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Baar, Emile Nathaniel; b. Vienna, Sep 9<br />

1891; d. NYC, Nov 111985.<br />

To US 1893.· AB, LLB Columbia; honorary<br />

degree. - Lawyer, state supreme court judge,<br />

communalldr, NYC; natl trustee Union <strong>of</strong>Am<br />

Heb Congregations; <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>Jewish</strong> Hospital,<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Braille Inst; bd Natl Conf cif Christians<br />

& Jews; WWIservice. - See:A]YB, 87:436;<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Baar, Herman (Hermann); b. Stadthagen,<br />

Germany, 1826;.d. NYC, Sep 41904.<br />

To US ca 1867. - U Gottingen. - Communal<br />

admr, rabbi, scholar, author, NYC; earlier<br />

England, Washington DC, New Orleans; supt<br />

Heb Orphan Asylum. - See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,<br />

7(1905-1906):216;NYTimes, Sep 51904,5:6.<br />

Baar, Jesse; b. Brooklyn, June 15 1885; d.<br />

Miami, Apr 9 1936.<br />

Stockbroker, NYC; active <strong>Jewish</strong> community. ­<br />

See:A]YB, 38:425; WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bab, Julius; b. Berlin, 1880; d. Feb 1955.<br />

To US 1940. • German drama critic & literary<br />

historian; fdr Jiidischen Kulturband; authorin<br />

field. - See: E]; NYTimes, Feb 13 1955,86:7.<br />

Babin, Victor; b. Moscow, Dec 13 1908; d.<br />

1972.<br />

To US 1937.· Honorary degree. - Pianist,<br />

composer; dir Cleveland Inst <strong>of</strong>Music; chr<br />

Berkshire MusicCentre; WWII service. - See:<br />

WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 2 1972, 42 :4.<br />

Bacarat, Georges; b. Marseilles, 1883; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Oct 5 1943.<br />

To US 1911. - Orthodox rabbi, Portsmouth,<br />

VA, Memphis; then court interpreter. • See:<br />

A]YB, 46:334; NYTimes, Oct 6 1943,23:4.<br />

Bach, AaronJ; b. NYC, 1855?; d. Deal, NJ,<br />

Sep 241934.<br />

Tobacco dealer, NYC; public <strong>of</strong>ficial, mayor,<br />

Deal, NJ; active Republican politics. - See:<br />

UJE; A]YB, 37:254.<br />

Bach, Ephraim Lee; b. Linton, IN, Aug 31<br />

1905.<br />

BS U IL, Natl Inst <strong>of</strong>Commercial Org Secys.<br />

- Business assn exec, South Bend; earlier<br />

Linton & Misawaka, IN. - See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bach, Ferdinand S; b. Nashville, IL, Aug 28<br />

1866.<br />

Social work exec, St Louis; exec dir<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong>Charities; active YMHA. - See:<br />

WWIA], 1928 (addenda), 1938.<br />

Bach, Julius Max; b. Austria, ca 1872; d.<br />

NYC, Nov291946.<br />

To US 1939.· Rabbi, Vienna, NYC; withAm<br />

Congregation <strong>of</strong>Jews from Austria. - See:<br />

A]YB, 49:608; NYTimes, Nov 301946,15:3.<br />

Bach, Louis S; b.*; d. Nov 27 1937.<br />

Motion picture theatre owner, Atlanta. - See:<br />

A]YB, 40:381.<br />

Bach, Marcus; b. ca 1824; d. Brooklyn, Oct<br />

28 1914.<br />

Merchant, Brooklyn.· See:A]YB, 17(1915­<br />

1916):218.<br />

Bacharach, Benjamin; b. Philadelphia,<br />

1865; d. Adantic City,]une 18 1936.<br />

To Atlantic City 1881. - Banker, realtor, civic<br />

ldr, philanthropic worker, Atlantic City; a fdr<br />

Home for Afflicted Children; <strong>of</strong>ficer synagog.<br />

- See: UJE; E] (sub Bacharach); A]YB, 38:425.<br />

Bacharach, George; b. Berne, Oct 16 1888;<br />

d. NYC, Sep 201943.<br />

To NYC 1920. -U Zurich, BS, DSc U<br />

Geneva; honorary degree. • Chemist,<br />

Brooklyn; faculty Fordham, Brooklyn ColI;<br />

author in field. - See: UJE; A]YB, 46:334;<br />

WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 22 1943,<br />

23:3.<br />

Bacharach, Gustav; b. ca 1868; d.<br />

Philadelphia, Apr 8 1912.<br />

Pres, Commonwealth Realty Co, Philadelphia.<br />

• See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):126.<br />

Bacharach, Harry B; b. Philadelphia, Oct 24<br />

1873; d. Arlantic City, May 13 1947.<br />

Public <strong>of</strong>ficial, banker, realtor, mayor,<br />

postmaster, NJ Public Utility Commr, Atlantic<br />

City; pres City Council; est<strong>Jewish</strong> Community<br />

Center, home for crippled children; active<br />

Republican politics. - See: UJE; E] (sub<br />

Bacharach);A]YB, 24:116, 50:513; WWIA],<br />

1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 14<br />

1947,25:1.<br />

Bacharach, Herman Dfeld; b. Las Vegas,<br />

NM, Aug 5 1899.<br />

UPA, PAMuseum School <strong>of</strong>Art. - Artist,<br />

Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bacharach, Isaac; b. Philadelphia, Jan 5<br />

1861/1870; d. Arlantic City, Sep 5 1956.<br />

Congressman, legislator, businessman, realtor,<br />

insurance agent, public <strong>of</strong>ficial, Atlantic City;<br />

active Republican politics. - See: UJE; E] (sub<br />

Bacharach);A]YB, 24:116; WWIA], 1926,<br />

1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 6 1956,<br />

25:5.<br />

Bache, Harold L; b. NYC, June 17 1894; d.<br />

NYC, Mar 14/15 1968.<br />

Cornell. - Stockbroker, financialldr, NYC;<br />

active Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Big Brothers; WWI service. - See: A]YB,<br />

70:519; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 18 1968,45:4.<br />

Bache, Jules Semon; b. NYC, Nov 9 ·1861;<br />

d. Palm Beach, Mar 24 1944.<br />

Financier, broker, art collector, NYC; donated<br />

art collection to Metropolitan Museum <strong>of</strong>Art;<br />

Episcopalian. - See: UJE; E] (sub Bache);<br />

A]YB, 24:116; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];<br />

WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3.<br />

Bache, Leopold Semon; b. NYC, Nov 12<br />

1865/1866; d. NYC, Oct 101927.<br />

Financier, commodity broker, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

trade assns; trustee Home for Aged & Infirm<br />

Heb.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1;<br />

NYTimes, Oct 111927,1:7.<br />

Bachman, Milton Homer; b. Pittsburgh,<br />

Nov 121884.<br />

MDJefferson Med ColI, post-grad Vienna,<br />

London. - Physician, radiologist, Youngstown;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer med soc; WWI service. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bachmann, Alberto Abraham; b. Geneva,<br />

1875.<br />

To US 1916, to Paris 1922. - Lille<br />

Conservatory <strong>of</strong>Music. - Violinist, composer;<br />

mem NY Philharmonic; author in field. - See:<br />

UJE.<br />

Bachmann, Burton Stanley; b. Chicago, Sep<br />

201897.<br />

Northwestern. • Mfr, salesman, Chicago;<br />

WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bachner, Lester R; b. NYC, Aug 9 1897; d.<br />

Apr 51976.<br />

LLB NYU, post-grad Columbia, NYU. ­<br />

Lawyer, NYC; pres Dreyfus Fund; active<br />

Republican politics. - See: WWIA], 1928;<br />

NYTimes, Apr 71976,44:4.<br />

Bachrach, Alfred R; b. 1900; d. NYC, Sep<br />

211982.<br />

CPA, communalldr, NYC; pres Emanu-EI; bd<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies, Montefiore<br />

Hospital, Beth Abraham Hospital. - See:<br />

A]YB, 84:329.<br />

Bachrach, Benjamin Charles; b. Elgin, IL,<br />

Jan 29 1874; d. Dec 1950.<br />

AB Notre Dame, Cornell, Columbia, LLB<br />

Kent ColI <strong>of</strong>Law. - Lawyer, noted public<br />

defender, Chicago; defense lawyer in Leopold­<br />

Loeb case. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,<br />

1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Jan 11951, 17:2.<br />

Bachrach, Clarence Grover; b. Brooklyn,<br />

Apr 25 1883; d. Oct 1977.<br />

AB Harvard, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,<br />

Brooklyn; specialty: equity; faculty Brooklyn<br />

Law; active Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Bd <strong>of</strong>Guardians, Progressive Party. - See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 24 1977, 32:4.<br />

Bachrach, David; h. Russia, ca 1863; d.<br />

Cincinnati, July 31 1946.<br />

To US ca 1886. - Rabbi, Cincinnati. - See:<br />

A]YB, 49:608.<br />

Bachrach, David Hayyim; b. Russia, Oct 4<br />

1863/1865; d. May 281939.<br />

To US 1889. - Rabbi, Trenton, Providence. •<br />

See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):43,41:418; Gottlieb,<br />

313.<br />

Bachrach, Grace Baer (Mrs Clarence G<br />

Bachrach); b. NYC, June 12 1884; d.<br />

Brooklyn, June 17 1962.<br />

NYTraining School for Tchrs. - Communal<br />

worker, public school tchr, Brooklyn; active<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Hospital, Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities, Natl<br />

Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women, Visiting Nurse<br />

Assn, Joint Distribution Com, United Hospital<br />

Fund.- See:A]YB, 64:492; WWIA], 1938;<br />

NYTimes, June 191962,35:1.


31<br />

Bamberger, Jacob; b. ca 1839; d. Ft Scott,<br />

KS, Aug 23 1920.<br />

Pioneer merchant, Civil War veteran, Ft Scott,<br />

KS.· See:AJYB, 23:131.<br />

Bamberger, Julian Maas; b. Salt Lake City,<br />

Feb 91889.<br />

BA Princeton. • Corp exec, legislator, Salt<br />

Lake City; pres State Travelers Aid; active Red<br />

Cross, Boy Scouts, Am Legion. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Bamberger, Leo; b. NYC, Sep 2 1868; d.<br />

Philadelphia, Feb 1961.<br />

Cooper Inst. • Photoengraving exec,<br />

Philadelphia; fdr Labor Day Baby Parade<br />

(Ocean City, NJ); active trade assns. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb 251961,21:3.<br />

Bamberger, Leon; b. NYC, Dec 22 1892; d.<br />

Apr 1967.<br />

Motion picture sales promoter, NYC; with<br />

Paramount Pictures, RKO. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; NITimes, Apr 27 1967,45:2.<br />

Bamberger, LeviS; b. ca.1839; d. Locust<br />

Valley, LI,July 1912.<br />

Merchant, NYC.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­<br />

1914):269;NITimes,July81912,9:5.<br />

Bamberger; Louis; b.*; d. Selma, AL,Jan 7<br />

1909. .<br />

Newspaper editor, Selma, AL. • See: AJYB,<br />

11(1909-1910):108.<br />

Bamberger, Louis; b. Baltimore, May 15<br />

1855; d. South Orange, NJ, Mar 111944.<br />

Honorary degrees. • Dept store merchant,<br />

philanthropist, Newark; fdr radio station;<br />

benefactorJoint Distribution Com, Newark<br />

Museum, Inst for Advanced Study (Princeton).<br />

• See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:116,46:334;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; PAJHS, 37:455-57;<br />

WWWIA., 2; DAB, 3; NITimes, Mar 12 1944,<br />

38:1.<br />

Bamberger, Max; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Aug<br />

41910.<br />

Merchant, philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See:<br />

AJYB, 13(1911-1912):135.<br />

Bamberger, Miriam Epsteiti (Mrs Melvin<br />

Bamberger); b. Frankfort, IN.<br />

Civic & communalldr, social worker,<br />

Milwaukee; dir Federated<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities;<br />

active Natl Council <strong>of</strong>]ewish Women, County<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong>Wornens Clubs, sisterhood. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Bamberger, Mrs Simon; b. ca 1864; d. Salt<br />

Lake City, May 211936.<br />

Communal worker, Salt Lake City. • See:<br />

AJYB, 38:425.<br />

Bamberger, Ralph; b. Indianapolis, Dec 24<br />

1871.<br />

BA, LLB UIN. • Lawyer, legislator,<br />

Indianapolis. • See: WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA.,<br />

5.<br />

Bamberger, Raymond Sidney; b. KY, Oct<br />

291877; d.June 1957.<br />

AB Male High School (Louisville). • Air force<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer, major, Washington DC. • See: AJYB,<br />

6(1904-1905):58, 24:117; NYTimes, June 18<br />

1957,33:2.<br />

Bamberger, Reba Cecelia (Mrs Ira Leo<br />

Bamberger); b. Brooklyn, Mar 261865;<br />

d. May 211937.<br />

Communal & civic worker, NYC; mem Bd <strong>of</strong><br />

Education, Local Bd <strong>of</strong>Education (Brooklyn);<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Clara de Hirsch Home, Natl Council <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Women. • See:AJYB, 39:588; WWIAJ,<br />

1938;NITimes, May 22 1937, 15:2.<br />

Bamberger, Simon; b. Darmstadt, 1845/<br />

1846; d. Salt Lake City, Oct 7 1926.<br />

To US 1861. • Governor, storekeeper, railroad<br />

& traction line bldr, banker, mineowner, Salt<br />

Lake City; mem Bd <strong>of</strong>Education; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

synagog; active Democratic politics, aid<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

agricultural colony at Clarion. • See: UJE; EJ;<br />

AJYB, 24:117, 29:117; WWWIA., 1.<br />

Band, Max (Mordecai); b. Naumestis,<br />

Lithuania, 1900; d. 1974.<br />

To US ca 1940. • Kaiser Friedrich Museum<br />

(Berlin). • Painter; noted for portraits <strong>of</strong><br />

Holocaust survivors. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1983­<br />

1985.<br />

Bandes, Louis E; see Miller, Louis E.<br />

Bandler, Clarence Garfield; b. Owego, NY,<br />

Nov 6 1880; d. Nov 15 1957.<br />

CCNY, AB, MD Columbia. • Urologist,<br />

NYC; faculty Columbia, NY Post-Grad Med<br />

School; author in field; WWI service. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 3;<br />

NITimes, Nov 171957,87:1.<br />

Bandler, Maurice Edward; b. Owego, NY,<br />

Apr 21878.<br />

Columbia, Columbia Physicians & Surgeons. •<br />

•Industrial diamond importer, NYc. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Bandler, Max; b. Bolechow, Poland, Mar 12<br />

1878.<br />

Businessman, NYC; active communal charities.<br />

• See: WWIAJ, i 928.<br />

Bandler, Samuel Wyllis (William); b.*; d.<br />

NYC,July 311932.<br />

Gynecologist, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:117,<br />

35:122.<br />

Bandman, Chester Gabriel; b. Birmingham,<br />

AL, May 211886.<br />

BS U PA, post-grad U Berlin, LLB U AL, U<br />

Chicago, U CA. • Mathematician, tchr,<br />

Birmingham, AL, Pittsburgh; education dir<br />

synagog; author in field. • See:A]YB, 24:117;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.<br />

Bandmann, Daniel Edward; b. Cassel,<br />

Germany, Nov 11840; d. Missoula, Nov<br />

1905.<br />

To US 1863. • Shakespearian actor, rancher,<br />

Missoula; known for portrayal <strong>of</strong>Shylock. •<br />

See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 8(1906-1907):224;<br />

WWWIA., 1; NITimes, Nov 25 1905,9:5.<br />

Bane, Henry; b. Siauliai, Lithuania, May 12<br />

1905.<br />

To Durham, NC 1914.· AB Duke, LLB U<br />

NC. • Lawyer, Durham, NC; investigator<br />

Barack, Louis Barry<br />

Wickersham Commn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Banen, Florence Dorfl:nan (Mrs Maurice<br />

Banen);b. Virginia, MN,June 91905.<br />

Superior State Tchrs ColI. • Communal &<br />

civic worker, Virginia, MN; <strong>of</strong>ficer Natl<br />

Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women; active work for<br />

crippled children, Little <strong>The</strong>atre movement. 48<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Banever, Gilbert; b. New Haven, June 8<br />

1913.<br />

BFAYale.· Painter, New Haven. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Bank, Morris; b. Croz, Russia, May 11<br />

1873.<br />

Communal worker, Baltimore; dir Assocd<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928.<br />

Banks, Polan (Algernon); b. Norfolk, 1906.<br />

Baltimore City ColI. • Author, newspaperman,<br />

novelist. • See: UJE.<br />

Banov, Leon; b. Suwalki, July 5 1888; d.<br />

Nov 3 1971.<br />

To Charleston, SC 1898.· MD Med ColI <strong>of</strong><br />

Sc. • Physician, public health <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />

Charleston, SCi consult US Public Health<br />

Service; <strong>of</strong>ficer med socs, B'nai B'rith. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; WWWIA., 6.<br />

Banowitch, Morris Mortimer; b. NYC, May<br />

28 1891/1892.<br />

MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad U Vienna. •<br />

Physician, internist, Brooklyn;·with LI ColI<br />

Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.<br />

Bara, <strong>The</strong>da (born <strong>The</strong>odosia Goodman);<br />

b. Cincinnati, July 201885; d. Los<br />

Angeles, Apr 71955•<br />

U Cincinnati. • Film actress, the "vamp,"<br />

Hollywood, CA. • See:A]YB, 24:117;<br />

WWWIA., 3; NAW:modern; DAB, 5; NITimes,<br />

Apr 81955,21:1.<br />

Barach, Alvan Leroy; b. Newcasde, PA, Feb<br />

22 1895; d. Dec 13 1977.<br />

CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC; a<br />

developer <strong>of</strong>oxygen tent; faculty Columbia;<br />

author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA];<br />

WWWIA., 7; NITimes, Dec 141977, IV 17:4.<br />

Barach, Frederica Pisek (Mrs Alvan L<br />

Barach); b. Lake Hopatcong, NJ, Aug 1<br />

1904.<br />

AB Vassar. • Editor, NYC; editor-in-chief<br />

Golden Book Magazine. • See: WWWIA., 3.<br />

Barach, Joseph Hayem (Hayim); b.<br />

Kalvaria, Lithuania, Mar 12 1882; d. Mar<br />

71954.<br />

To US 1888.· MD U Pittsburgh, post-grad<br />

Columbia. • Physician, Pittsburgh; with US<br />

Public Health Service; faculty U Pittsburgh;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional socs; author in field; WWI<br />

service, WWII selective service. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; WWWIA., 3; NITimes,<br />

Mar 10 1954,25:5.<br />

Barack, Louis Barry; b. Pittsburgh,June 7<br />

1910; d.June 19 1967.<br />

BS U Pittsburgh, MBA Harvard. • Dept store<br />

exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA., 5.


Barr,]oseph Fischer<br />

Barr, Joseph Fischer; b. Poland, Feb 7<br />

1900; d. Washington DC, June 25 1965.<br />

To US 190411905;· George Washington,<br />

Boston U.· Lawyer, org exec, Washington<br />

DC; exec elir, nad commander<strong>Jewish</strong> War<br />

Veterans; a fdr<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center,<br />

usa; counsel Veterans Adm; WWI service. •<br />

See: A]YB, 67:531; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,<br />

June 26 1965,29:6.<br />

Barrett, Mrs Starr (Esther?); b. 1699?; d.<br />

Charleston, SC?, Jan 9 1820(?).·<br />

To America 1780 from London. • Colonial<br />

woman reputed to have elied at age 100 (?). •<br />

See:BDEA].<br />

Barron, Harry Diad; b. Chicago, Dec 9<br />

1909.<br />

PhB, M Soc Sci U Chicago, Grad School <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Social Work, post-grad Heb Union<br />

ColI, Columbia. • Social worker, Erie,<br />

Cincinnati, Elizabeth, NYC; faculty Grad<br />

School Social Work (NYC). • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Barron, Isaac; b. ca 1848; d. Shreveport,<br />

May 3 1916.<br />

Mem Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce, Shreveport. •<br />

See: AJYB, 18(1916-1917):106.<br />

Barron,Jennie Loitman (Mrs Samuel<br />

BarronJr); b. Boston, Oct 12 1891; d.<br />

Boston, Mar 281969.<br />

AB, LLB, LLM Boston U; honorary degree. •<br />

Lawyer, municipal & state supreme court<br />

justice, asst atty general, suffragist, Boston;<br />

mem School Com; <strong>of</strong>ficer League <strong>of</strong>Women<br />

Voters; bd Brandeis.· See: UJE; E]; WWIA],<br />

1928 (addenda), 1938; BEOA]; NAW:modern;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 301969,71:5.<br />

Barron, Maurice Edward; b. ca 1892; d.<br />

Bristol, RI, Aug 22 1938.<br />

Surgeon, Boston; faculty Tufts. • See: A]YB,<br />

41:418;NYTimes, Aug 23 1938,17:4.<br />

Barron, Moses; b. Lithuania, Nov 8 1883.<br />

BS, MD U MN, post-grad U Vienna. •<br />

Physician, pathologist, Minneapolis; faculty U<br />

MN; <strong>of</strong>ficer med socs; author in field; WWI<br />

service. • See: A]YB, 24:117; WWIA], 1926,<br />

1928,1938; BEOA].<br />

Barron, Ted S; b. Flushing, NY, Dec 14<br />

1879.<br />

BS NYU. • Song composer, Flushing; coauthor<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficial Actors Fund song. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1928, 1938.<br />

Barsel, Solomon Mordecai; b. Tiberias,<br />

Palestine,Jan 11899; d. Feb 1952.<br />

To US 1916.· PhG Rutgers, BS William &<br />

Mary. • Rabbi, Zionist ldr, Philadelphia;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Zionist Org <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938; NITimes, Feb 16 1952, 13:6.<br />

Barsimson, Jacob; b.*<br />

To America 1654. • One <strong>of</strong>firstJews in New<br />

Amsterdam; exempted from appearing in court<br />

on the Sabbath. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; PAJHS,<br />

29:39-52; BDEA].<br />

Barsky, ArthurJoseph; b. NYC, Dec 7<br />

1899.<br />

DDS U PA, MD NYMed ColI, post-grad<br />

London. • Plastic surgeon, NYC; faculty<br />

Albert Einstein ColI <strong>of</strong>Med; pres Childrens<br />

Med Relief Internad; <strong>of</strong>ficer med soc; author in<br />

field; wwn service. • See: WWWIA,8.<br />

Barsky, George; b. NYC, Aug 26 1896.<br />

BS, CE, MA, PhD Columbia. • Consulting<br />

chemist & engineer, NYC; atheist. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Bart, Jan; b. Sambor, Poland,Jan 261919;<br />

d. Brooklyn, Aug 12 1971.<br />

To US 1930. • Entertainer, communal fund<br />

raiser.· See:A]YB, 73:629; NITimes, Aug 14<br />

1971,28:2.<br />

Bartel, Benjamin; b. Brooklyn, Feb 26<br />

1916; d. NYC, Sep 111983.<br />

StJohns. • Lawyer, real estate & alcoholism<br />

consult, philanthropist; bd Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Cong;<br />

active politics. • See: A]YB, 85:412.<br />

Barth, Alan; b. NYC, Oct 21 1906.<br />

PhBYale, Harvard. • Editorial & sports writer,<br />

St Paul; with Minneapolis papers; pres Nad<br />

Boxing Assn. • See: WWWIA, 7.<br />

Barth, Harry; b. ca 1878; d. Aug 25 1937.<br />

Hotel chain pres, communal worker, NYC. •<br />

See:A]YB, 40:381; NITimes, Aug 271937,<br />

19:3.<br />

Barth, Irvin V; b. Columbia, MO, Nov 6<br />

1877; d. before 1938.<br />

AB, AM, LLB U MO, LLB Harvard. •<br />

Lawyer, circuit court judge, St Louis; lecturer<br />

St Louis U; active bar & legal assns. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1926, 1928.<br />

Barth, Judah Harry; b. Paterson, Mar 9<br />

1902.<br />

LLB NJ Law School. • Lawyer, Hackensack;<br />

pres Heb Inst; active YMHA. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Barthold, Manuel; b. Russia, Sep 91874.<br />

Artist, Paris. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):59.<br />

Barton, Harris; b. ca 1845; d. Pittsburgh,<br />

Mar 171923.<br />

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,<br />

25:138.<br />

Bartz<strong>of</strong>f, Benjamin; b. Buffalo, June 11906.<br />

BS, EE Columbia. • Newspaper exec, Boston;<br />

fdr Nat! Cooking School ColI & <strong>Jewish</strong> School<br />

Cookery; publisher Young Israel. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Baruc, Edgar Sigmund; b. NYC, Oct 15<br />

1886; d.June 1952.<br />

CCNY, abroad. • Banker, NYC; with<br />

Goldman-Sachs; WWI government service. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1926,1938; NITimes, June 14<br />

1952,15:4.<br />

Baruch, Bernard; b.*; d. Brooklyn, May 21<br />

1910.<br />

Justice, Rye, NY; Civil War veteran. • See:<br />

A]YB,12(1910-1911):II1.<br />

Baruch, Bernard Mannes; b. Camden, SC,<br />

Aug 191870; d. NYC, June 201965.<br />

34<br />

AB CCNY; honorary degrees. • Broker, stock<br />

analyst, speculator, presidential advisor, NYC;<br />

est US atomic energy policy; WWI, WWII<br />

government service; autobiography. • See:<br />

UJE; E] (sub Baruch); A]YB, 24:117, 67:531;<br />

WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,<br />

4; DAB, 7; NITimes, June 21 1965, 1:6.<br />

Baruch, Dorothy Walter (Mrs Herbert M<br />

Baruch); b. San Francisco, Aug 5 1899;d.<br />

Sep 41962.<br />

Bryn Mawr, U Southern CA, BEd, M Ed<br />

Whittier ColI, PhD Claremont ColI. •<br />

Psychologist, educator, Whittier, CA; faculty<br />

nursery school, Broadoaks School <strong>of</strong><br />

Education; active Nat! Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Women; author/lecturer/consult in field;<br />

WWII government service. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.<br />

Baruch, Edgar; b. Los Angeles, Oct 20<br />

1879.<br />

BS, MS U CA (Berkeley). • Chemical<br />

engineer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIA], 1926,<br />

1928,1938.<br />

Baruch, Edward; b. Reilingen, Germany,<br />

Sep 211877.<br />

To NYC 1896.· Merchant, NYC.· See:<br />

WWIA], 1928, 1938.<br />

Baruch, Emanuel; b. NYC, Feb 22 1868.<br />

U Wiirttemburg, Columbia, post-grad U<br />

Munich, U Berlin..• Bacteriologist,<br />

pathologist, NYC; faculty Flower Hospital &<br />

Med ColI; author in field. • See: A]YB,<br />

6(1904-1905):59.<br />

Baruch, Hartwig N (stage name Nathaniel<br />

Hartwig); b. WInnsboro, SC, 1868; d.<br />

Coral Gables, FL, Mar 11953.<br />

Actor, financier, NYc. • See: E] (sub Baruch);<br />

NITimes, Mar 2 1953,23:6.<br />

Baruch, Herman Benjamin; b. Camden,<br />

SC, Apr 28 1872; d. Wyandanch, LI, Mar<br />

15 1953.<br />

BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,<br />

broker, public servant, diplomat, NYC; pres<br />

Baruch Found. • See: E] (sub Baruch); A]YB,<br />

55:454; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 3;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 161953,19:4.<br />

Baruch, Isobel (Isabelle) Wolfe (Mrs Simon<br />

Baruch);b.SC,caI849;d.NYC,Nov<br />

1921.<br />

Descendant <strong>of</strong>colonial settler, Winnsboro, SC;<br />

honorary <strong>of</strong>ficer United Daughters <strong>of</strong>the<br />

Confederacy; active Daughters <strong>of</strong>the Am<br />

Revolution. • See: E] (sub Baruch); NITimes,<br />

Nov 25 1921, 15:$.<br />

Baruch, Jacob;b. ca 1861; d. Detroit,Jan 4<br />

1933.<br />

Physician, author, Detroit. • See: A]YB,<br />

35:122.<br />

Baruch, Sailing P Jr; b. Elberon, N],June 7<br />

1904; d. Miami, Feb 1956.<br />

Lafayette ColI. • Broker, NYC; WWII service.<br />

• See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Feb 111956,<br />

17:3.


35<br />

Baruch, Sailing W; h. Camden, SC, Feb 1<br />

1874;d.June 1962.<br />

Broker, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes,<br />

June 151962,27:3.<br />

Baruch, Simon; b. Schwersen, Posen,July<br />

291840; d. NYC,June 3 1921.<br />

To US 1855. • SC Med CoIl, MD VAMed<br />

Coll. • Surgeon, SC, NYC; authority on<br />

hydrotherapy; faculty Columbia; <strong>of</strong>ficer med<br />

socs; author/editor in field; Confederate Civil<br />

War serVice. • see:]E; UJE; E] (sub Baruch);<br />

A]YB, 6(1904-1905):59-60,24:100; WWWIA,<br />

1;DAB;NITimes,June41921, 13:5.<br />

Baruch, Sydney Norton; b. Mamaroneck,<br />

NY, Mar 14 1890/1895; d. Sep 22 1959.<br />

EE Cooper Union, PhD U CA, U NV, DSc<br />

Stanford, DSc Cambridge U. • Research<br />

engineer, exec, inventor, NYC. • See: WWIA],<br />

1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 3;NITimes,<br />

Sep 241959,37:2.<br />

Baruth, Ralph Howard; b. NYC, June 2<br />

1888; d. Nov 1947.<br />

Business exec, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 2;<br />

NITimes, Nov 25 1947, 32:4.<br />

Basch, David; b. Rondout, NY, Apr 16<br />

1874.<br />

Research engineer, inventor, Schenectady;<br />

author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,<br />

1938.<br />

Basch, Hennan; b. Bohemia, Dec 18 1866;<br />

d. Oct 28 1936.<br />

Furrier, Brooklyn; faculty U Prague; fdr Fur<br />

Dressing & Dyers Assn, Employers Fur<br />

Workers Assn. • See: A]YB, 39:588; WWIA],<br />

1928.<br />

Baschein,Jacob; b. ca 1876; d. Oct 91939.<br />

BIdr, communal worker, NYC; orgr<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Actors Union, Forward Assn; active Reb<br />

Sheltering Guardian Soc; \VWI<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Welfare Bd worker.· See:A]YB, 42:476;<br />

NITimes, Oct 10 1939,23:4.<br />

Basel, Alexander; b. Lithuania, Aug 11882;<br />

d.June 111941.<br />

Columbia, U MA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi,<br />

author, Bronx; an orgr YMHA; chaplain<br />

CountyJail; dir nat! council Boy Scouts. • See:<br />

A]YB, 43:355; WWIA], 1928; NITimes, June<br />

12 1941,23:5.<br />

Bashevis Singer, Isaac; see Singer, Isaac<br />

Bashevis.<br />

Baskin, Herbert K; b. Brooklyn, Dec 29<br />

1907; d. NYC, Oct 271966.<br />

Banker, civic & communalldr; active United<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Appeal, Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Coni. • See: A]YB,<br />

68:522-23;NITimes, Oct28 1966,31:3.<br />

Baskin, Joseph; b. Biala, Minsk, Oct 20<br />

1880; d. NYC,June 261952.<br />

To NYC 1907. • CoIl de Geneve, U Lausanne,<br />

EE UNancy.· Generalsecy, Workmen's<br />

Circle, NYC; editor Friend;· active Bund. • See:<br />

A]YB, 54:538; Fink, 16-17; WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEGA]; NITimes, June 27 1952,23:2.<br />

Baskin, Leonard; b. New Brunswick, NJ,<br />

1922.<br />

Printmaker, sculptor; faculty Smith<br />

(Northampton, MA). • See: E].<br />

Baskin, Salem N; b. Chicago, Mar 8 1894;<br />

d.July 1947.<br />

Advertising agent, Chicago; contributing<br />

editor Fairchild Publications; WWI service. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, July 5 1947,<br />

11:5.<br />

Baskin, Samuel; b. Rogachev, July 7 1883/<br />

1884; d. NYC, May 251975.<br />

To US 1904. • Rabbi, Denver, Salt Lake City,<br />

New Brunswick, NJ; active Mizrachi, Union <strong>of</strong><br />

Orthodox Rabbis. • See:A]YB, 77:591;<br />

WWIA], 1926;NITimes,May271975, 32:3.<br />

Baskind, Louis; b. ea 1882; d. Aug 241936.<br />

Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,<br />

39:588.<br />

Bass, Abe Wtlliam; b. Warsaw, Mar 19<br />

1906.<br />

To US 1913. • LLB U IA. • Lawyer, Cedar<br />

Rapids; <strong>of</strong>ficer Assocd Philanthropies, B'nai<br />

B'rith, bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bass (Bezprozvany), Hyman B; b. Vilna,<br />

Nov 271904; d. NYC, Sep 141983.<br />

To US 1922. • Honorary degrees. •<br />

Communal educator, admr, author, NYC; nat!<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer, tchr Workmen's Circle; with Joint<br />

Distribution Com (overseas); adm com<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Labor Com; bd Conffor <strong>Jewish</strong> Culture,<br />

Forward. • See: E]; A]YB, 85:412-13.<br />

Bass, John; b. Vienna, Dec 25 1891.<br />

To NYC 1914. • Sugar co exec, NYC, Puerto<br />

Rico.· See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bassein, Leon (pseud=Leon Elbe, Leibe der<br />

Roiter); b. Minsk, Sep 25 1879;d. before<br />

1938.<br />

To US 1904. • Yiddish author, journalist,<br />

translator, NYC; staff <strong>The</strong> Day; fdr Yiddish<br />

schools. • See: WWIA], 1928.<br />

Basshe, EmJo (Emjo); b. Vilna,Jan 20<br />

1899; d. Oct 1939.<br />

To US 1912. • Columbia, Valparaiso U. •<br />

Playwright; with Provincetown Playhouse; a<br />

fdr, dir <strong>The</strong> New Playwrights <strong>The</strong>atre (NYC).<br />

• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes,Oct 29<br />

1939,40:7.<br />

Bassin, Moshe (Max); b. Nivki, Belorussia,<br />

Mar 15 1889; d. Brooklyn,]uly 101963.<br />

To US 1907. • Yiddish poet, anthologist,<br />

NYC.· See:E];A]YB, 65:431; NITimes, July<br />

11 1963,29:1.<br />

Bassinov, Abraham; b;*; d. Quincy, MA,<br />

Feb 3 1920.<br />

Rabbi, Quincy, MA.· See:A]YB, 22:164.<br />

Bassuk, Albert Oliver; b. Brooklyn, Sep 6<br />

1912.<br />

BS StJohns, StJohns Law. • Orgr, pres Hobby<br />

Guild <strong>of</strong>Am, NYC; editor Gilbert & Sullivan<br />

Quarterly. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bauer, Solomon H<br />

Basy, Alexander; b. Moscow, 1883; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Jan1937.<br />

To US 1906. • Musical & vaudeville<br />

impresario; general mgr Russian Opera Co. •<br />

See: UJE; NITimes, Jan 15 1937,21:3.<br />

Bath, Felix P; b. ca 1855; d. Ft Worth, May<br />

22 1917.<br />

Communal worker, FtWorth.· See:A]YB,<br />

19(1917-1918):264.<br />

Bauch, Solomon Stan; b.Rumania, Sep 7<br />

1883.<br />

To US 1900. • MD LI CoIl Hospital. •<br />

Physician, artist, NYC; specialty: tuberculosis;<br />

author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].<br />

Bauer,Adolph;b.ca 1864; d.Mobile, Apr<br />

15 1912.<br />

Spanish-Am War veteran, Mobile. • See:<br />

A]YB, 14(1912-1913):127.<br />

Bauer, Benjamin Baumzweiger; b. Odessa,<br />

June 261913; d. Mar 311979.<br />

To US 1930. • EE Pratt, U Cincinnati. •<br />

Broadcasting co exec; general mgr CBS. • See:<br />

WWWIA, 7.<br />

Bauer, Harold Victor; b. New Malden,<br />

England, Apr 28 1873; d. Miami, Mar 12<br />

1951.<br />

To US during WWI. • Pianist, tchr, violinist,<br />

NYC; an orgr Beethoven Assn, Manhattan<br />

School <strong>of</strong>Music. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:117;<br />

WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5;NITimes, Mar 13 1951,<br />

31:1.<br />

Bauer, Lester Louis; b. Schenectady, Oct<br />

101887.<br />

Lake Forest, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,<br />

communalldr, Chicago; pres Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Reformed & Conservative Temples; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Anti-Discrimination Com; editor, publisher<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Standard; WWI government service. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].<br />

Bauer, Marion Eugenie; b. Walla Walla,<br />

Aug 15 1887; d.South Hadley, MA, Aug<br />

91955.<br />

Honorary degree. • Musician, composer,<br />

NYC; facultyJuilliard, NYU; editor, critic<br />

Musical Ldr; active pr<strong>of</strong>essional socs. • See:<br />

UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;<br />

NAW:modern; NITimes, Aug 111955, 21:3.<br />

Bauer,Moncis;b.ea1832;d.Cineinnari,<br />

Apr 121920.<br />

Municipal worker, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,<br />

22:164.<br />

Bauer, Samllel; b. ea 1870; d. Cleveland,<br />

July 171945.<br />

Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 48:484.<br />

Bauer, Sol A; b. Cleveland, Mar 11 1898.<br />

Civil engineer, Cleveland. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bauer, Solomon H; b. Poland,Jan 1 1863;<br />

d. Chicago, Aug 81913. .<br />

Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):43,<br />

16(1914-1915):161.


37<br />

Designer <strong>of</strong>seal <strong>of</strong>the Confederacy. • See:<br />

A]YB, 17(1915-1916):218.<br />

Baumgarten, Selig; b. Silzheim, Hannover,<br />

1804; d. ca 1879.<br />

To Baltimore 1852. • Seal engraver,<br />

government contractor, Baltimore. • See:<br />

PA]HS, 26:248.<br />

Baumgarten, Yetta Rose; b. Cincinnati,<br />

Aug 22 1869.<br />

Settlement worker, tenement inspector,<br />

probation <strong>of</strong>ficer, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,<br />

7(1905-1906):40.<br />

Baumgard, Isidor; b. Pesth, Hungary, Mar<br />

291860.<br />

To Chicago 1871.· Mfr, communal worker,<br />

author, Chicago; an orgr Assocd<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Charities; <strong>of</strong>ficer Home for <strong>Jewish</strong> Friendless<br />

& Working Girls, <strong>Jewish</strong> Orphans Home,<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Home Finding Soc. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Baumrind, Harold; b. NYC, Apr 13 1911.<br />

Ordained Yeshiva ColI. • Rabbi, cantor,<br />

businessman, NYC, Maspeth, NY; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Zionist Org <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bavli (Rashgolski), Hillel; b. Pilvishki,<br />

Lithuania, Apr 10 1893; d. NYC, July<br />

1961.<br />

To US 1912. • BS Canisius, MA Columbia. •<br />

Heb poet, literary critic, NYC; facultyJTS<br />

Tchrs Inst. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 64:492;<br />

WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July 7 1961,25:3.<br />

Baxte, Michael Posner; b. Russia, 1890.<br />

Musician, NYc. • See: A]YB, 24:117.<br />

Bayar, Herman G; b.*; d.June 41942.<br />

Rabbi, Fairfield, CT. • See:A]YB, 44:335.<br />

Bayer, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. Deal, N],July<br />

181936.<br />

Cotton converter, communalldr, NYC; pres<br />

Yeshiva ColI.· See:A]YB, 39:589.<br />

Bayersdorfer, Sydney Harry; b.<br />

Philadelphia, Oct 19 1888.<br />

Merchant, Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bayersdorfer, William; b. ca 1836; d.<br />

Philadelphia, Mar 201916.<br />

Merchant, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­<br />

1917):106.<br />

Bayes, Nora (born Dora Goldberg); b.<br />

Joliet, IL?, 1880?; d. Brooklyn, Mar 19<br />

1928.<br />

Vaudeville & musical comedy actress, cocomposer<br />

<strong>of</strong>popular songs; contributor to<br />

communal & childrens causes. • See: UJE;<br />

A]YB, 24:117; NAW; NYTimes, Mar 20 1928,<br />

27:3.<br />

Baylinson, Abraham S; b. Moscow, Jan 6<br />

1882; d. NYC, May 6 1950.<br />

To US 1892.· Artist, NYC; faculty Art<br />

Students League; supervisor WPA; active Soc<br />

<strong>of</strong>Independent Artists. • See: UJE; A]YB,<br />

24:117,52:501; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May<br />

7 1950, 106:5.<br />

Bayuk, Ford Meyer; b. Philadelphia, Apr 29<br />

1903.<br />

Tobacco dealer, broker, Philadelphia. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bayuk, Harold Mann; b. Philadelphia, Dec<br />

2 1901.<br />

Wharton. • Tobacco dealer, broker,<br />

Philadelphia.· See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bayuk, Samuel; b. Russia, 1870; d. Nov 11<br />

1954.<br />

Tobacco co exec, Philadelphia. • See:<br />

WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 13 1954,15:5.<br />

Bazelon, David L; b. Superior, WI, 1909.<br />

Lawyer, US asst atty general, court <strong>of</strong>appeals<br />

judge, Chicago, Washington DC; specialty:<br />

relationship between law & psychiatry. • See:<br />

E].<br />

Beacher, Lawrence Lester; b. Czeme,<br />

Czechoslovakia, Aug 181905.<br />

To US 1921. • Dr <strong>of</strong>Optometry PA State ColI<br />

<strong>of</strong>Optometry. • Optometrist, NYC; faculty PA<br />

State ColI <strong>of</strong>Optometry; author in field. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Beame, Abraham David; b. London, 1906.<br />

To US ca 1906.· CCNY.· Mayor,<br />

Comptroller, CPA, NYC; faculty Rutgers;<br />

active Democratic politics. • See: E]: 1973­<br />

1982.<br />

Bean, Louis H; b. Russia, Mar 29 1896.<br />

To US 1906. • AB U Rochester, MBA<br />

Harvard. • Agricultural economist,<br />

Washington DC; with Dept <strong>of</strong>Agriculture,<br />

Agricultural Adjustment Adm; author in field.<br />

• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].<br />

Bear, Alexander; b. Marion, VA, 1841; d.<br />

Richmond, 1924.<br />

MD U MD.· Physician, civic ldr, mayor,<br />

legislator, Norfolk, NE, then Richmond;<br />

regent U NE; Civil War service. • See: UJE.<br />

Bear, Benjamin; b. Hohebach,<br />

Wiirttemburg, Nov 3 1853.<br />

To US 1867. • Retail clothing & furnishings<br />

businessman, Decorah, IA; pres Decorah<br />

Hospital; active Red Cross. • See: WWIA],<br />

1928, 1938; BEOA].<br />

Bear, Harry; b. Richmond, Nov 20 1890; d.<br />

July 301950.<br />

Richmond ColI, DDS Med ColI <strong>of</strong>VA;<br />

honorary degree. • Dentist, Richmond; faculty,<br />

dean Med ColI <strong>of</strong>VA; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional orgs,<br />

B'nai B'rith; author in field. • See: UJE;<br />

WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.<br />

Bear, Joseph; b. Richmond, June 17 1889.<br />

MD Med ColI <strong>of</strong>VA. • Obstetrician,<br />

Richmond; faculty Med ColI <strong>of</strong>VA; author in<br />

field; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bear, Joseph Ainslie; b. Louisville, May 27<br />

1878; d. July 13 1955.<br />

Banker, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,<br />

July 141955,23:3.<br />

Bearg, Benjamin; b. Kletzk, Poland, Dec 20<br />

1867.<br />

Beck, Joseph Clar<br />

Communalldr, Springfield, MA; pres<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Civic League; natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;<br />

active communal charities. • See: WWIA],<br />

1928.<br />

Bearman, Abraham Nathaniel; b.<br />

Tauroggen, Lithuania, Dec 81873.<br />

U MN. • Communal worker, Minneapolis;<br />

pres <strong>Jewish</strong> Family Welfare Bd; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Sheltering House, synagog. • See: WWIA],<br />

1926.<br />

Bearman, Leo Edward; b. St Louis, Nov 29<br />

1902.<br />

LLB Vanderbilt.· Lawyer, communal worker,<br />

Memphis; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith; bd Old Folks<br />

Home; active Natl Fedn <strong>of</strong>Temple<br />

Brotherhoods. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bearman, Wtlliam W; b. Providence, Oct<br />

12 1889.<br />

AB, LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, communal<br />

worker, Providence, NYC, Los Angeles; asst<br />

city atty, Los Angeles; bd Loyola; active<br />

Republican politics, synagog, Non-Sectarian<br />

Orphanage; author in field. • See: WWIA],<br />

1928,1938.<br />

Beatty, Clyde R; b. Bainbridge, OH,June<br />

101903; d. Ventura, CA,July 191965.<br />

Noted animal trainer, circus owner. • See:<br />

BEOA];DAB, 7; NYTimes, July 20 1965,33:3.<br />

Beaumont, Louis Dudley (family name<br />

Schoenberg); b. Dayton, OH, Apr 26<br />

1857; d. NYC, Oct 11942.<br />

Dept store merchant, philanthropist; co-fdr<br />

May Dept Stores; honorary pres Natl<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Hospital; benefactor Western Reserve; WWI<br />

Red Cross service. • See:A]YB, 45:381;<br />

NYTimes, Oct 2 1942,25:1.<br />

Beber, Meyer; b. Minsk, Dec 27 1899.<br />

To US 1904. • BS, PhD, MD U NE. •<br />

Biochemist, physician, Omaha; faculty U NE;<br />

authorin field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.<br />

Beber, Sam; b. Minsk, Sep 27 1901; d.<br />

Chicago, Aug 251976.<br />

To US 1906/1908. • LLB Creighton.·<br />

Lawyer, natl communalldr, philanthropist,<br />

Omaha; a fdr Aleph Zadik Aleph; natlldr B'nai<br />

B'rith; natl bdJoint Defense Appeal;<br />

benefactor Heb U.· See:A]YB, 78:538;<br />

WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 28 1976,24:4.<br />

Bechhoefer, Charles; b. Woodbury, PA,Jan<br />

11864; d.Jan 25 1932.<br />

LLD U MI. • District court judge, US<br />

Commr, communal worker, Minneapolis. •<br />

See:A]YB, 34:110; WWIA], 1926,1928.<br />

Beck, Jacob; b. Cleveland, Mar 18 1886.<br />

Mfr, communal worker, East St Louis, IL;<br />

earlier with US Bureau <strong>of</strong>Animal Industry;<br />

pres public library; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Beck, Joseph Clar; b. Prague, Sep 26 1870.<br />

To US 1884. • MD U IL.· Plastic surgeon,<br />

otolaryngologist, Chicago; faculty U IL; mem<br />

Peoples Church; WWI service. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.


Beck, Martin<br />

Beck, Martin; b. Czechoslovakia, July 30<br />

1867/1869; d. NYC, Nov 161940.<br />

To US 1887. • Conservatory <strong>of</strong>Dramatic Arts<br />

(Vienna). • <strong>The</strong>atrical producer, theatre bldr,<br />

vaudeville impresario, NYC. • See: AJYB,<br />

24:118,43:355; WWlAJ, 1926, 1938; DAB, 2;<br />

NYTimes, Nov 17 1940, 49:1.<br />

Beck, Morey M; b. ca 1901; d. Dec 181938.<br />

Lawyer, communal worker, Jersey City. • See:<br />

AJYB, 41:418; NYTimes, Dec 19 1938,23:4.<br />

Beck, Morris; b. Fiirth, Jan 26 1864.<br />

Legislator, communal worker, Jamestown,<br />

NO; WWI<strong>Jewish</strong> War Relief Campaign<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer, Liberty Loan & Red Cross fundraiser.<br />

• See: WWIAJ, 1928.<br />

Beck, Rudolph; b. ca 1869; d. Chicago, Mar<br />

281913.<br />

Surgeon, Chicago; faculty Chicago CoIl <strong>of</strong><br />

Dental Surgery.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­<br />

1914):269.<br />

Beck, SamuelJacob; b. Tecuciu, Rumania,<br />

July 19 1896.<br />

To US 1903.· AB Harvard, MA, PhD<br />

Columbia. • Psychologist, orthopsychiatrist,<br />

Chicago; earlier journalist; author/editor in<br />

field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Beckelman, Moses W; b. NYC, Aug 12<br />

1906; d. NYC, Dec 10 1955.<br />

BS CCNY, post-grad Columbia; Grad School<br />

for <strong>Jewish</strong> Social Work, NY School <strong>of</strong>Social<br />

Work. • Social worker, NYC; withJoint<br />

Distribution Com; active UNRRA, refugee<br />

work; editor in field; WWIIJoint Distribution<br />

Com & OSS service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 58:475;<br />

WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 111955,88:3.<br />

Becker, Abraham G; b. Warsaw, OH, Sep<br />

211857; d. Chicago, May 14 1925.<br />

Banker, investment broker, communalldr,<br />

philanthropist, Chicago; a fdr Assocd <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Charities; bd Heb Union CoIl; benefactor Art<br />

lost. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Becker); AJYB,<br />

24:118; PAJHS, 31:250-52; NYTimes, May 15<br />

1925,19:5.<br />

Becker, Benjamin Vogel; b. Warsaw, IN,<br />

June 201871; d. Feb 5 1955.<br />

Lawyer, Chicago; orgr Bank Internatl<br />

Settlement (Baden-Baden); WWI Red Cross<br />

service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3.<br />

Becker, Ferdinand; b. Bavaria, July 9 1851.<br />

Rabbi, Philadelphia; earlier Keokuk, Wabash,<br />

Peoria, Pine Bluff.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­<br />

1904):44.<br />

Becker, Harry; b. Chicago, Mar 4 1904.<br />

LLB JohnMarshall Law. • Lawyer, author,<br />

Chicago. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.<br />

Becker, Isador Gross; b. Philadelphia, Feb<br />

251881.<br />

Insurance agent, Philadelphia; WWI service. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Becker, Isidor Schultz; b. NYC, May 19<br />

1897; d.June 21963.<br />

AB CCNY. • Radio & television exec, NYC;<br />

with CBS, Columbia Artists; active<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional orgs. • See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes,<br />

June 5 1963,41:3.<br />

Becker, Jacob S; b. Poland, Jan 14 1882; d.<br />

NYC, Sep 1960.<br />

To US ca 1885. • Realtor, financier, NYC;<br />

orgr Meridian Securities Corp. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1928; NYTimes, Sep 20 1960, 39:1.<br />

Becker, James H; b. Chicago, Dec 11 1893/<br />

1894; d. Chicago, Oct 191970.<br />

AB Cornell. • Investment banker, communal<br />

ldr, Chicago; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Fund;<br />

non-Zionist mem<strong>Jewish</strong> Agency; dirJoint<br />

Distribution Com; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com, war<br />

reliefwork; WWI service. • See: UJE; EJ (sub<br />

Becker);AJYB, 24:117, 72:539; WWWIA, 5;<br />

NYTimes, Oct 21 1970,50:1.<br />

Becker, Julius; b. Gottesberg, Germany, ca<br />

1882; d. NYC, Apr 30 1945.<br />

To US 1941. • Journalist, editor; fdr, honorary<br />

pres Foreign Press Assn; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

soc; League on'{ations reporter. • See: AJYB,<br />

47:518.<br />

Becker, Levi; b. Bialystok, Nov 15 1894.<br />

To US 1907.· LLB U AL.· Lawyer,<br />

merchant, communal & civic worker,<br />

Birmingham & Bessemer, AL; active YMCA,<br />

Red Cross, Louis N Levi Memorial Hospital;<br />

WWI communal welfare worker. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Becker, Martin; b. ca 1851; d. Chicago, July<br />

61935.<br />

Civic worker, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 38:425.<br />

Becker, Maurice; b. Nizhni-Novgorod, Jan<br />

41889;d.1975.<br />

To US 1892. • Artist, NYC; a fdr <strong>The</strong> Masses;<br />

WWI conscientious objector. • See: AJYB,<br />

24:118; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;<br />

WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Sep 3 1975, 40:5.<br />

Becker, Samuel; b. Milwaukee, Mar 16<br />

1903.<br />

AB U WI, LLB, JSD Harvard. • Lawyer,<br />

government counsel, Milwaukee; faculty<br />

Tulane.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Becket, Samuel P; b. Zed, Russia, 1882; d.<br />

Hartford, Oct 28 1910.<br />

To US ca 1892. • Baron de Hirsch<br />

Agricultural School. • Orgr, Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Farmers in Am, Hartford, Ellington, CT;<br />

bought CT farmland for <strong>Jewish</strong> farmers. • See:<br />

UJE; AJYB, 13(1911-1912):136.<br />

Beckhardt, Moses; b. NYC, Feb 17 1876; d.<br />

Bronx, Apr 141940.<br />

BA CCNY, Columbia. • Rabbi, public school<br />

tchr, NYC, Bronx.•, See: AJYB, 42:476;<br />

NYTimes, Apr 15 1940, 17:4.<br />

Beckler, Charles Lyon; b. Rochester, NY,<br />

July 23 1909.<br />

Bach <strong>of</strong>Oratory, LLB Cumberland U. •<br />

Lawyer, legislator, Waterloo, lA. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Beckman, Harold Edward; b. Cincinnati,<br />

Aug 12 1892; d. NYC, Feb 1964.<br />

BS Yale, MIT. • Industrialist, philanthropist;<br />

natl <strong>of</strong>ficer Am Technion Soc; dir Palestine<br />

Economic Corporation; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Com; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 66:572;<br />

NYTimes, Feb 22 1964,21:1.<br />

38<br />

Beckman, Nathan (N) Henry; b. Furth, Oct<br />

1 1860; d. Aug 30 1940.<br />

To Cincinnati 1880. • Clothing mfr,<br />

communal worker, philanthropist, Cincinnati;<br />

natl <strong>of</strong>ficer Union <strong>of</strong>Am Heb Congregations.<br />

• See:AJYB, 43:355; WWIAJ, 1926,1938;<br />

BEOAJ.<br />

Beckman, <strong>The</strong>odore N; b. Dzigovka,<br />

Russia, Sep 3 1895; d. Apr 201973.<br />

To Columbus, OH 1914.· BSc, AM, PhD<br />

OH State. • Economist; Columbus, OH;<br />

faculty OH State; with Dept <strong>of</strong>Commerce;<br />

active trade orgs, Hillel; author in field; WWII<br />

WWII service. • See: WWlAJ, 1926, 1928,<br />

1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 22<br />

1973,54:6.<br />

Beckmann, Max; b.Leipzig, Feb 121884; d.<br />

NYC, Dec 27 1950.<br />

To US 1947. • Noted modern artist; faculty<br />

Washington U (St Louis); with Brooklyn<br />

Museum. • See: AJYB, 53:523; WWWIA, 4;<br />

NYTimes, Dec 281950,25:1.<br />

Bedacht, Max; b. Munich, 1885; d. July<br />

1972.<br />

To NYC 1908. • Communist Party ldr;<br />

general secy Internatl Workers Order; editor<br />

New Order; later poultry farmer. • See: EJ;<br />

NYTimes, July 5 1972,42:3.<br />

Beeber, Samuel; b. Worcester, Mar 31<br />

1885.<br />

AB, MA Brown. • Public school science tchr,<br />

asst principal, communal worker, Worcester. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Beer, Edith/Cecilia Hellman (Mrs George<br />

Louis Beer); b. New Orleans, 1882; d.<br />

July 1952.<br />

Volunteer social worker, NYC; pres Eiseman<br />

Day Nursery; <strong>of</strong>ficer Hudson Guild<br />

Settlement, Assn <strong>of</strong>Day Nurseries; dir Italian<br />

Welfare League.· See: WWlA], 1938;<br />

BEOAJ; NYTimes, July 27 1952,57:1.<br />

Beer, Edwin; b. NYC, Mar 28 1876; d.<br />

NYC, Aug 13 1938.<br />

AB, MD Columbia, post-grad abroad. •<br />

Urologist, surgeon, NYC; specialty: bladder<br />

tumors; pioneer in diagnostic & therapeutic<br />

methods; pres Mt Sinai Med Bd; author in<br />

field; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:118,<br />

41:418; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,<br />

Aug 15 1938, 15:4.<br />

Beer, George Louis; b. Staten Island, July<br />

261872; d. NYC, Mar 15 1920.<br />

AB, AM, LLB? Columbia. • Tobacco<br />

importer, historian, Anglophile, publicist,<br />

NYC; specialty: British colonial economic<br />

policy; advisor Paris Peace Conf; dir<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Protectory & Aid Soc; author in field. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ; AJYB, 22:164; PAJHS, 28:258-61;<br />

WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Mar 161920,9:4.


39<br />

Beer, H<strong>of</strong>mann Richard; b. Vienna, July 11<br />

1866; d. NYC, Sep 261945.<br />

To NYC 1939. • U Vienna. • Noted Austrian<br />

poet, playwright, art collector, Vienna. • See:<br />

UJE; E]; A]YB, 48:484; NYTimes, Sep 271945,<br />

21:3.<br />

Beer, Isaac; b. ca 1918; d. St Louis, Mar 28<br />

1915.<br />

Civil War veteran, St Louis. • See: A]YB,<br />

17(1915-1916):218.<br />

Beer, Max; b. Tarnobrzeg, Galicia, 1864; d.<br />

1949.<br />

In NYC 1899-1901. • London School <strong>of</strong><br />

Economics. • German socialist, journalist,<br />

NYC, England; staff]E; author in field;<br />

autobiography. • See: UJE; E].<br />

Beer, Max; b. Austria; 1886?; d. NYC, Oct<br />

1965.<br />

To US 1940. • Journalist, information <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />

author, Geneva, NYC; with League <strong>of</strong><br />

Nations, UN, World<strong>Jewish</strong> Cong; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Internad League <strong>of</strong>Human Rights. • See:<br />

A]YB, 67:532; NYTimes, Oct 28 1965,43:1.<br />

Beer, Morris Abel; b. NYC, July 171887; d.<br />

NYC, Feb 71936.<br />

BS CCNY, AM Columbia. • Poet, author,<br />

public school & CCNY tchr, NYc. • See:<br />

A]YB, 38:425; WWIA], 1926, 1928.<br />

Beer, Sophia Walter (Mrs); b. ca 1845; d.<br />

NYC, Jan 161935.<br />

Communalldr, philanthropist, NYc. • See:<br />

A]YB, 37:254.<br />

Beery, Edwin Milton; b. ca 1872; d. Jan 30<br />

1939.<br />

Ophthalmologist, surgeon, Brooklyn. • See:<br />

A]YB, 41:418;NYTimes,]an 311939, 21:5.<br />

Begun, William; b. Lahishan, Poland, Dec<br />

221908.<br />

To US 1914.· BBANortheastern.·<br />

Accountant, insurance broker, statistician, tchr,<br />

communal worker, Gardner, MA; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

fraternal orgs.· See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Behar, Nissirn Abraham; b. Jerusalem,Jan!<br />

Feb 1848; d. NYC,Jan 11931.<br />

To US 1901. • Alliance Israelite Universelle. •<br />

Fdr modern Heb education, communal orgr;<br />

fdr Nad Liberal Immigration League; a fdr<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Orgs; ldr fight against<br />

immigration restriction. • See: ]E; UJE; E};<br />

A]YB, 7(1905-1906):40,24:118,33:125;<br />

WWIA],1926.<br />

Behelfer, Louis; b. Brooklyn, Jan 9 1907.<br />

CCNY. • Businessman, Labor Zionist worker,<br />

NYC; nat! <strong>of</strong>ficer Hechalutz Org <strong>of</strong>Am; exec<br />

secy Hapoel Sport Org <strong>of</strong>Am; <strong>of</strong>ficer Workers<br />

Sports League <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Behr, Louis A; b. Bavaria, May 201868; d.<br />

Dec 23 1933.<br />

To US 1883. • Dept store merchant,<br />

philanthropist, Pittsburgh; nad <strong>of</strong>ficer trade<br />

org. • See: A]YB, 36:278; WWIA], 1926.<br />

Behrend, Bernard Arthur; b. Villeneuve,<br />

Switzerland, May9 1875; d. Mar 25<br />

1932.<br />

To US 1898. • CE U Berlin. • Electrical<br />

engineer, engineering physicist, Brookline,<br />

MA; designed generators, Niagara Falls. • See:<br />

A]YB, 24:118; DAB, 1.<br />

Behrend, Ernst Richard; b. Coeslin,<br />

Germany, Mar 29 1869; d. Erie, Sep 22<br />

1940.<br />

To US 1896. • Honorary degree. • Paper mfr,<br />

yacht owner, inventor, Erie; a fdr Nat!<br />

Industrial ConfBd. • See: WWWIA, 2;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 23 1940, 17:5.<br />

Behrend, Jeanne (Mrs Alexander<br />

Kelberine); b. Philadelphia, 1911.<br />

Curtis. • Concert pianist, composer; faculty<br />

Curtis. • See: UJE.<br />

Behrend, Moses; b. Philadelphia, June 6<br />

1877.<br />

MD U PA. • Physician, Philadelphia; faculty<br />

Jefferson Med ColI; pres med soc; author in<br />

field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;<br />

BEGA].<br />

Behrendt, Henry; b. ca 1869; d. Feb 19<br />

1939.<br />

Civic worker, sheriff, Detroit. • See: A]YB,<br />

41:418.<br />

Behrendt, Milton Aubrey; b. Ovid, MI, May<br />

241898.<br />

LLB Detroit CoIl <strong>of</strong>Law. • Lawyer, common<br />

pleas court judge, Detroit. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Behrendt, Walter Curt; b. Metz, Dec 16<br />

1884; d. Norwich, vr, Apr 261945.<br />

To US 1934. • Dr Eng Technische<br />

Hochschule·(Dresden). • Architect, regional<br />

planner, architectural historian, critic,<br />

Hannover; faculty Dartmouth; author in field;<br />

WWI German army service; Protestant. • See:<br />

WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Apr 271945,<br />

19:3.<br />

Behrens, Herman Albert; b. Hamburg, Sep<br />

291883; d. Mar 13 1945.<br />

To US 1889. • Insurance exec, Chicago;<br />

Christian Scientist. • See: WWWIA, 2.<br />

Behrens, Manfred I Jr; b. NYC, July 31<br />

1904; d. NYC, Mar 24 1961.<br />

Management consult, NYC; specialty:<br />

retailing; advisor government agencies, Federal<br />

Reserve; trustee <strong>Jewish</strong> Bd <strong>of</strong>Guardians, Fedn<br />

<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 63:558;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 25 1961,25:4.<br />

Behrman, Abraham Sidney; b. Covington,<br />

KY, Dec 15 1892.<br />

Chemist; Chicago; with Internad Filter Co;<br />

Episcopalian. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

Behrman, Martin; b. NYC, 1864; d. New<br />

Orleans,]an 12 1926.<br />

Public <strong>of</strong>ficial, mayor, New Orleans; mem Bd<br />

<strong>of</strong>Education; pres State Bd <strong>of</strong>Assessors,<br />

League <strong>of</strong>Am Municipalities; active<br />

Democratic Party. • See: UJE; E}jA]YB,<br />

24:118,28:150; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Bekker, Paul<br />

Behrman, Samuel Nathaniel (S N); b.<br />

Worcester,June 91893; d. Sep 1973.<br />

Clark, AB Harvard, MA Columbia; honorary<br />

degree. • Playwright, biographer, novelist,<br />

NYC; autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA],<br />

1928, 1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,<br />

Sep 10 1973, 38:1.<br />

Beier, Samuel K; b. NYC, Sep 22 1900.<br />

CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; active<br />

Republican politics, communal education, Am<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Cong, Union <strong>of</strong>Orthodox<br />

Congregations. • See: BEGA].<br />

Beierfeld, Isidore; b. Baltimore, Nov 6<br />

1897.<br />

Baltimore City ColI, Johns Hopkins, LLB U<br />

MD. • Social worker, MD legislator, Yonkers;<br />

exec dir <strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Nad Assn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Center Execs, other<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional orgs. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Beigler, Sydney Karl; b. Posen, Sep 25<br />

1900.<br />

To US 1909. • AB, MD U MI, post-grad U<br />

Berlin. • Surgeon, Detroit; author in field;<br />

WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bellis, (Menahem) Mendel; b. ca 1874; d.<br />

Saratoga Springs, NY, July 7 1934.<br />

To US 1920. • Defendant in Russian ritual<br />

murder trial, NYc..• See:. UJE (sub Beilis<br />

Case); E]; A]YB, 37:254.<br />

Beirnel, Jacob; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, Nov 17<br />

1944.<br />

To US 1914.· Royal Academy <strong>of</strong>Arts (Berlin).<br />

it Cantor, NYC, Philadelphia; author on<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

musical topics. • See: A]YB, 47:518; NYTimes,<br />

Nov 181944,13:2.<br />

Bein, Albert (pseud=Charles Walt); b.<br />

EJshinev, 1902;d.1963.<br />

To US ca 1909. • Author, novelist; theatre<br />

mgr, producer, playwright, NYC. • See: UJE;<br />

NYTimes, May41963, 25:3.<br />

Bein, Royal Hamilton; b. Chicago, Nov 3<br />

1897.<br />

BS U PA. • Investment counsellor,<br />

businessman, Mansfield, OH. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bein, William; b. Monor, Hungary, Sep 21<br />

1899; d. NYC, Dec 121968.<br />

Communal & civic worker; fdr Nad Parkinson<br />

Found; financial admr Com to Rescue Italian<br />

Art; dirJoint Distribution Com; trustee Sanger<br />

Research Bureau. • See: A]YB, 70:519.<br />

Beitman, MrsJoseph; b. ca 1870; d.<br />

Birmingham, AL,Jan 5 1933.<br />

Philanthropic ldr, Birmingham, AL. • See:<br />

A]YB, 35:122.<br />

Bekker, David (Ben Menachem, Aba<br />

Shoshanna); b. Vilna, May 11897.<br />

To US 1920. • Artist; engraver, coin designer,<br />

author, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bekker,Paul;b.Berlin, 1882; d. NYC, Mar<br />

1937.<br />

To US 1930s. • Violinist, musicologist,<br />

impresario, critic, Berlin; with New Yorker


Belais, David<br />

Stattszeitung; authorlbiographer in field. • See:<br />

UJE; NITimes, Mar 8 1937, 19:5.<br />

Belais, David; b. NYC, July 21862; d. NYC,<br />

June 51933.<br />

CCNY. • Jeweler, inventor <strong>of</strong>white gold; a fdr<br />

Humane Soc <strong>of</strong>NY, free clinic for animals;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer trade assn. • See: UJE;A]YB, 35:122;<br />

WWIA], 1928; NITimes,]une 71933,21:4.<br />

Belais, Henry; b.ca 1859; d.June 11940.<br />

Mfr, Sephardic ldr, NYC. • See:A]YB, 42:476;<br />

NITimes,]une 3 1940, 15:4.<br />

Belais, Solomon; b. ca 1827; d. NYC, May<br />

211911.<br />

Expert in precious stones, NYC. • See: A]YB,<br />

13(1911-1912):138.<br />

Belarsky, Sidor; b. Russia, Feb 23 1900; d.<br />

Manhasset, June 7 1975.<br />

To US 1930. • Opera singer, tchr; faculty]TS,<br />

UUT, Brigham Young.· See:A]YB, 77:592;<br />

NITimes,]une 81975,55:3.<br />

Belasco, David; b. San Francisco, July 25<br />

1853/1858; d. May 141931.<br />

Lincoln ColI. • <strong>The</strong>atrical producer,<br />

playwright, NYC; pioneer in electric stage<br />

lighting; "<strong>The</strong> Girl <strong>of</strong>the Golden West." •<br />

See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):60,<br />

24:118,33:125; WWIA], 1926, 1928;<br />

WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1; NITimes, May 15 1931,<br />

1:3.<br />

Belber, Aaron Selig; b. Harlau, Rumania,<br />

Jan 271877; d. Feb 15 1936.<br />

To US 1888.· Bag & trunkmfr, philanthropic<br />

worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 38:425;<br />

WWIA], 1928.<br />

Belber, Henry A; b. ca 1876; d.<br />

Philadelphia, June 17 1934.<br />

Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:<br />

A]YB, 36:278.<br />

Belber, Marcus Yoseph; b.Jassy, Sep 11<br />

1871; d. Adantic City, Jan 11939.<br />

To Philadelphia 1883. • DDS U PA. • Dental<br />

surgeon, Philadelphia; pres Fedn <strong>of</strong>Rumanian<br />

Jews; <strong>of</strong>ficer Franklin Free Dispensary; active<br />

relieffor Rumanian]ews. • See: A]YB, 41 :418;<br />

WWIA], 1938; BEGA]; NITimes, Jan 5 1939,<br />

23:5.<br />

Beldoch, Albert I; b. Brooklyn, Apr 15<br />

1901; d. Great Neck, Nov61978.<br />

Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; Fire Commr,<br />

Hewlitt Bay; <strong>of</strong>ficer Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Philanthropies; active Boys Scouts, United<br />

Cerebral Palsy, Anti-Defamation League. 8<br />

See: A]YB, 80:362; NITimes, Nov 9 1978, IV<br />

19:6.<br />

Beldock, GeorgeJ; b. Bielk, Poland, Jan 8<br />

1904; d. Sea Cliff, NY, Mar 15 1970.<br />

State supreme court judge, NYC; mem NYC<br />

Council against Discrimination. • See: A]YB,<br />

72:539; NYTimes, Mar 16 1970,43:1.<br />

Belfer, Maurice; b.*; d. 1978.<br />

Business exec, philanthropist; benefactor Heb<br />

U, Yeshiva U, Anti-Defamation League. • See:<br />

A]YB, 80:362.<br />

Belford,Jacob; b. NYC, Aug 18 1898.<br />

LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, New Haven. •<br />

See: WWIA]; 1928,1938.<br />

Belkin, Samuel; b. Swislocz, Poland, Dec 12<br />

1911; d. NYC, Apr 18 1976.<br />

To US 1929. • PhD Brown; honorary degrees.<br />

• Rabbi, scholar, educational admr; authority:<br />

] ewish law & Hellenistic literature; faculty,<br />

pres Yeshiva Coll, RIETS; author in field. •<br />

See: UJE; E];A]YB, 78:538; WWIA], 1938;<br />

WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Apr 19 1976,30:4.<br />

Bell, Nahum; b. ca 1877; d. Dec 7 1938.<br />

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 41 :418.<br />

Bellanca, DorothyJacobs (Mrs August<br />

Bellanca); b. Zemel, Latvia, Aug 101894;<br />

d. NYC, Aug 16 1946.<br />

To US 1900. • Labor ldr, NYC; mem state<br />

commns on employment discrimination;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Amalgamated Clothing Workers;<br />

advisor ILO; an orgr, <strong>of</strong>ficer Am Labor Party.<br />

• See:A]YB, 49:608; Fink, 21; NAW; DAB, 4;<br />

NITimes, Aug 17 1946, 13:3.<br />

Bellarina, Bella (Mrs Chaim Schneyer<br />

Hamerow); b. Warsaw, July 1896; d.<br />

NYC, Feb 11969.<br />

Actress, NYC; with Yiddish Art <strong>The</strong>atre. • See:<br />

A]YB, 71:602;NITimes,Feb21969, 72:3.<br />

Beller, AbrahamJacob; b. NYC, Feb 7<br />

1886; d. Philadelphia, Jan 1960.<br />

BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC;<br />

faculty Cornell; pres med soc; author in field. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NITimes,<br />

Jan 16 1960,21:2.<br />

Beller, Ida F (Mrs AbrahamJ Beller); b.<br />

NYC, Mar 51896; d. Dec 1944.<br />

BA Hunter, MA NYU, NY School <strong>of</strong>Social<br />

Work. • Social worker, NYC; pres United<br />

Parents Assn; with Red Cross, Veterans<br />

Bureau, Mt Sinai. • See: BEGA]; NITimes, Jan<br />

11945,21:2.<br />

Beller, MrsJohn D; b.*; d. Apr 16 1938.<br />

Social worker, Worcester.· See:A]YB, 40:381.<br />

Bellin, Jacob Harold; b. Derby, CT,July 31<br />

1893; d. Feb 1956.<br />

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, businessman, pianist,<br />

accompianist, Ansonia, CT, New Haven. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes, Feb 5<br />

1956,86:3.<br />

Bellis, Leon Robert; b. Elizavetgrad, Mar<br />

25 1910; d. Apr 51972.<br />

To US 1923. • U PA. • Wholesale jeweler,<br />

diamond appraiser, New Orleans, then<br />

Chicago; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional socs; WWII<br />

service. • See: WWWIA, 5.<br />

Bellison,Simon(Simeon);b.Moscow,<br />

1882/1884; d. NYC, May 41953.<br />

To US 1921. • Moscow Conservatory. •<br />

Clarinettist; mem Moscow Symphony, St<br />

Petersburg Symphony, NY Philharmonic; fdr<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Folk Music Soc. 8 See: UJE; A]YB,<br />

55:454; NITimes, May 5 1953,29:3.<br />

Bellman, Jack; b. Kiev, Sep 11 1890.<br />

To US 1908. 8 Motion picture distributor,<br />

NYC; with Exhibitors Film Exchange; pres<br />

Hollywood Pictures Corp. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bellow, Saul; b. Lachine, Quebec, 1915.<br />

U Chicago, Northwestern. • Novelist, Nobel<br />

laureate; faculty U Chicago. • See: E];<br />

E]:1973-1982.<br />

40<br />

Belmont, August; b. Alzey, Hesse, Dec 8<br />

1816; d. NYC, Nov 24 1890.<br />

Banker, diplomat, art collector, NYC; pres Am<br />

Jockey Club; active Democratic politics; Civil<br />

War Union supporter. • See:]E; UJE; E];<br />

DAB; NITimes, Nov 25 1890, 1:7.<br />

Belmont, August; b. NYC, Feb 18 1853; d.<br />

Dec 101924.<br />

AB Harvard. • Banker, public transportation<br />

financier, NYc. • See: E] (sub Belmont,<br />

August); WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Dec 12 1924,<br />

21:4.<br />

Belmont, IraJean; b. Kovno, May 15 1884;<br />

d. Oct 1964.<br />

Cooper Union. • Artist, art expert & dealer,<br />

NYc.. See: WWIA], 1928;NITimes, Oct23<br />

1964,39:1.<br />

Belmont, Morgan; b. Hempstead, LI, Mar<br />

191892; d. Sep 1953.<br />

AB Harvard. • Investment banker, NYC;<br />

WWI & WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3;<br />

NITimes, Sep 191953, 15:3.<br />

Belmont, Oliver Hazard Perry; b. NYC,<br />

Nov 12 1858; d.June 1908.<br />

US Naval Academy. • Capitalist, banker,<br />

publisher, NYC; active Democratic politics;<br />

naval service. • See: WWJ¥IA, 1; NITimes,<br />

June 111908, 7:3.<br />

Belmont, Perry; b. NYC, Dec 28 1850; d.<br />

May 251947.<br />

AB Harvard, U Berlin, LLB Columbia. •<br />

Congressman, lawyer, diplomat, author,<br />

Newport; Spanish-Am War & WWI service. •<br />

See: E] (sub Belmont, August); WWWIA, 2;<br />

NITimes, May 261947,1:5.<br />

Belous, Charles; b. Bessarabia, Feb 41907;<br />

d. July 1966.<br />

To NYC 1914. 8 AB, LLB Columbia.·<br />

Lawyer, political activist, LI City; <strong>of</strong>ficer bar<br />

assn; active Fusion Party, Am Labor Party,<br />

Progressive Party. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

NITimes, July 15 1966,31:3.<br />

Belouss<strong>of</strong>f, Evsei; b. Moscow, Dec 28 1881;<br />

d. NYC, Dec 11945.<br />

To US 1923. • Imperial Conservatory<br />

(Moscow). • Concert cellist, tchr, NYC; faculty<br />

Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Kharkov). •<br />

See:A]YB, 48:484; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;<br />

NITimes, Dec 3 1945,21:5.<br />

Belov, Joel; b. Ekaterinoslav, OctlDec 18<br />

1894.<br />

To US 1911. • Ekaterinoslav Royal<br />

Conservatory <strong>of</strong>Music. • Violinist, composer,<br />

author, Philadelphia; mem Philadelphia<br />

Symphony, NY Philharmonic; faculty Curtis. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].


43<br />

BA U MI, MD U Cincinnati.- Physician,<br />

Cincinnati; faculty Cincinnati ColI <strong>of</strong>Med; dir<br />

Assocd Charities, United<strong>Jewish</strong> Social<br />

Agencies. It See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;<br />

NITimes, Dec 1 1972,42:4.<br />

Benjamin, Louis; b. London, Nov 8 1883.<br />

Newspaper publisher, Erie; publisher Dispatch­<br />

Herald. It See: WWIAJ, 1938; "WWWIA, 1.<br />

Benjamin, Marcus; b. ca 1857; d.<br />

Washington DC, Nov 1932.<br />

Editor, encyclopedist, Washington DC. It See:<br />

AJYB,35:122.<br />

Benjamin (Benjamins), Myer;b. Hungary,<br />

ca 1733; d. Newport, Nov 201776.<br />

Translator, Newport; his name may have been<br />

Benjamin Myer. It See: RDEAJ.<br />

Benjamin, Raphael; b. London, June 19<br />

1846; d. NYC, Nov 15 1906.<br />

Jews Free School, BA U London, MA U<br />

Melbourne, Dr<strong>Jewish</strong> Law for Australia. It<br />

Rabbi, poet, musician, Brooklyn, earlier<br />

Cincinnati; bd Heb Union ColI; active Charity<br />

Org Soc. It See: UJE; AJYB, 5(1903-1904):44,<br />

8(1906-1907):44; PAJHS, 17:214-17;<br />

"WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Nov 16 1906, 9:6.<br />

Benjamin, Robert Morris; b. NYC, Apr 26<br />

1896; d. NYC,Jan 171966.<br />

AB, LLB Harvard. It Lawyer, public <strong>of</strong>ficial,<br />

NYC; chr State Bd <strong>of</strong>Regents; <strong>of</strong>ficer Public<br />

EducationAssn, bar assns; bd Am Bar Found;<br />

active bar assn; WWII government service. It<br />

See:AJYB, 68:523; "WWWIA, 4; NITimes,Jan<br />

181966,34:1.<br />

Benjamin, Samuel; b. Jerusalem, Sep 12<br />

1893/141894.<br />

AB Brown,JD NYU, ordainedJTS. It Rabbi,<br />

Cleveland, Jacksonville, FL, Chicago,<br />

Brooklyn; mem Tel Aviv Municipal Council;<br />

active <strong>Jewish</strong> Center. It See: WWIAJ, 1926;<br />

REGAJ; see entry for Bension, Samuel.<br />

Benjaminson (Benjaminsohn), Abraham L;<br />

b. Minsk, 1884.<br />

To US 1892. It Heb author, circumcisor, NYC.<br />

It See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):60-61; Eisenstadt,<br />

19.<br />

BenJehudah (Yehuda), Eliezer (originally<br />

Perlman); b. Luzhky, Lithuania, 1857; d.<br />

Jerusalem, Dec 1922.<br />

In US during WWI. It Pioneer developer <strong>of</strong><br />

modern Heb, lexicographer, Palestine. It See:<br />

UJE;EJ;NITimes, Dec 181922, 17:5.<br />

Benkowitz, lcik; b. Lithuania, Aug 1 1853;<br />

d. Chelsea, MA,June 1963.<br />

In US before 1914. It Rabbi. It See:AJYB,<br />

65:431.<br />

Ben-Meir, Moshe S; b. Bialystok,Oct 26<br />

1900; d. NYC,Jan 17 1959.<br />

To'US 1940. It Educator, Heb poet, author;<br />

faculty Yeshiva U. It See:AJYB, 61:415;<br />

NYTimes, Jan 19 1959,27:4.<br />

Benmosche, Herman; b. Cairo, Egypt,Jan<br />

181858.<br />

Rabbi, Norfolk, earlier London. It See: AJYB,<br />

5(1903-1904):44.<br />

Benmosche, Moses; b. London, Dec 5<br />

1883; d. NYC, Sep 4/5 1951.<br />

MD Med ColI <strong>of</strong>VA, post-grad England. It<br />

Surgeon, cancer researcher, poet, NYC; active<br />

city politics; author in field. It See: AJYB,<br />

54:538; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;NITimes,<br />

Sep 61951,31:1.<br />

Benn, Ben; b. Ukraine, Dec 27 1884.<br />

To US 1895. It NatlAcademy<strong>of</strong>Design. It<br />

Artist, NYC. It See:AJYB, 24:118; WWIAJ,<br />

1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 8.<br />

Bennett, Harris; b.*; d. Duluth, Oct 3 1923.<br />

Communal worker, Duluth. It See:AJYB,<br />

26:153.<br />

Bennett, Max A; b. Botosani, Rumania, Dec<br />

1618,82.<br />

To US 1900. It Insurance agent, broker, Erie;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Heb Inst; dir<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Bd. It See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Benny, Jack (born Kubelsky); b. Waukegan,<br />

IL, Feb 141894; d. Beverly Hills, Dec 26<br />

1974.<br />

Stage, radio & screen comedian,<br />

philanthropist; a fdr Am Israel Cdtural Found;<br />

WWI service. It See: UJE; !lJYB, 76:511;<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Dec 27<br />

1974, 1:2.<br />

Benoliel, Solomon David; b. NYC, June 1<br />

1873/1874; d. Nov 23/30 1932.<br />

BS CCNY, EE, AM Columbia. • Consult<br />

electrical & mechanical engineer, chemist,<br />

Niagara Falls, Merien, PA; author/lecturer in<br />

field. - See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):61,24:118,<br />

35:122; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; REGAJ;<br />

WWWIA, 1.<br />

Benquiat, Vital; b. ca 1859; d. Mar 171937.<br />

Art expert, oriental rug, textile & jewelry<br />

dealer, NYC. • See:AJYB, 39:589; NITimes,<br />

Mar 181937,25:1.<br />

Bensadon,Joseph;b.NYC, 1819; d. Nevv<br />

Orleans, 1871.<br />

MD U Charleston. • Physician, New Orleans;<br />

encouragedJudah Touro to found infirmary;<br />

Mexican War & Civil War Confederate<br />

service. • See: UJE.<br />

Bensinger, Benjamin Edvvard; b. Louisville,<br />

Jan 4 1868; d. Chicago, Nov 27 1935.<br />

Mfr, communal worker, Chicago; pres Assocd<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. • See:AJYB, 24:119, 38:425;<br />

WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Bensinger, Benjamin Edvvard; b. Chicago,<br />

Dec 61905; d.Jan 19 1979.<br />

PhB Yale. • Corp exec, Chicago; trustee<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Fedn; active civic, charitable, cultural &<br />

business instns. • See: WWWIA, 7.<br />

Bension, Samuel; b. Jerusalem, Sep 12<br />

1894.<br />

To US 1903, Palestine 1935.· AB Brown,JD<br />

NYU, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Haifa, earlier<br />

Cleveland,]acksonville, FL, NYC, Chicago;<br />

pres Am-Palestine Bank (Tel Aviv); mem<br />

Bercovici, Konrad<br />

Municipal Council (Tel Aviv & Haifa). • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; see entry for Benjamin, Samuel.<br />

Benson, Emanuel Mervyn; b. NYC, Oct 22<br />

1904; d.June 11971.<br />

BA Dartmouth, MA Columbia. • Art educator,<br />

Philadelphia, NYC; with Museum <strong>of</strong>Art; dean<br />

Museum ColI; researcher NYU; author in<br />

field. It See: WWWIA, 5.<br />

Bensvvanger, William Edvvard; b. NYC, Feb<br />

22 1892; d. Jan 15 1972.<br />

Businessman, pr<strong>of</strong>essional athletic team exec,<br />

Pittsburgh; earlier in insurance business; pres<br />

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Baseball Club; dir<br />

Natl League; WWI service. • See: EJ:1973­<br />

1982; "WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Jan 17 1972,<br />

34:4.<br />

Benter, Charles; b. NYC, Apr 29 1887; d.<br />

Dec 1964,.<br />

Honorary degree. • Band ldr, composer,<br />

Washington DC; fdr US Navy School <strong>of</strong><br />

Music; naval service.. • See: WWWIA, 8;<br />

NITimes, Dec 5 1964, 31:2.<br />

Benzer, Seymour; b. NY, 1921.<br />

Purdue. • Molecular biologist; specialty:<br />

genetic analysis; faculty Purdue. • See: EJ.<br />

Ben-Zion (Weinman); b. Ukraine, 1897.<br />

To US 1920. • Painter, etcher; noted for<br />

unconventional handling <strong>of</strong>biblical themes;<br />

with WPA. • See: EJ.<br />

Benzion, Benedict; b. Gomostapolye, Kiev,<br />

1839; d. US, ca 1915.<br />

To US 1887. It MD U Wiirzburg. • Christian<br />

missionary to Jews, physician, Heb author,<br />

Yiddish translator; convert from Judaism. •<br />

See: UJE.<br />

Beranger, Clara (Mrs Albert B Beranger,<br />

Mrs Williain de Mille); b. Baltimore,Jan<br />

141886; d. Sep 10 1956.<br />

AB Goucher. • Screenplay writer, NYC, Los<br />

Angeles; faculty U Southern CA. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 3;<br />

NITimes, Sep 12 1956,37:2.<br />

Berch, Rose Jean Chmelnitsky (Mrs<br />

Samuel H Berch); b. Wtnnipeg, May 1<br />

1892.<br />

To US 1891 (?).• Communal worker, Los<br />

Angeles; <strong>of</strong>ficer Natl Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Women, Heb Sheltering Home for Aged. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Berch, Samuel Harry; b. Russia, Dec 10<br />

1888; d. Oct 29 1951.<br />

To US 1918. - Dairy co exec, Los Angeles. •<br />

See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Oct 30 1951, 29:3.<br />

Bercovici, Konrad; b. BrailalGalati,<br />

Rumania, JunelJuly 22 1882; d. Dec<br />

1961.<br />

To US 1908/1916. • Author, screenwriter,<br />

musician, composer, charity investigator,<br />

Morristown, NJ; special interest gypsy music &<br />

stories. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:119; WWIAJ,<br />

1926,1928,1938; REGAJ; WWWIA, 4;<br />

NITimes, Dec 28 1961,27:1.


Berdichevsky, Leo<br />

Berdichevsky, Leo; b. Kherson, Nov 12<br />

1886.<br />

BA Petrograd Imperial Conservatory. •<br />

Pianist, popularizer <strong>of</strong>Heb music, NYC. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1926,1928.<br />

Berdon, David; b. Jan 17 1894/1895; d.<br />

NYC, Mar 20 1969.<br />

BCS NYU. • Accountant, philanthropist; a fdr<br />

Albert Einstein ColI <strong>of</strong>Med, FeOO <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Philanthropies; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com. • See:<br />

A]YB, 71 :602; WWIA.], 1938; NITimes, Mar<br />

23 1969,93:1.<br />

Bereano, Philip L; b. Ploesti, Rumania,<br />

Nov 161878; d. May 1949.<br />

MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician, NYC;<br />

specialty: diseases <strong>of</strong>gastro-intestinal tract; fdr<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Home for Convalescents. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1926; NITimes, May 23 1949,23:5.<br />

Berell, Elias; b. Austria, June 25 1891.<br />

Kansas City School <strong>of</strong>Law. • Lawyer, Kansas<br />

City; active Am Legion, communal charities,<br />

Democratic politics. • See: BEOA].<br />

Berenberg, David Paul; b. Brooklyn, Mar<br />

171890.<br />

BA CCNY, post-grad Columbia. • Tchr,<br />

writer, poet, Brooklyn; faculty Rand School;<br />

editorial staffAm Labor Year Book. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Berenson, Arthur; b. Boston, Oct 1 1879; d.<br />

NYC, Aug 11 1944.<br />

LLB Boston U.· Lawyer, Boston, NYC;<br />

WWI enlistment bd service. • See: A]YB,<br />

47:518; WWIA.], 1938; NITimes, Aug 13 1944,<br />

35:2.<br />

Berenson, Bernard (Bernhard); b.<br />

Baltramentz, Lithuania, June 26 1865; d.<br />

Florence, Oct 61959.<br />

To US ca 1875.• AB Harvard; honorary<br />

degrees. • Art historian, connoisseur, critic,<br />

Florence; specialty: Italian Renaissance art;<br />

benefactor Harvard; author in field. • See: ]E;<br />

UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):61, 24:119;<br />

WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NITimes,<br />

Oct81959, 1:3.<br />

Berenson, Senda; b. Biturmansk, Lithuania,<br />

Mar 19 1868; d. Santa Barbara, CA, Feb<br />

161954.<br />

To Boston 1875. • Boston Conservatory,<br />

Boston Normal School <strong>of</strong>Gymnastics, Smith,<br />

Royal Central Inst <strong>of</strong>Gymnastics (Stockholm).<br />

• Sportswoman, educator; assocd with Smith;<br />

opposed womens intercoll competition. • See:<br />

E]:1983-1985; DAB, 5.<br />

Berg, Aaron W; b. NYC, July 4 1903; d.<br />

Mar 1978.<br />

AB, LLB Columbia.· Lawyer, communalldr,<br />

NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer <strong>Jewish</strong> Vacation Assn, FeOO<br />

Settlement; dir Boys Athletic League; active<br />

bar assn. • See: WWIA.], 1938; BEOA];<br />

NITimes, Mar 17 1978, II 2:1.<br />

Berg, Abram S Jr; b. Philadelphia, Sep 7<br />

1902; d.Jenkintown, PA,Jan 16 1972.<br />

Industrialist, communalldr, Philadelphia;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; natl bd <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Welfare Bd, Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com; dir FeOO <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Agencies. • See:A]YB, 74:554.<br />

Berg, Albert Ashton; b. NYC, Aug 10 1872;<br />

d. NYC, July 1 1950.<br />

AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon, book<br />

collector, philanthropist, NYC; specialty:<br />

stomach; benefactor NY Public Library (Berg<br />

Collection).· See: UJE;A]YB, 24:119, 53:523;<br />

WWIA.], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,<br />

July 2 1950,24:3.<br />

Berg, Benjamin Nathan; b. NYC, Dec 8<br />

1897.<br />

AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC;<br />

faculty Columbia; author in field. • See:<br />

WWIA.], 1938. .<br />

Berg, Bernard; b. London, Mar 26 1894.<br />

DMD Tufts. • Dentist, Boston; faculty Tufts;<br />

WWI service. • See: WWIA.], 1938.<br />

Berg, Charles F; b. San Francisco, July 14<br />

1871; d. Portland, OR, Sep 8 1932.<br />

Merchant, civic & communalldr, Portland,<br />

OR; pres trade assns. • See:A]YB, 35:122;<br />

WWIA.],1928.<br />

Berg, Eva S (Mrs Reuben Berg); b. NYC,<br />

Oct 15 1891; d. Ramat Aviv, Nov 13<br />

1964.<br />

Pratt. • Communal worker, hotel owner,<br />

Stanfordville, NY; a fdr Pioneer Women. •<br />

See: A]YB, 66:572; NITimes, Nov 19 1964,<br />

39:6.<br />

Berg, Forrest T; b. San Francisco,Jan 5<br />

1901.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, Portland, OR;<br />

dir Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce. • See: WWIA.],<br />

1938.<br />

Berg, Gertrude; b. Savannah, ca 1858; b.<br />

Oct 201938.<br />

Communal & civic clubwoman, Philadelphia,<br />

NYC; natl <strong>of</strong>ficer Natl Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Women; pres Young Womens Union; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

"Home <strong>of</strong>Delight." • See:A]YB, 7(1905­<br />

1906):41,41:419.<br />

Berg, Gertrude Edelstein (Mrs Louis/<br />

Lewis Berg); b. NYC, Oct 3 1899; d.<br />

NYC, Sep 141966.<br />

Columbia. • Radio, screen & television actress,<br />

scriptwriter, dir; creator & star "<strong>The</strong><br />

Goldbergs." • See: UJE; A]YB, 68:523;<br />

WWIA.], 1938; WWWIA, 4;NAW:modern;<br />

DAB, 8;NITimes, Sep 15 1966,43:3.<br />

Berg, Harold C; b. Saginaw, MI, May 3<br />

1900.<br />

Composer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIA.], 1928.<br />

Berg, Henry W; b. Austria, Dec 25 1859; d.<br />

NYC, Dec 22 1938.<br />

To US 1865. • AB CCNY, MD Columbia. •<br />

Physician, neurologist,NYC; author in field. •<br />

See: UJE;A]YB, 41:419; WWIA.], 1926, 1928;<br />

NITimes, Dec 23 1938, 19:1.<br />

Berg, Jacob D; b. Brezin, Poland, Dec 26<br />

1888; d. NYC,June 17 1963.<br />

To US 1914.· BIdr, communalldr; pres<br />

Sholem Aleichem Folk Inst; bd Yiddish Inst;<br />

mem world council Cong for <strong>Jewish</strong> Culture. •<br />

See:A]YB, 65:431; NITimes,June 19 1963,<br />

37:5.<br />

Berg,Julius Simon; b. NYC,July 12 1835/<br />

July 15 1895; d.July 201938.<br />

NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC; active<br />

Internatl Peace Movement, veterans affairs,<br />

Boy Scouts; WWI service. • See: A]YB,<br />

41:419; WWIA.], 1926,1938.<br />

44<br />

Berg, Leon; b. ca 1867; d. Dayton, OH, Oct<br />

191933.<br />

<strong>The</strong>atrical press agent, author. • See: A]YB,<br />

36:278.<br />

Berg, Louis; b. London, June 19 1900/<br />

1901; d. Oct 11972.<br />

To NYC 190411905. • AB Columbia, MD<br />

Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad U Berlin, U<br />

Vienna. • Psychiatrist, NYC; with NY Dept <strong>of</strong><br />

Correction; author in field, fiction. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.<br />

Berg, Morris (Moe); b. NYC, Mar 2 1902;<br />

d.May 1972.<br />

AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

baseball player, lawyer, linguist, Newark; mem<br />

WWII government service. • See: E]:1973­<br />

1982; BEOA]; NYTimes, June 1 1972,46:1.<br />

Berg, Nettie L (Mrs); b. 1887?; d. NYC,<br />

July 25 1967.<br />

Educator, communal worker; specialty: audiovisual<br />

education; active pr<strong>of</strong>essional orgs;<br />

author in field. • See: A]YB, 69:605; NITimes,<br />

July271967,35:3.<br />

Berg, Paul; b. NYC, 1926.<br />

PA State, PhD Western Reserve. • Biochemist,<br />

Nobel laureate; faculty Stanford. • See:<br />

E]:1973-1982.<br />

Berg, Simon; b. Kiev, Jan 6 1872.<br />

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; specialty: real<br />

estate; dir communal orgs. • See: WWIA],<br />

1926.<br />

Berg, Sol I; b. ca 1869; d. Ysleta, TX, May<br />

1935.<br />

Merchant, mayor, Ysleta, TX.· See:A]YB,<br />

37:254.<br />

Berg, William Nathan; b. Hungary, Sep 22<br />

1881.<br />

BS, PhD Columbia. • Biochemist, NYC;<br />

specialty: foods; dir Berg Biological<br />

Laboratory; author in field; WWI service. •<br />

See:A]YB, 24:119; WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bergad, MaxM; b. Russia, Mar 291901.<br />

BS Harvard, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer,<br />

Greensburg, PA; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith. • See:<br />

BEOA].<br />

Bergen, Emil; b. NYC, Jan 261912; d. Palo<br />

Alto, Oct 311974.<br />

Communal worker & fundraiser; active Am<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Com, Joint Distribution Com. • See:<br />

A]YB, 76:511; NYI'imes, Nov 11974,42:2.<br />

Berger, Adolph; b. Hungary, Dec 12 1882;<br />

d. NYC, Apr 1961.<br />

To NYC 1903. • DDS NY ColI <strong>of</strong>Dentistry. •


45<br />

Oral surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia; author/<br />

lecturer in field. • See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928,<br />

1938; NYTimes, Apr 16 1961,86:6.<br />

Berger, Arthur Victor; b. NYC, 1912.<br />

Harvard, Paris. • Composer, critic, author;<br />

with NY Herald Tribune; faculty Brandeis. •<br />

See:EJ:1973-1982.<br />

Berger, Benjamin; b. Hraboce, Hungary,<br />

June 17 1884.<br />

To NYC 1885.· CCNY,MDLICoIl<br />

Hospital. • Physician, NYC; specialty: urology,<br />

dermatology; active communal affairs. • See:<br />

WWL4.J, 1926, 1938.<br />

Berger, Die L; b. Galatz, Rumania, Nov 8/9<br />

1884.<br />

Brown, 42nd Street CoIl <strong>of</strong>Dentistry (NYC). •<br />

Dentist, Zionist & communalldr, Providence;<br />

staffAm <strong>Jewish</strong> Cong; regionaVstate <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Zionist Org <strong>of</strong>Am; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional soc. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Berger,Jacob Israel; b. Rawa, Poland, Apr<br />

3 1888.<br />

ToUS 192 7. • Rabbi, kashruth supervisor,<br />

Cleveland; <strong>of</strong>ficer Rabbinical Council. • See:<br />

WWL4.J,1938.<br />

Berger,Joseph; b. Austria, Sep 17 1864.<br />

Communal & civic worker, StLouis; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Childs Welfare Bureau, Community Center. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1928.<br />

Berger, Louis; b. NYC, May 16 1894; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Mar 1970.<br />

CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician, surgeon,<br />

Brooklyn; faculty LI CoIl Hospital, Downstate<br />

Med Center; pres med soc. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; NYTimes, Mar 291970, 72:8.<br />

Berger, Louis L; b. Detroit, May 281880.<br />

Retail exec, Buffalo; mem State Planning Bd;<br />

local, natl <strong>of</strong>ficer business orgs; dir<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Hospital. • See: WWL4.J, 1928, 1938.<br />

Berger, Marcy Irwin; b. Holyoke, MA, Feb<br />

271877; d. Vero Beach, FL, Feb 23<br />

1951.<br />

U Chicago. • Mfr, dairy farmer, cattle dealer,<br />

Chicago; natl seey United<strong>Jewish</strong> Campaign;<br />

active comunal charities; WWI natl guard<br />

service. • See:AJYB, 53:523; WWL4.J, 1938;<br />

NYTimes, Feb 25 1951,85:1.<br />

Berger, Maurice Wibert; b. Riverdale, NY,<br />

July 51906; d.July 251968.<br />

B Litt Rutgers, Yale Law. • Merchant, art<br />

collector & donor,. Milwaukee, NYC; with<br />

Gimbels; <strong>of</strong>ficer business assns, Milwaukee Art<br />

Center; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5;<br />

NYTimes,July27 1968,27:1.<br />

Berger, Max; b. ca 1874; d. Middletown,<br />

NY,June 10 1935.<br />

Philanthropist, Middletown, NY. • See: AJYB,<br />

37:254.<br />

Berger, Meyer M (Mike); b. NYC, Sep 1<br />

1898; d. NYC, Feb 8 1959.<br />

Newspaperman, Pulitzer Prize winner, author,<br />

NYC; staffNYTimes; WWI service, WWII<br />

London correspondent. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

BEOAJ; WWWIA., 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Feb 9<br />

1959,29:1.<br />

Berger, Morroe; b. NYC,June 251917; d.<br />

Apr 71981.<br />

BSS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •<br />

Sociologist, consult, author, editor, translator,<br />

Princeton; faculty Princeton U; WWII service.<br />

• See: WWWIA., 7,8.<br />

Berger, Nathan Hale; b. Brooklyn, July 14<br />

1889; d. Oct 1968.<br />

AB, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, banker, Newark; NJ<br />

delegate Conf<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Nov 1<br />

1968,47:1.<br />

Berger, Samuel; b. Poland, ca 1857; d.<br />

NYC, Apr 181923.<br />

To US ca 1882.· Dir NYC piers & parks<br />

public concerts. • See:AJYB, 26:153; NYTimes,<br />

Apr 19 1923, 19:4.<br />

Berger, Samuel A; b. Pilten, Kurland, Nov<br />

21877.<br />

To US 1894.· Tea & brewing businessman,<br />

realtor, communal & Zionist worker, NYc. •<br />

See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Berger, Samuel A; b. Czechoslovakia, Sep<br />

291882; d. NYC,Jan 1972.<br />

CCNY, NY Law. • Lawyer, public servant, art<br />

collector, NYC; mem State Insurance Bd;<br />

active Republican politics; WWII service. • Se:<br />

WWIAJ, 1926; NYTimes, Feb 11972,40:3.<br />

Berger, Samuel David; b. Gloversville, NY,<br />

Dec 61911; d. Feb 16 1980.<br />

PhB U WI, post-grad U WI, London School<br />

<strong>of</strong>Economics. • Foreign service <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />

London, Tokyo, New Zealand; with State<br />

Dept; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 7.<br />

Berger, Samuel Sylvester; b. Kisdobra,<br />

Hungary, Apr 14 1884; d. Cleveland, Sep<br />

1956.<br />

To Cleveland 1895. • MD Western Reserve,<br />

post-grad Europe. • Gastroenterologist,<br />

Cleveland; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 201956,33:4.<br />

Berger, Victor Luitpold; b. Nieder­<br />

Rehbach, Austria, Feb 28 1860; d.<br />

Milwaukee, Aug 71929.<br />

To Milwaukee 1878/1880. • U Budapest, U<br />

Vienna. • Congressman, Socialist ldr,<br />

journalist, Sunday school tchr, Milwaukee; a<br />

fdr Am Socialist Party; editor Milwaukee<br />

Leader; opposed US entry into WWI. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ; AJYB, 32:153; WWIAJ, 1928; Fink,<br />

21-22; WWWIA., 1; DAB, 1; NYTimes, Aug 8<br />

1929,25:1.<br />

Bergida, Adolf; b. Hungary, ca 1866; d.<br />

Jersey City, May 11939.<br />

To US ca 1885. • Butter & egg merchant,<br />

communal worker, Brooklyn; pres United<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Aid Soc; fdr synagog. • See: AJYB,<br />

41:419; NYTimes, May 2 1939,23:4.<br />

Bergida, JeromeJacob; b. Brooklyn, Feb 18<br />

1907; d. Mar 111974.<br />

MD LI CoIl Hospital, post-grad Columbia. •<br />

Otolaryngologist, Brooklyn; popular author in<br />

Bergson, eBen<br />

field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6.<br />

Bergler, Edmund; b. Austria, July 20 1899;<br />

d. NYC, Feb 61962.<br />

To US 1938.· MD UVienna.•<br />

Psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, theoretician, NYC;<br />

with NY Psychoanalytic Inst; earlier with<br />

Freud Clinic (Vienna); author in field. • See:<br />

WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Feb7 i962, 37:2.<br />

Bergman, Bernard Aaron; b. Chillicothe,<br />

July 8 1894; d. Apr 11 1980.<br />

BA OH State, post-grad U Poitiers. • Writer,<br />

publicity agent, journalist, NYC; with<br />

Philadelphia Bulktin, <strong>Jewish</strong> Exponent; WWI,<br />

WWII service. • See: WWL4.J, 1926, 1928;<br />

WWWIA, 7,8.<br />

Bergman, Isaac; b.*; d. Astoria, OR, June<br />

141911.<br />

Mayor, Astoria, OR. • See: AJYB, 13(1911­<br />

1912):138.<br />

Bergman, Moise; b. Shreveport, Nov10<br />

1877; d. San Diego, 1948.<br />

BH, ordained Heb Union ColI, BA U<br />

Cincinnati. • Rabbi, social worker, Grand<br />

Rapids, New Orleans, San Diego. • See: AJYB,<br />

5(1903-1904):44,6(1904-1905):214; CCARYB.<br />

Bergman, Simon; b. Riga, Oct 26 1869; d.<br />

May 101939.<br />

Exec, civic & communal worker, Rye, NY,<br />

NYC; with Lily Tulip Cup; pres Sydenham<br />

Hospital; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com. • See:AJYB,<br />

41:419; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May 11<br />

1939,25:3.<br />

Bergman, WalterJames; b. NYC, Jan 14<br />

1904; d. Sep 111972.<br />

Wharton; honorary degree. • Exec, NYC; with<br />

Lily Tulip Cup; natl trustee Natl Conf<strong>of</strong><br />

Christians &Jews; <strong>of</strong>ficer Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com. •<br />

See: WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, Sep 13 1972, 50:2.<br />

Bergmann, Max; b. Fiirth, Feb 12 1886; d.<br />

NYC, Nov71944.<br />

To US·1933/1934. • U Munich, PhD U<br />

Berlin. • Chemist, Berlin, NYC; specialty:<br />

leather, proteins; faculty Rockefeller Inst;<br />

WWII government research. • See: E); DAB,<br />

3; NYTimes, Nov 8 1944, 17:5.<br />

Bergner, Elisabeth; b. Vienna, Aug 22<br />

1897/1900.<br />

Vienna Cqnservatory. • Stage actress, Berlin,<br />

London, NYC. • See: UJE; EJi WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bergson, Abram; b. Baltimore, 1914.<br />

Economist, Sovietologist, government advisor;<br />

faculty Columbia, Harvard; author in field. •<br />

See:BJ.<br />

Bergson, Bette; b. Kansas City, Nov 13<br />

1919; d. NYC, Mar 21964.<br />

Journalist, communal & civic worker; orgr,<br />

exec dir Com to Save Middle East from<br />

Communism; consult War Refugee Bd,<br />

Nuremberg trials. • See: AJYB, 66:572;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 4 1964, 34:6.<br />

Bergson, C Ben; b. Rutland, VI', Apr 18<br />

1896.<br />

Fabric mfr, jobber, inventor, Kansas City;


49<br />

Berman, Saul; b. Bobraisk, Minsk, Mar-18<br />

1899.<br />

Cooper Union, Nad Academy <strong>of</strong>Design,<br />

Beaux Arts, Art Students League. • Artist,<br />

watercolorist, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1926,<br />

1928.<br />

Berman, William; b. Savannah, Oct 2 1893.<br />

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston; nad<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> War Veterans; active veterans<br />

assns; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Berman, William Barry; b. Minneapolis,<br />

May251905.<br />

BS U MN. • Fur & wool dealer, Sacramento;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith, synagog; dir United<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Welfare Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

.Bermann, Isidor Samuel; b. Germany,<br />

1845.<br />

Physician, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,<br />

24:119.<br />

Bermann, Richard Arnold (pseud=Arnold<br />

HoellriegeO;b.Vienna, 1883; d. Saratoga<br />

Springs, NY, Sep 51939.<br />

To US 193K • Austrian author, journalist; dir<br />

Am Guild for German Cultural Freedom<br />

(NYC); WWI war correspondent. • See: UJE;<br />

E]; A]YB, 42:476; NITimes, Sep 6 1939,23:1.<br />

Bem, Howard Leonard; b. Flushing, NY,<br />

Sep 81924.<br />

Hotel exec, communal worker, Sullivan<br />

County, NY; WWII service. • See: WWWIA,<br />

7.<br />

Bem, Paul; b. Wandsbeck, Germany, Dec 3<br />

1889; d. 1932.<br />

To US 1898. • Am Academy <strong>of</strong>Dramatic Arts.<br />

• Motion picture writer, dir, Beverly Hills;<br />

with MGM. • See: WWWIA, 1.<br />

Bemard,Bamey;b.caI877;d.NYC,Mar<br />

211924.<br />

Actor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:119, 26:153;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 22 1924, 15:6.<br />

Bemard, Harold Baruch; b. NYC, Oct !6<br />

1893.<br />

ME Stevens Inst. • Engineer, oil co exec,<br />

Tulsa; author/inventor in field. • See: WWIA],<br />

1926,1928.<br />

Bemard, Sam (Samuel) (born Bamett); b.<br />

Birmingham, England, July 161863; d.<br />

May 171927.<br />

To US 1868.· Vaudeville & musical comedy<br />

comedian, US, England; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong>atrical Guild. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­<br />

1905):62,30:79; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1;<br />

NITimes, May 191927, 27:3.<br />

Bemays, Augustus Charles; b. Highland,<br />

IL, Oct 13 1854; d. St Louis, May 22<br />

1907.<br />

BA McKendree ColI (Lebanon, IL), MD U<br />

Heidelberg. • Surgeon, St Louis; pioneer in<br />

asepsis; faculty St Louis ColI <strong>of</strong>Physicians &<br />

Surgeons, Marion Sims ColI; active horse<br />

racing; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 1;<br />

DAB; NITimes, May 23 1907, 9:6.<br />

Bemays, Edward L; b. Vienna, Nov 22<br />

1891.<br />

To US 1892. • BS Cornell. • Public relations<br />

expert, NYC; WWI government service. • See:<br />

UJE; E] (sub Bernays); WWIA], 1928, 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Bemays, Ely; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Oct 8<br />

1923.<br />

Merchant, philanthropist, communal worker,<br />

NYC.· See:A]YB, 26:153; NYTimes, Oct 9<br />

1923,21:5.<br />

Bembach,William;b.Bronx, 1911;d. 1982.<br />

Advertising exec, creative ldr <strong>of</strong>advertising<br />

industry; WWII service. • See: E]; E]:1983­<br />

1985.<br />

Bembaum, Harry Leon; b. Austria, July 5<br />

1889.<br />

To US 1902. • Retail merchant, hospital admr,<br />

Philadelphia; earlier merchant in Litde Rock,<br />

Vancouver, Seatde, Springfield, OH,<br />

Cincinnati, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bemd, Aaron Blum; b. Macon, GA, Dec 22<br />

1894.<br />

AB U GA, BL Columbia. • Merchant, editor,<br />

publicity agent, Macon, GA; editor Macon<br />

Telegraph. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bemd, Julius D; b. 1830; d. Pittsburgh,<br />

Nov 301892.<br />

Merchant, philanthropist, Pittsburgh;<br />

benefactor Heb Union ColI; active Humane<br />

Soc, Gusky Orphanage. • See: ]E.<br />

Bemd, LaurenceJoseph; b. East Carroll<br />

Parish, LA, Aug 30 1885.<br />

BS Mercer U. • Merchant, Macon, GA; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bemd-Cohen, Max; b. Macon, GA, May 7<br />

1899.<br />

AB, LLB Columbia, abroad. • Painter,<br />

Westchester, PA, Montezuma, GA.· See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Beme, Joseph M; b. Cleveland,June 5<br />

1887.<br />

LLB Western Reserve. • Lawyer, communal<br />

worker, Cleveland; pres<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Fedn;<br />

active Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bemey, Albert; b. Baltimore, ca 1878; d.<br />

Baltimore, Mar 20 1940.<br />

Business exec, Baltimore; active communal &<br />

civic affairs, Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com; bd Sinai<br />

Hospital.· See:A]YB, 42:476; BEOA].<br />

Bemey, Louis; b. Baltimore, Dec 311875;<br />

d. Baltimore, Jan 19 1940.<br />

Merchant, Baltimore; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> Childrens<br />

Soc.· See:A]YB, 42:476; WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Bernfeld, Seymour S; b. NYC, Mar 31<br />

1909.<br />

Fordham, LLB Fordham.· Lawyer, NYC;<br />

with Dept <strong>of</strong>the Interior (Billings, MT). • See:<br />

BEOA].<br />

Bemfeld, Siegfried; b. Lvov, 1892; d. 1953.<br />

Bernheim, Bertram Moses<br />

To US ca 1936. • U Freiberg, U Vienna. •<br />

Psychoanalyst, educator, San Francisco;<br />

communalorgrAustria;pupil<strong>of</strong>Freud;active<br />

German & Austrian Zionist youth movements.<br />

• See: UJE; E].<br />

Bernhard, Dorothy Lehman; b. NYC, Apr<br />

221903; d. NYC, Mar 61969.<br />

Wellesley ColI. • Child care, civic &<br />

communalldr, social worker, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Child Welfare League, <strong>Jewish</strong> Child Care<br />

Assn.· See:A]YB, 71:602; WWWIA, 5;<br />

NITimes, Mar 7 1969, 34:1.<br />

Bernhard,Georg;b.BerIin, 1875;d.NYC,<br />

Feb 10 1944.<br />

To US 1941. • Editor, political economist,<br />

Reichstag mem; faculty Berlin<br />

Handelshochschule; deputy mem <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Agency; advisor German League for Human<br />

Rights.· See:A]YB, 46:334-35; NITimes, Feb<br />

11 1944, 19:3.<br />

Bernhard,Joseph; b. Philadelphia, Mar 7<br />

1889; d. NYC, July 1954.<br />

Motion picture exec & producer, NYC; earlier<br />

realtor Philadelphia; with Warner Brothers;<br />

WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes,<br />

July 161954,21:4.<br />

Bernhard, RichardJacques; b. NYC, June 5<br />

1893; d. NYC, Jan 271961.<br />

Yale. • Banker, business & communal exec,<br />

NYC; a fdr, <strong>of</strong>ficer Fedn Employment &<br />

Guidance Service, Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 63:558; WWWIA,<br />

4; NYTimes, Jan 28 1961, 19:3.<br />

Bernhardt,Joshua; b. Wmdau, Latvia, Sep<br />

211893.<br />

To US 1899.· AB U Rochester, PhD Johns<br />

Hopkins. • Economist, NYC, Washington<br />

DC; specialty: sugar, tariffs, statistics; author in<br />

field.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.<br />

Bernhardt, Maurice; b. ca 1830; d. Chicago,<br />

June 13 1933•<br />

. Civil War veteran, Chicago.· See:A]YB,<br />

35:122.<br />

Bernhardt, Maurice; b. NYC,June 28 1899;<br />

d. LI, Apr 261974"<br />

State supreme court justice, communalldr,<br />

philanthropist, Brooklyn; pres Pride <strong>of</strong>Judea<br />

Childrens Services; <strong>of</strong>ficer Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Cong;<br />

active Liberal Party, ORT. • See: A]YB,<br />

76:511; NITimes, Apr 27 1974,34:1.<br />

Bernheim, Abram C; b. NYC, Feb 1 1866;<br />

d. NYC,July 241895.<br />

Columbia, U Berlin. • Lawyer, broker,<br />

philanthropist, author, NYC; benefactor<br />

Columbia, University Setdement; active<br />

tenement improvement. • See:]E.<br />

Bernheim, Bemard; b. ca 1850/1851; d.<br />

Atlantic City, July 311925.<br />

Civic & communal worker, distiller, Louisville.<br />

• See:A]YB, 28:150; NITimes, Aug 11925,<br />

11:5.<br />

Bernheim, Bertram Moses; b. Paducah, Feb<br />

15 1880; d. Baltimore, Nov 28 1958.<br />

AB, MDJohns Hopkins, post-grad Europe. •


51<br />

Bernstein, Alexander A; b. Zuromin,<br />

Poland, Feb 22 1880; d. NYC, Feb 9<br />

1971.<br />

To NYC 1891. • Business exec, actor,<br />

songwriter, philanthropist; <strong>of</strong>ficer Heb Free<br />

Loan Soc; benefactor Haym Solomon Home;<br />

active United<strong>Jewish</strong> Appeal. • See: A]YB,<br />

73:629; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 11 1971,<br />

48:1.<br />

Bernstein, Aline (born Hazel Frankau)<br />

(Mrs <strong>The</strong>odore Bernstein); b. NYC, Dec<br />

22 1880; d. NYC, Sep 71955.<br />

NY School <strong>of</strong>Applied Design. • Stage &<br />

costume designer, novelist, author, NYC; with<br />

Neighborhood Playhouse, <strong>The</strong>atre Guild; pres<br />

Costume Inst <strong>of</strong>Metropolitan Museum <strong>of</strong>Art.<br />

• See: UJE; WWWIA, 3; NAW':modern; DAB,<br />

5; NYTimes, Sep 8 1955, 31:1.<br />

Bernstein, Allen Milton; b. NYC, Nov 23<br />

1881; d. NYC, June 1951.<br />

AB Harvard. • Musician, composer, investment<br />

counsellor, author, NYC; pres Bernstein<br />

Macaulay, Inc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,<br />

June 19 1951,29:2.<br />

Bernstein, Arnold; b. ca 1874; d. Dec 21<br />

1937.<br />

Mayor, Monroe, LA. • See:A]YB, 40:382.<br />

Bernstein, Arnold; b. Breslau, 1888/1890;<br />

d.Mar 1971.<br />

To NYC 1939. • German shipbuilder; est<br />

Palestine Shipping Co; WWI German serVice,<br />

decorated. • See: UJE; E]; NYTimes, Mar 9<br />

1971,41:1. .<br />

Bernstein, Asher; b. Kapule, Russia, Mar<br />

15 1885.<br />

To US 1902. • MD NYU.• Physician, Middle<br />

Village, LI. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Benjamin Abram; b. Posvol,<br />

Lithuania, May 201881.<br />

To US ca 1891. • Baltimore City Coll, AB<br />

Johns'Hopkins, PhD U CA.· Mathematician,<br />

Berkeley; faculty U CA (Berkeley); author in<br />

field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:120; WWIA],<br />

1926, 1928,1938;BEOA].<br />

Bernstein, Benjamin Maurice; b. Brooklyn,<br />

Apr 23 1893; d. Brooklyn, Jan 1964.<br />

MD NYU. • Gastroenterologist,<br />

roentgenologist, Brooklyn; author/editor in<br />

field; WWI service, WWII US Public Health<br />

Service reserve. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

NYTimes, Jan 20 1964,43:2.<br />

Bernstein, Bernard; b. Russia, Sep 12 1836.<br />

Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):45.<br />

Bernstein, Bernard; b. Warsaw, 1861; d.<br />

NYC,Aug 1922.<br />

To US ca 1891. • Yiddish actor & noted<br />

comedian, Russia, Galicia, NYC. • See: A]YB,<br />

6(1904-1905):62, 25:138; NYTimes, Aug 31<br />

1922,15:5.<br />

Bernstein, Bernard;b. 1879?;d.Far<br />

Rockaway, NY, May 311957.<br />

Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Albert<br />

Einstein Coll <strong>of</strong>Med; trustee Yeshiva COlli<br />

active United<strong>Jewish</strong> Appeal. • See: A]YB,<br />

59:474; NYTimes, June 1 1957, 17:6.<br />

Bernstein, Bernard; b. NYC, Dec 91893; d.<br />

NYC,Jan 1958.<br />

AB Columbia. • Textile mfg exec, NYC; a fdr<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies; <strong>of</strong>ficer Soc for<br />

the Advancement <strong>of</strong>Judaism; active industry<br />

arbitration. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];<br />

NYTimes,Jan23 1958,21:5.<br />

Bernstein, Charles; b. Carlisle, NY, Dec 21<br />

1872; d. June 13 1942.<br />

MD Albany Med ColI. • Neurologist, Rome,<br />

NY; specialty: progressive rehabilitation<br />

programs; supt State Custodial Asylum; author<br />

in field. • See: A]YB, 24:120; WWIA], 1926,<br />

1928, 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, June 14<br />

1942,46:3.<br />

. Bernstein, David; b.Utica, Apr 211882; d.<br />

NYC, Nov 101945.<br />

Motion picture exec, a developer <strong>of</strong>sound<br />

pictures; with Loews, MGM; active Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies; charities. • See: A]YB,<br />

48:485; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes,<br />

Nov 111945, 42:3.<br />

Bernstein, David Brandon; b. NYC, Mar 20<br />

1897.<br />

Cornell, LLB U Southern CA. • Lawyer, Los<br />

Angeles; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith; WWI service,<br />

decorated. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Doris Glixon (Mrs Gottfried D<br />

Bernstein); b. Peoria, Nov 211884.<br />

Social & communal worker, Chicago; fdr,<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Blind Service Assn; active Natl Council<br />

<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women.· See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Bernstein, Edna Levy (Mrs Milton Louis<br />

Bernstein); b. NYC, Jan 6 1884.<br />

Art Students League. • Painter, sculptor, Lake<br />

Placid, NY, NYC; pres Room Registry for<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Girls & Women. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bernstein, EdwardJoy; b. Baltimore, Aug<br />

261863; d. Mar 301939.<br />

PhGMD Coll <strong>of</strong>Pharmacy, U MD, Johns<br />

Hopkins, MD U Vienna, post-grad Paris,<br />

London. • Surgeon, ophthalmologist,<br />

laryngologist, Detroit; earlier faculty U MD;<br />

WWI service. • See: A]YB, 41 :419; WWIA],<br />

1926, 1928, 1938.<br />

.Bernstein, Elias; b. NYC, Sep 3 1889; d.<br />

NYC, June 1950.<br />

LLB, LLD NY Law. • Lawyer, Staten Island;<br />

mem School Bd; <strong>of</strong>ficer bar assn; active<br />

Democratic politics, <strong>Jewish</strong> Community<br />

Center, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1928;<br />

BEOA]; NYTimes, June 10 1950, 17:2.<br />

Bernstein, Emil; b. Winsen Luhe,<br />

Germany, Aug 241869.<br />

To US 1885. • Clothing merchant, business<br />

exec, Jacksonville, FL; chr Bd <strong>of</strong>Health; WWI<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Bd service.· See: WWIA],<br />

1928.<br />

Bernstein, Ernest Ralph; b. Baton Rouge,<br />

Oct 231870; d. Shreveport, May41932.<br />

Bernstein, Isadore<br />

Thatcher Coll, Chicago Coll <strong>of</strong>Pharmacy. •<br />

Civil engineer, railroad exec, mayor,<br />

communal worker, Shreveport. • See: A]YB,<br />

34:110; WWIA], 1926, 1928.<br />

Bernstein, Fred; b. Chicago, Jan 18 1882.<br />

U MI, LLBJohn Marshall Law. • Lawyer,<br />

Chicago; pres B'nai B'rith; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Cong, Hillel. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Gedalia; b. ca 1857; d. Chelsea,<br />

MA,Jan 61936.<br />

Pioneer settler, communalworker, Chelsea,<br />

MA.· See:A]YB, 38:425.<br />

Bernstein, Gerson; b. ca 1837; d. Chicago,<br />

Mar 91908.<br />

Rabbi, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 10(1908­<br />

1909):129.<br />

Bernstein, GersonJ; b. 1904; d. Far<br />

Rockaway, Nov 14 1965.<br />

Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Albert Einstein Coll<br />

<strong>of</strong>Med, Yeshiva U; <strong>of</strong>ficer Heb Inst <strong>of</strong>LI. •<br />

See:A]YB, 67:532; NYTimes, Nov15 1965,<br />

37:4.<br />

Bernstein, Gottfried D; b. Chicago, May 28<br />

1878.<br />

Broker, Chicago; <strong>of</strong>ficer district B'nai B'rith;<br />

active Blind Service Assn, communal affairs. •<br />

See:BEOA].<br />

Bernstein, Henri Leon Gustave Charles; b.<br />

Paris, June 201876; d. Paris, Nov 1953.<br />

In US 1940-1946. • U Paris, Cambridge U. •<br />

Playwright, theatre dir, producer; attacked<br />

anti-Semitism; WWI FrenchlBritish service. •<br />

See: UJE; NYTimes, Nov 28 1953, 15:1.<br />

Bernstein, Herman; b. Neustadt­<br />

Schirwindt, Lithuania, Sep 211876; d.<br />

Sheffield, MA, A.ug 1935.<br />

To US 1893.·Journalist, editor, diplomat;fdr<br />

Der Tog; editorAm Heb; discoverer <strong>of</strong>Willy­<br />

Nicky correspondence; WWI investigator, war<br />

correspondent. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,<br />

6(1904-1905):62,24:120,38:425; WWIA],<br />

1926,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 11935, 18:1.<br />

Bernstein, Hillel; b. Russia, 1896; d. Apr<br />

1977.<br />

To US ca 1898. • Novelist, journalist, satirist,<br />

NYC; staffNYEvening Sun, Chicago Tribune;<br />

WWI service. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 7<br />

1977,15:1.<br />

Bernstein, Hirsch (Bernstein, Zvi Hirschi<br />

Hirsh); b. Vladislavov, Suwalki, Mar 25<br />

1846; d. Tannersville, NY, Aug 11907.<br />

To US 1870. • Yiddish & Reb editor,<br />

publisher, journalist, NYC; fdr <strong>The</strong> Post; patron<br />

Yiddish theatre. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,<br />

10(1908-1909):127; Eisenstadt, 20-22;<br />

NYTimes, Aug 2 1907, 7:6.<br />

Bernstein, Isadore; b. Austria, Nov 26<br />

1877; d. Hollywood, Oct 1944.<br />

To US as infant. • Motion picture exec, film<br />

pioneer, author, Universal City, CA; earlier<br />

supt<strong>Jewish</strong> Boys Inst (NYC); <strong>of</strong>ficer synagog.<br />

• 'See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Oct 201944,<br />

20:2.


Bernstein,J Sidney<br />

Bernstein,J Sidney; b. Russia, ca 1874; d.<br />

NYC, Dec 9 1943.<br />

To NYC 1900. • Lawyer, NY supreme court<br />

judge; bd<strong>Jewish</strong> Memorial Hospital. • See:<br />

AJYB, 46:335; NYTimes, Dec 10 1943,27:1.<br />

Bernstein,Jack; b. Chicago, May 12 1901.<br />

BS Armour Inst. • Civil engineer, designer,<br />

construction supt, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1926.<br />

Bernstein, Jacob A; b. Poland, July 271885.<br />

LLB NYU. • Municipal judge, Mt Vernon,<br />

NY.• See: WWIAJ, 1928.<br />

Bernstein,Jacob Lawrence; b. Paterson,<br />

May 181902; d.Jan 91970.<br />

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, author, Fair Lawn, NJ;<br />

editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.<br />

Bernstein, James; b. Nesin, Russia, May 18<br />

1875; d. Brooklyn, June 28 1959.<br />

To US 1891. • Physician, social worker;<br />

European orgr, dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;<br />

active refugee resettlement. • See: AJYB,<br />

61:415; NYTimes, June 30 1959, 31:5.<br />

Bernstein, June Ullman (Mrs Philip<br />

Bernstein); b. New Haven, June 9 1898.<br />

NH Normal School. • Public school tchr, civic<br />

& communal worker, New Haven; <strong>of</strong>ficer Natl<br />

Council <strong>of</strong>]ewish Women, United Order <strong>of</strong><br />

True Sisters.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein,Joel; b. Chicago, Jan 91921; d.<br />

Jan 11980.<br />

BA, MA, PhD U Chicago. • Economist,<br />

government <strong>of</strong>ficial; faculty DePaul; dir aid<br />

missions; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 7.<br />

Bernstein, John L; b. Nezhin, Russia, Mar<br />

5 1873; d. Danbury, CT, Aug 22 1952.<br />

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a<br />

fdr, pres Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; active Am<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Com.· See:AJYB, 24:120, 55:454;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926; 1928; NYTimes, Aug 23 1952,<br />

13:4.<br />

Bernstein, Joseph Ooe); b. NYC, Nov 1877.<br />

Pugilist. • See: JE.<br />

Bernstein,Joseph E; b. ca 1865; d. Elberon,<br />

NJ, Oct 111934.<br />

Merchant, banker, philanthropist, Jersey City.<br />

• See:AJYB, 37:254; NYTimes, Oct 13 1934,<br />

14:2.<br />

Bernstein, Judah Dov; b. Kovno, 1863.<br />

To US 1893. • Hebraist, talmudist,<br />

mathematician, author; a fdr, head RIETS;<br />

active Union <strong>of</strong>Orthodox Rabbis. • See:<br />

Eisenstadt, 20; Gottlieb, 306.<br />

Bernstein, Leo; b. Russia, July 12 1911; d.<br />

NYC, Apr 2 1973.<br />

Zionist org exec; with Israel Bond Org,<br />

Development Corp for Israel. • See: AJYB,<br />

75:653; NYTimes, Apr 3 1973,46:5.<br />

Bernstein, Leonard; b. Lawrence, MA,<br />

1918.<br />

Harvard. • Noted composer, conductor; "West<br />

Side Story," "Candide"; with NY<br />

Philharmonic. • See: EJ; EJ: 1973-1982.<br />

Bernstein, Louis; b. NYC, Mar 13 1876; d.<br />

Feb 1962.<br />

CCNY. • Music publisher, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional orgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;<br />

WWWlA., 4; NYTimes, Feb 16 1962,29:2.<br />

Bernstein, Louis; b. New Albany, IN, Nov<br />

15 1882; d. Baltimore, Oct 241922.<br />

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •<br />

Rabbi, Baltimore, earlier StJoseph, MO; dir<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Educational Alliance. • See: AJYB,<br />

25:138; WWWlA., I;NYTimes, Nov 11922,<br />

19:6.<br />

Bernstein, Ludwig Behr; b. Mitau,<br />

Lithuania, May 41870/1875; d. Los<br />

Angeles, Dec 271944.<br />

To US 1892. • MA, PhD Columbia.·<br />

Communal social work exec, sociologist; with<br />

Heb Sheltering Guardian Orphan Asylum<br />

(Pleasantville, NY), Bureau <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Social<br />

Research, FeOO <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies<br />

(Pittsburgh); author/lecturer in field. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ; AJYB, 7(1905-1906):42-43,24:120,<br />

47:519; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;<br />

NYTimes, Dec 28 1944, 19:1.<br />

Bernstein, Maurice; b. NYC, Mar 17 1903.<br />

AB Reed, MA Columbia, School <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Social Work. • Social worker, communal &<br />

civic worker, NYC; with Heb Orphan Asylum;<br />

editor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Michael; b. Russia, 1867.<br />

Architect, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:120.<br />

Bernstein, Michael; b. 1915; d. NYC, Dec<br />

291980.<br />

Semiticist, rabbi, NYC; faculty RIETS,<br />

Yeshiva U. • See:AJYB, 82:363.<br />

Bernstein, Michel; b. ca 1858; d.<br />

Shreveport, Aug 1923.<br />

Civic worker, Shreveport. • See:AJYB, 26:153.<br />

Bernstein, Mordecai; b. 1905?; d. NYC, Apr<br />

211966.<br />

To US 1948. • Secy-general Yiddish Socialist<br />

Farband, author, NYC; editor Der Wecker. •<br />

See:AJYB, 68:523; NYTimes, Apr 22 1966,<br />

41:1.<br />

Bernstein, Morris; b. Usda, Russia?, 1883;<br />

d. NYC, Oct 141971.<br />

To US 1888. • Philanthropist, business exec,<br />

NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl <strong>of</strong>Med;<br />

benefactorJTS, Beth Israel Hospital. • See:<br />

AJYB, 73:629;NYTimes, Oct 151971,44:4.<br />

Bernstein, Moses Lev; b. Minsk, 1869.<br />

Rabbi, talmudist, Hebraist, author, Elizabeth. •<br />

See: Eisenstadt, 20; Gottlieb, 311.<br />

Bernstein; Mrs Isaac; b.*; d. Sep 271936.<br />

Communal worker, Lowell, MA. • See: AJYB,<br />

39:589.<br />

Bernstein, Mrs Solomon; b. ca 1848; d.<br />

NYC, Dec 101933.<br />

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,<br />

36:278.<br />

Bernstein, Nathan; b. Louisville, July 1<br />

1871; d. before 1938.<br />

52<br />

BL, ML Dartmouth, U Chicago. • Tchr,<br />

journalist, Omaha; editorial writer Omaha Bee;<br />

active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1928.<br />

Bernstein, Pearl (Mrs Louis W Mack); b.<br />

NYC, Sep 2 1904. 0<br />

AB Barnard. • Civic worker, public <strong>of</strong>ficial, .<br />

NYC; with League <strong>of</strong>Women Voters, Bd <strong>of</strong><br />

Higher Education; natl <strong>of</strong>ficerJr Hadassah;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Bd <strong>of</strong>Estimate & Appointment. • See:<br />

UJE; WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Philip; b. ca 1827; d. Wtnnfield,<br />

LA, July 71911.<br />

Civil War Confederate veteran, Winnfield,<br />

LA.· See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):123.<br />

Bernstein, Philip Sidney; b. Rochester, NY,<br />

June 25/29 1901; d. Rochester, NY, Dec<br />

3 1985.<br />

AB Syracuse U, ordained, MHL<strong>Jewish</strong> Inst <strong>of</strong><br />

Religion, Heb U, Cambridge U. • Rabbi,<br />

Rochester, NY; pres Central Conf<strong>of</strong>Am<br />

Rabbis; WWII with<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Bd. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ;AJYB, 87:436; WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

BEOAJ.<br />

Bernstein, Ralph; b. Columbia, PA, Apr 12<br />

1877; d. Philadelphia, Nov 1948.<br />

MD U PA, MD Hahnemann Med ColI. •<br />

Dermatologist, Philadelphia; faculty<br />

Hahnemann Med CoIl; author in field; WWI<br />

draft bd med examiner. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,<br />

1928, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 20 1948, 13:5.<br />

Bernstein, Rebecca Thurman (Mrs Israel<br />

Bernstein); b. Boston, Apr 141896.<br />

LLB, LLM Boston U. • Lawyer, Portland,<br />

ME;onatl dir Natl Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer ME Birth Control League; dir<br />

Community Chest, Am Red Cross. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel; b.*; d. Philadelphia,<br />

June 291934.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •<br />

See:AJYB,36:278.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel; b. Russia, July 251861.<br />

Rabbi, Ansonia, CT; earlier Pottsville, CT. •<br />

See: AJYB, 5(1903 -1904):45.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,July<br />

241933.<br />

Real estate dealer, communal worker, NYC. •<br />

See:AJYB,36:278.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel; b. ca 1871; d. Oct 5<br />

1938.<br />

Court interpreter, justice <strong>of</strong>the peace, Passaic.<br />

• See:AJYB, 41:419.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel Sri b.*; d. Kingston, NY,<br />

July 261935.<br />

Banker, merchant, civic & communal worker,<br />

Kingston, NY.• See:AJYB, 38:425.<br />

Bernstein, Samuel E; b. Kovno, Mar 19<br />

1869; d. Miami, Mar 171951.<br />

To US ca 1882. • Silver exec, philanthropist,<br />

Brooklyn, NYC; fdr synagog, family charitable<br />

trust. • See: AJYB, 53:523; NYTimes, Mar 18<br />

1951,89:1.


53<br />

Bernstein, SamuelJ; b.*; d. Los Angeles,<br />

Apr 2 1935.<br />

Otolaryngologist, communal worker,<br />

Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 37:254.<br />

Bernstein, SamuelJ; b. Russia, 1893; d.<br />

Newton, MA, Apr 1969.<br />

To US 1910. • Business exec, Zionist &<br />

communal worker, Boston. • See: BEGAJ;<br />

NITimes, May 1 1969, 47:2.<br />

Bernstein, Saul; b. Posvol, Lithuania, 1872;<br />

d. Baltimore, June 7 1905.<br />

To US 1888. • MD Inst (Baltimore), Art<br />

Students League. • Painter, Baltimore; used<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> subjects. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­<br />

1905):62, 7(1905-1906):218.<br />

Bernstein, Saul Kaye; b. Nashville, July 24<br />

1885.<br />

LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Oklahoma City; state<br />

chr United <strong>Jewish</strong> Campaign; pres B'nai B'rith.<br />

• See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Sidney A; b. NYC, Sep 12 1904.<br />

AB Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad<br />

research Vienna. • Orthopedic surgeon,<br />

Brooklyn; author in field; WWI service. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Simon; b. ca 1831; d. WInthrop,<br />

MA, Feb 201916.<br />

Rabbi, Winthrop, MA. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­<br />

1917):106.<br />

Bernstein, Simon Gerson; b. Jacobstadt,<br />

Latvia, Aug 15 1882/1884; d. NYC, Dec<br />

171962.<br />

To NYC 1921/1922. • PhD U Berne. • Heb &<br />

Yiddish author, Zionist ldr, NYC; natl exec<br />

com Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Cong; dir Palestine Bureau<br />

aewish Agency); secy World Zionist Exec<br />

(Berlin, Copenhagen); exec com Zionist Org <strong>of</strong><br />

Am; editor Dos Yiddishe Folk. • See: UJE;<br />

AJYB, 65:431; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.<br />

Bernstein, Solon S; b. NYC, Oct 19 1896;<br />

d.July 1953.<br />

AB CCNY, BS, MD Columbia. • Physician,<br />

NYC; faculty Beth Israel Hospital Training<br />

School for Nurses; author in field. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes,]uly121953,65:3.<br />

Bernstein, <strong>The</strong>odore Menline; b. NYC,<br />

Nov 171904; d.June 271979.<br />

AB, B Litt Columbia. • Editor, journalist,<br />

NYC; with NYTimes; faculty Columbia. • See:<br />

WWWIA, 7.<br />

Bernstein, <strong>The</strong>resa F (Mrs William<br />

Meyerowitz); b. Philadelphia, 1903.<br />

Impressionist painter, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional soc. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:120;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, William; b. ca 1862; d. Aug 17<br />

1939.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:<br />

AJYB, 42:477; NYTimes, Aug 19 1939, 15:3.<br />

Bernstein, William Walter; b. Hartford,<br />

June 30 1898.<br />

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, police court judge,<br />

Hartford; dir Heb Womens Home for<br />

Children; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bernstein, Zion de Frece; b. NYC, June 4<br />

1883; d. Apr 1937.<br />

Clothing merchant, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith;<br />

active pr<strong>of</strong>essional org, communal fundraising.<br />

• See:AJYB, 39:589; WWIAJ, 1926;NITimes,<br />

Apr 10 1937, 19:4.<br />

Bernstein, ZviHirsch; see Bernstein,<br />

Hirsch.<br />

Bernton, Harry Saul; b. Kurland, Jan 15<br />

1884.<br />

AB, MD Harvard. • Hygienist, bacteriologist,<br />

Washington DC; specialty: allergy; with NY<br />

government, Veterans Adm, US Public Health<br />

Service; faculty George Washington; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

med soc; author in field; WWI service. • See:<br />

AJYB, 24:120; WWWIA, 7.<br />

Berol, Alfred C; b. NYC, Oct 5 1892; d.<br />

June 141974.<br />

AB Harvard. • Pencil mfr, NYC. • See:<br />

WWWIA, 6;NYTimes,]une 171974,47:2.<br />

Berolzheimer, Edwin Michael; b. NYC,Jan<br />

161887; d. Mar 15 1949.<br />

Harvard. • Pencil mfr, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer Mt Sinai<br />

School <strong>of</strong>Nursing; WWI service. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 2;<br />

NITimes, Mar 161949,27:3.<br />

Berovits, Eliezer; b. Oradea, Transylvania,<br />

1900.<br />

To US 1950. • Ordained Hildesheimer<br />

Rabbinical Seminary. • Rabbi, modern<br />

Orthodox theologian, Zionist, Chicago, earlier<br />

Boston; faculty Heb <strong>The</strong>ological Seminary;<br />

author in field. • See: EJ.<br />

Berrick, Solon; b.*; d. NYC,Jan 1918.<br />

Asst corporation counsel, NYC. • See: AJYB,<br />

20(1918-1919):227.<br />

Bertman, Bernard; b. Philadelphia, Sep 17<br />

1896.<br />

LLB Temple U. • Municipal judge, Camden,<br />

NJ; pres Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities, YMHA;<br />

active natl United Palestine Appeal,<br />

Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,<br />

1938.<br />

Bertman, Irving; b. Boston, Sep 241895.<br />

LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, Boston; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

B'nai B'rith; active YMHA, Zionist orgs. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1926.<br />

Besdin, MauriceJ; b. Poland, 1913; d.<br />

NYC, Apr 8 1882.<br />

To US 1921. • Rabbi, scholarly author,<br />

Scranton, Kew Garden, NY; faculty Yeshiva U.<br />

• See: AJYB, 84:329-30.<br />

Bespalow, Marguerite Ruppa (Mrs Eugene<br />

Bespalow); b. Milwaukee, Aug 27 1902.<br />

Communal worker, Memphis; pres Hadassah;<br />

active B'nai B'rith,]ewish Ladies Aid Soc. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bessels, Emil; b. Heidelberg, June 2 1847;<br />

d. Stuttgart, Mar 301888.<br />

U Heidelberg. • German physician, arctic<br />

explorer, naturalist; editorial worker US Naval<br />

Bettelheim, Edwin SummerJr<br />

Inst. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; NYTimes, Apr 3 1888,<br />

5:2.<br />

Bessie, Alvah Cecil; b. NYC,June 4 1904.<br />

BA Columbia. • Writer, book & drama editor,<br />

translator, Brooklyn; with Daily Eagle. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Besuner, Pearl; b. Cincinnati, Nov 41906.<br />

U Cincinnati, Cincinnati Conservatory <strong>of</strong><br />

Music,Juilliard. • Opera singer, NYC; with<br />

Metropolitan Opera.· See: BEGAJ.<br />

Bethe, lIans Albrecht; b. Strasbourg, 1906.<br />

To US 1935.· U Frankfurt, U Munich.•<br />

Nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate, presidential<br />

advisor; faculty U Frankfurt, Cornell; dir<br />

<strong>The</strong>oretical Physics Lab (Los Alamos). • See:<br />

EJ:1973-1982.<br />

Bettan, Israel; b. Kovno, Jan 16 1889; d.<br />

Cincinnati, Aug 51957.<br />

To US 1907. • Ordained, DD Heb Union<br />

ColI, AB U Cincinnati. • Rabbi, scholar,<br />

Charleston, W VA, Cincinnati; faculty Heb<br />

Union ColI; active Central Conf<strong>of</strong>Am Rabbis;<br />

author in field & popular]ewish studies; WWI<br />

chaplain. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:120,<br />

60:354; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;<br />

NITimes, Aug 61957,27:3.<br />

Bettauer, Hugo; b. Vienna, 1872; d.<br />

Vienna, 1925.<br />

To US in youth, returned to Germany, to US<br />

ca WWI. • ] ournalist, novelist, NYC, Vienna;<br />

with Hearst papers. • See: EJ.<br />

Bettelheim, Albert (Aaron) Siegfried; b.<br />

Galgoc, Hungary, Apr 4 1830; d. at sea,<br />

Aug211890.<br />

To US 1867. • Rabbi, Hebraist, physician,<br />

editor, art critic, author, San Francisco,<br />

Baltimore; co-editor<strong>Jewish</strong> Times & Gbseroer;<br />

orgr teaching <strong>of</strong>Heb to Christian clergy. •<br />

See: JE; UJE; EJ.<br />

Bettelheim, BernardJean; b. Pozsony,<br />

Hungary, 1811;d. US, 1869.<br />

To US 1854. • Protestant ColI <strong>of</strong>Debreczin,<br />

MD U Padua. • Christian convert, missionary,<br />

physician, noted linguist; Civil War service. •<br />

See: UJE.<br />

Bettelheim, Bruno; b. Vienna, 1903.<br />

To US 1939. • Psychologist, educator, analyst<br />

<strong>of</strong>racial prejudice & anti-Semitism; pioneered<br />

treatment <strong>of</strong>emotionally disturbed children;<br />

faculty U Chicago; author in field & popular. •<br />

See:EJ.<br />

Bettelheim, Cyd; b. Hungary.<br />

Resident dir, Temple Emanu-EI Sisterhood,<br />

NYC; dir Recreation Rooms. • See: AJYB,<br />

7(1905-1906):43.<br />

Bettelheim, Edwin S; b. Albany, NY, 1865;<br />

d. NYC,]an 1938.<br />

Owner, publisher, Dramatic News & Times,<br />

NYC; theatre tour mgr. • See:AJYB, 24:120;<br />

NITimes,]an 161938, II 8:7.<br />

Bettelheim, Edwin SummerJr; b. NYC,<br />

Apr 111887; d.July 1959.


55<br />

World Fedn <strong>of</strong>PolishJews. - See:A]YB,<br />

75:653; NITimes, Apr 20 1973,36:3.<br />

Bidney, David; b. Ukraine, Sep 20 1908.<br />

To Toronto 1913. - AB, MA U Toronto, PhD<br />

Yale. - Anthropologist, philosopher; faculty U<br />

IN; author in both fields. • See: E]; WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bieber, Hugo; b. Berlin, Sep 13 1883; d.<br />

NYC, Sep 301950.<br />

To US 1930s. - Genilan literature historian,<br />

research scholar, lecturer, author, editor,<br />

Berlin, NYc. - See: E]; A]YB, 53:523;<br />

NITimes, Oct 2 1950,23:3. .<br />

Bieber, Joseph; b. Hungary, Feb 8 1878.<br />

MD Columbia. - Physician, NYC; pres med<br />

bd Peoples Hospital. - See: WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bieber, Margarete; b. Schoenau, West<br />

Prussia, 1879; d. Feb 1978.<br />

To NYC 1930s. - Archaeologist; specialty:<br />

classical & Hellenistic art; faculty U Giessen,<br />

Columbia; author in field. - See: E]; E]:1973­<br />

1982; NITimes, Feb 28 1978, 36:4.<br />

Bieber, Sidney; b. Washington DC, May 24<br />

1874; d.June 91938.<br />

Fire marshal, realtor, Washington DC; active<br />

Republican politics. - See:A]YB, 40:382;<br />

WWWIA,5.<br />

Bieber, William; b. ca 1842; d. Brooklyn,<br />

Dec 111923.<br />

Mfr, communal worker, Brooklyn. • See:<br />

A]YB,26:153.<br />

Bieberstein, Szymon Z; b. Wloclawek,<br />

Poland, Apr 11894; d. NYC, Mar 17<br />

1960.<br />

To US 1941. - Business exec; advisorJoint<br />

Distribution Com, Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Com; active<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> evacuation from WWII Poland. • See:<br />

A]YB, 62:449.<br />

Biederman, Simon; b. ca 1828; d. Brooklyn,<br />

May291914.<br />

Merchant, Brooklyn. - See: A]YB, 16(1914­<br />

1915):162.<br />

Biederman, SolomonJ; b. Warsaw, July 4<br />

1905; d. NYC, Dec 3 1966.<br />

To US 1920. • Lawyer, realtor, Zionist ldr;<br />

nat! <strong>of</strong>ficer Zionist Org <strong>of</strong>Am; bd<strong>Jewish</strong> Nat!<br />

Fund. - See:A]YB, 68:523; NITimes, Dec 5 .<br />

1966,45:3.<br />

Biel, Joseph; b. Bialystok, Oct 27 1891.<br />

To US 1906. - Art Students League, France. ­<br />

Painter, photographer, NYC. - See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Bieley, Louis S; b. Russia, July 12 1889.<br />

To NYC 1906.· NYU. - Journalist, drama<br />

editor, NYC; business mgr]e71Jish Daily Ne71Js,<br />

]e71Jish Morning Journal; <strong>of</strong>ficer Free<br />

Synagogue. - See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].<br />

Bieley, Solomon; b. ca 1854; d. July 22<br />

1934.<br />

Representative <strong>of</strong>Yiddish newspapers in<br />

western states, Dover, NJ. - See:A]YB, 37:254.<br />

Bien, Herman M; b. Naumburg, Germany<br />

1831; d. Birmingham, ALlVicksburg, Apr<br />

221895.<br />

To US 1854. • Rabbi, Heb school fdr, San<br />

Francisco; legislator, orgr school, NV;<br />

playwright; also lived in Port Henry, NY,<br />

Chicago,Vicksburg. - See: UJE; E] (sub Bien,<br />

Julius); PA]HS, 5:207-09.<br />

Bien, Julius; b. Naumburg, Germany, Sep<br />

271826; d. NYC, Dec 211909.<br />

To NYC ca 1848/1850. - Academy <strong>of</strong>Fine<br />

Arts (Cassel). • Lithographer, noted<br />

cartographer, NYC; pres nat! B'nai B'rith,<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional org; dir Heb Technical Inst, Heb<br />

Orphan Asylum. - See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,<br />

6(1904-1905):63, 12(1910-1911):110; 24:121;<br />

WWWIA, 1; DAB; NITimes, Dec.22 1909,<br />

11:5.<br />

Bien, Morris; b. NYC, Apr 17 1859; d.<br />

Takoma Park, MD,July 281932.<br />

PhB U CA (Berkeley), LLB George<br />

Washington, LLM Nat! U. - Civil engineer,<br />

topographer, lawyer, Washington DC; with<br />

US Geological Survey, General Land Office,<br />

Bureau <strong>of</strong>Reclamation; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />

soc. - See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):63-64,<br />

24:121; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Bienenfeld, Abel Morris; b. Sal1 Francisco,<br />

Jan 211873.<br />

Engineer, San Francisco; active railroad<br />

construction; Spanish-Am War service. - See:<br />

A]YB, 6(1904-1905):64; 24:121.<br />

Bienenfeld, Bernard; b. NYC, Dec 111861.<br />

PhB, CE U CA (Berkeley). - Consult engineer,<br />

San Francisco; active asphalt & railroad<br />

construction, petroleum exploration. - See:<br />

A]YB, 6(1904-1905):64.<br />

Bienenfeld, Emma Wainess (MrsJesse<br />

Bienenfeld); b. NYC,Jan 15 1892.<br />

NYTraining School for Tchrs, Columbia,<br />

NYU. - Public school tchr, Syracuse,<br />

Brooklyn; nat! bd Womens League <strong>of</strong>United<br />

Synagogue; active Visiting Nurses Soc,<br />

Childrens Bureau, Hadassah, Nat! Council <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Women.- See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bienenfeld, Jesse; b. NYC, May 6 1891; d.<br />

Brooklyn, June 1945.<br />

BS NYU, ordainedJTS. - Rabbi, Syracuse,<br />

Brooklyn; activenat! United Synagogue <strong>of</strong>Am.<br />

- See:A]YB, 48:485; WWIA], 1928 (addenda),<br />

1938; NITimes, June 181945,19:5.<br />

Bienenstok, Montefiore; b. St Louis, June<br />

251873.<br />

Harvard. - Social work exec, journalist,<br />

novelist, essayist, St Louis; with secy<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Charitable & Educational Union, Free<br />

Employment Bureau; editor <strong>The</strong> Owl. - See:<br />

A]YB,7(1905-1906):43.<br />

Bienenstok, Sarah (Mrs Charles<br />

Bienenstok); b. Germany, July 2 1852.<br />

Communalldr, St Louis; pres Sisterhood for<br />

Personal Service; bd Sabbath School; dir<br />

United<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. - See:A]YB, 7(1905­<br />

1906):43.<br />

Bilder, Nathaniel<br />

Bienstock, Abraham Lawrence; b. NYC,<br />

Dec 301904; d. Nov 141980.<br />

CCNY, LLB NYU. - Lawyer, NYC; bd<br />

University Settlement Soc; active cultural orgs.<br />

• See:WWWIA, 8.<br />

Bienstock, David Paul; b. NYC, June 27<br />

1943; d. July 24 1973.<br />

BA CCNY,MA NYU. - Museum curator, film<br />

dir, NYC; with WhitneyMuseum. - See:<br />

WWWIA, 6; NITimes, July 28 1973, 26:4.<br />

Bienstock, Samuel; b. Russia, ca 1873; d.<br />

Sunnyside, Queens, Oct 271937.<br />

To US ca 1893.- Druggist, Hartford; mem<br />

School Bd; <strong>of</strong>ficer trade assn. - See: A]YB,<br />

40:382; NITimes, Oct 29 1937,21:3.<br />

Bierh<strong>of</strong>f, Frederic; b. NYC, Mar 61868; d.<br />

Blue Hill, ME, July 31 1937.<br />

CCNY, MD Columbia, post-grad U Berlin. ­<br />

Urologist, surgeon, NYC; author in field;<br />

WWI & nat! guard service. - See: A]YB,<br />

40:382; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.<br />

Bierman, Charles R; b. Chutesht,<br />

Bessarabia, Feb 1 1879/Feb 15 1880.<br />

To US 1906. - Real estate & clothing<br />

businessman, candy mfr, Zionist worker,<br />

Chicago; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> Nat! Fund. - See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; BEGA].<br />

Bierman, Samuel D; b. Radamyczla,<br />

Austria, Apr 24 1896.<br />

To US 1900. - BS CCNY,JD,JSD NYU,<br />

post-grad Columbia. - Lawyer, NYC. - See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Bierman, William; b. NYC, Dec 10 1893.<br />

AB, MD Columbia. - Physician, NYC;<br />

specialty: physical therapy; author in field. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bijur, Abraham; b. ca 1873; d. May 11922.<br />

Columbia. - Tobacco merchant, communal<br />

worker, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer trade assns. • See: A]YB,<br />

24:100; NITimes, May 2 1922, 19:6.<br />

Bijur, Nathan; b. NYC, June 11862; d.<br />

NYC,July 81930.<br />

PhB, LLB, PhD Columbia. - Lawyer, state<br />

supreme court judge, communalldr, NYC;<br />

specialty: corporate law, <strong>Jewish</strong> immigration;<br />

mem State Prison Commn; a fdr Am<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Com, Nat! Conf<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities; pres NY<br />

Conf<strong>of</strong>Charities; active Republican politics. ­<br />

See: UJE; E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):65,24:121,<br />

32:153; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1;<br />

NITimes,July91930,23:4.<br />

Bikerman, JacobJoseph; b. Odessa, 1898.<br />

To US 1946. - U St Petersburg. - Physical<br />

chemist, laboratory dir; with MIT; author in<br />

field. - See: E].<br />

Bilavsky, Glicka; b. Gechline, Poland, Jan<br />

23 1884; d. NYC, Apr 41964.<br />

To US 1921. - Yiddish actress, lecturer; a fdr<br />

Hadassah; active Mizrachi, Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Congo ­<br />

See:A]YB, 66:572.<br />

Bilder, Nathaniel; b. NYC, May 11881.<br />

Kent Call <strong>of</strong>Law, LLB Lake Forest U.­<br />

Lawyer, Newark; active YM-YWHA,


57<br />

Mfr, civic & communalldr; mem Bd <strong>of</strong><br />

Education; <strong>of</strong>ficer synagog; bdJTS; active<br />

United Synagogue <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: AJYB, 78:539;<br />

NYTimes, Jan 121976,30:4.<br />

Birk, BenjaminJ; b. Michigan City, IN, ca<br />

1895; d. Thiensville, WI,June 281947.<br />

Physician, Milwaukee; WWI & wwn service.<br />

• See:AJYB, 50:513; NYTimes,June 301947,<br />

19:1.<br />

Birkenstein, George; b. Aug 271899.<br />

Exec, mfr in nonferous metals, Chicago. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Birnbaum, Amalie (Mrs Arthur Radwaner);<br />

b. Osterode, East Prussia, Aug 241885.<br />

To Chicago 1912. • Violinist, Chicago; with<br />

Womens Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic;<br />

faculty Chicago Musical ColI School <strong>of</strong>Music,<br />

Block School Music. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Birnbaum, Martin; b. Miskolcz, Hungary,<br />

May 101878; d.July 1970.<br />

To US 1883/1884. • AB CCNY, AM, LLB<br />

Columbia, Natl ConservatoryMusic; honorary<br />

degree. • Author, art critic & exhibit designer,<br />

dealer, NYC; US Commr <strong>of</strong>Fine Arts for US<br />

atinternatl exhibits.· See:AJYB, i4:121;<br />

WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,<br />

July241970,31:1.<br />

Birnbaum, Max H; b. ca 1864; d.<br />

Philadelphia, July 22 1933.<br />

Bldr, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 36:278.<br />

Birnbaum, Nathan; b. NYC, July 141907;<br />

d. Dec 91975.<br />

BA CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist,<br />

government cOllsult; mem Natl Com on<br />

Radiation Protection; faculty CCNY; wwn<br />

service. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, Dec 11<br />

1975,48:4.<br />

Birnbaum, Philip; b. Kielce, Poland, 1904.<br />

To US 1923.· Author, translator, Heb tchr,<br />

prayer book annotator. • See: EJ.<br />

Biro, Lajos; b. Heves, Hungary, 1880.<br />

Novelist, playwright, screen writer, London,<br />

US; WWI Austria-Hungarian service & war<br />

correspondent. • See: UJE.<br />

Birstein, Bernard; b. Brest-Litovsk, Apr 15<br />

1892; d. NYC,July 91959.<br />

To US 1911. • Rabbi, NYC; exec secy<br />

Assembly <strong>of</strong>Heb Orthodox Rabbis. • See:<br />

AJYB, 62:449; NYTimes, July 101959,25:3.<br />

Bisgyer, Gustave; b. Brooklyn, Apr 25<br />

1901; d.Jan 1967.<br />

AB NYU, post-grad Columbia. • Social<br />

worker, NYC, Baltimore; exec dir<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Educational Alliance; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional socs.<br />

• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 41967,<br />

43:2.<br />

Bisgyer, Maurice; b. Brooklyn, Aug 28<br />

1897; d. Aug 12 1973.<br />

AB, MA NYU; honorary degree. • Refugee aid<br />

ldr, government consult, communal admr,<br />

author, Washington DC; exec secy B'nai<br />

B'rith; active juvenile delinquent work. • See:<br />

EJ:1973-1982;AJYB, 75:653; WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Aug 13 1973,32:3.<br />

Bishkow, Isadore Edward; b. Binghampton,<br />

NY, Oct 20 1887.<br />

MD U IL. • Surgeon, Chicago; faculty<br />

Chicago Med School. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bisno, Abraham; b. Belaya Tserkov, Russia,<br />

1866; d. Chicago, Dec 11929.<br />

To US 1881. • Labor ldr, factory inspector,<br />

realtor, Chicago; a fdr Workingmens<br />

Educational Soc; <strong>of</strong>ficer Cloakmakets Union,<br />

ILGWU; opposed Protocol <strong>of</strong>Peace. • See:<br />

Fink, 25.<br />

Bisno, Julius; b. Memphis, Apr 201911.<br />

PhB Creighton, post-grad U Chicago. • Exec<br />

secy Aleph Zadik Aleph, Omaha. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Bitker, Bruno Voltaire; b. Milwaukee, Feb<br />

5 1898; d. Apr 121984.<br />

LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, public servant,<br />

Milwaukee; mem US Natl Commn for<br />

UNESCO, Pres Commn for Observance <strong>of</strong><br />

Human Rights Year; active bar assns. • See:<br />

WWWIA,8.<br />

Bitker, Jacob L; b. Ukraine, Nov 211874;<br />

d. Milwaukee, Dec 41945.<br />

To US 1884. • Merchant, communal, Zionist<br />

& civic ldr, Milwaukee; a fdr business orgs;<br />

state pres Keren Hayesod. • See: AJYB,<br />

48:485; NYTimes, Dec 6 1945,27:4.<br />

Bittelman, Alexander; b. Odessa, 1890.<br />

To NYC 1912. • Communist ldr, journalist,<br />

NYC, Chicago; editor Der Kampf; contributor<br />

Daily Worker; memoir. • See: EJ.<br />

Bitterman, Louis; b. ca 1867; d. NYC, Oct<br />

13 1942.<br />

Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 45:381; NYTimes,<br />

Oct 141942, 25:1.<br />

Blachschleger, Eugene; b. Cincinnati, July<br />

211903; d. 1965.<br />

BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,<br />

MA U Richmond. • Rabbi, Montgomery, AL;<br />

pres <strong>Jewish</strong> Fedn; bd AL Transient Bureau. •<br />

See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; CCARYB.<br />

Black, Algernon David; b. NYC, Nov 19<br />

1900.<br />

AB Harvard, post-grad Columbia, U CO. •<br />

Ethical culture ldr, tchr, NYC; active<br />

settlement houses. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Black, Eli M; b. Apr 91921; d. NYC, Feb 3<br />

1975.<br />

Business exec, communalldr, NYC; with<br />

United Brands; dir Palestine Economic Corp;<br />

bd Saturday Review, Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Com; active<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies, <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Museum. • See:AJYB, 77:592; WWWIA, 6;<br />

NYTimes, Feb 41975, 1:3.<br />

Black, Herman; b. Milwaukee, July 12<br />

1867; d. Cleveland, Nov 9 1935.<br />

Editor, publisher, communal worker,<br />

philanthropist, Milwaukee then Chicago; with<br />

Blaine, Arthur M<br />

Hearst papers. • See:A]YB, 38:425; WWIAJ,<br />

1928.<br />

Black, Louis; b. ca 1844; d. Cleveland, Jan<br />

12 1919.<br />

Civil War veteran, communal worker,<br />

philanthropist, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 21 :204.<br />

Black, Max; b. Baku, Russia, 1909.<br />

Philosopher; specialty: language, mathematics;<br />

faculty U IL, Cornell; author/editor in field. •<br />

See:EJ.<br />

Black, Maxwell L; b. Russia, May 5/15<br />

1896.<br />

To US 1915.· LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer,<br />

public admr, Zionist worker, Detroit; orgr<br />

Detroit Emergency ReliefAssn; active<br />

Kashruth support. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEOAJ.<br />

Black, Morris; b. Russia, Mar 141886.<br />

Business exec, Bethlehem, PA; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai<br />

B'rith; dir Community Chest, Chamber <strong>of</strong><br />

Commerce, Boy Scouts. • See: BEOAJ.<br />

Black, Morris Alfred; b. Toledo, May 31<br />

1868.<br />

BA Harvard. • Clothing mfr, Cleveland; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

business orgs; active civic affairs. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Blackey, Eileen; b. Blackpool, England,Jan<br />

141902; d. Pinehurst, NC, Sep 181979.<br />

To US as child. • Educator, social worker,<br />

communalldr; staffFederal Emergency Relief,<br />

FL State Welfare Dept, UNRRA; dean U CA<br />

Grad School <strong>of</strong>SocialWelfare; a fdr several<br />

schools <strong>of</strong>social work; author in field. • See:<br />

AJYB,81:364.<br />

Blackman, Elinor; b. Brooklyn, ca 1892; d.<br />

Brooklyn, July 15 1942.<br />

Social worker; asst exec dir<strong>Jewish</strong> Social<br />

Service Assn. • See: A]YB, 45:381; NYTimes,<br />

July 161942,19:5.<br />

Blackstone, AbrahamJacob; b. Charkow,<br />

Oct 61890.<br />

To US 1911. • CE U IL. • Civil engineer,<br />

construction exec, inventor, Detroit. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Blackstone, Milton; b. NYC, Nov 27 1894.<br />

NY ColI <strong>of</strong>Music, Brooklyn Inst <strong>of</strong>Arts. •<br />

Violist, Toronto; mem NY symphonies,<br />

Toronto Symphony.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Blahd, Moses Emmett; b. Cleveland, Mar<br />

281883; d. Tucson, Feb 27/281940.<br />

Cornell, MD Western Reserve, abroad. •<br />

Surgeon, Cleveland; specialty: stomach; author<br />

in field; military service. • See:AJYB, 42:477;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Blai, Boris; b. Russia, July 241890.<br />

Kiev Imperial Academy <strong>of</strong>Fine Arts, Imperial<br />

Academy <strong>of</strong>Fine Arts (Leningrad), Beaux Arts<br />

(Paris); honorary degree. • Sculptor,<br />

Philadelphia; fdr, dean Temple U School <strong>of</strong><br />

Fine Arts. • See:A]YB, 24:121; WWWIA, 8.<br />

Blaine, Arthur M; b. Taurogen, Lithuania,<br />

June 18 1901; d. NYC,June 1966.


59<br />

Blaustein, Miriam U (Mrs David<br />

Blaustein); b. Norfolk, June 16 1883.<br />

Volunteer social worker, Zionist ldr, author,<br />

Norfolk; nat! exec bd Hadassah; active Red<br />

Cross. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.<br />

Blechman, Ann B; b.*; d. Chevy Chase,<br />

MD, June 28 1976.<br />

Communal social worker, Washington DC;<br />

exec <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> Social Service Agency;<br />

active Brandeis, Hillcrest Childrens Center. •<br />

See: AJYB, 78:539.<br />

Blechman, Nathan; b. Riga, Feb 15 1883; d.<br />

Jan 1952.<br />

CCNY,JTS, Columbia, MA, PhD NYU. •<br />

Rabbi, author, Houston; <strong>of</strong>ficer TX Zionist<br />

Assn; WWI]ewish Welfare Bd service. • See:<br />

AJYB, 24:121; WWIAJ, 1926; NYTimes, Jan 10<br />

1952,29:2.<br />

Bleeden, Joseph; b. ca 1858; d. Muscatine,<br />

IA, Apr 111916.<br />

Rabbi, Muscatine, IA. • See:AJYB, 19(1917­<br />

1918):264.<br />

Bleibtreu, Jacob; b. Frankfurt, Sep 30 1886;<br />

d. Dec 1976.<br />

To US 1909. • Stockbroker, NYC; governor<br />

NY State Exchange; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com,<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities; WWI service, wwn<br />

military instructor. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Dec 6 1976,<br />

36:4.<br />

Bleich, Arthur M; b. Rockford, OH, Dec 18<br />

1891.<br />

Adelbert ColI, BA, LLB Western Reserve,<br />

Columbia. • Businessman, communal<br />

fundraiser, Cambridge, OH. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1928.<br />

Bleich, Hans Heinrich; b. Vienna, Mar 24<br />

1909; d. Feb 9 1985.<br />

To US 1945. • CE Technical U (Vienna). •<br />

Civil engineer, NYC; faculty Columbia. • See:<br />

WWWIA,8.<br />

Bleich, Isidor; b. NYC, Nov 26 1902; d. Sep<br />

1969.<br />

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC asst corp<br />

counsel,Jamaica, LI.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 16 1969,47:2.<br />

Bleich, Judah; b. Tarnopol, Austria, 1901;<br />

d. Tel Aviv, May 311961.<br />

To US 1920. • Yiddish actor, NYC; with<br />

Yiddish Art <strong>The</strong>atre. • See: AJYB, 63:558;<br />

NYTimes, June 1 1961, 35:2.<br />

Bleyer, Julius Mount; b. Pilsen, Austria,<br />

Mar 16 1859; d. NYC, Apr 3 1915.<br />

To US 1868. • U Prague, MD Bellevue;<br />

honorary degree. • Physician, throat specialist,<br />

NYC; consult Metropolitan Opera; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional soc. • See: AJYB, 17(1915­<br />

1916):219; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 5 1915,<br />

11:5.<br />

Bliden, Flora (Mrs I Bliden); b. ca 1847; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Apr 251922.<br />

To US 1922.· Communal worker,Jerusalem;<br />

in US to collect funds for orphan asylum in<br />

Palestine. • See:AJYB, 24:100; NYTimes, Apr<br />

26 1922, 19:5.<br />

Blindman, Frank Samuel; b. Podolia, Nov<br />

181889.<br />

To Minneapolis 1912. • Merchant,<br />

Minneapolis; active Talmud Torah, synagog. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Blitman, Charles Howard; b. Nassau, NY,<br />

Oct 10 1893; d. NYC, July 18 1977.<br />

CE Rensselaer Polytech. • Business exec,<br />

engineer, bldr, communal fundraiser,<br />

philanthropist, Brooklyn; WWI service. • See:<br />

AJYB, 79:367; WWIAJ, 1938; BEQAJ;<br />

NYTimes, July 20 1977, II 2:1.<br />

Blitz, Daniel; b. NYC, July 161907; d.July<br />

1961.<br />

BS CCNY, MD Creighton. • Pediatrician,<br />

Woodmere, LI, Far Rockaway, NY. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 11961, 31:4.<br />

Blitz, Samuel; b. Lemberg, June 15 1888; d.<br />

NYC, May 1977.<br />

To NYC 1890.· Columbia.· Communal &<br />

Zionist exec, NYC; exec <strong>of</strong>ficer United<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Appeal. • See:AJYB, 79:367; WWIAJ, 1926,<br />

1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 8 1977,20:3.<br />

Blitzer, Henry (Harry Green); b. NYC, Apr<br />

11892.<br />

CCNY, NYU. • State & screen actor, mgr,<br />

Los Angeles. • See: BEOA].<br />

Blitzer, Moses D; b. NYC, 1890?; d. NYC,<br />

May151967.<br />

Business exec, philanthropist; bd United<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Appeal, Central Synagogue; trustee Menorah<br />

Home & Hospital for Aged & Infirm. • See:<br />

AJYB, 69:605;NYTimes, May 171967,47:4.<br />

Blitzstein, Marc; b. Philadelphia, Mar 2<br />

1905; d. Martinique,Jan 22 1964.<br />

U PA, Curtis, abroad. • Opera composer,<br />

pianist, NYC; used political & proletarian<br />

themes. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982; AJYB,<br />

66:572-73; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB,<br />

7.<br />

Blitzstein, Rosalie M; b. ca 1887; d. Dec 25<br />

1936;<br />

Physician, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 39:589.<br />

Bloch, Abraham (Abe); b. Cincinnati, Aug<br />

281844; d. Mar 3/Apr 25 1914.<br />

Merchant, clothing mfr, communal worker,<br />

Cincinnati; dir<strong>Jewish</strong> Orphan Asylum. • See:<br />

AJYB, 16(1914-1915):162; PAJHS, 23:191.<br />

Bloch, Abraham Philip; b. Polangen,<br />

Kurland, Apr 23 1908.<br />

To US 1924. • Ordained Yeshiva CoIVRIETS,<br />

BA, JD NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; active Boy<br />

Scouts; author/lecturer on<strong>Jewish</strong> topics & in<br />

field.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Bloch,Adolph;b. ca 1870; d.Mobile, Feb<br />

261917.<br />

Communal worker, Mobile. • See: AJYB,<br />

19(1917-1918):264.<br />

Bloch, CharlesJulian<br />

Bloch, Adolph; b. NYC, Aug 30 1873; d.<br />

NYC, Sep 1948.<br />

CCNY, PhB St Francis Xavier, LLB<br />

Columbia. • Lawyer, realtor, NYC; interested<br />

tenement legislation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 8 1948, 29:5.<br />

Bloch, Albert; b. St Louis, Aug 2 1882; d.<br />

Dec 91961.<br />

St Louis Art School. • Painter, critic, poetry<br />

anthologist, LaWrence, KS; faculty U KS. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4.<br />

Bloch, Alexander; b. Selma, AL, July 11<br />

1881.<br />

Columbia. • Violin recitalist, conductor,<br />

composer, concertmaster, NYC, Hillsdale, NY.<br />

• See:AJYB, 24:121; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,<br />

1938; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Bloch, Benjamin C; b. Chicago, July 29<br />

1890; d. NYC, Nov 27 1977.<br />

B Arch Cornell. • Architect, NYC; active Free<br />

Synagogue; WWI service. • See: A]YB,<br />

79:367; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 281977,<br />

34:5.<br />

Bloch, Bertram; b. NYC.<br />

Playwright, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,<br />

24:121.<br />

Bloch, Blanche (Mrs Alexander Bloch); b.<br />

NYC, Dec 20 1890.<br />

Academy <strong>of</strong>the Visitation (Mobile), Columbia,<br />

abroad. • Pianist, conductor, librettist, tchr,<br />

Hillsdale, NY; active Democrat politics; author<br />

in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bloch, Chaim Isaac (Hayyim Isaac ben<br />

Hanokh Zundel Ha-Kohen); b. Plunge,<br />

Lithuania, Sep 14 1864/0ct 6 1867; d.<br />

Jersey City, Mar 181948.<br />

To US 1922/1923.· Rabbi, talmudic scholar,<br />

author, Jersey City; honorary pres Union <strong>of</strong><br />

Orthodox Rabbis; wwn Va'ad ha-Hazalah<br />

ldr. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 50:513; WWIAJ,<br />

1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 19 1948,<br />

24:2.<br />

Bloch, Chayim; b. Nagy-Boscko, Hungary,<br />

1881.<br />

To US 1939. • Author, used Eastern European<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> life & legends; later anti-Semite; WWI<br />

Austrian army service. • See: UJE.<br />

Bloch, Charles Edward; b. Cincinnati, Dec<br />

221861; d. NYC, Sep 21940.<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> book publisher & seller, communalldr,<br />

Chicago, NYC; earlier printer; mgr Chicago<br />

Israelite; co-fdr Refirm Advocate, Free<br />

Synagogue; pres<strong>Jewish</strong> !nst <strong>of</strong>Religion. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ (sub Bloch);AJYB, 24:121,<br />

43:350,381-84; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;<br />

BEOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 3 1940, 17:4.<br />

Bloch, CharlesJulian; b. Baton Rouge, Oct<br />

101893; d. Aug 271974.<br />

LA State, AB U GA, Mercer Law; honorary<br />

degree. • Prominent GA lawyer, Macon; head<br />

Bd <strong>of</strong>Regents U GA; <strong>of</strong>ficer bar assns; active<br />

synagog, philanthropy, Democratic politics;<br />

anthor/editor in field.· See: WWWIA, 6;<br />

NYTimes, Aug 301974,32:3.


Bloch, Claude Charles<br />

Bloch, Claude Charles; b. Woodbury, KY,<br />

July 12 1878; d. Washington DC, Oct 6<br />

1967.<br />

US Naval Academy, Ogden ColI (KY). •<br />

Admiral, Judge Advocate General, US Navy;<br />

Spanish-Am War, Boxer Rebellion, WWI<br />

service, retired during WWII. • See: UJE; EJ;<br />

DAB, 8; NITimes, Oct 7 1967, 29:1.<br />

Bloch, Clement; b. Szaky, Russia, Nov 17<br />

1865.<br />

To US 1890.· MD UKonigsberg.·<br />

Physician, NYC; with Bd <strong>of</strong>Health. • See:<br />

AJYB, 6(1904-1905):65.<br />

Bloch, Edward; b. 1816; d. 1881.<br />

Printer, publisher, Albany, NY, Cincinnati;<br />

publisherAm Israelite. • See: EJ (sub Bloch).<br />

Bloch, Edward; b. ca 1829; d. Cincinnati,<br />

Mar221906.<br />

Publisher, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB, 8(1906­<br />

1907):225.<br />

Bloch, Elijah Meir; b. Telsiai, Russia, 1894;<br />

d. Cleveland, Jan 22 1955.<br />

To US 1941. • Talmudic & rabbinics scholar,<br />

Russia, Cleveland; faculty Rabbinical ColI <strong>of</strong><br />

Telshe, later Cleveland; active Agudath Israel<br />

<strong>of</strong>Am, World Agudath Israel; author in field. •<br />

See:EJ;AJYB, 57:605;NITimes,Jan241955,<br />

23:5.<br />

Bloch, Emest; b. Geneva, July 24 1880; d.<br />

Portland, OR, July 15 1959.<br />

To US 1916, 1938.· Honorary degree. •<br />

Noted composer, San Francisco, Agate Beach,<br />

OR; fdr Cleveland Inst <strong>of</strong>Music; dir San<br />

Francisco Conservatory; lecturer on<br />

metaphysics U Geneva. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,<br />

24:121,62:449; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;<br />

BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NITimes, July<br />

16 1959,27:1.<br />

Bloch, Emst; b. Ludwigshafen, Germany,<br />

1885; d. 1977.<br />

To US 1938, to Germany 1949, to West<br />

Germany 1960. • Philosopher; faculty U<br />

Leipzig, U Tubingen; author in field. • See:<br />

UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982 (necrology).<br />

Bloch, Felix; b. Zurich, Oct 23 1905; d. Sep<br />

101983.<br />

PhD U Leipzig. • Atomic physicist, Nobel<br />

laureate, Palo Alto, Zurich; faculty Stanford;<br />

author in field.· See: EJ; EJ:1983-1985;<br />

WWlAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8.<br />

Bloch, Gotthelf; b. ca 1838; d. Toledo, Sep<br />

181909.<br />

Legislator, IN. • See: AJYB, 12(1910­<br />

1911):109.<br />

Bloch, Harry Edwin; b. Brooklyn, July 25<br />

1894.<br />

NYU Law. • Lawyer, Union City, N]; active<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> War Veterans, <strong>Jewish</strong> Community<br />

Center, Republican politics. • See: BEOAJ.<br />

Bloch, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 211883; d.<br />

Bronxville, July 1970.<br />

LLB Col:umbia. • Lawyer, Scarsdale, NYC;<br />

mem State Real Estate Bd; <strong>of</strong>ficer real estate<br />

assns; active Community Church {White<br />

Plains), Democratic politics. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; NITimes, July 27 1970,27:5.<br />

Bloch, Herbert; b. Berlin, 1911.<br />

To US ca 1939. • Classical scholar; faculty<br />

Harvard; <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional soc; author/editor<br />

in field. • See: EJ:1973-1982.<br />

Bloch, Herman W;b. Buffalo, Feb 22 1874;<br />

d. NYC, June 9 1970.<br />

Business exec, communal welfare ldr; chr<br />

European Childrens Aid; trustee Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies; dir Nat! Refugee<br />

Service; active <strong>Jewish</strong> Childrens Clearing<br />

Bureau; author on child care. • See:AJYB,<br />

72:539; NITimes, June 10 1970,47:3.<br />

Bloch, Jacob; b. Bohemia, Aug 26 1848; d.<br />

Portland, OR, May 3 1916.<br />

MA U Prague; honorary degree. • Rabbi,<br />

Spokane; earlier AR, CA, OR. • See: AJYB,<br />

5(1903-1904):45,6(1904-1905):215,18(196­<br />

1917):106.<br />

Bloch, Jesse A; b.*; d.Jan 17 1951.<br />

Tobacco mfr, Wheeling, WVA; with Mail<br />

Pouch. • See: WWWIA, 3.<br />

Bloch, Joseph; b. Wachenheim, Germany,<br />

July 101826; d. Mobile, July 121903.<br />

To US ca 1848. • Musician, violinist, guitarist,<br />

music publisher, music store owner, Mobile;<br />

faculty Spring Hill ColI; orgr band, chorus. •<br />

See:AJHQ,53:70-75.<br />

Bloch, Joseph C; b. Hungary, Oct 24 1860;<br />

d. Cleveland, Aug 141946.<br />

To Cleveland 1864. • LLB IA State. • Lawyer,<br />

legislator, court <strong>of</strong>record judge, Cleveland. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug 161946,<br />

21:5.<br />

Bloch, Joshua; b. Dorbian, Lithuania, Dec<br />

9/101890; d. Queens, Sep 261957.<br />

To US 1907. • Heb Union Coll,JTS, Dropsie,<br />

U Cincinnati, Columbia, Union <strong>The</strong>ological<br />

Seminary, MA, PhD NYU. • Reform rabbi,<br />

librarian, bibliographer; faculty NYU; head<br />

NY Public Library<strong>Jewish</strong> Division & helped it<br />

develop a major<strong>Jewish</strong> collection. • See: UJE;<br />

EJ;AJYB, 24:121, 60:354; WWIAJ, 1926,<br />

1928, 1938; BEOAJ; PAJHS, 47:216-22;<br />

NITimes, Sep 271957,19:5.<br />

Bloch, Julius; b. Kehl, Baden, May 12 1888;<br />

d. Aug 22 1966.<br />

To US 1893.· PAMuseum & School <strong>of</strong><br />

Industrial Art, PAAcademy <strong>of</strong>Fine Arts. •<br />

Artist, Philadelphia; faculty PA Academy <strong>of</strong><br />

Fine Arts; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 4;<br />

NITimes, Aug 241966,51:4.<br />

Bloch, Konrad;b. 1912.<br />

To US 1936. • Technichal High School<br />

(Munich), PhD Columbia. • Biochemist,<br />

Nobel laureate; specialty: cholesterol; faculty<br />

Columbia, U Chicago, Harvard; consult US<br />

Public Health Service; author/editor in field. •<br />

See:EJ.<br />

Bloch, Leon; b. Neustadt, Poland, Mar 20<br />

1879.<br />

To US 1883. • AB U Chicago, MD Rush. •<br />

Physician, gastroenterologist, Chicago; faculty<br />

U Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.<br />

Bloch, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Nov 22 1874.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia;<br />

pres Orphans Guardians; <strong>of</strong>ficer Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities.· See: WWIAJ,1926, 1938.<br />

60<br />

Bloch, Louis; b. San Francisco, Aug 91875;<br />

d.June 1951.<br />

U CA (Berkeley). • Corp exec, San Francisco;<br />

with Crown Zellerbach; dir Mt Zion Hospital;<br />

active Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,June 13<br />

1951,29:4.<br />

Bloch, Maurice; b. NYC, Apr 261891; d.<br />

NYC, Dec 5 1929.<br />

CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;<br />

minority ldr NYAssembly; active Democratic<br />

Party politics. • See: UJE;AJYB, 32:153;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NITimes, Dec 6 1929,<br />

27:1.<br />

Bloch, Max; b. Vilna, June 21886; d.<br />

Smithtown, LI, Dec 1952.<br />

To US 1904.· BSc, CE Cooper Union,<br />

Brooklyn Polytech, CCNY. • Civil engineer,<br />

Brooklyn, NYC; with Bd <strong>of</strong>Water Supply. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Dec 30<br />

1952,19:5.<br />

Bloch, Max; b. ca 1890; d. Dusseldorf, Aug<br />

191930.<br />

Tenor, NYC; with Metropolitan Opera. • See:<br />

AJYB, 33:125.<br />

Bloch, Monroe Percy; b. NYC,June 2<br />

1894; d. May 1970.<br />

AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC; bd<br />

Hamilton-Madison House; WWI service. •<br />

See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May 2 1970,33:5.<br />

Bloch, Morris; see Bloch, Maurice.<br />

Bloch, Paul; b.*<br />

Newspaper publisher, NYc. • See: AJYB,<br />

24:121.<br />

Bloch, Philip; b. ca 1859; d. NYC, Oct 24<br />

1914.<br />

Chiefclerk, Bd <strong>of</strong>Magistrates, NYC. • See:<br />

AJYB, 17(1915-1916):219.<br />

Bloch, Robert Gustav; b. Nuremberg, Mar<br />

3 1894; d. Apr 1975.<br />

To US 1923. • MD U Munich. • Physician,<br />

Chicago, NYC; faculty U IL, U Chicago,<br />

Columbia; author in field; WWI German army<br />

service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;<br />

NITimes, Apr 26 1975, 30:6.<br />

Bloch, Samuel; b. ca 1876; d. Youngstown,<br />

July 18 1932.<br />

Rabbi, Youngstown.· See:AJYB, 35:122.<br />

Bloch, Samuel S; b. ca 1850; d. Oct 2 1937.<br />

Mfr, tobacco firm head, civic worker,<br />

Wheeling, WVA • See:AJYB, 40:382;<br />

NITimes, Oct 3 1937, II 8:3".<br />

Bloch, Solomon Daniel; b. Camden, AL,<br />

1855; d. Mobile, Mar 171924.<br />

Publisher, legislator, mayor, county commr,


Blumenberg, Louis<br />

Blumenberg, Louis; b. Baltimore, ca 1858;<br />

d. NYC, Feb 1916.<br />

Concert cellist, NYC; pres Musical Courier. •<br />

See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):67; NYTimes, Feb 24<br />

1916,13:7.<br />

Blumenberg, Marc A; b. Baltimore, May 21<br />

1851; d. Paris, Mar 271913.<br />

Loyola Coli (Baltimore). • Noted music critic,<br />

editor, NYC; editor-in-chiefMusical Courier. •<br />

See: JE; U]E; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):67,<br />

15(1913-1914):269; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,<br />

Mar281913,15:5.<br />

Blumenfeld, David Bernard; b. Brooklyn,<br />

Oct 181898.<br />

MD LI Coli Hospital. • Obstetrician,<br />

gynecologist, Woodhaven, NY. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Blumenfeld, Frances (Mrs Moses<br />

Blumenfeld); b. NYC, June 14 1893.<br />

Communalldr, Memphis; pres<strong>Jewish</strong> Ladies<br />

Aid Soc, Hadassah. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Blumenfeld, Israel I; b. Ostrow, Poland,<br />

May 10 1915; d. Los Angeles, Mar 27<br />

1962.<br />

To US 1952. • Communal <strong>of</strong>ficial; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

General Fedn <strong>of</strong>Labor (Israel); active<br />

LiberatedJews in Germany, Survivors <strong>of</strong><br />

Concentration Camps. • See: AJYB, 64:492;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 291962,33:2.<br />

Blumenfeld, Leonard M; b.*; d. Shreveport,<br />

Jan 111918.<br />

Lieutenant, US Army, Shreveport. • See:<br />

AJYB, 20(1918-1919):227.<br />

Blumenfeld, Meyer; b. Kielce, Poland, Dec<br />

.161905; d. Queens, Mat 251980.<br />

To US 1927. • Rabbi, author, Newark; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Am Fedn <strong>of</strong>PolishJews, Union <strong>of</strong>Orthodox<br />

Rabbis.· See:AJYB, 82:363.<br />

Blumenfeld, Ralph David; b. Watertown,<br />

WI, Apr 7 1864; d. July 1948.<br />

To Britain ca 1900. • British journalist,<br />

linotype machine seller, London; editor Daily<br />

Express; active Zionist, opposer <strong>of</strong>anti­<br />

Semitism. • See: U]E; EJ; AJYB, 24:123;<br />

WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4;<br />

NYTimes,July 181948,53:1.<br />

Blumenfeld (Blumenfield), Samuel M; b.<br />

Letichev, Russia, Sep 13 1901; d.<br />

Brooklyn, 1972.<br />

To US 1921. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia,<br />

MHL, ordained<strong>Jewish</strong> Inst <strong>of</strong>Religion;<br />

honorary degree. • Natl communalldr, Heb<br />

educator, Chicago; natl <strong>of</strong>ficer Histadruth<br />

Ivrith; pres Coli <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Studies, Soc for the<br />

Advancement <strong>of</strong>Heb Culture; <strong>of</strong>ficer Am<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Cong, Avukah; active Union <strong>of</strong>Am Heb<br />

Congregations, Central Conf<strong>of</strong>Am Rabbis. •<br />

See:EJ;AJYB, 74:554; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ;<br />

WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Mar 2 1972,42:1.<br />

Blumenstiel, Alexander; b. ca 1843; d.<br />

London, June 151905.<br />

Lawyer, music critic, art collector, NYC;<br />

author in field, on music. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­<br />

1906):218; NYTimes, June 17 1905, 9:5.<br />

Blumenstiel, Monroe Alpiner; b.<br />

Rochester, NY, Feb 19 1896.<br />

BS U Rochester, Chemical Warfare School<br />

(Edgewood Arsenal, MD). • Army <strong>of</strong>ficer,<br />

insurance businessman, Rochester, NY; with<br />

cce, Freehold,.NJ; WWI service.· See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Blumenstock, Mort; b. NYC, Dec 26 1900;<br />

d.July 1956.<br />

Columbia. • Advertising mgr, title writer,<br />

editor, motion picture dir, NYC; with<br />

Universal Pictures, Natl Pictures, Columbia<br />

Pictures.· See: WWIAJ,·1938; NYTimes,July<br />

191956,27:5.<br />

Blumenthal, A Pam; b. NYC, Sep 231904;<br />

d.Jan 1953.<br />

Wharton. • Motion picture producer, exec,<br />

NYC; specialty: advertising films. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 28<br />

1953,27:2.<br />

Blumenthal, Aaron; b. ca 1869; d.<br />

Philadelphia, Oct 91933.<br />

Mfr, philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,<br />

36:279.<br />

Blumenthal, Aaron; b. Montreal, Feb 7<br />

1908.<br />

To US 1928.· AB McGill, ordainedJTS.·<br />

Rabbi, St Albans, vr, Bay Shore, LI. • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Blumenthal, Alfred C; b. San Rafael, CA,<br />

Dec 291890; d. Beverly Hills, July 1957.<br />

U CA (Berkeley). • <strong>The</strong>atrical promoter,<br />

broker, NYC; associated with Ziegfeld<br />

Enterprises. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,<br />

July311957,23:3.<br />

Blumenthal, Benjamin; b. ca 1847; d.<br />

Rockaway Park, Aug 27 1921.<br />

Realtor, NYC; pres synagog, Mt Carmel<br />

CemeteryAssn. • See: AJYB, 24:101; NYTimes,<br />

Aug 291921,11:5.<br />

Blumenthal, Charles; b. Orissa, Vitebsk,<br />

Aug91874.<br />

Rabbi, regional Zionist ldr, Waco. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.<br />

Blumenthal, Florence Meyer (Mrs George<br />

Blumenthal); b. Los Angeles, 1875; d.<br />

Paris, Sep 1930.<br />

Philanthropist, art patron, NYC, France;<br />

benefactor Mt Sinai, Metropolitan Museum <strong>of</strong><br />

Art, Childrens Hospital (Paris). • See:U]E;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 22 1930, 19:4.<br />

Blumenthal, Fred Ralph; b. Boston, Sep 28<br />

1894.<br />

DMD Harvard. • Orthodontist, Boston; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

med assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,<br />

1938.<br />

Blumenthal, George; b. Fra.nk{urt, Apr 7<br />

1858; d. NYC, June 26 1941.<br />

To NYC 1882. • Banker, NYC, Paris; partner<br />

Lazard Freres; pres Metropolitan Museum <strong>of</strong><br />

Art; helped stabilize franc post-WWI. • See:<br />

U]E;BJ; AJYB, 24:123,43:356; WWIAJ, 1926,<br />

1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,<br />

June271941,17:1.<br />

Blumenthal, George; b. NYC, ca 1863; d.<br />

NYC,July 23 1943.<br />

<strong>The</strong>atrical & operatic producer, promoter,<br />

mgr, NYC; asst to Oscar Hammerstein. • See:<br />

AJYB, 46:335; NYTimes, July 28 1943, 15:3.<br />

66<br />

Blumenthal, Gustave Adolph; b. Mulhouse,<br />

Alsace, Oct 12 1867.<br />

To US 1910. • Statistician, vocational analyst,<br />

NYC, Grand Rapids, MI; active YWCA. • See:<br />

AJYB, 24:123; WWWIA, 1.<br />

Blumenthal, Hart; b. Philadelphia, May 25<br />

1859; d. Philadelphia, Feb 3 1941.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, book collector,<br />

Lincoln authority, Clinton, IA, Philadelphia;<br />

bd Natl Farm School, <strong>Jewish</strong> Publication Soc.<br />

• See:AJYB, 43:356,385-390; WWIAJ, 1926,<br />

1938; NYTimes, Feb 41941, 21:6.<br />

Blumenthal, Helen Berkman (Mrs Stanley<br />

M Blumenthal); b. Seattle, Sep 15 1892.<br />

Activist on behalf<strong>of</strong>blind, Seattle; with Natl<br />

Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women, Natl Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

Temple Sisterhoods. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Blumenthal, Hugo; b. NYC, 1862; d. NYC,<br />

Aug81943.<br />

Banker, philanthropist, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer Mt Sinai,<br />

Mt Sinai School <strong>of</strong>Nursing. • See: AJYB,<br />

46:335;NYTimes, Aug 10 1943,19:1.<br />

Blumenthal, Irving; b. NYC, Mar 2 1878; d.<br />

NYC, Mar 1946.<br />

NYU. • Meat packer, art collector, NYc. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 141946,<br />

25:5.<br />

Blumenthal, Jeannette; b. ca 1862; d.<br />

reported Aug 51938.<br />

Pioneer settler in West, Seattle; mem<br />

Daughters <strong>of</strong>the Am Revolution. • See: AJYB,<br />

41:419.<br />

Blumenthal, Joseph; b. Munich, Dec 1<br />

1834; d. NYC, Mar 2 1901.<br />

To US ca 1839. • Businessman, legislator,<br />

Commr <strong>of</strong>Taxes, NYC; a fdrJTS, anti-Tweed<br />

Ring; pres synagog, YMHA; active B'nai B'rith.<br />

• See:JE; U]E;EJ;AJYB, 3(1901-1902):187;<br />

PAJHS, 10:175-76.<br />

Blumenthal, Joseph; b. NYC, Oct 4 1897.<br />

Cornell. • Printer, type designer, hand press<br />

owner; fdr Spiral Press (NYC). • See: EJ;<br />

WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Blumenthal, Joseph W; b. ca 1866; d.<br />

Pittsburgh, Oct 20 1923.<br />

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,<br />

26:153.<br />

Blumenthal, L Roy; b. NYC, June 91908;<br />

d. NYC, Oct 1975.<br />

Public relations counselor, NYC; with Am<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Cong, J ewish Welfare Bd, Am <strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Com, United<strong>Jewish</strong> Appeal, Anti-Defamation<br />

League; advisor West German government. •<br />

See:AJYB, 77:592; NYTimes, Oct 2 1975,38:4.<br />

Blumenthal, Leonard Mascot; b. Athens,<br />

GA, Feb 27 190111902.<br />

BS GA Tech, MS U Chicago, PhDJohns<br />

Hopkins. • Mathematician, Columbia, MO;


69<br />

Bolm, Adolph Rudolphovich; b. St<br />

Petersburg, 1884; d. Hollywood, CA, Apr<br />

1951.<br />

To NYC 1914/1916.· Ballet dancer, dir, tchr,<br />

NYC, Chicago, Hollywood, CA, San<br />

Francisco; fdr Bolm Ballet Intime. • See: EJ;<br />

NYTimes, Apr 17 1951,29:2.<br />

Bolotow, Nathan Abraham; b. Providence,<br />

Apr231894.<br />

MD Tufts, post-grad U PA. •<br />

Otolaryngologist, Pawtucket, Providence; dir<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center; WWI service. •<br />

See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bolotowsky, llya; b. St Petersburg, July 1<br />

1907; d. Nov 22 1981.<br />

To US 1923. • ColI <strong>of</strong>StJoseph<br />

(Constantinople), French ColI, Nad Academy<br />

<strong>of</strong>Design, U WY. • Artist; faculty SUNY<br />

(New Paltz); <strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional soc; WWII<br />

service; WWII service. • See: WWWIA., 8.<br />

Bolten, Seymour R; b. NYC,]uly 171921;<br />

d. Washington DC,]une 61985.<br />

NYU, Harvard. • Public servant, government<br />

consult; mem CIA; authority on drug trade;<br />

active Presidential Commn on Holocaust. •<br />

See:AJYB, 87:437.<br />

Boman, Albert Elijah; b. Ogden, UT, Jan<br />

23 1881.<br />

BS UT Agricultural ColI. • Agricultural<br />

extension worker, educator, Laramie; faculty U<br />

WY.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bomeisler, Evelyn; b. ca 1830; d.<br />

Philadelphia,]une 141917.<br />

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,<br />

20(1918-1919):227.<br />

Bomze, Henry Daniel; b. NYC, Apr 30<br />

1906; d. Aug 271974.<br />

Publisher, editor, NYC; specialty: turfjournals.<br />

• See: WWWIA., 6; NYTimes, Aug 28 1974,<br />

34:5.<br />

Bomze, NuchimlNahum; b. Sasow, Galicia,<br />

Aug 1906/1907; d. NYC,May 13 1954.<br />

To Os 1948. • Yiddish poet; WWII Russian<br />

army service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 56:568.<br />

Bomzon, Samuel M; b. NYC,Jan 6 1891; d.<br />

NYC, Oct 1943.<br />

Businessman, banker, NYc.. See: WWIAJ,<br />

1926; NYTimes, Oct 241943,45:1.<br />

Bonart,]oseph; b. ca 1857; d. Galveston,<br />

Apr 1936.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, Galveston. •<br />

See: AJYB, 38:426.<br />

Bonart; Sam; b. New Orleans, ca 1869; d.<br />

New Orleans, Dec 3 1942.<br />

Merchant, civic recreation ldr, New Orleans;<br />

mem Playground Comrnn; pres YMHA; donor<br />

playground.• See:AJYB, 45:382.<br />

Bonchek, Samuel; b. Poland?, 1890; d.<br />

NYC, Apr 29 1974.<br />

To US 1906. '. Labor Zionist ldr; natl pres<br />

Labor Zionist Alliance; honorary chr<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Natl Fund; helped unify Labor Zionist Org <strong>of</strong><br />

Am-Poale Zion & Am Habonim Assoc with<br />

Farband. • See: AJYB, 76:512; NYTimes, May 2<br />

1974,50:5:<br />

Bondi (Bondy), August; b. Vienna, 1833; d.<br />

St Louis, 1907.<br />

To US ca 1848. • Pioneer abolitionist, KS<br />

settler, adventUrer, Salina, KS; memJohn<br />

BroWns forces; Civil War service; memoir. •<br />

See: UJE; EJ.<br />

Bondi, Hart Emanuel; b. Salina, KS, Mar 4<br />

1873; d. before 1938.<br />

KS Wesleyan, Salina Normal Business ColI. •<br />

Exec, banker, Galesburg,IL; <strong>of</strong>ficer Chamber<br />

<strong>of</strong>Commerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.<br />

Bondi, Jonas (ben Abraham); b. Dresden,<br />

July 9 1804; d. NYC, Mar 11 1874.<br />

To US 1859. • PhD U Prague. • Rabbi,<br />

newspaper editor, NYC; editor Heb Leader;<br />

active communal charities. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 12 1874,2:3.<br />

Bondi, Solomon; b. ca 1841; d. St Louis,<br />

July 71911.<br />

Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,<br />

14(1912-1913):123.<br />

Bondy, Curt; b. Hamburg, 1894.<br />

In US 1933-1950. • Psychologist; specialty:<br />

youth, youth in Germany; faculty U Hamburg,<br />

William & Mary; active European refugee<br />

rescue work; author in field. • See: EJ.<br />

Bondy, Edmund R; b. Cleveland, ca 1876;<br />

d. Cleveland, Oct 11 1946.<br />

Physician; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 49:609.<br />

Bondy,]oseph; b. Syracuse, Sep 13 1864; d.<br />

Syracuse, Dec 1945.<br />

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, legislator,<br />

military <strong>of</strong>ficer, volunteer patriotic worker,<br />

Syracuse; authority on constitutional law; orgr<br />

Am Legion, Reserve Officers Assn, ROTC;<br />

WWIservice.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;<br />

NYTimes,Dec221945,19:4.<br />

Bondy, Max; b. Hamburg, 1893; d. Apr<br />

1951. .<br />

To US 1939. • Progressive educator, language<br />

tchr, Germany, Switzerland, New England; fdr<br />

Windsor School. • See: EJ; NYTimes, Apr 18<br />

1951,31:3.<br />

Bondy,\\'llliam;b.NYC, 1871;d.Mar<br />

1964.<br />

AB, AM, PhD, LLB Columbia; honorary<br />

degrees. • Lawyer, US district court judge,<br />

NYC; mem State Bd <strong>of</strong>Regents; active politics.<br />

• See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4;<br />

NYTimes, Mar 311964,35:3.<br />

Bonheur, Lucien L;b. France, ca 1864; d.<br />

Great Neck, Aug 1918.<br />

To US ca 1883. • U Paris. • Legislator,<br />

dramatic mgr, commn merchant, NYC; fdr<br />

French theatre in NYC; active NY Republican<br />

& Progressive parties, patron <strong>of</strong>French<br />

culture.· See:AJYB, 21:204; NYTimes, Aug 15<br />

1918,11:5.<br />

Boni, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 211892; d.]uly<br />

301981.<br />

Boochever, Stephen Paul<br />

Cornell, Harvard. • Publisher, editor, NYC; an<br />

orgr Washington Square Players; developed<br />

Modern Library; expert on literature <strong>of</strong><br />

photography. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938;<br />

WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Aug 1 1981, 14:3.<br />

Boni, Charles]r; b. Newark; d. Feb 1969.<br />

Publisher, NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer Albert & Charles<br />

Boni, Inc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb<br />

15 1969,27:1.<br />

Bonner, Adolph; b. Bucharest, May 19<br />

1874; d. Miami Beach, Apr 1951.<br />

MD U IL, post-grad abroad.· Gynecologist,<br />

Brooklyn; faculty LI ColI Hospital; Greco­<br />

Turkish War service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,<br />

1938;NYTimes,Apr211951,17:5.<br />

Bonnheim, Albert; b. HiIdesheim,<br />

Germany, Nov 121855; d. Sacramento,<br />

Dec 241916.<br />

To US 1872.· Civic & communalldr,<br />

Sacramento; donor scholarships; active<br />

synagog, Heb Benevolent Assn, Am Red Cross,<br />

Soc for the Prevention <strong>of</strong>Cruelty to Children.<br />

• See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):46, 19(1917­<br />

1918):264; WWWIA,1.<br />

Bonnheim, Benjamin Aaron; b.<br />

Gemuenden, Hessen-Nassau,July 9<br />

1845; d. Cincinnati, Dec 191909.<br />

MD Columbus Med ColI (Columbus, OR). •<br />

Rabbi, Columbus, OH, Wheeling, Atlanta,<br />

Winnipeg, Las Vegas, NM. • See: AJYB,<br />

7(1905-1906):46, 12(1910-1911):110.<br />

Bon<strong>of</strong>f, Zelly Adam; b. Elisavetgrad, Aug 2<br />

1880.<br />

To New Haven 1895. • MD Yale, post-grad U<br />

Vienna, U Berlin. • Otolaryngologist, New<br />

Haven; Joint Distribution Com service in<br />

Poland; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.<br />

Bonus, Ben; b. Horodenko, Poland, Nov 9<br />

1920; d. Miami, Apr 6 1984.<br />

To US 1939. • <strong>The</strong>atrical personality; fdr<br />

Yiddish Mobile <strong>The</strong>atre, Farband Players. •<br />

See:AJYB, 86:437.<br />

Bonwit, Max; b. Rodenberg, Hanover, Dec<br />

61854.<br />

Businessman, Baltimore; pres Bonwit Lennon<br />

& Co.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.<br />

Bonwit, Paul]; b. ca 1867; d. Dec 1939.<br />

Merchant, communal worker, NYC. • See:<br />

AJYB, 42:477; NYTimes, Dec 111939,23:1.<br />

Boochever, George; b. Libau, Oct 24 1884;<br />

d. Feb 1969.<br />

To NYC 1885. • LLB Albany Law, post-grad<br />

Columbia, U Geneva. • Lawyer, businessman,<br />

Brooklyn, NYC, Paris; specialty: internatllaw;<br />

fdr Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce; active Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities, local politics. • See: WWIAJ,<br />

1938;BEOAJ;NYTimes, Feb 151969,86:6.<br />

Boochever, Stephen Paul; b. NYC, Mar 7<br />

1909; d. May 1983.<br />

Wesleyan U, U Geneva, U Munich, Academy<br />

<strong>of</strong>Internatl Law (<strong>The</strong> Hague). • Public<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficial, exec, NYC; exec secy Dept <strong>of</strong><br />

Correction. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,<br />

May 25 1983, 24:6.


Booke, Samuel Lewis<br />

Booke, Samuel Lewis; b. London,Jan 30<br />

1901.<br />

To US 1926. • BS U Manitoba. • Insurance<br />

actuary & exec, Winston-Salem, NC. • See:<br />

WWlA],1938.<br />

Bookman, Samuel; b. NYC, Dec 111869.<br />

Columbia, MA, PhD U Berlin, NYU Law. •<br />

Physiological chemist, NYC; with Mt Sinai;<br />

author in field. • See: A]YB, 24:124; WWIA],<br />

1926,1928,1938;BEOA].<br />

Bookstaber, Philip David; b. NYC, Feb 12<br />

1892; d. Harrisburg, May 201964.<br />

BS CCNY, MA Columbia, NY School <strong>of</strong><br />

Social Service, PhD U Cincinnati, ordained<br />

Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. • Social<br />

worker, rabbi, author, Harrisburg; mem PA<br />

Civil Liberties Commn; natl, internatlldr Boy<br />

Scouts. • See: UJE; A]YB, 66:573; WWIA],<br />

1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 21 1964,<br />

35:5.<br />

Bookstaver, Barnet Seymour; b. Chemoi,<br />

Russia,July41888; d.June 1951.<br />

To US 1892. • MD NYU. • Gynecologist,<br />

obstetrician, NYC; dir Health Dept (Teaneck,<br />

NJ); a fdr<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center; WWI<br />

Red Cross service. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

NYTimes, June 27 1951,29:5.<br />

Bookstaver, Joseph D; b. Russia, Dec 27<br />

1883; d. before 1938.<br />

CCNY. • Insurance broker, communal worker,<br />

NYC; <strong>of</strong>ficer trade assn; trustee<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Probation Soc. • See: WWIA], 1926.<br />

Bookstein, Isadore; b. Albany, NY, Feb 12<br />

1891; d. May 1973.<br />

LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, county judge,<br />

communalldr, Albany, NY; an orgrHeb Free<br />

School; pres synagog; active Republican<br />

politics. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,<br />

1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, May 91973,50:3.<br />

Boorstein, Samuel William; b. Stara<br />

Ushitza, Podolia, Dec 28 1885; d. Mar<br />

1967.<br />

To US 1902.· MD NYU.• Orthopedist;<br />

NYC; faculty Fordham; author in field. • See:<br />

WWlA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 301967,45:3.<br />

Boorstin, Daniel}; b. Atlartta, 1914.<br />

Historian; specialty: US history; faculty U<br />

Chicago; dir Natl Museum <strong>of</strong>History; head<br />

Library <strong>of</strong> Cong; author/editor in field. • See:<br />

E]; E]:1973-1982.<br />

Booth, Benjamin H; b. Vilna, Sep 261903.<br />

To US 1905.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, NYC;<br />

active East Flatbust<strong>Jewish</strong>Center. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; BEOA].<br />

Boraisha, Menahem (family name<br />

Goldberg); b. Brest-Litovsk, 1888; d.<br />

NYC, Feb 121949;<br />

To US 1915. • Noted Yiddish poet, journalist,<br />

NYC; with Congress Weekly, <strong>The</strong> Day, Joint;<br />

Russian army service. • See: E]; A]YB, 51 :519­<br />

20; NYTimes, Feb 13 1949, 76:2.<br />

Borchard, Edwht Montefiore; b. NYC, Oct<br />

171884; d. Hamden, CT,July 22 1951.<br />

CCNY, AB, PhD Columbia, LLB NY Law;<br />

honorary degrees. • Lawyer, authority on<br />

internatllaw, Hartford; faculty Yale; active natl<br />

Am Civil Liberties Union; author in field. •<br />

See: UJE; A]YB, 24:124; WWIA], 1938;<br />

BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes, July<br />

231951, 17:3.<br />

Borchardt, Frederick W; b. Berlin, Sep 22<br />

1901; d. NYC, Apr 15 1956.<br />

Welfare worker; active <strong>Jewish</strong> Restitution<br />

Successor Org, United, Am Fedn <strong>of</strong>Jews from<br />

Central Europe, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. •<br />

See: A]YB, 58:475; NYTimes, Apr 16 1956,<br />

27:4.<br />

Borden, Harold; b. Russia, May 4 1897.<br />

To Hartford 1904. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,<br />

Hartford; mem Bd <strong>of</strong>Alderman; trustee United<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bordon, Abraham Samuel; b. Russia, Oct 7<br />

1891.<br />

To Hartford 1898. • LLB Cornell. • Lawyer,<br />

common pleas judge, communal worker,<br />

Hartford; mem Bd <strong>of</strong>Alderman. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Borenstein, Julius; b. Anopol, Russia, Sep<br />

251889; d. NYC, Dec291975.<br />

To US 1910.· Real estate exec, communalldr;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Workmen's Circle, Conffor<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Culture,<strong>Jewish</strong> Labor Com; active Yiddish<br />

Inst, Sholem Aleichem'Folk Inst. • See: A]YB,<br />

77:592; NYTimes, Dec 30 1975,28:2.<br />

Borenstein, Morris; b. ca 1842; d. NYC,<br />

July 71923.<br />

Major, NYC.· See:A]YB, 26:153.<br />

Boretz, Mary E (Mrs Henry Friedman); b.<br />

NYC, Mar 5 1892; d. NYC, Aug 28 1949.<br />

Communal, civic & social worker, child care<br />

authority; exec dir Foster Home Bureau<br />

(NYC).• See:A]YB, 52:501; NYTimes, Aug 30<br />

1949,27:1.<br />

Borg, Cecelia (Mrs Simon Borg); b. ca<br />

1854; d. NYC,July 291905.<br />

Communal worker, NYC; a fdr Barnard; pres<br />

Ladies Auxiliary Montefiore Home; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

Sisterhood <strong>of</strong>Personal Service; active Music<br />

School Settlement. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­<br />

1906):219;NYTimes,July311905,7:5.<br />

Borg, Madeleine (Mrs Sidney C Borg); b.<br />

NYC, July 311878; d.Jan 91956.<br />

Columbia. • Social welfare worker, NYC;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies; dir<br />

Child Welfare League; active juvenile<br />

delinquency prevention. • See: UJE; A]YB,<br />

58:475; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];<br />

NYTimes, Jan 10 1956,31:1.<br />

Borg, Sidney Cecil; b. NYC, 1874; d. NYC,<br />

Jan 91934.<br />

BS, PhD Yale. • Financier, civic & communal<br />

ldr, NYC; WWI Mayors Defense Com & Am<br />

Red Cross service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:124,<br />

36:279; NYTimes, Jan 10 1934,21:1.<br />

Borinstein, Louis J; b. Indianapolis, Dec 29<br />

1881; d. 1972.<br />

70<br />

Merchant, civic ldr, Indianapolis; mem<br />

Planning Commn, Zoning Bd; state chr Natl<br />

Recovery Adm; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Fund,<br />

United<strong>Jewish</strong> Appeal, Chamber <strong>of</strong>Commerce.<br />

• See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.<br />

Boris, JosephJ; b. Philadelphia, Jan 21<br />

1888.<br />

Editor, business exec, NYC; mgr Med Credit<br />

Service; editor Whos Who In Colored Am. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Boris<strong>of</strong>f, MichelP; b. Russia.<br />

Violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:124.<br />

Boriss<strong>of</strong>f, Josef; b. Kertch, Crimea, Feb 17<br />

1889.<br />

Petrograd Conservatory. • Violinist, composer,<br />

instructor, Russia, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:124;<br />

WWIA], 1926, 1928.<br />

Borkon, Louis YalelYale Louis; b. Sirotino,<br />

Vitebsk, July 4 1894.<br />

To US 1907;· UPA.· Publisher, editor,<br />

communal worker, Pittsburgh; with]ewish<br />

Indicator, Brooklyn<strong>Jewish</strong> Voice; used many<br />

pseudonyms. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Born, Berthe Well (Mrs Isaac Bom);.b.<br />

Rockport, IN, Dec 1 1873.<br />

Purdue. • Communal worker, Indianapolis;<br />

pres State Temple Sisterhoods, Natl Council<br />

<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women; exec com Natl Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

Temple Sisterhoods;.active League <strong>of</strong>Women<br />

Voters, Girl Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1926,<br />

1938.<br />

Born, Edgar R; b. Chicago, Jan 15 1886.<br />

Armour Inst, U Chicago.· Exec, communal<br />

worker, Chicago; dir Assocd <strong>Jewish</strong> Charities.<br />

• See: WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bomstein, Hyman; b. Lodz, July 15 1881.<br />

To US 1912. • Silk mfr, communal worker,<br />

Paterson; <strong>of</strong>ficer Independent UnitedJersey<br />

Verein; bd Lodzer Sick & Benevolent Assn. •<br />

See:BEOA].<br />

Bomstein, Hyman; b. Chicago, Sep 3 1891.<br />

BS Armour Inst, LLB John Marshall Law. •<br />

Chemical engineer, Moline, IL; <strong>of</strong>ficer Tri­<br />

City<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities; WWI service. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Bomstein, Saul H; b. NYC, Mar 29 1891.<br />

Music publisher, NYC; dir Columbia Pictures<br />

Corp; assocd with Irving Berlin. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bomstein, Sol; b. ca 1896; d. Philadelphia,<br />

1967. '<br />

Cigar co exec, industry ldr, NYC, Pittsburgh,<br />

Chicago, Philadelphia. • See: WWWIA, 4;<br />

NYTimes,June21967,46:7.<br />

Bomstein, Yetta Libby Frieden (Mrs Harry<br />

Bomstein); b. Waynesboro, PA; d. Dec 8<br />

1968.<br />

William & Mary. • Artist, art tchr, Norfolk;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer pr<strong>of</strong>essional socs; tchr Heb Academy,<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Community Center. • See: WWWIA, 5.


Boudin, Louis Boudin<strong>of</strong>f<br />

Boudin, Louis Boudin<strong>of</strong>f; b. Ukraine, Feb<br />

15 1874; d. NYC, May 291952.<br />

To NYC 1891. • LLB, LLM NYU. • Labor<br />

lawyer, authority on constitutional law,<br />

Socialist Party ldr, lecturer, author; mem Nat!<br />

Com <strong>of</strong>the Socialist Party; active ORT. • See:<br />

UJE; A]YB, 24:124, 54:538; WWMA, 3; DAB,<br />

5; NYTimes, May 31 1952, 17:1.<br />

Boukstein, Maurice M; b. Cohoes, NY, Oct<br />

25 1905; d. Ft Lauderdale, Nov 191980.<br />

Honorary degrees. • Lawyer, nat! Zionist ldr,<br />

Israel Consulate General; exec com Zionist<br />

Org <strong>of</strong>Am; advisor Hadassah, <strong>Jewish</strong> Agency,<br />

World Zionist Org. • See:A]YB, 82:363.<br />

Bovshover, Joseph (pseud=Basil Dahl); b.<br />

Liubavich, Belorussia, 1873; d. NYC,<br />

1915/1916.<br />

To US 1891. • Yale. • Yiddish poet, wrote<br />

revolutionary & anarchist poetry. • See: UJE;<br />

E].<br />

Bowman, Harry Samuel; b. Pueblo, CO,<br />

Oct 20 1880.<br />

U CO, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, atty general, asst<br />

US atty, government <strong>of</strong>ficial, Santa Fe; active<br />

bar assn; WWI government service, post­<br />

WWI nat! guard service. • See: UJE; WWIA],<br />

1928,1938; WWWIA, 6.<br />

Bowman, Samuel; b. Weston, MO, Feb 21<br />

1851; d.July 181936.<br />

Realtor, communal worker, St Louis; a fdr Nat!<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Hospital; active B'nai B'rith. • See:<br />

A]YB, 39:589; WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bowman, Stella Olsho (Mrs Simon H<br />

Bowman, Mrs Samuel M Bowman); b.<br />

Bradford, PA, Dec 141881.<br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> communal worker, Richmond; active<br />

Nat! Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Boxer, Harold Horton; b. Chicago, Apr 24<br />

1907.<br />

LLB StJohns; honorary degree. • Lawyer,<br />

NYC; nat! <strong>of</strong>ficer Union <strong>of</strong>Orthodox<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Congregations, Nat! Conf<strong>of</strong>Synagogue<br />

Youth; active Democratic politics, youth<br />

problems, delinquency. • See: WWWIA, 6.<br />

Boxer, Murry; b. NYC, June 141900/1901.<br />

BS NYU, St Lawrence D, LLB Brooklyn Law.<br />

• Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; specialty:<br />

criminal & federal law; active Republican<br />

politics, bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;<br />

BEOA].<br />

Boxennan,Jacob; b. ca 1860; d. St Louis,<br />

Feb 10 1944.<br />

Rabbi, StLouis.• See:A]YB, 46:335.<br />

Boyar, Louis H; b. San Francisco, Jan 10<br />

1898; d. Los Angeles, Dec 211976.<br />

Honorary degree. • Business exec, real estate<br />

developer, communalldr & fundraiser, Los<br />

Angeles; <strong>of</strong>ficer Friends <strong>of</strong>Heb U; benefactor<br />

Israeli instns. • See: E]; A]YB, 78:539;<br />

NYTimes, Dec 23 1976,21:2.<br />

Boyarsky, Peter; b. ca 1865; d. Chicago,<br />

Oct 201916.<br />

Yiddish journalist, Chicago. • See: A]YB,<br />

19(1917-1918):264.<br />

Boyman, Alter; b. Russia, Sep 251882; d.<br />

before 1938.<br />

Communal worker, Providence; <strong>of</strong>ficer<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Workers Alliance; chr Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Relief Com;<br />

dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Miriam Hospital.<br />

• See: WWIA], 1928.<br />

Bozyk, Max; b. Lodz?, 1899; d. NYC, Apr 5<br />

1970.<br />

To US 1941. • Yiddish stage & screen actor;<br />

pres Heb Actors Club; bd Heb Actors Union. •<br />

See:A]YB, 72:539; NYTimes, Apr 81970,43:4.<br />

Brachfield, Charles L; b. Vicksburg, Jan 10<br />

1871.<br />

Legislator, munidpal judge, Henderson, TX. •<br />

See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):69.<br />

Brachman, Etta Katzenstein (Mrs Sol<br />

Brachman); b. Marianna, AR, July 26<br />

1899.<br />

Communal worker, Ft Worth; pres Nat!<br />

Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Brachman, Oscar; b. ca 1887; d. Sep 10<br />

1939.<br />

Realtor, communal worker, Milwaukee. • See:<br />

A]YB,42:477.<br />

Brachman, Sigmund; b. ca 1884; d.<br />

Milwaukee, Nov 1933.<br />

Communal worker, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,<br />

36:279.<br />

Brachman, Solomon; b. Jacobstadt, Russia,<br />

Dec 15 1896.<br />

To US 1905. • AB Marietta ColI. •<br />

Businessman, Ft Worth; pres <strong>Jewish</strong> Fedn. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Brackman, Robert; b. Odessa, Sep 251896.<br />

Nat! Academy <strong>of</strong>Design. • Painter, etcher,<br />

noted graphic artist, NYC; faculty Art Students<br />

League, Brooklyn Academy <strong>of</strong>Arts & Sciences.<br />

• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.<br />

Braelow, Harry Aaron; b. Russia, Oct 13<br />

1885; d. Dec 1944.<br />

Communal & philanthropic worker, Newark. •<br />

See: BEOA]; NYTimes, Dec 201944,23:3.<br />

Brager, AlbertA; b. ca 1860; d. Mar 27<br />

1936.<br />

Merchant, communal & civic worker,<br />

Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 38:426.<br />

Brager, Harry E; b. NYC, Apr 301918; d.<br />

NYC, Aug 4 1966.<br />

Financier, B'nai B'rith ldr; nat! commr B'nai<br />

B'rith Youth Org; nat! membership dir B'nai<br />

B'rith; active Am Friends <strong>of</strong>Tel Aviv U. • See:<br />

A]YB, 68:524; NYTimes, Aug 61966,23:5.<br />

Bragin, Joseph; b. ca 1875; d. NYC, Nov<br />

1932.<br />

Fdr, principal Heb High School, NYC. • See:<br />

A]YB,35:122.<br />

Braham, Aaron David; b. Liteny, Rumania,<br />

Jan 11894; d. Oct 1959.<br />

To US 1905.· Cooper Union, NYU.•<br />

Investment banker, communalldr, NYC;<br />

<strong>of</strong>ficer ZionistOrg <strong>of</strong>Am, United Rumanian<br />

Jews <strong>of</strong>Am; WWI service. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Oct 16 1959,31:2.<br />

72<br />

Braham,JohnJoseph Sr;b. ca 1847; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Oct 28 1919.<br />

MusiCian, composer, orchestra ldr, Brooklyn. •<br />

See:A]YB, 22:164;NYTimes, Oct291919,<br />

13:5.<br />

Brahinski, Mani Leib (pseud=Mani Leib);<br />

b. Nezhin, Russia, Dec 20 1883; d. NYC,<br />

Oct41953.<br />

To NYC 1905. • Yiddish lyric poet,<br />

revolutionary, translator, anthologist;<br />

contributor Forward. • See: UJE; A]YB,<br />

56:568; NYTimes, Oct 5 1953,27:4.<br />

Braiman, Myer; b. Rochester, NY, June 25<br />

1907.<br />

U Buffalo, U Rochester, LLB Columbia. •<br />

Lawyer, legislator, Rochester, NY. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Braines, Louis; b. Posville, Kovno, Aug 25<br />

1876.<br />

Communal & Zionist worker, Perth Amboy,<br />

NJ; an orgr Sons <strong>of</strong>Zion; exec com Zionist<br />

Org <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: WWIA], 1926.<br />

Brainin, Joseph; b. Vienna, June 191895; d.<br />

NYC, Feb 71970.<br />

To US 1917/1919/1921.· UMontreal, U<br />

Berlin. • Journalist, publicist, NYC; fdr Seven<br />

Arts Feature Syndic;lte; <strong>of</strong>ficer Am Com for<br />

Weizmann Inst; WWI<strong>Jewish</strong> Battalion<br />

service, recruiter. • See: UJE (sub Brainin,<br />

Reuben); E] (sub Brainin, Reuben); A]YB,<br />

72:536; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];<br />

NYTimes, Feb 91970,39:1.<br />

Brainin, Reuben (Ruben) ben Mordecai; b.<br />

Lyady, Belorussia, Mar 15 1862; d. NYC,<br />

Nov 30 1939.<br />

To US/Canada 1909/1910.· UVienna, U<br />

Berlin. • Heb & Yiddish author, biographer,<br />

critic, Zionist ldr, Vienna, Canada, NYc. •<br />

See:]E; E]; UJE; A]YB, 24:124,42:477;<br />

WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,<br />

Dec 11939,23:3.<br />

Brainin, Simon; b. Riga, July 15 1854; d.<br />

1911.<br />

To NYC 1895.· U Dorpat, U Berlin.·<br />

Physician, Riga, NYC; promoter <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong><br />

culture in Russia; author in field, popular. •<br />

See:]E; Eisenstadt, 24-25; NYTimes, Apr 3<br />

1911,9:5.<br />

Braker, Leon; b. ca 1865; d. Philadelphia,<br />

Feb 81936.<br />

Real estate broker, communal worker,<br />

Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 38:426.<br />

Bral<strong>of</strong>f, Hennan M; b. London, Dec 25<br />

1900?; d. Rockville Centre, LI, Apr 24<br />

1953.<br />

Engineer, philanthropist, Brooklyn; bd<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Hospital. • See:A]YB, 55:454; NYTimes, Apr<br />

26 1953, 86:3.


77<br />

Brill, Abram; h. Ogdenshurg, NY, May 18<br />

1876; d. Montclair, NJ, Feh 20 1943.<br />

BA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union<br />

ColI; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Greenville,<br />

MS, "Wheeling, Meridian, Shreveport; exec<br />

council Central Conf<strong>of</strong>Am Rabbis. • See:<br />

A]YB, 5(1903-1904):46,45:382; WWIA],<br />

1926, 1928; NYTimes, Feb 211943,32:5.<br />

Brill, David Harris; h. Chicago, Aug 2 1896.<br />

Lewis Inst, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,<br />

Chicago; active Republican politics; WWI<br />

service. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Brill, Isador William; h. St Louis, Aug 11<br />

1875.<br />

Insurance broker, NYC; natl guard service.. •<br />

See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Brill, Isidor Cherniac; h. Russia, Oct 1<br />

1888.<br />

To US 1903.· AB, MD Columbia.·<br />

Physician, Portland, OR; faculty OR U; WWI<br />

service.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.<br />

Brill, Jeanette Goodman (Mrs Abraham<br />

Brill); h. NYC, June 15 1888; d.<br />

Brooklyn, Mar 30 1964.<br />

LLB Brooklyn Law, AB NYU. • Lawyer,<br />

municipal judge, social worker, Brooklyn; fdr<br />

Madison Community Service League,<br />

Womens Bar Assn, Brooklyn Child Guidance<br />

Clinic; <strong>of</strong>ficer Natl Crime Prevention Bureau,<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Charities. • See: UJE; A]YB,<br />

66:573; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 31 1964,<br />

35:3.<br />

Brill, Joseph Eugene; h. Warsaw, Sep 16<br />

1903; d. May 1975.<br />

To US 1904. • NYU, LLB Fordham.·<br />

Lawyer, asst US atty general, NYC; wwn<br />

service.· See: WWIA], 1938; W'WWlA, 6;<br />

NYTimes, May 201975,40:1.<br />

Brin, Josiah Eschel; h. Botosani, Rumania,<br />

Dec 15 1885.<br />

To US 1886. • LLB, LLM U MN.•.Lawyer,<br />

Minneapolis; active bar assn. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Brill, Max D; h. NYC, ca 1866; d.Jan 19<br />

1938.<br />

Clothier, NYC; honorary captain Police<br />

Reserves.· See:A]YB, 40:382; NYTimes, Jan<br />

201938,23:5.<br />

Brill, Mrs Max D; h. ca 1878; d. NYC, Apr<br />

221934.<br />

Communal & civic worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,<br />

36:279.<br />

Brill, Nathan Edwin; h. NYC, Jan 13 1859;<br />

d. NYC, Dec 13 1925.<br />

AB, AM CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician,<br />

researcher, diagnostician, NYC; faculty<br />

Columbia; described "Brills Disease"; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

med socs. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:125,28:150;<br />

WWWlA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Dec 17 1925,<br />

23:5.<br />

Brimherg, Samuel N; h. Warsaw, Apr 3<br />

1886; d. Adantic Beach, NY, June 12<br />

1963.<br />

To US 1901. • Industrialist, wholesale<br />

clothier, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Albert<br />

Einstein ColI <strong>of</strong>Med; est chair <strong>of</strong>Heb NYU. •<br />

See:A]YB, 65:432; WWIA], 1926;NYTimes,<br />

June 141963, 31:3.<br />

Brin, Alexander; h. Russia, June 15 1893/<br />

1895; d. Brookline,June 251980.<br />

To US 1904/1907. • Harvard. • Editor,<br />

publisher, civic ldr, Boston; mem MA Bd <strong>of</strong><br />

Education; with<strong>Jewish</strong> Advocate. • See: A]YB,<br />

82:364; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Brin, Arthur; h. Chicago, June 5 1880; d.<br />

Minneapolis, Nov 5 1947.<br />

Business exec, communalldr, Minneapolis;<br />

pres <strong>Jewish</strong> Family Welfare Assn, Council <strong>of</strong><br />

Social Agencies; <strong>of</strong>ficer B'nai B'rith. • See:<br />

A]YB, 50:513; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOA].<br />

Brin, Fanny Fligelman (Mrs Arthur Brin);<br />

h. Berlad, Rumania, Oct 201884; d.<br />

Minneapolis, Sep 5 1961.<br />

To US ca 1884/1885.· BA U MN.·<br />

Communal & peace worker, Minneapolis; natl<br />

pres Natl Council <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Women; active<br />

Hadassah, League <strong>of</strong>Women Voters; alternate<br />

consult to US delegation to UN founding<br />

conference. • See: UJE; A]YB, 64:492;<br />

WWIA], 1926, 1938; W'WWlA, 7; NYTimes,<br />

Sep 7 1961, 35: 1.<br />

Brin, Joseph Gottland; h. Zaslaw, Russia,<br />

Apr 21897; d. Brooklyn, MA, Mar 21<br />

1952.<br />

To Boston 1908. • LLB, LLM, PhD Boston<br />

U. • Lawyer, editor, publisher, semanticist,<br />

Boston; inem N atl Commn for Mental<br />

Hygiene; faculty Boston U; co-publisher<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Advocate; orgr Springfield Review. • See:<br />

WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar<br />

22 1952,13:2.<br />

Brind, Moses; h. Letichev, Ukraine, 1894.<br />

To US 1923.· Heb Tchrs ColI Gerusalem).·<br />

Heb poet, writer, tchr, NYC; contributor UJE.<br />

• See: UJE.<br />

Brinig, Myron; h. Minneapolis, Dec 22<br />

1900.<br />

Columbia, NYU. • Novelist, screen synopsis<br />

writer, Taos, NM. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,<br />

1938; BEOAJ.<br />

Briskin, SamueIJacoh; h. Kiev, Feh 8 1896/<br />

1897; d. Nov 141968.<br />

To US 1898.· CCNY, NYU.• Accountant,<br />

motion picture exec, Hollywood, CA; with<br />

RKO; dir Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare Orgs.· See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 15<br />

1968,47:1.<br />

Broadman, Joseph; h. Austria, Jan 2 1883;<br />

d. Feh 1966.<br />

MD NYU, post-grad Berlin. • Physician,<br />

NYC; active Fusion Party; collector library on<br />

WWI & aftermath; author in field. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 26<br />

1966,25:3.<br />

Broch, HermannJoseph; h. Vienna, Nov 1<br />

1886; d. May 30 1951.<br />

To US 1938.· UVienna.· Textile mfr,<br />

government servant, philosopher, novelist,<br />

playwright, Princeton; with Office <strong>of</strong>Public<br />

Brodie, Maurice<br />

Opinion Research. • See: E]; WWWIA, 4;<br />

NYTimes, May 311951, 27:6.<br />

Brock, Samuel; h. NYC, Oct 8 1893; d. Sep<br />

1974.<br />

MD NYUlBellevue.• Neurologist, NYC;<br />

faculty NYUlBellevue; author in field; WWI<br />

service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; NYTimes,<br />

Sep251974,42:3.<br />

Brod, Ruth Hagy (Mrs Alhert T Brod); h.<br />

NYC, May 311911; d. May91980.<br />

CraneJr ColI, Mus B Chicago ColI <strong>of</strong>Music. •<br />

TVproducer, journalist, public relations<br />

advisor, Philadelphia, NYC; active WWII<br />

fundraising.· See: WWW1A, 7.<br />

Brode,William;h. ca 1853;d.NYC,June<br />

291935.<br />

Pianist, composer <strong>of</strong>popular music, NYC. •<br />

See:A]YB, 37:254.<br />

Brodek, Charles Adrian; h. NYC, Jan 20<br />

1872.<br />

BS CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,<br />

business exec & dir, NYC; active WWI<br />

fundraising. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Brodey, Arthur; h. Toronto, Oct 281900;<br />

d. NYC, 1979.<br />

To US 1930.· AB UToronto,MHL,<br />

ordained<strong>Jewish</strong> Inst <strong>of</strong>Religion. • Rabbi,<br />

communal worker, Hattiesburg,MS; active<br />

Zionist Org <strong>of</strong>Am. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

CCARYB.<br />

Brodie, Bernard; h. Chicago, May 201910;<br />

d. Nov 24 1978.<br />

PhB, PhD U Chicago. • Internatl relations &<br />

military strategy specialist; faculty Yale,<br />

UCLA; with Rand Corp; author in field;<br />

WWII service. • See: WWWlA, 7; NYTimes,<br />

Nov 27 1978, IV 12:3.<br />

Brodie, Florence Rohison (Mrs Israel B<br />

Brodie); h. Baltimore, Mar311883; d.<br />

Hampton Bay, NY, Aug 311961.<br />

Hadassah ldr, NYC; developed social welfare<br />

program in Israel. • See: A]YB, 64:492;<br />

NYTimes, Sep 2 1961, 15:6.<br />

Brodie, Gandy; b. NYC, May 20 1924; d.<br />

Oct 221975.<br />

Artist; faculty Carnegie Mellon. • See:<br />

WWWlA, 6,7;NYTimes, Oct25 1975,32:6.<br />

Brodie, Isadore Arthur; h. Poland, Dec 25<br />

1880.<br />

To US 1904. • Merchant, realtor, communal<br />

worker, Manchester, NH; <strong>of</strong>ficer Zionist Org<br />

<strong>of</strong>Am, YMHA; active Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Congo • See:<br />

WWIAJ,1938.<br />

Brodie, Israel B; h. Grinshok, Lithuania;<br />

May 281884; d. NYC, July 311965.<br />

To US 1888. • Johns Hopkins, LLB U MD. •<br />

Lawyer, business exec, Zionist ldr; active Dead<br />

Sea Scrolls work. • See: AJYB, 67:53 3;<br />

WWWL4., 4; NYTimes, Aug 2 1965,29:2.<br />

Brodie, Maurice; h. Liverpool, Aug 19<br />

1903; d. Detroit, May 111939.<br />

To US 1933. • MD, eM, MS McGill, NYU. •<br />

Bacteriologist, NYC, Detroit; discoverer <strong>of</strong>a


Burstein, Samuel<br />

Burstein, Samuel; b. NYC, Oct 21 1904.<br />

AB Brooklyn CoIl, MA, LLB NYU,JSD<br />

Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC; active Fedn <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Burstiner,Joseph; b. ca 1871; d. June 22<br />

1937.<br />

Pioneer apartment house bldr, collector <strong>of</strong><br />

trees, East Orahge, NJ. • See: A]YB, 39:589;<br />

NYTimes, June 23 1937,25:4.<br />

Buschman, Sol L; b. NYC, Sep 14 1891; d.<br />

Sep 1945.<br />

Pres, Nad Can Co, NYC. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Sep 25 1945,<br />

25:3.<br />

Bush, David; b.*<br />

Early seWer, patriot, Mason, Wilmington, DE,<br />

Philadelphia, • See: UJE.<br />

Bush, Herman L; b. Boston, Mar 4 1893.<br />

LLB Boston U, Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr,<br />

Boston; mem City Council; active veterans<br />

assns, public library; Mexican border & WWI<br />

service. • See: WWIA], 1938.<br />

Bush, Hyman P; b.*; d. San Francisco, Dec<br />

291907.<br />

Brigadier-General, CA Nad Guard. • See:<br />

A]YB, 10(1908-1909):128.<br />

Bush (Busch), Isidor; b. Prague, 1822; d.<br />

1898.<br />

To NYC 1849. • Printer, journalist,<br />

viticulturalist, union supporter, alderman,<br />

communal & civic worker, NYC, St Louis;<br />

mem Bd <strong>of</strong>Education, State Bd <strong>of</strong><br />

Immigration; publisher, editor Israels Herold;<br />

pres German Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: UJE;<br />

E].<br />

Bush, Mathias; b. Prague, May 10 1722; d.<br />

Philadelphia, Mar 29 1790.<br />

To Philadelphia ca 1742. • Early Am<br />

merchant, landowner, communalldr,<br />

Philadelphia; contributor PA Hospital; signer<br />

Non-Importation Agreement. • See: UJE;<br />

BDEA].<br />

Bush, Philip Lee; b. San Francisco, June 29<br />

1875; d. June 1954.<br />

BS U CA. • Engineer, civic ldr, communal<br />

worker, San Francisco; pres Bd <strong>of</strong>Education;<br />

dir US government irrigation & reclamation<br />

projects. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];<br />

NYTimes, June 261954,13:7.<br />

Bush, Solomon; b. Philadelphia, Oct 13<br />

1753; d. 1795.<br />

Patriot, revolutionary war <strong>of</strong>ficer, Mason; mem<br />

Quaker Abolitionist Soc; active civic affairs. •<br />

See:]E; UJE; E]; BDEA]; PA]HS, 23:177-78.<br />

Butensky, Jules Leon; b. Novogrudok,<br />

Russia, ca 1865/1871; d. NYC, Feb 26<br />

1947.<br />

To NYC 1904. • Academy <strong>of</strong>Arts (Vienna). •<br />

Sculptor; used Biblical & <strong>Jewish</strong> themes. • See:<br />

UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:126,49:609; NYTimes, Mar<br />

1 1947, 15:2.<br />

Buttenwieser, BenjaminJoseph; b. NYC,<br />

Oct221900.<br />

AB Columbia. • Banker, civic ldr,<br />

philanthropist, NYC; active <strong>Jewish</strong> Welfare<br />

Bd; WWII service; asst High Commr for<br />

Germany post WWII. • See: UJE (sub<br />

Buttenwieser, Joseph L); E] (sub<br />

Buttenwieser); WWIA], 1938.<br />

Buttenwieser, Helen Lehman (Mrs<br />

BenjaminJ Buttenwieser); b. 1905.<br />

Lawyer, social worker, civic ldr, NYC. • See:<br />

E] (sub Buttenwieser).<br />

Buttenwieser, Joseph Leon; b.<br />

Philadelphia, Apr 3 1865; d. South<br />

Poland, ME, Aug 171938.<br />

BA CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, realtor,<br />

communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr, pres<br />

Fedn <strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Philanthropies; bd Heb<br />

Technical Inst; active Heb Sheltering &<br />

Guardian Soc. • See: UJE; E] (sub<br />

Buttenwieser);A]YB, 7(1905-1906):47,24:126,<br />

41:420; WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];<br />

NYTimes, Aug 181938,19:1.<br />

Buttenwieser, Laemmlein; b.<br />

Wassertriidingen, Bavaria, Jan 16 1825;<br />

d. NYC, Sep 23 1901.<br />

To US 1854.· UWiirzberg, U Prague. •<br />

Talmudist, linguist, tchr, Cincinnati,<br />

Philadelphia, NYC. • See: ]E; NYTimes, Sep<br />

241901, 7:6.<br />

Buttenwieser, Moses; b. Beerfelden,<br />

Germany, Apr 5 1862; d. Palo Alto, Mar<br />

11/12 1939.<br />

To US 1897.· ULeipzig, UWurzberg, PhD<br />

U Heidelberg. • Biblical scholar, translator,<br />

Cincinnati; faculty Heb Union CoIl; author in<br />

field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):72,<br />

24:126,41:420; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;<br />

WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Mar 13 1939, 17:5.<br />

Butzel, Fred M; b. Detroit, Aug 25 1877; d.<br />

Detroit, May 20 1948.<br />

PhB U MI; honorary degree. • Lawyer, public<br />

servant, philanthropic & communal worker,<br />

Detroit; commr House <strong>of</strong>Correction; pres<br />

Nad Conf<strong>of</strong><strong>Jewish</strong> Social Work, Community<br />

Union, Legal Aid Bureau, United<strong>Jewish</strong><br />

Charities; bd Urban League; active bar assn. •<br />

See: UJE; E] (sub Butzel); A]YB, 24:126,<br />

50:514; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA];<br />

WWWIA,2;NYTimes,May221948, 15:4.<br />

Butzel, Henry Magnus; b. Detroit, May 24<br />

1871; d. Detroit, June 7 1963.<br />

PhB, LLB U MI; honorary degrees. • Lawyer,<br />

state supreme court chiefjustice, Detroit; a fdr<br />

Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Com; co-fdr Legal Aid Bureau; pres<br />

bar assn; <strong>of</strong>ficer United<strong>Jewish</strong> Charities,<br />

synagog. • See: UJE; E] (sub Butzel); A]YB,<br />

24:126,65:432; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];<br />

WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 81963,25:1.<br />

Butzel, Leo M; b. Detroit, 1874; d. Feb 27<br />

1961.<br />

PhB, LLB, LLD U MI. • Banker, lawyer,<br />

Detroit; authority on corporation law; active<br />

Am<strong>Jewish</strong> Com, synagog.· See: E] (sub<br />

Butzel);A]YB, 24:126; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,<br />

Mar 11961, 33:4.<br />

84<br />

Butzel, Magnus; b. Burgellem, Bavaria,<br />

1830; d. 1900.<br />

To US 1852. • Clothier, state Republican<br />

Partyldr, civic & communal worker, Detroit;<br />

mem Bd <strong>of</strong>Education; pres Public Library<br />

Commn; active B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: E]<br />

(sub Butzel).<br />

Butzel, Martin; b. Burgellem, Bavaria,<br />

1828.<br />

To US 1845. • Wholesale clothier, Union<br />

uniform mfr, communal & civic ldr, Detroit;<br />

pres Public Lighting Commn, synagog;<br />

supporter<strong>Jewish</strong> colony (Bad Axe, MI). • See:<br />

E] (sub Butzel),<br />

Butzel, Martin L; b. 1906.<br />

Lawyer, communalldr, Detroit; <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />

synagog, Am <strong>Jewish</strong> Com. • See: EJ (sub<br />

Butzel).<br />

Buxbaum, Isador; b.*<br />

Lawyer, municipal judge, Brooklyn. • See:<br />

WWIA], 1938.<br />

Byalostozky, BenjaminJacob; b. Pompian,<br />

Lithuania, 1892.<br />

To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, essayist,<br />

Pittsburgh, NYC; editor Kinder Welt; co-editor<br />

Der Yiddisher K.emfer, Zeit; staffForward; active<br />

Poale Zionist movement. • See: UJE.<br />

Byer, Herbert; b. Cincinnati, Oct 311899.<br />

BS OH State. • Advertising agent, novelist,<br />

Columbus, OH; WWI service. • See: WWIA],<br />

1938.<br />

Byer, Samuel G; b. Warsaw, Feb 22 1885.<br />

To US 1906. • Hull House, Chicago Art Inst.<br />

• Artist, Chicago; used<strong>Jewish</strong> subjects. • See:<br />

WWIA],1938.<br />

Byfield, Albert H; b. Chicago, 1881; d. Los<br />

Angeles, Aug 1946.<br />

Pediatrician, coIlpr<strong>of</strong>essor, Iowa City, Los<br />

Angeles. • See: A]YB, 24:126; NYTimes, Aug<br />

25 1946,46:4.<br />

Byfield, Emest Lessing; b. Chicago, Nov 3<br />

1889; d. Feb 1950.<br />

Armour Inst, Cornell. • Business & hotel exec,<br />

Chicago; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;<br />

NYTimes, Feb 111950, 15:5.<br />

Byfield (bom Beifield), Joseph; b. Hungary,<br />

Aug 22 1853; d. Sep 17 1926.<br />

To US 1867. • Hotel owner, Chicago; WWI<br />

supplier.· See: WWWIA, 1.

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