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Edelman, Philip
Edelman, Philip; b. Duluth, 1894.
Electrical engineer, inventor, St Paul. • See:
AJYB, 24:133.
Edelman, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Feb 12
1885.
U PA, US Military Academy. • Consular
officer, loan consult, Philadelphia; consult
Paris Peace Conf; active Alliance Israelite
Universelle. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Edelman, Samuel David; b. Meridan, CT,
Oct41891.
MD OH State. • Pediatrician, Columbus, OH;
active B'nai B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Edelman, Selig; b. NYC, July 10 1883; d.
Dec 191971.
CCNY, NYU Law. • Trial lawyer, author,
NYC; benefactor Heb U. • See: AJYB, 73:630;
NITimes, Dec 201971,38:1.
Edelschik, Minnie; b. Russia, Sep 141899.
AB Syracuse U, NY School ofSocial work,
Jewish Training School for Social Work, CT
State. • Social worker, Buffalo; supervisor Dept
ofSocial Welfare; assoc dirJewish Commn for
Cuba; author in field. • See: BEOAJ.
Edelson, Louis M; b. ca 1875; d. Chicago,
Sep 10 1934.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 37:255.
Edelson, Robert; b. Odessa, Jan 41884.
To Chicago 1898. • LLB IL ColI ofLaw. •
Lawyer, Chicago; mem professional socs,
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Edelstadt, David; b. Kaluga, Russia; d.
Denver, 1892.
To US 1882. • Yiddish poet, anarchist,
Cincinnati, NYC; editor Freie Arbeiter Stimme;
mem Am Olam movement. • See: UJE; EJ.
Edelstein, Jacob; b. Volhynia, Apr 211879.
To Philadelphia 1900. • Realtor, communal
ldr, Zionist, Philadelphia; officer Assocd
Talmud Torahs; dirJewish Foster Home, Fedn
ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Edelstein, Julius Caius Caesar; b.
Milwaukee.
U WI. • Political aide, exec asst to Mayor
Wagner, reporter, advisor, NYC; WWII
service. • See: NITimes story, Jan 15 1964.
Edelstein, Ludwig; b. Berlin, Apr 23 1902;
d. Aug 161965.
To US 1934.· U Berlin, PhD UHeidelberg.·
Profofclassical languages, philosophy &
history ofmed; faculty Johns Hopkins, U CA
(Berkeley), Rockefeller Inst; author in field. •
See: WMVIA, 4; NITimes, Aug 171965,33:4.
Edelstein, (M) Michael; b. Poland, Feb 5
1888/1889; d. Washington DC, June 4
1941.
To US 1891/1892.• LLB Brooklyn Law.•
Congressman, lawyer, NYC; active
Democratic politics. • See: UJE;AJYB, 43:357;
WWWIA, 2; NITimes, June 5 1941, 24:2.
Edelstein, Menahem M; b. Ovruch, Russia,
Sep 121892; d. NYC, Sep 18 1954.
Communal educator, author, editor, NYC; dir
Dept for Tchrs and Principals Affairs aewish
Education Com); pres Educators Council
Jewish Natl Fund; bd Histadruth Ivrith, World
Org for Jewish Education. • See: AJYB,
57:605;NITimes, Sep 191954,88:8.
Edelstein, Michael; b. NYC, May 3 1899.
DDS Columbia. • Dental surgeon, LI City; est
WPA dental clinic; officer professional socs. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Edelstein, Samuel; b. Hungary, Mar 7
1880.
To US 1882.· LLB George Washington.·
Lawyer, Spokane; earlier with US Bureau of
Pensions; active synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Eder, Mrs Samuel; b. ca 1896; d.
Milwaukee, Feb 261935.
Communal worker, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,
37:255.
Edidin, Ben M; b. Russia, Sep 4 1889; d.
NYC, Aug 6 1948.
To US 1911. • BS U WI, U Chicago,
Columbia, Ed D U Buffalo. • Educator,
Zionist; mem Bd ofEducation (Tel Aviv); dir
NYCJewish Education Com; pres Natl
Council for Jewish Education; Ld Young Judea;
natl exec bd Am Jewish Congo • See: AJYB,
51:520; BEOAJ; NITimes, Aug 71948,15:7.
Edinburg, Harris; b. ca 1867; d. Worcester,
Dec241934.
Civic & communalldr, Worcester. • See:
AJYB, 37:255.
Edinger, Tilly (Johanna Gabrielle Ottelie
Edinger); b. Frankfurt, Nov 13 1897; d.
Cambridge, MA, May 27 1967.
To US 1940. • U Heidelberg, U Munich, PhD
U Frankfurt; honorary degrees. • Vertebrate
paleontologist, paleoneurologist; with Harvard
Museum ofComparative Zoology; officer
professional soc; author in field. • See: EJ;
NAWmodern; NITimes, May 29 1967, 25:2.
Edison, Charles B; b. 1921; d.July 3 1971.
Exec, Edison Bros Stores, St Louis; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Edison, Harry; b. Riga, July 15 1891; d. St
Louis, Mar 11 1966.
Exec, Edison Bros Stores, communalldr, St
Louis; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; active
Jewish Hospital, Jewish Community Center. •
See:AJYB, 68:525; WWWIA., 4; NITimes, Mar
12 1966,27:1.
Edison, Samuel Bernard; b. Lithuania, Dec
25 1888; d. Aug 4 1971.
To US 1890. • Exec, Edison Bros Stores, St
Louis.· See: WWWIA, 5.
Edlin, James Seymour; b. NYC, Dec 24
1888; d. July 1974.
Georgetown U, MD Med ColI ofVA, postgrad
U Vienna. • Physician, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic; active health & med socs; author in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, July 191974,38:4.
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Edlin, William; b. Ukraine, May 3 1878; d.
NYC, Nov 1948.
To US 1891/1892. • Stanford. • Yiddish
journalist, NYC; editor The Day; pres Yiddish
Writers Union; natl general secy Workmen's
Circle, Keren Hayesod. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:133,50:514; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
NITimes, Dec 1 1948,22:3.
Edlis, Adolph; b. ca 1860; d. Pittsburgh,
Apr 31934.
City treasurer, legislator, Pittsburgh. • See:
AJYB, 36:279.
Edman, Irwin; b. NYC, Nov 28 1896; d.
NYC, Sep 41954.
BA, PhD Columbia; honorary degree. •
Philosopher, NYC; faculty Columbia; officer
Natl Inst ofArts & Letters; bd Am Council of
Learned Socs; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 57:605; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 3;
DAB, 5;NYTimes, Sep 51954,51:1.
Edmonds, Roy Matthias; b. Houston, Dec
261877.
Journalist, St Louis; editorial staffSt Louis
Republic. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):83.
Edrehi, Isaac Chalom; b. Morocco, Feb 2
1898.
To US 1920. • Alliance Israelite Universelle,
JTS. • Sephardic rabbi, scholar, Arabic
linguist, talmudist, interpreter, translator,
author, Philadelphia; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Edwards, Gus; b. Prussia, Aug 18 1881; d.
Hollywood, CA, Nov 7 1945.
ToUS ca 1895. • Songwriter, vaudeville actor,
theatrical producer, NYc. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:133,48:487; WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Nov81945, 19:1.
Edwards, Leo; b. Prussia, Feb 211886.
Composer, songwriter; wrote songs for Fanny
Brice, Ziegfeld Follies. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Edwards, Lionel Louis; b. San Francisco,
Jan 251874.
Publisher, landscape artist, communal worker,
Los Angeles; publisher B'nai B'rith Messenger;
active communal affairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Edwards, Louis F; b. ca 1892; d. Long
Beach, LI, Nov 15 1939.
Mayor, Long Beach, LI; assassinated. • See:
AJYB, 42:478.
Edwards, Paul; b. Vienna, 1923.
PhD Columbia. • Philosopher, NYC; faculty
NYU, Brooklyn ColI; author/editor in field. •
s.ee: EJ.
Edwards, Sherman; b. NYC; d. Mar 30
1981.
BA NYU, post-grad Cornell. • Composer,
lyricist, pianist, accompanist, Boonton Manor,
NJ; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Effrat,John; b. ca 1908; d. NYC, May 1965.
C>H State • Actor, dir, producer, NYC; officer
professional orgs; council mem Episcopal

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Actors Guild. • See: NITimes, May 15 1965,
31:4.
Efremov, Nicholas E; b. ca 1912; d. NYC,
Sep 1962.
To US after WWII. • Don Polytech
(Novocherassk), MA, Dr Geology Leningrad
Mining Inst, PhD U Lvov. • Geologist; science
editor Radio Liberty; faculty (Russian studies)
Middlebury ColI; author in field. • See:
NITimes, Sep 15 1962,25:3.
Efron, David; b. Villaguay, Argentina, 1904.
Sorbonne, Columbia. • Anthropologist; faculty
Sarah Lawrence; specialty: Spanish & Latin
Am.· See: UJE(sub Efron,]edidio).
Efron, Harry; b. ca 1879; d. Phoenix, Aug
181938.
Merchant, communal worker, Phoenix. • See:
A]YB, 41:421.
Efros, Israel Isaac; b. Ostrog, Poland, May
281891; d. Tel Aviv, Jan 1981.
To US 1905/1906.· RIETS, CCNY, BA
NYU, MA, PhD Columbia, ordained]TS;
honorary degree. • Rabbi, poet, author,
Baltimore; fdr, dean Baltimore Heb ColI;
faculty]ohns Hopkins, U Buffalo, Dropsie;
pres Histadruth Ivrith. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
24:133,83:353; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
]TA-DNB,]an 15 1981.
Efroymson, Abram B; b. Indianapolis, Jan
311893; d. Nov 271964.
Business exec, Cleveland; officer trade assns;
active communal affairs; WWI service. • See:
WWWIA,4.
Efroymson, Gustave Aron; b. Evansville,
IL?/IN,Jan 211870; d. Indianapolis, Nov
3 1946.
Hosiery mfr, Indianapolis; an orgr Public
Welfare Loan Assn; dir Union ofAm Heb
Congregations,]ewish Fedn. • See: A]YB,
49:610; WWIA], 1926,1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 5 1946, 25:3.
Efroymson, Meyer; b. Evansville, IL?/IN,
June 15 1871; d. Indianapolis, Mar 20
1946.
Merchant, communalldr, Indianapolis; active
civic & philanthropic orgs. • See: A]YB,
48:487.
Egelson, Louis I; b. Rochester, NY, Aug 29
1885; d. NYC, Apr 10 1957.
BA CCNY, MA Columbia, ordained ]TS. •
Rabbi, communal exec, author, Cincinnati;
adm secy Union ofAm Heb Congregations;
exec secy Natl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods;
bd Central ConfofAm Rabbis; WWI
chaplain. • See:A]YB, 24:133, 59:474; BEOA];
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Apr 111957, 31:5.
Eger, Paulina Pearl (Mrs); b. ca 1867; d.
Seattle, Apr 23 1937.
Communal worker, Seattle. • See: A]YB,
38:590.
Egloff, Gustav; b. NYC, 1886; d. Apr 1955.
Physical chemist, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
24:134; NITimes, May 11955, 87:4.
Ehren, Theodore; b. Poland, Oct 111905.
To US 1921. • Newark]r ColI, CCNY, LLB
NJ Law. • Lawyer, Newark; orgr Scout
movement; officer NJ YoungJudea. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Ehrenburg, Gregory Eli; b. ca 1872; d.
Denver, May 171936.
Physician, Denver; specialty: tuberculosis. •
See:A]YB, 38:427.
Ehrenfeld, Abraham; b. NYC, Nov 22 1889;
d. NYC, 1959.
AB, MA CCNY, PhD NYU, U Munich,
Columbia. • Educator, NYC; public school
tchr, principal; faculty CCNY; active Urban
League, NAACP; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Oct 2 1959,27:4.
Ehrenfeld, Louis; b. Houston, Aug 23 1900.
BS Rice, MS Northwestern. • Chemist,
Chicago; faculty Northwestern; editorial staff
Encylopedia Britannica; curator Museum of
Science & Industry. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Ehrenfeld, Samuel Ben Zevi; b.
Mattersdorf, Austria, 1892; d. NYC, May
221980.
To US 1938.· Rabbi, communalldr, author,
NYC, Brooklyn; dean rabbinical school
Austria, then Brooklyn. • See: E]; A]YB,
82:365.
Ehrenfest, Hugo; b. Vienna, Mar 13 1870.
MD U Vienna, post-grad Berlin. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, St Louis; facility St
Louis U, Washington U. • See: WWIA], 1928;
BEOAj.
Ehrenfried, Albert; b. Lewiston, ME, Feb 9
1880; d. Sep 25 1951.
AB, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, historian oflocal
] ewry, Boston; faculty Harvard; officer med
socs; active Public Library, Boston Med
Library, Am]ewish Com; author in field;
WWI service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:134;
WWIA], 1926, 1938; WWWIA, 3.
Ehrenreich, Bernard Calonimus; b. Kis
Szeben, Hungary, June 111875/1876; d.
Miami Beach, Mar 1955.
To US 1879.· PhB CUNY?, BANYU?,
ordained]TS, U PA. • Rabbi, civic &
communalldr, Atlantic City, Philadelphia,
Montgomery, AL; active Zionist. • See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):51; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NITimes, Mar 111955,25:1.
Ehrenreich, Chaya; b. US, 1897; d.
Brooklyn, June 25 1980.
In Palestine 1925-1935. • Fdr, pres Pioneer
Women, Palestine. • See:A]YB, 82:365.
Ehrenreich, Herman; b. Suchari, Russia,
May 10 1900; d. NYC, Mar 311970.
To US 1910. • Drama critic, author, poet,
NYC; with Forward; pres Ehrenreich Found;
officer Cong for]ewish Culture; active
Histadruth. • See:A]YB, 72:540; NITimes,
Apr 2 1970, 39:3.
Ehrenreich, Hirsch; b. Russia, 1888; d.
NYC, June 4 1953.
Ehrlich, Arnold Maurice
Zionist ldr, NYC; secy-general Poale Zion; a
fdr Farband-Labor Zionist Order, Am]ewish
Cong, Labor Zionist schools. • See: A]YB,
55:455;NITimes,]une 51953,27:3.
Ehrenreich, Joseph; b. NYC, Sep 10 1907;
d. Los Angeles, Feb 71973.
Optical co exec, Garden City, NY; active Am
Jewish Com, Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies. •
See:A]YB, 75:654; WWWIA, 5.
Ehrenstein, Albert; b. Vienna, 1886; d.
NYC, 1950.
To US 1941. • Freelance writer, poet, novelist.
• See: UJE; E].
Ehrich, Harold Louis; b. NYC, Jan 9 1880;
d. NYC, Mar 28 1932.
Yale. • Art dealer, NYC; pres Ehrich Galleries.
• See:A]YB, 24:134; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 1.
Ehrich, Louis R; b. Albany, NY, Jan 23
1849; d. London, Oct 22 1911.
AB, AM Yale, U Berlin. • Art collector,
connoisseur, antique painting dealer, gold
Democrat, NYC; earlier Colorado Springs;
author on monetary & labor issues. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):83, 14(1912-1913):125;
WWWIA, 1.
Ehrich, Manfred; b. NYC,June 231876; d.
Jan 1954.
AB Yale, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; chr
NY Child Labor Com; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; WWI service. • See: WWlA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan 11 1954,25:5.
Ehrich, Walter Louis; b. NYC, July 9 1878;
d. NYC, Feb 21936.
PhB Yale, Stanford, ME CO School ofMines.
• Art dealer, mine admr, NYC; owner Ehrich
Galleries; trustee Heb Technical School. • See:
A]YB, 24:134, 38:427 (sub Ehrlich); WWlA],
192 8, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NITimes,
Feb 3 1936,17:3.
Ehrich, William Seigman; b. Georgetown,
SC, Jan 11 1881.
MD Med ColI ofSC, post-grad NY Post­
Grad, Harvard. • Surgeon, Evansville, IN;
WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Ehrlich, Adolph; b. Boston, Sep 1 1868.
Dept store exec, Boston; dirJordan Marsh Co;
active business & civic orgs, communal
philanthropies.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAj.
Ehrlich, Arnold Bogumil; b. near Brest-
Litovsk, 1848; d. NYC, Nov 51919.
To US 1878. • Merchant, Heb scholar, biblical
translator, lexicographer; convert to
Christianity who later returned to Judaism. •
See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):83-84,
22:164; DAB; NITimes, Nov61919, 13:4.
Ehrlich, Arnold Maurice; b. Bucharest, Jan
11883.
To US 1902. • Sorbonne, AB, MA U CA
(Berkeley). • University admr, lawyer,
Chicago; earlier instructor oflanguages,
author, San Francisco, Berkeley; pres, facility
Jefferson U. • See: WWIA], 1938.

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Eichmann, Meyer; b.Jersey City, Aug 1
1890.
AB, AM, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,]ersey
City; specialty: litigation. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Eichold, Bern.ard Herbert; b. Newbern., AL,
Feb 51884.
PharmD Philadelphia ColI ofPharmacy. •
Drug co pres, Mobile; pres Fedn of]ewish
Charities.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Eidelsberg, David; b. Staszow, Poland, Apr
281893; d. Bronx, Dec 8 1963.
To US 1914. • U Akron.· Yiddish & Heb
journalist, Cleveland then NYC; with Yiddishes
Tageblatt, Day-Jewish Journal, Jewish Morning
Journal; dir MesivtaTorah Vodaath. it See:
UJE;AJYB, 65:432; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 91963,35:4.
Eidelsberg, Joseph; b. NYC, Apr 19 1896.
NYU, MD NYU. • Internist, endocrinologist,
NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad Med School;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Eidlitz, Leopold;b. Prague, 1823; d. NYC,
1908.
To US 1843. • Vienna Polytech. • Architect,
author, NYC; designer old Emanu-EI; author
in field. • See: UJE; EJ.
Eigen, Maurice; b. Brooklyn, May 181912;
d. Brooklyn, Mar 1 1971.
Org exec; staffAm Friends ofHeb U; dir Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; active work with Displaced
Persons after WWII; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 73:630; NYTimes, Mar 3 1971,47:3.
Eiges, Herbert M; b. Elmira, NY, Nov 29
1904; d. Sep 1978.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Detroit; WWII service.
• See: WWWIA., 7.
Eilperin, George; h. Brooklyn, ca 1896; d.
Brooklyn, Nov 1963.
Columbia, Brooklyn Law. • State supreme
court judge, Brooklyn; active Republican
politics; WWI service. • See: NYTimes, Nov 4
1963,35:4.
Einaeugler, Karol (Hayyim);b. Lemberg,
1883;d.1952.
To US after 1949.· Lawyer,]ewish Social
Democratic Party ldr (Galicia), community
representative. • See: EJ.
Einbinder, Gershon (pseud=Chaver Paver);
b. Bershad, Ukraine, Jan 61901;d. NYC,
Dec71964.
To US 1923. • Yiddish writer, novelist,
playwright, childrens author, NYC; with
Freiheit. • See: UJE; AJYB, 66:574.
Einbinder, Solomon; b.*; d. Chicago,
reported Nov 2 1945.
Rabbi, Hot Springs, AR. • See:AJYB, 48:487.
Einfield, S Charles (pseud=Robert Lise); b.
NYC, Oct 25 1901; d. Ascona,
Switzerland, Dec 1974. .
Columbia. • Advertising & publicity promoter,
author, NYC; with Warner Bros. • See: .
BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 281974,20:6.
Einhorn., Abraham; b. Antwerp, May 11
1925.
To US 1954. • MD U Paris, post-grad NYU.
• Pediatrician, NYC; controversial dir Lincoln
Hospital; faculty Albert Einstein ColI ofMed;
author in field; WWII with French
underground. • See: NYTimes story, Nov 18
1970.
Einhorn, David; b. Dispeck, Bavaria, Nov
10 1808;d. NYC, Nov 2 1879.
To US 1855.· UErlanger, UWiirzburg, U
Munich. • Leading Reform rabbi, controversial
radical theologian, anti-slavery, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, NYC; fdr Sinai. • See: JE; UJE;
EJ; AJHQ, 63: 160-84; WWWIA.:historical;
DAB; NYTimes, Nov41879, 5:3.
Einhorn, David; b. Karelicze, Russia, 1886.
To NYC 1940. • Yiddish lyrical poet; active
Bund,]ewish workers movement, anticommunism.
• See: UJE; EJ.
Einhorn, Jacob; b. Russia, ca 1886; d.
Cincinnati, Nov 111942.
Rabbi, Cincinnati. • See:AJYB, 45:384.
Einhorn, Julie Ochs (Mrs David Einhorn);
b. ca 1817; d. NYC, May 161909.
To US 1855. • Wife ofleading Reform rabbi,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYc. • See: AJYB,
11(1909-191 0): 109; NYTimes, May 18 1909,
9:4.
Einhorn, Max; b. Grodno,Jan 191862; d.
NYC, Sep 251953.
To US 1885. • AB U Kiev, MD U Berlin. •
Gastroenterologist, surgical instrument
inventor, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad Med
School. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):84,24:134,56:569; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA., 4; NYTimes, Sep 26
1953, 17:2.
Einhorn, Moses; b. Wolkowysk, Russia,
Feb 171896; d. NYC, Feb 91966.
Herzlia ColI (palestine), MD Bellevue, postgrad
U Berlin. • Gastroenterologist,
instrument designer, NYC; fdr Ivrith Med Soc;
est medical libraries (Israel); editor in field. •
See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 68:525; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938;JTA-DNB, Feb 111966;NITimes,
Feb 10 1966, 37:2.
f:inson, Morris M; b. Vilna, Mar 7 1883; d.
Jerusalem, Apr 131936.
To US as a boy. • B'nai B'rith Manual
Training School (philadelphia), Art Students
League. • Lithographer, Zionist, communal
worker, Yonkers.· See: UJE;AJYB, 38:427;
WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Apr 171936,21:5.
Einstein, A C; b. ca 1866; d. St Louis, Nov
271916.
Electrical engineer, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):264.
Einstein, Albert; b. Ulm, Mar 141879; d.
Princeton, Apr 181955.
To US 1933.· Honorary degrees. •
Theoretical physicist, humanitarian, Nobel
Prize winner; developed theory ofrelativity,
atomic power; faculty Inst for Advanced Study
(Princeton).· See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982;
Einstein, Leopold
AJYB, 25:200-02, 57:605-06, 58:480-85;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Apr 191955,1:2.
Einstein, Alfred; b. Munich, Dec 301880;
d. EI Cerrito, CA, Feb 13 1952.
PhD Munich. • Noted musicologist, music
critic, Berlin; faculty Smith; authority: Mozart,
Italianmadrigal; author/editor in field. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 54:538; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
Feb 17 1952, 84:1.
Einstein, Benjamin Franklin; b. Lancaster,
PA, Aug 12 1845; d. NYC, Feb 271915.
Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; mem Am]ewish
Historical Soc.· See:AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):219; PA]HS, 26:277-79; NITimes, Mar 2
1915,9:4.
Einstein, Berton; b.*; d. Fresno, CA, Feb
1920.
V-pres, Chamber ofCommerce; Fresno, CA. •
See:AJYB, 22:164.
Einstein, David L; b. Cincinnati, May 20
1839; d. London, May 7/81909.
CCNY. • Banker, mfr, art collector; pres
Raritan Woolen Mills; active communal
charities. • See: A]YB, 11(1909-191 0): 108;
PAJHS, 19:193-96; NYTimes, May 101909,
9:4.
Einstein, Edwin; b. Cincinnati, Nov 18
1842; d. NYC, Jan 241905.
CCNY, MA Union ColI. • Congressman,
public official, Commr ofDocks, NYC; active
Republican politics. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB,
2(1900-1901):517,6(1904-1905):84,7(1905­
1906):218,44:412,47:628; NITimes,]an 25
1905,9:4.
Einstein, Florence; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Oct
1918.
Artist, designer, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
21:205.
Einstein, Hannah Bachman (Mrs William
Einstein); b. NYC, Jan 28 1862; d. NYC,
Nov281929.
Summer School ofPhilanthropy, Columbia. •
Social welfare worker, champion ofdependent
mothers & children, NYC; fdr, pres Widowed
Mothers Fund Assn; officer United Heb
Charities, Sisterhood ofPersonal Service
(Emanu-EI). • See: UJE; AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):53; NAW; NYTimes, Nov29 1929,21:4.
• *See entry for Mrs William Einstein.
Einstein, Harry (Parkya Karkas); b. Boston;
d. Nov 1958.
Radio & motion picture comedian, appeared
with Eddie Cantor.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Nov 25 1958,67:1.
Einstein, Isaac David; b. ca 1842; d. NYC,
Dec 21936.
Merchant, mfr, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:590.
Einstein, Leopold; b. ca 1843; d. Cleveland,
Jan 21912.
Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):125.

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• Chemist, Chicago; pres Westside Historical
Soc; author/editor in field & on Civil War. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes,
Dec 91963,35:3.
Eisenstadt, Benzion; b. Kletzk, Minsk
province, 1873; d. Aug 1951.
To US 1903. • Reb author, poet, biographer,
lexicographer, rabbi, NYc. • See: UJE;
E):1973-1982;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):85, 24:134;
Gottlieb, 298; NITimes, Sep 1 1951, 11:7.
Eisenstadt, Menahem Zvi; b. lithuania; d.
NYC, 1966.
To US 1947. • Rabbi, editor ofbiblical
commentary; dir yeshivah (Vilna). • See: E].
Eisenstadt, Moses Eleazar; b. Russia, 1869;
d. NYC, Nov 71943.
To US 1941. • Berlin Lehranstalt. • Rabbi,
Orthodox ldr, author, translator, Leningrad,
Paris. • See: EJ; A]YB, 46:336; NITimes, Nov
8 1943, 19:4.
Eisenstadt, Samuel; b. Boston, Nov 25
1898.
LLB Suffolk Law School. • Lawyer, legislator,
Boston. • See: BEOA].
Eisenstadt, Zvi H; b. Warsaw, Apr 15 1901;
d. NYC, July 20 1966.
To US 1946. • Rabbi, author ofcommentaries,
Brooklyn; active Agudath Israel. • See: A]YB,
68:525; NITimes,]uly 22 1966,31:2.
Eisenstaedt, Alfred; b. Germany, 1898.
To US 1915. • Noted press photographer;
with Life. • See: EJ.
Eisenstaedt, Isadore; b. ca 1829; d.
Chicago, Nov 211916.
Colonel, Civil War veteran, Chicago. • See:
A]YB, 1919(1917-1918):265.
Eisenstein, Ira; b. NYC.
Ordained]TS. • Rabbi, Reconstructionist ldr;
ldr Soc for the Advancement ofJudaism; pres
Reconstructionist Found, Reconstructionist
Rabbinial ColI; editor Reconstructionist. • See:
E].
Eisenstein,Julius ijudah) David; b.
Meseritz, Poland, Nov 12/211854; d.
NYC, May 17 1956.
To US 1872. • Hebraist, encyclopedist, editor,
author, translator, mfr, NYC; fdr US Heb Soc:
benefactor needyAm]ews in Palestine;
memoir. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):85,24:134,58:476; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938;A]HS, 52:234-64; Eisenstadt, 11-12;
NITimes, May 18 1956,25:3.
Eisfeldt, William T; b.*; d. Alameda, CA,
June 1915.
Civil War veteran, Alameda, CA.· See:A]YB,
18(1916-1917):106.
Eising, Eugene Harold; b. NYC, Jan 18
1874.
BS CCNY, MD Columbia, post-grad Europe.
• Surgeon, researcher, patent holder, NYC;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Eisler, Arnold; b. Czechoslovakia, Apr 6
1879; d. NYC, Jan 281947.
To US 1941. • Atty General, supreme court
judge, Austria; mem Austrian Parliament. •
See:AJYB, 49:610; NITimes, Jan 291947,
26:2.
Eisler,Paul;b. \Tienna, 1875/1878;d.NYC,
Oct 1951.
To US 1873.· Vienna Conservatory. • Pianist,
conductor, light opera composer; conductor
Metropolitan Opera (NYC). • See: UJE;
NITimes, Oct 171951,31:4.
Eisman, H Seymour; b. Susquehanna, PA,
July 18 1873; d. Apr 1956.
AB CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 11
1956,33:2.
Eisman, Mabel Elkus (Mrs); b. ca 1878; d.
NYC, Apr 13 1933.
Communalldr, NYc. • See: A]YB, 35:123.
Eisman, Max; b. ca 1858; d. Newark, Mar
201935.
Mfr, communal worker, philanthropist,
Newark.· See:A]YB, 37:255.
Eisner, J Lester; b. Red Bank, NJ, Mar 18
1889; d. May 27 1955.
AB Harvard. • Business exec, uniform mfr, Red
Bank, NJ; natl council Boy Scouts; dir NJ
Taxpayers Assn; counsel Natl Recovery Adm;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, May 281955,15:4.
Eisner, Joseph; b. NYC, July 201900; d.
NYC, May 4 1958.
CPA, lawyer, NYC; exec bd AmJewishCong;
a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; officer
Union ofAm Heb Congregations, United
Jewish Appeal, professional socs; active
Brandeis, Anti-Defamation League. • See:
A]YB, 60:355; NITimes, May 6 1958,35:1.
Eisner, Mark; b. NYC, Dec 15 1886; d. Mar
28 1953.
AB CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator,
NYC; pres Assn ofJewish Education; trustee
Bd ofHigher Education; active tax law assns. •
See: UJE;E];AJYB, 55:455; WWIA], 1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 30
1953,21:3.
Eisner, Maurice Solomon; b. Pittsfield,
MA,]uly 15 1887.
MD U MD. • Surgeon, Pittsfield, MA; officer
B'nai B'rith; active med assns. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Eisner, Monroe; b. Red Bank, NJ,Jan 14
1893; d. May 2 1973.
AB; MBA Harvard. • Clothing mfr, business
exec, civic ldr, Red Bank, NJ; officer County
Med Center, County Aid Soc. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, May41973,
40:3.
Eisner, Samuel Solomon; b. Hungary, Dec
8 1879; d. Feb 1957.
To US 1892.· DDS NYU.• Dentist, NYC;
natl com Am Jewish Dentists; active dental
assns, communal philanthropies. • See:
Elfenbein, Israel
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Feb 27
1957,27:4.
Eissler, Kurt R; b. \Tienna, 1908.
To US ca 1938. • Psychoanalyst, pioneer
worker in fields ofschizophrenia, dying,
Vienna, NYC. • See: E].
Eitan, Israel; b. Warsaw, 1885; d.
Pittsburgh, Oct 111935.
To US 1921. • Seminaire Israelite de France,
Sorbonne, U Paris, Palestine. • 'Philologist,
scholar, tchr, author, Pittsburgh; faculty Heb
Inst, Duquesne. • See: UJE; A]YB, 38:426.
Eitingon, Motty; b.*; d.July 1956.
Furrier, pres Eitingon-Schild Co, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Aug 11956,23:4.
Eitingon, \Tladimir; b. Riga, Nov 7 1899.
To US 192 O. • Inst ofLazarefffor Oriental
Languages (Moscow), U Berlin. • Furrier,
NYC; dir Eitingon-Schild Fur Co, Moscow
Fur Trading Co (London); active ORT. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Elbaum, Moshe; b. Warsaw, ca 1903; d.
NYC,Jan 1969.
To US 1948. • City editor, Forward, NYC;
earlier withJewish Morning Journal; officer
Yiddish Writers Union. • See: NITimes, Jan 29
1969,41:3.
Elbe, Max; b. Niagara Falls, NY; d. 1871.
Dr Optometry Rush Med ColI. • Optometrist,
army officer, communal worker, Niagara Falls;
Natl Guard, Spanish-Am War, Cuban
occupation & WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIA],1938.
Elbert, Heiman; b. ca 1860; d. Seattle, Oct
1934.
Merchant, communal worker, Seattle. • See:
AJYB, 37:255.
Elbogen, Ismar; b. Schildberg, Posen, Sep 1
1874; d. NYC, Aug 1 1943.
To US 1933. • Historian, NYC; faculty Berlin
Lehranstalt, ]TS; bdJudaic Inst Council,
Academy Reb U; chr Soc for Jewish History &
Literature. • See: JE; UJE; E]; A]YB, 46:336;
NITimes, Aug 2 1943,15:2.
Elcan, Marcus; b. Germany, ca 1757; d.
Richmond, 1808.
To USca 1782. • Merchant, early settler,
Richmond; a fdr Beth Shalome; benefactor
Richmond Charity School; owner large library.
• See: E]; BDEA].
Elenbogen, Herman; b. Vilkomir,
Lithuania, Dec 311879.
To US 1903. • Bank & travel agency exec,
author on foreign exchange, Zionist, Chicago.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Elfenbein, Israel; b. Buczacz, Poland, Sep
15 1884/1890/1894; d. NYC, Sep 13
1964.
To US 1905/1906.· BA,MANYU, RIETS,
ordained]TS. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,
author, Nashville, Chicago, NYC, Brooklyn;
pres Vaad Ha Kasruth; fdr Daughter ofZion
Day Nursery; natl exec com Mizrachi, United

135
Ellenbogen, Saul; b. Hoosick Falls, NY, Apr
271901.
La Salle U. • Social work admr, Zionist,
Brooklyn; elir Natl YoungJudea, Young Israel,
Jewish center, summer camp.· See: WWIA],
1938.
Ellenbogen, WIlhelm; b. Lundenberg,
Moravia, July 9 1863;d. NYC, Feb 25
1951.
To US 1940. • Physician, Austrian political
ldr; a fdr Austrian Social Democratic Party;
mem Austrian parliament, cabinet and
revolutionary council. • See: UJE;E]; A]YB,
53:524; NITimes, Feb 261951,23:3.
Ellenstein, Meyer C; b. NYC, Oct 15 1886;
d. NYC, Feb 1967.
DDS Columbia, LLB NJLaw. • Dentist,
lawyer, mayor, Newark; acquitted offraud. •
See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4,7;
NITimes, Feb 12 1967,92:5.
Eller, Emanuel; b. Chicago, Dec 211889.
LLBWebster CoIl ofLaw. • Municipal &
superior court judge, Chicago; presiding judge
Cook County Criminal Court. • See: WWIA],
1928.
Ellinger, Emil; b. Papa, Hungary, May 2
1861; d. San Diego, Nov 191928.
U Vienna. • Rabbi, Hungary, IN, lA,
Alexandria, LA, Austin, TX, San Diego. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):52, 7(1905-1906):120,
31:92.
Ellinger, Moritz; b. Fiirth, Oct 17 1830; d.
NYC, Aug 271907.
To NYC 1854. • Public official, journalist,
ReformJewish ldr, court interpreter, coroner,
record clerk, NYC; natl exec com B'nai B'rith;
fdr, editorJewish Times. • See: ]E; UJE; E];
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):86, 10(1908-1909):127;
WWWIA,4.
Ellis, Abraham; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.
Orange, NJ,July 191985.
Concessionaire, "Hatcheck King," NYc. •
See: NYTimes, July 201985.
Ellis, Abraham Mordecai; b. Russia, Aug 6
1880.
To US 1891.· Theatre chain exec, hosierymfr
& jobber, Philadelphia; pres Central Talmud
Torah.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Ellis, David Abram; b. Buffalo, Feb 20
1873; d. Boston,July 271929.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr, Boston;
mem Transit Commn, School Commn; commr
State Dept ofPublic Utilities; trusteeJTS. •
See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):53-54,24:135,
32:153; WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.
Ellis, Emil K; b. NYC, ca 1900; d. Bronx,
Mar 1969.
Brooklyn Law. • Trial lawyer, NYC; counsel,
inspector Municipal Civil Service Commn;
advocate ofrent control. • See:NITimes, Mar
71969; 37:1.
Ellis, Esther Emestine; b.*
Educator, Youngstown, OH. • See: A]YB,
24:135.
Ellis, Hetman; b. Russia, Dec 311869.
To US 1888. • Broker, metal businessman,
bank officer, Perth Amboy; fdr Heb Free Loan
Assn. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Ellis, Kain; b. ca 1879; d. Philadelphia, Dec
13 1934.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
37:256.
Ellis, Mary (born Elsass); b. NYC, June 15
1899.
Actress, opera & operetta singer, NYC,
London. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA].
Ellis, Milton; b.*; d. Brooklyn, reported
Mar 11939.
Ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi. • See:
A]YB,41:421.
Ellish, AlfredJ; b. 1895?; d. Spring Valley,
NY, Sep 1968.
BIdr, Zionist ldr, Spring Valley, NY; natl
officer Zionist Org ofAm; a fdr Jewish
Community Center, MonseyJewish Center. •
See:A]YB, 70:520; NITimes, Sep 25 1968,
47:2.
Ellison, Daniel; h. 1886.
Congressman, lawyer, City Council mem,
Baltimore.· See:A]YB, 50:645;WWIA],
1938.
Ellman (Ellmann), James Isaac; b. Galatz,
Rumania, Sep 61887.
To US 1904. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, asst state
atty general, judge, Detroit; counsel Am Civil
Liberties Union; active Zionist affairs. • See:
A]YB, 24:135; WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Ellner, Arthur S; b. NYC, Nov 22 1895.
Clothing merchant, NYC; active Am Jewish
Cong; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Ellner, Charles Herman; b. NYC, Aug'12
1901.
AB, LLB Columbia.· Lawyer, Jamaica, NY;
active Jewish affairs, Zionist Org ofAm,
fundraising. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Ellsberg, Edward; b. New Haven, Nov 21
1891; d. Jan 24 1983.
BS US Naval Academy, MS MIT, D Eng U
CO; honorary degrees. • Engineer, naval
officer, St Petersburg, FL; designed system for
salvage submarines; author in field, fiction. •
See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Ellsberg, Nathaniel A; see Elsberg,
Nathaniel A.
Ellsberg, Samuel; b. ca 1872; d. NYC, May
201931.
Physician, communalldr, NYc. • See: A]YB,
33:126.
Ellstein, Abraham; b. NYC, July 91907; d.
NYC, Mar 22 1963.
Composer, musical comedies, operas, NYC;
"Golem."· See:A]YB, 65:432; NITimes, Mar
25 1963,7:4.
Elsberg,. Charles Albert
Elmaleh, Leon H; b. Gibraltar, June 9
1874.
JTS. • Rabbi, communalldr, author,
playwright, translator, Philadelphia; active
communal affairs. • See: A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):52,24:135; WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Elman, Abraham; b. Brest-Litovsk, July 15
1885.
To US 1907.· Rabbi, Zionist, author,
Chicago; active Haskalah movement. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Elman, Harry (Ziggy) (born Harry Aaron
Finkelstein); b. Philadelphia, May 26
1914; d. Los Angeles, June 26 1968.
Trumpeter, composer, bandleader; "And the
Angels Sing"; with Goodman, Dorsey bands. •
See: DAB, 8; NYTimes, June 27 1968, 43: 1.
Elman, Mischa; b. Talnoi, Russia, Jan 20
1891; d. NYC, Apr 51967.
To US 1923.· Odessa Music Academy, St
Petersburg Conservatory. • Virtuoso violi,nist;
fdr Elman Quartet. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
69:606; WWIA], 1926, 192,8, 1938; WWWIA,
4; DAB, 8;]TA-DNB, Apr 7 1967; NYTimes,
Apr61967,1:4.
Elmlark, Harry Eugene; b. Hudson, NY,
July 25 1909; d. 1980.
BS UVA. • Newspaper feature syndicate exec,
NYC; with Washington Star Syndicate. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Eloesser, Leo; b. San Francisco, July 29
1881.
BS U CA, MD U Heidelberg. • Surgeon, San
Francisco; faculty Stanford; officer med soc;
WWI service.· See:A]YB, 24:135; WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 6.
Elowsky, Samuel M; b. NYC, Oct 28 1892.
Woods Business Coll(NYC). ·0 Clothing mfr,
NYC; pres trade assn; dir Crown Hgts Yeshiva.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Elsas, LouisJ; b. ca 1880; d. Atlanta, Mar
23 1931.
Mfr, communal worker, Atlanta; WWI service.
• See:A]YB, 33:126.
Elsas, Victor Hugo; b. Atlanta, June 30
1881.
MIT.· Mfr, Atlanta, New Orleans; pres
Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills; active communal
charities. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Elsasser, Meyer; b. Mobile, Mar 13 1867; d.
Los Angeles, Jan 1935.
U CA (Berkeley). • Engineer, communal
worker, Los Angeles; with mining &
development projects, England, US, Mexico. •
See:A]YB, 37:256; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Elsasser, Nelson Alexander; b. Baltimore,
May 20 1884.
Merchant, Johnstown, PA. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Elsberg, Charles Albert; b. NYC, Aug 24
1871; d. Mar 18 1948.
BA CCNY, MD Columbia, Breslau. •
Neurological surgeon, instrument developer,

137
Emmerich, Herbert; b. NYC, Apr 27 1897;
d. Charlottesville, Sep 7 1970.
BS Wharton; honorary degrees. • Government
admr; faculty U VA; staffFarm Credit Bureau,
Office ofProduction Management; WWI
service. • See: UJE; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Sep
91970,44:4.
Emspak,Julius; b. ca 1905; d. Bronxville,
Apr 1962.
Union ldr, NYC; officer United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers; expelled from
CIO for leftwing views; led strike against RCA.
• See: NITimes, Apr 27 1962, 35:2.
Endel, Charles William; b. New Orleans,
Aug 15 1867; d. May 1948.
Clothing mfr, real estate & insurance broker,
NYC; officer United Synagogue ofAm; active
trade assns; WWI member Labor Policies Bd.
• See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 27 1948,
25:2.
Endel, Jacob W; b. New Orleans, ca 1865;
d. NYC, Sep 301937.
CCNY. • Insurance broker, communal worker,
NYC. • See: A]YB, 40:393; NITimes, Oct 2
1937,21:5.
Endel, Marcus; b. ca 1855; d.Jacksonville,
FL, Mar 28 1932.
Communal worker, Jacksonville, FL. • See:
A]YB,34:110.
Endlich, Harry; b. NYC, Sep 81887.
Womens apparel & millinery merchant,
Topeka; trustee 1st Church ofDeafMutes. •
See: WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA].
Endore, Guy (Samuel Guy, S Guy); b.
NYClBrooklyn,July41901; d. Feb 1970.
AB Carnegie Tech/Columbia, AM Columbia.
• Author, motion picture scenario writer,
Hollywood, CA. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Feb 211970,31:3.
Endzweig, Sadie; b. NYC,Jan 291895; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 2 1981.
Remedial reading tchr, communal worker,
NYC; pres Mizrachi Women; officer
professional socs; active public & communal
schools. • See:A]YB, 83:354.
Enel9w, Hyman Gershon (Hillel
Gershom); b. Kovno, Oct 26 1876/1877;
d. Feb 5/6 1934.
U Chicago, U Cincinnati, ordained Heb
Union ColI. • Noted Reform rabbi, scholar,
author, Paducah, Louisville, NYC; pres
Central ConfofAm Rabbis; Jewish Welfare Bd
service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):52,24:135,36:23-53,280; WWIA],
1926,1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1; NITimes,
Feb 7 1934, 19:1.
Engel, Carl; b. Paris; d. NYC, May 6 1944.
To US 1905. • Honorary degree. • Music
publisher, Boston; pres G Schirmer; chiefof
music division Library ofCong; officer
professional socs; editor in field. • See: A]YB,
46:336; NITimes, May 7 1944,45:1.
Engel, David F; b. Kossu, Hungary, Sep 25
1885.
Stockbroker, Woodmere, LI; mem NY Stock
Exchange. • See: BEOA].
Engel, Harry; b. Tumu Severin, Rumania,
June 13 1901.
To US 1904. • AB Notre Dame, post-grad
Columbia, Paris. • Painter, portraitist, US,
Paris, Bloomington,IN; faculty U IN. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Engel, Irving Morris; b. Birmingham, AL,
Oct 191891; d. NYC, Dec 41978.
Yale Law; honorary degrees. • Lawyer,
communalldr, public servant, NYC; pres
Jewish Found for the Education ofWomen,
AmJewish Com; trustee Am Friends ofHeb
U; active Democratic & liberal politics; WWI
service. • See: A]YB, 80:364; WWWIA, 7;
NITimes, Dec 5 1978, II 19:5.
Engel, Jacob; b. Griffin, GA, Dec 23 1869;
d. before 1938.
Exec, banker, Baltimore; active communal
charities, Mt Sinai. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Engel, Katherine Asher (Mrs Irving M
Engel); b. New Haven, Oct 27 1898; d.
NYC, Mar 30 1957.
AB Smith, post-grad Oxford U; honorary
degree. • Communalldr, org exec, NYC; natl
pres Natl Council ofjewish Women; mem
Natl Com on Immigration, NYState Com on
Refugees; officer UnitedJewish Appeal, Jewish
Welfare Bd, Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; natl com
UNESCO. • See:A]YB, 59:474; WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Mar 311957, 88:3.
Engel, Lehman; b. Jackson, MS, Sep 14
. 1910; d. NYC, Aug 291982.
Cincinnati Conservatory, Cincinnati ColI of
Music, Juilliard; honorary degrees. •
Composer, music dir, tchr, author, NYC; with
Federal Theatre Project; WWII service. • See:
UJE; WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Aug 301982.
Engel, Leonard; b. NYC, June 21916; d.
Larchmont, NY, Dec 61964.
Science & military affairs writer, broadcaster. •
See:A]YB, 66:574; NITimes, Dec 91964,47:3.
Engel, Lewis Libman; b. NYC, Sep 2 1909;
d. Sep 13 1978.
BS Harvard, PhD Columbia; honorary degree.
• Biochemist, Boston; faculty Harvard; pres
MAAm Cancer Soc; editor/author in field;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Engel, Martin; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 15
1915.
Yiddish speaking Tammany politician, Kosher
butcher, NYC; mem "De Ate." • See: A]YB,
18(1916-1917):107; NITimes, July 16 1915,
9:5.
Engel, Samuel Gamilel; b. Woodridge, NY,
Dec 291904; d. Santa Cruz, CA, Apr 7
1984.
PhG Union ColI. • Pres, Screen Producers
Guild; movie dir, writer, producer; WWII
service.· See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Apr 12
1984.
Engel, William Perry; b. Cottondale, AL,
Sep 23 1895.
England, Albert Charles
Wheeler Business ColI. • Realtor, theatre exec,
Birmingham, AL; pres YMHA, trade assn;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.
Engelhard, Benjamin Max; b. Apr 22 1868.
Diamond & pearl merchant, Chicago; officer
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Engelman, Morris; b. Bartfa, Hungary,Jan
15 1872; d. NYC,June 41948.
To US 1890.· Insurance agent, communal
worker, NYC; bdJoint Distribution Com; an
orgr, officer Synagogue Council ofAm,
Central Relief Com. • See: A]YB, 51 :520;
NITimes, June 5 1948, 15:3.
Engelman, Mrs Morris; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,
Dec 191935.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
38:427.
Engelman, Solomon; b. ca 1862; d. Des
Moines, May 291917.
Communal worker, Des Moines. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):265.
Engelman, Uriah Z; b. Kovel, Russia, Jan 3
1895; d. Miami, Apr 15 1972.
To US 1916. • Sociologist, communal
educator; with Am Assn ofJewish Education,
Bureau ofJewish Education (Buffalo); author
in field. • See: A]YB, 74:555; NITimes, Apr 17
1972,36:4.
Engelmann, Susanne Charlotte; b.
Germany, 1886.
To US 1940. • Educator; guest scholar Wilson
ColI (Chambersburg, PA); specialty assessing
effectiveness ofNazi education. • See: EJ.
Engelmore, Irwin B; b. NYC, Mar 221910;
d.June 51974.
Cooper Union, Grand Central Art School, U
Southern CA, NYU. • Advertising exec, Los
Angeles, NYC; active B'nai B'rith; WWII Civil
Air Patrol service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Engelsman, Gabriel; b. Maco, Hungary,
Feb 51862; d. NYC, July 171905.
AB CCNY, post-grad Harvard, Yale, abroad,
PhD U Vienna. • Philologist, NYC; faculty
CCNY; with]E, NY Herald.· See:A]YB,
6(1904-1905):87, 7(1905-1906):218.
Engelsman, Ralph G; b. NYC, Aug 4 1898;
d. NYC, Apr 1970.
Life insurance agent & authority, watercolor
painter, NYC; faculty NYU; officer
professional assns; author in field; WWI
service, WWII government service. • See:
NITimes, Apr41970, 29:3.
Enggass, Clarence Hirshman; b. Detroit,
July 15 1883.
Jeweler, Detroit; pres Jewish Welfare Fedn;
active civic & communal charities, Zionist Org
ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
England, Albert Charles; b. Pittsfield, MA,
Oct 301877.
BA, MD Harvard. • Physician, state med
examiner, Pittsfield, MA; officer med socs. •
See: WWIA], 1938.

Epstein, Joseph Hugo
Epstein, Joseph Hugo; b. Chicago, Oct 24
1904; d. Mar 10 1961.
AB U MI. • Advertising exec, communal &
civic ldr, New Orleans; officer Community
Chest, Jewish Welfare Fund, League for Better
Housing, trade assn. • See: WWWL4., 4.
Epstein,Judith G (Mrs Moses P Epstein);
b. Worcester, Nov 2 1895.
Hunter. • Hadassah ldr, NYC; natl pres
Hadassah; delegate World Zionist Congo •
See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938 (addenda).
Epstein, Leonard; b. Goldsboro, NC, Aug
101899.
U Beaune (France), BS U NC, George
Washington U Law. • Lawyer, Miami; trustee
synagog; Mexican border & WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Louis; b. Hyduchishok, Poland,
June 15 1886.
To US 1902. • Realtor, insurance agent,
Worcester; active Socialist politics, communal
affairs, YVorkmen's Circle. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEGAJ.
Epstein, Louis M; b. OnixtlAnyksciai,
Lithuania, Oct 191887; d. Mar 1949.
To US 1904. • BS, MA Columbia, MA
Harvard, ordainedJTS; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, authority onJewish law & marriage,
Brookline, MA, NYC; pres Rabbinical
Assembly ofAm; author in field. • See: UJE;
E]; A]YB, 51 :520-21; WWWL4., 2; NYTimes,
Mar 23 1949,28:3.
Epstein, Martin Chester; b. Brooklyn, Nov
261892.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, US Commr, NYC;
active Fedn ofJewish Charities & Salvation
Army fundraising, Boy Scouts, Republican
politics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Mary; b. ca 1868; d. Brooklyn, Jan
311934.
Yiddish actress, NYc. • See: A]YB, 36:280.
Epstein, Max; b. Cincinnati, Feb 6 1875.
AB CCNY. • Industrialist, art patron,
philanthropist, Chicago; benefactor U
Chicago, Art Inst. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938.
Epstein, Max Michael; b. Ushlan, Russia,
Mar 12 1903; d. Aug 22 1954.
To US 1903. • BS PA State. • Chemical
engineer, Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA,3;NYTimes,Aug231954, 17:2.
Epstein, Melech (Michael); b. Rouzhany,
Russia, 1889; d. Miami Beach, FL, July
1979.
To US 1913.· Editor, author; natl exec com
leor; co-editor Hammar; mem Internatl
Workers Order, Am Communist Party. • See:
UJE;E];A]YB, 81:365; WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Morris; b. Newark, July 71921; d.
NYC, Nov 181973.
Yeshiva U, Columbia, PhD NYU.• Literature
educator, author, playwright, editor; faculty
Yeshiva U; staffJewish Education Com. • See:
E]:1973-1982; A]YB, 75:654; NYTimes, Nov
20 1973,42:3.
Epstein, Myer; b. ca 1862; d. Houston, Nov
261923.
Rabbi, Houston.· See:A]YB, 26:154.
Epstein, Nathan Isidor; b. Russia, Oct 13
1901.
To US 1907. • BS MIT, PhD Columbia, postgrad
Europe, MD U Munich. • Biochemist,
NYC; faculty Tufts; with New Rochelle
Research Lab. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Paul Sophus; b. Warsaw, Mar 20
1883; d. Feb 81966.
To US 1921. • BS, MS U Moscow, PhD U
Munich. • Theoretical physicist, Pasadena;
faculty U Moscow, U Zurich, Cal Tech; author
in field. • See:. UJE; E]; WWIA], 1928;
WWWL4.,4.
Epstein, Philip G; b. NYC, Aug 22 1909; d.
Los Angeles, Feb 7 1952.
CCNY, BA PA State. • Screenwriter,
playwright, Oscar winner, Los Angeles;
"Casablanca."· See: DAB, 5; NYTimes, Feb 9
1952,13:4.
Epstein, Ralph Cecil; b. Chicago, Sep 25
1899; d. Nov 211959.
AB Columbia, AM, PhD Harvard. •
Economist, government consult, Buffalo; dean,
faculty U Buffalo; officer Family Service.Soc,
professional soc; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 22 1959,87:1.
Epstein, Samuel; b. Czernowitz, Austria,
Dec 10 1886.
To US 1909. • U Vienna, U Zurich. •
Physician, diamond importer, Chicago;
Grandmaster Progressive Order ofthe West;
active communal affairs. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Epstein, Samuel Bernard; b. Onixta, Russia,
Nov 151890.
To US 1902.· PhB,JD UChicago.· Lawyer,
circuit court master in chancery, Chicago;
trustee Mt Sinai. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Saul; b. Slonim, Grodno, Oct 12
1879.
To US 1904. • Brooklyn Polytech. •
Bookdealer, publishers representative, mfr,
NYC; publisher Hatoren; earlier principal Heb
Inst (San Antonio). • See: WWIA], 1938.
Epstein, Saul Leon; b. Brooklyn, May 8
1905; d. New Hyde Park, LI, Mar 1975.
Honorary degree. • Paper co exec, NYC; pres
The Epstein Found, Jewish Med Center, LI
Jewish Med Center; trustee Hofstra. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 141975,42:3.
Epstein, Solomon; b. ca 1870; d. Los
Angeles, Mar 61933.
Editor, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 35:123.
Epstein, Stephan; b. Nuremberg, Mar 14
1900; d.June 301973.
To US 1936. • MD U Erlanger. •
Dermatologist, Germany, Madison; faculty U
MN, U WI; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 6.
140
Epstein Ha-Levi, MosesJehiel; b. Ozarow,
Poland, 1890; d. 1971.
To US 1927, to Israel 1953. • Rabbi & Admor,
Poland; ldr Agudat Israel Tel Aviv. • See:
E]:1973-1982.
Epstine, Harry M; b. Chillicothe, Apr 2
1899; d. PittsburghIPalm Beach, FL, Sep
101982.
U MI; honorary degree. • Business exec,
philanthropist, communal I'dr, Pittsburgh; nat!
officer Am Jewish Com; est Caplan Center on
Group Identity & Mental Health; WWI
service.· See:A]YB, 84:331; WWWIA, 8.
Erb, Newman; b. Breslau, June 16 1850; d.
Mar 25 1925.
To US 1853. • Lawyer, railroad exec, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 24:136; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Mar
26 1925,23:1.
Erdberg, Samson David Eliezer (pen
names=S Rubinson, S Sorkes, S Berg, A
Kaniner); b. Lublin, Oct 19/22 1891; d.
ValleyStream, NY,July 12 1962.
To US 1915.· Yiddish journalist, author,
NYC; staff Warheit, Yiddisches Tageblatt; a fdr
Heb Tchrs Union. • See: UJE; A]YB, 65:432;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,July 13 1962,23:3.
Erdheim, Max; b. Austria, Nov 2 1882; d.
Brooklyn, Dec 1939.
MD Fordham, post-grad Europe. •
Gastroenterologist, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Dec 10 1939,68:2.
Erdman, Ben; b. Albany, GA, Nov 29 1871;
d. Dec 1943.
Ladies suit mfr, NYC; pres trade assn; WWI
active fundraising, government advisor. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 15 1943,28:3.
Erdmann, AlbertJ; b. NYC,Jan 3 1870; d.
NYC, June 12 1940.
Broker, philanthropist, communal worker,
NYC; officerJewish Social Service Assn;
comptroller Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •
See:A]YB, 42:478; WWIA], 1938.
Erdmann, AlbertJJr; b. NYC, 1911?; d.
NYC,June 111965.
MD Harvard. • Internist, NYC; specialty:
diabetes; faculty Cornell; officer med soc;
WWII service. • See:A]YB, 67:534 (Erdman);
NYTimes, June 12 1965,31:5.
Erikson, Erik Hornberger; b. Frankfurt,
1902; d. Oct 1972.
To US 1933. • Psychoanalyst; faculty Harvard,
Yale, U CA; with Austen Riggs Center
(Stockbridge, MA); author in field. • See: E];
NYTimes, Oct 8 1972,83:1.
Erlanger, Abraham; b. Lancaster, PA, Dec
41855; d. NYC, Oct 21929.
Clothing merchant, communal worker,
philanthropist; pres Soc for the Welfare ofthe
Jewish Deaf; dir Inst for the Improved
Instruction ofDeafMutes; benefactor N atl
Farm School. • See: UJE; A]YB, 32:153;
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Erlanger, Abraham Lincoln; b. Buffalo,
May 4 1860; d. Mar 7 1930.

141
Theatrical mgr, booking agent, producer,
NYC. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):87,
24:36,32:153; WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA,
1; DAB; NYTimes, Mar 81930,1:5, Mar 16
1930 (correction).
Erlanger, Alene Stem (Mrs Milton
Erlanger); b. ca 1894; d. Elberon, NJ,
June 251969.
Barnard. • Kennel & stable owner, Red Cross
worker; active amateur theatre; WWII Canine
Corps fdr.· See: NYTimes, June 261969,41:2.
Erlanger, Charles S; b. ca 1858; d. Elberon,
NJ, May 171935.
Leading textile mfr.· See:A]YB, 37:256.
Erlanger,Joseph; b. San Francisco, Jan 5
1874; d. St Louis, Dec 5 1965.
BS, LLD U CA (Berkeley), MDJohns
Hopkins; honorary degrees. • Physiologist,
Nobel Prize winner; faculty U WI,
Washington U (St Louis). • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:136; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4;
DAB, 7; NYTimes, Dec 7 1965, 47:2.
Erlanger, Milton S; b. Baltimore, Feb 28
1888; d. NYC,]uly 1969.
ABJohns Hopkins. • Textile mfr, exec, stable
owner; officer trade assns; co-donor
scholarships NC State ColI. • See: WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, July 25 1969,47:3.
Erlanger, Mitchell Louis; b. Buffalo, Feb 15
1857; d. Aug 30 1940.
LLB Columbia. • State supreme court judge,
sheriff, theatrical producer, NYC; trustee
Montefiore Hospital. • See: UJE; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):88,24:136,33:266,43:357;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Aug 311940,13:4.
Erlanger, Sydney B; b. NYC, Mar 6 1883;
d. NYC,June 1945.
Lining mfr, NYC; active public health causes.
• See:A]YB, 48:487; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
June 5 1945; 19:5.
Erlich, Alvin Lewis; b. NYC, Dec 271925;
d. Dec 261977.
NYU. • Food co exec, NYC; officer Natl Tay­
Sachs Assn; active UnitedJewish Appeal. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Dec 29 1977, II 2:5.
Erman, Jacob Martin; b. Minneapolis, Aug
191892.
U IL, Valparaiso U, MD Loyola. • Surgeon,
Omaha; officer Veterans ofForeign Wars;
author on patriotism; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1938.
Ernst, Bernard Morris Lee; b. Uniontown,
AL, Mar 17 1879; d. Nov 28 1938.
CCNY, AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
magician, communal worker, NYC; specialty:
copyright; active Educational Alliance, Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; collector Houdini
papers books on magic. • See:A]YB, 41:421;
WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Nov291938, 23:5.
Ernst, George Goodman; b. NYC, Feb 13
1894; d. NYC, Sep 1944.
AB Williams, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
served Ellis Island Commn; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Sep 26 1944,
23:3.
Ernst, Hugo; b. Varasdin, Austria­
Hungary, Dec 11 1876; d. Cincinnati,
July 22 1954.
To US 1900. • Labor ldr, San Francisco;
internatl pres Hotel & Restaurant Workers
Union; active Am for Democratic Action,
Democratic politics. • See: Fink, 94-95;
NYTimes, July 23 1954, 17:3.
Ernst, Irving Leo; b. Philadelphia, Oct 7
1878; d. Apr 1938.
AB CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 9 1938, 17:1.
Ernst, Morris Leopold; b. Uniontown, AL,
Aug 23 1888; d. May 211976.
AB Williams, LLB NY Law; honorary degrees.
• Lawyer, civil liberties ldr, arbitrator, author,
NYC; involved in liberal causes; WWII
government service. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, May 23 1976,
40:1.
Ernst, Myron C; b. NYC, 1879; d.Jersey
City, Dec 191941.
Districtcourt judge, legislator, asst corporate
counsel,JerseyCity.· See:A]YB, 44:336;
NYTimes, Dec 20 1941,19:3.
Ernst, Walter Elmer; b. NYC, June 4 1886;
d. Oct 1950.
NY Law. • Lawyer, New Rochelle; active
Republican politics. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 22 1950,93:1.
Eron, Joseph Eli; b. Russia, Dec 25 1872; d.
NYC, Sep 11938.
To US 1882.· AB, AM Columbia.· Tchr of
literature, NYC; fdr Eron School; a fdr
Educational League; active education of
immigrants. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):88,
24:136,41:421; WWlA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 2 1938,17:6.
Erschler, A H; b. ca 1858; d. Philadelphia,
Nov 191910.
Rabbi, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 13(1911­
1912):136.
Ershansky, L; b. ca 1844; d. Philadelphia,
June 81914.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 16(1914­
1915):162.
Ershler, Abraham Zevi; b. Kovno province,
1861.
To US 1885. • Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:
Eisenstadt, 110.
Ersner, Matthew Shayne; b. Russia, July 23
1890.
To Philadelphia 1900. • MD Temple U. •
Otolaryngologist, Philadelphia; faculty Temple
U; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Erstein, Benedict; b. NYC,Jan 11885; d.
Mar 1952.
Eskolsky (Eskolski), Jacob
Factor, NYC; officer trade assn, Am
Preparedness Assn, Jewish Childrens Clearing
Bureau. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar
16 1952, 90:6.
Esberg, Alfred Isaac; b. San Francisco, Nov
13 1870.
Realtor, San Francisco. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Esberg, Henry; b. San Francisco, ca 1872/
1873; d. NYC, Sep 22 1937.
Tobacco exec, philanthropist, civic &
communal worker, realtor, NYC; active work
with handicapped; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
40:383; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Sep231937,
27:2.
Esberg, Mathilda (Mrs); b. ca 1850; d. San
Francisco, July 1934.
Communal & civic ldr, San Francisco. • See:
A]YB,37:256.
Esberg, Milton Herman; b. San Francisco,
May 171875; d. San Francisco, July 19
1939.
B Litt U CA (Berkeley). • Businessman,
financier, philanthropist, political & cultural
ldr, San Francisco. • See: A]YB, 42:478;
WWlA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, July 20 1939, 19:5.
Esfeld, Sol; b. Plotzk, Poland, Mar 29 1899.
To US 1907.· Insurance broker, Seattle;
officer B'nai B'rith; active Zionist Org ofAm,
UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Eshner, Augustus Adolph (Adolt); b.
Memphis, Nov 171862; d. Philadelphia,
Dec 20 1949.
AB, AM Central High School (Philadelphia),
MDJefferson Med ColI. • Physician,
Philadelphia; faculty Philadelphia Polyclinic;
officer med socs; active cultural orgs; author/
editor in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):88-89,24:136,52:501; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Dec 21
1949,29:3.
Eshner, Julia Friedberger (Mrs Augustus A
Eshner); b. Philadelphia.
Girls Normal School.· Pres, Young Womens
Union, Philadelphia; tchr Commercial High·
School for Girls. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­
1906):54.
Eskind, Ernest; b. ca 1895; d.Nashville,
June 19 1937.
Communal worker, Nashville. • See: A]YB,
40:383.
Eskolsky, Jacob (Jacob); b. RussiaIPoland,
Oct 121875.
Rabbi, author, NYC; editor Ha-Mitspah; exec
Union ofOrthodox Rabbis, Mizrachi; editor
Hamizpah. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;
Gottlieb, 305.
Eskolsky (Eskolski), Jacob; b. Minsk
province, 1875/1876; d. NYC, Feb 7
1931.
To US 1907.· Rabbi, author, Scranton.· See:
A]YB, 33:126; Gottlieb, 310-311.