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Hadas, Gershon
officer trade socs; wwn UNRRA staff. - See:
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 18 1960, 25:1.
Hadas, Gershon; b. Volkovisk, Russia, July
91897.
To US 1901. - AB Columbia, ordainedJTS. ­
Rabbi, Kansas City. It See: WWIAJ, ·1938.
Hadas, Moses; b. Adanta,June 251900; d.
Aspen, co, Aug 17 1966.
AB Emory, ordainedJTS, MA, PhD
Columbia; honorary degrees. - Renowned
classics scholar, humanist; faculty Columbia;
author/translator in field; wwn government
service. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 68:527;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8; NITimes,
Aug 181966,1:4.
Haddad, Frederick William Charles; b. ca
1930; d. South Orange, NJ,]une 13
1971.
Columbia, Am U Law School. - Exec,
Democratic Party ldr, NYC. • See: NITimes,
June 15 1971,46:4.
Hafftka, Alexander (pseud=Fritz Marburg,
Zygmunt Urbanski); b. Czestochowa,
Poland, Nov 24 1894; d. NYC, June 2
1964.
To US 1941. It Historian, Polish public
servant, author, editor; editorial staff UJE;
counselor for Jewish affairs Polish Interior
Ministry. It See: AJYB, 66:576.
Haft, Harry G; b.1889?; d. Hollywood, FL,
Jan 61964.
Mfr, communalldr, NYC; a fdr Israel Bonds;
officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, United
Jewish Appeal. - See: AJYB, 66:576; NITimes,
Jan 71964,33:2.
Haft, Max; b. ca 1861; d. NYC, Feb 12
1939.
Businessman, communal worker. • See: AJYB,
41:424; NITimes, Feb· 13 1939, 15:5.
Haft, Morris W; b. Chernigov, Apr 15
1886;d.NYC,May 1968.
To US 1904. • Cloak & suit mfr, merchant,
philanthropist, NYC; a fdr UnitedJewish
Appeal; active Red Cross, Salvation Army,
trade assn.· See:AJYB, 70:521; WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, May 241968,47:1.
Hagedorn,JohnJ; b. La Grange, GA, Nov
161881.
Wholesale grocer, civic & philanthropic
worker, West Point, GA; dir NatlJewish
Hospital. • See: BEOAJ.
Hagedorn, Joseph Hertzberg; b.
Philadelphia, Mar 241873; d. Mar 1949.
Mfr, communal & civic ldr, Philadelphia;
officer Public Education & Child Labor Assn;
active Fedn ofJewish Charities, Natl Farm
School, Jewish Inst ofReligion; WWI Fair
Price Commr. - See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NITimes, Mar 6 1949, 72:4.
Hager, Israel; b.*; d. NYC, Oct 13 1942.
Rabbi, NYC; honorary pres Union ofHassidic
Rabbis in Am. - See:AJYB, 45:386; NITimes,
Oct 141942, 25:4.
Hager; Joseph; b. Radaviti, Rumania, Dec
15 1900; d.NYC, May 4 1981.
To US 1913. - Rabbi, NYC; fdr Home ofthe
Sages ofIsrael, Wall Street Synagogue, LI Heb
Inst, Yeshiva Day School (Spring Valley, NY);
fdr, editor Synagogue Light. • See: AJYB,
83:356.
Hahn, Aaron; b. ca 1847; d. Cleveland, Nov
251932.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:AJYB, 35:124.
Hahn, Albert L; b. Frankfurt, 1889.
To US 1939, to Germany 1950. • German
banker, economist, Frankfurt, NYC; faculty U
Frankfurt, New School, U Frankfurt; author in
field. • See: EJ.
Hahn, Beatrice R; b. New Haven, Nov 19
1904; d. Hamden, CT, Nov41956.
Exec, research worker, communalldr; with
Bureau ofLabor Statistics, Human Relations
Inst (Yale), Welfare Council ofNY; officer
Natl Council ofJewish Women. It See: AJYB,
59:475;NITimes, Nov 51956,31:5.
Hahn, Calvin; b. Philadelphia, Dec 12 1925;
d. Dec 12 1974.
MD Temple U, post-grad U PA. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Vineland, N];
active state maternal health agencies; military
service. • See: WWWL4., 6.
Hahn, Edgar Aaron; b. Cleveland, Nov 24
1882.
LLB Western Reserve, LLB? Columbia;
honorary degrees. • Lawyer, Cleveland; mem
Charter Commn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 7.
Hahn, Frank E; b. Philadelphia, Jan 22
1879.
BS U PA. • Architect, engineer, Philadelphia;
bd YM-YWHA; author in field.· See:
WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ.
Hahn, Frederick E; b. NYC, Mar 23 1869;
d. Philadelphia, Nov 251942.
To US 1891. • Leipzig Conservatory;
honorary degrees. - Violinist, composer,
Philadelphia; fdr Hahn Conservatory; mem
string quartet; earlier with Boston Symphony.
It See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):109,24:152,
45:387; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 26 1942,27:5.
Hahn, HarryW; b. ca 1879;d. Washington
DC; Dec 8 1934.
Merchant, civic ldr, Washington DC.- See:
AJYB, 37:257.
Hahn, Henry; b. ca 1873; d.Jan 23 1937.
State supreme court commr, special master in
chancery, civic worker, Maplewood, NJ. • See:
AJYB, 39:592; NYTimes, Jan 241937, II 8:6.
Hahn, Herman F; b. Eppelsheim,
Darmstadt,July 4 1841.
Watch jobber, communalldr, Chicago; pres
United Heb Ch3;rities, natl trade org. - See:
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):66.
Hahn, Herman F; b. Chicago, Sep 10 1902;
d.Jan 1954.
Banker, Los Angeles; officer Cedars of
Lebanon, bankers assn. - See: WWWIA, 3;
NITimes,Jan291954, 19:4.
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Hahn, Hugo; b. Tiengen, Germany,]an 14
1893; d. NYC, Nov 71967.
To US 1939.· Rabbi, German Reform ldr,
author, editor, NYC. - See: AJYB, 69:608;
NITimes, Nov 81967,40:1.
Hahn,J Goseph) Jerome; b. Albany, Aug 20
1868; d. Providence, Dec 6 1938.
LLB Boston U; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
state superior & supreme court judge,
communalldr, Providence. - See: UJE; AJYB,
24:152,41:424; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Dec 7 1938,
23:5.
Hahn, Joseph; b.*; d. Newark, Mar 6 1915.
Rabbi, Newark. • See:AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):220.
Hahn, Judah Louis; b. Novogrudok, Minsk,
June 26 1891.
To US 1904. - Rabbinical ColI (NYC),
Columbia, Lafayette ColI. • Rabbi, NYC;
officer Zionist Org ofAm; WWIJewish
Welfare Bd service. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hahn, Meyer; b. ca 1836; d. Long Branch,
N],July 291912.
Collector ofCustoms, Pamlico & New Berne,
NC. • See: AJYB, 15(1913-1914):270.
Hahn, Michael; b. Bavaria, 1830; d•.
Washington DC, 1886.
To US in infancy. - LLB U LA; honorary
degree. • Congressman, governor, lawyer,
public official, newspaper publisher, New
Orleans; publisher True Delta, The Republican;
supt US Mint; favored emancipation;
Christian. • See: UJE.
Hahn, Paul M; b. NYC, Mar 6 1895; d. Aug
91963.
CCNY, Columbia Law. - Tobacco co exec,
NYC. - See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Aug 10
1963, 17:4.
Hahn,Sainuel; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, June 20
1934.
Civil War veteran, NYC. - See: AJYB, 36:282.
Hahn, SigmondJ; b. Pittsburgh, Mar 21
1891.
Exec, furniture merchant, Pittsburgh. It See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Hahn, TheodoreJ; b. ca 1867; d.
Philadelphia, Sep 16 1923.
Mem, Sons ofthe Revolution, Philadelphia. ­
See:AJYB, 26:155.
Hailperin, Baer; b. Russia, 1859; d.
Newark, Feb 191921.
Rabbi, Newark; fdr Kosher Meat System,
Passover ReliefFund. • See:AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):61,23:132; Gottlieb, 308.
Hailperin, Herman; b. Newark, Apr 6 1899;
d.Jan 91973.
AB NYU, ordainedJTS, MA, PhD U
Pittsburgh; honorary degree. - Rabbi, author,

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Hamburg, Ephraim; b. ca 1816; d. Chicago,
June 13 1913.
Civil War colonel, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):270.
Hamburg, SamJr; b. Russia, Mar 251888.
Financier, St Louis; officerJewish Orthodox
Old Folks Home; dir FederatedJewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Hamburger, Adolf; b. Germany; d. NYC,
Oct 171962.
To US 1934. • StJohns. • Lawyer; fdr Axis
Victims League ofNY. • See: NITimes, Oct 18
1962,39:3.
Hamburger, AdolfLawrence; b. Baltimore,
Dec 241898; d. Baltimore, Dec 281959.
Investment advisor; active Israel Bonds Org,
Am Jewish Congo • See:A]YB, 62:450;
NITimes" Dec 291959,25:2.
Hamburger, David Asher; b. Sacramento,
Sep 28 1857; d. Los Angeles, Sep 41944.
Harvard Law. • Realtor, merchant, investor,
bldr, Los Angeles; co-bldr Hamburger Home
forJewish Working Girls. • See:A]YB,
47:523-24; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 6
1944, 19:5.
Hamburger, Ernest; b. Berlin, 1891; d.
NYC, Apr 2 1980.
To US 1940. • Human rights specialist,
historian, NYC; with Ministry ofInterior
(Prussian Diet), Inst ofWorld Affairs, UN
Secretariat; author/editor in field. • See: A]YB,
82:367.
Hamburger, FerdinandJr; b. Baltimore,
July 51904.
BE, Dr EngineeringJohns Hopkins. •
Engineer, Baltimore; facultyJohns Hopkins;
active Boy Scouts; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Hamburger, Henry I; b. Baltimore, Jan 1
1865; d. Baltimore,June 30 1907.
Merchant, Baltimore. • See: PA]HS, 17:223­
24.
Hamburger, Isaac; b. ca 1825; d. Baltimore,
Dec21909.
Merchant, Baltimore.· See:A]YB, 12(1910­
1911):109.
Hamburger, Julia Horn (Mrs Gabriel
Hamburger); b. NYC, Oct 191883; d.
NYC, Sep 15 1961.
Child welfare worker, NYC; pres Childrens
Welfare League, Jewish Settlement House
(East Side), Ivriah; est free nursery
kindergarten, free dining room; officer
Maternity Aid Soc; dir Fedn ofJewish
Womens Orgs.· See:A]YB, 64:494; WWIA],
1938; NITimes, Sep 16 1961, 19:4.
Hamburger, Louis Philip; b. Baltimore, Sep
18 1873/1874.
MD ColI ofPharmacy, AB, MD Johns
Hopkins, post-grad U Berlin. • Physician,
Baltimore; consult Health Dept; officer med
assns; author in field. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):109; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 5.
Hamburger, Max; b.*; d. Mobile, Oct 2
1910.
Legislator, Mobile. • See: A]YB, 13(1911­
1912):136.
Hamburger, Morton; b. Baltimore, ca 1910;
d. Grand Teton,"WY, Aug 1970.
Johns Hopkins. • Physician, Cincinnati;
specialty: viral infections; faculty U Cincinnati;
WWII service. • See: AI, Aug 6 1970.
Hamburger, Ralph Moss; b. Denver, Apr
251872.
Insurance agent, Minneapolis; officer synagog.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Hamburger, Samuel B; b. Albany, NY, Jan
211852; d. Dec 1926.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, civic & communal
ldr, religious school principal & tchr, NYC;
mem Bd ofParole; an orgrJewish Bd of
Guardians; dir Educational Alliance; active
Republican politics. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):66; WWIA], 1926, 1928; NITimes, Dec
291926,21:2.
Hamburger,VValterVVile;b.Chicago,Sep
10 1881; d. June 27 1941.
BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Physician, med researcher, consult, Cincinnati;
specialty: heart, circulation; mem Dept of
Public Health; faculty U Chicago; active med
socs; WWI service. • See: U]E; A]YB, 24:152;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
1.
Hamburgher, E C; b. ca 1841; d. Chicago,
June 18 1904.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):373.
Hamerschlag, RobertJoseph; b. NYC, Feb
6 1894; d. Mar 1973.
Williams ColI. • Stockbroker, NYC; officer
Natl Audubon Soc; WWI service. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Hamerslag, Victor; b. Elizabeth, Mar 7
1904; d. May 12 1953.
Newspaperman, broadcaster, NJ. • See:
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, May 13 1953,29:6.
Hamlin, Isaac; b. Komarin, Russia, Nov 15
1891; d. Tel Aviv, 1967.
Zionist admr, labor ldr, NYC, Tel Aviv; fdr
Histadrut; general secy Poale-Zion, N atl
Labor Com for Palestine, Jewish Agency;
delegate 1st Am Jewish Cong, World Zionist
Conf. • See: WWIA], 1938; NatlJewish Post,
Feb 241967; NITimes, Feb 17 1967,37:1.
Hammel, Leopold; b. ca 1847; d. Mobile,
May 141914.
Merchant,Mobile.· See:A]YB, 16(1914­
1915):163; NITimes, May 161914,11:7.
Hammer, Armand; b. NYC, May 21 1898.
AB, MD Columbia. • Exec, US-Russia
relations specialist, Olympics ldr, art collector
& dealer, NYC, Los Angeles; with Occidental
Petroleum; WWI service.· See: WWIA],
1938; Wall StreetJournal story, May 12 1978.
Hanan, Morris Behar
Hammer,Jacob; b. Tarnopol, Poland, Oct
311894; d. NYC, Mar 1953.
To NYC 1920. • U Lemberg, U Vienna, MA,
PhD Columbia. • Latinist, medieval historian,
NYC; faculty Hunter; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Mar 261953,25:1.
Hammer, Louis; b. Stepin, Russia, Mar 25
1892; d. Hartford, Mar1959.
JTS Tchrs, AM CCNY, ordainedJTS. •
Rabbi, Brooklyn, Bronx; fdr Young Israel. •
See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Mar 211959,
21:5.
Hammerman, S (Samuel) Lawrence; b.
Kings Park, LI, Mar 18 1890/1891.
Real estate & fmancing exec, Baltimore; officer
synagog; bd CityJail, Better Business Bureau;
dir Alliance Israelite Universelle. • See:
WWIA], 1928; BEOA].
Hammerschlag, Carrie; b.*; d. May 16
1938.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
40:386.
Hammerstein, Arthur; b. NYC, Dec 21
1872/1873; d. Oct 1955.
Theatre producer, inventor, patent holder,
NYC; producer "NaughtyMarietta," "Rose
Marie," "Sweet Adeline." • See: U]E (sub
Hammerstein, Oscar); E] (sub Hammerstein);
A]YB, 24:152; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Oct
13 1955,31:2.
Hammerstein, Elaine; b.*
Movie actress, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:153.
Hammerstein, Harry; b. ca 1871; d. New
London, CT,July 281914.
Lieutenant, NY Regiment, New London, CT.
• See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):220;NITimes,
July291914,9:6.
Hammerstein, Oscar; b. Berlin, May 8
1848; d. NYC, Aug 11919.
To NYC 1863. • Impresario, theatre & opera
house bldr, opera producer, NYC; earlier cigar
maker, inventor; bldr Harlem Opera House,
Manhattan Opera House. • See: ]E; U]E; E]
(sub Hammerstein); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):110,
22:165; WWWlA, 1; DAB; NITimes, Aug 2
1919, 1:2.
Hammerstein, Oscar IT; b. NYC, July 12
1895; d. Doylestown, PA, Aug 1960.
AB Columbia, Columbia Law.· Noted
librettist, screenwriter; "Show Boat." • See:
UJE (sub Hammerstein, Oscar); E] (sub
Hammerstein); WWIA], 1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 4; DAB, 6; NITimes, Aug 23 1960,
1:3.
Hammerstein, Wtlliam; b.*; d.June 1914.
Theatre & opera mgr, NYC. • See: E] (sub
Hammerstein);A]YB, 16(1914-1915):163;
NITimes,June 111914, 11:3.
Hanan, Morris Behor; b. Isle ofRhodes,
Sep 13 1892.
To US 1910. • Produce merchant, Sephardic
ldr, Seattle; fdr Sephardic Brotherhood,
synagog; active UnitedJewish Appeal,
Educational Center. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Hanau, Agil
Hanau, Agil; b. ca 1850; d. NYC, Apr 1
1940.
Cigarmaker, expert cigar grader, NYC; fdr,
secy YMHA; principal religious school. • See:
A]YB, 42:480; NYTimes, Apr 3 1940, 23:5.
Hanau, Rudolf; b. Merzig-on-Saar,
Germany, Mar 25 1872.
To Washington, PA 1893.· Home furnishing
merchant, Washington, PA; officer B'nai
B'rith; dir CommunityTheatre; active Erie
Home for Children. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Hanau, Rudolph L; b. Cape Colony, Nov 3
1881; d. before 1938.
To US 1906. • Polytech (Darmstadt). •
Consult engineer, Buffalo; specialty: dental
engineering; faculty U Buffalo Dental School;
author in"field.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Hanauer, Albert M; b. Pittsburgh, Feb 27
1865; d. Pittsburgh,Jan 291945.
Business exec, civic worker, Pittsburgh; active
Liberal Immigration League, disaster relief
fundraising, Russian pogrom victims aid,
Chamber ofCommerce. • See:A]YB, 47:524;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Hanauer, Belle Loeb (Mrs Sam Hanauer);
b. Cincinnati,Jan 61867.
Civic worker, Spokane; officerJewish Welfare
Assn; trustee Red Cross, Orthopedic Hospital,
Hutton Orphanage, synagog. • See: WWIA],
1926.
Hanauer,JeromeJ; b. NYC, July 30 1875;
d. Murray Bay, Quebec, Sep 3"1938.
CCNY. • Banker, NYC; with Kuhn, Loeb;
pres Loeb Memorial Home for Convalescents;
WWI government service. • See: A]YB,
41:424; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA];
WWIIVlA., 1; NYTimes, Sep 41938, 16:7.
Hanauer, Milton Steppacher; b.
Philadelphia, June 7 1885.
LLB Gonzaga. • Lawyer, Spokane; faculty
Gonzaga.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Hanaw, Henry; h. Jackson, MI, Aug 15
1856; d. Mobile, Feb 91916.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Mobile. • See: A]YB,
18(1916-1917):107; WWWIA, 1.
Handelman, Abraham; b. Russia, 1890; d.
Philadelphia, Dec 31 1944.
To US 1913.· Drake, Dropsie.· Scholar,
communal educator; faculty, principal Heb
High School, Jewish Education Center. • See:
A]YB, 47:524.
Handelsman, Jacob Richard; b. Maspeth,
LI, May 14 1908.
MD Syracuse U. • Physician, Brooklyn; active
Palestine Relief Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Handler, Harry; b. near Bialystok, Mar 15
1881; d. Passaic, Aug 161965.
To US 1901.· Communal educator, Brooklyn;
a fdr Heb Principals Assn ofGreater NY. •
See:A]YB, 67:537; NITimes, Aug 18 1965,
35:4.
Handler, Milton;b. NYC, Oct 8 1903.
AB,LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, court referee,
NYC; mem Natl Labor Bd, Lend-Lease Adm,
Am Zionist Emergency Council; faculty
Columbia; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Handler, Miriam (Mrs Milton Handler); b.*
Zionist ldr, public official; with US Manpower
Cominn Training Within Industry; natl bd
Hadassah. • See: E] (sub Handler, Milton).
Handler, Philip; b. N], 1917; d. Dec 1981.
Biochemist; specialty: vitamins, deficiencies;
faculty Duke; pres Nat! Academy ofSciences;
officer professional socs; author in field. • See:
E]; E]:1973-1982.
Handlin, Mary Flug (Mrs Oscar Handlin);
b. NYC, Sep 141913; d. Cambridge, MA,
May 23 1976.
Historian ofAm; with Harvard Center for
Study ofAm History; co-author in field. • See:
A]YB, 78:541;NYTimes, May25 1976,38:3.
Handlin, Oscar; b. Brooklyn, 1915.
Historian ofAm, Pulitzer Prize winner,
Cambridge, MA; faculty Harvard; dir Center
for Study ofAm History; author in field. • See:
E].
Handmacher, Alvin; b. Chicago, ca 1906; d.
NYC, Apr 1966.
U Chicago. • Business exec, clothing mfr,
philanthropist, NYc. • See: NYTimes, Apr 16
1966,33:2.
Handmaker, Herman Gilbert; b. Louisville,
July 23 1903.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, legislator,
Louisville; dirJewish Welfare Fedn, Confof
Jewish Orgs. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Handman, Max Sylvius; b. Roman,
Rumania, Dec 13 1885; d. Dec 261939.
To US 1903. • AB U OR, PhD U Chicago,
post-grad Columbia, College de France, U
Berlin. • Sociologist, economist, consult, Ann
Arbor; faculty U MI; officer Social Science
Research Council; active Natl Confon Social
Work; author/editor in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWIIVlA., 1; NYTimes, bec 27 1939,
21:4.
Handwerker, Nathan; b. Galicia, June 14
1892; d. Mar 1974.
To US 1910. • Business exec, restaurateur,
Coney Island. • See: NYTimes story, Aug 3
1966, obituary Mar 25 1974,34:1.
Hanfinann, George Maxim Anossov; b. St
Petersburg, 1911.
U Berlin. • Archaeologist, excavator; curator
Fogg Art Museum (Harvard); author in field. •
See:E].
Hanft, Benjamin"; b. NYC, Dec 181904; d.
NYC, Nov81985.
Publicist; withJoint Distribution Com, United
Jewish Appeal, Council ofJewish Fedns &
Welfare Funds. • See: A]YB, 87:439-40.
Hannoch, HerbertJ; b. Newark, Aug 28
1890.
LLB NYU.• Lawyer, Newark; chr legislative
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commn; officer bar assn, Beth Israel Hospital.
• See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Hano, Lester; b. Philadelphia, Mar 22
1905.
U PA. • Stockbroker, Philadelphia; dii Natl
Farm School, JeWish Seaside Home. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Hanover, Joseph; b. Pultask, Poland, Dec
181889.
To US 1896. • LLB U Memphis. • Lawyer,
legislator, Memphis; officer synagog; active
Democratic politics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Hansman, Leon Augustus; b. New Haven,
1888.
Zoologist, Ithaca. • See: A]YB, 24:153.
Hanstein, Walter; b. Clinton, NC, ca 1894;
d. Adantic City, Jan 16 1940.
LLB U PA. • Trial lawyer, Atlantic City; mem
Bd ofEducation; active fraternal orgs, civic
affairs. • See: A]YB, 42:480; NITimes, Jan 17
1940,21:6.
Harap, Louis; b. NYC, Sep 16 1904.
AB, AM, PhD Harvard. • Philosophy librarian,
Harvard; author on philosophy, musical
subjects.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Harawitz, Abraham; b. Russia, May 8 1879;
d. NYC, May 25 1935.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Municipal judge,
legislator, NYC. • See:A]YB, 37:257; WWIA],
1928.
Harburg, E Y (Edgar Yip); b. NYC, Apr 8
1896; d. Mar 51981.
BS CCNY; honorary degrees. • Songwriter,
lyricist, Academy Awards, NYC; "Brother Can
You Spare a Dime." • See: E]; WWIIVlA., 7.
Harburger, Julius; b. NYC, Feb 22 1851; d.
NYC, Nov91914.
Congressman, legislator, excise commr, sheriff,
NYC; natl officer Free Sons ofIsrael;
Tammany politician. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):110, 17(1915-1916):220; NYTimes, Nov
10 1914, 11:5.
Harby, George Washington; b. Charleston,
SC, Oct 12 1797.
Playwright, Charleston, SC, New Orleans. •
See: BDEA]; PA]HS, 32:46.
Harby, Isaac; b. Charleston, SC, Nov 4/9
1788; d. NYC, Dec 141828.
Dramatist, journalist, critic, educator, essayist,
Charleston, SC, NYC; pioneer advocate of
Reform; a fdr Reformed Soc ofIsraelites. •
See:]E (sub Harby); UJE; E]; BDEA]; PA]HS,
32:35-53; DAB.
Harby, Leah Cohen (Mrs Lee C Harby); b.
Charleston, SC, Sep 7 1849; d.
Charleston, Oct 1918.
Author, TX, NYC, Charleston, SCi author TX
flag song; active Daughters ofthe Confederacy,
Daughters ofthe Am Revolution. • See:]E
(sub Harby); UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):110,
21:205,24:153; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 22
1918,13:1.

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Harby, Levi (Levy) Myers; b. Georgetown!
Charleston, SC, Sep 211793;d.
Galveston, Dec 3 1870.
Naval officer; War of 1812, War ofTX
Independence, Mexican & Seminole Wars,
Confederate Civil War service. • See:]E (sub
Harby); UJE; RDEA].
Hardeen,1fheodore;b.1\ppleton, VVI,ca
1876; d. Brooklyn, June 12 1945.
lllusioilist, magician; pres Soc ofAm
Magicians; brother ofHoudini. • See:A]YB,
48:490; NYTimes,]une 13 1945,23:1.
Hardman, Jacob Benjamin Salutsky (J B S)
(pseud=Hardin); b. Vilna, 1\ug 251882;
d.Jan 1968.
To US 1909. • U St Petersburg Law, postgrad
ColUllibia. • Editor, trade union
publisher, labor ldr, NYC; editor The Advance;
a fdr Am Labor Press Assn; active Social
Democratic Labor Party (Russia), Conffor
Progressive Labor Action. • See: E]; WWIA],
1938; REOA]; NYTimes,]an 311968,38:7.
Harkavy, Alexander; b. Novogradok,
Belorussia, May 5 1863; d. NYC, Nov 27
1939.
To US 1882. • Lexicographer, linguist,
Yiddish journalist, author, translator; with Heb
Publishing Co; representative Heb Immigrant
Aid Soc (Ellis Island); author noted Yiddish!
English dictionary. • See:]E (sub Harkavy);
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):110-11,24:153,
42:153-64,480; Eisenstadt, 33-34; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; REOA]; NYTimes, Nov 28
1939,26:2.
Harkavy, Elchanan (EI Hanan); b. Russia,
May 41844; d. Apr 261916.
To US 1891. • Heb tchr, author, businessman,
Warsaw, Brooklyn; historian ofhis family. •
See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):107; Eisenstadt, 33;
NYTimes, Apr 291916,11:6.
Harkavy, HenryJ; b. Mir, Russia, Feb 13
1894; d. NYC, Dec 1974.
School ofMilitary Engineering (Odessa),
Cooper Union, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer,
NYC; legal bd. Council ofReal Estate Assns of
NY; officer'Bikur Cholim Convalescent Home,
Abraham Goldfaden Mutual Benevolence Assn.
• See: REOA]; NYTimes, Dec 5 1974, 50:5.
Harland, Henry (pseud=Sydney Luska); b.
St Petersburg, Mar 1861; d. San Remo,
Dec 1905.
CCNY, Harvard. • Author, editor, NYC,
London; novels & stories on]ewish subjects,
Italy; editor Yellow Book. • See: ]Ei NYTimes,
Dec 22 1905,9:5.
Harlem, David.Eli; b. NYC, Apr 8/18 1880.
CCNY. • Realtor, official appraiser, communal
& civic worker, Denver; ehr United Health
Appeal, ] oint Distribution Com; active
Community Chest; WWI Rent Commn chr. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Harlow, Harry F; b. Fairfield, IA, Oct 31
1905; d. Dec 61981.
Reed, AB, PhD Stanford. • Psychologist,
Tucson; faculty U WI, U AZ; officer
professional orgs; author/editor in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Harmati, Sandor; b. Budapest, July 91892;
d. Flemington, N], Apr 41936.
To US 1914/1917.· Royal Academy ofMusic
(Budapest). • Conductor, composer; musical
dir Omaha Symphony. • See: UJE; A]YB,
38:429; WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Apr 61936,
21:1.
Harmelin, Max; b.1\ustria,June 17 1890.
Insurance agent, comm1.inalldr, Newark; pres
Heb Orphan Sheltering Home;· active
Republican politics. • See: REOA].
Harris, Abraham; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Feb
1917.
Police captain, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):265.
Harris, Abraham I; b. Minneapolis, ca 1889;
d. Washington DC, Oct 18 1942.
Newspaperman, syndicated columnist,
Washington DC; editorMN State
Conservation Dept paper.· See: A]YB, 45:387;
NYTimes, Oct19 1942, 19:4.
Harris, Alexander; b. ca 1858; d. Denver,
1\pr 301916.
Musician, professor, Leavenworth, KS. • See:
A]YB, 18(1916-1917):107.
Harris, Alexander; b. NYC, Oct 7 1885; d.
West Orange, NJ, Mar 1969.
U London.· Business exec, philanthropist,
NYC; active synagog, Beth Israel Hospital
(Newark). • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar
12 1969,47:1.
Harris, Arthur I; b. Houston,Jan271882;
d. Oct 181963.
Business exec, Atlanta; active Natl Confof
Christians &]ews. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Harris, Arthur Mayer; h. Chicago, June 5
1874.
Merchant, Minneapolis; with Harris
Machinery Co; dir Talmud Torah,]ewish
Family Welfare, Fedn of]ewish Service.•, See:
WWIA], 1938; REOA].
Harris, Benjamin Raczkowski; b. Lodz, Feb
19 1896.
BS CCNY, MS U IL, post-grad U Chicago. •
Chemical engineer, exec, consult, patent
holder, Chicago; author in field; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; REOAl
Harris, Charles H; b. NYC, ca 1877; d.
Norwalk, cr, May 28 1942.
Glass mfr, civic ldr, philanthropist, Norwalk,
CT; est vacation farm for undernourished girls.
• See:A]YB, 44:338j'NYTimes, May291942,
17:6.
Harris, Charles Kissel; b. Poughkeepsie,
May 1 1865/1866; d. NYC, Dec 22 1930.
Songwriter, music publisher, author, NYCj
officer professional cirgj "After the Ball,"
"Break the News to Mother."· See: U]E;
A]YB, 24:153, 33:126j WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 1.
Harris, Henry
Harris, Daniel; b. London, 1846; d.
Brooklyn, Feb 8 1945.
Last surviving]ewish Civil War veteran; Civil
War Union service. • See: A]YB, 47:524;
NYTimes, Feb 91945,15:1.
Harris, Daniel H; b. NYC, June 16 1907.
AB, MA, PhD Columbia. • Consulting
psychologist, NYC; with government agencies;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Harris, David; b. NYC, Nov 5 1864.
Broker, Brooklyn; governor Heb Orphan
Asylum. • See: WWIA], J 928.
Harris, E Knight; b. NYC, Feb 211890; d.
Nov 1959.
Columbia, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC, Far
Rockaway; pres Bd ofTradej officer Chamber
ofCommerce; active Republican politics,
Citizens Union, Salvation Army. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 11 1959,35:2.
Harris, Edward Arnold; b. St Louis, Oct 20
1910; d. Mar 141976.
AB Washington U (St Louis), MS UCLA. •
Newspaperman, author, Pulitzer Prize winner,
St Louis. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Harris, Florence Nightingale (Knight) (Mrs
S Marcus Harris); b. Staten Island, Oct 6
1872; d. NYC, Aug 3 1925.
Civic & communalldr; mem old Sephardic
family. • See: PA]HS, 31:258-60.
Harris, Frederic Robert; b. NYC, Apr 10
1875; d.July 1949.
ME Stevens Tech; honorary degree. • Rear
admiral,consult engineer, NYc. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, July 21
1949,25:1.
Harris,George;b.Alexandria,Poland,May
271884.
To US 1899. • Silk mfr, importer, NYC then
with Citrus Fruit Co, Orlando, FL. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Harris, Gilbert; b. St Louis, Jan 19 1894.
U MO, Washington U (St Louis). •
Communal exec & ldr, St Louis; exec dir YM­
YWHA; officer N atl ConfofJewish Center
Execs; WWI withJ ewish Welfare Bd. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Harris, Harvey Eli; b. Bloomfield, NJ, Mar
171888; d. Dec 1941.
Real estate broker, postmaster, Bloomfield, NJj
active Chamber ofCommerce; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938jNYTimes, Dec 22 1941,
17:5.
Harris, Henry; b.*; d. Denver, Oct 1915.
Author, Denver.· See:A]YB, 18(1916­
1917):107.
Harris, Henry; b. Olympia, Wi\, Oct 27
1874; d. San Francisco, reportedJuly 15
1938.
AB Stanford, MDJohns Hopkins, post-grad U
Berlin, U Vienna. • Physician, San Francisco;
faculty U CA (Berkeley)j officer Zionist Org of
Amj active med SOCj author in field. • See:
A]YB, 41:424; WWIA], 1938.

Heckerling, Philip Ephraim
BS, MS U WA, Lehigh U, PhD U IL. •
Structural engineer, business exec, consult;
faculty George Washington, VA Polytech;
mem Nat! Bureau ofStandards. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Heckerling, Philip Ephraim; b. NYC, May
171921; d. Nov 301983.
JD U FL; honorary degrees. • Lawyer, Miami;
specialty: estate planning; faculty U Miami;
active bar assn; author/editor in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Heda, Frank; b. Arva, Hungary,July 8
1891.
To US 1908. • MD Loyola. • Physician,
surgeon, Chicago; officermedsoc; active
YMCA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hedrich, Anshell; b.*; d. Haverhill, MA,
Nov91943.
Rabbi, Haverhill, MA.· See:AJYB, 46:339.
Heidek, Mr; b.*
To Charleston, SC 1787. • Jewish convertto
Christianity, attempted to convert Indians. •
See:BDEAJ.
Heidelberger, Charles; b. NYC, Dec 23
1920.
SB, MS, PhD Harvard. • Chemist, Pasadena,
CA; specialty: cancer; faculty U WI, U
Southern CA; consult Nat! Cancer Inst; active
professional assn. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Heidelberger, Michael; b. NYC, Apr 29
1888.
BS, MA, PhD Columbia, Zurich Polytech. •
Biological chemist, biochemist, immunologist;
faculty Columbia, Rockefeller Inst; author in
field. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Heidingsfeld, Benjamin L; b. Greenfield,
OH, Feb 20 1868.
Harvard Law. • Lawyer, Cincinnati; WWI
government service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Heidingsfeld, Laura Behrend (Mrs Edward
Heidingsfeld); b. Washington DC, June
161880.
Braille transcriber, communal & civic worker,
Washington DC; officer Nat! Council of
Jewish Women, YMHA; active Red Cross.·
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Heidingsfield, Myron Samuel;b. NYC, Feb
3 1914; d. Gainesville, FL, May 291969.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD NYU. • Economist,
statistician, marketing consult, exec,
Philadelphia, Gainesville, FL; faculty U FL;
author in field; wwn service. • See:
WWWL4, 5; NYTimes, June 31969,47:4.
Heiferman, Solomon; b. NYC, ca 1908; d.
Queens, 1985.
Demolitions expert, industrial bldr, communal
Idr, philanthropist, NYC; pres Sol Schechter
School.· See: NYTimes, Nov 4 1985.
Heifetz, Benar; b.Moghilev, Russia, Dec
111899; d. Apr 61974.
Conservatory (Leningrad). • Concert &
orchestral cellist, NYC; faculty Manhattan
School ofMusic; mem Kolisch String Quartet,
Alberneri Trio. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,
Apr 8 1974,38:1.
Heifetz, Jascha; b. Vdna, Feb 2 1901.
Royal School ofMusic (Vilna), St Petersburg
Conservatory. • Renowned concert violinist,
tchr, Los Angeles; faculty UCLA; officer, fdr
professional org. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
24:154; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ.
Heifetz, Nisan; b. Homel, Russia, Dec 15
1900. .
To US 1914.· Ordained RIETS.· Rabbi,
religious school principal, South River, NJ. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Heifetz,.Vladimir; b. Russia, ca 1894; d.
Deer Park, LI, May 1970.
To US 1921. • St Petersburg Conservatory. •
Pianist, conductor, composer, NYC; used
Jewish themes. • See: NYTimes, May 6 1970,
43:3.
Heilbroner, Blanche (Mrs Albert M
Heilbroner); b. ca 1871; d. Los Angeles,
June 61939.
Communal worker, NYC; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, Guild for Jewish Blind.
• See:AJYB, 41:424.
Heilbroner, Samuel; b. ca 1828; d. Ft
Wayne, Oct 111912.
Communal worker, Ft Wayne.· See:AJYB,
15(1913-1914):270.
Heilbronner, Louis; b. Marshalltown, IA,
ca 1867; d. Milwaukee, Aug 1949.
Hosiery mfg exec, Milwaukee. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 211949,68:6.
Heilbrunn, Lewis Victor; b. Brooklyn,Jan
241892; d. Oct 1959.
AB Cornell, PhD U Chicago. • Zoologist,
Philadelphia; faculty U PA; officer professional
soc; trustee Woods Hole Biological
Laboratory; WWI service..• See: WWIAJ,
1928 (addenda), 1938; NYTimes, Oct 30 1959,
54:1.
Heilbrunn, Madeleine Stiefel (Mrs RobertJ
Heilbrunn); b. NYC, Feb 9 1896. .
NY Training School forTchrs, NYU. •
Communal & civic worker, Rochester, NY;
officer Nat! Council ofJewish Women, Public
Health Nursing Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Heiligman, Harold Abraham; b. Reading,
PA,Jan 81900.
Chern E Lehigh. • Chemist, Norristown, PA,
Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Heilperin, Michael Angelo; b. Warsaw,
1909.
PhD U Geneva, post-grad U London,
Cambridge U.· To US 1934, 1938.·
Economist; faculty U Geneva, Grad Inst of
Internat! Studies, Bryn Mawr; advisor Yiddish
Inst; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ.
Heilprin, Angelo; b. Satoraljaujhely,
Hungary, Mar 31 1853; d. NYC, July 17
1907.
To US 1856. • Royal School ofMines
(London). • Geologist, explorer,
paleontologist, naturalist, painter,
photographer, Philadelphia; faculty
Philadelphia Academy ofNaturalSciences,
Yale; author in field. • Se: JE; UJE; EJ (sub
Heilprin); A]YB, 6(1904-1905):112-13,
10(1908-1909):127; WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, July 181907, 7:5.
258
Heilprin, Louis; b. Miskolcz, Hungary, July
2 1851; d. NYC, Feb 13 1912.
To US 1856.· EncYclopedist, NYC. • See:JE;
UJE; E] (sub Heilprin); AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):113,14(1912-1913):126; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Feb 141912, 11:3.
Heilprin, Michael; b. Piotrkow, Poland,
Feb 23 1823; d.Summit, NJ, May 10
1888.
To Philadelphia. 1856. • Scholar, linguist,
encyclopedist, journalist, author, abolitionist,
philanthropic worker; advocate ofJewish
agricultural colonies in US; contributor The
Nation; active reliefworker, Emigrant Aid Soc,
1848 Hungarian revolution. • See: JE; UJE; EJ
(sub Heilprin); DAB.
Heilprin, Phinehas MendeVMenahem; b.
Poland, Nov 1801; d. Washington DC,
Jan 301863.
To US after 1848, 1859? • Hebraist,
merchant, author, Washington DC. • See:
UJE;E].
Heiman, Adele Bluthenthal (Mrs Max
Heiman); b. Pine Bluff, AR, Aug 22
1900.
AB Goucher. • Communalldr, Little Rock;
pres ARJewish Assembly, AR-OKFedn of
Temple Sisterhoods; officer Nat! Council of
Jewish Women.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Heiman, Henry; b. Ludom, Posen, Mar 23
1865; d. NYC, Nov 171947.
To US 1880.· MD Columbia, post-grad U
Berlin, U Vienna. • Pediatrist, NYC; author in
field.· See:A]YB, 50:516-17; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov 18 1947,
29:4.
Heiman, Leopold; b.*
Rabbi, Norfolk. • See:AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):216.
Heiman, Marcus; b. Syracuse, June 4 1883;
d. NYC, Sep 1957.
Theatrical mgr, NYC; pres United Booking
Office; officer trade soc; upheld ban on blacks
as actors & patrons. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938;NYTimes, Sep 10 1957, 33:3.
Heiman, Max; b. ca 1851; d. Little Rock,
Nov61917.
Merchant, philanthropist, Little·Rock. • See:
AJYB, 20(1918-1919):228.
Heiman, Solomon; b. ca 1887; d. Brooklyn,
Dec 3 1944.
To US 1935. • Rabbi, religious educator,
Brooklyn, Europe; dean Mesivta Talmudical
Seminary.· See:AJYB, 47:524; NYTimes, Dec
41944,23:1.
Heimann, Eduard; b. Berlin, July 11 1889.
To NYC 1933. • PhD U Heidelberg. •

261
stone importer, artist, NYC. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938.
Heller, Samuel; b. Kolo, Poland, Apr 1
1889.
To US 1900. • PhB, MA U Chicago, LLB
Northwestern. • Lawyer, municipal judge,
Chicago; active Fedn ofPolish]ews in. Am;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Heller, Simeon; b. Flushing, NY, ca 1907;
d. Ellenville, NY, Oct 23 1969.
NYU. • Architect, NYC; chr Transit Commn
ofQueens; pres State Assn ofArchitects. • See:
NITimes, Oct 25 1969, 33:1.
Heller, SimonJoseph; b. Brovari, Russia,
Aug 241890; d. Denver, Feb 11939.
To US 1891. • LLB U Denver. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Denver; officerJewish Welfare
Fund, Central]ewish Council, United]ewish
Campaign for]ewish War Sufferers. • See:
AJYB, 41:424; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Heller, Solomon; b. ca 1873; d. Boston,
June 25 1934.
Communal worker, Boston. • See: AJYB,
36:282.
Heller, Victor H; b. Czechoslovakia, Sep 15
1886; d. Phoenix, Dec 1967.
Food co exec, NYC; with Vita Food Products.
• See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, ] an 1 1968.
Heller, Walter D; b. San Francisco, Sep 18
1894; d. San Francisco, Nov 12 1966.
Mfr, communal & civic ldr, San Francisco;
officer]ewish Community Center,]ewish
Welfare Bd, CA ConfofSocial Work;
fundraiser Community Chest; active natl Boy
Scouts. • See: AJYB, 68:528; NITimes, Nov 14
1966,41:5.
Heller, Walter E; b. Chicago, Oct 211890;
d.Apr 1969.
U MI. • Banker, finance co exec, Chicago. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 5;NITimes,
Apr 141969,45:1.
Heller, Walter S; b. San Francisco, June 16
1890.
BS, MA U CA • Bond dealer, San Francisco.·
See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Hellerstein, Louis Arthur; b. Denver, Mar
30/311903.
LLB U Denver. • Lawyer, Chicago, earlier
Denver; active bar assn, B'nai B'rith,
communal education; editor in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Hellman, Alfred M; b. NYC, Sep 8 1880; d.
Jan 1955.
AB, MD Columbia. • Gynecologist,
obstetrician, NYC; active YWHA, med socs. •
See: WWlA}, 1938;NITimes,]an 141955,
21:1.
Hellman, C (Clarisse) Doris (Mrs Morton
Pepper); b. NYC, Aug 281910; d. Mar
281973.
BA Vassar, MA Radcliffe, PhD Columbia. •
Historian ofscience, NYC; faculty Queens
ColI; active]ewish Found for Education of
Girls, professional orgs, internatl science orgs;
author/translator in field. • See: WWWIA, 6;
NITimes, Mar 291973,50:4.
Hellman, F W (FrederickJacobi); b. San
Francisco, Oct 15 1901; d. Sep 91965.
AB U CA· Banker, San Francisco; with Wells
Fargo; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Hellman, Frances (Mrs Theodore
Hellman); b. NYC, Oct 4 1852/1853; d.
NYC, 1938.
Author, translator, school inspector,
philanthropic worker, NYC; active Ethical
Culture. • See: UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):114.
Hellman, Geoffrey Theodore; b. NYC, Feb
13 1907; d. Sep 1977.
AB Yale. • Author, essayist, editor, NYC; with
New Yorker; WWII government service. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Sep 281977, II 2:1.
Hellman, George Sidney; b. NYC, Nov 14
1878; d.July 161958.
AB, MA Columbia. • Author, poet, biographer,
reviewer, art & literary patron, NYC; mem
School Bd; dir Army Educational Commn of
YMCA; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:154; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 3; NITimes,]uly 181958,21:3.
Hellman, Herman Wolf; b. Rickendorf,
Bavaria, 1844; d. Los Angeles, 1908.
To US ca 1859. • Banker, Western freighting
pioneer, Los Angeles. • See: UJE (sub
Hellman); EJ (sub Hellman, Isaias Wolf).
Hellman, Irving Herman; b. Los Angeles,
May 101883.
Armour Inst. • Engineer, banker, Los Angeles;
active social reform, harbor improvement. •
See: UJE (sub Hellman); WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Hellman, Isaias (Isaiah) WlWolflW'tlIiam
Sr; b. Rickendorf, Bavaria, Oct 301842/
1843; d. San Francisco, Apr 1920.
To Los Angeles ca 1859. • Banker, real estate
developer, communal worker, philanthropist,
Los Angeles, San Francisco; regent U CA; fdr
synagog. • See: UJE (sub Hellman); EJ; AJYB,
7(1905-1906):68-69,22:165; WWWIA, 1.
Hellman, Isaias Warren; b. San Francisco,
Sep 10 1899.
AB U CA.· Banker, San Francisco; exec Wells
Fargo; officer Pacific Heb Orphan Asylum,
Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Hellman, Isaias (Isaiah) WtlIiamJr; b. Los
Angeles, Mar 301871; d. May 1920.
PhB U CA (Berkeley). • Financier, communal
worker, San Francisco; officer Panama Pacific
Internatl Exposition. • See: AJYB, 22:166;
WWWIA, 1; NITimes, May 111920, 9:4.
Hellman, Lillian Florence; b. New Orleans,
June 201905; d. Marthas Vineyard, MA,
June 301984.
NYU, Columbia. • Playwright, NYC,
Hollywood; "The Childrens Hour," "Little
Foxes"; memoirs.· See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
86:440; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Heming, Henry L
Hellman, Marco Herman; b. Los Angeles,
Sep 14 1878; d. Los Angeles, reported
Jan 301948.
Stanford. • Banker, social improvement
worker, philanthropist, Los Angeles; orgr
Travelers Aid; supporter orphanages, hospitals.
• See: UJE(subHellman);AJYB, 50:517;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6.
Hellman, Maurice S; b. Los Angeles, Sep 3
1864; d.Jan 1943.
Banker, Los Angeles. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA,4;NITimes,]an 181943,
15:4.
Hellman, Milo; b.Jassy, Mar 261872; d.
NYC, May 111947.
To US 1888. • DDS U PA, Angle School of
Orthodontia (New London, CI); honorary
degrees. • Orthodontist, physical
anthropologist; with Am Museum ofNatural
History; authorllecturer in fields. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 24:154, 50:517; WWIAJ, 1928,1938;
WWWIA, 2; NITimes, May 12 1947,21:4.
Hellman, MortonJ; b. NYC,Jan 281918;
d. Oct 15 1980.
BS, MS CCNY, PhD NYU. • Mathematician;
faculty Rutgers, LI U; officer professional org;
active Natl Science Found; author in field;
WWII service.· See: WWWIA., 7,8.
Hellman, Sam; b. San Francisco, July 4
1885; d. Beverly Hills, Aug 1950.
AB U CA· Author, screenwriter, humorist,
Beverly Hills; author ShirleyTemple movies. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7;
NITimes, Aug 12 1950, 13:1.
Hellman, Sidney L; b. Louisville, ca 1873;
d. Louisville, Nov 2 1938.
Distiller, philanthropic worker; dir Schenley. •
See:AJYB, 41:424; NITimes, Nov41938,
23:2.
Helman, Max; b. ca 1878; d. Sharon
Springs, NY, July 1960.
Realty operator, bldr, NYC; active communal
orgs. • See: NITimes, July 7 1960, 31:2.
Helpem, Milton; b. NYC, 1902; d. San
Diego, Apr 22 1977.
BS CCNY, MD Cornell; honorary degrees. •
Forensic pathologist, physician, med examiner,
NYC; faculty NYU; est forensic library; officer
professional soc; consult government agencies;
author/editor in field. • See: EJ; WWWIA, 7;
NITimes story, Apr 14 1972, obituary Apr 23
1977,22:2.
Helstein, Ralph L; b. Duluth, Dec 11 1908;
d. Jan 14 1985.
BA, LLB U MN. • Lawyer, union counsel,
Minneapolis, Chicago; officer AFL-CIO; bd
Chicago Inst ofPsychoanalysis. • See: Fink,
151-52; WWWIA, 8.
Heming, Henry L; b. NYC, June 9 1898; d.
Mt Kisco, NY, Nov 6 1970.
Investment banker, NYC; pres]ewish Bd of
Guardians; active Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies. • See: AJYB, 72:542; NITimes,
Nov71970,32:5.

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Herbach,Joseph; b. Pudlein, Hungary, Aug
18 1873; d. Philadelphia, Oct 30 1943.
To US 1885.· Temple U, Union Business
ColI. • Exec, cigar mfr, communalldr,
Philadelphia; fdr,·publisher Jewish Times;
officer Anti-Defamation League; active B'nai
B'rith.· See:A]YB, 46:339; WWIA], 1926,
1938; NYTimes, Nov 1 1943, 18:2.
Herberg, Will; b. NYC, Aug 4 190211909;
d. Chatham, NJ, Mar 27 1977.
BA,MA, PhD Columbia, JTS; honorary
degree. • Theologian, sociologist, tchr; faculty
Drew U; mem Young Communist League,
turned to Conservatism; author in field. • See:
E];A]YB, 78:529-37; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes,
Mar281977,32:4.
Herbert, Edward; b. Hussi, Rumania, Jan
15 1863.
To US 1887/1888. • PhD U Heidelberg, NY
Law; honorary degree. • Lawyer, US consul to
Rumania, author, lecturer; orgr Am Union of
RumanianJews; officer United RuinanianJews
ofAm. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Herbert, Harry S; b. Hartford, Feb 26
1900; d. NYC, Oct 61974.
Communal admr, sports figure; withJewish
Welfare Bd; 'WWII government, communal &
refugee service. • See:A]YB, 76:514; NYTimes,
Oct 8 1974,44:5.
Herbert, Walter; b. Frankfurt, Feb 18 1902;
d. Sep 141975.
To US 1938.· UFrankfurt, Vienna.· Opera
dir, conductor, general mgr; with New Orleans
Opera House Assn, Houston Grand Opera
Assn, San Diego Opera. • See: WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Sep 16 1975, 44: 1.
Herbst, Eva; b. near Cincinnati, Jan 3 1867.
Cincinnati Normal School. • 'Primary tchr,
Heb Sabbath school tchr, author, Cincinnati. •
See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):114.
Herczeg, Geza; b. Nagy Kanizsa, Hungary,
1888; d. Feb 1954.
Motion picture actor, author, playwright,
biographer, Hollywood, CA, NYC; earlier
Hungarian government official. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, Feb 211954, 68:5.
Heringman, Hyman; b. Berezin, Russia,
Dec 1888; d. Brooklyn, May 141967.
To US 1906. • Bldg exec; a fdr Farband-Labor
Zionist Order, Natl Com for Labor Israel; bd
Histadrut. • See: A]YB, 69:608; NYTimes, May
161967,45:4.
Herlands, William Bernard; b. NYC, July
19 1905; d. NYC, Aug 28 1969.
BS CCNY, LLB Cohllnbia. • Lawyer, US
district judge, Commr ofInvestigation, NYC;
with US attys office; honorary pres Union of
OrthodoxJewish Congregations; dir Yeshiva
ColI. • See: UJE; E};A]YB, 71:604; WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 29 1969,
29:1.
Hermalin, David Moses; b. Vaslau,
Rumania, May 121865; d. Baldwin, LI,
June 1921.
To US 1885. • Yiddish writer, editor,
playwright, translator. • See: UJE; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):114; A]YB, 24: 101.
Herman, Abraham; b. Nosovka, Chemigov,
Mar 25 1878; d. NYC, Mar 25 1947.
To US 1891. • PhG Brooklyn ColI of
Pharmacy. • Container mfr,communalldr,
NYC; natl pres Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Sons ofZion. •
See:A]YB, 49:612; WWIA], 1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Mar 27 1947,
27:1.
Herman, Adam; b. Germany, 1847.
Vertebrate paleontologist, NYC. • See: A]YB,
24:154.
Herman, Al (Albert Morton); b. Austria,
1886.
Actor, theatrical mgr, NYe. • See: A]YB,
24:154.
Herman, Alexander C; b. NYC, 1897; d.
NYC, Oct 8 1974.
Columbia, ColumbiaJournalism. • Container
mfg exec, NYC; active Columbia Alumni Assn.
• See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Oct 10 1974,
50:2.
Herman, Carl N; b. ca 1894; d. Jackson,
MI, Nov 22 1947.
Rabbi, Palm Beach, Jackson, MI. • See:A]YB,
50:517.
Herman, David; b. Warsaw, 1876; d. May 8
1937.
Father ofmodern Yiddish theatre in Poland,
NYe. • See:A]YB, 39:592.
Herman, Harry; b. NYC, Nov 28 1898; d.
NYC,Jan 3 1975.
Business exec, NYC; bd Am Jewish Cong,
Riverside Goddard Community House. • See:
A]YB, 77:594.
Herman, Harry G; b. Newark, ca 1896; d.
Newton, MA,July 1972.
BA, LLB Columbia. • Court surrogate,
communal worker, White Plains; WWI
service. • See: NYTimes, July 17 1972,32:3.
Herman, Hennie (Mrs Joseph M Herman);
b. Baltimore, Nov 161862.
Social welfare worker, Boston; officer Natl
Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods, Hecht
Neighborhood House; bd Fedn ofJewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Herman, Irving Leonard; b. Rumania, Feb
181885.
To US 1886.· CCNY, Golden Cross CoIl of
Advanced Ophthalmology (Chicago). •
Optometrist, BayotlI).e; officer veterans orgs;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Herman, Isadore; b. ca 1868; d. Seattle,Jan
41939.
Merchant, communal worker, Seattle. • See:
A]YB,41:424.
Herman, JoeJr; b. Springfield, IL,Jan 17
1903.
Heating, ventilating & air conditioning
engineer & contractor, Los Angeles; officer
Hennann, Nathan
B'nai B'rith, synagog; trustee Mt Sinai. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Herman,Judith; b. Milwaukee, May 27
1944; d. NYC, May 20 1975•.
Communal worker; with Am Jewish Com, Natl
Project on Ethnic Am; consult VISTA; author
on ethnicity.· See:A]YB, 77:595.
Herman, Leopold; b. ca 1844; d. NYC,Jan
15 1913.
Communal worker, NYe. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):270.
Herman, Louis L; b. ca 1859; d. Brooklyn,
Nov221938.
Rabbi, Brooklyn, earlier NYC. • See: A]YB,
41:424; NYTimes, Nov 23 1938,21:2.
Herman, Martin; b. caI872; d. NYC, Sep
15 1933.
Theatricalmgr, composer, philanthropist,
NYC.· See:A]YB, 36:282.
Herman, Max; b. Russia, ca 1878; d.
Cleveland, Nov 15 1944.
To US 1910.· Communal philanthropic ldr,
Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 47:524.
Herman, Mayer Israel; b. Brooklyn, June 6
1906; d. Oct 1970.
AB CCNY, LLB StJohns, Yeshiva CoIl.·
Rabbi, Huntington, LI; active United Palestine
Appeal, United Synagogue ofAm; chaplain
Cce. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 12
1970,40:4.
Herman, Nathan Bernard; b. Wichita, Feb
81893.
AB, MDJohns Hopkins. • Physician, med
researcher, Baltimore; specialty: allergic &
respiratory med; facultyJohns Hopkins. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Herman, Robert E; b. NYC, Apr 14 1914;
d. NYC, Jan 111966.
Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; officer Camp
Isabella Freedman; bd Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; active Am Jewish Com; author
in field.• See: A]YB, 68:528; NITimes, Jan 12
1966,21:1.
Herman, Samuel Abraham; b. ca 1855; d.
Wmstead, CT, Feb 4 1933.
Legislator, coroner, Winstead, CT. • See:
A]YB,35:124.
Hermann,Ferdinand; b. ca 1845; d.
Tarrytown, NY, Sep 231912.
Banker, Tarrytown, NY. • See:A]YB,
15(1913-1914):270.
Hermann, Lee; b. Romni, Russia,·Sep 27
1903.
To US 1904.· Syracuse U, CCNY,LLB
Brooklyn Law. • Dude rancher, lawyer,
Westcliffe & Woodland Park, CO; officer
business assn, Chamber ofCommerce. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Hermann, Nathan; b. ca 1834; d. NYC, Aug
23 1912.
Philanthropist, NYe. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):270.

Hennann, Seymour Murray
Hennann, Seymour Murray; b. Troy,Jan 2
1876.
Kaiser Wilhelm Inst (Frankfurt), BS U
Giessen, MD Columbia. • Chemist, exec,
patent holder, NYC; pres Apex Chemical Co. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Herold, Arthur Anselm; b. Shreveport, Feb
3 1882.
MD Tulane, post-grad Harvard. • Physician,
public health official, Shreveport; officer med
assns; author/editor in field. • See: WWIA],
1926,1938.
Herold, Sidney Levy; b. Shreveport, June
13 1880.
BA Washington & Lee, LLB UTX.· Lawyer,
Shreveport; mem LA Constitutional
Convention; officer synagog; active United
Jewish Campaign, bar assn.· See: WWIA],
1926,1928.
Herring, Paul; b. ca 1872; d. NYC, Mar 13
1933.
Realtor, communal worker, NYC. • See:
A]YB, 35:124.
Hernnan, Charles; b. NYC, May 16 1873.
BS CCNY, post-grad Harvard, MD Columbia,
post-grad Berlin, Vienna. • Pediatrician, NYC;
faculty Fordham; chiefofclinic Columbia;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Hernnan, Elias; b.*
Mayor, Eastman, GA (1899); ordered
vaccination when smallpox epidemic broke out.
• See: UJE (sub Herrman).
Hernnan, Esther (Mrs Henry Hernnan); b.
Europe, ca 1822/1823; d. NYC, July 4
1911.
To US ca 1829/1830. • Philanthropist, patron,
NYC; a fdr Barnard; benefactor Am Museum
ofNat! History, Heb Technical Inst for Boys,
Bronx Botanical Gardens. • See:A]YB,
14(1912-1913):123; WWWIA., 1; NITimes,
July 6 1911,9:4.
Hernnan, Ferdinand H; b. ca 1890; d.
Cedarhurst, LI, Nov 1966.
MD Tulane. • Physician, Far Rockaway; WWI
service. • See: UJE (sub Herrman); NITimes,
Nov 201966,88:6.
Hernnan, Henry; b. Gennany, 1822; d.
1875.
Postmaster, Dublin, GA; civic ldr, Eastman,
GA; Civil War Confederate service. • See: UJE
(sub Herrman).
Hernnan, Henry S; b. NYC, Apr 27 1847;
d. Deal, NJ,June 201913.
Banker, realtor, NYC; pres Mutual ReliefAssn,
B'nai B'rith; dir Montefiore Home for Chronic
Invalids. " See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):114,
15(1913-1914):271.
Hernnan, Jefferson Davis; b. 1861; d. 1922.
Physician, mayor, Eastman, GA." See: UJE
(sub Herrman).
Hernnan, Moses; b. NYC, Apr 20 1868; d.
NYC, Feb 1927.
LLB NYU. • Court ofspecial sessions judge,
legislator, NYC; mem Park Bd; active
Democratic politics. • See:A]YB, 24:154;
NITimes, Feb 15 1927,25:3.
Hernnan, Solomon; b.*
Mayor, Eastman, GA. • See: UJE (sub
Herrman).
Hernnann, Alexander; b. Paris, Feb 10
1844; d. Dec 17 1896.
To US 1860.· World-famous magician;
author in field. • See: DAB; NITimes, Dec 18
1896,5:1.
Hernnann, Bernard; b. NYC,June 291911;
d. Los Angeles, Dec 241975.
NYU,Juilliard. • Conductor, film score
composer, Academy Award winner, London;
"Citizen Kane." • See: WWWIA., 6; NITimes,
Dec 25 1975,24:2.
Hernnann, Leon; b. Paris, Mar 13 1867.
College Springer (Paris). • Prestidigitator,
world performer, NYC; active communal
benefits. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):115.
Hernnann, Samuel L; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 1913.
Organist, music & choral dir, Philadelphia. •
See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):271; NITimes, Feb
13 1913,15:4.
Hernnann, Uriah;b.()derdorf,
Wiirttemberg, Sep 8 1832; d. NYC, Aug
71910.
Merchant, communalldr, philanthropist,
NYC; a fdr Aguilar Free Library; officer Heb
Free School Assn; dir YMHA, Heb
Kindergarten.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):69,
13(1911-1912):135; NITimes, Aug 8 1910, 7:5.
Hersch, Alvin David; b. Detroit, Sep 8
1888; d. Detroit, Feb 41947.
LLB Detroit ColI ofLaw; honorary degree. •
Lawyer, Detroit; faculty U Detroit; active bar
assn, drafting Public Defender Bill; author in
field, novelist. • See:A]YB, 49:612; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA].
Hersch, Lee; b. Cleveland, Sep 51896.
Cleveland School ofArt, Nat! Academy of
Design, Art Students League. • Artist, NYc. •
See:BEOA].
Hersch, Louis F; b. ca 1857; d. Elizabeth,
Nov 301933.
Banker, Elizabeth; fdr, dir wholesale grocery
firm. • See:A]YB, 36:282.
Hersch, Virginia Davis (pseud=Helen
Virginia Davis) (Mrs Lee Hersch); b. San
Francisco, May 311896.
AB,JD U CA. • Novelist, Berkeley, earlier
NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Herschdorfer, Manuel; b. Brooklyn, ()et 22
1896; d. South ()range, Nj,July 61958.
BSc, MSc NYU, PhD Ukrainian Free U
(Munich). • Mathematician, South Orange,
NJ; faculty Seton Hall. • See: WWWIA., 3;
NITimes, July 8 1958,27:4.
Herscher, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Apr 19
1894.
Songwriter, musician, Philadelphia. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Herschman, Mordechai; see Hershman,
Mordecai. .
264
Hersh, Mrs E S; b. ca 1861; d. Elizabeth,
Mar 22 1933.
Welfare worker, Gold Star Mother, Elizabeth.
• See:A]YB, 35:124.
Hersh, Sam; b. ca 1873; d. Milwaukee,
reported Feb 3 1939.
Bldr, communalldr, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,
41:424.
Hershenson, Elihu Alex; b. Khiva, Russia,
Aug 191889.
To US 1895. • LLB Boston U.· Lawyer,
legislator, city official, Peabody, MA; mem city
council, school bd; officer Credit Union; dir
Heb School, YMHA. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Hershfield, Abraham; b. ca 1847; d. NYC,
July 211932.
Lawyer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 35:124.
Hershfield, Alex Sandor (Alexander S); b.
()dessa, May 12 1881; d.June 1963.
To US 1884. • U Chicago, MD Northwestern.
• Physician, neuropsychiatrist, Chicago; med
dir Pinel Sanitarium for Mental Diseases;
active med soc. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; NITimes, June 81963,25:6.
Hershfield, Harry; b. Cedar Rapids, ()et 13
1885; d. NYC, Dec 15 1974.
Academy ofFine Arts (Chicago). • Cartoonist,
humorist, Yiddish storywriter, NYC;
columnist Hearst papers. • See: UJE; A]YB,
76:515; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];
NITimes, Dec 161974,36:1.
Hershfield, Henry Grah (Gray); b. St
Louis, Mar 2 1876; d. Pompton Lakes,
NJ, May 141937.
Columbia. • Legislator, civic ldr, mayor,
Pompton Lakes, NJ; active Republican politics;
Spanish-Am War service. • See:A]YB, 39:592;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, May 15
1937,19:6.
Hershfield, Isidore (Isadore); b. NYC,Jan 8
1869; d. Washington DC, Nov 1949.
AB CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, immigration
& relief official, Washington DC; with Heb
ImmigrantAid Soc, Joint Distribution Com;
officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish Congs,
Zionist Org ofAm, Nat! ConfofJewish Social
Services. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];
NITimes, Nov 11 1949, 26:2.
Hershfield, Levi; b. Utica, 1857; d. NYC,
July 1954.
Rutgers. • Merchant, clothing mfr, communal
& philanthropic worker, NYC; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, YMHA. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1938; NITimes, July 181954, 57:2.
Hershfield, Louis H; b. ca 1835; d. NYC,
Dec4191O.

265
Financier, NYC.· See:A]YB, 13(1911­
1912):136.
Hershfield, Reuben N; b. Utica, 1838; d.
Atlantic City, June 25 1922.
Jeweler, civic ldr, pioneer Scottish Rite Mason,
Leavenworth; regent U KS; active B'nai B'rith;
Civil War Union service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
25:139.
Hershkopf, Bernard; b. NYC, Jan 20 1887;
d. Dec 1974.
BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
WWI draft bd service. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 20 1974,40:4.
Hershman, Abraham M; b. Neustadt,
Lithuania, May 16 1880; d. NYC, Apr 6
1959.
To US 1896.· CCNY, Columbia, ordained
JTS; honorary degrees. • Conservative rabbi,
communal & Zionist ldr, author, Detroit; nat!
com Zionist Org ofAm; bd Jewish Welfare
Fedn, Jewish Community Center. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 24:154, 61:417; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Apr 7 1959,33:4.
Hershman, Albert M; b. Brown County,
MI, Oct 1 1888.
LLB U MN. • Lawyer, deputy city atty, Los
Angeles; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hershman, Harry; b. Suczawa, Bucovina,
Feb 181878.
To NYC 1896, to Montreal 1901. •
Circulating mgr, Jewish Daily Forward,
Montreal; active rescue ofJewish orphans after
WWI.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hershman, Joel; b. Minsk, Jan 1 1883.
Rabbi, Hagerstown, MD.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):62-63.
Hershman, Joel; b. Minsk, ca 1850; d.
Hartford, Feb 17 1943.
To US 1905. • Rabbi, tchr, Hartford. • See:
AJYB, 45:387.
Hershman, Mordecai; b. Chemigov,
Volhynia, 1888; d. NYC, 1940/1941.
To US 1920. • Cantor, Yiddish folksong
singer, lyric tenor, Brooklyn. • See: UJE; EJ.
Hershman, Morris L; b. Constantinople,
Nov 25 1888.
To Chicago 1907.· MD Loyola. • Physician,
Chicago; officer synagog. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Hershon, Arthur H; b. Volozhin, Poland,
Aug 30 1895; d. Orangeburg, NY, Mar
261964.
To US 1913. • Rabbi, longtime army chaplain,
NY. • See:AJYB, 66:576-77; NYTimes, Mar 29
1964,60:6.
Hershon, Ralph B; b. Wolozhin, Russia,
Oct291890.
Heb Union ColI, AB Lincoln Memorial U
(Harrowgate, TN), ordainedJewish lpst of
Religion. • Rabbi, Lewiston, ME; nat! speaker
Zionist Org ofAm; nat! com Joint Distribution
Com; active Am Jewish Cong, Keren Hayesod.
• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Hersko"Vits (Herskovitz), Melville Jean; b.
Bellefontaine, OH, Sep 10 1895; d.
Evanston, IL, Feb 25 1963.
PhB U Chicago, MA, PhD Columbia;
honorary degree. • Anthropologist, Chicago;
specialty: blacks; faculty Northwestern; author
in field. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 27 1963,
16:1.
Herskovits, Sarah (Mrs); b. ca 1867; d. May
311935.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. •
See:AJYB, 37:257.
Herskovitz, Bela; b. Hungary?, 1920; d.
May 1974.
To US 1942. • Cantor, concert & motion
picture performer, Hungary, Brooklyn, Los
Angeles, Toronto; faculty Goldmarks Karoly
ColI (Hungary). • See: EJ; NYTimes, May 11
1974,34:5.
Herskowitz, Harry; b. 1890?; d. NYC, Nov
281954.
Tax specialist, Heb Orthodox education ldr;
officer Yeshiva, Mesivta Torah Vodaath; dir
Torah Umesorah.· See:AJYB, 57:606;
NYTimes, Nov 291954,25:1.
Herskowitz, Julius; b. Poland, ca 1895; d.
Brooklyn, June 291947.
To US 1912. • Rabbi, religious educator,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 50:517; NYTimes, June
301947,19:5.
Herskowitz, Samuel; b. NYC, 1903; d.
NYC,June 271970.
Business exec, communal education ldr; bd
Nat! Council ofYoung Israel, Harry
Herskowitz Found. • See: AJYB, 72:542.
Herstein, Bernard; b. Bochnia, Galicia, ca
1866; d. Bernardsville,June 81939.
To US ca 1894. • PhD U Berlin. • Chemist,
government advisor, chessplayer, Brooklyn;
active communal & civic charities. • See:
AJYB, 41:424; NYTimes, June 91939, 21:4.
Herstein, Karl M; b. Elizabeth, Nov 29
1896; d. 1961.
BS Columbia. • Chemist, laboratory owner,
NYC; active professional socs; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
June 3 1961,23:2.
Herts, Benjamin Russell (B Russell); b.
NYC, May 27 1888; d. Nov 3 1954.
AB Columbia, Columbia School of
Architecture. • Interior decorator, play
designer, playwright, novelist, editor, NYC;
author in field. • See:AJYB, 24:154; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3.
Herts, Henry Beaumont; b. NYC, Jan 23
1871; d. NYC, Mar 27 1933.
CCNY, Columbia, BA Beaux Arts (Paris), U
Heidelberg, Rome. • Architect, inventor,
NYC; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):115,24:154,35:124; WWIAJ,
1928; NYTimes, Mar 281933,19:1.
Hertz, Aaron D; b. ca 1871; d. Cleveland,
May 1936.
Hertz, Minnie
Pioneer bldr, communal worker, Cleveland. •
See:AJYB, 38:429.
Hertz, Alfred; b. Frankfurt,July 15 1872; d.
San Francisco, Apr 17 1942.
To US 1902.· RaffC"nservatory(Frankfurt).
• Conductor, music dir, NYC, San Francisco;
fdr Hollywood Bowl concerts; dir San
Francisco Symphony Orchestra. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):115, 24:155, 44:338;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,
2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Apr 181942,15:3.
Hertz, Charles H; b. Hamburg, 1847.
Communalldr, Roxbury, MA; officer YMHA;
bd Heb Benevolent Soc. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):69.
Hertz, David Ralph; b. Cleveland, July 21
1898.
AB U MI, LLBColumbia. • Lawyer, court of
common pleas judge, county prosecutor,
Cleveland; officer Zionist Org ofAm; trustee
Jewish Center; dir Adult Education Assn. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hertz, Emanuel; b. Butka, Hungary/
Austria, Sep 2 1870; d. NYC, May 23
1940.
To NYC 1884.· AB CCNY, AB, AM, LLB
Columbia; honorary degrees. • Lawyer,
authority on Lincoln, NYC; benefactor Heb
U, Lincoln Memorial U, synagog. • See: UJE;
EJ; AJYB, 42:480; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May 24 1940,
19:1.
Hertz, John Daniel; b. Vrutky,
CzechoslovakialRuttka, Austria, Apr 10
1879; d. Los Angeles, Oct 8 1961.
To US 1883/1884. • Transportation exec,
banker, Chicago; NYC; cab, business & rental
cars; endowed scholarships; WWI & WWII
War Dept advisor. • See:AJYB, 64:494;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,
4; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Oct 10 1961,43:1.
Hertz,Joseph Herman; b. Rebrin,
Hungary, Sep 25 1872; d.Jan 1946.
AB CCNY, PhD Columbia, ordainedJTS;
honorary degree. • To US 1911, to England
1913. • Rabbi, US, South Africa, London;
chiefrabbi United Heb Congregations of
British Empire; officer League ofNations
Union; bd Heb U. • See: JE; EJ; WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Jan 151946,23:1.
Hertz, Laura Breslauer (Mrs Louis Hertz);
b. San Francisco, Nov 26 1869.
Communal & civic worker, San Francisco; pres
State Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; trustee
State Normal School for Home Economics. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hertz, Louis E; b. Allentown, PA, Dec 12
1839.
Jewelry merchant, Allentown, PA; officer
synagog, B'nai B'rith; dirJewish Community
Center; Mexican Border service. • See:
BEGAJ.
Hertz, Minnie; b.*
Active Educational Alliance, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):69.

267
Insurance broker, communalldr, Pittsburgh;
pres Jewish Family Welfare; officer Bureau for
Jewish Children; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ..
Herzog, Eugene; b. Medve, Hungary, May
231896.
To US 1914.· Columbia, BS CCNY, MS
MIT. • Electrical engineer, Dayton, OH; with
US Army Air Corps. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Herzog, Felix Benedict; b. NYC, Dec 27
1859; d. NYC, Apr 211912.
AB, LLB, AM, PhD Columbia. • Patent
lawyer, inventor, photographer, NYc. • See:
WWWIA, 1;NITimes,Apr221912, 11:4.
Herzog, George; b. Budapest, Dec 111901.
To US 1925. • Hungarian Music Academy,
Music School (Berlin), U Berlin, PhD
Columbia. • Anthropologist, NYC; specialty:
folk & primitive music; faculty Columbia. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Herzog, Harry Albert; b. Tyler, TX, Jan 9
1893.
U PA. • Architect, Portland, OR; officer
professional soc, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Herzog, Joseph; b. ca 1826; d. Feb 1922.
Inventor, officer Vigilance Com of 1856,
Oakland, CA. • See:AJYB, 24:101.
Herzog, Lewis; b •. Philadelphia, 1868.
Painter, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:155.
Herzog, MaximilianJoseph; b. Frankfurt,
Sep 17 1858/1859; d. Chicago, Aug 9/10
1918.
To US 1882.· U Giessen, U Strasbourg, U
Marburg, MD Med ColI ofOH, post-grad
Germany. • Laryngologist, biologist,
pathologist, Chicago; dean Loyola; dir of
research Municipal Sanitarium; \¥WI service.
• See: UJE;AJYB, 21:205; WWWIA, 1.
Herzog, Paul Max; b. NYC, Aug 21 1906.
BS Harvard, MA U WI, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, NYC; cm Natl Labor Relations Bd;
active ConfonJewish Relations. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Herzog, Robert Guy; b. NYC, Feb 7 1907.
BS, EE CCNY. • Editor, radio equipment
designer, NYC; with Radio World; active
professional socs; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938:
Herzog, Rose; b. NYC, Feb 26 1880; d.
NYC, Nov291964.
Communaladmr & worker, NYC; with Am
Jewish Com,AJYB.· See:AJYB, 66:577.
Herzog, Samuel Adler; b. NYC, June 26
1882; d. NYC,Jan 16 1946.
PhB, LLB, LLMNYU. • BIdr, teal estate
operator, NYC; \¥WI government service. •
See:AJYB, 48:491; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,
Jan 171946,23:3.
Herzog, Siegmund; b. Rhein-Hessen,
Germany, Feb 211865; d.Jan 1943.
To US 1882. • Wool clothing mfr, Cleveland.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Jan 171943,
44:5.
Herzog, Sigmund;b. ca 1868; d. NYC, Aug
28 1932.
Pianist, composer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 35:124.
Herzstein, Joseph; b. NY, 1893; d. Feb 1
1971.
MD Cornell. • Physician, NYC; specialtY:
cardiovascular medicine, metabolism; WWI
service. • See:.WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Feb 2
1971,40:2.
Heschel, AbrahamJ; b. Husiatin, Poland,
188a; d. Monsey, NY,July 241967.
To US 1939. • Hassidic ldr, scholar, Brooklyn;
honorary pres Agudath Israel ofAm; bd
Agudath Israel World Org.· See:AJYB,
69:608; NITimes, July 26 1967,39:2.
Heschel, AbrahamJoshua; b. Warsaw, Jan
111907; d. NYC, Dec 23 1972.
To US 1940. • PhD U Berlin, Berlin
Lehranstalt; honorary degrees. • Theologian,
philosopher, mystic, author, NYC; faculty Heb
Union ColI, JTS, Protestant Theological
Seminary; fdr Inst for Jewish Learning
(London); author in field. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 74:533-44; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Dec
24 1972, 40:6.
Hess, Alfred Fabian; b. NYC, Oct 15/19
1875; d. NYC, Dec 5 1933.
AB Harvard, MD Columbia, post-grad
Europe. • Physician, pediatrician, researcher,
NYC; specialty: dietary diseases; faculty
Bellevue. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:155, 36:282;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1;
NITimes, Dec 7 1933.
Hess, Bernard; b. ca 1831; d. Louisville,
Feb 13 1914.
Communal worker, Louisville. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):163.
Hess, Emanuel L; b. Meerholz, Kurhessen,
Germany, Aug 12 1845; d. St Paul, Dec
23 1906.
Rabbi, author, St Paul, Kansas City,
Shreveport. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):63,
9(1907-1908):505.
Hess, Gabriel; b.*
Motion picture producer. • See:AJYB, 24:155.
• *See entry below.
Hess, Gabriel L; b. NYC, ca 1881; d. NYC,
Apr 1940. .
CCNY. • Lawyer; specialty: motion picture
industry, copyright, censorship. • See:
NITimes, Apr 141940, 44:6. • *See entry
above.
Hess, Jacob; b. Germany, 1847; d. Rye, NY,
1904.
Civic ldr, legislator, inspector ofschools,
NYC? • See: UJE; NYTimes, Feb 201904,9:2.
Hess,Jerome Sayles; b. NYC, June 17
1882; d. Saratoga Springs, NY, Aug 1970.
Yale, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, representative
ofMexican government, NYC; pres Mexican
Hess, Sylvan E
Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Aug 28 1970,31:3.
Hess, Julius Hays; b. Ottawa, IL, Jan 26
1876; d. Nov 2 1955.
MD Northwestern, post-gradJohns Hopkins,
.abroad. • Pediatrician, Chicago; faculty U IL;
advisor US Dept ofLabor, Childrens Bureau;
officer med soc; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
3; NYTimes, Nov 3 1955,31:3.
Hess, Max; b.ca 1863; d. Allentown, PA,
Feb 5 1922.
Philanthropist, Allentown, PA.· See: AJYB,
24:101.
Hess, Mortimer H; b. NYC, July 18 1889;
d. Sarasota, FL, Mar 6 1968.
BA, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, tax &
estate expert, civic & communal worker/
fundraiser; supporter Heb Technical Inst, Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: AJYB, 70:521;
NITimes, Mar 7 1968, 43:3.
Hess, Ruth Sloane; b. NYC, June 111912;
d. NYC, June 20 1965.
Communalldr; officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women; active Am Jewish Com. • See: AJYB,
67:537.
Hess, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 9 1869; d.
NYC, Nov 1956.
CCNY, Packards Business ColI, DDS NYU,
MD U WI. • Dental surgeon, NYC; mem
State Bd ofDental Examiners; natl officer
professional assn; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Nov 25 1956,89:1.
Hess, Sara Straus (Mrs Alfred F Hess); b.
NYC, May 16 1878.
Bryn Mawr, AB Barnard, Columbia. • Welfare
worker, NYC; fdr Clinton Hall; bd Bellevue
Training School for Nurses; trustee Barnard;
dir Greenwich House Settlement,
Tuberculosis Preventorium. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Hess, Selmar; b. Bernsberg, Germany, ca
1847; d. NYC, Feb 261917.
Publisher, introduced photogravure
illustrations. • See: AJYB, 19(1917-1918):265;
PAJHS, 26:280-8J; NITimes, Mar 1 1917,
13:4.
Hess, Seymour Lester; b.Brooklyt), Oct 27
1920; d.Jan 15 1982.
BA Brooklyn ColI, MS, PhD U Chicago. •
Meteorologist, Tallahassee; faculty FL State;
consult NASA; military service. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Hess, Sol; b. Philadelphia, Nov241885; d.
Philadelphia, Jan 1953.
Grad Academy ofFine Arts, PAMuseum
School. • Noted type designer, typographer,
art dir, Philadelphia. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 1 1953, 89:2.
Hess, Sylvan E; b. Shreveport, Dec 8 1883.
LLB St Paul ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, St Paul;
officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; active Republican
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Himelfarb, Herschel
Himelfarb, Herschel; b. WarsawlNovidwor,
Apr 111889; d. Bronx,Jan 191964.
To US 1950.· Trade union ldr, Warsaw; mem
World Co-Ordinator Com ofJewish Bund;
activeJewish Labor Bund. • See: AJYB,
66:577; NITimes, Jan 211964,29:3.
Himmelblau, David; b. Dubuque, IA, May
191889; d. Dec 301965.
AB U IA, BBA Northwestern, CPA State ofIL.
• Accountant, consult, Chicago; faculty
Northwestern; officer professional socs;
author/editor/compiler in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4.
Himmelstein, Lena (Lane Bryant Malsin)
(Mrs David Bryant, Mrs Albert Malsin);
b. Lithuania, 1881; d. Sep 1951.
US chain store fdr, NYC; active Am Red
Cross, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: EJ; NITimes, Sep 27
1951, 31:1 (sub Malsin, Lane B).
Himrod, Chas; b.*; d. Boise, Feb 1920.
Mayor, Boise.· See:AJYB, 22:166.
Hinden, Solomon M; b. ca 1868; d.
Schenectady, Nov 211941.
Rabbi, Schenectady. ·See:AJYB, 44:338.
Hindin, William; b. ca 1862; d.
Philadelphia, Dec 301935.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
38:429.
Hindus, Maurice Gerschon; b. Bolshoi
Bikovo, 'White Russia, Feb 27 1891; d.
NYC, July 81969.
To US 1905. • BS, MS Colgate, post-grad
Harvard; honorary degree: • Author, expert on
Soviet Russian affairs;·wwrr war
correspondent. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8; NITimes, July 9
1969,40:3.
Hinenburg, Morris; h. Kodinoff, Russia,
Feb 201902.
To US 1906. II BS, MD Yale. • Physician,
hospital admr, Brooklyn; exec dirJewish
Hospital; author in field. II See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hines, Gabriel; b. ca 1890; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 111933.
Composer, Philadelphia; music dir
Swarthmore ColI. • See:AJYB, 35:124.
Hirmes, Abraham P; b. Pren, Russia, 1889.
Ordained RIETS. • Rabbi, Atlanta; active
Zionist causes. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Hirsch, Aaron; b. ca 1828; d. St Louis, Oct
191911.
Civil War scout, St Louis. • See:AJYB,
14(1912-1913):124.
Hirsch, Abel; h.*; d. NYC, Mar 1935.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 37:257.
Hirsch, Abraham Adler; b. New Orleans,
Jan 261903.
B Eng, MS Tulane.· Chemical engineer, New
Orleans; with Sewerage & Water Bd. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Hirsch, Adolph; b. ca 1874; d.]uly 11937.
Communal worker, Worcester. • See: AJYB,
40:386.
Hirsch, Alcan; b. Corpus Christi, Feb 1
1885; d. New Rochelle, Nov 241938.
AB U TX, MS, CE, PhD U WI. • Chemical
engineer, laboratory owner, government
consult; a fdr Molybdenum Corp; author in
field.· See:A]YB, 41:424; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; NITimes, Nov 25 1938,23:3.
Hirsch,Alexander;b.1896;d.NYC,June
12 1969.
Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr Boystown
aerusalem), Maimonides Inst for Exceptional
Children; bd synagogs.· See:AJYB, 71:604-5;
NITimes, June 13 1969,47:3.
Hirsch, Arnold Harry; b. Philadelphia, Dec
251895.
U PA, Temple U Law. • Businessman, lawyer,
Washington; opponent utility rate increases. •
See: NITimes story, May 17 1967.
Hirsch, Arthur S; b. Brooklyn, Mar 1 1908.
CCNY, Citizens MilitaryTraining Camps,
LLB Brooklyn Law, LLM StJohns. • Lawyer,
public official, NYC; with Dept ofLicenses;
active Je'Vish Hospital, Republican politics;
author on medicine & med legislation. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Hirsch, Benjamin Walter; b. ca 1857; d.
Memphis, May 20 1935.
Lawyer, communal worker, Memphis. • See:
A]YB, 37:257.
Hirsch, David Edelstadt; b. NYC, Oct 24
1897.
Northwestern. • Publicist, journalist, org dir,
NYC earlier Chicago; assoc editor
Transcontinental News Features; editor
Chicago Jewish Chronicle; dir regional Zionist
Org ofAm. • See: BEOAJ.
Hirsch, Edith (Mrs Julius Hirsch); b. 1900.
Agro-economist, consult, NYC; faculty New
School; bd Leo Baeck Inst. • See: E] (sub
Hirsch, Julius).
Hirsch, Edward Louis; b. Burlington, lA,
Oct 211880.
LLB IA State. • Lawyer, Burlington, IA; mem
Bd ofEducation; pres Jewish Cemetery Assn;
officer bar assn, Chamber ofCommerce. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Hirsch, Emil Gustav/Gustave; b.
Luxembourg, May 22 1851/1852; d.
Chicago, Jan 71923.
To US ca 1866.· AB,MA UPA, PhD U
Leipzig, Berlin Lehranstalt; honorary degrees.
• Noted Reform rabbi & ldr, educator, civic
ldr, author, Chicago earlier Baltimore,
Louisville; mem State Bd ofCharities; faculty
U Chicago; bd Public Library, Civil Service
Commn; a fdr Jewish Manual Training School;
orgr Assoc Jewish Charities; helped create
Parliament ofReligions at Chicago Wodds
Fair. • See:]E; UJE; EJ;A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):63,24:155,25:139,27:230-37; WWWIA,
1; DAB; NITimes, Jan 8 1923, 17:5.
270
Hirsch, Felix Edward; b. Berlin, Feb 7
1902.
To US 1935. • PhD U Heidelberg, BS in
Library Sci Columbia. • Librarian, historian,
Trenton; with Bard ColI, Trenton State; active
professional assns; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Hirsch, Ferdinand Kilsheimer; b.
Hamilton, OlI, Sep 26 1886.
LLB U GA, Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,
Monroe, LA; pres Council ofSocial Agencies.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hirsch, Gabriel; b. ca 1851; d. NYC, Jan
1935.
Rabbi, NYC; with French congregation. • See:
AJYB, 37:257.
Hirsch, GeorgeJ;b.ca 1900; d. New
Rochelle, Nov 1969.
Columbia, Columbia Law. • Lawyer; specialty:
corporate reorganization; author in field. • See:
NITimes, Nov 24 1969,47:2.
Hirsch, Gustav; b. Columbus, OH, Nov 4
1876; d.Jan 71959.
ME OH State U. • Consult engineer, exec,
Columbus, OH; pres OH Consolidated
Telephone Co; Spanish-Am War & WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 8 1959,
29:2.
Hirsch, Harold; b. Atlanta, Oct 19 1881; d.
Stockbridge, MA, Sep 25 1939.
AB U GA, LLB Columbia; honorary degree. •
Lawyer, civic & communalldr,philanthropist,
Atlanta; authority on trademarks; dir Union of
Am Heb Congregations, UnitedJewish
Campaign; benefactor Emory. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 42:165-72,480; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Sep 26
1939,23:4.
Hirsch, Harry Bernheim; b. Lancaster, PA,
Oct 17 1864; d. Atlantic City, July 16
1944.
Civil engineer, Philadelphia; fdr Belmont Iron
Works; officer Natl Farm School; active trade
assns. • See:AJYB, 47:524; NITimes, July 18
1944,19:3.
Hirsch, HarryJ; b. PA, Dec 29 1867.
Army officer, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):117.
Hirsch, Helen; b. Vienna, Apr 3 1897; d.
Jersey City, June 19 1965.
To US 1938. • Author, educator; feature writer
Jewish Standard aersey City), NY Sun; natl
council Young Israel. • See:AJYB, 67:537;
NITimes, June 21 1965,29:4.
Hirsch, Henry; b. ca 1837; d. Atlanta,]une
181919.
Civil War veteran, Atlanta. • See: A]YB,
22:166.
Hirsch, HenryP; b. NYC; d. NYC, Feb 19
1945.
Physician; with NY Bd ofHealth, US Post
Office; wwrr induction center service. • See:
A]YB, 47:524; NITimes, Feb 201945,19:6.

271
Hirsch, I1Isaac Seth; b. NYC, Dec 3 1880;
d. NYC, Mar 24 1942.
CCNY, MD Columbia, Cambridge U. •
Radiologist, NYC; faculty NYU; consult State
Compensation Commn; est med unit for
Palestine; author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB,
24:155,44:338; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
WWWIA, 6; DAB, J; NITimes, Mar 25 1942,
21:3.
Hirsch, Isaac; b. ca 1836; d. Chillicothe,
MO, Mar 81912.
Colonel, mayor, Chillicothe, MO. • See:
A]YB,14(1912-1913):126.
Hirsch, Isaac; b. Breitenbach, Germany,
Dec41865.
To US 1866. • Wholesale hide & wool
merchant, banker, civic & synagog ldr,
Cumberland, MD; pres City Council; helped
est municipal lighting plant, city water system,
city planning commn; active Jewish Benevolent
Soc, Democratic politics. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938; BEOA].
Hirsch, Isaac E; b. Carver Co, MN, May 11
1859; d. Mar 2 1942.
Editor, publisher, author, poet, Pittsburgh; coowner
Volksblatt, Freiheits Freund; officer
Academy ofScience & Art. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NITimes,
Mar41942, 19:1.
Hirsch, Jacob Hutzler; b. Adanta, Jan 18
1877.
Paint & varnish mfr, Chicago. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Hirsch, Jacob Klein; b. Vicksburg, July 17
1875.
Washington & Lee, LLB Washington U (St
Louis). • Lawyer, Vicksburg. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Hirsch, Jake Henry; b. ca 1876; d. Adanta,
Apr41939.
Business exec, civic & communalldr, Atlanta. •
See:A]YB, 41:424.
Hirsch, Joseph; b. Corpus Christi, Apr 24
1873.
Soule ColI. • Insurance agent, Corpus Christi;
pres Zionist Org ofAm; chr Am Bankers
Agricultural Commn; WWI TX state defense
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Hirsch, Jonas; b. ca 1850; d. Chicago, Mar
2 1919.
Translator, scholar, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
21:205.
Hirsch, Joseph; b. Philadelphia, Apr 25
1910; d. Sep 211981.
PA Music School, Philadelphia ColI ofArt. •
Artist, Philadelphia; faculty Art Students
League, Natl Academy ofDesign;fdr
professional org; war artist for US Navy. • See:
E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Hirsch, Joseph H; b. ca 1845; d. Adantic
City, Sep 10 1914.
Communal & municipal worker, Atlanta. •
See: A]YB, 17(1915-1916):220.
Hirsch, Julius; b. Mandel, Rhineland, 1882;
d. Aug 14 1961.
To NYC 1941.· PhD UBonn; honorary
degree. • Economist; with Ministry of
Economics; faculty Cologne Business School,
U Berlin, U Copenhagen, New School; author
in field; WWI German government advisor,
"WWII government consult. • See: E];
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Aug 15 1961, 29: 1.
Hirsch, Lazarus;b. ca 1843;d.Vicksburg,
Mar 301916.
Civil War veteran, Vicksburg.· See:A]YB,
18(1916-1917):108.
Hirsch, Leo Henry; b. NYC, Oct 10 1871.
CCNY. • Button mfr, realtor, NYC; officer
local, natl mfrs socs; advisor Natl Recovery
Adm; dir Lexington School for Deaf. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Hirsch, Leopold; b. NYC, July 4 1889.
CCNY. • Notions & cotton mfr, NYC; officer
trade assn; active Jewish Welfare Bd. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Hirsch, LouisA; b. NYC, 1881; d. NYC,
May 1924.
CCNY, Germany. • Composer, songwriter,
NYC; dir ASCAP; wrote skits for Ziegfeld
Follies; "O'Brien Gir1."· See:A]YB, 24:155;
NYTimes, May 14 1924, 19:5.
Hirsch, Louis Emil Adolph; b.
Ludwigshafen, Germany, Feb 4 1875.
To US 1891. • Business School (Germany). •
Shoe merchant, Anderson, IN; active YMCA,
Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Hirsch, Manuel; b. ca 1861; d. Tulsa, Mar 3
1915.
Colonel, mem governors staff, Tulsa. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916),:220.
Hirsch, Marx; b. Corpus Christi, Sep 4
1888; d. Aug 1964.
LLB U WI. • Pres Molybdenum Corp ofAm,
NYc.. See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 26
1964,39:4.
Hirsch, Maurice; b. Houston,Jan 13 1890;
d. Aug 51983.
AB, MA U VA, LLBIJD? Harvard, LLM U
TX; honorary degree. • Lawyer, Houston; chr
Civil Service Commn; officer Bayshore
Orphans Home, B'nai B'rith; WWI & "WWII
government service. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 8.
Hirsch, Max; b. Cincinnati, Nov 30 1877; d.
Cincinnati, Apr 13 1968.
AB Harvard. • Real estate, banking & business
exec, civic & communalldr, Cincinnati; chr
Negro Civil Welfare Assn, Public Recreation
Commn; officerJewish Community Council,
UnitedJewish Social Agencies; dir City
Charter Com; WWI government service. •
See:A]YB, 70:521; WWIA], 1926; BEOA];
WWWIA, 5; Every Friday story, Oct 26 1942;
Cincinnati Post Time Star, Apr 15 1968;
NYTimes, Apr 161968,47:1.
Hirsch, Max S; b. Worms, Germany, Mar 9
1871; d. Portland, OR, May 1959.
Hirsch, Samuel
To Portland, OR 1886. • Clothing mfr,
Portland, OR; fdr White Stag Mfg Co; pres
Federatedlewish Socs, ORJewish Welfare
Fund; chr Emigre Com for Northwest; WWI
home guard service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, May 30 1959, 17:3.
Hirsch, Maxim; b. St Louis, Sep 281895.
Northwestern, LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer,
Zionist worker, Chicago; authority: real estate
law; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Hirsch, Mayer; b. Lithuania, ca 1879; d.
San Francisco, Aug 3 1946.
To US 1898. • Rabbi, scholar, San Francisco;
authority on ancient Heb literature, Jewish
philosophy. • See:A]YB, 49:612.
Hirsch, MonroeJerome; b. NYC, Mar 6
1917.
CCNY, AB U CA (Berkeley), PhD Stanford. •
Optometrist, consult, Oakland, Berkeley; civic
ldr, Ojai, CA; faculty U CA (Berkeley),
Stanford, OH State, Los Angeles ColI of
Optometry; officer professional assn; author in
field.· See: WWWIA, 8.
Hirsch, Nathan; b. ca 1840; d. Shreveport,
Sep 13 1913.
Confederate veteran, Shreveport. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):163.
Hirsch, Nathan; b. NYC, Dec 19 1865; d.
Rockville Centre, LI, May 1947.
Packards Business Col1. • Cotton mfr, realtor,
"rent-gougers foe," NYC; dir Lebanon
Hospital; active Democratic politics; WWI
government service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, May 20 1947,25:3.
Hirsch, Nathaniel D M; b. Nashville, 1897.
PhD Harvard. • Psychologist, Detroit; author
in field. • See: UJE.
Hirsch, Otto Abraham; b. Hungary, Mar 18
1877.
To US 1920. • U Berlin, PhD, DrJuris, Dr
Pol EconU Hungary (Kolzsvar). • Social
service worker, Detroit; earlier lawyer,
professor, Hungary; suptJewish Childrens
Home; mem Internatl Boys Workers Conf. •
See:BEOA].
Hirsch,Samuel;b. ThaHang,Rhenish
Prussia, June 8 1815; d. Chicago, May 14
1889.
To US 1866.· U Bonn, U Berlin, PhD U
Leipzig. • Reform rabbildr, author,
Philadelphia then Chicago; fdr 1st US Alliance
Israelite Universelle; chr 1869 Philadelphia
rabbinical conf; ldr Pittsburgh Platform. • See:
]E; UJE;E].
Hirsch, Samuel; b. ca 1837; d. Memphis,
May 1919.
Civil War veteran, Memphis. • See: A]YB,
21:205.
Hirsch, Samuel; b. ca 1844; d. Niagara
Falls, Aug 31 1912. -
Communal worker, Niagara Falls. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):271.

275 Hoffman, Fanny B (Mrs Charles I Hoffman)
AB Yale. • Investment banker, NYC; trustee
Mt Sinai; WWI government service. iii See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 12
1962,23:4.
Hoddeson, Samuel Isaac; b. NYC, Apr 5
1892.
BS Rutgers. • Chemical engineer, tax assessor,
civic ldr, NYC; meni city recreation com, New
Brunswick; trustee]ewish Community Center.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Hodes, Barnet; h. LaSalle, ILIPoland, May
13 1900; d. Dec 251980.
AB, LLB Northwestern.· Lawyer, alderman,
corporate counsel, state tax commr, Chicago;
mem Planning Commn; officer IL Municipal
League; co-chr Patriotic Found ofChicago;
WWII service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 7.
Hodes, Philip; b. NYC, Apr 6 1898.
Sales mgr, NYC; with RKO. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Hodes, Robert; b. Atlantic City,]an 26
1915; d. NYC,]an 271966.
Physiologist, researcher, NYC; faculty Tulane,
V Peking, Oxford V, Mt Sinai; author in field.
• See:A]YB, 68:528; NYTimes,]an 301966,
84:4.
Hoenig, Edward; b. Austria, Apr 271882;
d. NYC, 1952.
MD Cornell. • Physician, gynecologist, NYC;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes,
May41952,91:1.
Hoenig, Moses Harris; b. NYC, Sep 18
1898.
]TS Tchrs, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
communalldr, NYC; pres Nad Council of
Young Israel; active Vnion ofOrthodox]ewish
Congregations, Am]ewish Congo • 'See:
WWIA], 1938.
Hoenig, Sidney Benjamin (B); b. NYC, Apr
61907; d. NYClBrooklyn, Dec 1979.
BS CCNY, ordained Yeshiva V, RIETS, PhD
Dropsie; honorary degree. It Rabbi, communal
educator & ldr, author, Brooklyn; faculty
Yeshiva V; authority on Dead Sea Scrolls; bd
Internad League for Repatriation ofRussian
] ews; review editor Viewpoint; author in field. •
See:A]YB, 81:367; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,
7; NYTimes, Dec 81979.
Hoenig, Sigmund; b. Vienna,]uly 141872.
To Cincinnati 1887. • Mfr, Cincinnati; officer
League for Hard ofHearing. • See: wwL4],
1938.
Hofbauer, Isfred; b. Vienna, ca 1872; d.
Cincinnati, Mar 1961.
Gynecologist, hormone application specialist. •
See: AI, Mar 23 1961; NYTimes, Mar 15 1961,
39:4.
Hoff, Hans; b. Vienna, 1897; d. Aug 1969.
In VS ca 1939-1949.· V Vienna; with Freud.
• Psychiatrist, Nobel laureate, Vienna;
specialty: drug therapy for schizophrenia;
faculty Columbia, V Vienna; fdr HoffClinic;
pres W orId Fedn for Mental Health; author in
field. • See: E}; NYTimes, Aug 25 1969,35:3.
Hoffberg,]acob Harris; h. NYC,June 3
1895.
Motion picture exporter/importer, NYc. •
See:WWIA], 1938.
Hoffenberg, Cemach; b. ca 1863; d.
Hartford, Nov 281938.
Rabbi, scholar, Hartford. • See:A]YB, 41:424.
Hoffenstein, Samuel Goodman; b.
Lithuania, Oct 8 1890; d. Los Angeles,
Oct61947.
To VS ca 1894. • PhB Lafayette ColI. II
Author, journalist, screenwriter, poet, NYC
then Los Angeles; with NY Sun, Tribune,
Paramount Productions. • See: A]YB, 50:517;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes,
Oct 7 1947,27:1.
Hoftheimer, Harry Max (Henry M); b.
Cincinnati, Aug 1868; d. Cincinnati, Dec
91926.
LLB V Cincinnati, Harvard Law. • Lawyer,
legislator, state superior court judge,
Cincinnati; bd Heb Vnion ColI; active]ewish
Welfare Work. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):119,24:156,29:117; WWIA], 1926.
Hoffman, Aaron; b. St Louis, 1879; d. NYC,
May 1924.
Prolific playwright, NYC; co-author "Friendly
Enemies."· See:A]YB, 24:156; NYTimes, May
28 1924,23:5.
Hoffman, Abram; b. Ft Plain, NY, Mar 5
1875; d. Ft'Lauderdale, Feb 1958.
DDS V Buffalo. • Orthodontist; faculty V
Buffalo, NYU, Northwestern. • See: WWWIA,
3; NYTimes, Feb 25 1958,27:1.
Hoffman, Anna R (Rosenberg) (born Anna
Marie Lederer); b. Budapest, 1902; d.
NYC, May 91983.
To US 1912. '" Honorary degrees. •
Government aide, labor & public relations
consult, NYC; mem Bd ofEducation; consult
War Manpower Commn; active Nad Recovery
Adm, Social SecurityBd.· See:A]YB, 85:415­
16; NYTimes, May 10 1983.
Hoffman, Arnold; b. Odessa, ca 1886; d.
NYC, Aug 1966.
To VS 1910. • Beaux Arts, Ostromensky
(Russia), Munich Art School. • Painter, anti­
Nazi themes, NYC; WWII drew government
posters. • See: NYTimes, Aug 23 1966,39:1.
Hoffman, Arnold; b. Boston, Apr 81903; d.
Aug241962.
Mining co exec, NYC, Mexico; officer Robert
D & Arnold Hoffman Found. • See: WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Aug 26 1962, 82:4.
Hoffman, B; b. Russia.
Yiddish editor, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:156.·
*See Hoffman, Ben Zion (Zivion).
Hoffman, Belle Bookman (Mrs); b. ca 1861;
d. NYC, June 13 1935.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 37:257.
Hoffman, Ben Zion; b. ca 1874; d.
Philadelphia, Jan 29 1924.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 26:155.
Hoffman, Ben Zion (Zivion); b. Latvia!
Bausk, Russia, Apr 161874; d. NYC, Oct
141954.
To NYC 1908. • Dr Science & Engineering. •
Yiddish & Heb journalist & essayist, NYC;
editor Forward, Freiheit, Justice; pres]ewish
Writers Vnion; exec]ewish Labor Com; active
Workmen's Circle, aRT, Bund. • See: E];
A]YB, 57:606; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Oct
151954,23:4.
Hoffman, Benjamin; b. NYC, Apr 15 1864;
d. NYC, May 20 1922.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal
judge, NYC.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):119,
24:101; NYTimes, May 211922,30:2.
Hoffman, Bernice; b. Madison, WI, Feb 12
1908.
V WI, LLB Southwestern V. II Lawyer, asst
state atty general, Chicago. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Hoffman, Burton Charles; b. Weehawken,
NJ, Aug 41911; d. Feb 61953.
AB Syracuse V. • Book publisher, NYC; pres
Dial Press; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 3.
Hoffman, Charles Isaiah; b. Philadelphia,
Jan 3 1864; d. NYC,June 71945.
AM, MA, LLB V PA, post-grad Cambridge V,
ordained]TS. • Lawyer, Conservative rabbi,
journalist, Newark; a fdr, editor Jewish
Exponent; a fdr Rabbinical Assembly, Vnited
Synagogue ofAm; active]ewish immigration
orgs, Jewish agricultural colonies. • See: ]E;
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):218,24:156,
48:491;A]HQ, 55:212-34; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 8 1945, 19:4.
Hoffman, Charles Maurice; b. NYC, Jan 1
1880; d. NYC, Dec 1949.
Hospital admr, Providence; supt Miriam
Hospital; officer NY State Veterans Relief
Commn; Spanish-Am War, Mexican border &
WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA];
NYTimes, Dec 29 1949,26:3.
Hoffman, Charlotte (Mrs A M Hoffman);
b.*; d. Bronx,July41938.
Communal worker, NYC; orgr Heb
Convalescent Home; bd Heb Childrens Home,
Ladies Penny Charity Soc; active Am Jewish
Cong.· See:A]YB, 41:424; NYTimes,]uly 5
1938, 17:6.
Hoffman, Dustin; b. Los Angeles, 1938.
Film actor, Oscar winner, Los Angeles, NYC.
• See: E]; E]:1973-1982.
Hoffman, Fanny B (Mrs Charles I
Hoffman); b. Philadelphia, May 301862;
d. Philadelphia, Apr 1948.
Communalldr, Philadelphia, Newark; orgr
Nad Council ofJewish Women (Philadelphia);
pres Womens League Vnited Synagogue of
Am. See: WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Apr 16
1948,19:3.

277
defended kosher laws; memJewish Agency;
WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; ]TA-DNB, July 13 1970; NYTimes,
July 12 1970, 64: 1.
Hohauser, WtlliamI; b. NYC, Sep 13 1892.
BS CCNY, Columbia. • Architect, engineer,
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Hohman, Leslie Benjamin; b. Columbus,
OH,July 23 1891; d.Jan 281972.
AB U MO, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad U
Chicago, Harvard.,· Psychiatrist, Baltimore;
facultyJohns Hopkins, Duke; active med soc;
author in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938; WWWIA, 5.
Holde, Artur Ludwig; b. Rendsburg,
Germany, Oct 161885; d. NYC,June 23
1962.
To US 1936. • Musicologist, composer; with
Aufbau; bdJewishMusic Forum.· See:A]YB,
64:494; NYTimes, June 25 1962, 29:4.
Holdstein, Walter; b. Akron, OH, ca 1895;
d. Nov 1968.
'Wharton, U PA. • Businessman, NYC,
Bergenfield, NJ; WWI service. • See:
NYTimes, Nov 23 1968,47:2.
Holland, Joshua Zalman; b. Chicago, 1921.
Meteorologist, researcher; with US Weather
Bureau; specialty: air pollution, fall out; WWII
service. • See: E].
Holland, Samuel Hyman; b. Lutzin, Latvia,
July 11892; d. Nov 251973.
To US 1909.· LLBJohnMarshall Law, postgrad
U Chicago, U Mexicl:>. • Lawyer,
Washington DC earlier Chicago, Mexico City;
bdJewishWelfare Fund (Chicago),Jewish
Historical Soc (Washington DC). • See:
WWWIA,6.
Holland, Simon; b.'"
Rabbi, Evansville, IN. • See:A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):122. • *See entry below.
Holland, Simon; b. Minsk, Dec 171865; d.
Denver, Jan 261942.
To US 1896. • Rabbi, Denver(?); fdr Zera
Israel synagog. • See:A]YB, 44:338. • *See
entry above.
Hollander, Adolph; b. ca 1852; d. Newark,
Sep 281932.
Furniture merchant, communalldr, Newark. •
See:A]YB, 35:125.
Hollander, Adolph; b. Austria, Nov 61875.
Insurance agent, NYC; earlier realtor; active
civic education, philanthropic orgs. • See:
WWIA], 1926.
Hollander, Franklin; b. NYC, Jan 19 1899;
d. Mar 24 1966.
BS, PhD Columbia, MD Yale. • Physiologist,
gastroenterologist, laboratory dir, NYC;
faculty Columbia; officer med socs; author/
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Mar 261966,29:5.
Hollander, H Louis; b. Austria, ca 1901; d.
Mt Vernon, NY, Mar 1960.
NYU.• Appraiser, communal worker, NYC;
specialty: real estate. • See: NYTimes, Mar 24
1960,33:3.
Hollander, Jacob Harry; b. Baltimore,July
23 1871; d. Baltimore, July 91940.
AB, PhD Johns Hopkins; honorary degree. •
Political economist, labor arbitrator, consult,
Baltimore; specialty: taxes; mem internatl
commns, Municipal Lighting Commn; special
commr to revise Puerto Rican taxes; faculty
Johns Hopkins; officer professional assn. • See:
]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):119-20, 24:156,
43:359; PA]HS, 37:471-73; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;
NYTimes, July 10 1940, 19:5.
Hollander, Jacob Seidel; b. Jerusalem, Apr
41891.
To US 1911. • Social work admr, communal
ldr, Rochester, NY; suptJewish Childrens
Home; officer AssocdJewish Charities,Jewish
Natl Fund, Mizrachi; active professional orgs.
• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Hollander, Joseph; b. Austria, ca 1859; d. St
Petersburg, FL, Feb 1940.
To US before 1889. • Businessman, fur
dresser, dyer, communal worker, Newark. •
See: NYTimes, Feb 281940,21:6.
Hollander,Joseph;b.Hungary,caI891;d.
Schenectady, Apr 211939.
Rabbi, Schenectady; supt United Heb School;
mem Orthodox Rabbis ofAm. • See: A]YB,
41:424; NYTimes, Apr 23 1939, III 6:7.
Hollander, Lee M; b. Baltimore, Nov 8
1880.
AB, PhD Johns Hopkins, abroad. • Germanic
languages specialist, translator; faculty U TX;
author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Hollander, Lester; b. Plavnicza, Hungary,
Nov81890.
To US 1906.· UWesternPA,MD U
Pittsburgh, post-grad NY,Baltimore, Vienna.
• Dermatologist, Pittsburgh; faculty U
Pittsburgh; bdJuV'enile Detention Home;
author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938;
BEOA];
Hollander, Louis; b. TarnowlWadowice,
Poland, Feb 5 1891/1893; d. Bronx, Jan 3
1980.
To US 1903/1904. • Labor ldr, strike ldr,
negotiater, NYC; with Amalgamated Clothing
Workers; officer CIO; a fdr ORT; active Am
Labor Party, World ORT; author in field. •
See:A]YB, 82:367-68; Fink, 162; WWIA],
1938.
Hollander, Max Ludwig; b. Bardiov/
Bardejov, Czechoslovakia, Oct 30 1869;
d. NYC, Feb 19 1943.
To US 1882. • Businessman, fraternalldr,
NYC; a fdr AmJewish Cong; officer World
Jewish Cong; active B'rith Abraham. • See:
A]YB, 45:387; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb
211943,32:7.
Hollander, Max W; b. NYC, Nov 12 1886.
LLB NYU. • Communal worker, NYC; an
Holman, David
orgrJewish Big Bros Movement, AmJewish
Cong; officer Russian Polish Fedn ofAm,
Kehillah. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Hollander, Michael; b. London, Feb 16
1884; d. NYC, Oct 20 1947.
Furrier, industry ldr, Newark; active synagog,
charitable causes; WWII government service. •
See:A]YB, 50:517; WWIA], 1938;NY7imes,
Oct 211947,24:2.
Hollander, Sidney; b. Baltimore, Dec 29
1881; d. Baltimore, Feb 231872.
Phartri D U MD. • Industrialist,
pharmaceutical mfr, social welfare &
communalldr, Baltimore; a fdr Americans for
Democratic Action;' natl pres Council ofJewish
Fedns & Welfare Funds; pres Natl Social
Welfare Assn; bd AmJewish Congo • See:
A]YB, 74:556; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 24
1972,42:2.
Hollander, Victor; b. Leobschiitz, Silesia,
1866.
To Hollywoood, CA after 1934. • Conductor,
operetta, opera & film music composer,
Hollywood, CA. • See: UJE.
Hollender, Abraham Risel; b. NYC, Apr 15
1892.
U Chicago, MD.U IL. • Ophthalmologist,
otolaryngologist, Chicago; faculty U IL; active
med soc; author/editor in field. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Hollender, Samuel Sylvan; b. Chicago, Feb
8 1900; d. Chicago, Oct 17 1984.
Dr Optometry Northern IL ColI; honorary
degree. • Natl optical chain owner, Chicago; a
fdr Roosevelt U; officer Community Council
ofJewish Charities; bd Heb Union ColI, natl
Union ofAm Heb Congregations; dir City
Opera, Mt Sinai. • See: A]YB, 86:440;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Holley, Ira Holoshutz; b. NYC, Jan 2 1903;
d.Aug 1966.
NYU, LLB Fordham.· Lawyer, legislator,
NYC; active Democratic politics, AmJewish
Cong, professional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Aug 281966,93:3.
Holliday, Judy (bornJudith Tuvim); b.
NYC, June 211922; d. NYC,June 7
1965.
Comedian, actress, Oscar winner; Born
Yesterday; partially blacklisted. • See: A]YB,
67:537; WWWIA, 4; NAW:modern; DAB, 7;
NYTimes, June 81965,1:7.
Hollzer,Harry Aaron; b. NYC, Nov 4 1880;
d. Los Angeles, Jan 14 1946.
BL,LLB U CA. • Lawyer, US district judge,
communalldr, San Francisco then Los
Angeles; pres UnitedJewish Community of
CA; active Natl ConfofFedns & Welfare
Funds, professional orgs. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 48:101-06,491; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,2.
Holman, David; b. ca 1904;d. Manhasset,
LI, Dec 12 1969.
NYU Law. • State supreme court judge,
politicalldr, counsel for municipalities; pres

Holman, Nat
bar assn; active communal affairs. • See:
NYTimes, Dec 13 1969,35:2.
Holman, Nat; b. NYC, Oct 19 1896.
Savage School ofPhysical Education. •
Basketball player, coach; an "original Celtic";
coach CCNY, Ys; author in field; WWI
service.· See: UJE; E]; WWL4], 1938;
REOA].
Holstein, Adolph Maximillian; b. Warsaw,
Mar 211859; d. Syracuse, Aug 3 1938.
To US before 1890. • Industrialist, furniture &
radio carvings mfr, philanthropist, Syracuse;
pres Jewish Fresh Air Camp; active synagog,
Jewish Old Peoples Home. • See: A]YB,
41:424; WWL4], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 4
1938,17:5.
Holstein, David M; b. Warsaw, Mai 21
1883; d. Oct 1964.
To Syracuse 1890. • Furniture & wood
products mfr, Syracuse; activeJewish
Community Center. • See: WWL4], 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 161964,39:2.
Holtz, JacksonJacob; b. Boston, Oct 10
1907.
BS, LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, legislator,
author, Boston; officer Zionist Org ofAm;
reserve army service. • See: WWL4], 1938.
Holtz, Louis; b. NYC, Apr 111895.
Comedian, NYC; vaudeville, stage, radio,
television. • See: WWL4], 1928, 1938.
Holtz, Max LII; b. Rochester, NY, Feb 24
1869; d. Rochester, NY,June 241940.
Banker, merchant, labor arbitrator, Rochester,
NY; officer lola Sanatorium; activeJewish Old
Folks Home. • See: A]YB, 42:480; WWL4],
1938; NYTimes, June 251940,23:2.
Holtzman, Abram; b. ca 1907; d. NYC, Mar
1970.
Ballroom dir, NYC; mgr Roseland Dance City.
• See: NYTimes, Mar 13 1970,39:3.
Holtzmann, David Marshall; b. Brooklyn,
ca 1908; d. NYC, 1965.
WVA U, LLB StJohns. • Lawyer, NYC;
specialty: internatllaw; active theatre; WWII
usa service. • See: NITimes, Mar 3 1965,
41:4.
Holtzmann, Fanny Ellen; b. NYC!
Brooklyn; d. NYC, Feb 1980.
LLB Fordham. • Lawyer ofcelebrities, NYC,
Los Angeles, London; specialty: copywright,
contract & internatllaw; active refugee aid. •
See: WWL4], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 7 1980.
Holtzmann, Henry; b. Brzezany, Austria,
July 19 1863; d. NYC, Dec 16 1940.
To US 1888. • Realtor, Zionist ldr, communal
educator, Brooklyn; a fdr US Zionist
movement; pres Chovevei Zion; dirJewish
Center.· See:A]YB, 43:359; WWL4], 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 17 1940,25:4.
Holtzmann, Jacob L; b. Austria, Mar 10
1886; d. NYC, July 111963.
To US as child. • LLB NY Law; honorary
degrees. • Lawyer, communal & political
worker, philanthropist, NYC; mem State Bd of
Regents, Am Jewish Tercentenary Com; a fdr
Jewish Center, Progressive party; bdJTS; dir
Am aRT Fedn. • See:A]YB, 65:433; WWL4],
1926,1928,1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, July 12 1963,25:4.
Holtzoff, Alexander; b. Nov 7 1886; d. Sep
61969.
AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, US district
judge, NYC then special asst to US atty
general, Washington DC; active bar assn, Am
Legion; WWI service. • See: WWL4], 1938;
WWWIA, 5,7; NYTimes, Sep 71969,86:7.
Holz, Leffert; b. Austria, Aug 28 1896; d.
Apr 1978.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer NY Real
Estate Bd; trustee Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; WWI service, state Selective
Service Bd service, WWII active NatlJewish
Welfare Bd. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, May
1 1978, IV 8:2.
Holzberg, Jules D; b. NYC, Mar 51915; d.
Feb 171973.
BS, MS CCNY, PhD NYU. • Psychologist,
laboratory dir, Middletown, CT; faculty Yale,
U CT, Wesleyan; officer professional orgs;
author/editor in field; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Feb 201973,36:1.
Holzberg, Julius; b. Cincinnati, ca 1895; d.
Cincinnati, Aug 1961.
BA, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer, civic &
communal worker, Cincinnati; faculty U
Cincinnati. • See: NYTimes, Aug 7 1961,23:3.
Holzman, Asher; b. ca 1865; d. May 2 1936.
Banker, communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,
38:429.
Holzman, Augusta Schon (Mrs George A
Holzman); b. Boston, May 5 1884.
Columbia, Harvard, Radcliffe, Simmons,
Wellesley CoIl.· Communal worker,
Brookline; orgr New England Council of
Christians & Jews; active League ofJewish
Womens Orgs, Avukah, Zionist Org ofAm,
Hadassah, Am Jewish Cong, Civic League. •
See: WWL4], 1938.
Holzman, Benjamin Franklin; b. NYC, Sep
3 1891; d. May 1963.
Publicity counsel, Hollywood, CA, earlier
NYc. • See: WWL4], 1938; NYTimes, May 10
1963,34:1.
Holzman, Benjamin Grad; b. Los Angeles,
Jan251910;d.July291975.
BS, MS Cal Tech. • Meteorologist,
government official, Washington DC; with
Weather Bureau, Air Force, NASA; consult
atomic testing. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Holzman, Jerome Leopold; b. Portland,
OR, Nov211895.
Reed, U OR, MDJefferson Med ColI. •
Surgeon, Portland, OR; faculty U OR. • See:
WWL4],1938.
Holzman, Max; b. Berdichev, Russia, Aug
191882.
To Milwaukee 1902. • Waste paper co exec,
278
communalldr,Milwaukee;presHeb
Sheltering Home; officer Home for Aged Jews,
synagog; bd Talmud Torah. • See: WWL4],
1938; REOA].
Holzman, William Louis; b. NYC, Mar 10
1873.
Clothing merchant, Omaha; presJewish
Community Center & Welfare Fedn; officer
Community Chest, synagog. • See: WWL4],
1938.
Holzmann, Abe; b. NYC, ca 1875; d. East
Orange, NJ,Jan 16 1939.
NY Conservatory ofMusic. • Popular
composer, advertiser,·Newark; advertising mgr
Internatl Musician. • See: A]YB, 41 :425;
NYTimes, Jan 18 1939, 19:2.
Holzner, David; b. Newark, Aug 51875; d.
before 1938.
NJ Business ColI (Newark). • Investment
banker, Trenton; pres YMHA; bd State Home
for Girls; dir UnitedJewish Appeal, Heb
Orphans Asylum. • See: WWL4], 1926.
Homberg, Moses; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
1793.
To US before 1788. • Merchant, tavernkeeper,
NYC, Philadelphia. • See: RDEA]; PA]HS,
27:43.
Homburger, Joseph; b. ca 1845; d.
Vicksburg, Apr 6 1911.
Justice ofthe Peace, Vicksburg. • See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):138.
Homolka, Oscar;b.Austria, 1898;d.Jan
1978.
To England during WWII.· Actor, Europe,
England, US. • See: E]; NYTimes, Jan 29 1978,
42:1.
Hone, Leo B; b. San Francisco, Jan 21
1903.
AB, JD U CA. • Lawyer, San Francisco; active
Community Chest,Jr Chamber ofCommerce,
synagog. • See: WWL4], 1938.
Honig, Milton; b. Brooklyn, Sep 141909; d.
June 1965.
NYU, Columbia. • Reporter, NYC; with
NYTimes; WWII service. • See: NYTimes, June
301965,37:3.
Honigman, Jason; b. Russia, Oct 251904;
d.Aug 1969.
To US 1911. • LLB U MI. • Lawyer, civic &
communal worker, Detroit; author in field. •
See: Detroit]ewish News, Aug 151969.
Honor, Leo Lazarus (M); b. Volhynia, June
1 1894; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 25 1956.
To US 1901.· AB CCNY, PhD Columbia,
JTS (Tchrs).· Communal educator, NYC
then Chicago; with Bureau ofJewish Education
(NYC), ColI ofJewish Studies (Chicago); orgr
Natl Council for Jewish Education; faculty
JTS. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 59:475; WWL4],
1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Oct 26
1956,29:2.
Hood, Myer S; b. Rawitsch, Posen, Apr 11
1822; d. Sep 81909.

Hyamson, Sara (Mrs Moses Hyamson)
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, June 11 1949,
17:5.
Hyamson, Sara (Mrs Moses Hyamson); b.
Wloczlawek, Poland, Dec 22 1870.
To NYC 1913.· Communalldr, NYC,
Yorkville; fdr, pres Joint Passover ReliefFund;
officer NY Fedn ofJewish Womens Orgs,
Ladies Benevolent Soc; active Wornens League
United Synagogue ofAm. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Hyde, Abraham R; b.*; d.July 311935.
Mfr, communal worker, Dorchester, MA. •
See:AJYB,38:429.
Hyde, Ida Henrietta (born Heidenheimer);
b. Davenport, Sep 8 1857; d. Berkeley,
Aug 22 1945.
U IL, BS Cornell, Bryn Mawr, U Strasbourg,
PhD U Heidelberg. • Noted experimental
physiologist, researcher; faculty U KS; mem
Soc ofEthical Culture; active womens suffrage.
• See:NAW.
Hyde, William Howard; b. Brooklyn, Oct 9
1897.
DDS NYU, Royal ColI ofPhysicians &
Surgeons (Scotland). • Oral surgeon; fdr, dir
dental division Unity Hospital; officer dental
socs; author/lecturer in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hyman, Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 25 1883; d.
. NYC, Dec 1966.
MD Columbia, post-grad Vienna, Berlin. •
Genito-urinary surgeon, NYC; author in field;
WWI draft bd service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Dec 241966, 19:4.
Hyman, Albert Salamo (Salisbury); b.
Boston, Apr 6 1893;d. Dec 7 1972.
AB, MD Harvard, Med Sc D U London, U
Vienna. • Physician, heart specialist,.NYC;
introduced pacemaker; pres Am ColI ofSports
Medicine; examiner Natl Bd ofMed
Examiners; officer med socs; author/editor in
field; WWIlservice. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 9
1972,38:4.
Hyman, Arthur D; b. Seward, NE, Aug 21
1886.
BS U PA. • Engineer, businessman, LI City,
NY; worked on Ashokan Dam, Catskill
Aqueduct. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Hyman, Bernard Nicholas; b. Buffalo, Sep
12 1888.
Real estate & mining exec, land developer,
Canada, Buffalo.· See: BEOAJ.
Hyman, Edwin C; b. NYC, July 141875.
Safe mfr, NYC; pres Mosler Safe, Mosler
Lock; officer natl trade assn. • See: BEOAJ.
Hyman, Eliot; b.*; d.July 23 1980.­
Motion picture producer; fdr Assn Arts
Production (United Artists). • See: WWWIA,
7.
Hyman, George M; b. ca 1900; d. NYC,
Oct 291936.
CCNY, Columbia. • Communal, social &
educationalldr, NYC; natl exec seey Avukah;
exec dir CentralJewish Inst; active Am Jewish
Com, Am Jewish Congo • See: AJYB, 39:592;
NYTimes, Oct 301936,23:5.
Hyman, HJoseph; b. Libau, Feb 211890.
BA U Cincinnati, NY School ofPhilanthropy,
Jewish Chautauqua Social Service School, OH
State. • Editor, social work admr, Baltimore;
exec dir AssocdJewish Charities earlierJewish
Educational Alliance, Fedri ofJewish Charities
(Atlanta); editorJewish Times. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Hyman, Harold Thomas; b. NYC, Nov 23
1894.
AB, MD Columbia. • Physician,
pharmacologist, NYC; faculty Columbia;
trustee]ewish Social Service Assn; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Hyman, Harry Abe; b. Mt Vernon, OH,
May41881.
OH State, CE U PA. • Civil engineer,
construction exec, NYC; worked on Ashokan
Reservoir; WWI government service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Hyman, Henry; b. ca 1844; d. Dover, NJ,
Nov 1935.
Communal worker, Dover, NJ; mem Bd of
Education. • See:AJYB, 38:429.
Hyman, HenryJ;b. ca 1868; d. NYC, Jan 8
1932.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: AJYB,
34:111.
Hyman, Herbert; b. 1918; d. Canton,
China, Dec 1985.
BA, PhD Columbia. • Sociologist, Westport,
CT; specialty: polling; faculty Columbia,
Wesleyan; author in field. • See: EJ; NYTimes,
Dec 23 1985.
Hyman, Irving; b. Buffalo, Aug 12 1908; d.
Mar 71961.
BS, MD U Buffalo. • Neurologist; faculty U
Buffalo; author in field; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Mar 8 1961, 33:2.
Hyman,JJesse; b. Towanda, PA,Jan 16
1886.
Dept store exec, Minneapolis; chr Com of
Jewish Communal Activities; dir Jewish Family
Welfare; active synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Hyman,Joseph C; b. Syracuse, Dec 14
1889; d. Los Angeles; Feb 81949.
AB, MA Columbia, LLB, LLM NY Law. •
Lawyer then social work exec, overseas relief
worker; withJoint Distribution Com, Palestine
Economic Corp; active creating Dominican
Republic Settlement Assn, pre-WWII refugee
matters.· See: UJE;E];AJYB, 51:521-22;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,
Feb 9 1949,27:1.
Hyman, Libbie Henrietta; b. Des Moines,
Dec 61888;d. Aug 3 1969.
BS, PhD U Chicago; honorary degrees. •
Zoologist, NYC; with Am Museum ofNatural
History, earlier U Chicago; author in field. •
See: UJE; WWL4J,.1928, 1938;BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 4; NAW:modern;.NYTimes, Aug 5
1969,37:1.
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Hyman, Louis; b. Witebask, Russia, June
171884; d. NYC, Oct 12 1963.
To US 1911. • Labor ldr; with ILGWU; dir
Union Health Center; active Socialism; pushed
out for communist sympathies but later
readmitted. • See: Fink, 169-70.
Hyman, Mack/Mark; b. Cincinnati, Sep 9
1877; d. NYC,June 211946.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Laywer, NYC, earlier
withJustice Dept, US Shipping Bd; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB,
24:157,49:612; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
NYTimes, June 22 1946, 19:1.
Hyman, Max; b. ca 1878; d. Sep 261935.
Trade union orgr, public official, Brooklyn. •
See: AJYB, 38:429.
Hyman,Ralph;b.caI898;d.Hyannisport,
MA, July 9 1964.
Silver shop operator, silver expert & collector,
NYC, Londori; consult US Customs,
museums; pres trade assn. • See: NYTimes, July
10 1964,29:3.
Hyman, Richard H; b. NYC, ca 1916; d.
NYC, 1966/1967.
MD NYU. • Urologist, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic. • See: NYTimes, Jan 2 1967, 19:2.
Hyman, Robert E; b. Russia, Oct 10 1885.
Exec, New Haven.· See: WWIAJ,·1938.
Hyman, Samuel; b. ca 1839; d. New
Orleans, Dec 23 1910.
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB, 13(1911-1912):136.
Hyman, Samuel Edward; b. Louisville, Dec
23 1901.
U IN, AB U Louisville. • Advertising & public
relations exec, Louisville; earlier journalist,
critic; to-fdr Civic Arts Assn. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Hyman, Samuel Isaac; b. NYC, May 28
1870; d. NYC, July 12 1917.
Businessman, communal worker, NYC; fdr
Jewish Center (Averne,LI), CentralJewish
Inst.· See:AJYB, 20(1918-1919):228; PAJHS,
28:286-87; NYTimes, July 13 1917,9:6.
Hyman, Sol A; b. NYC, ca 1875; d. Bronx,
July 301945.
CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;
active Democratic politics. • See: AJYB,
48:491; NYTimes, July 31 1945, 19:2.
Hyman, Stanley EdwardlEdgar; b. NYC,
June 111919; d. Bennington, W,July
281970.
AB Syracuse U. • Literary critic, writer,
English literature scholar, Bennington, W;
faculty Bennington ColI: • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes,July311970,30:7.
Hyman, Tillie Endel (Mrs Samuel Hyman);
b. New Orleans, 1875?; d. NYC, July 19
1953.
Communalldr; officer CentralJewish Inst,