Gerson; b. ca 1837; d. Chicago,
Mar 91908.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 10(1908­
1909):129.
Bernstein, GersonJ; b. 1904; d. Far
Rockaway, Nov 14 1965.
Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Albert Einstein Coll
ofMed, Yeshiva U; officer Heb Inst ofLI. •
See:A]YB, 67:532; NYTimes, Nov15 1965,
37:4.
Bernstein, Gottfried D; b. Chicago, May 28
1878.
Broker, Chicago; officer district B'nai B'rith;
active Blind Service Assn, communal affairs. •
See:BEOA].
Bernstein, Henri Leon Gustave Charles; b.
Paris, June 201876; d. Paris, Nov 1953.
In US 1940-1946. • U Paris, Cambridge U. •
Playwright, theatre dir, producer; attacked
anti-Semitism; WWI FrenchlBritish service. •
See: UJE; NYTimes, Nov 28 1953, 15:1.
Bernstein, Herman; b. Neustadt­
Schirwindt, Lithuania, Sep 211876; d.
Sheffield, MA, A.ug 1935.
To US 1893.·Journalist, editor, diplomat;fdr
Der Tog; editorAm Heb; discoverer ofWilly­
Nicky correspondence; WWI investigator, war
correspondent. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):62,24:120,38:425; WWIA],
1926,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1;
NYTimes, Sep 11935, 18:1.
Bernstein, Hillel; b. Russia, 1896; d. Apr
1977.
To US ca 1898. • Novelist, journalist, satirist,
NYC; staffNYEvening Sun, Chicago Tribune;
WWI service. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 7
1977,15:1.
Bernstein, Hirsch (Bernstein, Zvi Hirschi
Hirsh); b. Vladislavov, Suwalki, Mar 25
1846; d. Tannersville, NY, Aug 11907.
To US 1870. • Yiddish & Reb editor,
publisher, journalist, NYC; fdr The Post; patron
Yiddish theatre. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
10(1908-1909):127; Eisenstadt, 20-22;
NYTimes, Aug 2 1907, 7:6.
Bernstein, Isadore; b. Austria, Nov 26
1877; d. Hollywood, Oct 1944.
To US as infant. • Motion picture exec, film
pioneer, author, Universal City, CA; earlier
suptJewish Boys Inst (NYC); officer synagog.
• 'See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Oct 201944,
20:2.

Bernstein,J Sidney
Bernstein,J Sidney; b. Russia, ca 1874; d.
NYC, Dec 9 1943.
To NYC 1900. • Lawyer, NY supreme court
judge; bdJewish Memorial Hospital. • See:
AJYB, 46:335; NYTimes, Dec 10 1943,27:1.
Bernstein,Jack; b. Chicago, May 12 1901.
BS Armour Inst. • Civil engineer, designer,
construction supt, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,
1926.
Bernstein, Jacob A; b. Poland, July 271885.
LLB NYU. • Municipal judge, Mt Vernon,
NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Bernstein,Jacob Lawrence; b. Paterson,
May 181902; d.Jan 91970.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, author, Fair Lawn, NJ;
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Bernstein, James; b. Nesin, Russia, May 18
1875; d. Brooklyn, June 28 1959.
To US 1891. • Physician, social worker;
European orgr, dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;
active refugee resettlement. • See: AJYB,
61:415; NYTimes, June 30 1959, 31:5.
Bernstein, June Ullman (Mrs Philip
Bernstein); b. New Haven, June 9 1898.
NH Normal School. • Public school tchr, civic
& communal worker, New Haven; officer Natl
Council of]ewish Women, United Order of
True Sisters.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein,Joel; b. Chicago, Jan 91921; d.
Jan 11980.
BA, MA, PhD U Chicago. • Economist,
government official; faculty DePaul; dir aid
missions; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 7.
Bernstein, John L; b. Nezhin, Russia, Mar
5 1873; d. Danbury, CT, Aug 22 1952.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a
fdr, pres Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; active Am
Jewish Com.· See:AJYB, 24:120, 55:454;
WWIAJ, 1926; 1928; NYTimes, Aug 23 1952,
13:4.
Bernstein, Joseph Ooe); b. NYC, Nov 1877.
Pugilist. • See: JE.
Bernstein,Joseph E; b. ca 1865; d. Elberon,
NJ, Oct 111934.
Merchant, banker, philanthropist, Jersey City.
• See:AJYB, 37:254; NYTimes, Oct 13 1934,
14:2.
Bernstein, Judah Dov; b. Kovno, 1863.
To US 1893. • Hebraist, talmudist,
mathematician, author; a fdr, head RIETS;
active Union ofOrthodox Rabbis. • See:
Eisenstadt, 20; Gottlieb, 306.
Bernstein, Leo; b. Russia, July 12 1911; d.
NYC, Apr 2 1973.
Zionist org exec; with Israel Bond Org,
Development Corp for Israel. • See: AJYB,
75:653; NYTimes, Apr 3 1973,46:5.
Bernstein, Leonard; b. Lawrence, MA,
1918.
Harvard. • Noted composer, conductor; "West
Side Story," "Candide"; with NY
Philharmonic. • See: EJ; EJ: 1973-1982.
Bernstein, Louis; b. NYC, Mar 13 1876; d.
Feb 1962.
CCNY. • Music publisher, NYC; officer
professional orgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
WWWlA., 4; NYTimes, Feb 16 1962,29:2.
Bernstein, Louis; b. New Albany, IN, Nov
15 1882; d. Baltimore, Oct 241922.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Baltimore, earlier StJoseph, MO; dir
Jewish Educational Alliance. • See: AJYB,
25:138; WWWlA., I;NYTimes, Nov 11922,
19:6.
Bernstein, Ludwig Behr; b. Mitau,
Lithuania, May 41870/1875; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 271944.
To US 1892. • MA, PhD Columbia.·
Communal social work exec, sociologist; with
Heb Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum
(Pleasantville, NY), Bureau ofJewish Social
Research, FeOO ofJewish Philanthropies
(Pittsburgh); author/lecturer in field. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 7(1905-1906):42-43,24:120,
47:519; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Dec 28 1944, 19:1.
Bernstein, Maurice; b. NYC, Mar 17 1903.
AB Reed, MA Columbia, School ofJewish
Social Work. • Social worker, communal &
civic worker, NYC; with Heb Orphan Asylum;
editor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein, Michael; b. Russia, 1867.
Architect, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:120.
Bernstein, Michael; b. 1915; d. NYC, Dec
291980.
Semiticist, rabbi, NYC; faculty RIETS,
Yeshiva U. • See:AJYB, 82:363.
Bernstein, Michel; b. ca 1858; d.
Shreveport, Aug 1923.
Civic worker, Shreveport. • See:AJYB, 26:153.
Bernstein, Mordecai; b. 1905?; d. NYC, Apr
211966.
To US 1948. • Secy-general Yiddish Socialist
Farband, author, NYC; editor Der Wecker. •
See:AJYB, 68:523; NYTimes, Apr 22 1966,
41:1.
Bernstein, Morris; b. Usda, Russia?, 1883;
d. NYC, Oct 141971.
To US 1888. • Philanthropist, business exec,
NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed;
benefactorJTS, Beth Israel Hospital. • See:
AJYB, 73:629;NYTimes, Oct 151971,44:4.
Bernstein, Moses Lev; b. Minsk, 1869.
Rabbi, talmudist, Hebraist, author, Elizabeth. •
See: Eisenstadt, 20; Gottlieb, 311.
Bernstein; Mrs Isaac; b.*; d. Sep 271936.
Communal worker, Lowell, MA. • See: AJYB,
39:589.
Bernstein, Mrs Solomon; b. ca 1848; d.
NYC, Dec 101933.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
36:278.
Bernstein, Nathan; b. Louisville, July 1
1871; d. before 1938.
52
BL, ML Dartmouth, U Chicago. • Tchr,
journalist, Omaha; editorial writer Omaha Bee;
active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Bernstein, Pearl (Mrs Louis W Mack); b.
NYC, Sep 2 1904. 0
AB Barnard. • Civic worker, public official, .
NYC; with League ofWomen Voters, Bd of
Higher Education; natl officerJr Hadassah;
officer Bd ofEstimate & Appointment. • See:
UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein, Philip; b. ca 1827; d. Wtnnfield,
LA, July 71911.
Civil War Confederate veteran, Winnfield,
LA.· See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):123.
Bernstein, Philip Sidney; b. Rochester, NY,
June 25/29 1901; d. Rochester, NY, Dec
3 1985.
AB Syracuse U, ordained, MHLJewish Inst of
Religion, Heb U, Cambridge U. • Rabbi,
Rochester, NY; pres Central ConfofAm
Rabbis; WWII withJewish Welfare Bd. • See:
UJE; EJ;AJYB, 87:436; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Bernstein, Ralph; b. Columbia, PA, Apr 12
1877; d. Philadelphia, Nov 1948.
MD U PA, MD Hahnemann Med ColI. •
Dermatologist, Philadelphia; faculty
Hahnemann Med CoIl; author in field; WWI
draft bd med examiner. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 20 1948, 13:5.
Bernstein, Rebecca Thurman (Mrs Israel
Bernstein); b. Boston, Apr 141896.
LLB, LLM Boston U. • Lawyer, Portland,
ME;onatl dir Natl Council ofJewish Women;
officer ME Birth Control League; dir
Community Chest, Am Red Cross. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Bernstein, Samuel; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
June 291934.
Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See:AJYB,36:278.
Bernstein, Samuel; b. Russia, July 251861.
Rabbi, Ansonia, CT; earlier Pottsville, CT. •
See: AJYB, 5(1903 -1904):45.
Bernstein, Samuel; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,July
241933.
Real estate dealer, communal worker, NYC. •
See:AJYB,36:278.
Bernstein, Samuel; b. ca 1871; d. Oct 5
1938.
Court interpreter, justice ofthe peace, Passaic.
• See:AJYB, 41:419.
Bernstein, Samuel Sri b.*; d. Kingston, NY,
July 261935.
Banker, merchant, civic & communal worker,
Kingston, NY.• See:AJYB, 38:425.
Bernstein, Samuel E; b. Kovno, Mar 19
1869; d. Miami, Mar 171951.
To US ca 1882. • Silver exec, philanthropist,
Brooklyn, NYC; fdr synagog, family charitable
trust. • See: AJYB, 53:523; NYTimes, Mar 18
1951,89:1.

53
Bernstein, SamuelJ; b.*; d. Los Angeles,
Apr 2 1935.
Otolaryngologist, communal worker,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 37:254.
Bernstein, SamuelJ; b. Russia, 1893; d.
Newton, MA, Apr 1969.
To US 1910. • Business exec, Zionist &
communal worker, Boston. • See: BEGAJ;
NITimes, May 1 1969, 47:2.
Bernstein, Saul; b. Posvol, Lithuania, 1872;
d. Baltimore, June 7 1905.
To US 1888. • MD Inst (Baltimore), Art
Students League. • Painter, Baltimore; used
Jewish subjects. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):62, 7(1905-1906):218.
Bernstein, Saul Kaye; b. Nashville, July 24
1885.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Oklahoma City; state
chr United Jewish Campaign; pres B'nai B'rith.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein, Sidney A; b. NYC, Sep 12 1904.
AB Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad
research Vienna. • Orthopedic surgeon,
Brooklyn; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein, Simon; b. ca 1831; d. WInthrop,
MA, Feb 201916.
Rabbi, Winthrop, MA. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­
1917):106.
Bernstein, Simon Gerson; b. Jacobstadt,
Latvia, Aug 15 1882/1884; d. NYC, Dec
171962.
To NYC 1921/1922. • PhD U Berne. • Heb &
Yiddish author, Zionist ldr, NYC; natl exec
com Am Jewish Cong; dir Palestine Bureau
aewish Agency); secy World Zionist Exec
(Berlin, Copenhagen); exec com Zionist Org of
Am; editor Dos Yiddishe Folk. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 65:431; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.
Bernstein, Solon S; b. NYC, Oct 19 1896;
d.July 1953.
AB CCNY, BS, MD Columbia. • Physician,
NYC; faculty Beth Israel Hospital Training
School for Nurses; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes,]uly121953,65:3.
Bernstein, Theodore Menline; b. NYC,
Nov 171904; d.June 271979.
AB, B Litt Columbia. • Editor, journalist,
NYC; with NYTimes; faculty Columbia. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Bernstein, Theresa F (Mrs William
Meyerowitz); b. Philadelphia, 1903.
Impressionist painter, NYC; officer
professional soc. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:120;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Bernstein, William; b. ca 1862; d. Aug 17
1939.
Merchant, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:
AJYB, 42:477; NYTimes, Aug 19 1939, 15:3.
Bernstein, William Walter; b. Hartford,
June 30 1898.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, police court judge,
Hartford; dir Heb Womens Home for
Children; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bernstein, Zion de Frece; b. NYC, June 4
1883; d. Apr 1937.
Clothing merchant, NYC; officer B'nai B'rith;
active professional org, communal fundraising.
• See:AJYB, 39:589; WWIAJ, 1926;NITimes,
Apr 10 1937, 19:4.
Bernstein, ZviHirsch; see Bernstein,
Hirsch.
Bernton, Harry Saul; b. Kurland, Jan 15
1884.
AB, MD Harvard. • Hygienist, bacteriologist,
Washington DC; specialty: allergy; with NY
government, Veterans Adm, US Public Health
Service; faculty George Washington; officer
med soc; author in field; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 24:120; WWWIA, 7.
Berol, Alfred C; b. NYC, Oct 5 1892; d.
June 141974.
AB Harvard. • Pencil mfr, NYC. • See:
WWWIA, 6;NYTimes,]une 171974,47:2.
Berolzheimer, Edwin Michael; b. NYC,Jan
161887; d. Mar 15 1949.
Harvard. • Pencil mfr, NYC; officer Mt Sinai
School ofNursing; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2;
NITimes, Mar 161949,27:3.
Berovits, Eliezer; b. Oradea, Transylvania,
1900.
To US 1950. • Ordained Hildesheimer
Rabbinical Seminary. • Rabbi, modern
Orthodox theologian, Zionist, Chicago, earlier
Boston; faculty Heb Theological Seminary;
author in field. • See: EJ.
Berrick, Solon; b.*; d. NYC,Jan 1918.
Asst corporation counsel, NYC. • See: AJYB,
20(1918-1919):227.
Bertman, Bernard; b. Philadelphia, Sep 17
1896.
LLB Temple U. • Municipal judge, Camden,
NJ; pres Fedn ofJewish Charities, YMHA;
active natl United Palestine Appeal,
Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Bertman, Irving; b. Boston, Sep 241895.
LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, Boston; officer
B'nai B'rith; active YMHA, Zionist orgs. • See:
WWIAJ,1926.
Besdin, MauriceJ; b. Poland, 1913; d.
NYC, Apr 8 1882.
To US 1921. • Rabbi, scholarly author,
Scranton, Kew Garden, NY; faculty Yeshiva U.
• See: AJYB, 84:329-30.
Bespalow, Marguerite Ruppa (Mrs Eugene
Bespalow); b. Milwaukee, Aug 27 1902.
Communal worker, Memphis; pres Hadassah;
active B'nai B'rith,]ewish Ladies Aid Soc. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bessels, Emil; b. Heidelberg, June 2 1847;
d. Stuttgart, Mar 301888.
U Heidelberg. • German physician, arctic
explorer, naturalist; editorial worker US Naval
Bettelheim, Edwin SummerJr
Inst. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; NYTimes, Apr 3 1888,
5:2.
Bessie, Alvah Cecil; b. NYC,June 4 1904.
BA Columbia. • Writer, book & drama editor,
translator, Brooklyn; with Daily Eagle. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Besuner, Pearl; b. Cincinnati, Nov 41906.
U Cincinnati, Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music,Juilliard. • Opera singer, NYC; with
Metropolitan Opera.· See: BEGAJ.
Bethe, lIans Albrecht; b. Strasbourg, 1906.
To US 1935.· U Frankfurt, U Munich.•
Nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate, presidential
advisor; faculty U Frankfurt, Cornell; dir
Theoretical Physics Lab (Los Alamos). • See:
EJ:1973-1982.
Bettan, Israel; b. Kovno, Jan 16 1889; d.
Cincinnati, Aug 51957.
To US 1907. • Ordained, DD Heb Union
ColI, AB U Cincinnati. • Rabbi, scholar,
Charleston, W VA, Cincinnati; faculty Heb
Union ColI; active Central ConfofAm Rabbis;
author in field & popular]ewish studies; WWI
chaplain. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:120,
60:354; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;
NITimes, Aug 61957,27:3.
Bettauer, Hugo; b. Vienna, 1872; d.
Vienna, 1925.
To US in youth, returned to Germany, to US
ca WWI. • ] ournalist, novelist, NYC, Vienna;
with Hearst papers. • See: EJ.
Bettelheim, Albert (Aaron) Siegfried; b.
Galgoc, Hungary, Apr 4 1830; d. at sea,
Aug211890.
To US 1867. • Rabbi, Hebraist, physician,
editor, art critic, author, San Francisco,
Baltimore; co-editorJewish Times & Gbseroer;
orgr teaching ofHeb to Christian clergy. •
See: JE; UJE; EJ.
Bettelheim, BernardJean; b. Pozsony,
Hungary, 1811;d. US, 1869.
To US 1854. • Protestant ColI ofDebreczin,
MD U Padua. • Christian convert, missionary,
physician, noted linguist; Civil War service. •
See: UJE.
Bettelheim, Bruno; b. Vienna, 1903.
To US 1939. • Psychologist, educator, analyst
ofracial prejudice & anti-Semitism; pioneered
treatment ofemotionally disturbed children;
faculty U Chicago; author in field & popular. •
See:EJ.
Bettelheim, Cyd; b. Hungary.
Resident dir, Temple Emanu-EI Sisterhood,
NYC; dir Recreation Rooms. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):43.
Bettelheim, Edwin S; b. Albany, NY, 1865;
d. NYC,]an 1938.
Owner, publisher, Dramatic News & Times,
NYC; theatre tour mgr. • See:AJYB, 24:120;
NITimes,]an 161938, II 8:7.
Bettelheim, Edwin SummerJr; b. NYC,
Apr 111887; d.July 1959.

55
World Fedn ofPolishJews. - See:A]YB,
75:653; NITimes, Apr 20 1973,36:3.
Bidney, David; b. Ukraine, Sep 20 1908.
To Toronto 1913. - AB, MA U Toronto, PhD
Yale. - Anthropologist, philosopher; faculty U
IN; author in both fields. • See: E]; WWIA],
1938.
Bieber, Hugo; b. Berlin, Sep 13 1883; d.
NYC, Sep 301950.
To US 1930s. - Genilan literature historian,
research scholar, lecturer, author, editor,
Berlin, NYc. - See: E]; A]YB, 53:523;
NITimes, Oct 2 1950,23:3. .
Bieber, Joseph; b. Hungary, Feb 8 1878.
MD Columbia. - Physician, NYC; pres med
bd Peoples Hospital. - See: WWIA], 1928.
Bieber, Margarete; b. Schoenau, West
Prussia, 1879; d. Feb 1978.
To NYC 1930s. - Archaeologist; specialty:
classical & Hellenistic art; faculty U Giessen,
Columbia; author in field. - See: E]; E]:1973­
1982; NITimes, Feb 28 1978, 36:4.
Bieber, Sidney; b. Washington DC, May 24
1874; d.June 91938.
Fire marshal, realtor, Washington DC; active
Republican politics. - See:A]YB, 40:382;
WWWIA,5.
Bieber, William; b. ca 1842; d. Brooklyn,
Dec 111923.
Mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:
A]YB,26:153.
Bieberstein, Szymon Z; b. Wloclawek,
Poland, Apr 11894; d. NYC, Mar 17
1960.
To US 1941. - Business exec; advisorJoint
Distribution Com, AmJewish Com; active
Jewish evacuation from WWII Poland. • See:
A]YB, 62:449.
Biederman, Simon; b. ca 1828; d. Brooklyn,
May291914.
Merchant, Brooklyn. - See: A]YB, 16(1914­
1915):162.
Biederman, SolomonJ; b. Warsaw, July 4
1905; d. NYC, Dec 3 1966.
To US 1920. • Lawyer, realtor, Zionist ldr;
nat! officer Zionist Org ofAm; bdJewish Nat!
Fund. - See:A]YB, 68:523; NITimes, Dec 5 .
1966,45:3.
Biel, Joseph; b. Bialystok, Oct 27 1891.
To US 1906. - Art Students League, France. ­
Painter, photographer, NYC. - See: WWIA],
1938.
Bieley, Louis S; b. Russia, July 12 1889.
To NYC 1906.· NYU. - Journalist, drama
editor, NYC; business mgr]e71Jish Daily Ne71Js,
]e71Jish Morning Journal; officer Free
Synagogue. - See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Bieley, Solomon; b. ca 1854; d. July 22
1934.
Representative ofYiddish newspapers in
western states, Dover, NJ. - See:A]YB, 37:254.
Bien, Herman M; b. Naumburg, Germany
1831; d. Birmingham, ALlVicksburg, Apr
221895.
To US 1854. • Rabbi, Heb school fdr, San
Francisco; legislator, orgr school, NV;
playwright; also lived in Port Henry, NY,
Chicago,Vicksburg. - See: UJE; E] (sub Bien,
Julius); PA]HS, 5:207-09.
Bien, Julius; b. Naumburg, Germany, Sep
271826; d. NYC, Dec 211909.
To NYC ca 1848/1850. - Academy ofFine
Arts (Cassel). • Lithographer, noted
cartographer, NYC; pres nat! B'nai B'rith,
professional org; dir Heb Technical Inst, Heb
Orphan Asylum. - See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):63, 12(1910-1911):110; 24:121;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NITimes, Dec.22 1909,
11:5.
Bien, Morris; b. NYC, Apr 17 1859; d.
Takoma Park, MD,July 281932.
PhB U CA (Berkeley), LLB George
Washington, LLM Nat! U. - Civil engineer,
topographer, lawyer, Washington DC; with
US Geological Survey, General Land Office,
Bureau ofReclamation; officer professional
soc. - See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):63-64,
24:121; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1.
Bienenfeld, Abel Morris; b. Sal1 Francisco,
Jan 211873.
Engineer, San Francisco; active railroad
construction; Spanish-Am War service. - See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):64; 24:121.
Bienenfeld, Bernard; b. NYC, Dec 111861.
PhB, CE U CA (Berkeley). - Consult engineer,
San Francisco; active asphalt & railroad
construction, petroleum exploration. - See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):64.
Bienenfeld, Emma Wainess (MrsJesse
Bienenfeld); b. NYC,Jan 15 1892.
NYTraining School for Tchrs, Columbia,
NYU. - Public school tchr, Syracuse,
Brooklyn; nat! bd Womens League ofUnited
Synagogue; active Visiting Nurses Soc,
Childrens Bureau, Hadassah, Nat! Council of
Jewish Women.- See: WWIA], 1938.
Bienenfeld, Jesse; b. NYC, May 6 1891; d.
Brooklyn, June 1945.
BS NYU, ordainedJTS. - Rabbi, Syracuse,
Brooklyn; activenat! United Synagogue ofAm.
- See:A]YB, 48:485; WWIA], 1928 (addenda),
1938; NITimes, June 181945,19:5.
Bienenstok, Montefiore; b. St Louis, June
251873.
Harvard. - Social work exec, journalist,
novelist, essayist, St Louis; with secyJewish
Charitable & Educational Union, Free
Employment Bureau; editor The Owl. - See:
A]YB,7(1905-1906):43.
Bienenstok, Sarah (Mrs Charles
Bienenstok); b. Germany, July 2 1852.
Communalldr, St Louis; pres Sisterhood for
Personal Service; bd Sabbath School; dir
UnitedJewish Charities. - See:A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):43.
Bilder, Nathaniel
Bienstock, Abraham Lawrence; b. NYC,
Dec 301904; d. Nov 141980.
CCNY, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, NYC; bd
University Settlement Soc; active cultural orgs.
• See:WWWIA, 8.
Bienstock, David Paul; b. NYC, June 27
1943; d. July 24 1973.
BA CCNY,MA NYU. - Museum curator, film
dir, NYC; with WhitneyMuseum. - See:
WWWIA, 6; NITimes, July 28 1973, 26:4.
Bienstock, Samuel; b. Russia, ca 1873; d.
Sunnyside, Queens, Oct 271937.
To US ca 1893.- Druggist, Hartford; mem
School Bd; officer trade assn. - See: A]YB,
40:382; NITimes, Oct 29 1937,21:3.
Bierhoff, Frederic; b. NYC, Mar 61868; d.
Blue Hill, ME, July 31 1937.
CCNY, MD Columbia, post-grad U Berlin. ­
Urologist, surgeon, NYC; author in field;
WWI & nat! guard service. - See: A]YB,
40:382; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Bierman, Charles R; b. Chutesht,
Bessarabia, Feb 1 1879/Feb 15 1880.
To US 1906. - Real estate & clothing
businessman, candy mfr, Zionist worker,
Chicago; officerJewish Nat! Fund. - See:
WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Bierman, Samuel D; b. Radamyczla,
Austria, Apr 24 1896.
To US 1900. - BS CCNY,JD,JSD NYU,
post-grad Columbia. - Lawyer, NYC. - See:
WWIA],1938.
Bierman, William; b. NYC, Dec 10 1893.
AB, MD Columbia. - Physician, NYC;
specialty: physical therapy; author in field. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Bijur, Abraham; b. ca 1873; d. May 11922.
Columbia. - Tobacco merchant, communal
worker, NYC; officer trade assns. • See: A]YB,
24:100; NITimes, May 2 1922, 19:6.
Bijur, Nathan; b. NYC, June 11862; d.
NYC,July 81930.
PhB, LLB, PhD Columbia. - Lawyer, state
supreme court judge, communalldr, NYC;
specialty: corporate law, Jewish immigration;
mem State Prison Commn; a fdr AmJewish
Com, Nat! ConfofJewish Charities; pres NY
ConfofCharities; active Republican politics. ­
See: UJE; E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):65,24:121,
32:153; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1;
NITimes,July91930,23:4.
Bikerman, JacobJoseph; b. Odessa, 1898.
To US 1946. - U St Petersburg. - Physical
chemist, laboratory dir; with MIT; author in
field. - See: E].
Bilavsky, Glicka; b. Gechline, Poland, Jan
23 1884; d. NYC, Apr 41964.
To US 1921. - Yiddish actress, lecturer; a fdr
Hadassah; active Mizrachi, Am Jewish Congo ­
See:A]YB, 66:572.
Bilder, Nathaniel; b. NYC, May 11881.
Kent Call ofLaw, LLB Lake Forest U.­
Lawyer, Newark; active YM-YWHA,

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Mfr, civic & communalldr; mem Bd of
Education; officer synagog; bdJTS; active
United Synagogue ofAm. • See: AJYB, 78:539;
NYTimes, Jan 121976,30:4.
Birk, BenjaminJ; b. Michigan City, IN, ca
1895; d. Thiensville, WI,June 281947.
Physician, Milwaukee; WWI & wwn service.
• See:AJYB, 50:513; NYTimes,June 301947,
19:1.
Birkenstein, George; b. Aug 271899.
Exec, mfr in nonferous metals, Chicago. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Birnbaum, Amalie (Mrs Arthur Radwaner);
b. Osterode, East Prussia, Aug 241885.
To Chicago 1912. • Violinist, Chicago; with
Womens Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic;
faculty Chicago Musical ColI School ofMusic,
Block School Music. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Birnbaum, Martin; b. Miskolcz, Hungary,
May 101878; d.July 1970.
To US 1883/1884. • AB CCNY, AM, LLB
Columbia, Natl ConservatoryMusic; honorary
degree. • Author, art critic & exhibit designer,
dealer, NYC; US Commr ofFine Arts for US
atinternatl exhibits.· See:AJYB, i4:121;
WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,
July241970,31:1.
Birnbaum, Max H; b. ca 1864; d.
Philadelphia, July 22 1933.
Bldr, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 36:278.
Birnbaum, Nathan; b. NYC, July 141907;
d. Dec 91975.
BA CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist,
government cOllsult; mem Natl Com on
Radiation Protection; faculty CCNY; wwn
service. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, Dec 11
1975,48:4.
Birnbaum, Philip; b. Kielce, Poland, 1904.
To US 1923.· Author, translator, Heb tchr,
prayer book annotator. • See: EJ.
Biro, Lajos; b. Heves, Hungary, 1880.
Novelist, playwright, screen writer, London,
US; WWI Austria-Hungarian service & war
correspondent. • See: UJE.
Birstein, Bernard; b. Brest-Litovsk, Apr 15
1892; d. NYC,July 91959.
To US 1911. • Rabbi, NYC; exec secy
Assembly ofHeb Orthodox Rabbis. • See:
AJYB, 62:449; NYTimes, July 101959,25:3.
Bisgyer, Gustave; b. Brooklyn, Apr 25
1901; d.Jan 1967.
AB NYU, post-grad Columbia. • Social
worker, NYC, Baltimore; exec dirJewish
Educational Alliance; officer professional socs.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 41967,
43:2.
Bisgyer, Maurice; b. Brooklyn, Aug 28
1897; d. Aug 12 1973.
AB, MA NYU; honorary degree. • Refugee aid
ldr, government consult, communal admr,
author, Washington DC; exec secy B'nai
B'rith; active juvenile delinquent work. • See:
EJ:1973-1982;AJYB, 75:653; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Aug 13 1973,32:3.
Bishkow, Isadore Edward; b. Binghampton,
NY, Oct 20 1887.
MD U IL. • Surgeon, Chicago; faculty
Chicago Med School. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bisno, Abraham; b. Belaya Tserkov, Russia,
1866; d. Chicago, Dec 11929.
To US 1881. • Labor ldr, factory inspector,
realtor, Chicago; a fdr Workingmens
Educational Soc; officer Cloakmakets Union,
ILGWU; opposed Protocol ofPeace. • See:
Fink, 25.
Bisno, Julius; b. Memphis, Apr 201911.
PhB Creighton, post-grad U Chicago. • Exec
secy Aleph Zadik Aleph, Omaha. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Bitker, Bruno Voltaire; b. Milwaukee, Feb
5 1898; d. Apr 121984.
LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, public servant,
Milwaukee; mem US Natl Commn for
UNESCO, Pres Commn for Observance of
Human Rights Year; active bar assns. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Bitker, Jacob L; b. Ukraine, Nov 211874;
d. Milwaukee, Dec 41945.
To US 1884. • Merchant, communal, Zionist
& civic ldr, Milwaukee; a fdr business orgs;
state pres Keren Hayesod. • See: AJYB,
48:485; NYTimes, Dec 6 1945,27:4.
Bittelman, Alexander; b. Odessa, 1890.
To NYC 1912. • Communist ldr, journalist,
NYC, Chicago; editor Der Kampf; contributor
Daily Worker; memoir. • See: EJ.
Bitterman, Louis; b. ca 1867; d. NYC, Oct
13 1942.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 45:381; NYTimes,
Oct 141942, 25:1.
Blachschleger, Eugene; b. Cincinnati, July
211903; d. 1965.
BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,
MA U Richmond. • Rabbi, Montgomery, AL;
pres Jewish Fedn; bd AL Transient Bureau. •
See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; CCARYB.
Black, Algernon David; b. NYC, Nov 19
1900.
AB Harvard, post-grad Columbia, U CO. •
Ethical culture ldr, tchr, NYC; active
settlement houses. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Black, Eli M; b. Apr 91921; d. NYC, Feb 3
1975.
Business exec, communalldr, NYC; with
United Brands; dir Palestine Economic Corp;
bd Saturday Review, AmJewish Com; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish
Museum. • See:AJYB, 77:592; WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Feb 41975, 1:3.
Black, Herman; b. Milwaukee, July 12
1867; d. Cleveland, Nov 9 1935.
Editor, publisher, communal worker,
philanthropist, Milwaukee then Chicago; with
Blaine, Arthur M
Hearst papers. • See:A]YB, 38:425; WWIAJ,
1928.
Black, Louis; b. ca 1844; d. Cleveland, Jan
12 1919.
Civil War veteran, communal worker,
philanthropist, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 21 :204.
Black, Max; b. Baku, Russia, 1909.
Philosopher; specialty: language, mathematics;
faculty U IL, Cornell; author/editor in field. •
See:EJ.
Black, Maxwell L; b. Russia, May 5/15
1896.
To US 1915.· LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer,
public admr, Zionist worker, Detroit; orgr
Detroit Emergency ReliefAssn; active
Kashruth support. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOAJ.
Black, Morris; b. Russia, Mar 141886.
Business exec, Bethlehem, PA; officer B'nai
B'rith; dir Community Chest, Chamber of
Commerce, Boy Scouts. • See: BEOAJ.
Black, Morris Alfred; b. Toledo, May 31
1868.
BA Harvard. • Clothing mfr, Cleveland; officer
business orgs; active civic affairs. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Blackey, Eileen; b. Blackpool, England,Jan
141902; d. Pinehurst, NC, Sep 181979.
To US as child. • Educator, social worker,
communalldr; staffFederal Emergency Relief,
FL State Welfare Dept, UNRRA; dean U CA
Grad School ofSocialWelfare; a fdr several
schools ofsocial work; author in field. • See:
AJYB,81:364.
Blackman, Elinor; b. Brooklyn, ca 1892; d.
Brooklyn, July 15 1942.
Social worker; asst exec dirJewish Social
Service Assn. • See: A]YB, 45:381; NYTimes,
July 161942,19:5.
Blackstone, AbrahamJacob; b. Charkow,
Oct 61890.
To US 1911. • CE U IL. • Civil engineer,
construction exec, inventor, Detroit. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Blackstone, Milton; b. NYC, Nov 27 1894.
NY ColI ofMusic, Brooklyn Inst ofArts. •
Violist, Toronto; mem NY symphonies,
Toronto Symphony.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Blahd, Moses Emmett; b. Cleveland, Mar
281883; d. Tucson, Feb 27/281940.
Cornell, MD Western Reserve, abroad. •
Surgeon, Cleveland; specialty: stomach; author
in field; military service. • See:AJYB, 42:477;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 1.
Blai, Boris; b. Russia, July 241890.
Kiev Imperial Academy ofFine Arts, Imperial
Academy ofFine Arts (Leningrad), Beaux Arts
(Paris); honorary degree. • Sculptor,
Philadelphia; fdr, dean Temple U School of
Fine Arts. • See:A]YB, 24:121; WWWIA, 8.
Blaine, Arthur M; b. Taurogen, Lithuania,
June 18 1901; d. NYC,June 1966.

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Blaustein, Miriam U (Mrs David
Blaustein); b. Norfolk, June 16 1883.
Volunteer social worker, Zionist ldr, author,
Norfolk; nat! exec bd Hadassah; active Red
Cross. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Blechman, Ann B; b.*; d. Chevy Chase,
MD, June 28 1976.
Communal social worker, Washington DC;
exec officerJewish Social Service Agency;
active Brandeis, Hillcrest Childrens Center. •
See: AJYB, 78:539.
Blechman, Nathan; b. Riga, Feb 15 1883; d.
Jan 1952.
CCNY,JTS, Columbia, MA, PhD NYU. •
Rabbi, author, Houston; officer TX Zionist
Assn; WWI]ewish Welfare Bd service. • See:
AJYB, 24:121; WWIAJ, 1926; NYTimes, Jan 10
1952,29:2.
Bleeden, Joseph; b. ca 1858; d. Muscatine,
IA, Apr 111916.
Rabbi, Muscatine, IA. • See:AJYB, 19(1917­
1918):264.
Bleibtreu, Jacob; b. Frankfurt, Sep 30 1886;
d. Dec 1976.
To US 1909. • Stockbroker, NYC; governor
NY State Exchange; active Am Jewish Com,
Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWI service, wwn
military instructor. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Dec 6 1976,
36:4.
Bleich, Arthur M; b. Rockford, OH, Dec 18
1891.
Adelbert ColI, BA, LLB Western Reserve,
Columbia. • Businessman, communal
fundraiser, Cambridge, OH. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Bleich, Hans Heinrich; b. Vienna, Mar 24
1909; d. Feb 9 1985.
To US 1945. • CE Technical U (Vienna). •
Civil engineer, NYC; faculty Columbia. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Bleich, Isidor; b. NYC, Nov 26 1902; d. Sep
1969.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC asst corp
counsel,Jamaica, LI.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 16 1969,47:2.
Bleich, Judah; b. Tarnopol, Austria, 1901;
d. Tel Aviv, May 311961.
To US 1920. • Yiddish actor, NYC; with
Yiddish Art Theatre. • See: AJYB, 63:558;
NYTimes, June 1 1961, 35:2.
Bleyer, Julius Mount; b. Pilsen, Austria,
Mar 16 1859; d. NYC, Apr 3 1915.
To US 1868. • U Prague, MD Bellevue;
honorary degree. • Physician, throat specialist,
NYC; consult Metropolitan Opera; officer
professional soc. • See: AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):219; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 5 1915,
11:5.
Bliden, Flora (Mrs I Bliden); b. ca 1847; d.
Brooklyn, Apr 251922.
To US 1922.· Communal worker,Jerusalem;
in US to collect funds for orphan asylum in
Palestine. • See:AJYB, 24:100; NYTimes, Apr
26 1922, 19:5.
Blindman, Frank Samuel; b. Podolia, Nov
181889.
To Minneapolis 1912. • Merchant,
Minneapolis; active Talmud Torah, synagog. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Blitman, Charles Howard; b. Nassau, NY,
Oct 10 1893; d. NYC, July 18 1977.
CE Rensselaer Polytech. • Business exec,
engineer, bldr, communal fundraiser,
philanthropist, Brooklyn; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 79:367; WWIAJ, 1938; BEQAJ;
NYTimes, July 20 1977, II 2:1.
Blitz, Daniel; b. NYC, July 161907; d.July
1961.
BS CCNY, MD Creighton. • Pediatrician,
Woodmere, LI, Far Rockaway, NY. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 11961, 31:4.
Blitz, Samuel; b. Lemberg, June 15 1888; d.
NYC, May 1977.
To NYC 1890.· Columbia.· Communal &
Zionist exec, NYC; exec officer UnitedJewish
Appeal. • See:AJYB, 79:367; WWIAJ, 1926,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 8 1977,20:3.
Blitzer, Henry (Harry Green); b. NYC, Apr
11892.
CCNY, NYU. • State & screen actor, mgr,
Los Angeles. • See: BEOA].
Blitzer, Moses D; b. NYC, 1890?; d. NYC,
May151967.
Business exec, philanthropist; bd UnitedJewish
Appeal, Central Synagogue; trustee Menorah
Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm. • See:
AJYB, 69:605;NYTimes, May 171967,47:4.
Blitzstein, Marc; b. Philadelphia, Mar 2
1905; d. Martinique,Jan 22 1964.
U PA, Curtis, abroad. • Opera composer,
pianist, NYC; used political & proletarian
themes. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982; AJYB,
66:572-73; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB,
7.
Blitzstein, Rosalie M; b. ca 1887; d. Dec 25
1936;
Physician, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 39:589.
Bloch, Abraham (Abe); b. Cincinnati, Aug
281844; d. Mar 3/Apr 25 1914.
Merchant, clothing mfr, communal worker,
Cincinnati; dirJewish Orphan Asylum. • See:
AJYB, 16(1914-1915):162; PAJHS, 23:191.
Bloch, Abraham Philip; b. Polangen,
Kurland, Apr 23 1908.
To US 1924. • Ordained Yeshiva CoIVRIETS,
BA, JD NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; active Boy
Scouts; author/lecturer onJewish topics & in
field.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Bloch,Adolph;b. ca 1870; d.Mobile, Feb
261917.
Communal worker, Mobile. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):264.
Bloch, CharlesJulian
Bloch, Adolph; b. NYC, Aug 30 1873; d.
NYC, Sep 1948.
CCNY, PhB St Francis Xavier, LLB
Columbia. • Lawyer, realtor, NYC; interested
tenement legislation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 8 1948, 29:5.
Bloch, Albert; b. St Louis, Aug 2 1882; d.
Dec 91961.
St Louis Art School. • Painter, critic, poetry
anthologist, LaWrence, KS; faculty U KS. •
See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4.
Bloch, Alexander; b. Selma, AL, July 11
1881.
Columbia. • Violin recitalist, conductor,
composer, concertmaster, NYC, Hillsdale, NY.
• See:AJYB, 24:121; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 1.
Bloch, Benjamin C; b. Chicago, July 29
1890; d. NYC, Nov 27 1977.
B Arch Cornell. • Architect, NYC; active Free
Synagogue; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
79:367; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 281977,
34:5.
Bloch, Bertram; b. NYC.
Playwright, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,
24:121.
Bloch, Blanche (Mrs Alexander Bloch); b.
NYC, Dec 20 1890.
Academy ofthe Visitation (Mobile), Columbia,
abroad. • Pianist, conductor, librettist, tchr,
Hillsdale, NY; active Democrat politics; author
in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bloch, Chaim Isaac (Hayyim Isaac ben
Hanokh Zundel Ha-Kohen); b. Plunge,
Lithuania, Sep 14 1864/0ct 6 1867; d.
Jersey City, Mar 181948.
To US 1922/1923.· Rabbi, talmudic scholar,
author, Jersey City; honorary pres Union of
Orthodox Rabbis; wwn Va'ad ha-Hazalah
ldr. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 50:513; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 19 1948,
24:2.
Bloch, Chayim; b. Nagy-Boscko, Hungary,
1881.
To US 1939. • Author, used Eastern European
Jewish life & legends; later anti-Semite; WWI
Austrian army service. • See: UJE.
Bloch, Charles Edward; b. Cincinnati, Dec
221861; d. NYC, Sep 21940.
Jewish book publisher & seller, communalldr,
Chicago, NYC; earlier printer; mgr Chicago
Israelite; co-fdr Refirm Advocate, Free
Synagogue; presJewish !nst ofReligion. • See:
UJE; EJ (sub Bloch);AJYB, 24:121,
43:350,381-84; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 3 1940, 17:4.
Bloch, CharlesJulian; b. Baton Rouge, Oct
101893; d. Aug 271974.
LA State, AB U GA, Mercer Law; honorary
degree. • Prominent GA lawyer, Macon; head
Bd ofRegents U GA; officer bar assns; active
synagog, philanthropy, Democratic politics;
anthor/editor in field.· See: WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Aug 301974,32:3.

Bloch, Claude Charles
Bloch, Claude Charles; b. Woodbury, KY,
July 12 1878; d. Washington DC, Oct 6
1967.
US Naval Academy, Ogden ColI (KY). •
Admiral, Judge Advocate General, US Navy;
Spanish-Am War, Boxer Rebellion, WWI
service, retired during WWII. • See: UJE; EJ;
DAB, 8; NITimes, Oct 7 1967, 29:1.
Bloch, Clement; b. Szaky, Russia, Nov 17
1865.
To US 1890.· MD UKonigsberg.·
Physician, NYC; with Bd ofHealth. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):65.
Bloch, Edward; b. 1816; d. 1881.
Printer, publisher, Albany, NY, Cincinnati;
publisherAm Israelite. • See: EJ (sub Bloch).
Bloch, Edward; b. ca 1829; d. Cincinnati,
Mar221906.
Publisher, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB, 8(1906­
1907):225.
Bloch, Elijah Meir; b. Telsiai, Russia, 1894;
d. Cleveland, Jan 22 1955.
To US 1941. • Talmudic & rabbinics scholar,
Russia, Cleveland; faculty Rabbinical ColI of
Telshe, later Cleveland; active Agudath Israel
ofAm, World Agudath Israel; author in field. •
See:EJ;AJYB, 57:605;NITimes,Jan241955,
23:5.
Bloch, Emest; b. Geneva, July 24 1880; d.
Portland, OR, July 15 1959.
To US 1916, 1938.· Honorary degree. •
Noted composer, San Francisco, Agate Beach,
OR; fdr Cleveland Inst ofMusic; dir San
Francisco Conservatory; lecturer on
metaphysics U Geneva. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
24:121,62:449; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NITimes, July
16 1959,27:1.
Bloch, Emst; b. Ludwigshafen, Germany,
1885; d. 1977.
To US 1938, to Germany 1949, to West
Germany 1960. • Philosopher; faculty U
Leipzig, U Tubingen; author in field. • See:
UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982 (necrology).
Bloch, Felix; b. Zurich, Oct 23 1905; d. Sep
101983.
PhD U Leipzig. • Atomic physicist, Nobel
laureate, Palo Alto, Zurich; faculty Stanford;
author in field.· See: EJ; EJ:1983-1985;
WWlAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8.
Bloch, Gotthelf; b. ca 1838; d. Toledo, Sep
181909.
Legislator, IN. • See: AJYB, 12(1910­
1911):109.
Bloch, Harry Edwin; b. Brooklyn, July 25
1894.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, Union City, N]; active
Jewish War Veterans, Jewish Community
Center, Republican politics. • See: BEOAJ.
Bloch, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 211883; d.
Bronxville, July 1970.
LLB Col:umbia. • Lawyer, Scarsdale, NYC;
mem State Real Estate Bd; officer real estate
assns; active Community Church {White
Plains), Democratic politics. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, July 27 1970,27:5.
Bloch, Herbert; b. Berlin, 1911.
To US ca 1939. • Classical scholar; faculty
Harvard; officer professional soc; author/editor
in field. • See: EJ:1973-1982.
Bloch, Herman W;b. Buffalo, Feb 22 1874;
d. NYC, June 9 1970.
Business exec, communal welfare ldr; chr
European Childrens Aid; trustee Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; dir Nat! Refugee
Service; active Jewish Childrens Clearing
Bureau; author on child care. • See:AJYB,
72:539; NITimes, June 10 1970,47:3.
Bloch, Jacob; b. Bohemia, Aug 26 1848; d.
Portland, OR, May 3 1916.
MA U Prague; honorary degree. • Rabbi,
Spokane; earlier AR, CA, OR. • See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):45,6(1904-1905):215,18(196­
1917):106.
Bloch, Jesse A; b.*; d.Jan 17 1951.
Tobacco mfr, Wheeling, WVA; with Mail
Pouch. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Bloch, Joseph; b. Wachenheim, Germany,
July 101826; d. Mobile, July 121903.
To US ca 1848. • Musician, violinist, guitarist,
music publisher, music store owner, Mobile;
faculty Spring Hill ColI; orgr band, chorus. •
See:AJHQ,53:70-75.
Bloch, Joseph C; b. Hungary, Oct 24 1860;
d. Cleveland, Aug 141946.
To Cleveland 1864. • LLB IA State. • Lawyer,
legislator, court ofrecord judge, Cleveland. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug 161946,
21:5.
Bloch, Joshua; b. Dorbian, Lithuania, Dec
9/101890; d. Queens, Sep 261957.
To US 1907. • Heb Union Coll,JTS, Dropsie,
U Cincinnati, Columbia, Union Theological
Seminary, MA, PhD NYU. • Reform rabbi,
librarian, bibliographer; faculty NYU; head
NY Public LibraryJewish Division & helped it
develop a majorJewish collection. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 24:121, 60:354; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; BEOAJ; PAJHS, 47:216-22;
NITimes, Sep 271957,19:5.
Bloch, Julius; b. Kehl, Baden, May 12 1888;
d. Aug 22 1966.
To US 1893.· PAMuseum & School of
Industrial Art, PAAcademy ofFine Arts. •
Artist, Philadelphia; faculty PA Academy of
Fine Arts; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Aug 241966,51:4.
Bloch, Konrad;b. 1912.
To US 1936. • Technichal High School
(Munich), PhD Columbia. • Biochemist,
Nobel laureate; specialty: cholesterol; faculty
Columbia, U Chicago, Harvard; consult US
Public Health Service; author/editor in field. •
See:EJ.
Bloch, Leon; b. Neustadt, Poland, Mar 20
1879.
To US 1883. • AB U Chicago, MD Rush. •
Physician, gastroenterologist, Chicago; faculty
U Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Bloch, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Nov 22 1874.
Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia;
pres Orphans Guardians; officer Fedn of
Jewish Charities.· See: WWIAJ,1926, 1938.
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Bloch, Louis; b. San Francisco, Aug 91875;
d.June 1951.
U CA (Berkeley). • Corp exec, San Francisco;
with Crown Zellerbach; dir Mt Zion Hospital;
active Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,June 13
1951,29:4.
Bloch, Maurice; b. NYC, Apr 261891; d.
NYC, Dec 5 1929.
CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;
minority ldr NYAssembly; active Democratic
Party politics. • See: UJE;AJYB, 32:153;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NITimes, Dec 6 1929,
27:1.
Bloch, Max; b. Vilna, June 21886; d.
Smithtown, LI, Dec 1952.
To US 1904.· BSc, CE Cooper Union,
Brooklyn Polytech, CCNY. • Civil engineer,
Brooklyn, NYC; with Bd ofWater Supply. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Dec 30
1952,19:5.
Bloch, Max; b. ca 1890; d. Dusseldorf, Aug
191930.
Tenor, NYC; with Metropolitan Opera. • See:
AJYB, 33:125.
Bloch, Monroe Percy; b. NYC,June 2
1894; d. May 1970.
AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; bd
Hamilton-Madison House; WWI service. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May 2 1970,33:5.
Bloch, Morris; see Bloch, Maurice.
Bloch, Paul; b.*
Newspaper publisher, NYc. • See: AJYB,
24:121.
Bloch, Philip; b. ca 1859; d. NYC, Oct 24
1914.
Chiefclerk, Bd ofMagistrates, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 17(1915-1916):219.
Bloch, Robert Gustav; b. Nuremberg, Mar
3 1894; d. Apr 1975.
To US 1923. • MD U Munich. • Physician,
Chicago, NYC; faculty U IL, U Chicago,
Columbia; author in field; WWI German army
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;
NITimes, Apr 26 1975, 30:6.
Bloch, Samuel; b. ca 1876; d. Youngstown,
July 18 1932.
Rabbi, Youngstown.· See:AJYB, 35:122.
Bloch, Samuel S; b. ca 1850; d. Oct 2 1937.
Mfr, tobacco firm head, civic worker,
Wheeling, WVA • See:AJYB, 40:382;
NITimes, Oct 3 1937, II 8:3".
Bloch, Solomon Daniel; b. Camden, AL,
1855; d. Mobile, Mar 171924.
Publisher, legislator, mayor, county commr,

Blumenberg, Louis
Blumenberg, Louis; b. Baltimore, ca 1858;
d. NYC, Feb 1916.
Concert cellist, NYC; pres Musical Courier. •
See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):67; NYTimes, Feb 24
1916,13:7.
Blumenberg, Marc A; b. Baltimore, May 21
1851; d. Paris, Mar 271913.
Loyola Coli (Baltimore). • Noted music critic,
editor, NYC; editor-in-chiefMusical Courier. •
See: JE; U]E; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):67,
15(1913-1914):269; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Mar281913,15:5.
Blumenfeld, David Bernard; b. Brooklyn,
Oct 181898.
MD LI Coli Hospital. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Woodhaven, NY. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Blumenfeld, Frances (Mrs Moses
Blumenfeld); b. NYC, June 14 1893.
Communalldr, Memphis; presJewish Ladies
Aid Soc, Hadassah. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Blumenfeld, Israel I; b. Ostrow, Poland,
May 10 1915; d. Los Angeles, Mar 27
1962.
To US 1952. • Communal official; officer
General Fedn ofLabor (Israel); active
LiberatedJews in Germany, Survivors of
Concentration Camps. • See: AJYB, 64:492;
NYTimes, Mar 291962,33:2.
Blumenfeld, Leonard M; b.*; d. Shreveport,
Jan 111918.
Lieutenant, US Army, Shreveport. • See:
AJYB, 20(1918-1919):227.
Blumenfeld, Meyer; b. Kielce, Poland, Dec
.161905; d. Queens, Mat 251980.
To US 1927. • Rabbi, author, Newark; officer
Am Fedn ofPolishJews, Union ofOrthodox
Rabbis.· See:AJYB, 82:363.
Blumenfeld, Ralph David; b. Watertown,
WI, Apr 7 1864; d. July 1948.
To Britain ca 1900. • British journalist,
linotype machine seller, London; editor Daily
Express; active Zionist, opposer ofanti­
Semitism. • See: U]E; EJ; AJYB, 24:123;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes,July 181948,53:1.
Blumenfeld (Blumenfield), Samuel M; b.
Letichev, Russia, Sep 13 1901; d.
Brooklyn, 1972.
To US 1921. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia,
MHL, ordainedJewish Inst ofReligion;
honorary degree. • Natl communalldr, Heb
educator, Chicago; natl officer Histadruth
Ivrith; pres Coli ofJewish Studies, Soc for the
Advancement ofHeb Culture; officer Am
Jewish Cong, Avukah; active Union ofAm Heb
Congregations, Central ConfofAm Rabbis. •
See:EJ;AJYB, 74:554; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Mar 2 1972,42:1.
Blumenstiel, Alexander; b. ca 1843; d.
London, June 151905.
Lawyer, music critic, art collector, NYC;
author in field, on music. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):218; NYTimes, June 17 1905, 9:5.
Blumenstiel, Monroe Alpiner; b.
Rochester, NY, Feb 19 1896.
BS U Rochester, Chemical Warfare School
(Edgewood Arsenal, MD). • Army officer,
insurance businessman, Rochester, NY; with
cce, Freehold,.NJ; WWI service.· See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Blumenstock, Mort; b. NYC, Dec 26 1900;
d.July 1956.
Columbia. • Advertising mgr, title writer,
editor, motion picture dir, NYC; with
Universal Pictures, Natl Pictures, Columbia
Pictures.· See: WWIAJ,·1938; NYTimes,July
191956,27:5.
Blumenthal, A Pam; b. NYC, Sep 231904;
d.Jan 1953.
Wharton. • Motion picture producer, exec,
NYC; specialty: advertising films. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 28
1953,27:2.
Blumenthal, Aaron; b. ca 1869; d.
Philadelphia, Oct 91933.
Mfr, philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
36:279.
Blumenthal, Aaron; b. Montreal, Feb 7
1908.
To US 1928.· AB McGill, ordainedJTS.·
Rabbi, St Albans, vr, Bay Shore, LI. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Blumenthal, Alfred C; b. San Rafael, CA,
Dec 291890; d. Beverly Hills, July 1957.
U CA (Berkeley). • Theatrical promoter,
broker, NYC; associated with Ziegfeld
Enterprises. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,
July311957,23:3.
Blumenthal, Benjamin; b. ca 1847; d.
Rockaway Park, Aug 27 1921.
Realtor, NYC; pres synagog, Mt Carmel
CemeteryAssn. • See: AJYB, 24:101; NYTimes,
Aug 291921,11:5.
Blumenthal, Charles; b. Orissa, Vitebsk,
Aug91874.
Rabbi, regional Zionist ldr, Waco. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Blumenthal, Florence Meyer (Mrs George
Blumenthal); b. Los Angeles, 1875; d.
Paris, Sep 1930.
Philanthropist, art patron, NYC, France;
benefactor Mt Sinai, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Childrens Hospital (Paris). • See:U]E;
NYTimes, Sep 22 1930, 19:4.
Blumenthal, Fred Ralph; b. Boston, Sep 28
1894.
DMD Harvard. • Orthodontist, Boston; officer
med assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Blumenthal, George; b. Fra.nk{urt, Apr 7
1858; d. NYC, June 26 1941.
To NYC 1882. • Banker, NYC, Paris; partner
Lazard Freres; pres Metropolitan Museum of
Art; helped stabilize franc post-WWI. • See:
U]E;BJ; AJYB, 24:123,43:356; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,
June271941,17:1.
Blumenthal, George; b. NYC, ca 1863; d.
NYC,July 23 1943.
Theatrical & operatic producer, promoter,
mgr, NYC; asst to Oscar Hammerstein. • See:
AJYB, 46:335; NYTimes, July 28 1943, 15:3.
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Blumenthal, Gustave Adolph; b. Mulhouse,
Alsace, Oct 12 1867.
To US 1910. • Statistician, vocational analyst,
NYC, Grand Rapids, MI; active YWCA. • See:
AJYB, 24:123; WWWIA, 1.
Blumenthal, Hart; b. Philadelphia, May 25
1859; d. Philadelphia, Feb 3 1941.
Merchant, communal worker, book collector,
Lincoln authority, Clinton, IA, Philadelphia;
bd Natl Farm School, Jewish Publication Soc.
• See:AJYB, 43:356,385-390; WWIAJ, 1926,
1938; NYTimes, Feb 41941, 21:6.
Blumenthal, Helen Berkman (Mrs Stanley
M Blumenthal); b. Seattle, Sep 15 1892.
Activist on behalfofblind, Seattle; with Natl
Council ofJewish Women, Natl Fedn of
Temple Sisterhoods. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Blumenthal, Hugo; b. NYC, 1862; d. NYC,
Aug81943.
Banker, philanthropist, NYC; officer Mt Sinai,
Mt Sinai School ofNursing. • See: AJYB,
46:335;NYTimes, Aug 10 1943,19:1.
Blumenthal, Irving; b. NYC, Mar 2 1878; d.
NYC, Mar 1946.
NYU. • Meat packer, art collector, NYc. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 141946,
25:5.
Blumenthal, Jeannette; b. ca 1862; d.
reported Aug 51938.
Pioneer settler in West, Seattle; mem
Daughters ofthe Am Revolution. • See: AJYB,
41:419.
Blumenthal, Joseph; b. Munich, Dec 1
1834; d. NYC, Mar 2 1901.
To US ca 1839. • Businessman, legislator,
Commr ofTaxes, NYC; a fdrJTS, anti-Tweed
Ring; pres synagog, YMHA; active B'nai B'rith.
• See:JE; U]E;EJ;AJYB, 3(1901-1902):187;
PAJHS, 10:175-76.
Blumenthal, Joseph; b. NYC, Oct 4 1897.
Cornell. • Printer, type designer, hand press
owner; fdr Spiral Press (NYC). • See: EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Blumenthal, Joseph W; b. ca 1866; d.
Pittsburgh, Oct 20 1923.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,
26:153.
Blumenthal, L Roy; b. NYC, June 91908;
d. NYC, Oct 1975.
Public relations counselor, NYC; with Am
Jewish Cong, J ewish Welfare Bd, Am Jewish
Com, UnitedJewish Appeal, Anti-Defamation
League; advisor West German government. •
See:AJYB, 77:592; NYTimes, Oct 2 1975,38:4.
Blumenthal, Leonard Mascot; b. Athens,
GA, Feb 27 190111902.
BS GA Tech, MS U Chicago, PhDJohns
Hopkins. • Mathematician, Columbia, MO;

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Bolm, Adolph Rudolphovich; b. St
Petersburg, 1884; d. Hollywood, CA, Apr
1951.
To NYC 1914/1916.· Ballet dancer, dir, tchr,
NYC, Chicago, Hollywood, CA, San
Francisco; fdr Bolm Ballet Intime. • See: EJ;
NYTimes, Apr 17 1951,29:2.
Bolotow, Nathan Abraham; b. Providence,
Apr231894.
MD Tufts, post-grad U PA. •
Otolaryngologist, Pawtucket, Providence; dir
Jewish Community Center; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bolotowsky, llya; b. St Petersburg, July 1
1907; d. Nov 22 1981.
To US 1923. • ColI ofStJoseph
(Constantinople), French ColI, Nad Academy
ofDesign, U WY. • Artist; faculty SUNY
(New Paltz); officer professional soc; WWII
service; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 8.
Bolten, Seymour R; b. NYC,]uly 171921;
d. Washington DC,]une 61985.
NYU, Harvard. • Public servant, government
consult; mem CIA; authority on drug trade;
active Presidential Commn on Holocaust. •
See:AJYB, 87:437.
Boman, Albert Elijah; b. Ogden, UT, Jan
23 1881.
BS UT Agricultural ColI. • Agricultural
extension worker, educator, Laramie; faculty U
WY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bomeisler, Evelyn; b. ca 1830; d.
Philadelphia,]une 141917.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
20(1918-1919):227.
Bomze, Henry Daniel; b. NYC, Apr 30
1906; d. Aug 271974.
Publisher, editor, NYC; specialty: turfjournals.
• See: WWWIA., 6; NYTimes, Aug 28 1974,
34:5.
Bomze, NuchimlNahum; b. Sasow, Galicia,
Aug 1906/1907; d. NYC,May 13 1954.
To Os 1948. • Yiddish poet; WWII Russian
army service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 56:568.
Bomzon, Samuel M; b. NYC,Jan 6 1891; d.
NYC, Oct 1943.
Businessman, banker, NYc.. See: WWIAJ,
1926; NYTimes, Oct 241943,45:1.
Bonart,]oseph; b. ca 1857; d. Galveston,
Apr 1936.
Merchant, communal worker, Galveston. •
See: AJYB, 38:426.
Bonart; Sam; b. New Orleans, ca 1869; d.
New Orleans, Dec 3 1942.
Merchant, civic recreation ldr, New Orleans;
mem Playground Comrnn; pres YMHA; donor
playground.• See:AJYB, 45:382.
Bonchek, Samuel; b. Poland?, 1890; d.
NYC, Apr 29 1974.
To US 1906. '. Labor Zionist ldr; natl pres
Labor Zionist Alliance; honorary chrJewish
Natl Fund; helped unify Labor Zionist Org of
Am-Poale Zion & Am Habonim Assoc with
Farband. • See: AJYB, 76:512; NYTimes, May 2
1974,50:5:
Bondi (Bondy), August; b. Vienna, 1833; d.
St Louis, 1907.
To US ca 1848. • Pioneer abolitionist, KS
settler, adventUrer, Salina, KS; memJohn
BroWns forces; Civil War service; memoir. •
See: UJE; EJ.
Bondi, Hart Emanuel; b. Salina, KS, Mar 4
1873; d. before 1938.
KS Wesleyan, Salina Normal Business ColI. •
Exec, banker, Galesburg,IL; officer Chamber
ofCommerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Bondi, Jonas (ben Abraham); b. Dresden,
July 9 1804; d. NYC, Mar 11 1874.
To US 1859. • PhD U Prague. • Rabbi,
newspaper editor, NYC; editor Heb Leader;
active communal charities. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;
NYTimes, Mar 12 1874,2:3.
Bondi, Solomon; b. ca 1841; d. St Louis,
July 71911.
Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):123.
Bondy, Curt; b. Hamburg, 1894.
In US 1933-1950. • Psychologist; specialty:
youth, youth in Germany; faculty U Hamburg,
William & Mary; active European refugee
rescue work; author in field. • See: EJ.
Bondy, Edmund R; b. Cleveland, ca 1876;
d. Cleveland, Oct 11 1946.
Physician; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 49:609.
Bondy,]oseph; b. Syracuse, Sep 13 1864; d.
Syracuse, Dec 1945.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, legislator,
military officer, volunteer patriotic worker,
Syracuse; authority on constitutional law; orgr
Am Legion, Reserve Officers Assn, ROTC;
WWIservice.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes,Dec221945,19:4.
Bondy, Max; b. Hamburg, 1893; d. Apr
1951. .
To US 1939. • Progressive educator, language
tchr, Germany, Switzerland, New England; fdr
Windsor School. • See: EJ; NYTimes, Apr 18
1951,31:3.
Bondy,\\'llliam;b.NYC, 1871;d.Mar
1964.
AB, AM, PhD, LLB Columbia; honorary
degrees. • Lawyer, US district court judge,
NYC; mem State Bd ofRegents; active politics.
• See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Mar 311964,35:3.
Bonheur, Lucien L;b. France, ca 1864; d.
Great Neck, Aug 1918.
To US ca 1883. • U Paris. • Legislator,
dramatic mgr, commn merchant, NYC; fdr
French theatre in NYC; active NY Republican
& Progressive parties, patron ofFrench
culture.· See:AJYB, 21:204; NYTimes, Aug 15
1918,11:5.
Boni, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 211892; d.]uly
301981.
Boochever, Stephen Paul
Cornell, Harvard. • Publisher, editor, NYC; an
orgr Washington Square Players; developed
Modern Library; expert on literature of
photography. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Aug 1 1981, 14:3.
Boni, Charles]r; b. Newark; d. Feb 1969.
Publisher, NYC; officer Albert & Charles
Boni, Inc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb
15 1969,27:1.
Bonner, Adolph; b. Bucharest, May 19
1874; d. Miami Beach, Apr 1951.
MD U IL, post-grad abroad.· Gynecologist,
Brooklyn; faculty LI ColI Hospital; Greco­
Turkish War service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938;NYTimes,Apr211951,17:5.
Bonnheim, Albert; b. HiIdesheim,
Germany, Nov 121855; d. Sacramento,
Dec 241916.
To US 1872.· Civic & communalldr,
Sacramento; donor scholarships; active
synagog, Heb Benevolent Assn, Am Red Cross,
Soc for the Prevention ofCruelty to Children.
• See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):46, 19(1917­
1918):264; WWWIA,1.
Bonnheim, Benjamin Aaron; b.
Gemuenden, Hessen-Nassau,July 9
1845; d. Cincinnati, Dec 191909.
MD Columbus Med ColI (Columbus, OR). •
Rabbi, Columbus, OH, Wheeling, Atlanta,
Winnipeg, Las Vegas, NM. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):46, 12(1910-1911):110.
Bonoff, Zelly Adam; b. Elisavetgrad, Aug 2
1880.
To New Haven 1895. • MD Yale, post-grad U
Vienna, U Berlin. • Otolaryngologist, New
Haven; Joint Distribution Com service in
Poland; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Bonus, Ben; b. Horodenko, Poland, Nov 9
1920; d. Miami, Apr 6 1984.
To US 1939. • Theatrical personality; fdr
Yiddish Mobile Theatre, Farband Players. •
See:AJYB, 86:437.
Bonwit, Max; b. Rodenberg, Hanover, Dec
61854.
Businessman, Baltimore; pres Bonwit Lennon
& Co.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Bonwit, Paul]; b. ca 1867; d. Dec 1939.
Merchant, communal worker, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 42:477; NYTimes, Dec 111939,23:1.
Boochever, George; b. Libau, Oct 24 1884;
d. Feb 1969.
To NYC 1885. • LLB Albany Law, post-grad
Columbia, U Geneva. • Lawyer, businessman,
Brooklyn, NYC, Paris; specialty: internatllaw;
fdr Chamber ofCommerce; active Fedn of
Jewish Charities, local politics. • See: WWIAJ,
1938;BEOAJ;NYTimes, Feb 151969,86:6.
Boochever, Stephen Paul; b. NYC, Mar 7
1909; d. May 1983.
Wesleyan U, U Geneva, U Munich, Academy
ofInternatl Law (The Hague). • Public
official, exec, NYC; exec secy Dept of
Correction. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
May 25 1983, 24:6.

Booke, Samuel Lewis
Booke, Samuel Lewis; b. London,Jan 30
1901.
To US 1926. • BS U Manitoba. • Insurance
actuary & exec, Winston-Salem, NC. • See:
WWlA],1938.
Bookman, Samuel; b. NYC, Dec 111869.
Columbia, MA, PhD U Berlin, NYU Law. •
Physiological chemist, NYC; with Mt Sinai;
author in field. • See: A]YB, 24:124; WWIA],
1926,1928,1938;BEOA].
Bookstaber, Philip David; b. NYC, Feb 12
1892; d. Harrisburg, May 201964.
BS CCNY, MA Columbia, NY School of
Social Service, PhD U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. • Social
worker, rabbi, author, Harrisburg; mem PA
Civil Liberties Commn; natl, internatlldr Boy
Scouts. • See: UJE; A]YB, 66:573; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 21 1964,
35:5.
Bookstaver, Barnet Seymour; b. Chemoi,
Russia,July41888; d.June 1951.
To US 1892. • MD NYU. • Gynecologist,
obstetrician, NYC; dir Health Dept (Teaneck,
NJ); a fdrJewish Community Center; WWI
Red Cross service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, June 27 1951,29:5.
Bookstaver, Joseph D; b. Russia, Dec 27
1883; d. before 1938.
CCNY. • Insurance broker, communal worker,
NYC; officer trade assn; trusteeJewish
Probation Soc. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Bookstein, Isadore; b. Albany, NY, Feb 12
1891; d. May 1973.
LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, county judge,
communalldr, Albany, NY; an orgrHeb Free
School; pres synagog; active Republican
politics. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 91973,50:3.
Boorstein, Samuel William; b. Stara
Ushitza, Podolia, Dec 28 1885; d. Mar
1967.
To US 1902.· MD NYU.• Orthopedist;
NYC; faculty Fordham; author in field. • See:
WWlA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 301967,45:3.
Boorstin, Daniel}; b. Atlartta, 1914.
Historian; specialty: US history; faculty U
Chicago; dir Natl Museum ofHistory; head
Library of Cong; author/editor in field. • See:
E]; E]:1973-1982.
Booth, Benjamin H; b. Vilna, Sep 261903.
To US 1905.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, NYC;
active East FlatbustJewishCenter. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Boraisha, Menahem (family name
Goldberg); b. Brest-Litovsk, 1888; d.
NYC, Feb 121949;
To US 1915. • Noted Yiddish poet, journalist,
NYC; with Congress Weekly, The Day, Joint;
Russian army service. • See: E]; A]YB, 51 :519­
20; NYTimes, Feb 13 1949, 76:2.
Borchard, Edwht Montefiore; b. NYC, Oct
171884; d. Hamden, CT,July 22 1951.
CCNY, AB, PhD Columbia, LLB NY Law;
honorary degrees. • Lawyer, authority on
internatllaw, Hartford; faculty Yale; active natl
Am Civil Liberties Union; author in field. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 24:124; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, July
231951, 17:3.
Borchardt, Frederick W; b. Berlin, Sep 22
1901; d. NYC, Apr 15 1956.
Welfare worker; active Jewish Restitution
Successor Org, United, Am Fedn ofJews from
Central Europe, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. •
See: A]YB, 58:475; NYTimes, Apr 16 1956,
27:4.
Borden, Harold; b. Russia, May 4 1897.
To Hartford 1904. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
Hartford; mem Bd ofAlderman; trustee United
Jewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bordon, Abraham Samuel; b. Russia, Oct 7
1891.
To Hartford 1898. • LLB Cornell. • Lawyer,
common pleas judge, communal worker,
Hartford; mem Bd ofAlderman. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Borenstein, Julius; b. Anopol, Russia, Sep
251889; d. NYC, Dec291975.
To US 1910.· Real estate exec, communalldr;
officer Workmen's Circle, ConfforJewish
Culture,Jewish Labor Com; active Yiddish
Inst, Sholem Aleichem'Folk Inst. • See: A]YB,
77:592; NYTimes, Dec 30 1975,28:2.
Borenstein, Morris; b. ca 1842; d. NYC,
July 71923.
Major, NYC.· See:A]YB, 26:153.
Boretz, Mary E (Mrs Henry Friedman); b.
NYC, Mar 5 1892; d. NYC, Aug 28 1949.
Communal, civic & social worker, child care
authority; exec dir Foster Home Bureau
(NYC).• See:A]YB, 52:501; NYTimes, Aug 30
1949,27:1.
Borg, Cecelia (Mrs Simon Borg); b. ca
1854; d. NYC,July 291905.
Communal worker, NYC; a fdr Barnard; pres
Ladies Auxiliary Montefiore Home; officer
Sisterhood ofPersonal Service; active Music
School Settlement. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):219;NYTimes,July311905,7:5.
Borg, Madeleine (Mrs Sidney C Borg); b.
NYC, July 311878; d.Jan 91956.
Columbia. • Social welfare worker, NYC;
officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; dir
Child Welfare League; active juvenile
delinquency prevention. • See: UJE; A]YB,
58:475; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Jan 10 1956,31:1.
Borg, Sidney Cecil; b. NYC, 1874; d. NYC,
Jan 91934.
BS, PhD Yale. • Financier, civic & communal
ldr, NYC; WWI Mayors Defense Com & Am
Red Cross service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:124,
36:279; NYTimes, Jan 10 1934,21:1.
Borinstein, Louis J; b. Indianapolis, Dec 29
1881; d. 1972.
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Merchant, civic ldr, Indianapolis; mem
Planning Commn, Zoning Bd; state chr Natl
Recovery Adm; officerJewish Welfare Fund,
UnitedJewish Appeal, Chamber ofCommerce.
• See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.
Boris, JosephJ; b. Philadelphia, Jan 21
1888.
Editor, business exec, NYC; mgr Med Credit
Service; editor Whos Who In Colored Am. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Borisoff, MichelP; b. Russia.
Violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:124.
Borissoff, Josef; b. Kertch, Crimea, Feb 17
1889.
Petrograd Conservatory. • Violinist, composer,
instructor, Russia, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:124;
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Borkon, Louis YalelYale Louis; b. Sirotino,
Vitebsk, July 4 1894.
To US 1907;· UPA.· Publisher, editor,
communal worker, Pittsburgh; with]ewish
Indicator, BrooklynJewish Voice; used many
pseudonyms. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA].
Born, Berthe Well (Mrs Isaac Bom);.b.
Rockport, IN, Dec 1 1873.
Purdue. • Communal worker, Indianapolis;
pres State Temple Sisterhoods, Natl Council
ofJewish Women; exec com Natl Fedn of
Temple Sisterhoods;.active League ofWomen
Voters, Girl Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1938.
Born, Edgar R; b. Chicago, Jan 15 1886.
Armour Inst, U Chicago.· Exec, communal
worker, Chicago; dir Assocd Jewish Charities.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
Bomstein, Hyman; b. Lodz, July 15 1881.
To US 1912. • Silk mfr, communal worker,
Paterson; officer Independent UnitedJersey
Verein; bd Lodzer Sick & Benevolent Assn. •
See:BEOA].
Bomstein, Hyman; b. Chicago, Sep 3 1891.
BS Armour Inst, LLB John Marshall Law. •
Chemical engineer, Moline, IL; officer Tri­
CityJewish Charities; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Bomstein, Saul H; b. NYC, Mar 29 1891.
Music publisher, NYC; dir Columbia Pictures
Corp; assocd with Irving Berlin. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Bomstein, Sol; b. ca 1896; d. Philadelphia,
1967. '
Cigar co exec, industry ldr, NYC, Pittsburgh,
Chicago, Philadelphia. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes,June21967,46:7.
Bomstein, Yetta Libby Frieden (Mrs Harry
Bomstein); b. Waynesboro, PA; d. Dec 8
1968.
William & Mary. • Artist, art tchr, Norfolk;
officer professional socs; tchr Heb Academy,
Jewish Community Center. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Boudin, Louis Boudinoff
Boudin, Louis Boudinoff; b. Ukraine, Feb
15 1874; d. NYC, May 291952.
To NYC 1891. • LLB, LLM NYU. • Labor
lawyer, authority on constitutional law,
Socialist Party ldr, lecturer, author; mem Nat!
Com ofthe Socialist Party; active ORT. • See:
UJE; A]YB, 24:124, 54:538; WWMA, 3; DAB,
5; NYTimes, May 31 1952, 17:1.
Boukstein, Maurice M; b. Cohoes, NY, Oct
25 1905; d. Ft Lauderdale, Nov 191980.
Honorary degrees. • Lawyer, nat! Zionist ldr,
Israel Consulate General; exec com Zionist
Org ofAm; advisor Hadassah, Jewish Agency,
World Zionist Org. • See:A]YB, 82:363.
Bovshover, Joseph (pseud=Basil Dahl); b.
Liubavich, Belorussia, 1873; d. NYC,
1915/1916.
To US 1891. • Yale. • Yiddish poet, wrote
revolutionary & anarchist poetry. • See: UJE;
E].
Bowman, Harry Samuel; b. Pueblo, CO,
Oct 20 1880.
U CO, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, atty general, asst
US atty, government official, Santa Fe; active
bar assn; WWI government service, post­
WWI nat! guard service. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1928,1938; WWWIA, 6.
Bowman, Samuel; b. Weston, MO, Feb 21
1851; d.July 181936.
Realtor, communal worker, St Louis; a fdr Nat!
Jewish Hospital; active B'nai B'rith. • See:
A]YB, 39:589; WWIA], 1928.
Bowman, Stella Olsho (Mrs Simon H
Bowman, Mrs Samuel M Bowman); b.
Bradford, PA, Dec 141881.
Jewish communal worker, Richmond; active
Nat! Council ofJewish Women. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Boxer, Harold Horton; b. Chicago, Apr 24
1907.
LLB StJohns; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
NYC; nat! officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish
Congregations, Nat! ConfofSynagogue
Youth; active Democratic politics, youth
problems, delinquency. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Boxer, Murry; b. NYC, June 141900/1901.
BS NYU, St Lawrence D, LLB Brooklyn Law.
• Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; specialty:
criminal & federal law; active Republican
politics, bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA].
Boxennan,Jacob; b. ca 1860; d. St Louis,
Feb 10 1944.
Rabbi, StLouis.• See:A]YB, 46:335.
Boyar, Louis H; b. San Francisco, Jan 10
1898; d. Los Angeles, Dec 211976.
Honorary degree. • Business exec, real estate
developer, communalldr & fundraiser, Los
Angeles; officer Friends ofHeb U; benefactor
Israeli instns. • See: E]; A]YB, 78:539;
NYTimes, Dec 23 1976,21:2.
Boyarsky, Peter; b. ca 1865; d. Chicago,
Oct 201916.
Yiddish journalist, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):264.
Boyman, Alter; b. Russia, Sep 251882; d.
before 1938.
Communal worker, Providence; officerJewish
Workers Alliance; chr Am Jewish Relief Com;
dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Miriam Hospital.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
Bozyk, Max; b. Lodz?, 1899; d. NYC, Apr 5
1970.
To US 1941. • Yiddish stage & screen actor;
pres Heb Actors Club; bd Heb Actors Union. •
See:A]YB, 72:539; NYTimes, Apr 81970,43:4.
Brachfield, Charles L; b. Vicksburg, Jan 10
1871.
Legislator, munidpal judge, Henderson, TX. •
See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):69.
Brachman, Etta Katzenstein (Mrs Sol
Brachman); b. Marianna, AR, July 26
1899.
Communal worker, Ft Worth; pres Nat!
Council ofJewish Women. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Brachman, Oscar; b. ca 1887; d. Sep 10
1939.
Realtor, communal worker, Milwaukee. • See:
A]YB,42:477.
Brachman, Sigmund; b. ca 1884; d.
Milwaukee, Nov 1933.
Communal worker, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,
36:279.
Brachman, Solomon; b. Jacobstadt, Russia,
Dec 15 1896.
To US 1905. • AB Marietta ColI. •
Businessman, Ft Worth; pres Jewish Fedn. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Brackman, Robert; b. Odessa, Sep 251896.
Nat! Academy ofDesign. • Painter, etcher,
noted graphic artist, NYC; faculty Art Students
League, Brooklyn Academy ofArts & Sciences.
• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Braelow, Harry Aaron; b. Russia, Oct 13
1885; d. Dec 1944.
Communal & philanthropic worker, Newark. •
See: BEOA]; NYTimes, Dec 201944,23:3.
Brager, AlbertA; b. ca 1860; d. Mar 27
1936.
Merchant, communal & civic worker,
Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 38:426.
Brager, Harry E; b. NYC, Apr 301918; d.
NYC, Aug 4 1966.
Financier, B'nai B'rith ldr; nat! commr B'nai
B'rith Youth Org; nat! membership dir B'nai
B'rith; active Am Friends ofTel Aviv U. • See:
A]YB, 68:524; NYTimes, Aug 61966,23:5.
Bragin, Joseph; b. ca 1875; d. NYC, Nov
1932.
Fdr, principal Heb High School, NYC. • See:
A]YB,35:122.
Braham, Aaron David; b. Liteny, Rumania,
Jan 11894; d. Oct 1959.
To US 1905.· Cooper Union, NYU.•
Investment banker, communalldr, NYC;
officer ZionistOrg ofAm, United Rumanian
Jews ofAm; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Oct 16 1959,31:2.
72
Braham,JohnJoseph Sr;b. ca 1847; d.
Brooklyn, Oct 28 1919.
MusiCian, composer, orchestra ldr, Brooklyn. •
See:A]YB, 22:164;NYTimes, Oct291919,
13:5.
Brahinski, Mani Leib (pseud=Mani Leib);
b. Nezhin, Russia, Dec 20 1883; d. NYC,
Oct41953.
To NYC 1905. • Yiddish lyric poet,
revolutionary, translator, anthologist;
contributor Forward. • See: UJE; A]YB,
56:568; NYTimes, Oct 5 1953,27:4.
Braiman, Myer; b. Rochester, NY, June 25
1907.
U Buffalo, U Rochester, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, legislator, Rochester, NY. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Braines, Louis; b. Posville, Kovno, Aug 25
1876.
Communal & Zionist worker, Perth Amboy,
NJ; an orgr Sons ofZion; exec com Zionist
Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Brainin, Joseph; b. Vienna, June 191895; d.
NYC, Feb 71970.
To US 1917/1919/1921.· UMontreal, U
Berlin. • Journalist, publicist, NYC; fdr Seven
Arts Feature Syndic;lte; officer Am Com for
Weizmann Inst; WWIJewish Battalion
service, recruiter. • See: UJE (sub Brainin,
Reuben); E] (sub Brainin, Reuben); A]YB,
72:536; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Feb 91970,39:1.
Brainin, Reuben (Ruben) ben Mordecai; b.
Lyady, Belorussia, Mar 15 1862; d. NYC,
Nov 30 1939.
To US/Canada 1909/1910.· UVienna, U
Berlin. • Heb & Yiddish author, biographer,
critic, Zionist ldr, Vienna, Canada, NYc. •
See:]E; E]; UJE; A]YB, 24:124,42:477;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Dec 11939,23:3.
Brainin, Simon; b. Riga, July 15 1854; d.
1911.
To NYC 1895.· U Dorpat, U Berlin.·
Physician, Riga, NYC; promoter ofJewish
culture in Russia; author in field, popular. •
See:]E; Eisenstadt, 24-25; NYTimes, Apr 3
1911,9:5.
Braker, Leon; b. ca 1865; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 81936.
Real estate broker, communal worker,
Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 38:426.
Braloff, Hennan M; b. London, Dec 25
1900?; d. Rockville Centre, LI, Apr 24
1953.
Engineer, philanthropist, Brooklyn; bdJewish
Hospital. • See:A]YB, 55:454; NYTimes, Apr
26 1953, 86:3.

77
Brill, Abram; h. Ogdenshurg, NY, May 18
1876; d. Montclair, NJ, Feh 20 1943.
BA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Greenville,
MS, "Wheeling, Meridian, Shreveport; exec
council Central ConfofAm Rabbis. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):46,45:382; WWIA],
1926, 1928; NYTimes, Feb 211943,32:5.
Brill, David Harris; h. Chicago, Aug 2 1896.
Lewis Inst, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,
Chicago; active Republican politics; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Brill, Isador William; h. St Louis, Aug 11
1875.
Insurance broker, NYC; natl guard service.. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Brill, Isidor Cherniac; h. Russia, Oct 1
1888.
To US 1903.· AB, MD Columbia.·
Physician, Portland, OR; faculty OR U; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Brill, Jeanette Goodman (Mrs Abraham
Brill); h. NYC, June 15 1888; d.
Brooklyn, Mar 30 1964.
LLB Brooklyn Law, AB NYU. • Lawyer,
municipal judge, social worker, Brooklyn; fdr
Madison Community Service League,
Womens Bar Assn, Brooklyn Child Guidance
Clinic; officer Natl Crime Prevention Bureau,
Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: UJE; A]YB,
66:573; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 31 1964,
35:3.
Brill, Joseph Eugene; h. Warsaw, Sep 16
1903; d. May 1975.
To US 1904. • NYU, LLB Fordham.·
Lawyer, asst US atty general, NYC; wwn
service.· See: WWIA], 1938; W'WWlA, 6;
NYTimes, May 201975,40:1.
Brin, Josiah Eschel; h. Botosani, Rumania,
Dec 15 1885.
To US 1886. • LLB, LLM U MN.•.Lawyer,
Minneapolis; active bar assn. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Brill, Max D; h. NYC, ca 1866; d.Jan 19
1938.
Clothier, NYC; honorary captain Police
Reserves.· See:A]YB, 40:382; NYTimes, Jan
201938,23:5.
Brill, Mrs Max D; h. ca 1878; d. NYC, Apr
221934.
Communal & civic worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
36:279.
Brill, Nathan Edwin; h. NYC, Jan 13 1859;
d. NYC, Dec 13 1925.
AB, AM CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician,
researcher, diagnostician, NYC; faculty
Columbia; described "Brills Disease"; officer
med socs. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:125,28:150;
WWWlA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Dec 17 1925,
23:5.
Brimherg, Samuel N; h. Warsaw, Apr 3
1886; d. Adantic Beach, NY, June 12
1963.
To US 1901. • Industrialist, wholesale
clothier, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed; est chair ofHeb NYU. •
See:A]YB, 65:432; WWIA], 1926;NYTimes,
June 141963, 31:3.
Brin, Alexander; h. Russia, June 15 1893/
1895; d. Brookline,June 251980.
To US 1904/1907. • Harvard. • Editor,
publisher, civic ldr, Boston; mem MA Bd of
Education; withJewish Advocate. • See: A]YB,
82:364; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.
Brin, Arthur; h. Chicago, June 5 1880; d.
Minneapolis, Nov 5 1947.
Business exec, communalldr, Minneapolis;
pres Jewish Family Welfare Assn, Council of
Social Agencies; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
A]YB, 50:513; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOA].
Brin, Fanny Fligelman (Mrs Arthur Brin);
h. Berlad, Rumania, Oct 201884; d.
Minneapolis, Sep 5 1961.
To US ca 1884/1885.· BA U MN.·
Communal & peace worker, Minneapolis; natl
pres Natl Council ofJewish Women; active
Hadassah, League ofWomen Voters; alternate
consult to US delegation to UN founding
conference. • See: UJE; A]YB, 64:492;
WWIA], 1926, 1938; W'WWlA, 7; NYTimes,
Sep 7 1961, 35: 1.
Brin, Joseph Gottland; h. Zaslaw, Russia,
Apr 21897; d. Brooklyn, MA, Mar 21
1952.
To Boston 1908. • LLB, LLM, PhD Boston
U. • Lawyer, editor, publisher, semanticist,
Boston; inem N atl Commn for Mental
Hygiene; faculty Boston U; co-publisherJewish
Advocate; orgr Springfield Review. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar
22 1952,13:2.
Brind, Moses; h. Letichev, Ukraine, 1894.
To US 1923.· Heb Tchrs ColI Gerusalem).·
Heb poet, writer, tchr, NYC; contributor UJE.
• See: UJE.
Brinig, Myron; h. Minneapolis, Dec 22
1900.
Columbia, NYU. • Novelist, screen synopsis
writer, Taos, NM. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Briskin, SamueIJacoh; h. Kiev, Feh 8 1896/
1897; d. Nov 141968.
To US 1898.· CCNY, NYU.• Accountant,
motion picture exec, Hollywood, CA; with
RKO; dir Fedn ofJewish Welfare Orgs.· See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 15
1968,47:1.
Broadman, Joseph; h. Austria, Jan 2 1883;
d. Feh 1966.
MD NYU, post-grad Berlin. • Physician,
NYC; active Fusion Party; collector library on
WWI & aftermath; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 26
1966,25:3.
Broch, HermannJoseph; h. Vienna, Nov 1
1886; d. May 30 1951.
To US 1938.· UVienna.· Textile mfr,
government servant, philosopher, novelist,
playwright, Princeton; with Office ofPublic
Brodie, Maurice
Opinion Research. • See: E]; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, May 311951, 27:6.
Brock, Samuel; h. NYC, Oct 8 1893; d. Sep
1974.
MD NYUlBellevue.• Neurologist, NYC;
faculty NYUlBellevue; author in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; NYTimes,
Sep251974,42:3.
Brod, Ruth Hagy (Mrs Alhert T Brod); h.
NYC, May 311911; d. May91980.
CraneJr ColI, Mus B Chicago ColI ofMusic. •
TVproducer, journalist, public relations
advisor, Philadelphia, NYC; active WWII
fundraising.· See: WWW1A, 7.
Brode,William;h. ca 1853;d.NYC,June
291935.
Pianist, composer ofpopular music, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 37:254.
Brodek, Charles Adrian; h. NYC, Jan 20
1872.
BS CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
business exec & dir, NYC; active WWI
fundraising. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Brodey, Arthur; h. Toronto, Oct 281900;
d. NYC, 1979.
To US 1930.· AB UToronto,MHL,
ordainedJewish Inst ofReligion. • Rabbi,
communal worker, Hattiesburg,MS; active
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938;
CCARYB.
Brodie, Bernard; h. Chicago, May 201910;
d. Nov 24 1978.
PhB, PhD U Chicago. • Internatl relations &
military strategy specialist; faculty Yale,
UCLA; with Rand Corp; author in field;
WWII service. • See: WWWlA, 7; NYTimes,
Nov 27 1978, IV 12:3.
Brodie, Florence Rohison (Mrs Israel B
Brodie); h. Baltimore, Mar311883; d.
Hampton Bay, NY, Aug 311961.
Hadassah ldr, NYC; developed social welfare
program in Israel. • See: A]YB, 64:492;
NYTimes, Sep 2 1961, 15:6.
Brodie, Gandy; b. NYC, May 20 1924; d.
Oct 221975.
Artist; faculty Carnegie Mellon. • See:
WWWlA, 6,7;NYTimes, Oct25 1975,32:6.
Brodie, Isadore Arthur; h. Poland, Dec 25
1880.
To US 1904. • Merchant, realtor, communal
worker, Manchester, NH; officer Zionist Org
ofAm, YMHA; active Am Jewish Congo • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Brodie, Israel B; h. Grinshok, Lithuania;
May 281884; d. NYC, July 311965.
To US 1888. • Johns Hopkins, LLB U MD. •
Lawyer, business exec, Zionist ldr; active Dead
Sea Scrolls work. • See: AJYB, 67:53 3;
WWWL4., 4; NYTimes, Aug 2 1965,29:2.
Brodie, Maurice; h. Liverpool, Aug 19
1903; d. Detroit, May 111939.
To US 1933. • MD, eM, MS McGill, NYU. •
Bacteriologist, NYC, Detroit; discoverer ofa

Burstein, Samuel
Burstein, Samuel; b. NYC, Oct 21 1904.
AB Brooklyn CoIl, MA, LLB NYU,JSD
Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Burstiner,Joseph; b. ca 1871; d. June 22
1937.
Pioneer apartment house bldr, collector of
trees, East Orahge, NJ. • See: A]YB, 39:589;
NYTimes, June 23 1937,25:4.
Buschman, Sol L; b. NYC, Sep 14 1891; d.
Sep 1945.
Pres, Nad Can Co, NYC. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Sep 25 1945,
25:3.
Bush, David; b.*
Early seWer, patriot, Mason, Wilmington, DE,
Philadelphia, • See: UJE.
Bush, Herman L; b. Boston, Mar 4 1893.
LLB Boston U, Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr,
Boston; mem City Council; active veterans
assns, public library; Mexican border & WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Bush, Hyman P; b.*; d. San Francisco, Dec
291907.
Brigadier-General, CA Nad Guard. • See:
A]YB, 10(1908-1909):128.
Bush (Busch), Isidor; b. Prague, 1822; d.
1898.
To NYC 1849. • Printer, journalist,
viticulturalist, union supporter, alderman,
communal & civic worker, NYC, St Louis;
mem Bd ofEducation, State Bd of
Immigration; publisher, editor Israels Herold;
pres German Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: UJE;
E].
Bush, Mathias; b. Prague, May 10 1722; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 29 1790.
To Philadelphia ca 1742. • Early Am
merchant, landowner, communalldr,
Philadelphia; contributor PA Hospital; signer
Non-Importation Agreement. • See: UJE;
BDEA].
Bush, Philip Lee; b. San Francisco, June 29
1875; d. June 1954.
BS U CA. • Engineer, civic ldr, communal
worker, San Francisco; pres Bd ofEducation;
dir US government irrigation & reclamation
projects. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, June 261954,13:7.
Bush, Solomon; b. Philadelphia, Oct 13
1753; d. 1795.
Patriot, revolutionary war officer, Mason; mem
Quaker Abolitionist Soc; active civic affairs. •
See:]E; UJE; E]; BDEA]; PA]HS, 23:177-78.
Butensky, Jules Leon; b. Novogrudok,
Russia, ca 1865/1871; d. NYC, Feb 26
1947.
To NYC 1904. • Academy ofArts (Vienna). •
Sculptor; used Biblical & Jewish themes. • See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:126,49:609; NYTimes, Mar
1 1947, 15:2.
Buttenwieser, BenjaminJoseph; b. NYC,
Oct221900.
AB Columbia. • Banker, civic ldr,
philanthropist, NYC; active Jewish Welfare
Bd; WWII service; asst High Commr for
Germany post WWII. • See: UJE (sub
Buttenwieser, Joseph L); E] (sub
Buttenwieser); WWIA], 1938.
Buttenwieser, Helen Lehman (Mrs
BenjaminJ Buttenwieser); b. 1905.
Lawyer, social worker, civic ldr, NYC. • See:
E] (sub Buttenwieser).
Buttenwieser, Joseph Leon; b.
Philadelphia, Apr 3 1865; d. South
Poland, ME, Aug 171938.
BA CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, realtor,
communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr, pres
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; bd Heb
Technical Inst; active Heb Sheltering &
Guardian Soc. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Buttenwieser);A]YB, 7(1905-1906):47,24:126,
41:420; WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Aug 181938,19:1.
Buttenwieser, Laemmlein; b.
Wassertriidingen, Bavaria, Jan 16 1825;
d. NYC, Sep 23 1901.
To US 1854.· UWiirzberg, U Prague. •
Talmudist, linguist, tchr, Cincinnati,
Philadelphia, NYC. • See: ]E; NYTimes, Sep
241901, 7:6.
Buttenwieser, Moses; b. Beerfelden,
Germany, Apr 5 1862; d. Palo Alto, Mar
11/12 1939.
To US 1897.· ULeipzig, UWurzberg, PhD
U Heidelberg. • Biblical scholar, translator,
Cincinnati; faculty Heb Union CoIl; author in
field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):72,
24:126,41:420; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Mar 13 1939, 17:5.
Butzel, Fred M; b. Detroit, Aug 25 1877; d.
Detroit, May 20 1948.
PhB U MI; honorary degree. • Lawyer, public
servant, philanthropic & communal worker,
Detroit; commr House ofCorrection; pres
Nad ConfofJewish Social Work, Community
Union, Legal Aid Bureau, UnitedJewish
Charities; bd Urban League; active bar assn. •
See: UJE; E] (sub Butzel); A]YB, 24:126,
50:514; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];
WWWIA,2;NYTimes,May221948, 15:4.
Butzel, Henry Magnus; b. Detroit, May 24
1871; d. Detroit, June 7 1963.
PhB, LLB U MI; honorary degrees. • Lawyer,
state supreme court chiefjustice, Detroit; a fdr
AmJewish Com; co-fdr Legal Aid Bureau; pres
bar assn; officer UnitedJewish Charities,
synagog. • See: UJE; E] (sub Butzel); A]YB,
24:126,65:432; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 81963,25:1.
Butzel, Leo M; b. Detroit, 1874; d. Feb 27
1961.
PhB, LLB, LLD U MI. • Banker, lawyer,
Detroit; authority on corporation law; active
AmJewish Com, synagog.· See: E] (sub
Butzel);A]YB, 24:126; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Mar 11961, 33:4.
84
Butzel, Magnus; b. Burgellem, Bavaria,
1830; d. 1900.
To US 1852. • Clothier, state Republican
Partyldr, civic & communal worker, Detroit;
mem Bd ofEducation; pres Public Library
Commn; active B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: E]
(sub Butzel).
Butzel, Martin; b. Burgellem, Bavaria,
1828.
To US 1845. • Wholesale clothier, Union
uniform mfr, communal & civic ldr, Detroit;
pres Public Lighting Commn, synagog;
supporterJewish colony (Bad Axe, MI). • See:
E] (sub Butzel),
Butzel, Martin L; b. 1906.
Lawyer, communalldr, Detroit; officer
synagog, Am Jewish Com. • See: EJ (sub
Butzel).
Buxbaum, Isador; b.*
Lawyer, municipal judge, Brooklyn. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Byalostozky, BenjaminJacob; b. Pompian,
Lithuania, 1892.
To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, essayist,
Pittsburgh, NYC; editor Kinder Welt; co-editor
Der Yiddisher K.emfer, Zeit; staffForward; active
Poale Zionist movement. • See: UJE.
Byer, Herbert; b. Cincinnati, Oct 311899.
BS OH State. • Advertising agent, novelist,
Columbus, OH; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Byer, Samuel G; b. Warsaw, Feb 22 1885.
To US 1906. • Hull House, Chicago Art Inst.
• Artist, Chicago; usedJewish subjects. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Byfield, Albert H; b. Chicago, 1881; d. Los
Angeles, Aug 1946.
Pediatrician, coIlprofessor, Iowa City, Los
Angeles. • See: A]YB, 24:126; NYTimes, Aug
25 1946,46:4.
Byfield, Emest Lessing; b. Chicago, Nov 3
1889; d. Feb 1950.
Armour Inst, Cornell. • Business & hotel exec,
Chicago; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 111950, 15:5.
Byfield (bom Beifield), Joseph; b. Hungary,
Aug 22 1853; d. Sep 17 1926.
To US 1867. • Hotel owner, Chicago; WWI
supplier.· See: WWWIA, 1.