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Faber, Henry E; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. NYC,
June 26 1915.
To US 1851.· Mayor, Montgomery, AL; pres
Prattville Mfg. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­
1917):107; NYTimes, June 27 1915, 15:5.
Faber, Israel Louis; b. Mir, Russia, Aug 1
1876.
To US 1907.· Cantor, Russia, Leeds,
Brooklyn; chaplain Lakewood (MA)
Sanitarium, Taunton State Hospital. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Faber, Maurice; b. Siroka, Hungary, Dec 30
l854; d. Tyler, TX, Sep 18 1934.
Rabbi, Tyler, TX; regent U TX. • See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):53,24:136,37:256.
Fabian, Ewmd;b. Berlin, ca 1886;d.NYC,
Feb 161944.
To US 1938. • Physician; fdr Internatl Assn of
Socialist Physicians, Democratic Assn of
Germany; editor The Socialist Physician. • See:
A]YB, 46:336; NYTimes, Feb 19 1944, 13:3.
Fabian, Dona (Mrs Bela Fabian); b.
Budapest, Apr 121901; d. NYC, Mar 15
1964.
To US 1948. • Communal worker, author;
pres HungarianJewish War Veterans (womens
division); WWII mem Hungarian
underground, active aid toJews in labor camps.
• See:A]YB, 66:574; NYTimes, Mar 16 1964,
31:1.
Fabian, MaryJacqueline; b. Sioux City, IA,
1900.
New England Conservatory, abroad. • Opera
& movie singer, Birmingham, AL; co-owner
Am Civic Opera Co (NYC); dir opera cos. •
See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Fabian, Simon H; b. Paterson, Jan 291899;
d. White Plains, Aug 17 1970.
Harvard. • Motion picture exec, NYC; a fdr
Jewish Assn for Services for the Aged; officer
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; WWII active
organiiing movie industry for defense. • See:
A]YB, 72:540; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 18
1970,36:1.
Fabricant, Louis; b. NYC, July 8 1888; d.
Washington DC, May 13 1947.
LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, communal
worker, NYC; mem state commns; a fdr
GermanJewish Childrens Aid Soc; pres Natl
Legal Aid Socs; natl officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
A]YB, 50:515; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May
15 1947,26:2.
Fabricant, Solomon; b. Brooklyn, 1906.
Economist; with Natl Bureau ofEconomic
Research; faculty· NYU; author in field; WWII
with War Production Bd, UNRRA. • See: E].
Facher,Seymour;b.1920;d.NYC,Aug12
1981.
Communal admr; natl campaign dir Anti­
Defamation League; fundraiser Jewish
Community Council ofMetropolitan N];
WWIIservice. • See:A]YB, 83:354.
Factor, Davis; b. Russia, 1902.
Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Max Factor).
Factor, Louis; b. St Louis, 1907.
Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max).
Factor, Max; b. Lodz, 1876/1877; d. Beverly
Hills, Aug 30 1938.
Cosmetician, movie make-up artist, Beverly
Hills; fdr Max Factor Co. • See: E]; A]YB,
41:421; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 311938,
15:1.
Factor, MaxJr; b. St Louis, 1904.
Cosmetics mfr, movie make'-up specialist. •
See: E] (sub Factor, Max).
Factor, Sidney; b. Los Angeles, 1916.
Cosmetics mfr. • See: E] (sub Factor, Max).
Fadiman, Clifton; b. NYC, 1904.
BA Columbia. • Book critic, publisher, radio &
television entertainer, NYC; host "Information
Please." • See: UJE.
Fagan, Irving; b. Minsk, Sep 301897; d.
Sep 211974.
To US 1905. • U MO. • Labor editor,
Philadelphia; earlier with various newspapers;
editor Labor Press Assn, Internatl Union of
Electrical, Radio, & Machine Workers (WA);
officer professional soc. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Fagin, Nathan Bryllion (N Bryllion); b.
Mohilev, June 15 1892; d. Jan 5 1972.
To US 1900/1901. • MI State, AB, MA
George Washington, PhDJohns Hopkins. •
English language & literature scholar, author,
Baltimore; faculty U MD, Johns Hopkins; dir
Johns Hopkins Playshop. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
Faigenbaum, Harold Morris; b. Watervliet,
NY, Sep 4 1902.
Chern E, PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. •
Chemist, Troy; faculty Renssalaer Polytechnic
Inst; with NY State Biological Survey; author
in field.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Fain, Jacob Mitchell; b. Brooklyn, Aug 15
1901.
AB, Chern E, PhD Columbia. • Consult
chemist, Brooklyn; author guide to liquor,
wine; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Fain, IrvingJay; b. ca 1906; d. Boston, Aug
1970.
BA Harvard. • Industrialist, retail merchant,
philanthropist; active Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; WWII service. • See:
NYTimes, Aug 23 1970,72:1.
Fain, Joseph Ber; b: Slutzk, July 30 1884.
To Portland, OR 1916. • Rabbi, talmudist,
author, Portland, OR; pres Mizrachi. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Fain, Sammy; b. NYC, June 17 1902.
Songwriter, NYC; "Red Head Mama." • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Fain, Samuel S; b. Chicago, Dec 251909.
B Mus Ed Northwestern, MA U AZ, D Mus
Arts U Southern CA.· Music educator,
Tucson; faculty U AZ. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Fainsod, Merle; b. McKees Rocks, PA, May
2 1907; d. Feb 111972.
AB, MA, LLB Washington U (St Louis), MA,
PhD Harvard. • Historian, political scientist,
Cambridge, MA; faculty Harvard; specialty:
Russia, socialism; consult government
agencies; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Feb 12 1972, 32:1.
Fairbanks, Douglas (bom Douglas Elton
Ulman); b. Denver, May 23 1883; d.
Santa Monica, Dec 12 1939.
CO School ofMines. • Popular motion picture
actor, Los Angeles; co-fdr United Artists Corp;
father Jewish. • See: WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;
NYTimes, Dec 13 1939,29:8.
Fajans, Kasimir; b. Warsaw, May 27 1887;
d. May 18 1975.
To US 1936. • U Leipzig, U Heidelberg, U
Zurich, U Manchester. • Chemist; specialty:
radioactivity; faculty U Munich, U MI; active
professional soc; author in field. • See: UJE;
E]; WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, May 20 1975,
40:2.
Falick, Abraham; b. Baccau, Rumania, July
251883.
To US 1903. • Furniture mfr, merchant, NYC;
pres Buzeur Rumanian Benevolent Soc; officer
United RumanianJews ofAm. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOAJ.
Falk, Alexander A; b. Brooklyn, Jan 15
1900; d. Jan 1975.
LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;
pres NY Civil Service Commn. • See: WWIA],
1928; NYTimes, Jan 141975, 36:3, correction,
Jan 16 1975,43:7.
Falk, David Archer; b. Tampa, May 18
1896.
AB, LLB Washington & Lee. • Dept store
exec, Tampa; officer trade assns; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Falk, Frederick; b. ca 1875; d. Nov 28 1935.
Physician, Seattle; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
38:427.
Falk, Gustav; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Apr 12
1912.
Merchant, NYC.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):269.
Falk, Gustave Ferdinand; b. New Orleans,
Aug 3 1901.
AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb Union
ColI, post-grad U Chicago, Columbia, Grad
School for Jewish Social Work, NY School for
Social Work. • Rabbi, communal admr,
Cincinnati, NYC; with Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; dir School for Jewish Studies
(NYC). • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Falk, Harry Seligman
Falk, Harry Seligman; b. Wtlkes-Barre, Sep
. 211874.
MD Medico-Chirurgical (Philadelphia). •
Physician, Emporium & Erie, PA; active
synagog.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Falk, Isidore Sydney; b. Brooklyn, Sep 30
1899; d. New Haven, Oct 4 1984.
PhB, PhD Yale. • Bacteriologist, public health
& social security expert, Washington DC, New
Haven; faculty U Chicago, Yale; with Social
Security Bd; WWII government advisor. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
8; NYTimes, Oct 11 1984.
Falk,JackJacob; b. Brooklyn, Sep 91905.
AB Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad
NYU. • Pediatrician, LI City. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Falk, Kaufman (K) George; b. NYC,Sep 8
1880; d. NYC, Nov 22 1953.
BS Columbia, Johns Hopkins, PhD U
Strasbourg, post-grad MIT. • Biological
chemist, NYC; specialty: preventive medicine;
with Dept ofHealth; faculty NYU; officer Heb
Technical Inst; author in field; WWI service. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 24:136, 56:569; WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 23
1953,27:1.
Falk, LM: b.*; d. Decatur, AL,Jan 1915.
Civil war veteran, Decatur, AL. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):219.
Falk, Leon; b. Pittsburgh, 1870; d.
Rochester, MN, Oct 211928.
Industrialist, philanthropist; co-fdr FalkMed
Clinic (U Pittsburgh); benefactor Montefiore
Hospital, YM-YWHA. • See: UJE (sub Falk);
E] (sub Falk); A]YB, 31:92.
Falk, LeonJr; b; Pittsburgh, Sep 23 1901.
BS Yale. • Business exec, mfr, civic worker,
philanthropist, Pittsburgh; pres Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; chr Dominican Republic
Settlement Assn; trustee U Pittsburgh. • See:
UJE (sub Falk); E] (sub Falk); WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Falk, Louis A; b. Russia, Nov 7 1895.
LLB Hamilton ColI ofLaw. • Meat market
chain owner,Jersey City; pres synagog; active
Jewish Community Center, anti-Nazi boycott;
WWI service. • See: BEOA].
Falk, Lucile Kronberg (Mrs RandallM
Falk); b. Little Rock, May 141897.
Communalldr, Little Rock; officer PTA;
active Natl Council ofJewish Women. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Falk, Maurice; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 15 1866;
d. Miami Beach, Mar 181946.
Industrialist, philanthropist,Pittsburgh; an
orgr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; co-donor
Falk Clinic, Inst for Economic Research (Reb
U); dir Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:
UJE (sub Falk); E] (sub Falk);A]YB, 48:487­
88; WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,2;
NYTimes, Mar 20 1946,23:1, correction, Mar
29 1946,23:1.
Falk, Minna R; b. Manhattan, ca 1899; d.
Manhattan, May 1983.
BA, MA, PhD NYU. • Historian; faculty
NYU; with Red Cross post-WWII Britain,
Germany, Austria. • See: NYTimes, May 5
1983.
Falk, Myron Samuel; b. NYC, Sep 13 1878;
d. NYC, Nov261945.
CE, PhD Columbia, ME Stevens Inst.•.Civil
engineer, NYC; active educational &
communal orgs; author in field; WWI service,
WWII consult.· See:A]YB, 24:136,48:488;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 2;NYTimes, Nov 27
1945,23:1.
Falk, Ralph; b. Boise, Aug 61886; d. Nov 2
1960.
U CA, Cooper Med ColI, MDJefferson Med
ColI. • Surgeon, Boise; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 3
1960,39:3.
Falk, Richard Anderson; b. NYC, Nov 13
1930.
U PA, LLB Yale. • Legal scholar; specialty:
internatllaw; faculty Princeton, OH State. •
See: NYTimes story, Aug 15 1968.
Falk, Sarah Mendelson (Mrs Morris Falk);
b. Oregon City, OR, Jan 71863.
Civic & communalldr, Oakland, CA; helped
est hospital, visiting nurse service; dir Assocd
Charities,]ewishFedn.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Falk, Stanley Geismar; b. Buffalo, Sep 25
1897.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Buffalo; active
synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Falkenstein, Esther (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d.
Chicago, Apr 271915.
Fdr, Falkenstein Settlement, Chicago. • See:
A]YB, 17(1915-1916):219.
Falkoff, David L; b. Rochester, NY, ca
1921; d. Auburndale, MA, Dec 1967.
U Rochester, PhD U MI. • Physicist; faculty
Brandeis, MIT, Notre Dame. • See: NYTimes,
Dec 16 1967,41:4.
Fall, Bernard B; b. Vienna, Nov 11/191926;
d. Vietnam, Feb 211967.
U Paris, U Munich, U MD,Johns Hopkins,
MA, PhD Syracuse U.· Historian, war
correspondent, Vietnam specialist; faculty
Howard; WWII with French resistance. • See:
WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Feb 22 1967,
1:5.
Fallek, Isadore; b. NYC, Sep 27 1889.
BS, MEWashington U.· Engineer, Albany,
NY; with State Dept ofAgriculture & Markets;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Fane, Irving; b. Dallas, Nov 171904; d.
Kansas City, Feb 23 1982.
AB, LLB U MO; honorary degree. It Lawyer,
public official, Kansas City; advisor Federal
Power Commn; bd Union ofAm Heb
Congregations, Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of
Religion, World Union for Progressive
Judaism. ·See:A]YB, 84:331-32; WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 8.
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Fankuchen, Imdor;b. Brooklyn,ca 1905;d.
Brooklyn,June 1964.
Cooper Union, MA, PhD Cornell, PhD
Cambridge U. • Physicist, Brooklyn; faculty
Brooklyn Polytech; officer professional orgs. •
See: NYTimes, June 291964,27:2.
Fand, Alfred; b. Carlsbad, Bohemia, Mar 21
1866; d. 1928.
To US 1885. • Dept store exec, NYC; with A
Fantl Co. • See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, June
21928,17:5.
Fantus, Bernard; b. Budapest, Sep 11874;
d.Apr 1940.
To US 1899. • MD U IL, MS U MI, postgrad
U Strasbourg, U Berlin. It Physician,
Chicago; faculty U Chicago; author/editor in
field; Unitarian. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 15 1940, 17:3.
Fantus, Felix; b. Vienna, Jan 17 1886.
To US 1889. • Industrial realtor, Chicago;
mem Real Estate Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Farago, Ladislas; b. Csurgo, Hungary, Sep
21 1906; d. NYC, Oct 15 1980.
To US 1937. • Author, journalist, New
Brunswick,N]; with Radio Free Europe; bd
Am Hungarian Found; WWII service. • See:
A]YB, 82:365; WWWIA, 4.
Farb, Peter; b. NYC,july 251929; d.
Boston, Apr 1980.
Vanderbilt, Columbia. • Naturalist, linguist,
anthropologist; faculty Yale; author in field.. •
See: NYTimes, Apr 9 1980.
Farber, AdolfJ; b. Kashau, Czechoslovakia,
Jan 15 1876.
To Cleveland 1886. • Clothing mfr,
Cleveland; officer trade assn. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Farber, Leslie H; b. ca 1913; d. NYC, Mar
241981.
MD Stanford. • Existential psychiatrist, NYC;
officer professional assn; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 27 1981.
Farber, Lester Leon; b. EI Paso,June 13
1908.
PhB Yale, post-grad NM State Tchrs ColI. •
Deptstore mgr, music & art tchr, El Paso. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
. Farber, Lester Lippman; b. Kuznetza,
Grodno, Mar 10 1892.
Communal & Zionist worker, El Paso; fdr El
PasoJewish Center, Talmud Torah; active
Jewish philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Farber, Marvin; b. Buffalo, 1901.
Harvard, Germany. • Philosopher; faculty U
PA; fdr Internatl Phenomenological Soc;
author/editor in field. • See: E].
Farber, Maxwell Morton; b.· Philadelphia,
Oct 51899.
AB U PA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Pottstown,
PA, Philadelphia; active Rabbinical Assembly
ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

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To US 1920.· Heb Tchrs Training CoIl
oerusalem), PhD Yale. • Orientalist, Hebraic
& biblical scholar, Chicago; with Oriental Inst;
contributor Heb, Yiddish & English journals. •
See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 52:501; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ;NYTimes,Jan41950,35:2.
Feigl, Herbert;'b. Reichenberg, Bohemia,
1902.
To US 1930.· UVienna. • Philosopher; mem
Vienna Circle; faculty U IA, U MN; author in
field. • See: EJ.
Feigl, Hugo; b. Prague, Mar 15 1889; d.
Feb 51961.
To US 1939. • Dr Laws U Prague. • Art
gallery owner & dealer, Prague, NYc. • See:
WWW1A, 4; NYTimes, Feb 6 1961,23:4.
Fell, Harold; b. Bay Shore, LI, June 26
1889.
AB U Denver, MD OH Wesleyan. •
Physician, cardiovascular disease researcher,
Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve; officer
med socs; author/editor in field; WWI service.
• See: WWW1A, 8.
Fell, Joseph; b. ca 1855; d. Cleveland, Jan
311917.
Chemist, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­
1918):265.
Fell, Nahum P; b. Cleveland, Sep 3 1860; d.
before 1938.
Newspaper exec, Omaha; with The Bee; bd
Wise Memorial Hospital, J ewish Welfare
Fedn.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Fellchenfeld, Ernst (Ernest) H; b. Berlin,
Oct 6 1898; d. Mar 25 1956. I
To US 1924. • DrJuris Utriusque U Berlin,
London School ofEconomics. • Internatl
lawyer; facuity Georgetown U; consult League
ofNations, US government; author on public
& contemporary issues. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Mar 26 1956,29:4.
Feller, Arthur; b. Breslau, 1879; d.
Riverdale, NY, July 11 1942.
To US 1933.· UHeidelberg.· Economist,
author, NYC; mem Reich Economic Council;
editor Frankfurter Zeitung; dean, faculty New
School; faculty U Konigsburg. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 45:384; NYTimes, July 12 1942, 35:3.
Feiman, Edward Moschi; b. Canton, OH,
Aug 151892.
OH State, DDS Western Reserve, MD OH
State. • Ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist,
communal worker, Canton, OH; officer B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fein, Samuel Law; b. Russia, June 81899.
To Springfield, MA 1906.· Amherst, LLB
NYU. • Lawyer, Springfield, MA; active B'nai
B'rith, Republican politics, professional assns.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Feinberg, Abraham; b. NYC, 1908.
Businessman, communal & Zionist ldr, NYC;
mem Bd ofEducation; fdr Americans for
Haganah; benefactor Weizmann Inst; active
Democratic politics. • See: EJ.
Feinberg, Abraham Haskel; b. Beaver Falls,
PA, Aug,61907; d. Youngstown, Feb 25
1946.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Rockford, IL, Youngstown; active
Central ConfofAm Rabbis. • See: AJYB,
48:488; WWIAJ, 1938.
Feinberg, Abraham L; b. Bellaire, OH, Sep
141899/1901.
AB UCincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl. •
Rabbi, NYC, Toronto; broadcaster under
name Anthony Frome; supporter nuclear
disarmament, anti-Vietnam. • See: EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes stories, Jan 241967,
May41967.
Feinberg, Abraham L; b. Yonkers, June 9
1908; d. Cincinnati, May 301961.
Communal exec; regional dir Am Jewish Com;
exec com OH Assn for Adult Education. • See:
AJYB, 63:559.
Feinberg, Abraham'Selig; b. Boston, Mar 5
1891.
AB Bates, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, state
district court judge, Plymouth, MA; mem
Marshfield School Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ. '
Feinberg, AdolphJacob; b. Adanta, Jan 27
1912; d. Valparaiso, IN, 1979.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI. • Rabbi, author; editor Heb Union CoIl
Monthly. • See: WWIAJ, i 938; CCARYB.
Feinberg, Alfred; b. Russia, May 15 1883/
1884; d. Apr 1970.
To US 1893. • Natl Academy ofDesign, Art
Students League. • Artist, cartoonist, medical
illustrator, NYC; faculty Columbia; WWI
service.· See:AJYB, 24:137; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Apr 71970,45:3.
Feinberg, Ben; b. NYC, Mar 91887.
AB U FL. • Merchant, civic ldr, Lake Wales,
FL; mem City Commrs; pres City Council. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Feinberg, Benjamin George; b. NYC, Aug
161889.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist,
chemical co owner, NYC; faculty CCNY;
author in field; WWI service. • See: AJYB,
24:137; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Feinberg, I Robert; b. NYC, Jan 3 1912; d.
NYC, Aug 3 1975.
Lawyer, labor arbitrator, NYC; labor relations
counsel with Union ofAm Heb
Congregations, Jewish Bd ofGuardians, Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies; officer professional
orgs. • See: AJYB, 77:593; NYTimes, Aug 4
1975,22:3.
Feinberg, Israel; b. ca 1854; d. Buffalo, Feb
1916.
Rabbi, Buffalo. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­
1917):107.
Feinberg, Israel; b. Kiev, Dec 25 1886/
1887; d. Los Angeles, Sep 16 1952.
To US 1912.· Trade union exec, NYC; orgr
Jewish Tailors Union (Manchester, England);
Feinberg, Samuel Maurice
officer ILGWU; general mgr NY CloakJoint
Bd.· See:AJYB, 55:455; Fink, 99-100;
NYTimes, Sep 17 1952,31:3.
Feinberg, Leonid (Leon A); b. Odessa!
Kodima, Russia, Feb 61897;d. NYC, Jan
221969.
To US ca 1921.· U Moscow.· Russian &
Yiddish poet, journalist, translator, NYC; with
Freiheit, Day-Jewish Journal; active Nat! Com
for Jewish Culture. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
71 :604; JTA-DNB, Jan 24 1969; NYTimes, Jan
23 1969,27:4.
Feinberg, Louis; b. Chicago, Nov 71909.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl. •
Otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist, Chicago;
faculty U IL; trustee synagog; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 6.
Feinberg, Louis; b. Rossien, Lithuania, Mar
251887; d. Cincinnati, Feb 1949.
To US 1893.· AB U PA, ordainedJTS.·
Rabbi, Yiddish & English author, Cincinnati;
bd UnitedJewish Social Agencies; active
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Feb 211949, 23:3.
Feinberg, Meyer; b. Kovno, June 10 1885;
d.1951.
Insurance representative, exec, communal
worker, Easton, PA; orgr YMHA; pres
synagog; active Joint Distribution Com. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, July 4 1951, 17:3.
Feinberg, Mordecai; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
Dec 281915.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­
1917):107.
Feinberg, Morris; b. ca 1871; d. Boston, Jan
15 1934.
Communal worker, Boston. • See: AJYB,
36:280.
Feinberg, Moses; b. Suwalki, Sep 11848.
To US 1869. • Cantor, Syracuse. • See:AJYB,
5(1903-1904):53.
Feinberg, Nathan; b. Lithuania, 1862;d.
Bellaire, OH, Dec141945.
To US 1880. • Rabbi, Bellaire, OH. • See:
AJYB, 48:488.
Feinberg, PhilipJ; b. Providence, July 18
1888.
LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer, legislator,
Boston; bd Public Welfare; active Democratic
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Feinberg, Robert; b. 1912; d. 1975.
Labor lawyer, arbitrator, NYC; labor counsel
NatlJewish Welfare Bd, UnitedJewish Appeal,
Jewish Family Service. • See: EJ:1972-1983.
Feinberg, Samuel D; b. Russia, 1833/1834;
d. NYC, Dec 22 1914.
To US 1903. • Orthdox rabbi, Zionist, NYc. •
See: AJYB, 17(1915-1916):219; Eisenstadt, 81;
Gottlieb, 307;NYTimes, Dec 23 1914,13:3.
Feinberg, Samuel Maurice; b. Yurburg,
Russia, Mar 281895; d.July 101973.

Feldman, Herman
Epidemiologist; worked with Albert Sabin;
officer professional org; WWII service. • See:
NYTimes, Jan 141978.
Feldman, Herman; b. NYC, Mar 20 1894;
d. Hanover, NH, Oct 161947.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia; honorary
degree. • Authority on industrial relations,
government advisor; dean CCNY; faculty
Dartmouth; author in field and popular. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 50:515; WWIA], 1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes story, Jan 24
1940, obituary, Oct 171947,21:3.
Feldman, Hyman Isaac; b. Lemberg,June 5
1896.
To NYC 1900.· Cornell, BFA Yale,
Columbia. • Architect, NYC; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; author in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Feldman, Jacob G; b. Hungary, Apr 18
1888.
EE Columbia, Pratt. • Commercial banker,
engineer, NYC; author on engineering. • See:
WWlA], 1926.
Feldman, Joseph; b. Petrofka, Rumania,
Aug251892.
To US 1915.· Polytech (Odessa), ABAm U
(Beirut), MD LI CoIl Hospital, post-grad
Vienna. • Surgeon, ear, nose & throat
specialist, Brooklyn; officer Crown Hgts
Yeshiva, Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938;BEOA].
Feldman, Leonard G; b. Buffalo, Oct 27
1909; d. Dec 41972.
Newspaper editor, Buffalo; with Buffalo
Courier-&press. • See: WW'WIA, 5; NYTimes,
Dec 61972,50:2.
Feldman, Marty; b. London, 1933; d. Dec 2· Fellman, Harry; b. ca 1875; d. Omaha,Jan
1982. 12 1937.
Writer, comedian, film dir, actor, Los Angeles. Communal worker, Omaha. • See: A]YB,
• See: WWWIA, 8. 39:590.
Feldman, Maurice; b. Vienna,July 241914;
d. May 71976.
To US 1939.· PhD UVienna, U Stockholm,
U Geneva. • Public relations counsel, financial
journalist, author, NYC.· See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, May 8 1976,26:4.
Feldman, Maurice Milton; b. NYC, May 26
1915.
BS CCNY, NYU. • Sanitation Dept Commr,
NYC. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 27 1964.
Feldman, Max Marek; b. Zaleszczyki,
Austria, Sep 271909.
To US 1923. • AB, B Arch Columbia,
Sorbonne, N atl Academy ofDesign. •
Architect, tchr, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Feldman, Myer; b. Philadelphia, June 22
1917.
Girard ColI, Wharton, LLB U PA.· Lawyer,
presidential advisor, fact finder, Philadelphia,
Washington DC. • See: AIstory, July 9 1964.
Feldman, Samuel; b. Russia, Aug 13 1878.
MD Cornell, post-grad abroad. •
Dermatologist, Bronx, NYC; faculty Fordham;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Feldstein, David; b. Detroit, Sep 14 1909;
d. Oct 261972.
U MI. • Exec, Detroit; pres Automotive
Transmission Co; bd Young Israel Center. •
See: "WWWIA, 6.
Feller, Abraham Howard; b. NYC, Dec 24
1904/1906; d. NYC, Nov 13 1952.
AB Columbia, LLB Harvard, U Berlin. •
Lawyer, special asst US atty general, UN
consult; specialty: internatllaw; faculty
Harvard, Yale; author in field. • See: E]; A]YB,
55:455; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; "WWWIA, 3.
Feller, Alexander; b. New Brunswick, NJ,
Jan 19 1904; d. Nov 1952.
Litt B Rutgers, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
Newark; trustee Rugers Fund Council; author
in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov
25 1952,29:5.
Feller, Samuel Randolph; b. NYC, Sep 1
1904; d.Jan 1971.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, legislative secy,
NYC; presJr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
author/editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes,Jan 27 1971,40:2.
Feller, William; b. Zagreb, ca 1907; d.
Princeton,Jan 1970.
To US 1939. • U Zagreb, PhD U Gottingen. •
Mathematician; faculty Princeton, Brown,
Cornell; officer professional org; author in
field. • See: NYTimes, Jan 17 1970,28:5.
Fellheimer, Alfred; b. Chicago.
BS U IL. • Architect, NYC; author in field. •
See: "WWWIA, 3.
Fellner, WilliamJohn; b. Budapest, May 31
1905; d. Sep 15 1983.
To US 1938. • U Budapest, BS Technical Inst
(Zurich), PhD U Berlin. • Economist; faculty
U CA (Berkeley), Yale; consult Treasury Dept;
officer professional assns; author/editor in
field. • See: E]; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Sep 16
1983.
Fels,Joseph; b. Halifax County, VA, Dec 16
1854; d. Philadelphia, Feb 22 1914.
Soap mfr, single-tax advocate, pioneer Zionist;
fdr Fels Naphtha Corp; promoter vacant land
farming (London, Philadelphia). • See: UJE;
E] (sub Fels); A]YB, 16(1914-1915):162;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 23 1914,9:5.
Fels, Mary (Mrs Joseph Fels); b. Sembach,
Bavaria, Mar 10 1863; d. NYC, May 16
1953.
U PA, Bedford ColI (England). •
Philanthropist, pioneer Zionist; pres Joseph
Fels Fedn; estJoseph Fels Internatl Com;
active prison reform. • See: UJE; E] (sub Fels);
A]YB, 24:137, 55:455; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,May 171953, 88:5.
152
Fels, Maurice; b. Yanceyville, NC, Apr 7
1857; d. Mar 1952.
AB Johns Hopkins, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, mfr,
Philadelphia; active interest in public
education. • See:A]YB, 24:138; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Mar 101952,21:5.
Fels, Rosena; b. Yanceyville, NC, ca 1862;
d. Philadelphia, Sep 91943.
Welfare worker, kindergarten movement ldr;
fdr, dir Young Womens Union. • See: A]YB,
46:336-37; NYTimes, Sep 10 1943,24:3.
Fels; Samuel; b. ca 1833; d. Paducah, Sep 1
1923.
Pioneer wholesale merchant, Paducah. • See:
A]YB,26:154.
Fels,SamueISimeon;b. Yanceyville,NC,
Feb 16 1860; d. Philadelphia,June 23
1950.
Industrialist, philanthropist, Philadelphia; an
orgr Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Big Bros; est
medical research fund, planetarium, U PA Inst
for Government; helped draft city charter. •
See: UJE; E] (sub Fels); A]YB, 24:138, 52:501;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WW'WIA, 3; DAB, 4;
NYTimes,June 241950, 13:1.
Felsenfeld, Joseph Louis; b. NYC, July 20
1894.
DDS Columbia. • Dentist, Brooklyn; officer
professional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Felsenstein, Joseph; b. ca 1835; d. St
Joseph, Mar 1914.
Communalldr, StJoseph. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):162.
Felsenthal, Bernhard; b. Munchweiler,
Bavaria, Jan 2 1822; d. Chicago, Jan 12
1908.
To US 1854.· Honorary degrees. • Rabbi,
scholar, Reform ldr, Zionist, Chicago;
honorary officer Free Religious Assn; active
Jewish Publication Soc; author onJewish
themes.· See:]E; UJE;E];A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):53, 10(1908-1909):129; Eisenstadt, 78;
PA]HS, 17:218-22; DAB; NYTimes, Jan 14
1908,7:7.
Felsenthal, Edward G; b. Chicago, July 8
1886.
AB,JD U Chicago. • Real estate exec, lawyer,
Chicago; bd U Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Felsenthal, Eli Benjamin; b. Chicago, July
14 1858; d. Dec 1 1937.
AB, AM U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; bd U
Chicago.• See: A]YB, 40:383; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Dec 3 1937,23:1.
Felsenthal, Emma; b.*
Librarian, Urbana, IL; author biography of
father Bernhard Felsenthal. • See: A]YB,
24:138.
Felsenthal, Jacob C; b. ca 1866; d. Jackson,
MS, Mar 11939.
Merchant, communalldr, philanthropist,
Memphis. • See: A]YB, 41 :421.
Felsenthal, Joseph; b. ca 1837; d.
Brownsville, TN, Nov 301912.

157
realtor, bldr, communal fundraiser, Buffalo;
activeJewish War Veterans. ° See: BEOA].
Finke, Myron; b. NYC, Aug 4 1887.
AB CCNY, CPA, LLB Fordham. ° CPA,
lawyer, NYC; faculty CCNY; active
professional soc. ° See: WWIA], 1938.
Finkel, Joshua; b. Warsaw, Oct 261894/
1904; d. 1983.
To US 1913. ° AB NYU, ordainedJTS, PhD
Dropsie. ° Orientalist, Semitic language
specialist, NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; author/
editor in field. oSee: UJE; E]; E]:1983-1985;
WWIA],1938.
Finkel, Leonard; b. NYC, 1906; d.Jan 21
1980.
LLB NYU. ° Mfg co exec; with Finkel
Umbrella Frame Co; active Masons, Rotary. °
See: WWWIA, 7.
Finkel, Samuel Benjamin; b. Boston,June 5
1888; d. Hollywood, CA,June 91973.
AB Harvard. ° MA legislator, educator,
communal exec, NYC; mem Brookline School
Com; pres Nat! Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods;
dir Friends ofHeb U. oSee: UJE; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, June 11 1973,38:1.
Finkelgreen, David; b. ca 1888; d.
Philadelphia, Aug 8 1931.
Artist, Philadelphia. ° See: A]YB, 34: 11 O.
Finkelstein, Abraham H; b. Scranton, June
191898.
Lehigh. • Tobacco co exec, author, poet,
Buffalo; active charities, synagogs. ° See:
WWIA], 1928.
Finkelstein, Bernard; b.*; d. Boston, July 29
1945.
MA legislator; WWI service. ° See: A]YB,
48:488.
Finkelstein, Celia; b. Worcester, Nov 16
1896.
Normal School (Keene, NH). ° Writer on
Jewish subjects, Keene, NH; earlier public
school tchr. ° See, WWIA], 1938.
Finkelstein, Elijah Mordecai; b. Meseritz,
Poland, Feb 1873.
To US 1906. ° Rabbi, scholarly author,
religious educator, Prague, Warsaw, Brooklyn.
° See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Finkelstein, Harry; b. NYC, Feb 28 1883; d.
Jan 1975.
MD Columbia. ° Physician, orthopedic
surgeon, NYC; faculty Post-Grad Hospital. °
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Jan 25
1975,30:3.
Finkelstein, Herman N; b. Syrcuse, Aug 31
1900; d. June 24 1977.
BACCNY,JD, SJD Columbia. ° Lawyer,
NYC; author in field. ° See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, June 271977,30:4.
Finkelstein, Isaac Bernard; b. NYC, Mar 27
1884.
U PA. ° Merchant, civic ldr, Wilmington, DE;
delegate White House Confon Child Welfare;
pres Taxpayers Research League ofDE,
Chamber ofCommerce. oSee: WWIA], 1938.
Finkelstein, Isadore; b. Knoxville, Oct 5
1895.
LLB U TN. ° Lawyer, Knoxville; active B'nai
B'rith, Am Legion; WWI service. ° See:
WWIA], 1928.
Finkelstein, JacobJoel; b. Brooklyn, Mar 22
1922; d. Nov 281974.
BA Brooklyn ColI, PhD U PA. ° Near Eastern
scholar, Assyriologist, language specialist, New
Haven; faculty U CA (Berkeley), Yale; author/
editor in field; "WWII service. ° See: E]:1973­
1982; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 11974, 83:1.
Finkelstein, Joseph; b.*; d. Honolulu,
reported Sep 2 1938.
Soldier, Distinguished Service Cross winner;
WWI service. oSee: A]YB, 41 :421.
Finkelstein, Leon; b. Radom, Poland,
1895?; d. NYC, July 29 1950.
Jewish essayist, critic, journalist. ° See: A]YB,
53:524.
Finkelstein, Louis B; b. "Wizajni, Suwalki,
Nov71899.
To US 1909. ° LLB UNE. ° Lawyer,
communalldr, Lincoln, NE; pres Jewish
Welfare Fedn; active communal fraternal orgs.
oSee: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Finkelstein, Louis; b. CinciniJ.ati,June 14
1895.
BA? CCNY, PhD Columbia, ordainedJTS. °
Rabbi, Conservative ldr, talmudist, author,
editor, NYC; nat! officer Rabbinical Assembly;
presJTS; exec council United Synagogue of
Am. oSee: E]; E]:1973-1982;A]YB, 24:138;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Finkelstein, M L; b.*
Motion picture exhibitor, Minneapolis. ° See:
A]YB, 24:138.
Finkelstein, Maurice; b. ·Syracuse, Feb 26
1899; d. NYC, Feb 8 1957.
AB, LLB Columbia,JSP, SJD Harvard. °
Lawyer, NYC; general atty State Mortgage
Commn; a fdr Menninger Found; faculty
Brooklyn Law, StJohns; officer ConfonJewish
Social Studies; author/editor in field. ° See:
A]YB, 59:474; WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
Feb 9 1957, 19:3.
Finkelstein, Mendel; b. ca 1863; d. Dayton,
OH,Jan 10 1947.
Rabbi, Dayton, OH. ° See:A]YB, 49:610.
Finkelstein, Naomi; b. NYC, Nov 51897; d.
NYC,Jan 221956.
Vocational guidance expert; officer womens
Am ORT. ° See:A]YB, 58:476.
Finkelstein, Nathan; b. ca 1871; d.
Columbus, OH, Mar 17 1934.
Communal worker, Columbus, OH. ° See:
A]YB, 36:280.
Finkelstein, Philip; b. Brooklyn, ca 1931; d.
LI, Nov 1982.
Heb U, LLB NYU. ° Urban affairs specialist;
Finn, Julius
fdr"Center for Local Tax Research; author in
field. oSee: NYTimes, Nov 23 ·1982.
Finkelstein, Reuben; b. Kovno, Sep 13
1882/1883; d. May 1972.
To US 1884/1888. oMD LI ColI Hospital,
post-grad Harvard, U Berlin, NY Post-Grad. °
Gastroenterologist, Brooklyn; a fdrJewish
Center; pres professional assns; prolific author
in field; WWI mem draft bd. oSee: WWIA],
1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 17 1972,50:3.
Finkelstein, Salo; b. Warsaw, 1897.
In US 1932. ° Mathematical prodigy; with
Treasury Dept (Poland). oSee: UJE.
Finkelstein, Sam (Samuel); b. Suwalki, Aug
101866; d. Adantic City, May 1937.
To US 1878. ° Mens clothing mfr, communal
worker, philanthropist, NYC, Norfolk; pres
Jewish Maternity Hospital, Beth Israel
Hospital; officer CentralJewish Inst. ° See:
A]YB, 39:591; BEOA]iNYTimes, May 161937,
II 8:7.
Finkelstein, Simon I 0); b. Kovno, May 25
1863; d. Brooklyn, Apr 16 1947.
To US 1863. ° Rabbi, child prodigy, Heb
author, Brooklyn; earlier Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Syracuse. ° See:A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):54,49:610; Gottlieb, 297; NYTimes, Apr
17 1947,27:3.
Finkelstone, Lawrence Shepard; b. NYC,
Jan 11889.
LLB Yale. ° Lawyer, Bridgeport, CT; officer
communal fundraising, Jewish Welfare Bd. °
See: WWIA], 1938.
Finkenstein, Harry Aaron; b. Omaha, Nov
191895/1896.
LLB U Southern CA. ° Lawyer, Los Angeles;
officer B'nai B'rith; WWI service. ° See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Finkler, Rita V Sapiro (Mrs Samuel]
Finkler); b. Kherson, Nov 1 1888; d. Nov
81968.
To US 1910. ° Law School (Petrograd), MD
Wornens Med ColI ofPA, post-grad CA,
NYC, Vienna, Berlin. ° Pediatrician,
gynecologist, endocrinologist, Newark; active
womens med orgs; author in field. oSee:
WWIA], 1928,1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,
Nov91968,33:5.
Finley, Abe Harvey; b. Scranton, June 19
1898.
Lehigh. ° Tobacco & wholesale confectioner,
Zionist ldr, Syracuse, Buffalo; nat! exec bd
Zionist Org ofAm, Nat! Fedn ofTemple
Brotherhoods; officer trade assns. ° See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Finn, Joseph M; b. Cleveland, Apr 10 1872.
Merchant, Chicago; pres Elevator Co ofAm;
dirJewish Peoples Inst. ° See: WWIA], 1928.
Finn,Julius; b. Vladislavovo, Suwalki, Apr
281871; d. NYC, Dec 61931.
To US 1887. ° Chess Master, NYC; dir
Sydenham Hospital, East SideJewish Center,
Manhattan Chess Club. ° See: ]Ei A]YB,
24:138,34:110; WWIA], 1926,1928.

Fishberg, Yascha
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):91-92,24:139,37:256;
WWIAJ, 1928; Eisenstadt, 78; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Aug 311934,17:4.
Fishberg, Yascha; b. Proskurov, Ukraine,
Dec 161888.
To US 1922. • Mus D Imperial Conservatory
(St Petersburg). • Violinist, NYC; facility
Imperial Conservatory (Tillis); concertmaster
City Symphony ofNY; conductor Brooklyn
Symphony. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Fishblate, Solomon Harry; b.*; d.
Wilinington, NC, l\1ar 4 1910.
Mayor, Wilmington, NC. • See: AJYB,
12(1910-1911):110.
Fishel, Carl M; b. ca 1878; d. NYC, 1964.
Costume jewelry mfr, NYC; active Republican
Party. • See: NYTimes, Feb 3 1964,27:4.
Fishel, Mortimer; b. NY, ca 1878; d. NYC,
June 1939.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, expert on prison
law; counsel labor unions. • See: NYTimes,
June241939, 17:5.
Fishel, Simon; b.*; d. Cleveland, Jan 31
1917.
Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):265.
Fishel, Simon S; b. Traverse City, MI, Oct
221888.
Realtor, communal & Zionist worker, Lima,
OH; officer state & local real estate bds, Red
Cross, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fishell, Albert; b. Blovitz, Bohemia.
Civic ldr, public admr, Pittsburgh, Chicago;
pres Bd ofEducation; supervisor Pike County,
IL; pres, benefactor synagog, Emil G Hirsch
Social Center. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Fishell, Dan S; b. ca 1876; d. St Louis, Nov
13 1913.
Theatrical mgr, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):162.
Fisher, Abraham H; b. ca 1851; d.
Baltimore, Mar 16 1913.
Judge, Baltimore.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):270.
Fisher, Allan/Allen Herbert; b. Baltimore,
Nov 15 1888.
Baltimore City CoIl, AB Johns Hopkins, LLB
U MD. • Lawyer, asst state atty general,
Baltimore; officer bar assns; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
Fisher, Annie; b. Barr, Russia, Apr 111883.
To US 1888.· BS Wesleyan, MANYU. •
Public school tchr & admr, textbook author,
Hartford; supt Kennedy School ofMissions;
pres YWHA; active Hartford Soc Settlement,
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fisher, Arthur Norman; b. Brooklyn, Feb 6
1934; d. Feb 22 1984.
Hunter, Syracuse U. • Television dir,
producer, Los Angeles; military service. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Fisher, Bernard Paul; b. Brooklyn, Sep 8
1902.
Columbia, U PA, AB, BCS NYU. • Credit &
sales & labor union exec, NYC; exec secy
Amalgamated Electrical Workers Union;
contrauthor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fisher, Fred; b. Cologne, Sep 301876; d.
NYC, Jan 14 1942.
To US 1892. • Composer, NYC; "Im Always
Chasing Rainbows"; German naval & French
Legion service.· See:AJYB, 44:336; WWIAJ,
1938.
Fisher, Frederick V; b. Strehlen, Germany,
Sep 161875.
To US 1892. • Exec, Seattle; officer synagog. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fisher, Harry Michael; b. Lithuania, Jan 1
1882; d. Chicago, Nov 15 1958.
To US 1893.· LLB Kent CoIl ofLaw. •
Lawyer, municipal & circuit court judge,
Chicago; chrJoint Distribution Com Commn
to Russia; dirJewish Charities; spokesman
Capemakers Union; active Democratic Party. •
See:AJYB, 24:139; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,
Nov 16 1958, 88:6.
Fisher, Henry; b. Brest-Litovsk, May 11
1903.
To US 1914.· AB CCNY, tchrs diploma,
ordainedJTS, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, Averne,
LI; officer Rabbinical Assembly ofAm. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Fisher, Henry M; b. New Haven, July 24
1876; d. Adantic City, June 23 1941.
BA Yale, BHL, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Atlantic City; mem Bd ofEducation. •
See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):54,43:357; NYTimes,
June 25 1941,21:3.
Fisher, Ira I; b. Chicago, Oct 121894.
Merch,ant, broker, Chicago.· See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Fisher, Jane Gertrude; b. Warsaw, Oct 15
1896.
To US 1904. • NY School ofSocial Work, U
ND, U Dayton. • Social work exec, NYC,
Fargo, Dayton, OH; with Jewish Fedn for
Social Service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fisher, Lewis; b. Russia, Dec 12 1885; d.
before 1938.
To US 1898. • Philadelphia Central Manual
Training School, MD U PA. • Physician,
Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author in field;
WWI service.· See:AJYB, 24:139; WWIAJ,
1926,1928.
Fisher, Martin A; b. 1902; d. Miami, Mar
111976.
Bldr, philanthropist; bd UnitedJewish Appeal,
Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; benefactor
Brandeis, synagog. • See: AJYB, 78:540;
NYTimes, Mar 12 1976, 36:1.
Fisher, MaxM; b. Pittsburgh, 1908; d. Feb
1978.
Industrialist, Republican Party ldr, pioneer in
MI oil industry, Detroit; active civic &
communal affairs. • See: EJ; Wall Street
Journal, Feb 8 1978.
160
Fisher, Mendel N; b. Russia, 1898; d. NYC,
Feb 101975.
To US 1910. • Zionist ldr & admr; exec dir
Jewish Natl Fund; natl bd B'nai Zion; bd
Zionist Org ofAm; mem World Zionist
Council; contributor Anglo-Jewish press. •
See:AJYB, 77:594;NYTimes, Feb 111975,
42:1.
Fisher, Mitchell Salem; b. Hoboken, Apr 5
1903.
AB NYU, MHL, ordainedJewish Inst of
Religion, post-grad U Chicago, Union
Theological Seminary, MA, PhD, LLB
Columbia. • Lawyer, rabbi, NYC; natl officer
Avukah; editor Columbia Law Review; active
Nonsectarian Anti-Nazi League, Bronx Free
Fellowship Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Fisher, Morris; b. Youngstown, 1892.
Marksman; mem US Olympic team; military
service. • See: UJE.
Fisher, Mulford Keene; b. Braddock, PA,
July 30 1883; d. Feb 1955.
U Pittsburgh, MDJefferson Med ColI. •
Radiologist, Philadelphia; faculty Temple U,
Medico-Chirurgical CoIl; active med soc;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Feb 81955,27:1.
Fisher, Samuel Philip; b. Cleveland, Mar 9
1876; d. before 1938.
Brass co exec, Bellefontaine, OH; active United
Jewish Campaign. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Fishman, Aaron; b. Rumania, Nov 171901.
AB Columbia, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, NYC;
active, consult, counsel relief orgs. • See:
BEOAJ.
Fishman, Abraham P; b. ca 1881; d.
Providence, June 24 1934.
Physician, surgeon, communal worker,
Providence. • See:AJYB, 36:280.
Fishman, CasrielJ; b. Vilna,June 30 1882.
To US 1886. • PhG, BS U MI, MD Rush Med
CoIl, post-grad Europe. • Physician,
Oklahoma City; faculty U OK; active synagog;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
Fishman, Henoch; b. Bereza-Kartuska,
Poland, Feb 181914; d. NYC, Dec 7
1965.
To US 1946. • Rabbinical scholar, NYC;
faculty Yeshiva U.· See:AJYB, 67:534-35;
NYTimes, Dec 81965,47:2.
Fishman, Jacob; b. Radzilovo, Poland, Apr
101876/1878; d. Basle, Dec 211946.
To NYC 1890. • Yiddish journalist, NYC; a
fdr Zionist Org ofAm; with Tageblatt,
Wahrheit, Jewish Morning Journal. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 24:139, 49:610; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 22 1946,
41:1.
Fishman, Jacob Benjamin; b. Odessa, Sep
241895.

Fliegel, Leslie
Fliegel, Leslie; b. NYC, Jan 271912; d.July
71968.
Cooper Union. • Artist, NYc. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Fliegler, Louis Aaron; b. NYC, Sep 3 1917;
d.July 1974.
BBA CCNY, MA, PhD NYU. • Psychologist,
Akron; faculty Syracuse U, U Denver, Kent
State; officer professional socs; military service.
• See: WWWIA,6;NYTimes,JulyI81974,
38:2.
Fligelman, Julius; b. Minneapolis, Oct 22
1895.
Furniture mfr, Los Angeles; bd Young Peoples
Heb Assn, League for Labor Palestine. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Fligelman, Sol; b. Minneapolis, July 26
1888.
U MN Law. • Lawyer, utility exec,
Minneapolis; active Civic & Communal Assn,
communal & Zionist concerns. • See: WWIA],
1926,1938.
Flink, Salomon (Solomon); b. Neumarkt,
Germany, Dec 221906.
To US 1927. • M Pol Sci U Berlin, MA, PhD
Columbia. • Economist, Newark; faculty U
Newark, Yeshiva ColI; contributing editor
Jewish Forum; active Maccabee Assn; author in
field & onJewish issues.· See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Floch, Joseph; b. Vienna, Nov 5 1895; d.
Oct 251977.
To US 1941. • Academy ofFine Arts (Vienna).
• Painter, NYC; faculty New School. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Oct 28 1977, II 2: 1.
Flocks, Rubin H; b. NYC, May 7 1907; d.
May 171975.
AB, MDJohns Hopkins. • Urologist, Iowa
City; faculty U !A; officer professional socs;
advisor Nad Research Council; author in field.
• See: WWWIA, 6.
Floersheim, Otto; b. Aix-la-Chapelle, 1853;
d. Switzerland, 1917.
Editor, music critic, composer; co-editor
Musical Courier. • See: UJE.
Floersheimer, AlbertJr; b. NYC, Apr 14
1917; d.June 2 1980.
NYU, Columbia. • Journalist, motion picture
public relations officer, NYC; with Walter
Reader Inc, Theatre Owners ofAm; officer
professional soc; WVVII service. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Floersheimer, Joseph H; b. ca 1898; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 12 1944.
Business exec; distinguished WWI service. •
See: A]YB, 47:522; NYTimes, Aug 15 1944,
17:2.
Flom, Samuel Louis; b. Lithuania, June 10
1901; d. Mar 10 1980.
To US 1906. • CE Lehigh. • Steel co exec,
Tampa; trustee University Community
Hospital. • See: WW'WIA, 7.
Florance, Ernest Touro; b. Pass Christian,
MS,July 301854; d.July 1918.
Northwick ColI (London). • Lawyer, New
Orleans; pres Commercial League ofAm; dir
public schools. • See: WWWIA, 1.
Florea, Morris; b. Adjud, Bakan, Rumania,
June 241877; d. NYC, reportedJan 24
1936.
Business exec, alderman, NYC; orgrJewish
War Veterans; exec com AmJewish Cong;
Spanish-Am & WWI service. • See: A]YB,
39:591; BEOA].
Florence, Fred Farrel; b. NYC, Nov 5 1891;
d. Dallas, Dec 25 1960.
Banker, business exec, Dallas; officerJewish
Fedn ofSocial Service, Boy Scouts; dir
Salvation Army, Art Assn, Chamber of
Commerce; active communal fundraising;
WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 63:559; WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Dec 26 1960,23:6.
Florian, Walter (Moses?); b. NYC, ca 1870/
1878; d. NYC, Apr 1909.
Artist, portraitist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 11(1909­
1910):108; NYTimes, Apr 3 1909,9:5.
Florsheim, Harold Milton; b. Chicago, June
201899.
AB Cornell. • Shoe co exec, Chicago; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Florsheim, Irving Stem; b. Chicago, Oct 27
1893; d. Oct 18 1959.
Cornell. • Mfr, shoe co exec, Chicago; bd
Union ofAm Heb Congregations; active Am
Jewish Com, Assocd Jewish Charities; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Oct 191959,29:2.
Florsheim, Leonard S; b. Chicago, July 12
1879; d. May 221964.
Armour Inst, BS MIT. • Exec, Chicago; officer
Chicago Boys Club.· See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 23 1964, 23:5.
Florsheim, Louis; b. Chicago, Mar 181874;
d. Chicago, Oct 1955.
Mfr, shoe co fdr & exec, Chicago; dirJewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct
15 1955, 15:1.
Florsheim, Milton S; b. ca 1868; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 22 1936.
Shoe mfr, communal & philanthropic worker,
Chicago. • See: A]YB, 39:591; NYTimes, Oct 9
1937, 17:2 (will).
Florsheim, Richard Aberle; b. Chicago, Oct
251916; d. Nov 201979.
U Chicago. • Artist"biographer, Chicago;
WVVII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Florsheim, Simon; b. ca 1963; d. Chicago,
Dec 71917.
Mfr, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 20(1918­
1919):227.
Flory, Arthur Louis; b. Lima, OH, Aug 14
1914; d. May 91972.
Philadelphia Museum School ofArt. • Artist,
Philadelphia; facu1tyTemple U; WVVII
service. • See: WW'WIA, 5.
164
Flowerman, Samuel H; b. NYC, May 2
1912; d. NYC,July 291958.
Psychologist, consult, NYC; faculty Postgrad
Center for Psychotherapy, CCNY; active Am
Jewish Com; author/editor in field. • See:
A]YB, 61:416-17; NYTimes, July 30 1958, i9:5.
Fluegel, Maurice; b. Germany, 1832; d.
Baltimore, Feb 91911.
U Leipzig, U Paris, diploma Bucharest,
ordained Paris. • Rabbi, scholarly authority,
Baltimore. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):93,
13(1911-1912):137;NYTimes, Feb 141911,
11:5.
Fluegelman, Nathan; b. ca 1871; d. July 8
1939.
Textile exec, communal worker,
philanthropist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 42:478;
NYTimes, Ju1y9 1939,31:2.
Flug, Samuel S; b. Warsaw, Feb 281905; d.
Oct 1962.
To US 1907.· BCS NYU, LLB Brooklyn
Law. • Industrial engineer, investment
management exec, lawyer, NYC; bd Am Type
Founders (Elizabeth). • See: WW'WIA, 4;
NYTimes, Oct 111962, 39:3.
Fogel, Frank; b. Kishinev, Sep 15 1900.
To US 1909. • LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, asst
city solicitor, Philadelphia; pres YM-YWHA,
B'nai B'rith; active Zionist Org ofAm. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Fogel, LeoJ; b. ca 1851; d. Cincinnati, Aug
161923.
Physician, civic worker, Cincinnati. • See:
A]YB,26:154.
Fogelman, Lazar; b. Nieswiez, Poland, May
271891; d. Minneapolis, Sep 13 1970.
To NYC 1921. • JSD Imperial U ofWarsaw,
PsychoNeurological Inst (St Petersburg), LLB
Fordham. • Author, journalist, biographer,
NYC; editor-in-chiefForward; presJewish
Writers Union. • See: A]YB, 72:540; WWIA],
1938.
Fogelman, Raymond; b. 1895; d. Honolulu,
Mar 71966.
Business exec, philanthropist; a fdr Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed; officer Am-Israel
Cultural Fedn; active New School. • See:
A]YB, 68:525; NYTimes, Mar 101966,33:2.
Fogelson, SamuelJulian; b. Passaic, Oct 27
1897.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush, MS Northwestern.
• Physician, Chicago; facu1ty Northwestern;
discover: treatment for u1cers; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Fohs, Ferdinand (F) Julius; b. NYC, Mar 1
1884; d. Houston,Jan 19 1965.
Columbia; honorary degree. • Oil geologist,
Palestine consult, philanthropist, NYC,
Houston; with US Geological Survey; author
in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
BEOA]; WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Jan211965,
31:2.

173
Frechtel, Leon; b. NYC, Mar 25 1921;d.
NYC, Feb 1970.
Columbia, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, Nuremberg
prosecutor, apparel mfr; pres clothing union. •
See: NITimes, Feb 20 1970,49:4.
Fredenthal, David; b. Detroit, Apr 281914;
d. Nov13 1958.
Artist, author, NYC; war correspondent Life. •
See: WWWIA, 3.
Fredman,Joseph (J) George; b.
Weehawken, N}, Aug 31 1895; d. North
Bergen, N},July 2 1958.
Cooper Union, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,
Jersey City; nat! Commander-in-Chiefjewish
War Veterans; orgr economic boycott of
Germany, NonSectarian Anti-Nazi League; bd
Am Jewish Com; author/editor in field;"WWI
service.· See: UJE; AJYB, 61:417; WWIAJ,
1938; REGAJ; NITimes, July 3 1958,25:5.
Fredman, Samuel; b. Grodno, Mar 7/17
1886; d. Philadelphia, Apr 14 1941.
To US 1888.· Baltimore City ColI, ABJohns
Hopkins, ordainedJTS, post-grad Dropsie,
Columbia, U PA. • Rabbi,ldr Conservative
rabbinate, Philadelphia; "WWI chaplain. • See:
AJYB, 24:141, 43:357; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
NITimes, Apr 15 1941,23:1.
Fredrick, Leopold; b. Polstrau, Yugoslavia,
Jan 11876.
To US 1901.· Business school. • Banker,
business exec, author on foreign exchange,
NYC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freed, AlanJ; b.Johnstown, PA, Dec 15
1921; d. Palm Springs,Jan 201965.
BS OH State. • Nationally known radio &
television disc jockey, Cleveland, NYC, Los
Angeles; involved in payola scandal;"WWII
service. • See: DAR, 7; NITimes, Jan 21 1965,
31:4.
Freed, Alexander; b. Deliatitz, Russia, Sep
7 1899; d. Israel, Feb 13 1966.
To NYC 1914. • AB Brown, MD St Louis
School ofMed. • Physician, NYC; specialty:
cancer; author in field & Heb poems, stories,
dictionary; "WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, Feb 22 1966,23:2.
Freed, Allie Samuel; b. Nashville, ca 1892/
Sep 171919; d. Washington DC, Jan 11
1938.
Taxi cab mfr, low-cost housing developer,
philanthropist, NYC, Arlington, VA. • See:
AJYB, 40:j84; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 12
1938,21:6.
Freed, Arthur; b. Charleston, SC, Sep 9
1894/1896; d. Apr 1973.
Musical comedy composer, motion picture
producer, Los Angeles. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;
WWWIA,5;NITimes,Apr 13 1973,42:5.
Freed, Elizabeth Rosenfield (Mrs); b. ca
1862; d. Cambridge, MA, Feb 1934.
Communal worker, Cambridge, MA. • See:
AJYB, 36:280.
Freed, Isadore; b. Brest-Litovsk, Mar 26
1900; d. Oceanside, NY, Nov 10 1960.
To US 1903/1904. • Mus B U PA,
Philadelphia Conservatory. • Conductor,
composer, pianist; a fdr, tchr Heb Union Coll­
Jewish Inst ofReligionJewish Music Forum;
faculty U Hartford, Curtis.·· See: UJE; AJYB,
63:559; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,'4;NITimes,
Nov 12 1960,21:5.
Freed, Joseph David Roth; b. NYC, Oct 18
1897; d. NYC, Apr 18 1941.
BS CCNY. • Pioneer developer/mfr radio
receiving sets, NYC; author in field; reserve
service.· See:AJYB, 43:357; WWIAJ, 1926,
192 8; REGAJ; NITimes, Apr 19 1941, 15:1.
Freed, Louis A; b. Hempstead, TX, Aug 15
1872.
Trinity U. • Zionist Idr, Houston; nat! exec
com Zionist Org ofAm; orgr, pres TX Zionist
Assn; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1938.
Freed, Meyer; b. Russia, ca 1876; d.
Boston, Oct 12 1947.
To US 1907. • Rabbi, NYC; exec staffYeshiva
U.· See:AJYB, 50:515; NITimes, Oct 13
1947,23:3.
Freed, Meyer Lifschutz; b. Haimanas,
Russia, Aug 5 1896.
To US 1904. • BS Brooklyn Polytech. •
Consult chemist, Seymour, CT; dir Jewish
Community Center; "WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Freed, Simon; b. Lodz, Nov 11 1898.
To US 1905. • BS MIT, post-grad U Paris,
PhD U CA. • Chemist, Chicago; faculty U
Chicago; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freedheim, Eugene H; b. Leadville, CO,
Mar 16 1900; d. Dec 19 1984.
AB U CO,JD Harvard. • Lawyer, communal,
civic & social welfare Idr, Cleveland; nat! bd
Nat! ConfofSocial Welfare; officer Welfare
Fedn, Family Service Assn, Jewish Family
Service Assn, bar assn. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Freedlander, A L; b. Wooster, OH,June 6
1889; d. Dayton, OH, Aug41971.
Case; honorary degree. • Rubber mfr, patent
holder, Akron, Dayton, OH; "WWI service. •
See: WWWIA, 5,8; NITimes, Aug 6 1971,
34:5.
Freedlander, Arthur R; b. NYC, ca 1875; d.
NYC,June 1940.
NYC, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Artist, portraitist,
NYC; fdr professional org; dir Marthas
Vineyard Art School; Protestant burial. • See:
AJYB, 24:141; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June
26 1940,23:6.
Freedlander, Joseph Henry; b. NYC; d.
Nov 23 1943.
MIT, Beaux Arts (Paris), Arch diploma France.
• Architect, NYC; officer professional socs. •
See: UJE;AJYB, 24:141; WWIAJ, 1926,1938;
REGAJ; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 24 1943,
21:5.
Freedlander, Samuel Oscar; b. Wooster,
OH,July 30 1893.
AB, MD Western Reserve, post-grad Vienna.·
Freedman, Harry Leo
Surgeon, Cleveland; faculty Western Reserve.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freedman, Abraham L; b. Trenton, Nov 19
1904; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1971.
LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, Philadelphia;
faculty Temple U; officer professional assn; dir
Assocd Talmud Torahs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Mar 15 1971.
Freedman, AlanJoseph; b. Cleveland, Sep 9
1923; d. NYC, Dec 1982.
Columbia. • Businessman, culturalldr,
philanthropist; pres Municipal Arts Soc;
WWII service. • See: NITimes, Dec 16 1982.
Freedman, Andrew; b. NYC, Sep 1 1860; d.
NYC, Dec41915.
CCNY. • Businessman, financier, politician,
philanthropist, NYC; owner NY Giants; active
Tammany, making subway system possible. •
See: UJE; AJYB, 18(1916-1917):107;
WWWIA, 1; DAR; NITimes, Dec 7 1915, 13:5.
Freedman, Barnett; b. ca 1861; d.
Baltimore, Oct 18 1938.
Merchant, communal worker, Baltimore. •
See:AJYB, 41:422.
Freedman, Benjamin E; b. Brooklyn, May 5
1905; d. NYC,July 291968.
Mfr, communalldr, author, NYC; bd Heb
Tchrs Training School, Jewish Memorial
Hospital, Jewish Culture Found; against
synagogs. • See: AJYB, 70:520; NITimes, July
30 1968, 39:2.
Freedman, David; b. Botosani, Rumania,
Apr 261898; d. NYC, Dec 81936.
To US ca 1899. • BS CCNY, MA Columbia. •
Comedy writer, author, biographer, NYC;
known for Mendel Marantz stories. • See:
UJE; AJYB, 39:591; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
NITimes, Dec 91936,30:2.
Freedman, Doris Chaim; b. NYC, Apr 25
1928; d. NYC, Nov 1981.
Albright ColI, MA Columbia. • Cultural &
civic Idr; fdr Public Arts Council; chr Public
Arts Fund Inc. • See: NITimes, Nov 27 1981.
Freedman, Emanuel Ralph; b. York, PA,
Dec 2 1910; d.Jan 1971.
AB, Litt B Columbia. • Asst managing editor,
NITimes, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 5; NITimes,
Jan 281971,38:1.
Freedman, Ephraim; b. Rochester, NY, July
51892.
PhG Columbia. • Chemist, NYC; advisor
State Dept ofLabor; active trade &
professional assns; "WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Freedman, Eugene; b. Cluj, Rumania, July
31897.
To US 1924. • Roentgenologist, Cleveland;
faculty Western Reserve; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Freedman, Harry Leo; b. Boston, Dec 14
. 1899.
BS, MS MIT, MD Harvard. • Psychiatrist,

175
trade assns, Newsboys Protective Assn,
Community Chest. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEGAJ.
Freiberg,Joseph Albert; b. Cincinnati, Oct
3 1898; d. May 11973.
AB Harvard, MA, MD U Cincinnati. •
Orthopedic surgeon, consult, Cincinnati;
faculty U Cincinnati; officer med socs.- See:
EJ (sub Freiberg); WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;
NITimes, May 3 1973,46:3.
Freiberg, Julius; b. Neu Leiningen,
Rheinpfalz, May 11823; d. Cincinnati,
Dec 7/141905.
To Cincinnati 1847. • Merchant, distiller,
communalldr, philanthropist, Cincinnati; a fdr
Jewish Hospital; pres Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; officer Heb Union ColI;
delegate OH Constitutional Convention. •
See: UJE (sub Freiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg);
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):59; (1906-1907):224;
PAJRS, 19:202-05.
Freiberg, J ijulius) Walter; b. Cincinnati,
Dec 201858; d. Cincinnati,June 91921.
Merchant, civic & communalldr,
philanthropist, Cincinnati; orgr Nat! Fedn of
Temple Sisterhoods; pres Union ofAm Heb
Congregations. • See: UJE (sub Freiberg); EJ
(sub Freiberg); AJYB, 24:101; PAJRS, 29:161­
63.
Freiberg, Julius Walter; b. Cincinnati, Aug
91885.
AB Yale. • Mfr, civic & communalldr,
Cincinnati; mem Charter Com; pres Union of
Am Heb Congregations; officer Nat! Fedn of
Temple Brotherhoods. • See: UJE (sub
Freiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg); WWIAJ, 1938;
BEGAJ.
Freiberg, Leonard Henry; b. Cincinnati,
Dec 23 1885; d. Feb 41954.
AB Yale, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer,
Cincinnati; mem City Charter Com; officer
B'nai B'rith; active bar assn, synagog, politics. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWL4, 3; NITimes,
Feb 6 1954, 19:6.
Freiberg, MauriceJ ijulius); b. Cincinnati,
Jan 7 1861; d. Cincinnati, Dec 30 1936.
Distiller, Commr ofWaterworks,
philanthropist, Cincinnati; pres Chamber of
Commerce; bd Heb Union ColI. • See: UJE
(sub Freiberg); EJ{sub Freiberg);AJYB,
24:142,39:591; WWIAJ; 1926; BEGAJ;
WWWIA, 1.
Freiberg, Sigmund; b. Cincinnati, Mar 15
1866.
Furniture co exec, Cincinnati. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Freiberg, Stella Heinsheimer (MrsJ Walter
Freiberg); b. Cincinnati, Nov 291862/
1863; d. Cincinnati, Jan 20 1962.
Communalldr, Cincinnati; a fdr, nat! pres Nat!
Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; a fdr, dir
Cincinnati Symphony; benefactor Heb Union
ColI; active Jewish Social Services. • See: UJE
(sub Freiberg); EJ (sub Freiberg); AJYB,
64:493; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Freiberger, David; b. Gromach, Hungary,
Dec 12 1876; d. NYC,July 291947.
To NYC 1879. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
Zionist ldr, NYC; counsel Am Zion
Commonwealth; bd Zionist Org ofAm; active
synagog.· See:AJYB, 50:515; WWlAJ, 1938;
NYTimes,July311947,21:6.
Freiberger, Isadore Fred; b. NYC, Dec 12
1879; d. Apr 291969.
AB Western Reserve, LLB Baldwin-Wallace;
honorary degrees. • Banker, Cleveland; pres
Goodrich Social Settlement House; officer
Chamber of Commerce; bdJewish Charities. •
See: WWlAJ, 1926,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA,
5.
Freid, Alexander; b. Kalvaria, Lithuania.
Sorbonne, Royal Conservatory
(Sondershausen, Germany). • Conductor,
NYC; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Freid, Sara Sokolsky (Mrs Alexander Freid);
b. Korytki, Poland.
To US 1916.· Royal Academy ofMusic,
Sorbonne. • Pianist, organist, tchr, NYC;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Freidenrich, Hanna (Mrs Leo Freidenrich);
b. Emsbach, Wiirttelllberg,June 15
1879.
Business colI. • Civic worker, Spokane; pres
Natl Council ofJewish Women; officer
Sisterhood. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Freidin, Jesse; b. NYC, July 27 1909; d. July-
171968.
B Litt Rutgers, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;
specialty: labor relations; general counsel Natl
War Labor Bd; trusteeJewish Guild for Blind.
• See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 19 1968,
35:1. .
Freidson, Simon B; b. ca 1857; d. Boston,
Mar 22 1936.
Newspaperman, Boston.· See:AJYB, 38:428.
Freidus, Abraham Solomon; b. Riga, May 1
1867; d. Oct 2 1923.
To US 1889. • Pratt, General Theology
Seminary. • Librarian, bibliographer, inventor
classification system for Jewish literature,
NYC; with Public Library; active Palestine
settlement. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):96,24:142,26:154; Eisenstadt, 81-82;
PAJRS, 29:163-65; NYTimes, Oct 41923,23:3.
Freifield, Max; b.*; d. New Bedford, MA,
Jan 241911.
Rabbi, New Bedford, MA. • See: AJYB,
13(1911-1912):137.
Freifield, Samuel; b. New Bedford, MA,
Mar 141903.
AB, JDOH State. • Lawyer, US Commr
Southern District ofOH, Steubenville, OH. •
See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Freiheim,J B; b. Bavaria, 1848; d.. Camden,
AR, Aug 22 1899.
Lawyer, US Land Office registrar; Civil War
Confederate service. • See: JE.
Freud, Ignatz
Freiler, AbrahamJ; b. Minneapolis, Aug 7
1892; d. 1962.
Business exec, Chicago; exec AStein & Co. •
See: WWWIA, 4.
Freilich, Ellis Benjamin; b. Chicago, jan 17
1891.
MD U IL. • Internist, Chicago; officer
Tubercular Soc, Mt Sinai. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Freilicoff, Morris; b. Chernigov, 1886; d.
Washington DC, Mar 27 1981.
To US 1902. • Yiddish writer, essayist, poet; a
fdr Labor Zionist movement; staffDay­
MorningJournal. • See:AJYB, 83:354.
Freiman, Henry David; b. Philadelphia,
Nov 51913; d. Aug 17 1970.
MD U PA. • Physician, gastroenterologist,
Philadelphia; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,
5.
Freiman, Louis; b. Russia; 1892?; d.
Brentwood, NY,Jan 301967.
To US 1906. • Playwright. • See: AJYB,
69:606-07; NYTimes, Feb 3 1967,28:6.
Freimann, Aron (Aaron); b. Filehne, Posen,
Aug 51871; d. NYC,June 61948.
To US 1933/1938. • PhD U Berlin. •
Bibliographer, Jewish historian, author; with
Am Academy for Jewish Research, Frankfurt &
NYC public libraries; faculty Yeshiva ColI;
active communal & educational instns. • See:
JE; EJ; UJE;AJYB, 51:521; NYTimes, June 7
1948, 19:5.
Frenkel, Clara Freiburg (MrsJonas
FrenkeQib.caI868;d.Cincinnati,Aug
171937.
Natl communalldr, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
40:384; NYTimes, Aug 191937,19:5.
Frenkel, Emil; b. Nordhausen-am-Harz,
Gennany, ca 1855; d. NYC, Dec 12 1934.
U Berlin, U Heidelberg. • Insurance broker,
communal worker, NYC; active synagog, Heb
Orphan Asylum. • See:AJYB, 37:256; WWlAJ,
1928.
Frenkel-Brunswik, Else (Mrs Egon
Brunswick); b. Lemberg, Aug 181908; d.
Mar 311958.
To US 1938. • Psychologist, psychoanalyst;
mem Vienna Circle; specialty: prejudice;
faculty U Vienna, U CA (Berkeley); author in
field. • See: NAW: modern.
Frentz, William; b. ca 1890; d. Louisville,
June,!71939.
Business exec, communal worker, Louisville. •
See:AJYB,41:422.
Freschl, Max Alexander; b. Milwaukee, Aug
161887.
U MI, New Bedford (MA) Textile School. •
Hosierymfr, Milwaukee; exec com NatlJewish
Hospital; active Orchestral Assn;WWI service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freud, Ignatz; b.*; d. Detroit, Oct 61913.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):162.

Freud,]erome Sittig
Freud, Jerome Sittig; b. Detroit,July 2
1890.
JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Detroit. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Freudberg, Leopold Victor; b. Libau,
Latvia, May 25 1894.
To US 1907. • LLBWashington (DC) ColI of
Law. • Lawyer, Washington DC; specialty:
insurance law; faculty Washington ColI of
Law; pres Zionist Org ofAm; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freudberg, Rose Ruth (Mrs Leopold V
Freudberg); b. Paterson, Nov 9 1900; d.
Washington DC, Nov 5 1975.
Paterson Tchrs Training School, NYU,
Columbia, Hill School ofArt (Washington
DC). • Communal worker, Washington DC;
pres Hadassah; officer Am Friends ofHeb U;
active United Palestine Appeal fundraising. •
See: AJYB, 77:594; WWIAJ, 1938.
Freudenthal, Alfred Martin; b. Stryj,
Poland, Dec 12 1906; d. Sep 271977.
To US 1947.· CE,MSc, DScPrague
Technical Hochschule. • Engineer,
Washington DC; faculty Haifa Technion, U
IL, Columbia, George Washington; author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Freudenthal, Alice L (Mrs Wolff
Freudenthal); b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Aug
211938.
Communal & civic worker, pioneer in PTA
movement, NYC; orgrJewish Working Girls
Vacation Soc; active Womens Internat! League
for Peace & Freedom, synagog. • See: AJYB,
41:422; NYTimes, Aug 22 1938,13:5.
Freudenthal,Josef; b. Geisa, Germany, Mar
11903; d. NYC, May 51964.
To US 1936. • Music publisher, composer;
active Jewish Liturgical Cantors Assembly,
music socs. • See:AJYB, 66:575; NYTimes,
May 6 1964,47:3.
Freudenthal, Joseph; b. ca 1845; d.
Chicago,June 281915.
Mfr, Chicago. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­
1917):107.
Freudenthal, L; b.*; d. Trinidad, CO,July
261916.
Rabbi, Trinidad, CO.· See:AJYB, 19(1917­
1918):265.
Freudenthal, Louis Edwin; b. Las Cruces,
NM,June 181895.
BS Cornell. • Farmer, farming exec, Las
Cruces, NM; officer professional orgs; dir Am
Farm Bureau Fedn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freudenthal, SamuelJ; b. Sag Harbor, NY,
Jan 5 1863; d. Piedmont, LA, Nov 21
1939.
Merchant, silver miner, civic ldr; county
commr, EI Paso; a fdr synagog; active Mason. •
See: PAJHS, 57:353-435.
Freudenthal, Samuel S; b. Siegelsbach,
Baden, Dec 13 1841; d. Baltimore, June
11910.
Communal org exec, Baltimore; supt Heb
Orphan Asylum. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):59, 12(1910-1911):111.
Freudenthal, Wolff; b. Hohensalza,
Germany/Chrostowo, Posen,Jan 5 1858;
d. NYC, May 61929.
U Breslau, U Leipzig, Berlin, MD U Freiberg.
• Ear, nose & throat specialist, laryngologist,
NYC; fdr Physicians Home, Inc. • See: AJYB,
6(1904-1905):96-97,24:142,32:154; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928.
Freuler, John Rudolph; b. Monroe, WI,
Nov 171872; d. Dec 191958.
Motion picture exec, Chicago; earlier
Milwaukee. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Freulich, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 14 1906.
Cameraman, photographer, Hollywood, CA;
dir Columbia Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freund, Adolph; b. Mitwitz, Bavaria, Mar
13 1847; d. Aug 18 1936.
Communalldr, Detroit; regional officer B'nai
B'rith; dirJewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland);
active Union ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):59-60, 39:591.
Freund, ArthurJ; b. St Louis, Apr 171891.
AB, LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer,
civic worker, St Louis; mem Bd ofPolice
Commrs, Bd ofElection Commrs; officer bar
assn, YMHA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freund, CharlesJoseph; b. NYC, Aug 12
1875; d. Columbus, OH, Apr 1949.
BS CCNY, BL U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained
Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Columbus, OH;
assoc with State Industrial Commn. • See:
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):55,7(1905-1906):121;
NYTimes, Apr 15 1949, 23:2.
Freund, Emanuel (E) Martin; b. Austria,
June 281890; d.July 1961.
To US 1900. • Loyola, MD Albany Med ColI.
• Surgeon, Albany, NY; specialty: ear, nose,
throat, allergy; active YM-YWHA, United
Jewish Appeal; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, July 201961,27:4.
Freund, Ernst (Ernest); b. NYC, Jan 30
1864; d. Chicago, Oct 20124 1932.
U Berlin, JUD U Heidelberg, PhD Columbia.
• Lawyer, government consult; faculty
Columbia, U Chicago; author in field. • See:
JEi UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):97,24:142,
35:123; WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1.
Freund, Erwin Oscar; b. Chicago, Jan 5
1888; d. Nov 12 1947.
Armour Inst, U Chicago. • Mfg chemist, meat
packer, Chicago; active Jewish Charities,
Home for Jewish Orphans, Michael Reese
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJi
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 13 1947, 27:1.
Freund, Gustav; b. ca 1853; d. Chicago, Apr
301919.
Communal worker, Chicago.· See:AJYB,
21:205.
Freund, Hirsch Luria; b. Oct 151903; d.
1981.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
176
ColI. • Rabbi, Cleveland, MS, Cincinnati; nat!
com Histadruth. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
CCARYB.
Freund, Hugo Abraham; b. Detroit, Dec 6
1881; d. Dec 241952.
AB, MD U MI. • Physician, Detroit; mem Bd
ofHealth; fdr MI Soc for Mental Health;
faculty Wayne; pres Childrens Fund; active
Jewish Community Center, synagog; author in
field; WWI service. • See: UJEi AJYB, 24:142;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3.
Freund, Ignatz A; b. ca 1851; d. Detroit,
Oct 61913.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):162.
Freund,John C; b. London, Nov 22 1848;
d. Mt Vernon, NY, June 1924.
Oxford U. • Trade journalist, music critic,
NYC; fdr, editor MusicaIAmerica.· See:A]YB,
27:151; NYTimes, June 41924,21:6.
Freund,Jules; b. Budapest, June 24 1890;
d. Apr 22·1960.
To US 1922/1923.· MD UBudapest.·
Physician, bacteriologist; developed
vaccination techniques; with Nat! Inst of
Health, NYC Health Dept; faculty Cornell;
officer professional soc; editor in field. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 23 1960, 23:6.
Freund, Leo; b. Macon, IL,July 271896.
U IL, LLB U Southern CA. • Lawyer,
municipal judge, Los Angeles; bd Fedn of
Jewish Welfare Orgs; WWI service.· See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Freund, Lillian A Myers (MrsJacob De
Sourdis Freund); b. Baltimore, Dec 1
1874.
Cornell. • Communalldr, Pittsburgh; officer
Ladies Hospital Aid Soc, Nat! Council of
Jewish Women; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Freund, Louis Rochester; b. Rochester,
NY, Mar 18 1889; d. East Orange, July
1952.
Rutgers, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, legislator,
state district court judge, Newark; active
Democratic politics, synagog. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, July 8 1952,27:4.
Freund, Meyer Henry; b. Vienna, Feb 18
1888.
To NYC 1896. • MD LI ColI Hospital.·
Proctologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad
Med School; officer med soc. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Freund, Michael; b. Suwalki, Oct 20 1883;
d. NYC, Nov 1962.
To US 1905... Social worker, author; with
Council ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds,
Joint Distribution Com; officer ConfofJewish
Social Services. • See: AJYB, 65:432; NYTimes,
Nov221962,29:3.
Freund, Milton H; b. NYC, Feb 14 1904; d.
NYC, Apr 2 1968.
Financier, Zionist ldr; officer Zionist Org of
Am; bd Israel Bonds, United Synagogue ofAm.

Friedberg, Harry
Friedberg, Harry; b. Kansas City, July 14
1875.
AB Harvard, LLB Kansas City School ofLaw.
• Lawyer, legislator, Kansas City; officer
Zionist Org ofAm; active Democratic politics,
Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928
(addenda), 1938.
Friedberg, Jacob; b. ca 1863; d. Detroit,
Sep 181932.
Zionistldr, Detroit. • See:AJYB, 35:123.
Friedberg, Milton H; b. NYC, May 17
1900; d. New Haven, 1955.
NYU. • CPA, city auditor, hotel owner,
Bridgeport, CT; officer professional socs,
synagog; dir Community Forum. • See:
BEOAJ;NYTimes, Sep2 1955, 17:4.
Friedberg, Morris; b. ca 1883; d. Los
. Angeles, July 1 1934.
Communal & Zionist ldr, Detroit. • See:
AJYB,37:256.
Friedberg, Stanton Abeles; b. Chicago,
1875; d. May 201920.
U MI, MD Rush Med CoIl, post-grad Vienna.
• Otolaryngologist, Chicago; developed
procedures; faculty Rush Med CoIl; editor in
field.· See: UJE;AJYB, 22:165.
Friedberger, Caroline (Mrs); b. ca 1846; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 10 1924.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
26:154.
Friede, Donald; b. NYC, ca 1901; d.
Bridgehampton, LI, May 1965.
Harvard, Yale, Princeton. • Editor, NYC; with
Doubleday & Co; WWII service... See:
NYTimes,May311965,17:4.
Friede, George W; b. Portland, OR, Feb 22
1905.
AB Dartmouth,JD U Chicago. • Lawyer,
legislator, Portland, OR; officer Democratic
Party, bar assn,]r Chamber ofCommerce...
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Friede, Maximilian; b. Warsaw; d. Bronx,
Aug 1969.
To US 1941. • Business exec, Polish
government official; chr Club ofPolishJews...
See: NITimes, Aug 27 1969, 43:3.
Friedeberg, Solon Ephraim; b. NYC, Aug
i71902.
Heb Technical Inst, Brooklyn Polytech. •
Industrial & consulting engineer, NYC; officer
professional soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Friedel, Herman; b. Hungary, Mar 23 1881;
d.Jan 1956.
MD NYUlBellevue... Physician, communal
educator, Staten Island; orgr, tchr Staten Island
Heb Educational Alliance; officerJewish
Community Center, med soc. • See: WWIAJ,
1938;NITimes,]an 3 1956,31:1.
Friedel, Jacob Hyman; b. Gologary,
Austria, Dec 241891; d. Beverly Hills,
Jan 211946.
To US 1894... AB, MA Cornell, LLB NY
Law. • Economist, merchant, NYC; withNatl
Industrial ConfBd, Doughnut Co ofAm;
officer trade assns; active synagog; author/
editor in fields, on immigration & labor issues.
• See:AJYB, 48:489; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes,]an 22 1946,28:2.
Friedel, Samuel Nathaniel; b. Washington
DC, Apr 18 1898; d. Mar 14 1979.
Congressman, legislator, Baltimore; mem City
Council; active Democratic politics. 0 See:
WWWIA, 7.
Friedemann, Ulrich Adolph; b. Berlin, May
7 1877; d. Great Neck, Nov 15 1949.
To US 1936. • U Strasbourg, U Berlin, MD U
Heidelberg... Physician, NYC; specialty:
bacteriology, infectious diseases; faculty U
Berlin; author in field; WWI German service;
.. See:EJ;AJYB, 52:501-02; WWIAJ, 1938.
Frieden, Alexander; b. Lithuania, Oct 5
1895; d. Apr 211956:
To US 1912. • BS, MS UVA, MA, PhD
Columbia. • Chemist, Milwaukee; specialty:
food products, beer, yeast; exec Pabst. • See:
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 22 1956,86:3.
Friedenberg, Albert Max; b. NYC,Jan 9
1881;d. Miami Beach, Aprl]une 1942.
BS CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, author;
officer Am]ewish Historical Society. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):97,24:142,
44:337; PAJHS, 33:461-62; WWWIA, 6.
Friedenberg, Samuel; b. Poland, June 2
1886; d. NYC, May 5 1957.
To US 1893. 0 Bldr, medal & Judaica
collector, NYC; a fdr United]ewish Appeal;
officer United Synagogue ofAm, Soc for the
Advancement ofJudaism; benefactorJewish
Museum. • See: EJ; AJYB, 59:475; NITimes,
May61957,29:4.
Friedenthal, Hattie S (Mrs Sigmund
Friedenthal); b. NYC, May 3 1867.
U Denver. • Communalldr, Denver; supt
Mission Sunday School; officerJewish Relief
Soc, Natl Council ofJewish Women... See:
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):60.
Friedenthal, Jonas; b..ca 1869; d. Portland,
OR, Mar 161938.
Industrialist, banker, Portland, OR. • See:
AJYB, 40:384.
Friedenwald, Aaron; b. Baltimore, Dec 20
1836; d. Baltimore, Aug 26 1902.
MD U MD, post-grad Europe... Physician,
ophthalmologist, Baltimore; faculty U MD; cofdr
MD Ophthalmology Soc; officer
professional socs; supporter Heb Orphan
Asylum, ]TS... See: JE (sub Friedenwald); UJE
(sub Friedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald);
AJYB, 4(1902-1903):197; PAJHS, 11:206-07.
Friedenwald, Edgar Bar; b. Baltimore, Nov
201879.
MD ColI ofPharmacy, MD U MD, post-grad
Johns Hopkins.· Pediatrician, Baltimore;
faculty U MD; WWI & Mexican border
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ.
178
Friedenwald, Henry (Harry); b. Baltimore,
Sep 211864; d. Baltimore, Apr 81950.
AB Johns Hopkins, MD Baltimore; honorary
degrees. • Ophthalmologist, natl Zionist ldr,
Baltimore; faculty U MD, Johns Hopkins; natl
pres Fedn ofZionist ofAm; pres Heb
Educational Soc, Fedn of]ewish Charities;
officer med socs; author on med history; WWI
mem Provisional Com for General Zionist
Affairs... See: JE (sub Friedenwald); UJE (sub
Friedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald); AJYB,
6(1904-1905):97,24:142,52:502; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Apr 111950,31:3, correction Apr 14
1950,23:1.
Friedenwald, Herbert; b. Baltimore, Sep 20
1870; d. Washington DC, Apr 281944.
AB Johns Hopkins, PhD U PA. • Author,
editor, playwright, pioneer Zionist,
Washington DC; a fdr Am, Jewish Historical
Soc; officer Am]ewish Com. • See: JE (sub
Friedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald); AJYB,
6(1904-1905):98,24:142,46:47-54,337;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEGAJ; PAJHS,
37:463-66; WWWIA, 2.
Friedenwald, Isaac; b. 1830.
Est well-known press, Baltimore. • See: JE
(sub Friedenwald).
Friedenwald, Jane Ahlborn (Mrs Morris
Friedenwald); b. Manchester, England; d.
Baltimore, Apr 13 1923.
To US 1860. • Communalldr, Baltimore;
mem Am]ewish Historical Soc,]ewish
Publication Soc. • See: PAJHS, 29:165-67.
Friedenwald,Jonas;b.Darmstadt!
Altenbuseck, 1801/1803; d. Sep 2/3 1893.
To US 1831/1832. • Businessman,
philanthropic & communal worker, Baltimore;
a fdr Heb Benevolent Soc, Heb Hospital &
Asylum, Heb Orphan Asylum. • See: JE (sub
Friedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald); EJ (sub
Friedenwald).
Friedenwald, Jonas Stein; b. Baltimore,
June 1 1897; d. Nov 5 1955.
AB, MDJohns Hopkins, MA Harvard. •
Ophthalmologist, Baltimore; facultyJohns
Hopkins; author in field. • See: UJE (sub
Friedenwald); EJ (sub Friedenwald); WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Nov 6
1955,87:1.
Friedenwald, Joseph; b. Darmstadt!
Altenbuseck, July 24 1827; d. Baltimore,
Dec 241910.
Financier, mfr, Baltimore; a fdr, pres Heb
Hospital; active communal affairs, City
Almshouse. 0 See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):60,
13(1911-1912):13 7; PAJHS, 20:165; NYTimes,
Dec 25 1910,9:2.
Friedenwald, Julius; b. Baltimore, Dec 20
1866; d. Baltimore,June 8 1941.
Baltimore City CoIl, AB Johns Hopkins, MD
U MD, post-grad abroad; honorary degree. •
Physician, Baltimore; faculty U MD; pres med
soc; trustee Inst for Advanced Study
(Princeton); author/editor in field. • See:JE
(sub Friedenwald); UJE (sub Friedenwald);

Friedlander, Leo
Rabbi, Plainfield, NJ. • See:A]YB, 19(1917­
1918):265. • *See entry above.
Friedlander, Leo; b. NYC, July 6 1889/
1890; d. White Plains, Oct 24 1966.
Beaux Arts (Brussels, Paris), Am Academy
(Rome). • Sculptor, White Plains;
Episcopalian. • See:A]YB, 24:142, 68:525-26;
WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Oct 25 1966, 45: 1.
Friedlander, Marcus; b. East Prussia, July
1866; d. Brooklyn, Jan 10 1944.
To US 1885. • Heb Union Coll,JTS, postgrad
U CA, Columbia. • Rabbi, Brooklyn,
Oakland, CA; active Zionist Org ofAm,
Central ConfofAm Rabbis, B'nai B'rith,
Menorah Assn; WWI chaplain. • See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):56,46:337; WWIA], 1926,1938;
NITimes, Jan 111944,19:5.
Friedlander, Max; b. Gennany, July 21
1868.
Exec, Hazleton, PA; pres Hazleton Brick Co. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedlander, Samuel; b. ca 1860; d.
Memphis, Oct 15 1938.
Merchant, finance exec, Memphis. • See:
A]YB,41:422.
Friedlander, Samuel; b. Lithuania, 1889.
To US 1907. • Exec, communal & Zionist
worker, Orange, NJ; active Am Jewish Cong;
WWI Palestine Contingent Gewish Legion?)
service. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Friedlander, Solomon; b. Brilon,
Westphalia, Oct 23 1825; d. Chicago,
Aug221860.
To US 1855. • U Bonn, PhD U Heidelberg. •
Reform rabbi, physician, Chicago. • See:]E.
Friedlander, Theodore Sri b. San
Francisco, Mar 61886; d. Dec 3 1952.
Hosiery mfr, Milwaukee; advisor State
Industrial Commn; active Boy Scouts, Red
Cross. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Dec 4
1952,35:4.
Friedlander, Walter; b. Berlin, 1891.
To US 1934. • PhD U Berlin. • Social welfare
expert; pres German Child Welfare League;
faculty U CA (Berkeley); active refugee aid;
author/edItor in field. • See: E].
Friedlander, Walter; b. Berlin, ca 1873; d.
NYC, Sep 1966.
To US 1935. • PhD U Berlin. • Art historian,
NYC; faculty NYU, U Freiberg; author in
field. • See: ]TA-DNB, Sep 9 1966.
Friedlich, A; b. ca 1862; d. Des Moines,
July 12 1913.
Medical & communal worker, Des Moines. •
See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):162.
Friedlich, Herbert Aaron; b. Rochester,
NY, Dec 211893.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago; dir
Jewish Social Service Bureau; WWI military &
government service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Aaron; b. Warsaw, May 3 1864;
d. NYC, July 1939.
To US 1887.· Ordained Heb Union ColI, U
Cincinnati, U MN, MD Jefferson Med ColI. •
Rabbi, Minneapolis; then physician; mem Bd
ofHealth (Hoboken). • See: A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):56; WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, July
15 1939, 15:2.
Friedman, Aaron; b. NYC, Apr 17 1896.
Chem E Columbia. • Consulting & chemical
engineer, NYC; editor trade paper. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Aaron Zebi; b. Stavisk, Poland,
Mar 22 1822; d. NYC, May 17 1876.
To US 1848. • Shohet, strictly Orthodox,
NYC; author onJewish issues. • See:]E.
Friedman, Albert T; b. ca 1866; d.
Milwaukee, Jan 2 1933.
Civic & philanthropic ldr, Milwaukee. • See:
A]YB, 35:123.
Friedman, Annie (Mrs Samuel Friedman);
b. ca 1875; d. Saratoga Springs, Aug 26
1934.
Communal & educational worker, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 37:256.
Friedman, Arnold; b. NYC, Feb 23 1872/
1879; d. Corona, NY, Dec 29 1946.
Art Students League. • Mural, landscape &
portrait painter, Corona, NY. • See: A]YB,
49:611; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec 30 1946,
22:2.
Friedman, Arnold D'Arey; b. Plumerville,
AR,July 241900; d.July 291981.
BA Columbia. • Publisher oftrade journals,
NYC; exec Chain Store Age, Drug Store News. •
See: WWWIA, 8.
Friedman, B C; b. ca 1881; d. Philadelphia,
Mar 191938.
Matzoh baker, communal worker,
Philadelphia. • See: A]Yl), 40:384.
Friedman, B L; b. ca 1855; d. Indianapolis,
Jan 1920.
Rabbi, Indianapolis. • See:A]YB, 22:165.
Friedman, Benjamin; b. NYC, Feb 22 1894.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, broadcaster, author, Syracuse; pres
UnitedJewish Charities; WWI chaplain. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Friedman, Benjamin (Benny); b. Cleveland,
1905; d. NYC, Nov 1982.
U MI. • All-Am football player, coach; with
CCNY, Brandeis, V MI, NY Giants, Brooklyn
Dodgers; active Am Jewish Cong, communal
orgs; military service. • See: UJE (sub
Athletics); E]; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov 24 1982.
Friedman, Bernard; b. Brooklyn, Aug 19
1915; d. Sep 13 1966.
BS CCNY, MS, PhD MIT. • Mathematician,
Oakland, CA; faculty V CA (Berkeley); consult
government agencies; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Sep 14 1966,43:8.
Friedman, Betzalel; b. Brest-Litovsk, 1897.
To US 1922. • Yiddish poet, NYC; tchr
Workmen's Circle schools; contributor
Freiheit. • See: UJE.
180
Friedman, Charles; b. Poland; d. NYC, July
1984.
To VS as child. • Broadway play dir, lyricist,
writer for educational television. • See:
NITimes, July 19 1984.
Friedman, Charles; b. Passaic, Aug 29
1902.
BS V PA, Wharton SchooL • Investment
broker, NYC; earlier publisher Theatre Guild
Magazine; active communal fundraising,
synagog (New Rochelle). • See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Charles Knox; b. Toledo, Jan 14
1873.
LLB, LLM V MI. • Lawyer, city solicitor,
Toledo; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities; active
Social Service Fedn; WWI with Red Cross &
Americanization Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Clarence; b. ca 1869; d.
Memphis, Nov 301938.
Lawyer, judge, philanthropic & communal
worker, Memphis. • See:A]YB, 41:422.
Friedman, David; b.*; d. Paterson, Dec 15
1937.
Talmudist, communal worker, Paterson. • See:
A]YB, 40:384.
Friedman, David; b. ca 1867; d. Caldwell,
OR, Mar 10 1916.
Civil worker, Caldwell, OR. • See: A]YB,
18(1916-1917):107.
Friedman, DovAryeh; b. Suwalki, Nov 6
1854.
To US 1892. • Litterateur, tchr, rabbi, author,
Worcester, Troy, Rochester, NY, Philadelphia.
• See: Eisenstadt, 80.
Friedman, Edmund; b. Nashville, Nov 10
1897.
B Eng Vanderbilt. • County civil engineer,
Miami; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Edward; b. ca 1878; d.June 21
1936.
Chain store pres, communal worker, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 38:428.
Friedman, Edward; b. Hungary, May 12
1888.
U Hungary, BA V Pittsburgh. • Rabbi,
Budapest, Chicago; exec Heb Theological
ColI. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Friedman, Elisha Michael; b. NYC, May 25
1889; d. NYC, Mar 251951.
BS CCNY, BCS NYU. • Economist,
investment banker, finance expert, consult,
NYC; officer Am Com for Heb V; active Joint
Distribution Com; WWI government service.
• See: UJE; A]YB, 24:143, 53:524; WWIA],
1926, 1928; 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Mar 261951,23:5.
Friedman, Emanuel; b. Felso Vadasz,
Hungary, Apr 17 1881.
To VS 1892.· CCNY,MD Denver & Gross

181
CoIl ofMedicine. • Pediatrician, Denver;
faculty U CO; advisor NatlJewish Hospital;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA].
Friedman, Emanuel David; b. NYC, Aug 25
1884.
BS CCNY, MD NYU, post-grad U Vienna, U
Berlin. • Neuropsychiatrist, neurologist, NYC;
faculty NYU; active med assn; author in field. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 24:143; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.
Friedman, FerdinandJ; b. NYC, May 19
1887.
BS?IME? MIT. • Engineer, NYC, Montreal;
WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Friedman, Francis Lee; b. NYC, Sep 15
1918; d. Aug 4 1962.
BA, MA Harvard, PhD MIT. • Nuclear
physicist, Cambridge, MA; faculty MIT; with
Natl Bureau ofStandards, Manhattan Project.
• See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Aug 5 1962,
81:2.
Friedman, GA; b. Russia, 1887.
Physician, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:143.
Friedman, Gedide A; b. Tukkum,
Courland, 1869; d. before 1938.
MD Imperial U (Dorpat). • Physician, NYC;
faculty, researcher NY Polyclinic, Columbia;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Friedman, Gottlieb; b. ca 1843; d. Colville,
WA, reported Feb 1938.
Miner, Civil War veteran, Colville, WA. • See:
A]YB, 40:384.
Friedman, Harold Bertrand; b.
Montgomery, AL, Oct 13 1904.
AB U AL, PhD U VA. • Chemist, Atlanta;
faculty GA Tech; officer professional soc;
author in field; military service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Friedman, Harry A; b. Buffalo, May 16
1890.
Barrister at Law, Kings Counsel, Edmonton,
Canada. • See: BEOA].
Friedman, Harry Bayard; b. Chattanooga,
June41887.
CE U Cincinnati. • Engineer, bldr; with PA
Railroad, Westlake Construction Co (St Louis,
Houston); WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928.
Friedman, Harry George (H G); b. Poland,
Dec 241881; d. NYC, Nov 211965.
To US 1889.· BA U Cincinnati, PhD
Columbia, Heb Union CoIL • Investor,
economist, statistician, philanthropist; with
NYC Public Service Commn, US TariffBd;
benefactorJewish Museum, Metropolitan
Museum ofArt; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 24:143, 67:535;
PA]HS, 55:541-44; WWWIA, 4; NYI'imes,
Nov 23 1965,38:1.
Friedman, Henry; b. Worne, Russia, July
211846.
Rabbi, Milwaukee; earlier Rochester, NY,
Gainesville, FL. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):216.
Friedman, Henry; b. Jaldovoce,
Czechslovakia, Oct 26 1870; d. before
1938.
To NYC 1889.· Banker, McKeesport, PA;
officer Boy Scouts; active civic & communal
fundraising. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Friedman, Henry B; b. Lehigh County, PA,
Mar 191895.
LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, asst US atty,
Allentown, PA; officer Community Chest,
Jewish Community Center; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Friedman, Henry Mj b. abroad; d. NYC,
May 1964.
MD Columbia. • Med supervisor US Public
Health Dept. • See: NITimes, May 28 1964,
37:3.
Friedman, Herbert A; b. New Haven, 1918.
OrdainedJewish Inst ofReligion. • Rabbi,
communal exec, Denver, Milwaukee; exec chr
UnitedJewish Appeal; natl bd ORT, Israel
Bonds. • See: E]; Jewish News story, Sep 27
1968.
Friedman, HerbertJacob; b. Chicago, Mar
2 1876; d. Oct 211956.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, civic ldr,
Chicago; orgr Natl Conffor Reformation of
Criminal Law & Criminal Procedure; pres
Municipal Voters League; officer Chicago
Housing Assn; author in field. • See: A]YB,
24:143; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 3.
Friedman, He,rmanj b. ca 1855; d.
Cleveland, Dec 111935.
Fdr knitting industry, Cleveland. • See:A]YB,
,38:428.
Friedman, Ignace; b. Cracow, Feb 14 1882;
d. Sydney, Jan 1948.
To US 1920, to Sydney 1940. • U Leipzig, U
Vienna. • Pianist, composer, Europe, South
America, US, Australia; editor in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 7;NITimes,
Jan 27 1948,25:5.
Friedman, Irving; b. Russia, 1890?; d.
Miami, Aug 22 1965.
To US as child. • Bldr, philanthropist; a fdr
Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; est Parkinson
Inst; benefactor Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.
• See:A]YB, 67:535.
Friedman, Irving; b. NYC, Dec 13 1893.
Business coIL • Businessman, brewer,
Brooklyn; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Friedman, IrvingJacques; b. Yanova,
Kovno, Nov 28 1889.
To US 1901. • AB Atlanta Normal School,
LLB U AL. • Lawyer, deputysheriff, Ft Smith,
AR; officer Veterans ofForeign Wars, B'nai
B'rith; active legal assns, communal & civic
Friedman (Friedmann), Lee Max
charities; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Friedman, Isaac Kahn; b. Chicago, Nov 3
1870; d. Chicago, Sep 22 1931.
PhB U MI. • Author, journalist, novelist,
Chicago. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99,
24:143,34:110; WWWIA, 1.
Friedman, Isadore; b. Kowel, Poland, Dec
161893; d. NYC,July 281950.
Yiddish actor, playwright; autobiography. •
See: A]YB, 53:524; NITimes, July 30 1950,
61:1.
Friedman,J L; b.*
Motion picture producer, Chicago. • See:
A]YB,24:143.
Friedman, Jacob; b.*; d. Rochester, MN,
July 28 1940.
Rabbi, Clairton, MN; earlier Homestead, PA.
• See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):216,43:358.
Friedman, Jacob Alexis; b. Ostrow, Poland,
Dec 251898.
To NYC 1904. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia. •
Historian, author, NYC; faculty CCNY. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Friedman, Jacob Henry; b. NYC, July 17
1903; d.Jan 271973.
BS CCNY, MD Tulane, post-grad NY
Psychoanalytic Inst. • Neuropsychiatrist,
Bronx; faculty Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed;
officer professional socs; author in field; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Jan 29
1973,32:4.
Friedman,Joseph; b. Philadelphia, June 28
1906; d. Dec 201977.
Benton CoIl (St Louis). • Industrialist, Zionist,
Madison, IL, St Louis. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Friedman, Joseph Solomon; b. Cherkov,
Apr 191899; d. Binghampton, May 1956.
To US 1905. • BS Harvard, Columbia, PhD U
Chicago. • Consult chemist, Brooklyn; coinventor
polaroid process; author/editor in
field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NITimes, May 171956,31:2.
Friedman, Judas Leopold; b. ca 1841; d.
Cleveland, Mar 11913.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):270.
Friedman, Julius; b. ca 1871; d. Tacoma,
Feb 251937.
Merchant, communalldr, Tacoma.· See:
A]YB, 39:591.
Friedman (Friedmann), Lee Max; b.
Memphis, Dec 29 1871; d. Boston, Aug 7
1957.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Trial lawyer, Jewish
historian, patron oflearning, bibliophile,
Boston; endowed AmJewish Historical Soc,
Public Library; author in field. • See: UJE; E];
A]Yi3, 7(1905-1906):60-61,24:143,61:14-18;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; PA]HS, 47:211-15,
51:30-48,56:261-70; WWWIA, 3.

Friend, Emil(The Boersianer)
Friend, Emil (The Boersianer); b. Prague,
Dec 25 1863/Prague, Dec 25 1867; d.
Milwaukee, Oct 1920.
To US 1886.· UVienna.· Journalist,
financial editor; with NYDaily News, Chicago
Herald-Examiner.· See:AJYB, 24:143;
WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Oct 3 1920,22:1.
Friend, George B; b. Rumania, Oct 27
1884.
To US 1885. • Chain store exec, Chicago. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Friend, HarryM; b. Cincinnati, ca 1880; d.
NYC, Oct 17 1945.
Newspaperman, NYC, Chicago, St Louis. •
See: AJYB, 48:489; NYTimes, Oct 18 1945,
23:5.
Friend, Hugo Morris; b. Prague,July 21
1882; d. Apr 1966.
To US ca 1884.· PhB U Chicago,JD U
Chicago. • Cook County circuit court judge,
Chicago; presided at Black Sox trial; officer
Jewish Home Finding Soc; mem US Olympic
track team. • See: U]E; EJ; AJYB, 24:143;
WWIA.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 1
1966,88:3.
Friend, Ida Weis (MrsJoseph E Friend); b.
Natchez, June 30 1868.
Clubwoman, New Orleans; State Fedn of
Wornens Clubs, Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; active Democratic politics. • See:
U]E; WWIAJ, 1938.
Friend,Jacob E; b.*; d. Florence, May 2
1912.
Mfr, legislator, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):127.
Friend, Morris; b. Dehlingen, Alsace-
Lorraine, Feb 11 1859.
To US 1876. • Merchant, Humboldt &
Lincoln, NE; an orgr Beatrice Creamery;
officerJewish Fedn, B'nai B'rith; active Charity
Org, Soc ofFriendless. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Friend, Robert Elias; b. Merton, WI, Sep 1
1886; d.July 141962.
Pres Nordberg Mfg Co, Milwaukee; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, July 15 1962,60:3.
Friendlich, Henry; b. ca 1829; d. NYC, July
281911.
Rabbi, Leavenworth. • See: AJYB, 14(1912­
1913):123.
Friendly, Alfred; b. Salt Lake City, Dec 30
1911; d. Nov 1983.
Amherst. • Editor, Pulitzer Prize winner;
editor Washington Post; WWII service. • See:
NYTimes, Nov 8 1983.
Friendly, Edwin Samuel (Samson); b.
Elmira, NY,June 15 1884; d.July 1970.
Newspaper mgr, NYC; with NYTimes, NY
Sun, NY World-Telegram; active professional
assns. • See: U]E; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
REGA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,]uly 101970,
33:1.
Friendly, Fred (born Fred Wachenheimer);
b.1915.
Noted television writer, dir, consult, radio
announcer; W\VII correspondent. • See: EJ.
Friendly, Myer; b. Bavaria, ca 1849; d.
Elmira, NY, Mar 81937.
To US ca 1865. • Indian trader, carriage
businessman. • See:AJYB, 39:591; NYTimes,
Mar 91937,23:2.
Friendly, Oscar Nathan; b. Corvallis, OR,
Aug 24 1884; d. Feb 11 1975.
BS U CA. • Consult mining engineer, exec,
Salt Lake City; active professional assn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.
Fries, Robert G Jr; b. Cincinnati, Jan 6
1893; d. Cincinnati, Oct 28 1963.
Cornell. • Co-fdr, Fries & Fries, mfg chemist,
Cincinnati; noted producers offood flavorings.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 29 1963,
36:4.
Friesner, Isidore; b. NYC, July 25 1874; d.
Katonah, NY, Sep 81945.
AB CCNY, MD U CO. • Physician, otologist,
NYC; pres Mt Sinai med bd; officer med soc;
author in field. • See: AJYB, 48:489; WWIAJ,
1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Sep 9 1945,45:1.
Friml, (Charles) Rudolf; b. Bohemia, 1881;
d. Hollywood, CA, Nov 13 1972.
To US 1906. • Composer, songwriter, NYC;
charter mem Am Soc ofComposers, Authors
& Publishers; "Rose Marie." • See: AJYB,
24:143; NYTimes story, July 25 1969, obituary
Nov 141972, 50:1.
Frisch, Daniel; b. Targu Frumos, Rumania!
Palestine, Sep 211897; d. NYC, Mar 7
1950.
To US 1921. • Retail merchant, investment
broker, Zionist Idr, author, Indianapolis; pres
Zionist Org ofAm, Jewish Agency, World
Fedn ofZionists. • See: EJ; AJYB, 52:502;
WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Mar 81950,
27:1.
Frisch, Emanuel; b. Brooklyn, May 14
1912; d. NYC,Jan 211971.
Lawyer, business exec, communal fundraiser,
NYC; officer YM-YWHA; bd Metropolitan
Jewish Geriatric Center; trustee Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; active Nat! ConfofChristians
&Jews. • See:AJYB, 73:631; NYTimes, Jan 24
1971,64:2.
Frisch, Ephraim; b. Shubocz, Lithuania,
Oct 11880; d. NYC, Dec 241957.
To US 1888. • BA U Cincinnati, PhD
Columbia, post-grad U Chicago, NY School of
Philanthropy, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
'Rabbi, author, editor, NYC, San Antonio; pres
Jewish Chautauqua, San Antonio Open Forum;
chr Am Falasha Com, Central ConfofAm
Rabbis Social]ustice Commn; bdHeb Union
ColI, League for Industrial Democracy;
supporter Am Civil Liberties Union,
Americans for Democratic Action. • See: U]E;
EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):216,60:355; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 26 1957, 19:1.
Frisch, Leonard Hennan; b. Suwalki, Apr
201890; d. Minneapolis, June 291984.
To Minneapolis 1901. • BA U MN, U MN
Law. • Editor, communal & Zionist Idr,
Minneapolis; supervisor Galveston
Immigration Bureau; publisher, editor Am
Jewish Warld; exec bd Zionist Org ofAm,
Keren Hayesod; WWI service. • See: AJYB,
86:438; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; REGAJ;
JTA-DNR, Sep 11 1984.
Frisch, Ruth Cohen (Mrs); b. ca 1885; d.
San Antonio, Aug 5 1934.
Communal & civic worker, San Antonio. •
See:AJYB, 37:256.
184
Frisch, William; b. Bohemia, 1854; d.
Baltimore,July 301910.
To US ca 1865. • Newspaperman, Baltimore;
editor-in-chiefBaltimore Am; specialty:
politics; tchr free classes for immigrants. • See:
U]E;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):99,13(1911­
1912):135; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,]uly 31
1910, 7:5.
Frischer,Julius; b. Myslowitz, Gennany,
June 15 1885.
MD Kansas CityMed ColI, post-grad Europe.
• Urologist, Kansas City; officer med socs;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Frischwasser, Benjamin F; b. Austria,
1883?; d. Bronx, July 30 1958.
Insurance broker, NYC; a fdr, officer ILGWU;
bd Forward. • See:AJYB, 61:417; NYTimes,
July 31 1958,23:4.
Frishberg, Israel Zev; h. Ukraine, May 18
1876; d. Brooklyn, Oct 18 1955.
Communal educator, author; chief consult
Mizrachi Nat! Bd ofEducation; fdr Heb Tchrs
Assn, Heb Principals Assn; faculty Yeshiva U,
Herzliah Heb Tchrs Inst. • See: AJYB, 58:476;
NYTimes, Oct 191955,33:3.
Frishberg, Naphtali Z; b.*; d. Englewood,
NJ, Aug 1960.
CCNY, ordainedJewish Inst ofReligion. •
Rabbi, Larchmont, NY; active introducing
Heb in public schools. • See: NYTimes, Aug 10
1960,31:2.
Frishman, Morris; b. Kiev, Oct 1 1890.
To US 1894.· BS U Pittsburgh, MDJohns
Hopkins. • Physician, Pittsburgh; with
Tuberculosis Hospital; WWI service. • See:
WWIA},1938.
Frocht, Max Mark; b. Warsaw, June 3 1894.
To US 1912. • BS, PhD U MI, MS U
Pittsburgh. • Mechanical engineer, Pittsburgh;
specialty: stress analysis, photoelasticity; faculty
Carnegie Inst; author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Froehlich,Alfred;b.\Tienna, 1871;d.Mar
1953.
To US 1939. • Pharmacologist, Cincinnati;
discover/inventor methods; with Jewish
Hospital; faculty U Vienna. • See: EJ;
NYTimes, Mar 23 1953,23:3.
Froelich,Jesse; b. ca 1879; d. Long Beach,
LI, May 13 1939.

185
Merchant, Long Beach, LI; pres Bd of
Education.· See:AJYB, 41:422; NITimes,
May 141939, ill 7:4.
Frohlich, Louis David; b. NYC, Feb 19
1885; d. Mar 1953.
AB Columbia, NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
specialty: copyright; general counsel Am Soc of
Composers, Authors & Publishers. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 11953,
29:2.
Frohman, Charles; b. Sandusky, June 17
1860; d. Lusitania, May 71915.
Theatrical mgr, NYC; a fdr Theatrical
Syndicate. • See:]E; UJE; E] (sub Frohman);
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99, 17(1915-1916):219;
WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May 15 1915, 13:5,
May241915, 11:5,June 3 1915,11:5.
Frohman, Charles Eugene; b. Sandusky,
Aug 91901; d. Sep 10 1976.
BS U PA, JD Yale; honorary degree. • Banker,
mfr, lawyer, author, Sandusky; Episcopalian. •
See: WWWL4, 7.
Frohman, Daniel; b. Sandusky, Aug 22
185111853; d. NYC, Dec 1940.
Theatrical mgr, journalist, NYC; a fdr
Theatrical Syndicate; pres Actors Fund ofAm;
dir Paramount, Famous Players-Lasky Film
Co; memoirs. • See: ]E; UJE; E] (sub
Frohman);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):99,24:143;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Dec 27 1940, 14:3.
Frohman, Enuna;b. Sandusky; d. NYC, Apr
141937.
Charitable worker, NYC; active Actors Fund,
US World War Amputation Assn, WWI. •
See:A]YB, 39:591; NYTimes, Apr 161937,
23:4.
Frohman, Gustave; b. Sandusky, 1855; d.
Aug 1930.
Theatre mgr, NYC. • See: E] (sub Frohman);
NITimes, Aug 17 1930, IT 7:3.
Fromberg, Harry George; b. Chiconov,
Russia, July 13 1889; d. New Hyde Park,
LI, Nov 261974.
To US 1893. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; a
fdr, pres Natl Council ofYoung Israel; active
Republican politics, Union ofOrthodoxJewish
Congregations, Am Jewish Cong.· See:A]YB,
76:513;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Nov
29 1974,42:3.
Fromberg, Joseph; b. Augusta, GA, May 27
1890.
LLB USC. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal
judge, aide to governor, Charleston, SC, then
special asst US atty general, Washington DC;
officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish
Congregations; active Zionist Org ofAm. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Fromenson, Abraham Haym (Hyman); b.
Chicago, Nov 4/18 1872/1873/1874/
1878; d. NYC, Apr 121935.
NYU. • Newspaperman, publicity agent,
public relations consult, Zionist ldr, NYC; exec
secy B'nai B'rith, Natl Farm School; publicity
dir Zionist Org ofAm, communal fundraising
campaigns; introduced/edited English section
Jewish Daily News. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):99-100,24:143,37:256; WWIA], 1928;
BEOA]; Eisenstadt, 72.
Fromenson, Baruch; b. ca 1847; d. NYC,
May 71917.
Cantor, communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):265..
Fromenson, Ruth Bernard (Mrs Abraham
H Fromenson); b. Rochester, NY, 1880?;
d. NYC, Jan 261953.
A fdr Hadassah; chr Palestine Supplies Bureau.
• See: A]YB, 55:455; NITimes, Jan 27 1953,
25:5.
Fromkes, Maurice; b. Poland, Feb 191872;
d. Paris, Sep 17 1931.
Cooper Union, Natl Academy ofDesign. •
Portrait painter, NYC; noted portraits of
Spanish intellectuals & peasants. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:143, 34:111; WWWIA, 1.
Fronun, Erich; b. Frankfurt, Mar 23 1900;
d. Mar 18 1980.
To US ca 1933. • Psychoanalytic Inst (Berlin),
PhD U Heidelberg. • Psychoanalyst, social
philosopher, theoritician, neo-Freudian,
author; faculty Bennington ColI, N atl U
(Mexico), MI State, NYU. • See: E]; WWWIA,
7; NYTimes, Mar 19 1980.
Fronun, Nelson K; b. Albany, NY, Dec 9
1881; d.Jline 22 1938.
AB Dartmouth, MD Albany Med CoIL •
Physician, communal worker, Albany, NY;
faculty Albany Med ColI; officer med soc,
synagog; author in field; WWI service. • See:
A]YB, 40:384; BEOA]; NITimes, June 23 1938,
21:3.
Fronun-Reichmann, Frieda (Mrs Erich
Fromm); b. Karlsruhe, Oct 23 1889; d.
Apr 281957.
To US 1933. • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,
pioneer psychotherapist; fdr Southwest
German Psychoanalytic Inst; assocd with
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral
Sciences (Stanford); author in field. • See: E];
NAW: modem; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Apr 30
1957,29:2.
Fromme, Herman; b. ca 1863; d. NYC,
June 281913.
Lawyer, NYc.. See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):270.
Fromme, Isaac; b. ca 1854; d. Asbury Park,
NJ, Aug 291917.
CCNY, LLB CCNY. • Registrar, NYC; orgr
Real Estate Exchange; counsel Lawyers Title
Insurance Co.· See:A]YB, 20(1918­
1919):228;NITimes,Aug311917,7:4.
Frommer, Jacob (F) abn (the Levite); b.
Riga, Jan 30 1854; d. New Haven,Jan 13
1918.
Rabbi, Russia, Cleveland, New Haven. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):57,20(1918-1919):228.
Fronuner, SamueIAlexander;b. Cleveland,
Feb 61893.
B Lin Columbia. • Advertising exec,
Fuchs, Emil Edwin
stockbroker, communalldr, Indianapolis;
officerJewish Educational Assn,Jewish
Welfare Fund, INJewish ConE • See: BEOA].
Frost, Charles; b. NYC,July41895; d.
NYC, Jan 8 1971.
Honorary degree. • Industrialist,
philanthropist; pres Am Technion Soc; a fdr
Jewish NYU Culture Found; benefactor Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed.· See:A]YB, 73:631;
NITimes, Jan 91971,31:1.
Frucht, Nathaniel; b. NYC, Oct 14 1889.
ME Cornell. • Patent lawyer, Providence;
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Frumberg, Abram Morgan; b. Towanda,
PA, Mar 30 1877; d. Sep 1943.
NYU, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, St Louis,
NYC; counsel for "Black Sox." • See: WWIA],
1926, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1943,23:5.
Frumkes,John G; b. NYC; d. Clearwater,
FL, Apr 1969.
Garment maker, industry ldr, NYC; fdr
Refugee ReliefFund. • See: NITimes, Apr 5
1969,17:3.
Frumkin, Abraham; b. Jerusalem, 1872; d.
Seagate, LI, Apr 29 1940. .
To US 1899. • Yiddish author, journalist,
scholar, Seagate, LI; with Idishe Velt. • See:]E
(sub Frumkin, Israel Dob); Eisenstadt, 79.
Frumkin,Jacob G; b. Kovno, Oct 11879; d.
NYC, Sep 271971.
To US 1941. • Lawyer, ORT exec, NYC; pres
Union ofRussianJews; co-editor works on
RussianJewry. • See: A]YB, 73:631; NITimes,
Sep 29 1971, 36:5.
Frydman, Szako (Szajko); see Szajkowski,
Zosa.
Fryer, Samuel A; b. 1884?; d. Santa Monica,
Sep 91967.
Biochemist, philanthropist, Los Angeles;
benefactor Haifa Technion, Heb U, U
Judaism.· See:A]YB, 69:607.
Fuchs, Abraham Wallerstein; b. NYC, Feb
2 1892.
CE CornelL • Sanitary engineer; with US
Public Health Service; studied pollution,
malaria control; authorin field. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928,1938;BEOA].
Fuchs, Daniel; b. NYC, June 25 1909.
AB CCNY. • Novelist, public school tchr,
scriptwriter, NYC; contributor New Republic,
Am Heb. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Fuchs, Emil; b. Vienna, Aug 9 1866; d.
NYC, Jan 13 1929.
Imperial Academies (Vienna, Berlin). • Painter,
sculptor, etcher, NYC; tchr London Royal
Academy, Paris Salon; autobiography. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 31:92; WWIA], 1926,1928;
WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Jan 141929,1:4.
Fttchs, Emil Edwin; b. Bromberg,·
Germany, Apr 17 1878; d. Boston, Dec
1961.

Fuchs,]acob
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, deputy district atty,
police & municipal judge, baseball player,
NYC, Boston; longtime supporter, counsel
University Settlement House; owner Boston
Braves baseball team. • See: WWIA], 1928;
BEOA]; NITimes, Dec 61961,47:4.
Fuchs, Jacob; b. ca 1869; d. Brooklyn, Apr
241940.
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 42:479;
NITimes, Apr 25 1940, 23:2.
Fuchs, James; b. Austria.
Writer, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:144.
Fuchs, Josef; b. NYC, Apr 26 1899.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Violinist, NYC; with
Cleveland Symphony: ldr Cleveland String
Quartet. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Fuchs, Julius; b. St George, Austria, Oct 16
1846.
Normal School (Vienna). • German language
tchr, poet, Cincinnati; faculty Cincinnati High
School; author in field. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):100.
Fuchs, Lillian; b. NYC, Nov 181903.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Violipist, composer,
NYC; mem string quartets. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928.
Fuchs, Nathaniel; b. NYC, July 201898; d.
Linden, NJ,Jan 1956.
B Chern, PhD Cornell. • Research chemist,
Linden, W; with General Aniline Works. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Jan 27
1956,23:5.
Fuchsberg, Jacob D; b. 1913.
Leading trial lawyer, state court ofappeals
judge, NYC; officer professional assn, Zionist
Org ofAm; author/editor in field. • See:
E]:1973-1982.
Fuld, Caroline Bamburger Frank (Mrs
Felix Fuld); b. Baltimore, Mar 16 1864;
d. Lake Placid, NY, July 18 1944.
Philanthropist; fdr Inst for Advanced Study
(Princeton); benefactor Am Joint Agriculture
Corp, Newark Art Museum. • See: UJE (sub
Fuld, Felix);A]YB, 47:522; NAW; NITimes,
July 19 1944, 19:1.
Fuld, David; b. ca 1836; d. Albany, NY, Feb
61913.
Mfr,Albany, NY.• See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):270.
Fuld, l'elix; b. Frankfurt, ca 1869; d. South
Orange,Jan 201929.
To US ca 1883.· Merchant, dept store exec,
philanthropist, Newa.rk; with Bambergers; pres
Fedn ofNJ YM & YWHAs; officer trade assns;
active communal fundraising,Jewish
agricultural settlements. • See: UJE; A]YB;
24:144,31:92; WWIA], 1928; NITimes, Jan 21
1929,21:4.
Fuld, Joseph E; b. NYC, ca 1873; d. NYC,
Jan 3 1937.
MD Columbia. • Surgeon, NYC; specialty:
hands; officer professional assn. • See: A]YB,
39:591; NITimes, Jan 41937,29:1.
Fuld, Leonhard F; b. NYC, Aug 12 1883; d.
Trenton, Aug 301965.
AB, AM, LLB, LLM, PhD Columbia. •
Lawyer, economist, municipal, state & federal'
civil service examiner, philanthropist;
benefactor Helene Fuld Hospital (Trenton);
author/editor in field; WWI government
service.· See:A]YB, 67:535; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Sep 1 1965, 37:1.
Fuld"Ruth Scharps (Mrs MoseslMoe 1
Fuld); b. Newburgh, NY, Apr 25 1874; d.
Jan 1957.
Vassar. • Charity worker, Paterson; officer
Thrift Shop Workers, StJosephs Hospital,
Heb Ladies Benevolent Soc; active synagog. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 5 1957, 17:5.
Fuld, Stanley Howells; b. 1903.
Lawyer, state court ofappeals judge, defender
ofpersonal rights, NYC; active Republican
politics, communal affairs, JTS, Hillel, Joint
Defense Appeal. • See: E].
Fuller, Aaron; b. ca 1858; d. St Louis, July 3
1936.
Merchant, communal worker, St Louis. • See:
A]YB, 39:591.
Fuller, Leo Charles; b. Ft Smith, AR, Aug
23 1865; d. Sep 1963.
AB Yale. • Exec, realtor,. St Louis; with Stix,
Baer & Fuller Co; dir Chamber ofCommerce.
• See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.
Funaro, Roberto; b. Leghorn, 1883; d. Mar
1955.
To NYC 1939.· UPisa, U Berlin.·
Pediatrician, physician to royal families; faculty
U Leghorn; author in field. • See: UJE;
NITimes, Mar 13 1955,86:5.
Funk, Casimir; b. Warsaw, Feb 23 1884; d.
Nov 20 1967.
To US 1915. • PhD U Berne, post-grad
London Lister Inst. • Biochemist, discoverer
vitamin B, med researcher, Found pres; with
London Cancer Hospital Research Inst,
Rockefeller Found Support, Warsaw School of
Hygiene; consult US Vitamin Corp; author in
field; WWI drug producer. • See: E]; A]YB,
24:144; DAB, 8; NITimes, Nov 211967,1:8.
Funk, Rudolph A; b.*; d. Cincinnati,]une 5
1942.
Rabbi, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB, 44:337.
Funsten, Benjamin Reed; b. St Louis, Nov
3 1887; d. Mar 15 1969.
Merchant, St Louis, San Francisco; with Rice
Stix (St Louis); pres B F Schlesinger & Sons
(San Francisco). • See: WWWIA, 5,8.
Furth,]acob; b.*; d. Seattle, June 2 1914.
Banker, Seattle. • See: A]YB, 16(1914­
1915):162.
Furscott, Mortimer C; b. Charleston, SC,
Feb 241879.
Merchant, Indianapolis; pres Kahn Tailoring
Co (Indianapolis), English Woolen Co
(Cleveland). • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Furst, Bruno; b. Metz, Germany, Mar 13
1891; d. NYC, Mar 281965.
To US 1938. • Writer, lecturer, memory
expert; faculty McGeorge CoIl ofLaw
(Sacramento); fdr School ofMemory &
Concentration; author in field. • See:A]YB,
67:535; NY7imes, Mar 30 1965,47:1.
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Furst, George; b. NYC, May 11 1891; d.
Newark, Apr 18 1964.
LLB NJ Law, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, Newark;
officer B'nai Abraham; active Beth Israel
Hospital, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NITimes, Apr 19 1964, 85: 1.
Furst,Joseph; b. Boston, Aug 311900; d.
May241967.
Rice Inst, U TX. • Investment banker, Boston;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Furst, MelvinJ; b. NYC; d. LI, Feb 1982.
Businessman, philanthropist; bd JTS;
benefactor Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, LI
Jewish Hillside Memorial Center; supporter
Hadassah; active synagog. • See:A]YB, 84:332.
Furst, Michael; b. ca 1857; d. Brooklyn,
June 271934.
Lawyer, banker, philanthropist, civic worker,
Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 36:280; NITimes, June
28 1934,23:4.
Furst, Moritz; b. near Pressburg,
Bratislava, 1782; d. 1840.
To US 1807. • Noted medallist; with US Mint
(Philadelphia). • See: E].
Furst, Sol; b. Czechoslovakia, 1894; d.
NYC, Nov 171.971.
To US 1908. • Business exec, philanthropist; a
fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Bar-nan; .
trustee Yeshiva U.· See:A]YB, 73:631;
NITimes, Nov 191971, 48:4.
Furstenberg, Hillel (Harry); b. Berlin,
1935.
To Israel 1965. • BA, MSc Yeshiva U, PhD
Princeton. • Mathematician; faculty MIT, U
MN, Heb U. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Furth, Emanuel; b. Reading, PA, Sep 26
1857; d. Philadelphia, Mar 171931.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), LLB
U PA. • Lawyer, legislator, author,
Philadelphia; active Democratic politics, repeal
ofSunday closing laws. • See: UJE; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):100,33:126.
Furth, George Washington; b. St Louis,
Sep 241876; d. Cleveland, Aug 22 1944.
Lawyer, councilman, Cleveland; dirJewish
Orphan Home, Heb Free Loan Assn,
Educational League; active Progressive Party,
Zionist Org ofAm.· See:A]YB, 47:522;
WWIA],1938.
Furth, Jacob; b. Bohemia, June 12 1844; d.
St Louis, Oct 15 1918.
Commercial CoIl (St Louis). • Wholesale
grocer, communal worker, Cleveland, St Louis;

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officer B'nai B'rith; bdJewish Orphan Asylum,
Public Library, House ofRefuge. • See:A]YB,
7(1905-1906):61,21:205. .
Furth, Jacob; t;.. Miskolc, Hungary, Sep 20
1896; d.July 22 1979.
To US 1924. • MD U Prague; honorary
degrees. • Physician, pathologist, consult,
NYC; faculty Cornell, Columbia; specialty:
cancer; officer professional assns. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, July 28 1979.
Fusfeld, Irving Stanley; b. NYC, Nov 5
1893.
BS, MA Columbia, Bach Pedagogy, MA
Fyne, Sheftel
Gallaudet.· Editor, AmAnnals ofthe Deaf,
Washington DC.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Fyne, Sheftel; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Apr 20
1936.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 38:428.