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NYC, Mar 16 1948.
To NYC 1871/1873. • Concert pianist,
accompanist, tchr, NYC; co-fdr David Mannes
School ofMusic; family Lutheran. • See:
AJYB, 50:519-20; NAW; DAB, 4; NYTimes,
Mar 181948,27:1.
Mannes, David; b. NYC, Feb 16 1866; d.
NYC,Apr 1959.
Violinist, dir, conductor, educator;
concertmaster NY Symphony Orchestra; cofdr
David Mannes Music School, Settlement
Symphony; inaugurated Metropolitan Museum
free concerts. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:178;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Apr 25 1959,21:4.
Mannes, Leopold Damrosch; b. NYC, Dec
26 1899; d. Marthas Vineyard, MA, Aug
111964.
Mannes, Juilliard, AB Harvard. • Pianist,
Pulitzer Prize winner; co-inventor
Kodachrome color process; co-dir Mannes
ColI ofMusic; tchrJuilliard. • See: EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Aug 12
1964,35:1.
Mannheimer, Eugene; b. Rochester, NY,
Nov 3 1880; d. 1952.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,
post-grad U Chicago, Columbia. • Rabbi,
communal worker, Sioux City; orgrJewish
Community Center, UnitedJewish
Philanthropies; officer Central ConfofAm
Rabbis. • See: UJE (sub Mannheimer,
Sigmund);AJYB, 5(1903-1904):78; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; CCARYB.
Mannheimer, Jennie; see Manner, Jane.
Mannheimer, Leo; b.*
Rabbi, Chattanooga. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):220.
Mannheimer, Louis Herschman; b. Prague,
Sep 3 1840/1845; d. NYC, Dec 171920.
To US 1866. • U Cincinnati. • Tchr, author,
poet, communal worker, Cincinnati; pres
German Womens Club (Rochester, NY); fdr
Boys Industrial School. • See: JE; UJE (sub
Mannheimer, Sigmund); AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):149-50,23:132.
Mannheimer, Michael; b. Bavaria, 1844; d.
Chicago, 1891.
To-Chicago 1865.· UMunich, UErlangen, U
Vienna, U Heidelberg, U LA. • Physician,
health inspector, Chicago. • See: UJE.
Mannheimer, Sigmund; b. Kemel,
Germany, May 16 1835; d. Cincinnati,
Dec 181909.
To US 1865.· BL UParis.· Jewish scholar,
Heb grammarian, translator, Cincinnati;
faculty Heb Union ColI; contributorJE. • See:
JE; UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):150,12(1910­
1911):110.
Manning, Abraham; b. ca 1822; d. Utica,
Dec41922.
Soldier, longtime Russian army service, Utica.
• See:AJYB, 25:140; NYTimes, Dec 5 1922,
19:3.
Manshel, Charles; b. Skala, Austria, Dec 18
1880; d. Miami Beach, Mar 1960.
Exec, Newark.· See: WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes,
Mar 6 1960, 86:5.
Manson, Harold P; b. NYC, Oct 23 1918; d.
NYC, Dec 16 1984.
Yeshiva U. • Publicist, communal worker,
NYC; exec staffZionist Org ofAm; dir of
public relations Am Friends ofHeb U; WWII
spokesman Am Zionist Emergency CounciL •
See: AJYB, 86:441.
Manson, Phillip; b. NYC, 1877; d.
Rochester, NY, Oct 61941.
Shipping expert, presidential advisor,
diplomatic negotiator, Rochester, NY. • See:
AJYB, 44:342; NYTimes, Oct 7 1941,23:5.
Mantel, Hugo; b. Vienna, Mar 31908.
To US 1924.· AB, ordained Yeshiva ColI,
post-grad U IA. • Rabbi, Braddock, PA;
contributor Am-Jewish press. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Mantel, Jacob Robert; b. Newark, Dec 2
1894.
LLB NYU.• Lawyer, financial exec, Summit,
N]; officerJewish Community Center; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mantell, Herman P; b. NYC, July 17 1904;
d. NYC, Apr 15 1971.
Lawyer, educator, NYC; admr Philathea ColI
(London, Ontario); pres Jewish Tchrs Assn of
NY; officer Council ofJewish Orgs in Civil
Service, Citizens Forum, Tchrs Council. • See:
AJYB, 73:633-34; NYTimes, Apr 161971,40:5.
Mantinband, Charles; b. NYC, Apr 2 1895;
d.1974.
BS CCNY, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, civil rights
activist, prison chaplain, Shreveport,
Williamsport, PA; exec secy Fedn ofJewish
Charities; officer Social Workers Round
Table; editorJewish Civic League News. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
Manuel, Hersh Nathan; b. Letnia
Drohobycz, Poland, Apr 4 1890.
To US 1921.· UZurich, Columbia,JTS.·
Rabbi, religious educator, author, Germany,
Austria, Brooklyn, Bronx; officer Fedn of
Orthodox Rabbis ofAm; WWI Austrian army
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mapow, Abraham B; b. Philadelphia, Sep 21
1907; d. May 41969.
MD Temple U. • Physician, Philadelphia;
facultyJefferson Med School. • See: WWWIA,
6.
Marache, Solomon; b. NYC.
18th century merchant, Revolutionary patriot
& abolitionist, Philadelphia; ldr Mikveh Israel,
withdrew in 1782 when he married a Gentile. •
See: EJ; BDFAJ.
Maragowsky, Jacob Samuel (Zeidel
Rowner); b. Radomishel, Kiev, 1856.
To US 1914. • Noted cantor, recitalist, prolific
composer, tchr, NYC, Russia, London; many
noted pupils. • See: UJE.
Marcovitch, Simon
Marblestone, Manuel; b. ca 1833; d.
Cincinnati, Feb 16 1911.
Merchant, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB, 13(1911­
1912):137.
Marburg, Otto; b. Roemerstadt, Austria,
May 251874; d. NYC,June 13 1948.
To US 1938.· MD UVienna.· Neurologist,
NYC; facultyU Vienna, Columbia; author in
field.· See:AJYB, 51:523; WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes, June 141948,23:4.
March, Abraham W (born Marcovich); b.
East Chicago, Dec 11 1909; d. June 13
1969.
U Chicago. • Radiologist, Dayton, OH; author
in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.
March, Benjamin Dayton; b.*; d. Memphis,
Aug241912.
Active in combatting yellow fever epidemic,
Memphis. • See:AJYB, 15(1913-1914):272.
March, Hal (born Harold Mendelson); b.
San Francisco, Apr 22 1920; d.Jan 1970.
Actor, entertainer, writer, announcer, Emmy
winner, Scarsdale; military service. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Jan 201970; 40:3.
Marcin, Max; b. Posen province, May 5/6
1879; d. Tucson, Mar 1948.
To US as child.· CCNY.· Playwright,
producer, mystery & screenwriter, NYC, Los
Angeles. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:178; WWIAJ,
1926 (addenda), 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Apr 11948,26:2.
Marck, Siegfiied; b. Bredau, 1889; d. Feb
1957.
To Chicago 1940. • German philosopher,
Chicago; faculty U Breslau; author in field. •
See: EJ; NYTimes, Feb 22 1957,21:3.
Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; b. Sep 13
1876/1877; d. Mar 141961.
Editor, author, journalist, NYC; interviewed
world ldrs; with Saturday Evening Post, Munseys
Magazine. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:179; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;
NYTimes, Mar 15 1961,39:3.
Marcosson, Louis; b. ca 1840; d. Cleveland,
Sep 81920.
Civil War veteran, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,
23:132.
Marcosson, Sol; b. Louisville, June 10 1869;
d.Jan 10/17 1940.
Royal Hochschule ofMusic (Berlin). • Concert
violinist, tchr, Cleveland; concertmaster
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra; dir
MarcossonMusic School.· See:AJYB, 24:179,
42:481; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 1.
Marcovitch, Simon; b. Groduo, Dec 12
1890.
To US 1905. • Syracuse U, BS Cornell, MS,
PhD U MN. • Entomologist, Knoxville; staff
U MN, Natl Farm School, U TN; author in
field. • See: AJYB, 24:179; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Marcus, Abraham
Marcus, Abraham; b. Baltimore, 1897?; d.
Baltimore, Sep 17 1949.
Clothing mfr, Baltimore; active communal
affairs. • See: AJYB, 52:503; NYTimes, Sep 19
1949,23:6.
Marcus, Adolph; b. Bottusanie, Rumania,
Sep 111875; d. before 1938.
Woods Business ColI. • Communal worker,
Scranton; with YMHA; natl dir Ex-Patients
Tubercular Home; bdJewish Home for
Friendless, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Marcus, Alexander; b. Minsk, Oct 1 1888;
d. Evanston, IL, 1977.
To US 1897.· BS CCNY, PhD Columbia,
Johns Hopkins. • Physicist, NYC; staffBureau
ofStandards; faculty CCNY; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 2
1977, II 12:1.
Marcus, Alfred A; b. Africa; d. Boston, July
3 1903.
Communal worker, Boston; "the African." •
See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):216; NITimes, July 4
1903,7:6.
Marcus, Babette (Mrs User Marcus); b.*; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 4 1937.
Communal worker, Brooklyn; a fdr Babette
Marcus Aid Soc. • See: AJYB, 40:388;
NYTimes, Aug 81937, II 7:3.
Marcus, Benjamin M; b. Olean, NY, Nov
281884.
Columbia. • Oil co exec, Olean, NY; officer
Red Cross, Am Legion. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Marcus, Bernard Kent; b. NYC, 1890?; d.
Hunter, NY, July 16 1954.
BA Columbia. • Banker; pres Bank ofUS. •
See: DAB, 5; NITimes, July 18 1954, 57:1.
Marcus, David Daniel (Mickey Stone); b.
NYC, Feb 22 1902; d. Abu Ghosh, June
10/111948.
US Military Academy, LLB, JD Brooklyn Law.
• Soldier, lawyer, government official; with US
Atty General, NYC Dept ofCorrection; head
War Crimes Branch (Washington DC);
advisor Israeli army. • See:AJYB, 51:523;
WWIAJ, 1938;AJHQ, 69:301-24; WWWIA, 2.
Marcus, Edwin; b. Dutch Kills, LI, Mar 16
1885; d. Bronx, Nov 1961.
Art Students League, Cooper Union. •
Lithographer, cartoonist, NYC; with NY
Herald.· See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):150,
24:179;NYTimes, Nov 141961, 39:1.
Marcus, Fannie (Mrs); b. ca 1851; d.
Worcester, July 25 1933.
Communal worker; Worcester.· See:AJYB,
36:284.
Marcus, Harris Wolf; b. Warsaw, Mar 10
1857.
To US 1865.· Merchant, Olean, NY; state
officerJoint Distribution Com. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Marcus, Harry; b. Vicksburg.
Publisher, newspaperman, Portland, OR;
ShoppingNews.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marcus, Herbert Sri b. Louisville, Sep 6
1878; d. Dallas, Dec 111950.
Merchant, retail exec, Dallas; pres Neiman­
Marcus; dirJewish Fedn for Social Services,
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Art Soc;
trustee synagog.· See:A]YB, 53:525; WWIAJ,
1928, 1938; BEOAJ; AJHQ, 66:123-36;
NITimes, Dec 141950, 35:2.
Marcus, Irvin; b. Louisville, Jan 23 1895.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, Louisville; officer
Louisville Found; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Marcus, Isaiah; b. Stavisk, Poland, Apr 15
1873; d.June 81933.
Rabbi, Chicago, Richmond, Roxbury, MA. •
See:A]YB, 35:126; WWIA], 1926.
Marcus, Jacob; b.*
Rabbi, Elmira, NY. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):78.
Marcus, Jacob Rader; b. New Haven!
Connellsville, PA, Mar 5 1896.
Lane Theology Seminary, AB U Cincinnati, U
Chicago, Heb Union ColI, PhD U Berlin. •
Pioneer historian ofAm-Jewish experience,
Reform Jewish ldr, Cincinnati; creator Am
Jewish Archives; faculty Heb Union ColI;
prolific author in field. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.
Marcus, Joseph; b. ca 1875; d. Belmont,
NY, July 28 1932.
Rabbi, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 35:126.
Marcus, Joseph; b. ca 1883; d. Pittsburgh,
Oct 251930.
Legislator, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB, 33:127.
Marcus,Joseph;b.Derevno, Vilna
.province, 1897.
To US 1910, to Israel 1963. • OrdainedJTS. •
Rabbi, Heb editor & scholar, Boston; with Heb
Tchrs ColI, Boston Library. • See: EJ.
Marcus, Joseph Anthony; b. Brest-Litovsk,
Oct 27 1894; d. NYC, Nov 22 1960.
To US 1910. • George Washington, Catholic
U, NYU. • Government official, author; with
immigration, relief, New Deal, foreign trade '
services & Federal Housing Authority; dir
reconstruction (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia). •
See:A]YB, 63:561 aAnthony Marcus);
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 24 1960, 29:4.
Marcus, Louis; b. ca 1876; d. Mar 51934.
Contractor, subway bldr, communal worker,
Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 36:284.
Marcus, Louis; b. Brooklyn, Jan 9 1880; d.
July 27/Aug 5 1936.
Motion picture theatre owner, realtor, author,
mayor, Salt Lake City; officer synagog, B'nai
B'rith. • See: AJYB, 39:594; BEGAJ; WWWIA,
1.
Marcus, Louis William; b. Buffalo, May 18
1863; d. Buffalo, Aug 18 1923.
LLB Cornell. • Lawyer, superior court judge,
Buffalo.· See: UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):150,
24:179;26:156; WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Aug 19
1923,26:5.
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Marcus, Mendel; b.*; d. Indianapolis, June
1915.
Rabbi, Indianapolis. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­
1917):109.
Marcus, Moses T; b. ca 1861; d. Santa
Monica, July 221936.
Talmudist, NYC; honorary instructorJewish
InstofReligion.· See:A]YB, 39:594.
Marcus,Nathan;b.caI864;d.NYC,June
12 1935.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
37:259.
Marcus, Philip Victor; b. Providence, Mar 9
1883.
PhB, MA Brown, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
Providence; officer Zionist Org ofAm,
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marcus, Ralph; b. San Francisco, Aug 17
1900; d. Dec 251956.
BA, MA, PhD Columbia, Harvard Divinity
School. • Semitic philologist, scholar of
HellenisticJudaism, Chicago; faculty
Columbia, Jewish Inst ofReligion, U Chicago;
author/editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Dec 27 1956,
25:5.
Marcus, Robert S; b. Jersey City, Dec 26
1909; d. NYC,Jan 18 1951.
Ordained RIETS, BSS CCNY, NYU. • Rabbi,
Zionist, lecturer, author, Newburgh, NY; exec
com AssocdJewish Charities; orgr Social
Station for Needy Transients; active Am
Jewish Cong, WorldJewish Cong.· See:
A]YB, 53:526; BEGA]; NITimes, Jan 201951,
15:1.
Marcus, Samuel; b. NYC, Mar 161875; d.
NYC, May 19 1944.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; officer
Soc for the Prevention ofCrime; conducted
many special investigations into gambling
rackets.· See:AJYB, 46:342; WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, May 20 1944, 15:3.
Marcus, Samuel M; b. Chicago, Dec 20
1894.
U IL, MD Loyola U. • Neuropsychiatrist,
psychoanalyst, Los Angeles; fdr US League for
the Protection ofForeign Students; active in
helping refugee scientists; military service. •
See:BEGAJ.
Marcus, Sol; b. ca 1881; d. Boston, Mar 1
1934.
Merchant, Spanish-Am War veteran, Boston. •
See: AJYB, 36:284.
Marcus, Sumner; b. New Brunswick, NJ,
Sep 23 1912; d.July 281979.
Harvard,JD Harvard, PhD UWA.· Lawyer,
government worker; with Navy Price
Adjustment Bd; faculty U MT; dean U WA;
author in field; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Marcuse, Emily M (Mrs); b.*; d. Oakland,
CA,Jan 3 1918.
Lawyer, Oakland, CA. • See:AJYB, 20(1918­
1919):229.

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Marcuse, Herbert; b. Berlin,July 191893;
d. July 291979. .
To US 1934. • Philosopher and social theorist;
fellow Columbia, Harvard, Brandeis, U CA
(San Diego); author in field; WWII State Dept
service. • See: EJ; WWWIA., 7; DetroitJewish
News, Aug 3 1979.
Marcuse, Ludwig; b. Berlin, 1894.
To US 1939.· PhD UBerlin.· German
essayist, writer, biographer; autobiography. •
See: UJE; EJ.
Marcuse, Max; b.*; d. Oakland, CA., Nov 23
1912.
Communal worker,Oakland, CA. • See:AJYB,
15(1913-1914):272.
Marcuse, Milton E; b. Richmond, Aug 27
1869; d.July 261946.
Paper co exec, Richmond. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA., 2.
Marcuse, Moses M; b. Yuba City, CA, Aug
25 1874; d.June 1960.
Exec, Richmond, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, June 22 1960, 35:3.
Marcuse, Paul; b. Berlin, 188l.
To US 1936.· UBerlin, UFreiburg, LLD U
Rostock. • Lawyer, tax expert, Berlin, NYC;
author in field, textbooks. • See: UJE.
Marcuse, Sidney; b. NYC, Sep 17.1895; d.
Fairfield, CT, Sep 1943.
Columbia, NYU.• Newspaper editor,
Fairfield, CT; mem Bd ofEducation; with MT
Vernon Freeman, New Rochelle Star,
Bridgeport, CT, Post Teleg;ram; WWII service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep231943,
21:2.
Marcuson, Isaac Edward; b. Cincinnati,
Dec 18 1872; d. Macon, GA, Sep 2 1952.
Rabbi, Macon, GA; secy Central ConfofAm
Rabbis; bd Heb Union ColI.· See:AJYB,
55:457; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes,
Sep 3 1952,29:3.
Marcuson,Jacob Maurice; b.
Schmallelingken, Gennany, Aug 27
1881; d. Sep 1942.
To US 1884. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;
dir Allied Civic Assn, Union ofOrthodox
Congregations ofAm; active Democratic &
Fusion politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 281942,17:5.
Marcuson, Sadie Ruth Samilson (Mrs Jacob
M Marcuson); b. NYC, Mar 24 1890.
AB Hunter. • Communal & civic worker, Far
Rockaway; officer Am Jewish Cong, Womens
League ofthe United Synagogue ofAm,
Hadassah; WWI mem NYC com Nad League
for Womens Service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marden, Ben; b. 1896; d. NYC, Apr 71973.
Night club owner, real estate exec, NJ, Havana;
financier Playhouse Theatre; benefactor Anti­
Defamation League.· See:AJYB, 75:656;
NYTimes, Apr 8 1973, 80:5.
Marden, Morris; b. Boston, Feb 12 1905.
AB, MA, PhD Harvard. • Mathematician,
Milwaukee; faculty UWI. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Maretzek, Max; b. Briinn, Moravia, June 28
1821; d. Pleasant Plains, Staten Island,
May 141897.
To NYC 1848. • Opera impresario, conductor,
NYC; introduced many Italian operas;
autobiographies. • See: JE; UJE; DAB;
NYTimes, May 15 1897,7:4.
Margalioth, Mordecai; b. Warsaw, 1910; d.
Jerusalem, Mar 24 1968.
In US 1958. • PhD Heb U. • Talmudic
scholar; facultyJTS, Heb U,Jewish Inst of
Religion; author in field. • See: AJYB, 70:523;
NYTimes, Mar 261968,46:1.
Margalith, Aaron Morris; b. Jerusalem,
June 2 1902; d. NYC, Oct 21196l.
To NYC 1921/1922. • AB, PhDJohns
Hopkins. • Political scientist, NYC; faculty
Yeshiva ColI; author in field. • See:AJYB,
64:495; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct221961,
86:5.
Margalith, Haim; b. Safed, Dec 281892.
Heb Tchrs Seminary Gerusalem), LLB U MN.
• Educator, history tchr, Minneapolis; a fdr
boys schools (Tel Aviv, Cairo); active Legal
Aid. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Margareten, Frederick; b. NYC, Nov 17
1891; d. NYC, Nov 8 1980.
CCNY. • Kosher foods mfr, business exec,
NYC; nad officer Mizrachi; dirJewish
Training School for Girls. • See: AJYB,
82:370; WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
Margareten, Jacob; b. NYC, Jan 18 1887.
Matzoh mfr, NYC; officer Tomche Tovah
Soc, CentralJewish Inst; active philanthropic
& social welfare orgs. • See: BEGAJ.
Margareten, Regina (Mrs Ignatz
Margareten); b. Barbona, Hungary, Dec
25 1863; d. LI City, Jan 1959.
To US 1884. • Kosher food mfr, NYC; active
philanthropic & Zionist affairs. • See: AJYB,
61:418; NYTimes, Jan 151959,33:2.
Margaretten, Morris; b. NYC, Jan 3 1899.
LLB NJ Law School. • Lawyer, Perth Amboy;
officer Council ofSocial Agencies, NJ Fedn of
YM-YWHAs, Jewish Community Center, Boy
Scouts. • See: WWJAJ, 1938.
Marget, Arthur William; b. Chelsea, MA,
Oct 171899; d. Sep 51962.
AB, MA, PhD Harvard; post-grad U London,
Cambridge U, U Berlin. • Economist,
government advisor, Minneapolis; mem Bd of
Governors Federal Reserve; faculty U MN;
author in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:
UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,' 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Sep 8 1962, 19:2.
Margold, Charles William; b.July 121892.
BA, MA Columbia, PhD U MI, post-grad U
Southern CA, London School ofEconomics,
British Museum.•, Sociologist, Ypsilanti, MI;
faculty MI State Normal School; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Margolin, Arnold D
Margold, Nathan Rose; b. Rumania, July 21
1899; d. Washington DC, Dec 16 1947.
To US 1901. • AB CCNY, LLB Harvard. •
Solicitor General, Dept ofInterior,
Washington DC; lawyer, municipal judge, asst
US Atty; counsel, consult NAACP, Indian
affairs. • See: AJYB, 50:520; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA., 2; NYTimes, Dec 17
1947,29:5.
Margolies, Edward; b. ca 1872; d. Mar 13
1938.
Theatre bldr, realtor, communal worker,
philanthropist, NYC, Beverly Hills. • See:
AJYB, 40:388; NYTimes, Mar 141938,16:1.
Margolies, Ida Fischel (Mrs Moses S
Margolies);b.lCovno, 1862?;d.NYC,
Sep 281950.
Zionist, communal education promoter, NYC;
active Mizrachi, Womens Org ofYeshiva U. •
See:AJYB, 53:526; NYTimes, Sep 291950,
27:5.
Margolies, Joseph Aaron; b. Brest-Litovsk,
Dec 251889.
Bookseller, NYC; with Brentanos; active
professional assn; dir Council ofBooks in
Wartime. • See: WWWIA., 8.
Margolies, Joseph H; b. Rumania.
BA NYU, DHL, ordained JTS. • Rabbi,
Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Margolies, Joseph Mayer; b. Jerusalem,
May 18 189l.
To NYC 1928. • Rabbi, author, London,
Montreal, NYC; mem Union ofOrthodox
Rabbis ofUS & Canada. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Margolies, Morris (Moses) Sebulon
(Zebulon) Ramaz; b. l(roz, Russia, Apr
1851; d. Belmar, NJ, Aug 25 1936.
Rabbi, communalldr, Zionist, Russia, Boston,
NYC, Cleveland; "dean ofAm rabbis"; fdr
Orthodox Rabbis ofAm, Central Relief Com.
• See:EJ;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):78-79, 6(1904­
1905):220,24:179,39:594; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; Eisenstadt, 73; Gotdieb, 305; NYTimes,
Aug 261936,21:1.
Margolies, Samuel; b. ca 1880; d.
Cleveland, June 7.1917.
Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 20(1918­
1919):229.
Margolies, Samuel L; b. NYC, Mar 10
1897.
Cooper Union, Nad Academy ofDesign,
Beaux Arts. • Painter, etcher, NYC; editor in
field; WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1938.
Margolin, Akiba; b. Vileika, Russia, July 15
1883; d. Brooklyn, Mar 271966.
To US 1904. • Real estate broker; fdr
Akkerman Benevolent Soc.· See: AJYB,
68:530; NYTimes, Mar 28 1966,33:5.
Margolin, Arnold D; b. l(iev, Nov 4/17
1877; d. Washington DC, Oct 30 1956.
To US 1922. • U Kiev Law. • Lawyer,
politician, legislator (Russia), Kiev,
Washington DC; Yiddish, Russian & English

Margolin,JJ
author; defendedJewish interests in court; Idr
Jewish Territorial Org (Russia); presJewish
Emigration Soc; consult Am Jewish Com. •
See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 59:475; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 311956, 68:3.
Margolin,]J; b. Russia, ca 1879; d.
Brooklyn, Feb 131943.
Rabbi, Poland, Germany, England, Canada;
officer Assembly ofHeb Orthodox Rabbis;
editor Heb magazines. • See:AJYB, 45:390;
NITimes, Feb 141943,48:4.
Margolin, Leo; b. Brooklyn,.ca 1911; d.
1971.
LI U, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Reporter, public
relations advisor, NYC; with NYHerald
Tribune, PM, UNRRA; faculty Manhattan
Community ColI. • See: NITimes, Aug 3 1971,
33:1.
Margolis, Abraham; b. ca 1887; d.
Brooklyn, Apr 291935.
Rabbi, educator, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
37:259.
Margolis, Elias; b. Meretz, Vilna, July 15
1879/1880; d. Mt Vernon, NY, Nov 26
1946.
To US 1885. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI, PhD Columbia. • Rabbi,
communalldr, Zionist, tchr, Mt Vernon, NY;
pres Rabbinical Assn ofAm, Synagogue
Council ofAm; mgr Baron De Hirsch Fund. •
See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):79, 7(1905­
1906):123,49:614-15; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938;NITimes, Nov271946, 25:3.
Margolis, Esther M (Mrs Elias Margolis);
b. ca 1883; d. Dec 91937.
Communal worker, Mt Vernon, NY. • See:
AJYB, 40:389; NITimes, Dec 10 1937,25:1.
Margolis, Evelyn Kate Aronson (Mrs Max
L Margolis); b. San Francisco,]an 19
1878; d. Philadelphia, Sep 1959.
AB U CA, post-grad U Berlin, U PA. • Civic
& communal worker, Philadelphia; nat! bd
Nat! Council of]ewish Women; officer
Womens City Club, Heb Sunday School Soc;
active Dept ofPublic Welfare, Hadassah. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Sep 24 1959,
37:1.
Margolis, Gabriel Wolf; b. Vilna, 1848; d.
NYC, Sep 8 1935.
Rabbi, pioneer Zionist, scholar, Orthodox Idr,
author, Boston, NYC; pres Assembly of
Orthodox Rabbis ofAm & Canada. • See:
AJYB, 38:432; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NITimes,
Sep 9 1935, 19:3.
Margolis, Harry Sterling; b. Dayton, OH,
Aug 71897; d. St Paul, July 211946.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI, post-grad U Chicago, Yale..• Rabbi,
communal & civic Idr, St Paul; mem School
Bd, Unemployment Commn; officer Central
ConfofAm Rabbis; dirJewish Educational
Center; contributorJewish newspapers. • See:
AJYB, 49:615; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Margolis, Herbert Israel; b. Russia, Oct 19
1900. .
Harvard Dental School. • Orthodontist,
Boston; lecturer Harvard, Dewey School of
Orthodontia. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Margolis, I A; b. ca 1888; d. Milwaukee,
Oct 241943.
Educator, org exec, editor; asst dirJewish
Peoples Inst (Chicago); editor WIJewish
Chronicle. • See: AJYB, 46:342.
Margolis, Isidor; b. NYC, Aug 4 1904; d.
NYC,June 10 1969.
AB, MA, PhD NYU. • Educator, lawyer,.
author, NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; exec dir
World Council onJewish Education; fdr Heb
Tchrs Assn; editor Yeshiva Education. • See:
AJYB, 71:607; NITimes, June 141969,33:5.
Margolis, Louis; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, May
13 1939.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
41:427; NITimes, May 141939, III 7:3.
Margolis, Max Leopold; b. Merech, Vilna,
Oct 15 1866; d. Apr 2 1932.
To US 1889.· MA, PhD Columbia. • Semitic
philologist, Septuagint scholar; faculty Heb
Union ColI, U CA (Berkeley), Dropsie; author
in field.· See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904­
1905):150-51,24:179,34:112, 35:139-44;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; DAB; WWWIA, 1.
Margolis, Menashe; b. Grodno, 1868?;d.
Brooklyn, June 2 1954.
Orthodox rabbi, author; pres Assembly of
Orthodox Rabbis in Am. • See: AJYB, 56:570­
71; NITimes, June 3 1954,27:5.
Margolis, S; b.*
Rabbi, Dallas.· See:AlYB, 7(1905-1906):123.
• *See entry below.
Margolis, Samuel; b.*; d. Nov 8 1923.
Rabbi, San Bernardino, CA. • See: AJYB,
26:156. • *See entry above.
Margolis, Samuel; b. Riga, Apr 21 1886.
To US 1891. • Concert pianist, voice tchr &
coach, NYC; general mgr Commonwealth
Opera Co.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Margolis, William; b. Passaic, Apr 271910.
AB NYU, ordained Yeshiva ColI. • Rabbi,
NYC; nat! exec com Mizrachi; officer Union of
Orthodox Congregations, Council ofOrgs for
Palestine; exec com Manhattan Community
Council, Am Jewish Cong; contributorJewish
newspapers. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Margolius, Sidney Senier; b. Perth Amboy/
Red Bank, NJ, May 3 1911; d. Jan 31
1980.
Rutgers. • Journalist, syndicated columnist,
editor, author,. NYC; with Retail Executive, PM;
bd Consumers Union.· See: WWWIA, 7;
NITimes, Feb 1 1980.
Margon, Lester;h. NYC,Jan 261892.
Mechanics Inst, Cooper Union, Columbia,
NYU. • Furniture designer, NYC; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Margoshes, Joseph; b. Lemberg, Nov 16
1866; d. Brooklyn, Apr 10 1955.
418
To US 1898. • Journalist, communal charity
worker, NYC; staffThe Day, Jewish Morning
Journal; active Kehillah. • See: UJE; AJYB,
57:607; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;NITimes,
Apr 111955,23:6.
Margoshes, Samuel; b. ]ozefow, Galicia,
Oct 211887; d. NYC, Aug 23 1968.
To US 1905.· AM, PhD Columbia, DHL,
ordainedJTS. • Editor, rabbi, Zionist, NYC;
editor-in-chief The Day; officer Fedn of
GalicianJews ofAm; exec dir Zionist Org of
Canada; dirJewish Bureau ofEducation; bd
Am Jewish Congo • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
70:523; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
NITimes, Aug 241968,29:3.
Margoulis, Vladimir de; b. Odessa, Sep 17
1897; d. Feb 6 1962.
ToUS 1941.· Imperial U (Odessa).· Art
dealer, gallery owner, NYC; specialty: modern
& impressionist art. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Margulies, Adele; b. Vienna, 1863; d.]une
1949.
To US 1938. • Vienna Conservatory.·
Concert pianist, NYC, Houston; faculty Nat!
Conservatory ofMusic. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:179; WWIAJ, 1928; NITimes, June 7 1949,
32:4.
Margulies, Joseph; b. Lemberg, July 7
1896.
To US 1899. • Nat! Academy ofDesign,
Beaux Arts· (Paris). • Artist, etcher, portraitist,
lecturer, NYC. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928
(addenda), 1938.
Margulies, Morris; b. Chorostkow, Galicia,
Feb 15 1888; d. NYC, Aug 171967.
To NYC 1898. • Zionist & communal exec,
NYC; secy Am Jewish Cong, nat! Zionist Org
ofAm, Keren Hayesod; dir Zionist
publications. • See: AlYB, 69:609; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Aug 18 1967,33:1.
Margulis, Aaron Edwin; b. NYC, Sep 7
1905.
Colgate, AB, MD Columbia, U Gottingen. •
Pathologist, Tucson, Mt Morris, NY; with NY
State Bd ofHealth. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Margulis, Abraham; b. Lutzk, Dec 26 1886;
d.1958.
To NYC 1913. • U Bern, Polytech (Cothen,
Germany), DDS NYU. • Dentist, Zionist,
Brooklyn, NYC; officer Jewish Nat! Workers
Alliance; active Labor Zionist movement,
Jewish Nat! Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Dec 4 1958, 39:2.
Margulis, Abraham; b. Charkov, Russia, Jan
241890.
U PA.· Engineer, communal worker,
Pottstown, PA.· See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Mariash, Irving; b. NYC, Feb 26 1902.
BS CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
faculty NY Law; nat! panel Am Arbitration
Assn; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAl
Marick, Simon Wtlliam; b. Seniy, Poland,
Nov 2. 1886.

Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln
To US 1922. • Case, Western"Reserve, PhD
Columbia. • Chemist, Cleveland; faculty Case;
active natl Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWWIA,
6.
Marovitz, Abraham Lincoln; b. Oshkosh,
Aug 101905.
LLB Kent ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, Chicago;
counsel Patrolmens Club, labor unions. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Marowitz, Arthur; b. Omaha, Mar 14 1890.
LLB U MI. • Investment broker, lawyer,
communal worker, Zionist, EI Dorado, AR,
Los Angeles, Omaha; secyJewish War Relief;
officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1938.
Marowitz, Esther Epstein (Mrs Arthur
Marowitz); b. Beloit, KS, July 4 1892.
Investment exec, Shreveport, EI Dorado, AR;
officer B'nai B'rith, Natl Council ofJewish
Women. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Marques, Isaac Rodriguez; b.*; d. NYC, ca
1706.
To Am from Denmark. • Colonial merchant,
importer, shipowner, NYC; freeman 1697. •
See:BDEA].
Marquis, Reina Melcher (Mrs Don
Marquis); b. Louisville, ca 1883; d.
Forest Hills, LI, Dec 2 1923.
Author, Forest Hills, LI.· See:A]YB, 26:156;
NYTimes, Dec 41923,21:3.
Marrow, AlfredJ; b. NYC, Mar 81905; d.
NYC, Mar 3 1978.
Psychologist, author; faculty New School; fdr
Center for HUman Development (Heb U);
consult State Dept, Am Found for
Management Research, Marshall Fund; active
AmJewish Cong, Free Synagogue.· See:
A]YB, 80:370; NYTimes, Mar 4 1978, 24:3.
Marrow, Isidor Leo; b. Neishtat, Russia,
Dec 16 1876; d. Nov 1947.
To US 1888. • Mens underwear mfr,
communal worker, NYC; officer Machzike
Talmud Torah, Heb Inst ofBoro Park.· See:'
WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Nov 28 1947,
27:1.
Marschak, Jakob; b. Kiev, 1898; d. July
1977.
To US 1939. • Technical ColI (Kiev), U
Berlin, PhD U Heidelberg. • Economist,
statistician, NYC; faculty U Heidelberg,
Oxford U, New School; mem Institut flir
Weltwirtschaft (Kiel). • See: UJE; NYTimes,
July 28 1977, II 2:5.
Marsden, Lawrence; b.*
Stage dir, NYC. • See: A]YB, 24:179.
Marshak, Martin; b. ca 1886; d. Bayonne,
July 15 1936.
Social & communal worker, Bayonne. • See:
A]YB, 39:594.
Marshak, Robert Eugene; b. Bronx, Oct 11
1916.
CCNY, Columbia, PhD Cornell. • Scientist,
university official, theoretical physicist; pres
CCNY; faculty U Rochester at Los Alamos;
chr Fedn ofAm Scientists. • See: NYTimes
story, Feb 28 1970.
Marshall, Benjamin; b. ca 1859; d.
Syracuse, Sep 27 1911.
Communal worker, Syracuse.· See:A]YB,
14(1912-1913):124.
Marshall, Florence Lowenstein (Mrs Louis
Marshall); b. ca 1872; d. NYC, May 27
1916.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
18(1916-1917):109; NYTimes, May 28 1916,
17:4.
Marshall, Frank Garfield; b. Chicago, Oct
281894.
LLB Northwestern.· Lawyer, Chicago; bd
Jewish Peoples Inst, Bd ofJewish Education;
active Am Jewish Cong, Boy Scouts; WWI
service. • See: WWIA.], 1938.
Marshall, George; b. 1904.
Conservationist; active Natl Recovery Adm,
Sierra Club. • See: E] (sub Marshall, Louis).
Marshall, Jacob; b. ca 1830; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 271914.
Philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Marshall, James; b. NYC, May 12 1896.
ColumbiaJournalism, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, educational exec, civic & communal
worker, author; mem NY Bd ofEducation;
officer NAACP; bd NY State Training School
for Boys; active Joint Distribution Com; WWI
service. • See: UJE; E] (sub Marshall, Louis);
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Marshall, Lenore Guinzburg (Mrs James
Marshall); b. NYC, Sep 7 1897; d.
Doylestown, PA, Sep 23 1971.
AB Barnard. • Poet, novelist, book critic,
editor, NYC; a fdr Com for Nuclear
Responsibility; exec com Natl Com for a Sane
Nuclear Policy; mem Soc ofFriends. • See:
A]YB, 73:634; WWIA.], 1938; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Sep 25 1971, 34:1.
Marshall, Louis; b. Syracuse, Dec 141856;
d. Zurich, Sep 111929.
LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. • Lawyer,
natlcivic & communalldr, civil rights
advocate, labor union mediator, NYC; a fdr
J oint Distribution Com, Jewish Agency for
Palestine; pres Am Jewish Com, Am Jewish
Relief Com, Temple Emanu-EI; active
NAACP; attempted to block Protocols of
.Elders ofZion. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):151-52,24:179, 32:21-55;154;
WWIA], 1926, 1928;WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, Sep12 1929,1:1.
Marshall, Robert; b. NYC, Jan 2 1901; d.
Nov 111939.
BS Syracuse, M Forestry Harvard, PhD Johns
Hopkins. • Forester, author; with US Office of
Indian Affairs & US Forest Service; mapper &
explorer ofnorthern AK. • See: UJE (sub
Marshall, James); E] (sub Marshall, Louis);
A]YB, 42:481; WWIA.], 1938; NYTimes, Nov
121939,49:1.
422
Martin, Bernard; b. Seklence,
Czechoslovakia, Mar 13 1928; d.
Cleveland, Jan 141982.
To US 1934.· U Chicago, Heb Union Call,
PhD U IL. • Rabbi, author, Chicago, St Paul;
faculty Case Western; active Central Confof
Am Rabbis, Natl ConfofChristians & Jews;
editorJournal ofRefOrm Judaism; military
service. • See: A]YB, 84:336; WWWIA, 8.
Martin, Frank; b. ca 1866; d. Stamford, CT,
Dec 111945.
Merchant, civic ldr, Stamford, CT; pres Bd of
Education, Chamber ofCommerce. • See:
A]YB, 48:495; NYTimes, Dec 12 1944,27:3.
Martin, H L; b.*
Cantor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):123.
Martin, Herman; b.*; d. Los Angeles,
reported May 111939.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 41:428.
Martin, Herbert Spencer; b. NYC, Apr 12
1882; d.Jan 141930.
AB Harvard. • Banker, clothing mfr, hotel
exec, NYC; officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIA.], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 1.
Martin, IsaacJack; b. Cincinnati, July 18
1908; d. Nov 5 1966.
U PA, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer, US
Customs & Patent Appeals judge; adm asst
Senator Robert Taft; officer Robert A Taft
Found.· See: WWWIA, 4.
Martin, Lester; b. ca 1906; d. Apr 1959.
Textile mfr, philanthropist, communal worker,
NYC; active Democratic politics, United
Jewish Appeal, Yeshiva U, synagog. • See:
NYTimes, Apr 281959,21:3.
Marton, Bernard Dov; b. Veliatin,
Czechoslovakia, July 4 1909.
To US 1935.· U Prague, PhD U Brussels.·
Rabbi, author, Brooklyn; officer Assri of
CzechoslovakianJews ofAm, Union of
Pressburg Students ofAm. • See: "WWIA],
1938.
Martz, Hyman Scher; b. NYC, Oct 28
1909; d.June 51969.
BS, DDS NYU, MA Columbia. • Dentist,
NYC; with Health Dept; military service. •
See: WWWIA, 5.
Maruchess, Boris; b. ca 1888; d. Apr 19
1938.
Labor relations conciliator, federal
investigator, NYC. • See: AJYB, 40:389;
NYTimes, Apr 211938,19:2.
Marvin, Benjamin; b. Brooklyn, Mar 6/7
1889/1891; d. Woodmere, LI, Oct 1968.
Cornell, Fordham Law. • Public servant,
municipal judge, public works commr, NY;
officer United Synagogue ofAm, Fedn of
Jewish Charities, Red Cross, NAACP. • See:
"WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 5 1968, 35:6.
Marvin, Rose Lillian (Mrs Benjamin
Marvin); b. Portland, OR, Nov 1 1890.
AB Barnard, MA Columbia. • Tchr, natl

423
communalldr, NYC; natl officer Natl Council
ofJewish Women; natl bd Womens League of
United Synagogue ofAm; officer Sisterhood of
JamaicaJews; bd Fedn ofJewish Charities. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Marwick, Lawrence; b. Sopockinie, Poland,
Sep 16 1909; d. Bethesda, Oct 17 1981.
To US 1929. • Honorary degrees. • Librarian,
Library ofCong, Washington DC; specialty:
Arabic, Islamic, Modem Heb studies; dir Bd of
Jewish Education (St Louis); military service. •
See: EJ; AJYB, 83:359.
Marwick, Maurice; b. Chicago, Dec 1 1890;
d. Grand Rapids, July 1948.
Lewis Inst, PhB, JD U Chicago, post-grad
Edinburgh. • Lawyer, Chicago; WWI service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 23 1948,
19:3.
Marwil, Nathan; b.*; d. Detroit,June 7
1914.
CommUnal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Marx, Adolph Simi b. Lake Charles, LA,
Aug 121897.
AB Washington & Lee.· Exec, Lake Charles,
LA.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marx, Alexander; b. Elberfeld, Gennany,
Jan 29 1878; d. NYC, Dec 26 1953.
To US 1903. • PhD U Konigsberg, U Berlin,
Dropsie. • Historian, librarian, author, NYC;
librarian, facultyJTS, invited to come by
Schechter; madeJTS library largest collection
ofJudaica in world. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):152,24:179,56:571,580-88;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; PAJHS,
43:241-52; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Dec 27
1953,60:7.
Marx, Archibald Arthur; b. New Orleans,
Aug 25 1870.
Merchant, philanthropist, New Orleans; officer
B'nai B'rith, YMHA.• See: AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):87; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Marx, Arthur: (Harpo) (earlier Adolph); b.
NYC, Nov 21/23 1893; d. Hollywood,
CA, Sep 28 1964.
Marx Bros mem, comedian; the silent one. •
See: UJE; EJ (sub Marx Bros); AJYB, 66:578­
79; WWIAJ, 1938; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Sep 29
1964,1:2.
Marx, Blanche Strauss (Mrs Oscar Samuel
Marx); b. St Louis, May24 1884.
Forest Park U, Washington U (St Louis). •
Educator, communal & civic worker, St Louis;
natl officer Natl Council ofJewish Women;
officer Natl Com on Cause & Cure ofWar. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marx, BurIe; b. Brazil, 1902.
Pianist, conductor, composer; guest conductor
many US orchestras. • See: UJE.
Marx, David; b. New Orleans, Apr 291872;
d.1962.
Ordained, BHL Heb Union Call, BL U
Cincinnati; honorary degree. • Rabbi, Atlanta,
West Point, GA; orgr Fedn ofJewish
Charities, Family Welfare Service; chaplain
Atlanta Federal Prison; exec com Heb Orphans
Home, Childrens Home Finding Soc, Regional
Labor Bd. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):79,
24:179; WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
Marx, Fanny Menline; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,
Nov281935.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
38:432.
Marx, Franklin; b.*; d. Newark, Feb 7 1916.
Mem, Excise Bd, Newark. • See: AJYB,
18(1916-1917):109.
Marx, Frieda Kraemer (Mrs Hennan
Marx); b. Griedel, Gennany, Apr 1 1878.
To US 1890. • Educator, public school tchr,
principal, Newark; pres Newark Maternity
Hospital; bd Natl Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods,
ConfofJewish Charities; dir NJ Normal
School for Jewish Tchrs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marx, Hannah (Mrs Alexander Marx); b.
Berlin, 1880; d. NYC, July 251962.
To US 1905.· Communalldr, NYC; a fdr
Womens League ofUnited Synagogue ofAm;
assoc editor Outlook.· See:AJYB, 65:435;
NYTimes, July 26 1962,27:4.
Marx, Herbert (Zeppo); b. NYC, Feb 25
1901.
Marx Bros mem, comedian. • See: UJE; EJ
(sub Marx Bros).
Marx,Joseph;b.Hannover, 1772;d.
Richmond, July 12 1840;
Prominent merchant, realtor, civic &
communal worker, Richmond. • See: BDEAJ.
Marx, Julius Henry (Groucho); b. NYC,
Oct 2 1895; d. Aug 1977.
Marx Bros mem, comedian, radio & television
personality. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Marx Bros);
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Aug 20 1977, 1:1.
Marx, Lawrence; b. NYC, Aug 26 1886; d.
New Rochelle, May 2 1938.
Textile exec, communalldr, NYC; officer Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies; active Red Cross. •
See:AJYB, 40:389; WWIAJ, 1938.
Marx, Leon; b. ca 1875; d. Aug 41935.
Violinist, Chicago; concertmaster Chicago
Opera Co. • See:AJYB, 38:432.
Marx, Leonard (Chico); b. NYC, Mar 26
1891; d. Hollywood, CA, Oct 111961.
Marx Bros mem, comedian. • See: UJE; EJ
(sub Marx Bros); WWIAJ, 1938; DAB, 7;
NYTimes, Oct 12 1961, 29:2.
Marx, Milton (Gummo);b. 1894;d.Apr
1977.
Marx Bros mem, comediap.. • See: EJ;
NYTimes, Apr 22 1977, IV 19:1.
Marx, Milton David; b. Detroit, Mar 31
1895.
AB U MI, PhD, MA Cornell, post-grad
Oxford U, British Museum. • English
literature scholar, Ithaca; faculty Cornell, U
Puerto Rico. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
MaryIes, David
Marx, Moses; b. 1885.
To US 1926, to Israel 1963. • Bibliographer,
librarian; specialty: Heb incunabula & 16th
century Heb printing; fdr Soncino
Gesellschaft; head cataloguer Heb Union Call.
• See: EJ (sub Marx, Alexander).
Marx, Otto; b. Montgomery, AL, Oct 31
1869; d. May 301963.
CCNY.· Banker, dept store exec,
Birmingham, AL; officer Assocd Charities. •
See:AJYB, 24:180; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 1 1963,21:5.
Marx, Robert S; b. Cincinnati,Jan 281889;
d. Sep 6 1960.
LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer, superior court
judge, communal & civic ldr, Cincinnati,
Chicago; 1st natl commander Disabled Am
Veterans; co-fdr Wise Center; faculty U
Cincinnati; active Democratic politics; WWI
service, received DSC. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:180; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Sep 7 1960, 37:5.
Marx, Samuel; b. NYC, 1867;d. Nov 30
1922.
Congressman (died before taking seat),
Internal Revenue collector, anti-socialist,
Tammany ldr, alderman, NYC. • See:AJYB,
25:140,323; NYTimes, Dec 1 1922, 17:4.
Marx, Samuel; b. Richmond, Mar 4 1796; d.
Richmond, Dec 7 1860.
UPA. • Businessman, banker, Richmond; pres
Bank ofVA. • See: BDEAJ.
Marx, Samuel Abraham; b. Natchez, Aug
27 1885; d. Jan 1964.
MIT, Beaux Arts (Paris). • Architect, art
collector; bd Chicago Art Inst; advisor
Museum ofModem Art (NYC). • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 18 1964, 23:4.
Marx, Simon; b. ca 1865; d.NYC,June 16
1914.
MD Columbia, post-grad abroad. •
Gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC; author in
field.· See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):164;
NYTimes, June 17 1914,11:6.
Marx, Solomon; b. ca 1836; d. New
Orleans, Jan 291921.
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB, 23:132.
Marx, Victor Emanuel; b. Chicago, Dec 18
1893.
BS Armour Inst. • Chemist, technical advisor,
Chicago; specialty: baking; instructor Am Inst
ofBaking; officer professional sacs; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Marx, William S; b. ca 1860; d. Cincinnati,
Mar 21915.
Mem, Bd ofPublic Service, Cincinnati. • See:
AJYB, 17(1915-1916):221.
Maryles, David; b.1915; d. NYC, Aug 30
1955.
Cantor; active Agudath Israel Youth
movement. • See:AJYB, 58:478; NYTimes, Aug
311955,25:5.

Maryson, Jacob Abraham
Maryson, Jacob Abraham; b. Yevye, Vilna,
May61866.
To US 1887. • MD NYU. • Yiddish author,
translator, physician, Reb tchr, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 24:180; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.
Masback, Edwin Robert; b. NYC, May 11.
1895.
Merchant, NYC; officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Maschke, Maurice; b. Cleveland, Oct 16
1868; d. Cleveland, Nov 19 1936.
Harvard. • Lawyer, public servant, Cleveland;
Collector ofCustoms. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1.
Mase,Jacob; b. Lebau, Lithuania, Oct 10
1889; d. NYC, Sep 11962.
To US 1941.· Communal worker,
immigration specialist, NYC; with Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc.· See:AJYB, 65:435;
NITimes, Sep 4 1962, 33:4.
Maser, Maurice; b. Bialystok, Mar 15 1893.
JTS.· Social worker, Washington DC; exec
dir Heb Home for Aged; active Zionist Org of
Am, B'nai B'rith, Mizrachi. • See: BEOAJ.
Mashioff, Harold H; b. ca 1906; d. NYC,
Nov 30 1944.
Rabbi, Rockaway Park, NY; active civic &
patriotic orgs. • See: AJYB, 47:528; NITimes,
Dec 11944,23:2.
Masinter, Morris Louis; b. Pocahontas, VA,
Mar 111893.
AB, LLB Washington & Lee. • Lawyer,
Richmond, Roanoke; pres Boy Scouts; trustee
Community Fund, Red Cross; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Maslansky,ManueIMonash; b.NYC, Nov
81903; d. NYC, Nov 141980.
BS NYU, DDS Columbia. • Dentist, oral
surgeon, playwright, editor, NYC; facility
Columbia; worked to place German refugee
dentists; inventor instruments; officer
professional socs; military service. • See: AJYB,
82:370; WWIAJ, 1938.
Maslansky, Philip; b. Pinsk, Nov 23 1882;
d. NYC, Dec 18 1942.
To US 1896. • JTS. • Merchant,
philanthropic, communal & Zionist worker,
NYC; est trade relations in Orient. • See:
AJYB, 45:390; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NITimes,
Dec 201942,45:1.
Masliansky, Zvei Hirsh (Zevi Hirsch); b.
Slutsk, Minsk,June 16 1856; d.
Brooklyn, Jan 111943.
To US 1895. • Noted Zionist orator in
Yiddish & Heb, tchr, farmer; banished from
Russia; fdr, editor Die Yidishe Velt; officer Fedn
ofAm Zionists; dir Israel Matz Found,
Machzikei Talmud Torah.· See:JE; UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):152,24:180,45:390;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; Eisenstadt, 70-71;
DAB, 3; NITimes, Jan 121943,24:2.
Maslon, Morris; b. Russia, May 301887.
U MD, MD Baltimore Med ColI. • Physician,
bacteriologist, Glens Falls, NY; mem Bd of
Health; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Maslon, Samuel Henry; b. Russia, Apr 15
1901.
BA U MN, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, tchr,
Minneapolis; faculty U MN; staffHarvard Law
Review; law secy for Justice Brandeis. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Maslow, Abraham Harold; b. Brooklyn, Apr
1 1908; d. June 8 1970.
BA, MA, PhD U WI; honorary degree. •
Psychologist, "fdr ofhumanistic psychology";
faculty Brandeis; officer professional assns;
author in field. • See: EJ; WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;
NITimes, June 10 1970,47:1.
Maslow, Charles; b. Russia, Apr 271890.
Textile mfr, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mason, Gabriel Richard; b. Minsk, Oct 6
1884.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD NYU, post-grad
Columbia, Harvard. • Educator, NYC;
lecturer NYU, CCNY; active University
Settlement, League for Am Citizenship, Fedn
ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Mason, Samuel; b. Russia, 1878?; d. Miami
Beach,Jan 211950.
Editor, communal admr; editor Yiddish &
Anglo-Jewish periodicals; with Heb Immigrant
Aid Soc; Spanish-Am War service. • See:
AJYB, 52:503; NITimes, Jan 25 1950,27:5.
Massary, Fritzi; b. Vienna, 1882.
To US 1939. • Popular actress & operetta
performer. • See: UJE.
Massel, Jacob; b. Russia, 1879?; d. Chicago,
Sep 141954.
Editor, communalldr, NYC; a fdr, dir Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; editorJewish Morning
Journal.· See:AJYB, 57:607; NITimes, Sep 15
1954,33:4.
Massell, BenjaminJoseph; b. Vilkomir, Apr
141886; d. Atlanta, Sep 91962.
To US 1888. • Realtor, bldr, Atlanta; a fdr
Bonds for Israel; officerJewish Welfare Bd;
active natl UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: AJYB,
65:436; WWWIA, 7;JTA-DNB, Sep 111962;
NITimes, Sep 11 1962, 33:2.
Massell, SamJr; b. Atlanta, 1927.
Lawyer, politician, mayor, Atlanta; WWII
service. • See: EJ.
Massell, Samuel Allan; b. Atlanta, Dec 15
1892.
LLB Atlanta Law. • Lawyer, Atlanta; active
municipal politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938·.
Masserman, Jules Homan; b. Chudnov,
Poland, 1905.
To US 1908. • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,
Chicago; faculty U Chicago, Northwestern;
author/editor in field. • See: EJ.
Massias, Abraham A; b. Charleston, SC,
1772; d. Charleston, SC,June 28 1848.
Army officer, paymaster, Charleston, SCi with
NYMilitia; active synagog; War of 1812
service. • See: UJE; BDEAJ.
424
Mastbaum, Etta Wedell (MrsJules E
Mastbaum); b. Philadelphia, Sep 6 1886;
d.1953.
Dept store exec, art collector, Philadelphia;
officer Mastbaum Loan System; donated Rodin
collection to a city museum. • See: EJ (sub
Lit); WWIAJ, 1928; NITimes, Ocd 1953,
17:6.
Mastbaum, Jules E; b. Philadelphia, July 7
1872; d. Philadelphia, Dec 71926.
Motion picture theatre owner, philanthropist,
communal & civic ldr, Philadelphia; fdr Rodin
museum.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:180, 29:117;
PAJHS, 31:282-83; NITimes, Dec 81926,
27:3.
Mastbaum, Stanley V; b. Philadelphia,
1875; d. Philadelphia, Mar 1918.
Movie theatre owner. • See: UJE (sub
Mastbaum, Jules); NITimes, Mar 81918, 11:5.
Master, Arthur Matthew; b. NYC, Dec 1
1895; d. Sep 41973.
BS CCNY, MD Cornell, post-grad London. •
Physician, cardiologist, NYC; inventor
diagnostic test; faculty Cornell, Columbia;
author in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:
EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, Sep 5
1973,44:1.
Master, Hilda Althschul.(Mrs Arthur M
Master); b. San Francisco, May 21 1892;
d: NYC,Jan 301967.
Philanthropist; benefactor Weizmann Inst,
United Jewish Appeal. • See:AJYB, 69:609-10;
NITimes, Jan 31 1967,31:1.
Masur, Jack; b. Augusta, GA,June 161908;
d. Mar 81969.
BS NYU, MD Cornell. • Med admr,
Washington DC; with Natl Inst ofHealth, US
Public Health Service; faculty Columbia;
officer med & professional socs. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Mar 10 1969,45:4.
Masurovsky, Benjamin Israel; b. Poltava
province, Apr 9 1892.
To US 1913. • BS Rutgers, MS U NE. • Dairy
chemist, LI City; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Mathes, Isadore; b. Miaskeefka, Russia,
July 211897?
To US 1892? • Shoe merchant, St Louis. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mathieu, Aron Max; b. Cincinnati, Apr 23
1907.
AB OH State. • Editor oftrade publications,
Cincinnati; fdr Writers Market. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Matison, A Dave; b. Eastport, ME, Feb 28
1884.
Business coIl (Nashville). • Merchant, Laurel,
MS; officer B'nai B'rith; active Boy Scouts. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Matles, JamesJoseph; b. Rumania, Feb 24
1909; d. Sep 15 1975.

Meisles, Irving
See: UJE; ]TA-DNB, Apr 29 1966; NYTimes,
May 2 1966, 37:1.
Meisles, Irving; b. Satoraljaujhely,
Hungary, Dec 24 1898.
BSc U Southern CA, OD Los Angeles School
ofOphthalmology. • Optometrist, educator,
Hagat:Stown, MD; principal Talmud Torah
(Baltimore); officer Tifereth Zionist Assn,
YoungJudea. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Meiss, Millard; b. Cincinnati, Mar 25 1904;
d.]une 12 1975.
Princeton, Harvard, PhD NYU; honorary
degree. • Ar1; historian, author; faculty NYU,
Columbia, Harvard, Inst for Advanced Study
(Princeton); editorArtBulktin, Magazine of
Art; chr Am Com for the Restoration ofItalian
Monuments. • See: WWU'IA, 6; NYTimes,
June 141975, 30:4.
Meissner, Edna Rice (Mrs Edwin Benjamin
Rice Meissner); b. Milwaukee, Nov 24
1888.
Vassar. • Communal & civic worker, St Louis;
pres regional Natl Council ofJewish Women.
• See: WWIA], 1926.
Meissner, Edwin Benjamin; b. Milwaukee,
Dec 51884; d. Sep 10 1956. .
Mining exec, communal & civic worker, St
Louis; officer Crime Commn, Central Inst for
the Deat; dirJewish Fedn; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 11 1956,35:5.
Meissner, Harry Victor; b. Milwaukee, Nov
241890.
AB, LLB U WI. • Lawyer, civic ldr,
Milwaukee; mem School Bd; officer Red Cross,
WI Soc ofMental Hygiene; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Meissner, Karl Wilhelm; b. Reutlingen,
Germany, Dec 15 1891; d. Apr 13 1959.
To US 1938. • U Tiibingen,U Munich. •
Physicist; specialty: spectroscopy & atom
physics; faculty U Frankfurt, Worcester
Polytech, Purdue. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Meister, Isaac; b. Teplik, Ukraine, Dec 20
1877; d. Oct 3 1936.
To US 1893. • Realtor, bldr, developer,
Zionist, philanthropist, communal worker,
NYC; fdr Heb Natl Orphan Home; dir Heb
Free Loan Soc. • See: A]YB, 39:594; WWIA],
1938.
Meister, Morris; b. Gonietz, Poland, Oct
201895; d. NYC, Aug 10 1975.
To NYC 1902. • BS CCNY, MA, PhD
Columbia. • Science educator, author, editor,
NYC; fdr, principal Bronx High School of
Science; faculty Columbia;officer Hall of
Science. • See: UJE; A]YB, 77:597; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Aug 11 1975, 30:5.
Meitchik, Annie (Mme); b. ca 1875; d. AlJg
71934.
Contralto, Metropolitan Opera, NYc. • See:
A]YB,37:259.
Meites, Hyman L; b. Odessa; d. Chicago,
May 31944.
To US 1891. • Editor, publisher, early Zionist,
Chicago; mem mayors cabinet; fdr Jewish
Record, ChicagoJewish Chronick; orgrJewish
Historical Soc ofIL. • See:A]YB, 46:342;
NYTimes, May41944, 19:2.
Mekler, Jachial ijehial) Hyman; b.
Meisagola, Poland, Mar 241899/Apr 5
1900.
To US 1921.· AB UND,MA Wesley ColI,
DD Sioux ColI. • Rabbi, author, Duluth; dir
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Melamed, Deborah Marcus (Mrs Raphael
H Melamed); b. NYC, July 211892; d.
Nov 1954.
AB Hunter. • Language educator, author,
Elizabeth; officer Womens League ofUnited
Synagogue ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Nov41954, 31:4.
Melamed, Raphael Hai; b. Hebron,
Palestine, July 3 1884/1885; d. Elizabeth,
May 3 1948.
AB NYU, ordainedJTS, PhD Dropsie.·
Rabbi, communal worker, author, Elizabeth;
faculty Gratz; • active FamilyWelfare Soc,
United Heb Charities, YMHA, Red Cross. •
See:A]YB, 24:181, 50:520; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 41948,25:4.
Melamed, Samuel Max; b. Vilkovski,
Lithuania, Dec 15 1885; d. NYC,June 19
1938.
To US 1914.· U Paris, U Marburg, PhD U
Bern.· Writer, editor, Zionist ldr, NYC; with
NY Staats Zeitung, AmJewish Chronicle; fdr
Kehillah & Heb Theological ColI (Chicago);
officer Zionist Org ofAm (Chicago). • See:
UJE;A]YB, 24:181,40:389; WWIA], 1928,
1938; BEOA]; NITimes, June 201938,15:2.
Meldola, Aaron David; b. Montreal, 1853;
d.1918.
First Canadian-born rabbi, Montreal; officer
NYC Orthodox convention, Union of
OrthodoxJewish Congregations; protested
Central ConfofAm Rabbis Sunday Shabbat
discussion. • See: E].
Mellamed, Sarah Beleskie; b. Lipovitz,
Kiev, 1869.
Communal worker, Hartford; orgr Heb Ladies
Old Peoples Home, Heb Womens Home for
Children, UnitedJewish Charities, Heb
Sheltering Home; pres Free Loan Assn. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Mellanoff, Isadore Sidney; b. Philadelphia,
July41901.
PhG, BSc, MSc Philadelphia School of
Pharmacy. • Research chemist, Philadelphia;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Meller, Adolf; b. Berlin, Dec 71891; d.
Miami Beach, 1947.
To US 1909. • Importer ofprecious stones,
Providence; fdt RI Refugee Center; officer
professional socs. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Dec 2 1947,29:6.
Meller, Esther Kandel; b. 1899?; d. NYC,
Mar 51964.
430
Insurance broker, communal & civic ldr, NYC;
officer synagog, Peter Cooper Community
Council. • See:A]YB, 66:579.
Mellitz, Samuel; b. Bridgeport, CT, May 6
1891; d. New Haven, Dec 26 1982.
Lawyer, state supreme court judge, communal
worker; officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish
Congregations; bd Yeshiva U; active
Community Chest, Am Jewish Cong.· See:
A]YB, 84:336-37.
Melniker, Aaron A; b. Odessa, Jan 25 1885;
d. Neptune, NJ, Sep 1960.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, district court judge,
civic & communalldr, Bayonne; mem City
Council, Bd ofEducation; facultyJohn
Marshall Law; officer bar assn; chr ReliefCom
for GermanJews. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938;
BEOA]j NYTimes, Sep 11 1960,80:3.
Mels, Alfred; see Cohn, Martin.
Meltsner, Max; b. NYC, Oct 26 1886; d.
NYC,Jan 161943.
AB CCNY, MS NYU, PhD Fordham. •
Chemist, NYC; faculty CCNY; authority:
aminoalcohols; WWI government service. •
See:A]YB, 45:390; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,
Jan 18 1943, 15:3.
Meltsner, Paul Raphael; b. NYC, 1905.
Natl Academy ofDesign. • Artist, NYC. • See:
BEOA].
Meltz, Samuel Leonard; b. NYC, Nov 3
1903.
AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
Jamaica, NY; officer Democratic club. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Meltzer, Doris; b. near Ellenville, NY, Jan
11908; d. Oct 18 1977.
Art Students League. • Artist, exhibit creator,
NYC; fdr Overseas Program (USIS), Natl
Serigraph Soc, Meltzer Gallery. • See:
WWWL4, 7.
Meltzer, Hyman; b. Molodatchna, Vilna,
Sep 11898.
To US 1907. • BS U IL, MA, PhD Columbia.
• Psychologist, author, St Louis; faculty
Washington U; dir Psychological Service
Center, YM-YWHA, Civil Liberties League. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Meltzer, Joseph; b. ca 1859; d. St Louis,
Apr41939.
Businessman, communalldr, Atlanta. • See:
A]YB, 41:428.
Meltzer, Joseph; b. Vilkomir, June 25 1886.
To US 1898. • BE, CE Cooper Union.·
Construction engineer; NYC; bldr subways,
housing, theatres. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Meltzer,Joshua; b. ca 1863; d. Bridgeport,
CT, Jan 4 1933.
Lawyer, legislator, Bridgeport, CT. • See:
A]YB,35:127.
Meltzer, Maurice; b. Czortkow, Austria,
June 14 1891;d. Oct 1970.
To US 1899.· MD NYU.• Urologist, NYC;

431
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Oct 17 1970, 32:5.
Meltzer, Samuel]ames; b. Troip, Kovno,
Mar 22 1851; d. NYC, Nov 7 1920.
To US 1883. • MD U Berlin. • Physician; with
Rockefeller Inst; fdr Soc for Experimental
Biology & Medicine; officer med assns; author
in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):154,
23:133; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Nov 8
1920, 15:6.
Menachem (pseud ofGoldberg, Menachem
Boraisha); b. Brest-Litovsk, 1888.
To US 1915. • Noted poet, journalist, NYC;
with Day, Cong Weekly; active Joint
Distribution Com, Am Jewish Cong.· See:
UJE.
Mencher, Ely; b. NYC, Dec 141913; d.
Dec 111978.
CCNY, PhD MIT. • Geologist; faculty
Central U (Caracas), MIT, CCNY. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Dec 13 1978,25:4.
Menchofsky, Boruch; b. ca 1845; d. Kansas
City, Oct 9 1921.
Rabbi, Kansas City.· See:A]YB, 24:102.
Mendel, Arthur; b. Boston,June 6 1905; d.
Oct 141979.
Harvard, Paris; honorary degrees. • Musician,
musicologist, NYC; music critic The Nation;
faculty Princeton; conductor Cantata Singers.
• See: WWWIA, 7.
Mendel, Lafayette Benedict; b. Delhi, NY,
Feb 5 1872; d. Dec 9 1935.
AB, PhD Yale; honorary degrees. •
Physiological chemist, nutritionist, New
Haven; pioneer work with vitamins; faculty
Yale; officer professional orgs. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:181, 38:432; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1.
Mendel, Warner Humphrey; b. Knoxville,
Oct 2 1906; d. NYC, Oct 22 1967.
BA, LLBColumbia. • Lawyer, life insurance
exec, NYC; specialty: finance & real property
law; developed new methods offinancing. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Oct 24 1967,47:2.
Mendell, Samuel; b. ca 1881; d.
Huntington, WVA, Feb 171919.
Rabbi, Huntington, WVA.· See:A]YB,
21:206.
Mendelowitz, Abraham; b. Nikolaev,
Ukraine, Mar 5 1894; d. NYC,- Nov 14
1966.
To US 1915. • Internatllabor ldr, anticommunist;
internatl officer Cloth Hat and
Capmakers Union; memJewishHeb Trades,
Workmen's Circle. • See: Fink, 241-42;
NYTimes, Nov 15 1966, 41:1.
Mendelsohn, Albert; b. Chicago, Mar 13
1889.
Columbia. • Mining engineer & exec, Sonora,
Mexico. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Mendelsohn, Charles]astrow;b.
Wtlmington, NC, Dec 8 1880; d. NYC,
Sep 271939.
AB, PhD U PA. • Philologist, code expert,
Washington DC; faculty CCNY; contributor
]E; WWI service. • See:]E (sub Mendelsohn,
Samuel);A]YB, 42:481; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Sep 28 1939,
25:1.
Mendelsohn, David H; b. Mittau, Kurland,
Sep 20 1889; d. Apr 1943.
To US 1893. • MDJeffersonMed Call, postgrad
Utica, Vienna. • Surgeon, Paterson. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 9 1943,
21:3.
Mendelsohn, Eric (Erich); b. Allerstein,
East Prussia, Mar 211887; d. San
Francisco, Sep 15 1953.
To US 1941. • U Berlin, U Munich. • Noted
architect, engineer; mem German
Expressionist movement. • See: UJE; E);
A]YB, 56:571; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 5; NITimes,
Sep 161953,36:7.
Mendelsohn, Felix; b. Chicago, Dec 91876;
d. Oct 241938.
Publisher, exposition dir, Chicago; exec
Expositions Co ofAm. • See: A]YB, 41 :428;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes; Oct 25 1938,23:3.
Mendelsohn, G; b. Bausk, Courland, Dec
25 1867.
Rabbi, Homestead, PA, Nashville. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):80,6(1904-1905):221.
Mendelsohti, Isaac; b. Kremeiticz, Ukraine,
Oct 311898; d. NYC, May 201965.
To US 1930.· Semitic scholar, historian,
NYC; faculty Columbia; active Friends ofHeb
U; author in field. • See:A]YB, 67:539;
NYTimes, May 22 1965,31:3.
Mendelsohn, Isador Wtlliam; b. NYC, May
12 1894.
BS, CE U WI • Sanitary engineer, NYC; with
US Public Health Service, Public Works Adm;
author in field; reserve military service. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Mendelsohn, Isidor; b.*; d. Dorchester,
MA, May 7 1914.
Communal worker, Dorchester, MA.· See:
A]YB, 16(1914-1915):164.
Mendelsohn,]acob]ames; b. Kovno,]an 19
1891; d.]uly 1955.
To Chicago 1892. • MD Loyola. • Physician,
Chicago; faculty Loyola; med dir Consumptive
Aid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July
28 1955,23:5.
Mendelsohn, Louis; b. Gennany, Aug 12
1854; d. Mar 281935.
To US in infancy. • Capitalist, Detroit; exec
Fisher Body Corp. • See: BEOA]; WWWIA,
1.
Mendelsohn, Morris]; b. 1880; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 291966.
Zionist, Rough Rider, customs inspector; fdr,
natl commanderJewish War Veterans; officer
United Zionist-Revisionists ofAm. • See:
A]YB, 68:530-31; NYTimes, Aug 31 1966,43:1.
Mendelson, Samuel
Mendelsohn (Mendelson), Samuel; b.
Shillelen, Kovno, Mar 31 1850; d. Sep30
1922.
Ordained Maimonides CoIl (Philadelphia). •
Rabbi, author, Wilmington, NC; contributor
Jewish press; dir Assocd Charities. • See: ]E;
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):80,24:181,25:140;
WWWIA, 1.
Mendelsohn, Samuel; b. Chicago, Mar 3
1895; d. Glen Ridge, NJ, Feb 3 1966.
Inventor, mfr, Bloomfield, N]; developed
flashbulb "Speedgun," microwave components.
• See: DAB, 8;NYTimes, Feb 41966,31:2.
Mendelsohn,SamueIFelix;b.Starobin,
Minsk, Nov 27 1889; d. Chicago, Feb 27
1953.
To US 1906. • U Chicago, AB U Cincinnati,
ordainedHeb Union ColI. • Rabbi, author,
Chicago; faculty Call ofJewish Studies; pres
Chicago Rabbinical Assn; initiator NatlJewish
Book Week. • See:A]YB, 55:457; WWIA],
1928, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 28 1953, 17:4.
Mendelsohn, Shelomo; b. Warsaw, 1896; d.
1948.
To US 1941.· UWarsaw.· Yiddish critic,
historian, Folk Party ldr; co-editor Dos Folk;
editorial bd Undzer Tsayt. • See: E].
Mendelsohn, Sigmund; b. ca 1841; d. New
Orleans, Oct 301914.
Civil War veteran, New Orleans. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):221.
Mendelsohn, Sigmund; b. Austria, 1858;d.
NYC, Mar 1941.
To US as child. • Columbia Law. • Mfr,
author, NYC; exec Hudson River Woolen
Mills. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,
Mar 13 1941,21:4.
Mendelsohn, Walter; b. NYC,]an 221897.
AB, LLB Yale.· Lawyer, NYC; mem Welfare
Council ofNY; dirJewish Bd ofGuardians. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Mendelson, Aaron; b. ca 1862; d. Detroit,
Sep 23 1933.
Financier, Detroit. • See: A]YB, 36:284.
Mendelson, Arthur; b. NYC, Mar 11 1905.
BS CCNY, LLB Columbia.· Lawyer, special
asst district atty, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Mendelson,Jacob Ben Zion; b. Kreitzburg,
Latvia, Oct 12 1875; d. Newark, Aug 5
1941.
To US 1915. • Rabbi, author, Newark; head
OrthodoxJewish Community; officer
Orthodox Rabbis ofUS & Canada. • See:
A]YB, 44:342; WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes,
Aug 61941, 17:2.
Mendelson, Nathan; b. Glasgow, Aug 1
1907.
To US 1915.· BS CCNY, LLBN]Law,
RIETS. • Rabbi, cantor, Newark. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Mendelson, Samuel; see Mendelsohn,
Samuel.

Mendelssohn, Felix Robert
Mendelssohn, Felix Robert; b. Berlin, 1896;
d.May 1951.
To US 1936. • Stem Conservatory (Berlin). •
Concert cellist, tchr, NYC. • See: UJE;
NITimes, May 16 1951,52:3.
Menderson, Melanie Freidenberg; b.
Detroit, Apr 14 1893.
AB Vassar.· Civic & communal worker,
Cincinnati; nat! officer Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; bd Regional Planning Council. • See:
WWlAJ, 1938.
Mendes, A Piza; b. NYC, Apr 30 1894.
Cornell, BS Columbia. • Chemist, advertising
exec, NYC; officer Shearith Israel; trustee
Lexington School for the Deaf, North Am
Relief Soc; active Republican politics; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Mendes, Abraham Pereira; b. Kingston,
Jamaica, Feb 9 1825; d. NYC, Apr 18
1893.
To US 1883. • Rabbi, author, tchr, Newport. •
See:JE; UJE; PAJHS, 11:207-11.
Mendes, David Pereira; b. 1740; d. Jamaica,
1786.
ToJamaica 1786. • First ofhis family in Am,
fugitive from Spain. • See: UJE (sub Mendes).
Mendes, Frederick De Sola; b. Montego
Bay, Jamaica, July 8 1850; d. New
Rochelle, Oct 26 1927.
To England ca 1851, to US 1873. • Northwick
CoIl (London), U Breslau, ordainedJTS
(Breslau), BA U London, PhD U Jena. •
Rabbi, author, editor, NYC; fdr Am Heb;
denounced Pittsburgh Reform Platform; active
NJ Jewish colonies. • See:JE; UJE; EJ (sub
Mendes); AJYB, 5(1903-1904):80-81,24:181,
30:80; WWlAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NITimes, Oct 27 1927,29:1.
Mendes, Haim (Henry) Pereira; b.
Birmingham, England, Apr 13 1852; d.
Mt Vernon, NY, Oct 20 1937.
Northwick ColI (London), U ColI (London),
JTS, MD NYU; honorary degrees. • Rabbi,
nat! communalldr, early Am Zionist,
physician, author, NYC; fdr JTS, Union of
OrthodoxJewish Congregations ofthe US &
Canada, Fedn ofAm Zionists, Bd ofJewish
Ministersi exec com Kehillah; supporter liberal
immigration policy, nonsectarian public
education; rabbi Shearith Israel. • See: JE;
UJE; EJ (sub Mendes); AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):81,40:41-60,389; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ; PAJHS, 35:316-319;AJHQ,
55:364-84; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NITimes, Oct
211937,23:1.
Mendes, Herman; b. Russia, Feb 15 1894.
To NYC 1901.· LLB Fordham.· Lawyer,
NYC; officer Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:
WWlAJ,1938.
Mendes, Isaac P; b. Kingston, Jamaica, Jan
13 1853; d. Savannah, June 27 1904.
Northwick CoIl (London), MA, DD U GA. •
Rabbi, author, London, Richmond, Savannah.
• See: UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):81,6(1904­
1905):374.
Mendes, Rosalie Lopez Piza (Mrs H
Pereira Mendes); b. St Thomas, Dutch
West Indies, June 81869; d. NYC, Feb
181953.
Communalldr, author, NYC; co-fdr YWHA;
active Shearith Israel. • See: A]YB, 55:457;
NITimes, Feb 19 1953,23:2.
Mendleson, Alan Norman; b. Albany, NY,
Feb 181904; d. Aug 141956.
Yale. • Business exec, NYc. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Mendleson,Jerome; b. Albany, NY, Mar 6
1874; d. Aug 1940.
Mfr, business exec, Albany, NY, NYC; fdr
Jewish Community Council; dir Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWlAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Aug 17 1940, 15:4.
Mendlowitz, Shraga Feivel; b. Vilag,
Austria-Hungary, 1886.
To US 1913. • Orthodox communalldr &
educator, Scranton, Brooklyn, • Spring Valley,
NY; a fdr communal schools including a high
school with secular studies, Torah Umesorah
(natl soc for Heb day schools). • See: E].
Mendow, Hiram Z; b. Minneapolis, Aug 6
1893.
AB, LLB U MN, MA, LLM Oskaloosa ColI. •
Lawyer, municipal judge, Minneapolis; officer
Council ofAmericanization Agencies, War
Relief campaigns; active Republican politics. •
See: WWlA], 1928, 1938.
Mendoza, David; b. NYC, Mar 13 1894.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Violinist, conductor,
musical dir, NYC; with cinemas, radio
programs, movies. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Menes, Avrohom (Abraham, Abram); b.
Grodno,Jan 29 1897; d. NYC, Oct 18
1969.
To US 1940. • Yiddish historian, biblical
scholar, NYC; a fdr Yiddish Inst (Europe);
contributor ZukunJt, Forward. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 71 :607.
Mengelberg,JosefWilliam; b. Holland,
187l.
Noted orchestra conductor, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 24:181.
Menken, Adah Isaacs; b. Milneburg, LA,
June 15 1835; d. Paris, Aug 10 1868.
Actress, poet; known for portrayal "Mazeppa."
• See:]E; UJE; PAJHS, 34:143-47; NAW;
DAB; NITimes, Aug 12 1868,4:6.
Menken, Alice Davis; b. NYC, Aug 4 1870;
d. NYC, Mar 23 1936.
NY School for Community Work. • Social
service worker, author, NYC; specialty:
juvenile delinquency; bd State Reformatory for
Women; officer Jewish Bd ofGuardians, Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies; active Union of
OrthodoxJewish Congregations; WWI
Womens Motor Corps service. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 38:432; WWIAJ, 1928; NITimes, Mar
241936,23:1.
Menken, Helen (Mrs George N Richard);
b. NYC, Dec 121901; d. Mar 271966.
432
Actress; officer Am Shakespeare Festival
Theatre, Inst for Crippled and Disabled. • See:
UJE; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Mar 28 1966,
33:2.
Menken,Jacob Stanwood; b. Cincinnati,
1838; d. Memphis.
Dept store merchant, philanthropist; orgr
Childrens Christmas Club, free kindergartens
for blacks; Civil War service. • See:JE (sub
Menken); UJE; EJ (sub Menken).
Menken, Jules A; b. CincinnatilNY, 1836;
d. Watch Point, VT, 1890.
Merchant, Cincinnati; Civil War home guard
service. • See: JE (sub Menken); UJE (sub
Menken, Solomon); EJ (sub Menken).
Menken, Nathan Davis; b. Cincinnati,
1837;d.Memphis, 1878.
Merchant, soldier; cared for yellow fever
victims, died from yellow fever as result; Civil
War service. • See: JE (sub Menken); UJE; EJ
(sub Menken).
Menken, Percival S; b. Philadelphia, Aug 10
1865; d. NYC, May 171908.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; dean Kent
School ofLaw; active Sabbath Observation
Assn, YMHA; contributorJE; author in field. •
See: JE (sub Menken); AJYB, 7(1905-1906):88,
10(1908-1909):130; NITimes, May 18 1908,
7:4.
Menken, S Stanwood; b. Memphis, July 29
1870; d. Jan 1954.
CCNY, BS Comell,MA, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, NYC; orgr Democratic League, Nat!
Security League ofAm; active politics, Hall of
Records fundraising. • See:]E; UJE; EJ (sub
Menken); WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes,
Jan 9 1954, 16:3.
Menken,Solomon;b. Westphalia, 1787;d.
Cincinnati, 1853.
Cincinnati pioneer; fdr wholesale dry goods
store. • See: JE (sub Menken); UJE; EJ (sub
Menken).
Menkes, Jacob Bernard; b. Lemberg, Apr 9
1887; d. 1949.
OrdainedJTS, DD HebUnion ColI, post-grad
Columbia. • Rabbi, historical researcher,
communal orgr, author, FL, PA, OK; natl dir
Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Apr 41949,23:5.
Menkes, Zygmunt; b. Lvov, 1896.
To NY 1935/1936. • Cracow Academy ofFine
Arts. • Expressionist painter; used Jewish
themes. • See: EJ.
Menschel, Benjamin; b. NYC, Sep 13 1904;
d. Far Rockaway, Oct 5 1962.
Lawyer, NYC; active Am Jewish Com.· See:
AJYB, 65:436; NITimes, Oct 8 1962,23:5.
Menuhin, Hepzibah; b. San Francisco,
1920; d. London, 1981.
Concert pianist. • See: UJE (sub Menuhin,
Yehudi); EJ (sub Menuhin, Yehudi); NITimes,
Jan21981.

Messinger, Rose (Mrs)
Messinger, Rose (Mrs); b. ca 1893; d. Jan
261939.
Social and philanthropic worker, author,
Memphis. • See:AJYB, 41:428.
Messner, Julian; b. NYC, Sep 25 1890; d.
NYC, Feb 8 1948.
Columbia.· Publisher, NYC.· See:AJYB,
'50:520; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Feb 9 1948,
19:1. -
Messner, Kathryn G (Mrs Julian Messner);
b. Chicago, Nc;)V 25 1902; d. Aug 41964.
Editor, publisher, 'NYc. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Aug 5 1964,33:4.
Mestel, Yankev Oacob); b. Zlotshov,
Galicia, Feb 25 1884; d. NYC, Aug 6
1958.
To US 1920. • Yiddish poet & actor,
translator, editor, tchr, NYC; with Yiddish folk
schools, Yiddish Art Theatre; dir Yiddish
division Federal Theatre Project. • See: UJE;
EJ; AJYB, 61:418.
Metchik, Isaac Wolf; b. Brest-Litovsk,
1849; d. NYC,Jan 251953.
To US 1912. • Editor, communal orgr &
admr; fdr Jewish periodicals (London),
Orthodox congregation, Talmud Torah; exec
secy Heb Day Nursery. • See: AJYB, 55:457­
58; NITimes, Jan 261953,19:5.
Metz, Abraham Louis; b. Chicago, Apr 22
1864; d. Tucson, Feb 10 1939.
PhG NY CoIl ofPharmacy, MD Tulane;
honorary degree. • Chemist, public health ldr,
New Orleans; faculty Tulane; with State Bd of
Health. • See:A]YB, 24:181, 41:428; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4.
Metzenbaum, James; b. Cleveland, June 12
1883; d. Cleveland, Dec 1960.
LLB Western Reserve. • Lawyer, legislator,
civic ldr, Cleveland; pres County Planning
Commn; mem City Planning Commn, Bd of
Education; pres Cuyahoga Schools Assn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 11961,48:3.
Metzenbaum, Myron Firth; b. Cleveland,
Apr 11876; d. Cleveland, Jan 251944.
Adelbert CoIl, MD Western Reserve, postgrad
U Vienna, U Paris, Berlin, London. •
Otolaryngologist, surgeon, Cleveland; internatl
authority on reconstructive surgery; author in
field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 46:342-43; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,2;NITimes,Jan27
1944, 19:5.
,Metzger, Arnold; b. Landau, Germany,
1892.
To US 1930s, to Munich after WWII. •
German scholar, author, metaphysicist. • See:
EJ.
Metzger, David; b. NYC, Dec 24 1869; d.
before 1938.
CCNY. • Importer, merchant, NYC; dir Heb
Technical Inst for Girls. • See: WWIAJ, 1926;
BEOAJ.
Metzker, Yud (Itzchok) Isaac; b. Galicia,
July 271901; d. Bridgeport, CT, Oct 6
1984.
To US 1922/1924. • U Berlin. • Yiddish short
storywriter, editor, NYC; tchr Workmen's
Circle Schools; staffForward; military service.
• See: UJE; AJYB, 86:441.
Meyer, Aaron Alexander; b. Atlanta, Oct 22
1868.
Lawyer, Atlanta; trustee Carnegie Library. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyer, Abraham; b. ca 1872; d. Paris, May
61933.
Authority on banking law, Chicago. • See:
AJYB,35:127.
Meyer, Adam; b. ca 1833; d. New Orleans,
Mar 231913.
Civil War veteran, New Orleans. • See: AJYB,
15(1913-1914):272.
Meyer, Adolph; b.Natchez; Oct 191842; d.
New Orleans, Mar 8 1908.
U VA. • Congressman, banker, sugar & cotton
grower, New Orleans; Civil War Confederate
officer, later brigadier general LA Natl Guard.
• See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 2(1900-1901):521,
6(1904-1905):154-55, 10(1908-1909):129;
WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Mar 9 1908, 7:4.
Meyer, Albert;,b. Selma,AL,Jan 15 1864.
Merchant, realtor, Selma, AL; officer Anti­
Tuberculosis Assn, B'nai B'rith, Rotary; dir
Daily Time-Journal; fundraiser WWI. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyer, Alfred; b. NYC, June 18 1854; d.
Ogonquit, ME, July 141950.
AB, AM, PhD, MD Columbia, post-grad U
Leipzig, U Vienna. • Physician, author,
communal worker, NYC; specialty:
tuberculosis; faculty NYUlBellevue; officer
Nat! Tuberculosis Assn. • See: UJE; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):155,24:181,53:526; WWIAJ,
1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.
Meyer, Alfred C; b.*; d. reported Nov 6
1936.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
39:594.
Meyer, Andre B M; b. Paris, Sep 3 1898; d.
Lausanne, Sep 91979.
Banker, presidential advisor, philanthropist,
NYC; with Lazard Freres; benefactor NYU,
Israel Technion. • See:AJYB, 81:371;
WWWIA, 7; NITimes story, Oct 28 1965.
Meyer, Annie Nathan (Mrs Alfred Meyer);
b. NYC, Feb 19 1867; d. NYC, Sep 23
1951.
Fdr, Barnard CoIl, NYC; author, antisuffragist,
anti-Zionist; autobiography. • See:
JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904'-1905):155-56,
24:181,54:540; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; NAW=modern; DAB, 5; NITimes, Sep
241951,27:1.
Meyer, Arthur Simon; b. NYC, May 24
1880; d. Scarsdale, Aug 61955.
Columbia. • Businessman, public servant,
NYC; chr State Bd ofMediation; investigator
labor disputes; officer ConfofJewish
Relations; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies.,· See:AJYB, 58:478; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Aug 8
1955,21:1.
434
Meyer, B G; b. NYC, 1882; d. Allentown,
PA, Aug 1949.
Pres, General Cigar Co; fdr CigarMfrs Assn of
Am. • See: WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Aug 27
1949,13:5.
Meyer, Baron de Hirsch; b. WI, 1900; d.
1974.
Lawyer, banker, philanthropist, Miami; est
federal banks in FL; active communal affairs. •
See:EJ:1973-1982.
Meyer, Ben R; b. San Francisco, 1879; d.
Mar 61957.
Businessman, banker, Los Angeles; trustee Cal
Tech, Y Southern CA.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 81957,25:1.
Meyer, Charles Harrison; b. NYC, Apr 15
1892; d.July 191962.
AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC;
officer The Comer House, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; appeal agent Selective Service;
author in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, July 20 1962,
25:4.
Meyer, Daniel; b.,ca 1824; d. San Francisco,
Sep 121911.
Banker, philanthropist, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 14(1912-1913):124.
Meyer, Edwin F; b. ca 1866; d. Chicago, Jan
12 1931.
Lawyer, financier, communal worker, Chicago.
• See:AJYB, 33:127.
Meyer, Ely; b. Rochester, NY; Oct 15 1890;
d. Nov 5 1971.
U Rochester, Harvard. • Paper mfg co exec,
Tampa. • See:WWWIA, 5.
Meyer, Emanuel; b. ca 1853; d. Portland,
OR, June 22 1916.
Militiaman, Portland, OR. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Meyer, EmanueIM;b. Brooklyn, June 16
1893.
CCNY. • Biological & physiological chemist,
Cincinnati; with US Public Health Service,
Dept ofHealth; author in field. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Meyer, Emily Newstadler (Mrs R H
Meyer); b. ca 1863; d. reported Aug 19
1938.
Philanthropist, Jonesboro, AR. • See: AJYB,
41:428; WWIAJ, 1928.
Meyer, Eugene Or); b. Los Angeles, Oct 31
1875; d.July 171959.
U CA, AB Yale; honorary degree. • Publisher,
banker, government servant, communal & civic
ldr; owner Washington Post; first pres World
Bank; governor Federal Reserve Bd; a reorgr
Federal Farm Loan Bd; creator Reconstruction
Finance Corp.· See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:181;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
3; DAB, 6; NITimes, July 181959,1:5.

Meyer, Rose D
Meyer, Rose D; b. Chicago.
U Chicago; • Editor, writer, Chicago; with
World Book, Authors Digest; officer IL Womens
Press Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyer, Rudolph Hennan (R H); b.
Heuchelheim. by LandaulReinpfalz,July
61858.
To US 1873. • Business coll (Memphis),
English Stewarts Coll. • Cotton broker,
merchant, philanthropist, Jonesboro, AR;
benefactor Heb Union ColI; active civic affairs.
• See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Meyer, SamuelJones; b. Centralia, IL, Dec
31896.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Ophthalmologist, Chicago; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyer, Siegmund (Sigmund) T; b. ca 1829;
d. Long Branch, NJ, Oct 11 1915.
Real estate operator, NYc. • See: AJYB,
18(1916-1917):109; NYTimes, Oct 12 1915,
11:5.
Meyer, William; b. Gennany, Apr 4 1883.
To Butte 1885.· LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public
official, legislator, Butte; mem State Bd of
Education; dir Nat! Farm School. • see: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyer, Willy; b. Minden, Westphalia,July
24 1858; d. NYC, Feb 24 1932.
To US 1884. • MD U Bonn. • Surgeon,
surgical techniques pioneer, NYC; faculty
Womens Med ColI, NY Post-Grad School. •
See: UJE;AJYB, 24:182; WWWIA, 1.
Meyerfeld,MorrisJr;b.ca1855;d.San
Francisco,July 20 1935.
Theatrical circuit pres, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 37:259.
Meyerhardt, Max; b. Gennany, Oct 24
1855; d. Mar 1923.
To US ca 1856. • Lawyer, county judge,
author, poet, communal worker, Rome, GA;
officer Bd ofTrustees ofPublic Schools,
Masons, synagog; active Democratic politics. •
See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):88-89,25:140.
Meyerhardt, Max; b. Krojanke, Gennany,
Dec 51873.
To US 1892. • Merchant, Jefferson City, MO.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyerhof, Otto Fritz; b. Hannover, Apr 12
1884; d. Philadelphia, Oct 61951.
To US ca 1940. • MD U Heidelberg. •
German biochemist, Nobel laureate,
Philadelphia; faculty U Kiel, Kaiser Wilhelm
Inst (Berlin, Heidelberg), U PA; author in
field. • See: EJ; AJYB, 54:540; DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Oct 81951,21:4.
Meyerhoff, CharlesAD; b. ca 1833; d.
NYC, Mar 211913.
Journalist, NYC.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):272.
Meyerhoff, Hans; b. Brunswick, Gennany,
1914; d. 1965.
To US 1934. • Philosopher, Los Angeles;
faculty UCLA; author in field; WWII US
government service. • See: EJ.
Meyerhoff, Joseph; b. Poltava, Apr 8 1899;
d. Baltimore, Feb 2 1985.
To US 1906. • LLB U MD; honorary degrees.
• Businessman, communal worker,
philanthropist, Baltimore; mem State Planning
Commn, State Bd ofWelfare; natl chr United
Jewish Appeal; bd Heb U, Tel Aviv U, Jewish
Welfare Fund. • See: EJ; AJYB, 87:441;
WWWIA, 8; NYTimes story, Feb 61961,
obituary, Feb 5 1985.
Meyerovitz, Benjamin; b.*; d. Houston,
Mar41934.
Rabbi, Houston. • See: AJYB, 36:284.
Meyerovitz, Louise; b. Wmnepeg, May 11
1906.
To US 1907. • AB U Denver, post-grad U
CO, Columbia. • Social worker; officer Natl
Council ofJewishJrs, ConfofNatlJewish
Young Orgs, Juvenile House (NYC); natl bd
Young Judea; dir Community Center (Albany,
NY), CommunityJewish Center (Port
Chester). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Meyerovitz, Morris (Dr); b. ca 1862; d. Mar
3 1937.
Communal & civic worker, author, Chicago;
mem State Bd ofHealth, Chicago Planning
Commn. • See: AJYB, 39:594; NYTimes, Mar 4
1937,23:5.
Meyerowitz, Abram; b. Pinsk, Mar 4 1896.
LLB Fordham.· To US 1922.· Communal
ldr & tchr, Zionist, Minneapolis, Brooklyn;
officer Poale-Zion; active Natl Workers
Alliance, WorldJewish Cong.· See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Meyerowitz, Arthur M; b. Retovo,
Lithuania, Jan 17 1879; d. Scarsdale, Oct
101964.
To US 1914/1918. • U Berlin.· Important
natl communalldr, Reform rabbi, foreign bond
dealer, author, Germany, NYC; officer Union
ofAm Heb Congregations; natl exec bd Am
Jewish Cong; a fdr Galveston Plan. • See:
AJYB, 66:579; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NYTimes,
Oct 12 1964,29:1.
Meyerowitz, Jacob; b. ca 1859; d.
Baltimore, Aug 26 1931.
Rabbi, Baltimore.· See:AJYB, 34:112.
Meyerowitz, William; b. Ukraine, July 15
1887/1889/1893/1895/1898;d.NYC,
May28IJune 41981.
To US 1905/1906. • CCNY, Natl Academy of
Design. • Artist, etcher, NYC; active Jewish
community. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:182, 83:359;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
8.
Meyers, A Lincoln; b. Philadelphia, Aug 1
1898.
LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, newspaperman,
diamond expert, Philadelphia. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Meyers, Aaron; b. ca 1842; d. Helena, AR,
May 31914.
City treasurer, Helena, AR. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):164.
436
Meyers, Beatrice De Lima (Mrs Walter S
Meyers); b. NYC, ca 1887; d. Rochester,
NY, Oct 19 1945.
Educator, civic worker, Rochester, NY;
authority on childrens books; fdr Childrens
Book Shop; pres Womens City Club. • See:
AJYB, 48:495;NYTimes, Oct 20 1945, 11:5.
Meyers, Charles B; b. NYC, Mar 27 1875;
d. Oct 1958.
CCNY, Pratt. • Architect, public servant,
NYC; mem Planning Commn. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct23 1958,31:3.
Meyers, Clarence L; b. Philadelphia,Jan 16
1886.
Yam mfr, Philadelphia; dir Orphans
Guardians, Fedn ofJewish Charities, Jewish
Seaside Home (Atlantic City). • See: WWIAJ,
1928, 1938.
Meyers, Delia (Mrs Henry Meyers); b.
Detroit, ca 1900; d. Detroit, Sep 141946.
Communal worker; officer League ofJewish
Womens Orgs, Natl Council ofJewish
Women. • See: AJYB, 49:615; NYTimes, Sep
16 1946,5:5.
Meyers, GeorgeJ; b. ca 1861; d. NYC, Feb
16 1917.
Physician, NYc. • See:AJYB, 19(1917­
1918):266.
Meyers, Harry; b. ca 1897; d. NYC, 1960.
Music business exec, violinist, self-taught
engineer, NYc. • See: NYTimes, Oct 4 1960,
43:3.
Meyers, I Leon; b. Gauren, Russia, Dec 23
1883; d. before 1938.
U Chicago, MD Northwestern. •
Neuropsychiatrist, Los Angeles; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Meyers, Jacque Louis; b. Rochester, NY,
Dec 261882.
AB U Rochester. • Clothing mfr, Rochester,
NY; mem Citizens Com on Unemployment
Relief; officer Jewish Welfare Council,
Chamber ofCommerce, trade assn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Meyers, Joseph; b. NYC, July 191898; d.
Nov 1957.
Publisher, NYC; pres Avon Books Charitable
Found. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 4
1957,29:2.
Meyers, Milton Kayton; b. Philadelphia,
Jan 3 1882; d. Jan 1954.
BS Central High School (Philadelphia), MD,
LLB U PA. • Neurologist, Philadelphia; staff
U PA; consult US Public Health Service;
author/editor in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 27 1954,
27:2.
Meyers, Philip M (Phil); b. Cincinnati, June
25 1899; d. NYC, Dec 271978.
Business exec, philanthropist, civic ldr; bd U
Cincinnati, Brandeis, City Charter Com; active

Michels, Leopold
Michels, Leopold; b. ca 1841; d. San
Francisco, Nov 191920.
Civil War veteran, merchant, philanthropist,
San Francisco. • See: AJYB, 23:13 3.
Michelson, A (Arthur) Elihu; b. NYC, Nov
11909.
BS CCNY, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Peekskill,
NY. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Michelson, Albert Abraham; b. Strelno,
Gennany, Dec 19 1852; d. Pasadena,
May91931.
To US 1854/1855. • US Naval Acade1l!y, U
Berlin, U Heidelberg, ColI de France, Ecole
Polytech, PhD U Leipzig; honorary degrees. •
Physicist, naval officer, Nobel laureate; mem
CNNV pioneer family; inventor Michelson
interferometer, echelon spectroscope. • See:
JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:182, 33:127; WWIAJ,
1928; WWWlA, 1; NYTimes, May 10 1931,
1:4.
Michelson, Albert Heminway; b. Annapolis,
Jan 161878; d.June 91915.
Harvard. • US consul, Belgium, Italy,
Germany.· See: WWWlA, 1; NYTimes,June
11 1915, 15:6.
Michelson, Charles; b. Virginia County,
NV, Apr 18 1869; d. Washington DC,
Jan 81948.
Journalist, political publicist, San Francisco,
NYC, Chicago; with Hearst org; dir of
publicity Democratic Natl Com; dir ofpublic
relations Natl Recovery Adm. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:182; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWlA, 2; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Jan 9
1948,21:1.
Michelson, Israel David; b. Baltimore, July
71897.
AB, MDJo1u\s Hopkins. • Bacteriologist,
Memphis; facultyUTN.· See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Michelson, Leo; b. Riga, 1887; d. Apr 1978.
To US 1941. • St. Petersburg Academy. •
Painter, etcher; Jewish subjects. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, Apr 11 1978,40:2.
Michelson, Miriam; b. Calaveras, CA, 1870;
d. May 28 1942.
Author, newspaper drama critic, short story
writer, San Francisco. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:182; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA,2.
Michelson, Morris; b. Boston, Jan 22 1903.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Boston; trustee
Heb Tchrs ColI; active Zionist Org ofAm. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Michelson, SelimJ; b. San Bernardino, CA,
Jan 11874.
Civic Idr, postmaster, Phoenix; officer
Chamber ofCommerce; active Elks, Masons,
Democratic politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Michelson, Truman; b. New Rochelle, Aug
111879; d. after 1937.
AB, AM, PhD Harvard, post-grad Leipzig,
Bonn, Columbia. • Ethnologist; specialty:
Algonquin Indians; with Immigration Commn,
Bureau ofEthnology; faculty George
Washington, Columbia; author/expeditions in
field. • See: WWWIA, 1.
Michnick, David; b. Ukraine, 1894.
Chicago Art Inst, Beaux Art. • Artist, NYC. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Michnick, Nathan; b. ca 1851; d. Lake
Charles, GA, July 4 1911.
Rabbi, Lake Charles, LA.· See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):123. • *See entry below.
Michnik, Nathan; b. Bielitz, Austria, Sep 20
1863.
Rabbi, Woodville, MS, Augusta, GA. • See:
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):82, 7(1905-1906):123. •
*See entry above.
Michtom, Benjamin Franklin; b. Brooklyn,
July 13 1901; d. Nov 101980.
Business exec, Harrison, NY; with Ideal Toy
Corp; bd ORT, Am Jewish Com; officer trade
org.· See: WWWIA, 7.
Michtom, Morris; b. ca 1870; d. July 21
1938.
Mfr, communalldr, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
41:428; NYTimes,July 22 1938, 17:5.
Middeldorf, Ulrich Alexander; b. Stassfurt,
Gennany, June 23 1901; d. Feb 2 1983.
To US 1935.· U Giessen, U Munich, PhD U
Berlin, Italy, US; honorary degree. • Art
educator, Florence; curator Kunsthistorisches
Inst; faculty U Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Mielziner, Jacob;b. Sep 19 1877.
BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Helena, MT, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):82-83, 7(1905-1906):123. • *See
entry below.
Mielziner, Jacob; b. ca 1880; d.May41937.
Rabbi, Cincinnati, Copenhagen. • See: AJYB,
39:594. • *See entry above.
Mielziner,Jo; b. Paris, Mar 191901; d. Mar
1976.
PA Academy ofFine Arts, Art Students
League, Vienna. • Artist, noted stage designer,
NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ; NYTimes,
Mar 16 1976,38:1.
Mielziner, Leo; b. NYC, Dec 81869; d.
Truro, MA, Aug 111935.
Cincinnati Art Academy, Beaux Arts (Paris),
Copenhagen. • Noted portraitist, NYC; WWI
regional dirJ ewish Welfare Bd. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):156, 24:182, 38:432;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1.
Mielziner, LeoJr; see MacKenna, Kenneth.
Mielziner, Moses; b. Schubin, Posen, Aug
12 1828; d. Cincinnati, Feb 18 1903.
To Denmark 1854, to US 1865. • U Berlin,
PhD U Giessen. • Reform rabbi, talmudist,
author, Germany, Cincinnati; acting pres,
faculty Heb Union ColI; revised prayer book.·
See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 5(1903-1904):216;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 201903,9:6.
438
Mier, Abraham B; b. Ligonier, IN, Dec 21
1868.
Notre Dame. • Banker, government agent,
Ligonier, IN. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Migel, Louey; b. Russia, 1858.
Merchant, philanthropist, Waco; benefactor
Ex-Firemens Assn, Working Boys Club;
trustee Fedn ofJewish Charities, Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: BEOAJ.
Migel, Moses Charles; b. Houston; d. Oct
1958.
Merchant, NYC; chr NY Commn for the
Blind; WWI Red Cross service; Christian
Scientist. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct
251958,21:1.
Milch, Henry; b. NYC, Dec 20 1895; d.
Palm. Beach, Mar 1964.
Orthopedic surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Mar 5 1964,33:1.
Milch, Jacob;b. Warsaw, Nov 20 1866; d.
NYC, Aug 18 1945.
To US 1891. • Yiddish literary & labor figure,
translator, candy jobber, NYC; officerJTS
Tchrs ColI, United Heb Trades; editor
Zukunft; an orgr Peoples ReliefCom. • See:
UJE;AJYB, 24:182,48:495; WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Aug 19 1945, 39:3.
Milcoff, Isaac; b. Bakst, Russia, May 30
1883.
DDS Western Reserve. • Dentist, Cleveland;
active Poale Zion, AmJewish Cong, League
for Labor Palestine, Jewish Welfare Fedn. •
See:BEOAJ.
Mildenberg, Albert; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,
July 1918.
Composer, NYc.. See:AJYB, 21:206;
NYTimes, July 4 1918, 13:2.
Mildenberg, Victor; b. ca 1876; d. Apr 13
1937.
Physician, Brooklyn; mem Bd ofHealth;
military service. • See: AJYB, 39:594; NYTimes,
Apr 15 1937,23:5.
Milder, Morris; b. Austra, Russia, July 28
1885.
Petroleum exec, Omaha; officer trade assns; dir
Jewish Welfare Fedn, Jewish Community
Center. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; REOAJ.
Miles, Jackie; b. Kiev; d. Los Angeles, Apr
1968.
To US 1914.· Nightclub comic.· See:
NYTimes, Apr 27 1968,39:3.
Milestone, Lewis (orginally Milstein); b.
Chisnau, near Odessa, Sep 301895; d.
Los Angeles, Sep 1980.
To US 1914.· Film director, Oscar winner;
"All Quiet on the Western Front"; military
service. • See: NYTimes, Sep 27 1980.
Milgram, Stanley; b. NYC, Aug 15 1933; d.
NYC, Dec 20 1984.
Queens ColI, PhD Harvard. • Social
psychologist, consult, author; faculty Yale,

439
Harvard, CCNY; exec dir comparative intern
program dept ofsocial relations (Harvard). •
See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Dec 23 1984.
Milgrim, Louis; b. ca 1879; d. Paris, Aug 18
1934.
Couturier, communal worker, NYc. • See:
A]YB,37:259.
Milgrim, Sally; b. NYC, Apr 211898.
Womens clothing designer, NYC.· See:
WWIA], 1938.
Milgrom, Max C; b. ca 1894; d. Detroit,
Feb 11933.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See:A]YB,
35:127.
Milhaud, Darius; b. Aix, France, Sep 4
1892; d. June 22 1974.
To US 1940. • Paris Conservatory. •
Composer, Geneva; faculty Mills ColI; one of
les Six; used some Jewish themes. • See: UJE;
E]; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Jan 25 1974,40:1.
Mill, Joseph Solomon (John); b.
Ponievyesz, Lithuania, 1870;,d.Miami
Beach, Oct1 1952.
To US 1914. • Yiddish Journalist, NYC;
pioneer Russian Bund; editor Der Yidisher
Arbeiter; active Socialist Party, Workmen's
Circle, Jewish Social Democrat; military
service; autobiography. • See: E]; A]YB,
55:458;NITimes, Oct41952, 17:2.
Millard, MarkJacob; b.Kiev, June 14 1908.
To Hungary 1933, to US 1938. • U Berlin,
PhD U Heidelberg. • Investment banker,
Budapest, NYC; dir Madison Fund. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Miller, Abraham; b. ca 1882; d. Jan 9 1940.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:A]YB, 42:482; NITimes,
Jan 11 1940,23:3.
Miller, Abraham (Abe); b. Dubiecko,
Galicia,Jan 12 1887; d. NYC, Feb 17
1963.
To US 1903. • Union official, NYC; with
Pants Makers Union, NY Amalgamated
Union, Amalgamated Bank; a fdr Jewish Labor
Com. • See:A]YB, 65:436; WWIA], 1938.
Miller, Abram; b. ca 1874; d. Feb 13 1938.
Physician, communal & civic worker, Kansas
City. • See: A]YB, 40:389.
Miller, Alphonse B; b. NYC, Feb 5 1888; d.
Sep 1959.
U PA. • Business exec, author, Philadelphia; bd
Jewish Publication Soc. • See: WWIA], 1926;
NITimes, Sep 241959,37:4.
Miller, Andrew Nathan; b. Grodno, Sep 13
1882; d. Oct 1958.
To US 1889. • Bldr, Queens; pres synagog;
officer Pride ofJudea Orphan Home, United
Palestine Appeal; dir Home for Incurables. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Oct 13 1958,
29:4.
Miller, Arthur; b. NYC, 1915.
Noted playwright, "Death ofa Salesman." •
See: E].
Miller, Arthur I; b. England, ca 1880; d.
Yonkers, Nov 61947.
To US as child. • Public official, legislator,
Yonkers; Deputy Commr ofPublic Works...
See: A]YB, 50:520; NITimes, Nov 7 1947,
23:4.
Miller, Benjamin Franklin; b. Yaneskel,
Lithuania, Aug 15 1874; d. Philadelphia,
June 201949.
To US 1886. • Iron City ColI (Pittsburgh). •
Clothing mfr, millowner, patent holder,
pioneer Zionist, philanthropist, communal
worker, Philadelphia; fdr Eagleville
Sanitorium; active Am Jewish Cong, B'rith
Sholom, KerenHayesod.· See:A]YB, 51:523;
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, June
211949,25:4.
Miller, Bernard; b. Austria, Aug 12 1869; d.
Madison, NJ, Dec 1951.
Auto supply merchant, Newark; active Heb
Free School, Heb Orphan Asylqm. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec 301951,24:5.
Miller, Bernard Levussove; b. NYC, May 7
1895.
LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, NYC, Brooklyn; natl
pres Phi 'Beta Delta; officer MadisonJewish
Center; active United Palestine Appeal. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Miller, Carl Isaac; b. Cleveland,June 10
1906; d. 1983.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Helena, AR, Gary, IN; officer Fedn of
Jewish Charities, Jewish Assembly; dir Red
Cross. • See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.
Miller, Charles; b. ca 1869; d. NYC, June
271909.
Yiddish poet & author, NYc. • See: A]YB,
11(1909-1910):109.
Miller, Charles; b. Riga; May 15 1878.
To US 1892. • Quilt mfr, businessman,
Seattle; orgr synagog; benefactor Talmud
Torah. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Miller, Charles; b. Russia, Mar 121882.
Communal worker, Poplar Bluff, MO. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Miller, Charlie; b.*; d.Jan 261940.
Newspaper & dept store exec, civic worker,
Birmingham, AL. • See: A]YB, 42:482;
NITimes, Jan 28 1940, 33:1.
Miller, David; b. Baltimore, 1896?; d. West
End, NJ, Aug 6 1965.
Clothing mfr, NYC; a fdr Rabbonim Aid Soc;
active UnitedJewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 67:539; NITimes,
Aug 7 1965,21:3.
Miller, Edward; b. Cleveland, Jan 21900.
LLB U Denver.· Lawyer, Denver; natl
advisory councilJoint Distribution Com;
officer United Heb Appeal, Central]ewish
Council; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Miller, Eli Abraham; b. Denver, Apr 5
1896.
Miller, Heymen Rudolph
AB, MD U CO, post-grad Chicago.· Genitourinary
surgeon, Denver; officer Zionist Org of
Am, UnitedJewish Appeal, ColI ofJewish
Studies; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Miller, Eli Aesar; b. Cincinnati, Feb 71888.
OH Mechanics Inst, U Cincinnati, OH-Miami
Med ColI. • Physician, Cincinnati; specialty:
industrial med; trustee synagogs. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Miller, Ethel Bloch (Mrs Eli Miller); b.
Cincinnati, Apr 28 1890; d. Sep 22 1965.
Heb Union ColI School for Tchrs, U Chicago.
• Religious school tchr, Cincinnati; pres Fedn
ofJewish Womens Clubs, OH Fedn ofTemple
Sisterhoods, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Oct 111965, 61:4.
Miller, Fannie S (Mrs William W Miller);
b. Nashville, Oct 4 1857; d. June 4 1910.
U Cincinnati, Cincinnati Normal School. •
Communal worker, Philadelphia; bdJewish
Seaside Home; active Jewish Foster Home,
Heb SundaySchool Soc, Natl Council of
Jewish Women, Industrial Home for Jewish
Girls. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):89, 12(1910­
1911):111.
Miller, George Julius; b. Perth Amboy, Jan
15 1895/1901.
Lawyer, asst state atty general, historian,
author, Perth Amboy; dir NJ WPA Historical
Records Survey; WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Miller, George; b. Paris, 1889; d. NYC, Oct
3 1950.
Shoe mfr, merchant, NYC; pres I Miller &
Sons; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, Oct 5 1950,31:1.
Miller, George; b. Bayonne, Oct 311898;
d.Jan 17 1966.
PhG Western Reserve.• Pharmaceutical mfr;
WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Miller, Harry Edward; b. Boston, Oct 10
1897; d.Nov 141937.
AB Boston U, MA, PhD Harvard. •
Economist, Providence; faculty Brown; chr RI
Special Commn on Liquor Legislation; dir
Jewish Family Welfare Service; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, l;NITimes, Nov 151937, 23:4.
Miller, Henrietta (Mrs Elias Berliner); b.
Brooklyn.
Maxwell Training School for Tchrs. •
Soprano, music tchr, Brooklyn; principal
religious school; music dir Heb Sheltering
Guardian Soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Miller, HenrySam; b. Dallas, Feb 26 1890.
Realtor, Dallas; natl officer Real Estate Bds; dir
Jewish Fedn for Social Services, United
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Miller, Heymen Rudolph;b. Russia, May
241888;d. Aug 1952.
To US 1888.· BS, MD Columbia.· Internist,
author in field, NYC; faculty Columbia;

Milstein, Nathan
Milstein, Nathan; b. Odessa, Dec 31 1904.
To US 1928. • Concert violinist. • See: UJE;
EJ; WWIAJ, 1938.
Milsten, Travis L; b. Coalgate, OK, Jan 20
1902.
AB U OK, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, Tulsa; officer
Chamber ofCommerce, bar assn, B'nai B'rith.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Milstone, Jacob Haskell; b. St Louis, June
301912; d.Jan 271977.
Physician, pathologist, New Haven; faculty
NYU, Yale; author in field; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 7.
Milwitzky, William; b. Janishki, Lithuania,
Dec 241874; d.June 1956.
To US 1888. • Columbia, U Paris. •
Philologist, author, Newark; specialty: Spanish,
Judeo-Spanish dialects; contributorJE. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):156; NYTimes, June 9
1956,17:5.
Minchin, Nina Mesirow; b. Chicago; d. Aug
271972.
Pianist, chamber music sponsor, Chicago; fdr
Chicago Chamber Music Soc; dir Pro Musica
Trio. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Minda, Albert Greenberg; b. Holton, KS,
July 301895; d. Minneapolis, Jan 15
1977.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,
post-grad Columbia, U MN, U Chicago;
honorary degree. • Rabbi, communalldr,
author, Minneapolis; a fdr Round Table of
Christians & Jews, Urban League; officer
Central ConfofAm Rabbis, World Union for
ProgressiveJudaism. • See: AJYB, 78:544,
79:371; WWIAJ, 1926,1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Jan 18 1977, 34: 1.
Mindlin, Harris; b. ca 1868; d. Apr 11 1933.
Communal & educationalworker, Great Neck.
• See:AJYB, 35:127.
Minikes, ChononJacob (Yankov); b. Vilna,
1865; d. NYC, 1932.
To US 1888. • Yiddish editor, publisher,
author, playwright, Jewish trade union
movement pioneer, NYC; fdr Minikes Yom Tor
Blaetter; orgr Peoples Relief Com. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 24:182; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Minis, Abigail (Mrs); b. 1701; d. Savannah,
Oct 111794.
Pioneer, merchant, Savannah. • See: BDEAJ.
Minis, Abraham; b. ca 1695; d.Jan!3 1757.
Merchant, farmer, pioneer, Savannah. • See:
UJE (sub Minis); EJ (sub Minis); BDEAJ.
Minis, Isaac; b. Savannah, ca 1857; d.June
181893.
Businessman, Savannah; dir Cotton Exchange.
• See: PAJHS, 2:181.
Minis, Philip; b. Savannah, July 11/12 1733/
1743; d. Mar 61189.
Pioneer, patriot, Savannah; Revolutionary War
paymaster & commissary general; pres Mikve
Israel. • See: UJE(sub Minis); EJ (sub Minis);.
BDEAJ.
Minkin, Jacob Samuel; b. Swieciany,
Poland, Oct 1/3 1885; d. Tel Aviv, Mar
13 1962.
ToUS 1902/1904. • AB, MA Columbia,
DHL, ordainedJTS.· Rabbi, author,
Rochester, NY, NYC; feature writer News of
the Jewish World. • See: UJE; AJYB, 64:495;
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 15 1962,
35:2.
Minkoff, Isaiah M; b. Warsaw, 1901; d.
NYC, May 101983.
To US 1922.· Communal worker & admr,
civil rights supporter, NYC; with NatlJewish
Community Relations Advisory Council; a fdr
Jewish Labor Com; active Labor & Liberal
parties.· See:AJYB, 85:418-19.
Minkoff, Nochum Boruch (Nahum
Baruch); b. Warsaw, Nov 18 1893; d.
NYC, Mar 141958.
LLB NY Law, Columbia, NYU, CCNY. •
Yiddish poet, essayist, critic; editor In Sieh,
Zunkunft; tchr New School. • See: UJE; AJYB,
60:356; NYTimes, Mar 151958,17:6.
Minkowski, Rudolph Leo B; b. Strasbourg,
May 281895; d.Jan 41976.
To US 1935. • PhD U Breslau; honorary
degree. • Astronomer; faculty U Hamburg, U
CA(Berkeley); staffMt WilsonObservatory. •
See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 12 1976,30:4.
Minkowsky, Abraham; b. Biala-Zerkoff,
Russia, Nov 15 1869.
Moscow In;t.perial Conservatory. • Cantor,
composer, NYC; faculty Cherson Imperial Inst
ofMusic. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):221.
Minkowsky, Pinchos (Phinehas, Pinie); b.
Belaya Tzerkov, Russia, Apr 1859; d.
Boston,Jan 18 1924.
To US 1923/1924. • Noted cantor, composer;
facultyJewish Conservatory (Odessa). • See:
JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 26:156; NYTimes, Jan 19
1924,13:4.
Minow, Newton Norman; b. Milwaukee,
1926. .
Lawyer, public official; chr Federal
Communications Commn; asst Adlai
Stevenson; dir Am Jewish Com, B'nai B'rith. •
See: EJ.
Minskoff, Henry H; b. NYC, May 27 1911;
d. NYC, Aug 13 1984.
Lehigh, Columbia. • Bldr, contractor,
philanthropist, NYC; fdr, benefactor Cultural
Center; pres United Home for Aged Heb; dir
Citizens Tax Council, Lexington School for
the Deaf.· See:AJYB, 86:442.
Minskoff, Sam; b. Russia, 1884?; d. NYC,
Dec 261950.
BIdr, philanthropist, NYC; dir Yeshiva U. •
See: AJYB, 53:526; NYTimes, Dec 27 1950,
27:1.
Minsky, Henry; b. NYC, June 211895; d.
Rhinebeck, NY, May 1954.
MD Columbia. • Ophthalmologist, NYC;
officer med socs; author in field. • See: BEOAJ;
NYTimes, May 24 1954,27:4.
442
Minsky, Isaac; b.*; d. reported Apr 231937.
Rabbi, Zionist worker, Wilmington, DE. •
See:AJYB, 39:594.
Minsky, Louis; b. Southsea, England, June
41909; d. NYC, Dec 301957.
To US 1923.·Journalist, NYC; fdr, editor
Religious News Service. • See:AJYB, 60:356;
NYTimes, Dec 31 1957, 17:1.
Mintz, Bernard; b. NYC,July 301914; d.
Nov 11984.
CCNY, Columbia, NYU. • University admr,
author, NYC; official Bernard M Baruch
School ofBusiness and Public Adm, CCNY. •
See: WWWIA, 8.
Mintz, Herman Arthur; b. Vilna, Mar 18
1886.
To US 1892.· AB, LLB Harvard.• Lawyer,
Boston; trustee AssocdJewish Charities, Beth
Israel Hospital, Childrens Cancer Research
Found.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA., 7.
Mintz, Hyman E; b. ca 1909; d. NYC, Mar
1966.
NY State Republican Assemblyman, convicted
for bribery. • See: NYTimes, March 26 1966,
29:2.
Mintz, Moses, b. ca 1859; d. NYC, Sep 3
1930.
Physician, publisher, communal worker, NYC.
• See:AJYB, 33:127.
Mintz, Nathan; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Dec 31
1916.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Mintz, Pinchus; b. ca 1864; d. Cleveland,
Jan 191912.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:AJYB, 14(1912­
1913):125.
Mintzer, GeorgeJay; b. Galicia, May 17
1898; d. NYC, May 1976.
To NYC 1901.· AB CCNY, LLB Fordham.·
Lawyer, asst US district atty, NYC; counsel
Am Jewish Com; exec com ORT; bd Haarlem
House. • See:AJYB, 78:544; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, May 6 1976,40:4.
Minzesheimer, Charles; b. ca 1835; d.
NYC, Apr 11916.
Mem, Stock Exchange, NYC. • See: AJYB,
18(1916-1917):109.
Miranda, Isaac; b.*; d. Lancaster, PA, 1732/
1733.
To Philadelphia from Italy (?) 1710-15. •
Jewish pioneer, admiralty court judge,
Philadelphia; Lancaster Indian trader; a
convert to Christianity. • See: UJE; BDEAJ.
Mirisch, HaroldJoseph; b. NYC, May 4
1907; d. Dec 5 1968.
Motion picture exec, Los Angeles; active Am
Israel Cultural Found. • See: WWWIA., 5;
NYTimes, Dec 7 1968,47:1.
Mirovitch, Alfred Bernard; b. Leningrad,
May 4 1884; d. Whitefield, NH, Aug
1959.

443
To US 1921. • ColI ofSt. Petersburg, Imperial
Conservatory. • Concert pianist; Am debut
Carnegie Hall 1921. • See: WWWIA,7;
NYTimes, Aug 41959,27:2.
Mirsky, Alfred Ezra; b. Flushing, LI, Oct
17 1900; d. June 19 1974.
AB Harvard, PhD Cambridge; honorary
degree. • Biochemist, NYC; librarian, faculty
Rockefeller Inst; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,
June 21 1974,40:1, correctionJune 241974,
31:7.
Mirsky, David; b. Jerusalem, 1921; d. NYC,
Mar 301982.
To US 1930s? • English teacher, NYC; faculty
Yeshiva U; dean Stern ColI for Women; active
Histadruth Ivrith, professional orgns, Jewish
Book Council, Am Assn forJewish Education;
authorin field.· See:AJYB, 84:337.
Mirsky, I. Arthur; b. Montreal, Mar 28
1907; d. Sep 16 1974.
To US 1931. • MD McGill, Chicago
Psychoanalytic Inst. • Physician, med
researcher; faculty U Cincinnati, UCLA;
consult US Public Health Service, Veterans
Adm; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Sep 191974,46:4.
Mirsky, Samuel Kalman; b. Dubesar,
Russia, Mar 2 1899; d. Brooklyn, Sep
1967.
To Palestine as child; to US 1926. • AB NYU,
MA Columbia; ordainedJerusalem. • Rabbi,
rabbinic scholar, religious Zionist, Hebraist,
NYC; faculty Yeshiva U; officer Mizrachi,
Histadruth Ivrit; author numerous critical
texts.· See:EJ;AJYB, 69:610; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 11967,47:3.
Mirvis, Hirsch; b. ca 1840; d. Baltimore,
May 1920.
Scholar, tchr, Baltimore. • SeeAJYB, 22:167.
Misch, Marion L (Mrs Caesar Misch); b.
Allentown, PAl Newark, May 13 1869; d.
Providence, Jan 18 1941.
Normal School (Pittsfield, MA). • Dept store
exec, communal & civic ldr, Providence; mem
School Bd; officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women, State Fedn ofWomens Clubs, Natl
Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods; author/lecturer
in field. • See: UJE; AJYB 24:182; 43:361-62;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Jan 20 1941,
17:4.
Mischakoff, Mischa (adopted name); b.
Proskurov, Russia, Apr 3 1895; d. Feb 1
1981.
To US 1922. • Imperial Conservatory
(Petrograd), PhD East MI U. • Violinist,
recitalist, concertmaster, Detroit; faculty
Juilliard, Wayne; mem MischakoffString
Quartet; WWI Russian army service. • See:
UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEGAJ; WWWIA,
7.
Mischkind, Louis A; b. ca 1897; d.
Wtlmington, DE,June 191929.
Rabbi, Wilmington, DE.· See:AJYB, 31:93.
Mises, Ludwig Edler von; b. Lemberg,
188l.
To NY 1940.· PhD UVienna.· Economist,
sociologist, NYC; German government
official; specialty: monetary theory: faculty U
Vienna, U Geneva; author in field. • See: UJE;
EJ.
Mises, Richard Martin Edler von; b.
Lemberg, 1883.
To Turkey, to US 1940. • Briinn, Vienna. •
Mathematician; faculty U Berlin, Harvard;
specialty: dynamics; WWI German service. •
See: UJE.
Mishkin, Charles; b. Chicago, June 26
1895.
LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; officer
Zionist Org ofAm; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Mishkin, Herman; b. Minsk, Jan 15 1871;
d. Feb 1948.
To NYC 1884. • Photographer, NYC;
portraits ofmany famous people; officer
Minsker Independent Benevolent Soc. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 7 1948, 15:2.
Mishkowsky, Noah; b. Russia, 1877; d.
NYC,Jan 111950.
Educator, Yiddish author, Zionist, NYC; fdr
first Yiddish school in Russia; with Workmen's
Circle schools; active Left Poale Zion. • See:
AJYB, 52:503.
Mishulow, Lucy; b. Poltava.
To NYC 1899. • AB Normal ColI (NYC). •
Bacteriologist, NYC; with NYC, NY State
Depts ofHealth; staffNYU; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mitchell, Abbie; b. NYC, Sep 25 1884; d.
NYC, Mar 16 1960.
Black theatrical personalityaewish father,
black mother); actress, recital singer; toured
US, abroad. • See: NAJ¥:modern; NYTimes,
Mar 201960,86:4.
Mitchell, Bernard A; b. Chicago, Dec 12
1912; d. Dec 5 1983.
Northwestern. • Mfrg exec, lighting inventor,
Chicago; mem Bd ofJewish Education; bd
Jewish Vocational Service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Mitchell, Hyman; b.*
ToLittle Rock 1830. • Little Rock merchant
with brothers; cfJacob and Levy. • See:
PAJHS, 6:158.
Mitchell, Jacob Dr; b.*
To Little Rock 1830. -Little Rock merchant
with brothers, cfHyman and Levy;
inaugurated stage line to Hot Springs; bought
part ofthe hot mountain but lost it in a
Supreme Court case. • See:PAJHS, 6:158.
Mitchell, Levy; b.*
To Little Rock 1830. • Little Rock merchant
with brothers, cfJacob andHyman. • See:
PAJHS, 6:158.
Mitchell, Max; b. Constanta, Rumania,
187l.
To US 1891. • Social work exec, Boston; supt
Mittenthal, Norman]erome
Fedn ofJewish Charities; fdr Gemilath
Chassodim, Boys Symphony Orchestra; officer
Boys Industrial League. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­
1906):90.
Mitchell, Samuel; b. Russia, 1885; d. NYC,
Nov 30 1970.
To US 1901. • Business exec, philanthropist,
NYC; est Samuel and Rose Mitchell Found;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
benefactor Fordham, NYU. • See: AJYB,
72:543; NYTimes, Dec 2 1970,50:1.
Mitchell, Samuel;b. Odessa, Oct 141885;
d. NYC, May19 1967.
To US 1893. • Business exec, NYC; dirJewish
Bd ofGuardians; active AmJewish Cong;
WWII government consult. • See: AJYB,
69:610; NYTimes, May 20 1967,35:3.
Mitchell, William; b. NYC, Sep 231867; d.
NYC, Mar 111933.
CCNY. • Merchant, communal worker, NYC;
supt YMHA; principal Downtown Mission
School; active Heb religious, communal
education. • See: AJYB 7(1905-1906):90,
35:127.
Mitchell, WilliamJohn; b. NYC, Nov 21
1906; d. Aug 17 1971.
AB, MA Columbia. • Musicologist, audlor;
faculty SUNY (Binghampton), Columbia;
consult govt agencies; dir Naumburg Found;
officer professional soc; co-ed Music Forum. •
See: WWWIA, 5,7; NYTimes, Aug 19 1971,
38:4.
Mitnick, Isadore; b. ca 1871; d. NYC, Dec
31194l.
Rabbi, cantor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 44:342;
NYTimes,Jan 2 1942,23:2.
Mittau, Irving; b. Frankfurt,June 3 1885.
Shoe mfr exec, communal worker, Brockton,
MA; officer United Palestine Appeal, Joint
Distribution Com campaigns.· See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Mittel (Mittell), Sherman; b. Boston, ca
1904; d. Washington DC,July 1942.
Editor, publisher; pres Natl Home Library
Found; with War Manpower Bd. • See: AJYB,
45:390; NYTimes, July 23 1942, 19:2.
Mittelman (Mittelmann), Bela; b. Budapest,
Oct 2 1899; d. NYC, Oct 41959.
To US 1924.· MD UPrague.· Psychiatrist,
psychoanalyst, consult, NYC; faculty
Columbia; authorin field. • See:AJYB, 62:451;
NYTimes, Oct 5 1959,31:2.
Mittelman, Edward Becker; b. Lisk,
Poland, June 5 1890; d. NYC, Sep 25
1949.
AB U WI, PhD U Chicago. • Labor
economist, tchr, Washington DC; with Dept
ofLabor, War Production Bd; arbitration
expert Internatl Assn ofMachinists; author in
field. • See: AJYB, 52:503; NYTimes, Sep 27
1949,27:1.
Mittenthal, NormanJerome; b.
Waxahachie, TX, Oct 221893.
AB Stanford. • Engineer, San Francisco; with

445
Moldawski, Ben Zion; b. Russia, ca 1877; d.
Detroit, Sep 291945.
To US ca 1926. • Rabbi, cantor, Detroit;
composer ofreligious music. • See: A]YB,
48:495-96.
Moldveen-Geronimus, Miriam Esther (Mrs
Lippman Hart Geronimus); b. NYC, Feb
8 1923; d. Sep 23 1970.
MD Womens Med ColI (philadelphia). •
Physician, Boston; faculty Boston U. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Moll, Max S; b. Graetz, Prussia, Aug 27
1846.
Rabbi, author, Rochester, NY; earlier in NYC,
Paterson. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):83.
Molnar, Ferenc (orig Neumann); b.
Budapest, Jan 12 1878; d. NYC, Apr 1
1952.
To US 1940. • Noted European playwright;
many ofhis plays were translated and staged in
US; Liliam; wrote in English in 1940s. • See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 54:540; WWWIA, 4; NITimes,
Apr 2 1952,33:1.
Molodowsky, Kadia (Kiejla Molodowsky-
Lew); b. Bereza-Kartuzka, Poland, 1894.
To US 1935. • Yiddish poet, author; wrote
childrens books under pseudonym Rivke
Silverberg. • See: ]E; UJE.
Monash, David; b. Plattsburg, NY, Jan 20
1871.
Syracuse U, MD Columbia; post-grad Vienna,
Berlin. • Surgeon, Des Moines, Chicago;
faculty Drake, Northwestern. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Monash, Edward; b. ca 1848; d. Denver,
Dec 20 1920.
Communal worker, Denver; pres Chamber of
Commerce, Bd ofPublic Works.· See:A]YB,
23:133.
Monash, Louis; b. NYC, Nov 25 1889.
BS NYU, MS CCNY, PhD Fordham. • Public
school principal & civics tchr, NYC; author/
lecturer in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Mond, Herman; b. ca 1891; d. NYC, Sep 17
1935.
Cardiologist, tchr, NYC. • See: A]YB, 38:432.
Mones, Leon; b. NYC, Dec 8 1894.
AB CCNY, MA NYU, PhD Oskaloosa ColI. •
Public & communal schools educator, Newark;
dean NJ Normal School for Jewish Tchrs;
officer Zionist Org ofAm; active Am Jewish
Cong; author/editor in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA].
Monheim, Leonard Myers; b. Clairton, PA,
June 7 1911; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 18 1971.
BS, DDS, MS, U Pittsburgh. • Dentist,
Pittsburgh; faculty U Pittsburgh; specialty:
anesthesiology; officer med societies; editor/
author in field; military service. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct211971, 50:3.
Monheimer, Henry I; b. Chicago, Jan 27
1893.
AB Dartmouth. • Stockbroker, Chicago. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Monis, Judah; b. AlgierslItaly, Feb 4 1683;
d. Apr 25 1764.
MA Harvard (firstJew). • Colonial Heb
scholar, theologian,Jamaica, Boston, NYC;
convert to Christianity, but kept Saturday
Sabbath; prepared Heb grammar for Harvard
students; faculty Harvard (ca 40 years). • See:
]E; UJE, E]; BDEA]; PA]HS, 22:1-24; 35:161­
69; 37:121-34; DAB.
Monosson, Fred; b. Moscow, Feb 22 1892;
d. Boston, Dec 221972.
To US 1906. • Business exec, natl Zionist ldr,
Boston; natl officer Zionist Org ofAm; fdr
Zionist House; sponsor ofvillages in Israel. •
See:A]YB, 74:557.
Monossowitsch, Moness; b. Shati, Russia,
July 15 1857.
Author, educator, Libau, NYC; fdr Heb &
general education schools abroad; studied
immigration questions; Heb textbook writer. •
See:A]YB, 24:183; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Monroe, Marilyn (born NormaJean
Mortensen); b. Los Angeles, June 1
1926; d. Los Angeles, Aug 5 1962.
Motion picture actress; convert to Judaism
after marriage to playwright Arthur Miller. •
See: DAB, 7; NITimes, Aug 6 1962, 1:2.
Monsanto, Benjamin; b.*; d. Natchez, ca
1795.
Slave trader, planter. • See: BDEA].
Monsky, Henry (Zevi); b. Omaha, Feb 4
1890; d. NYC, May 2 1947.
LLB Creighton. • Pres, Internatl B'nai Brith,
lawyer, Zionist, communal & civic ldr, Omaha;
orgr Community Chest,Jewish Welfare Fedn,
NE ConfofSocial Work; mem Reform,
Conservative & Orthodox synagogs; est Am
Jewish Confto aid Nazi victims & estJewish
state. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 49:85-90, 615;
WWIA], 1926, 1928; DAB, 4; • NITimes, May
3 1957,17:1.
Monsky, Jacob; b. Kiev, Dec 14 1884; d. Jan
1976.
Cooper Union. • Printer, publisher, bldr,
Zionist; publisher Who's Who in Government;
active JTS, SOC for the Advancement of
Judaism. • See: BEOA]; NITimes, Jan 17 1976,
28:3.
Montaque, Abraham; b. Boston, Oct 28
1892; d. Stuart, FL, Feb 13 1962.
Motion picture exec, NYC; officer Will Rogers
Memorial Hospital. See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Feb 14 1962, 35: 1.
Montefiore, Joshua; b. London, Aug 7110
1762; d. St. Albans, vr,June 26 1843.
To US 1812. • Lawyer, soldier, Mrican
traveler, author; failed Mrican colonizer; editor
Men and Measures (political journal),
Commercial Dictionary (standard work). • See:
]E; UJE; E]; PAJHS, 40:119-34; DAB.
Monteux, Pierre; b. Paris, Apr 41875; d.
ME,July 11964.
Mordecai, Alfred Sr
To US by 1917.· Paris Conservatory.· Noted
orchestra conductor; WWIFrench service;
convert to Catholicism. • See: UJE; WWWIA,
4; DAB, 7; NITimes, July 2 1964,1:2.
Montor, Henry (Goldberg, Henry); b. Nova
Scotia, ca 1905/1908; d.Jerusalem, Apr
141982.
U Cincinnati, HUC. • Communal org exec,
Zionist, broker; a fdr, officer UnitedJewish
Appeal, Israel Bond campaigns; asst editor New
Pakstine.· See: E];A]YB, 84:337;]TA-DNB,
Apr 16 1982; NITimes, Apr 16 1982.
Montroll, Elliot Waters; b. Pittsburgh, May
41916; d. Dec41983.
PhD U Pittsburgh. • Scientist; faculty U
Pittsburgh, U MD, U Rochester; with Office
ofNaval Research, ffiM Research; author/
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Moore, Isaiah D; b. British West Indies,
1846.
Judge, civic worker, New Orleans. • See:
A]YB,24:183.
Moos, Sigmund, b. ca 1870; d. Hollywood,
CA,July 91933.
Motion picture exec, Hollywood, CA. • See:
A]YB, 36:284.
Mora,Jacob; b. Chicago, May 121900.
BS, MD U IL. • Surgeon, Chicago; faculty U
IL; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Morais, Henry Samuel; b. Philadelphia,
May 13 1860; d. NYC, Sep 21 1935.
Rabbi, journalist, drama & music critic; NYC;
fdr, editorJewish Exponent (Philadelphia);
historian ofAmericanJewry. • See:]E; UJE;
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):83,24:183; 38:432;
WWIA], 1926,1928.
Morais, Sabato; b. LeghomlLivomo, Apr
13 1823; d. Philadelphia, Nov 11/12
1897.
To US 1851. • Fdr ConservativeJudaism,JTS,
Sephardic rabbi, Philadelphia; active supporter
ofJewish agricultural colonies; faculty
Maimonides CoIl; friend ofMazzini. • See: JE;
UJE; EJ; PA]HS, 8:149-50; 37:55-94; DAB.
Morawetz, Victor; b. Baltimore, Apr 3
1859; d. Charleston, SC, May 1938.
Europe, LLB Harvard; hononary degrees. •
Lawyer, financier, author, philanthropist,
Chicago, NYC; war correspondent from Spain
(Carlist wars); in retirement became plantation
owner (near Charleston); endowed hospital
wing for Negroes; active civic causes,
Charleston. • See:A]YB, 24:183; WWWIA, 1;
DAB, 2; NITimes, May 18 1938, 21 :4.
Mordecai, Abram (Old Mordecai); b.
Philadelphia, Oct 241755/1773; d.
AL(?), ca 1847.
Alabama pioneer, Montgomery; fought in
Revolutionary War, War of 1812; Indian
agent; est first cotton gin in AL (1804). • See:
UJE; BDEA]; PA]HS, 13:71-81.
Mordecai, Alfred Sr; b. Warrenton, NC,
Jan 3 1804; d. Philadelphia, Oct 23 1887.

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education (US, Israel). • See: AJYB, 71 :607;
NITimes, June 61969,43:1.
Morgenstern, Oskar; b. Goerlitz, Germany,
i902; d.July 1977.
To US 1938. • Economist, statistician; faculty
U Vienna, Princeton; consult League of
Nations, governments; author in field. • See:
EJ; NITimes:July 27 1977, II 2:1, correction,
July291977, II 1:6.
Morgenstern, Soma; b. Budzanow, Galicia,
May 31890; d. NYC, Apr 171976.
To US 1941. • PhD U Vienna. • Noted
novelist oftheJewish experience, journalist;
columnist Frankfurter Zeitung; WWI Austrian
army service. • See: EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,
78:544; NITimes, Apr 19 1976, 30:4.
Morgenthau, Elinor Fatman (Mrs Henry
MorgenthauJr); b. NYC, Feb 191892; d.
NYC, Sep 211949.
Civic and communalldr, philanthropist; active
Democratic politics, wornens affairs. • See:
AJYB, 52:503.
Morgenthau, HansJoachim; b. Coburg,
Germany, Feb 17 1904; d. NYC, July 19
1980.
To US 1937. • U Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich,
post-grad U Geneva; honorary degrees. •
Renowned lawyer, jurist, NYC; specialty:
internatllaw; faculty U Frankfurt, U Madrid,
U Chicago, CCNY, New School; consult State
Dept; authorinfield.· See: EJ;AJYB, 82:370­
71; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, July 21 1980.
Morgenthau, Henry; b. Mannheim,
Germany, Apr 26 1856; d. NYC, Nov 25
1946.
To US 1865/1866. • CCNY, LLB Columbia;
honorary degrees. • Lawyer, diplomat, public
official; ambassador to Turkey; presidential
investigator (Poland); chr Greek Refugee
Settlement Committee; supporter League of
Nations; fdr, pres Free Synagogue; fought
tenement "problem" and for factory safety;
anti-Zionist.· See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:183,
49:615; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 2; NITimes, Nov 261946,18:3.
Morgenthau, HenryJr;b.NYC,May 11
1891; d. Poughkeepsie, Feb 61967.
Cornell; honorary degrees. • Secy ofTreasury,
farmer, publisher, financier, public official;
WWI service.· See: UJE; AJYB, 69:610;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8;
JTA-DNB, Feb 8 1967; NITimes, Feb 71967,
1:2.
Morgenthau,Julius C; b. ca 1859; d. NYC,
May 221929.
Dealer in rare stamps, NYC; pres Assn of
Stamp Exhibitions; faculty CCNY. • See:
AJYB, 32:154.
Morgenthau, Maximilian; b. ca 1847; d.
NYC, Dec 13 1936.
Lawyer, realtor, NYC.· See:A]YB, 39:595;
NITimes, Dec 141936,23:3.
Morgenthau, MaximilianJr; b. NYC; d.
NYC,Jan 1938.
BS U Chicago. • Real estate & mortgage
business exec, NYC. • See: NITimes, Jan 25
1938,21:5.
Morgenthau, Rita (Mrs Max Morgenthau
Jr); b. NYC, Mar 4 1881; d. NYC, Apr 8
1964.
Social worker, pioneer vocational counselor,
NYC; fdr, dir Neighborhood Playhouse
School; chr Henry St Vocational Guidance
Bureau; bd Womens City Club. • See:AJYB,
66:579; NITimes, Apr 9 1964; 31 :2.
Morgenthau, Robert Morris; b. NYC, July
311919.
Amherst. • Lawyer, US district atty, public
servant, political figure, NYC; active
Democratic Party; WWIImilitary service. •
See: NITimes story, Dec 20 1967.
Morgulis, Sergius; b..Balta, Russia, Aug 6
1885; d. Dec 20 1971.
To US 1904. • U Odessa, MAColumbia, PhD
Harvard, post-grad Vienna, Berlin, Naples. •
Biochemist, Omaha; faculty OH State,
Harvard, Columbia, Creighton, U NE; author
in field.· See:AJYB, 24:183; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5,7.
Morini, Albert; see Moritz, Albert.
Morini, Erika; b. Vienna.
Violinist, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:183.
Moritz (Morini), Albert; b. Cincinnati, June
81860/1861; d. Brooldyn,Jan 16 1941.
CCNY, US Naval Academy. • Naval engineer,
commander, consult engineer, NYC; active
civic affairs, Brooklyn; author in field. • See:
JE; UJE (sub Morini); A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):157; 24:183; 43:362; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; NITimes, Jan 171941,17:4.
Moritz, Charles F; b. ca 1858; d.
Montgonery, AL,June 1933.
Communal & civic worker, Montgomery, AL;
mem Bd ofEducation. • See:AJYB, 35:127.
Mork, Harry Solomon; b. Boston, Apr 10
1878.
BS MIT. • Chemist, exec, consult, patent
holder, Boston; officer AssocdJewish
Philanthropies; author in field. • See: A]YB,
24:183; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Morningstar, Joseph; b. NYC, July 11 1890;
d.May 1975.
Wesleyan U; LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;
trustee Wesleyan; WWI army service. • See:
WWWIA, 8; NITimes, May 13 1975,38:4.
Morogowski, Jacob Samuel (Zaydl Rovner);
b.Radomyshl, lJkraine, 1856;d. 1942.
To US 1914. • Cantor, composer, conductor,
Russia, London, US; composed numerous
Hassidic-like prayers. • See: EJ.
Morris, ArthurJ; b. Tarboro, NC, Aug 5
1880; d. North Tarrytown, NY, Nov
1973.
UVA, LLB UVA.· Financier, NYC; est
"Morris Plan" banks throughout US;
Presbyterian.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,
Nov 20 1973,42:4.
Morris, Jack Sidney
Morris, Benjamin; b. Poland, Dec 17 1844.
Cantor, Long Branch, NJ"; earlier London.·
See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):83.
Morris, Benjamin Israel; b. Cincinnati, Dec
11885.
LLB Kent ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, communal
ldr, Chicago; asst atty IL Commerce Commn;
dir Cleveland Orphan Home,Jewish
Education Bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Morris, Charles Wendel(l); b. Glasgow,
KY, July 3 1892; d. Louisville, Dec 20
1961.
U Louisville, LLB Medallion U. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Louisville; natl officer Am
Jewish Com; active KY Democratic politics,
Legal Aid Assn, Urban League, Natl Conf
Christians and Jews, Anti-Defamation League.
• See:AJYB, 64:495; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,
4.
Morris, Clarence; b. Denver,Jan 81903.
LLB U CO, Harvard Law, LLM Columbia. •
Lawyer, Laramie; faculty U WY. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Morris, Constance Lily (Mrs Ira Nelson
Morris); b. NYC, Nov 1.1880; d. May
1954.
AB Wellesley.· Author, NYC; Marie Theresa
(1937);.Episcopalian. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, May 15 1954, 15:5.
Morris, Edward; b. Chicago, Oct 11866; d.
Nov 1913.
Businessman, banker, Chicago; assocd with
meat packing, canning. • See: WWWIA, 1;
NITimes, Nov 141913, 9:5.
Morris, Ernest; b. Thorn, Germany, May 6
1875; d. Jan 20 1937.
Cornell; PhD, LLB U CO.· Lawyer, civic ldr,
Denver; officer bar assn; dir Chamber of
Commerce, State Historical Soc. • See: AJYB,
24:183,39:596; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Morris, George Bertrand; b. Odessa, Aug
291892; d. Sep 1972.
To US 1905.· DDS NYU.• Dentist, NYC;
faculty NYU. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
NITimes, Sep 15 1972,40:3.
Morris, Harold; b. San Antonio, ca 1890; d.
May 1964.
Cotri.poser, NYC; facultyJuilliard, Columbia. •
See:AJYB, 24:183; NITimes, May 71964,
37:4.
Morris, Ira Nelson; b. Chicago, Mar 8
1875; d. Chicago, Jan 15 1942.
AB Yale. • Financier, diplomat, art patron,
author, Chicago; Minister to Sweden; fdr
Internatl Radio Forum. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:184,44:342; WWIA], 1926 (addenda),
1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,
Jan 16 1942,21:1.
Morris, Jack Sidney; b. Chicago, May 26
1906; d. Apr 261974.
JD U Chicago; • Lawyer, Chicago; specialty:
real estate law; active bar assns. • See:
WWWIA,6.

Morris, Jacob
Morris, Jacob; b. Jitomir, Russia, Sep 14
1888.
To US 1904. • DDS U Denver; post-grad
Dewey School ofOrthodontia. • Dentist,
communalldr, Denver; pres Centra1]ewish
Council; officer Nat! Home for Jewish
Children. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Morris, Julian Hyman; b. Macon, GA, Aug
71880.
MD UVA; post-grad NY Polyclinic, PhG
State Dental ColI (Dallas). • Physician, Civic &
communal worker, Dallas; faculty U VA,
Baylor, 'IX State Dental ColI; bd United
Benevolent Assn; dir synagog. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928,1938.
Morris, Louis; b.*; d. Ft Worth, Nov 22
1927.
Journalist, Ft Worth; fdr Jewish Monitor. • See:
A]YB, 30:80.
Morris, Max; b. Bielaya, Tserkov, Feb 1
1890.
To US 1909. • BS U Akron, MA Harvard,
PhD U Chicago. • Madlematician, Cleveland;
faculty Case School ofApplied Science; author
in field, textbooks. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Morris, Max; b. ca 1866; d. Denver,June 7
1909.
Legislator, Denver. • See:A]YB, 11(1909­
1910):109.
Morris, Moses; b. Monticello, MO, July 30
1869.
U MO, Columbia ColI ofPhysicians and
Surgeons. • Clothing mfr, Baltimore; orgr,
officer Nat! Assn ofUnion Made Garment
Mfrs. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Morris, Nelson; b. Schwarzwald, Germany,
Jan 211839; d. Chicago, Aug 1907.
To US ca 1851.· Meat packer, Nelson Morris
& Co, Chicago. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):157; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 28
1907, 7:6
Morris, Percy Strouse; b. Boulder, MT,
June 17 1887.
LLB U Denver. • Lawyer, Denver; officer
B'nai B'rith, synagog, bar assns. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Morris, Richard Brandon; b. NYC, July 24
1904.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Noted
historian ofUS, NYC; faculty CCNY,
Columbia; officer ConfonJewish Relations;
author/editor numerous books in field. • See:
E]; WWIA], 1938.
Morris, Samuel Edwin; b. Oil City, PA, Oct
28 1881; d. Beverly Hills, Aug 1954.
Motion picture exec, theatre owner, film
distributor, NYC; exec Warner Bros. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, August 241954,
21:3.
Morris, Sarah Vogel; b.*; d. Fontainebleau,
France, 1909.
Philanthropist, Chicago; benefactor Michael
Reese Hospital, Home for Aged Jews, Home
for Jewish Friendless and Working Girls. •
See: UJE (sub Morris, Nathan).
Morris, William; b. Schwarzenau,
Germany, May 11873; d. Nov 2 1932.
Theatrical mgr, civic & communalldr, NYC;
pres Jewish Theatre Guild; dir synagog, St
Marys Catholic Church, Methodist Episcopal
Church, Saranac Lake Day Nursery, United
Jewish Charities. • See:A]YB, 35:127;
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Morris, William; b. Pnissian Poland, 1855;
d. Philadelphia, Oct 19 1924.
To NYC 1872.·Jewelry & shoe businessman,
banker, communal worker, Philadelphia;
officer synagog. • See: PA]HS, 31 :283-84.
Morrison, Hyman; b. VJlna, Oct 11881.
To Boston 1893. • AB, MD Harvard.·
Physician, Boston; faculty Tufts; pres regional
Zionist Org ofAm; trustee Heb Tchrs ColI,
Boston Med Library. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Morrison, Isidore Dundwick; b. Lomza,
May 241871; d. Oct 2 1938.
To US 1886.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, realtor,
nat! communal & Zionist ldr, philanthropist,
NYC; orgr Keren Hayesod, Am Jewish Com;
active Education Alliance, Americanization of
immigrants, Fedn ofAm Zionists. • See: A]YB,
41:428; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes,
Oct31938,15:1.
Morrison, Joseph Lederman; b. NYC, May
281918; d. Nov 111970.
AB U NC, MAColumbia, PhD Duke. •
Journalist, author, violinist, Chapel Hill;
faculty U NC; author in field; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 5.
Morrison, Lewis; b.Jamaica, BWI, 1845; d.
Long Island, Aug 18 1906.
Actor, theatrical producer, NYC; Union Civil
War service. • See: ]E; A]YB, 9(1907­
1908):504; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 20
1906,6:6.
Morrison, Morris; b. ca 1857; d. Brooklyn,
Aug281917.
Yiddish actor, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
20(1918-1919):230; NYTimes, Aug 311917,
7:4.
Morrison, Morris L; b. Poland, Mar 14
1873.
Exec, communal worker, Boston; officer
Benoth Israel Sheltering Home, Zionist Org of
Am, Boy Scouts. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Morros, Boris M; b. St Petersburg,Jan 1
1895; d.Jan 1963.
To US 1922. • U St Petersburg, Imperial
Conservatory. • Motion picture producer,
music dir, composer, symphony & opera
conductor, Russia, US; composer "Parade of
the Wooden Soldiers"; adviserJuilliard; FBI
counterspy. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Jan 10 1963, 15:6.
Morse, Arthur David; b. Brooklyn, Dec 27
1920/1921; d. Belgrade,June 11971.
BA UVA.· Author, journalist, TV
448
documentary producer; exec dir Internat!
Broadcast Inst; While Six Million Died; WWII
service.· See:A]YB, 73:634; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, June 3 1971,42:1.
Morse, David Abner; b. NYC, 1907.
Labor exec, lawyer, public official; with Dept
ofLabor; general counsel Nat! Labor Relations
Bd (NY); dir general ILO (Geneva); WWII
service. • See: E].
Morse, Godfrey; b. Wachenheim, Bavaria,
May 191846; d. Dresden,June 20 191t.
To US 1854. • AB, LLB Harvard; honorary
degree. • Public servant, lawyer, Boston;
represented US in Alabama Claims; pres
Common Council, School Com; officer Assocd
Jewish Philanthropies, Leopold Morse Home.
• See: ]E; UJE (sub Morse, Leopold); A]YB
6(1904-1905):157-58, 13(1911-1912):138;
PA]HS, 22:228-30; WWWIA, 1.
Morse, Jacob R; b. ca 1866; d. Boston, Oct
81921.
Merchant, civic worker, Boston. • See: A]YB,
24:102.
Morse, Josiah; b. Richmond, Feb 171879;
d. Mar 22 1946.
AB Richmond ColI, MA, PhD Clark. •
Psychologist, civic & communalldr, author;
faculty Clark, U'IX, Peabody; officerJoint
Distribution Com; WWI with Red Cross. •
See: WWIA], 1926,1929,1938; WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes, Mar 23 1946, 13:4.
Morse, Leopold; b. Wachenheim, Bavaria,
Aug 15 1831; d. Boston, Dec 15 1892.
To US 1849. • Congressman, merchant,
communalldr, Boston; fdr Home for Infirm
Hebrews (Leopold Morse Home); active
Democratic politics. • See: ]Ei UJEi E]i A]YB,
2(1900-1901):251.
Morse, Lester Samuel; b. Sommerville,
MA, Jan 10 1897; d. Palm Beach, FL, Feb
41970.
Dartmouth, Boston U. • Business exec,
philanthropist, Canton, MA, Boston;
benefactor Brandeis, Albert Einstein ColI of
Med, Beth Israel Hospital; officer Assocd
Jewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB, 72:543;
WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Feb 61970,37:4.
Morse, Morris; b. ca 1870; d. May 13 1940.
Communal worker, Brookline, MA. • See:
A]YB, 42:482.
Mortimer, Lee; b. Chicago; d. Mar 11963.
Northwestern, NYU.• Newspaper columnist,
NYC; with Confidential, Daily Mirror. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Mar 2 1963, 7:5.
Morton,Jack A; b. St Louis, Sep 4 1913; d.
Dec 111971.
BSc Wayne, MSc U MI, post-grad Columbia;
honorary degrees. • Engineer; with Bell
Telephone Labs; mem planning bd,
Hillsborough, NJ.· See: WWWIA, 5.
Morton, Louis; b. NYC, Dec 301913; d.
Feb 121976.
NYU, PhD Duke; honorary degree. •
Historian; faculty Dartmouth; specialty:

Moses, FranklinJ
Colorful KY character, peddler; mem Morgans
Raiders; received public funeral in Cincinnati;
character in novel byJ000 Urin Lloyd,
Stringtown-on-the-Pike; Confederate Civil War
service. • See: UJE.
Moses, Franklin]; b. Charleston, SC, 1804;
d. Columbia, SC, 1877.
Chiefjustice state supreme court, legislator,
earlyJewish settler, Sumter, SC; faculty,
trustee SC ColI. • See: UJE.
Moses, Franklin]]r; b. Sumter, SC, 1838;
d. Wmthrop, MA, Dec 11 1906.
SC ColI. • Governor, SC; editor Sumter News;
raised Confederate flag'at Fort Sumter;
controversial use ofofficial powers, criminal
career; Episcopalian. • See: UJE; DAB;
NITimes, Dec 12 1906,6:2.
Moses, Gustave; b. ca 1836; d. New
Orleans, Oct 23 1915.
Photographer, Civil War veteran, New
Orleans.· See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):109.
Moses, Henry Leo; b. Scranton, May 11
1879; d. NYC, Feb 18 1961.
AB Yale, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
philanthropist, NYC; officer Greater NY
Fund, Montefiore Hospital, Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Girls Home Club. • See:
A]YB, 63:561; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.
Moses, Isaac; b. 1742; d. NYC, Apr 16
1818.
Prominent colonial merchant, Revolutionary
patriot, Boston, NYC; pres Shearith Israel;
went into exile during British occupation of
NY; orgr, first pres Mikveh Israel
(Philadelphia); a fdr Bank ofNY. • See: UJE;
BDEA].
Moses, Isaac; b. ca 1875; d. JUly 211938.
Mfr, banker, communalldr, Gloversville, NY.
• See:A]YB, 41:428.
Moses, Isaac S; b. Santomichel, Posen, Dec
8 1847; d. NYC, Dec 2 1926.
Rabbi, influential radical Reform figure,
author, NYC; co-editor Der Zeitgeist; charter
mem Central ConfofAm Rabbis; helped write
Union Prayer Book. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
5(1903-1904):83,29:117; NfTimes, Dec 4
1926, 17:4.
Moses, Israel; b. NYC; d. 1870.
Surgeon, soldier; during Civil War in charge of
camp hospitals for Army ofthe Potomac. •
See: UJE.
Moses, Israel Newton; b. ca 1859; d.
Natchez, Nov 23 1910.
Legislator, Natchez.· See:A]YB, 13(1911­
1912):136.
Moses,Jacob; b.*; d. New Orleans, July 4
1912.
Confederate veteran, Greenville, MS. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Moses, Jacob M; b. Baltimore, Feb 17 1873.
ABJohns Hopkins, LLB U MD.· Lawyer,
legislator, juvenile court judge, Baltimore;
supporter suffrage, equal rights, trade union
movement; nat! exec com Am Jewish Cong; bd
Zionist Org ofAm. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):158; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Moses, Joseph W; b. ca 1869; d. Atlantic
City, Dec 311918.
Lawyer, Chicago; pres bar assn. • See:A]YB,
21:206.
Moses, Julius A; b. Chicago, Apr 91872; d.
May 1938.
,UMI, Kent ColI ofLaw. • Lawyer, Chicago;
faculty Kent ColI ofLaw. • See: WWIA],
1928; NITimes, May 18 1938,21:3.
Moses, Lionel; b. NYC, Apr 16 1870; d.
Feb 19 1931.
Brooklyn Polytech, Am Academy (Rome),
Paris. • Architect, NYC; WWI asst general
mgr US Housing Corp. • See:A]YB, 33:127;
WWIA], 1928.
Moses, Max; b. ca 1831; d. New Orleans,
Feb 9 1912.
Rabbi, New Orleans. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):272.
Moses, Max Abraham; b. Russia, Nov 21
1886.
To US 1896. • Business exec, Pittsburgh;
officerJewish Home for the Aged, synagogs,
YMHA. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Moses, M H (Mrs); b.*; d. NYC, Feb 17
1920.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
22:167.
Moses, MontroseJonas; b. NYC, Sep 2
1878; d. Mar 291934.
BS CCNY. • Writer, drama critic, litterateur,
editor, anthologist, NYC; Episcopalian. • See:
A]YB, 24: 184; WWWIA., 1; DAB, 1; NITimes,
Mar 301934,21:3.
Moses, Moses H; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Oct
1919.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,
22:167;NITimes, Oct 151919,17:3.
Moses, Myer; b. Charleston, SC, Feb 12
1779; d. NYC, Mar 201833.
To NYC 1825. • Soldier, legislator, merchant,
communal & civic ldr, author, Commr ofFree
Schools, Charleston, SC; War of 18i2 service.
• See: UJE; E]; BDEA].
Moses, Myer (Meyer); b. England, 1735; d.
Charleston,SC, Feb 15 1787.
Jewish pioneer, merchant, Charlestown, SC;
Revolutionary War patriot. • See: UJE;
BDEA].
Moses, Nathan; b. ca 1827; d. Cincinnati,
Jan 201912.
Communal worker, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB,
14(1912-1913):125.
Moses, Otto A; b. Charleston, SC, 1846; d.
NYC,Jan 3 1906.
U Leipzig. • Scientist, electrical engineer,
communal philanthropist, NYC;introduced
many ofEdisoiJ.s inventions to Europe; fdr Heb
Technical Inst. • See: UJE; A]YB 8(1906­
1907):225; NITimes, Jan 6 1906,9:4.
450
Moses, RaphaelJ (Major); b. Charleston,
SC, 1812; d. Brussels, 1893.
Lawyer, legislator, the "honest commissary,"
well-known statesman & orator, GA; known
for "An Open Letter to the HonoraryW. O.
Tuggle" defending his JewisOOess; Confederate
Civil War service. • See: UJE; E].
Moses, Robert; b. New Haven, Dec 18
1888; d.July 291981.
AB Yale, MA Oxford, PhD Columbia;
honorary degrees. • Public official,
controversial public works developer,political
figure, NY; mem Ethical Culture Soc. • See:
UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7.
Moses, Rosalie; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 91912.
Educator, NYC. • See: A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):272.
Moses, Sol; b. ca 1855; d. Cleveland, Feb 22
1936.
Mfr, communalworker, Cleveland. • See:
A]YB,38:432.
Moses,SoloOlon;b. 1774;d. 1857.
Prominent merchant, NYC. • See: UJE (sub
Moses, Isaac).
Moses, Stanford Elwood; b. Washington
County?, 1872.
Captain US Navy, Berkeley, CA. • See: A]YB,
24:184.
Moses, Walter B; b. New Orleans, Dec 6
1892.
BE, ME Tulane. • Engineer, New Orleans;
officer professional soc. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Moses, Will H; b. ca 1871; d. New Orleans,
Sep 241923.
Artist, NewOrleans. • See:A]YB, 26:156.
Mosesco, Filippus; b. Dorohoi, RUOlania,
1895.
To US as child. • Editor, author, NYC; coeditor
The Conscientious Objector; WWI military
service. • See: UJE(sub Mosesco, Lillian
Doris).
Mosesco, Lillian Doris (Mrs Filippus
Mosesco); b. NYC, 1899; d. Mar 1966.
Editor, Prentice-Hall, NYC; author. • See:
UJE; NITimes, Mar 17 1966, 43:7.
Moseson, SoloOlon Isiah; b. NYC, Mar 31
1912; d. Pittsburgh, Apr 1962.
BS CCNY, ordained Yeshiva ColI. ., Rabbi,
Coney Island; dir Young Israel, Yeshiva of
Brighton Beach. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Apr 23 1962,29:3.
Mosessohl1, David Nehemiah; b.
Ekaterinoslav, Jan 1 1883; d. NYC, Dec
161930.
To US 1887.· LLB U OR.· Lawyer,
publisher, labor arbitrator, NYC; co-publisher
Jewish Tribune; chr Assocd Dress Industries of
Ani;' fdr Jewish Education Assn, Zionist
Avukah; active civic, communal & professional

451
orgs. See: UJE;A]YB, 24:184, 33:127;
WWlA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB.
Mosessohn, Moses Dayyan; b. Odessa!
Portland, OR, Aug 17 1884; d. NYC, Aug
11940.
To US ca 1887.· LLB U OR. • Lawyer,
publisher, trade union orgr, Americanization
tchr, author, Portland, OR, NYC; co-publisher
Jewish Tribune; orgr, general counsel, exec dir
United Womens Wear League; active Anti­
Defamation League. • See: UJE; A]YB,
43:362; WWlA], 1926,1928, 1938;BEOA];
WWWlA, 1; NYTimes, Aug 3·1940, 15:3.
Mosessohn, Nehemiah; b. Crimea, Apr 15
1853; d. NYC, Dec 10 1926.
To US 1887.· LLD U Odessa, Dr Semitic
Languages, St Petersburg, LLB U OR. •
Orthodox rabbi, theologian, lawyer; editor
Jewish Tribune, Portland, OR, NYC; assoc
editor Heb Encyclopedia; fought apostates,
missionaries & all maligners ofJews. • See:
UJE; A]YB, 24:184; 29:117; WWlA], 1926;
WWWlA, I; NYTimes, Dec 11 1926, 17:4.
Mosesson, David Stephen; b. Tolotchin,
Russia, Aug 241887; d.Jan 1947.
To US 1893. • BS CCNY; post-grad Brooklyn
Polytech, Columbia. • Advertising consult,
civil engineer, city surveyor, NYC; faculty
Hunter, CCNY; editor Monthly Bulktin, assoc
editor Bronx]ewish Chronick. • See: WWlA],
1938; NYTimes,Jan241947, 21:3.
Mosesson, Maurice S; b. Tolotchin, Russia,
Feb 271892; d. Apr 1969.
To US 1893.· CCNY.· Leather goods mfr,
NYC; exec secy Assocd Leather Goods Mfrs. •
See: WWlA], 1938;NYTimes,Apr 151969,
47:2.
Mosewitzky, Max; b. Nieswizh, Russia, July
15 1891.
To US 1907. • Columbia,JTS.· Communal
educator, author, Brooklyn; orgr first Am Heb
kindergarten, Jewish N atl Workers Alliance,
Heb Tchrs Union, Jewish Legion for Palestine.
• See: WWlA], 1938.
Moshele, Chaim (Cremenetzer Rebbe); b.
ca 1876; d. Adantic City, NJ, Aug 18
1932.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 35:127.
Mosinter, EM; b. Russia, 1865.
Rabbi, Springfield, OH; earlier in Pocahantas,
VA, Marietta, OH. • See: A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):84.
Moskin, Charles H; b.ca 1870; d.
Brooklyn, Feb 1940.
Religious & civic ldr, Englewood, NJ,
Brooklyn. • See: NYTimes, Feb 9 1940, 19:1.
Moskovics, Frederick E; b. Budapest, ca
1880; d. Old Greenwich, CT, Feb 1967.
Automobile & aircraft pioneer, racing car
driver; pres Stutz Car Co; advisor US Air
Force. • See: NYTimes, Feb 19 1967,88:8.
Moskovitz, David; b. Ungvar, Hungary, Apr
11903.
To US 1906. • BS, MS Carnegie Inst
Technology, PhD Brown. • Mathematician,
Pittsburgh; faculty Carnegie Tech; author in
field. • See: WWlA], 1938.
Moskovitz, Harry Sholom; b. Philadelphia,
Feb 51894.
Graphic Sketch Club, Industrial Art School
(Philadelphia), abroad. • Portrait etcher,
painter, commercial artist; portrait ofFranklin
Delano Roosevelt; WWI military service. •
See: WWlA], 1938.
Moskowitz, Belle Lindner Israels; b. NYC,
Oct 51877; d.Jan 21933.
Columbia Tchrs ColI. • Political advisor,
social service exec, public relations counsel,
NYC; aide to Al Smith, campaign worker; an
orgr NYTravelers Aid Soc; active Educational
Alliance, investigating East Side dance halls;
specialist on factory legislation. • See: UJE; E]
(sub Moskowitz, Henry);A]YB, 24:184,
35:127; WWlA], J926, 1928; WWWIA, 1;
NAW;DAB, 1; NYTimes, Jan 3 1933,1:4.
Moskowitz, David H; b. ca 1893; d. LI,Jan
1962.
BA, MA Columbia; honorary degree. • Public
school educator, mathematics tchr, supt, NYC.
• See:NYTimes,Jan211962, 88:7.
Moskowitz,Henry;b.Husse,Rumania,Sep
271879; d. NYC, Dec 17 1936.
AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia, U Berlin,
PhD U Erlangen. • Settlement house ldr,
industrial consult, labor arbitrator, .NYC; orgr
Madison House Settlement; aided passage of
Tenement House Law; active Progressive
Party; ldr Ethical Culture Society. • See: UJE;
E];A]YB, 7(1905-1906):92, 24:184, 39:596;
WWlA], 1926, 1928; BEOA].
Moskowitz, Julius; b. NYC, ca 1905; d.
Jerusalem, Oct 10 1971.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn. • Lawyer, Democratic
politician; mem Boro Park-Coney Island City
Council; sponsor methadone for heroin users,
Truth in Lending legislation. • See: NYTimes,
Oct 28 1971,44:1.
Moskowitz, Meyer; b. NYC, July 20 1894.
Chern E Columbia, post-grad Brooklyn
Polytech. • Research chemist, plastic
developer, Edgewater, NJ; WWI government
service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Moskowitz, Morris; b. Botez, Rumania,
May 30 1883.
To US 1889. • AB CCNY, MA NYU, LLB
NYU. • Educator, lawyer, NYC; principal,
tchr public evening schools; delegate Am
Jewish Cong;.active Democratic politics. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Moskowitz, Samuel; b. NYC, Aug 26 1905.
BS, MS, PhD NYU. • Chemist, NYC; with
NY State Dept ofLabor; faculty NYU, LI CoIl
Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Moskowitz, Samuel David; b. Kovno, Aug
15 1897.
To US 1906. • AB NYU, MA Columbia. •
Public school educator, principal; history tchr,
textbook author, NYC; active Am Jewish
Congo • See: WWIA], 1938.
Moss, Joseph
Mosler, Gustave Henry; b. Munich (Am
parents), June 6 1875; d. Margaretville,
NY, Aug 171906.
Beaux Arts (Paris). • Artist, animal painter,
NYC. • See: UJE (sub Mosler, Henry); A]YB,
6(1904-1905):158,9(1907-1908):473,504.
Mosler, Henry;b. NYC/Silesia, June 6
1841; d. NYC, Apr 211920. .
Artist, Civil War art correspondent, NYC;
"The Lost Cause," reproduced in numerous
museums. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):158,22:167; WWWIA, I; NYTimes, Apr
22 1920,11:4.
Mosler, Max; b. ca 1843; d. Cincinnati, Mar
27 1914.
Civil War Colonel, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Mosler, Rosa (Mrs William Mosler); b.
Neuheinigen, Germany,Jan 211862.
CoIl ofMusic (Cincinnati?). • Social welfare
worker, Cincinnati; officer Red Cross, Am
Com for Devastated France; trusteeJewish
Infants Home ofOH.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Moss, Anton (Clarke, Edward); b. aboard
ship, ca 1885; d. White Plains, Aug 1960.
Vaudeville player, NYC; juggler, clown, "rude
waiter." • See: NYTimes, Aug 9 1960,27:2.
Moss, B S; b.*; d. NYC,Dec 1951.
Theatre owner, NYC; early movie exhibitor;
officer professional socs. • See:A]YB, 24:184;
NYTimes, Dec 13 1951,33:2.
Moss, Benjamin; b. Hungary, ca 1881;d.
Astoria, NY,Jan 1940.
To US as child. • Businessman, LI City; pres
Astoria Bd ofTrade, synagog, business assn. •
See: NYTimes, Jan 111940,23:4.
Moss, HarryJoseph; b. Russia, June 13
1884.
To US 1894.· MDJeffersonMed ColI.·
Physician, hospital admr, NYC, Chicago; orgr
Hospital Assn; officer B'nai B'rith; author/
editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Moss, Hartwig; b. ca 1851; d. New Orleans,
Sep 261912.
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):273.
Moss, Herman; b. Cleveland, Aug 5 1874.
Western Reserve. • Insurance agent,
Cleveland; originator life insurance course
Western Reserve; active civic & business
affairs, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Moss, John; b. London, ca 1771; d.
Philadelphia, 1847.
To US as child. • Merchant, civic &
communal worker, Philadelphia; mem
Common Council; pioneer in use ofcoal as
fuel in inland navigation; presided at Damascus
protest meeting 1840; steward St George Soc;
active Mason, synagog. • See: UJE; E];
BDEA]; PA]HS, 2:171-74.
Moss, Joseph; b. Poniviez, Lithuania, Feb
191881.
To US 1899. • Exec, insurance & business

Moss, Joseph
mgr, Bloomsburg & Harrisburg, PA; orgr
synagog, Talmud Torah, Berwick, PA. • See:
WfiVIA.J, 1938.
Moss, Joseph; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 301913.
Merchant,NYC.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):273.
Moss, LouisJohn; b. Ungvar, Hungary, Feb
121884; d. Brooklyn, Mar 181948.
AB CCNY, LLB St Lawrence. • Lawyer,
commuilalldr, Brooklyn; pres United
Synagogue ofAm; officer United Palestine
Appeal, Zionist Org ofAm, Am Jewish Com;
exec bd N atl ConfofChristians andJews. •
See:AJYB, 50:520; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Mar 191948,24:2.
Moss, Lucien; b. Philadelphia, May 25
1831; d. Philadelphia, Apr 191895.
Philanthropist, metal business owner,
Philadelphia; built sugar mills in Puerto Rico;
helped RussianJewish refugees; endowed
Lucien Moss Home for Incurables ofJewish
Faith. • See: JE; UJE (sub Moss, John);
PAJHS, 5:205-07.
Moss, Mary; b. Philadelphia, Sep 24 1864;
d. Taonnina, 1914.
Author ofessays, criticism, fiction,
Philadelphia; contributorAtlantic Monthly. •
See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):158-59.
Moss, Maximilian; b. Brooklyn, Dec 14
1896; d. Brooklyn, Apr 191964.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, state supreme court
judge, NYC, Brooklyn; pres Bd ofEducation;
officerJewish Com Council,Jewish Hospital,
Inst ofArts & Sciences, Academy ofMusic,
Natl ConfofChristians andJews. • See:AJYB,
66:579; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 20 1964,
29:1.
Moss, Michael L; b. ca 1859; d. Mar 15
1931.
Dentist, NYC; faculty NYU. • See: AJYB,
33:127.
Moss, Paul; b. Austria, Apr 11881; d. NYC,
Feb 251950.
Pioneer motion picture theatre mgr, theatre
reformer, NYC; cancelled licenses for
burlesque theatres; bd Theatre Guild. • See:
AJYB, 52:503; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,.Feb
26 1950, 76:1.
Moss, (Randolph) Marshall; b. Woodbine,
NJ,June 23 1908.
Peabody Conservatory,Juilliard. • Concert
violinist, NYC; tchr NY ColI ofMusic, Henry
St Settlement Music School. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Moss, Solomon C; b. ca 1877; d. NYC, Feb
23 1934.
Prominent textile merchant, communal
worker, NYC. • See: AJYB, 36:284.
Moss, Washington Irving; b. Waterproof,
LA,Jan 271888.
Insurance agency exec, businessman, New
Orleans. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA,8.
Moss, Wtlliam; b. Philadelphia, 1833.
U PA, MC, MDJefferson Med School. •
Physician, Philadelphia; Civil War service. •
See:AJYB,6(1904-1905):159.
Mosse, Erich (pseud=Peter Flamm); b.
Berlin,Jan 251891; d. NYC,June 1963.
To France 1933, to US 1934.· UFreiburg,
Konigsberg, Berne, Munich, MD U Berlin. •
Writer, physician, psychologist, psychiatrist,
NYC; articles, dramas, novel under
pseudonym. • See: UJE (sub Mosse); WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, June 20 1963,33:4.
Mosse, George L; b. Berlin, 1918.
Historian, Madison; faculty U WI; specialty:
German & Jewish history. • See: EJ.
MossIer, Solomon; b.*; d. Chicago, Feb 13
1911.
Philanthropist, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
13(1911-1912):137.
Mostel, Zero (born SamuelJoel Mostel); b.
Brooklyn, Feb 28 1915; d. Philadelphia,
Sep 81977.
State & screen actor, painter; best known for
Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; sponsor Natl
Negro Cong, Spanish Refugee Appeal ofthe
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com; WWII
military service. • See: EJ; AJYB, 79:371;
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Sep 9 1977, 1:2.
Motchan, Louis A; b. Cairo, IL, 1908; d.
Feb 241973.
MD Washington U (St Louis). • Physician, St
Louis, Los Angeles; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Motta, Emanuel De La; b. Santa Croix,
West Indies, Jan 5INov 2 1760/1761; d.
Charleston, May 15 1821.
Pioneer civic & communalldr, Charleston, SCi
prominent Freemason, merchant; helped
reorganizeJewish community, synagog,
Savannah; Revolutionary & War of 1812
service. • See: UJE; EJ; BDEAJ.
Motta,Jacob De La; b. Savannah, Feb 24
1789; d. Charleston, SC, Feb 13 1845.
Noted physician, surgeon, communalldr &
occasional religious functionary, Charleston,
SC, Savannah; eulogized Gershom Seixas; secy
CharlestonMed Soc; War of 1812 service.·
See:JE; UJE;BDEAJ;AJHQ, 52:200-19.
Motzkin, Theodore Samuel; b. Berlin,
1908; d. Dec 15 1970.
To US 1948. • U Berlin, U Gottingen, U
Paris, PhD U Basel. • Mathematician; faculty
Heb U, Harvard, UCLA; author in field. • See:
EJ (sub Motzkin, Leo); WWWIA, 5.
Mount, Louis Burgh;b. Troy, Sep 28 1880.
AB, MD Cornell. • Dermatologist, Troy,
Albany & Glens Falls, NY; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Mowshowitz, Israel; b. Olinka, Poland,
1914.
Rabbi, psychologist, Durham, NE, Omaha,
Queens; officer NY Bd ofRabbis, Histadrut
Ivrit; fdr Ini:ernatl Synagogue (Kennedy
Airport); faculty U Omaha, CUNY. • See:
EJ:1973-1982.
452
Mowsonitz, Abraham H; b. Russia.
Rabbi, Burlington, yr. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­
1904):84.
Moyer, Dorothy (Mrs Elmer L Moyer); b.
Chicago, Mar 9 1904; d. Dayton, OH,
July 81962.
Natl communalldr; natl officer Council of
Jewish Fedns and Welfare Funds, Natl Fedn
Temple Sisterhoods, Jewish Welfare Bd. • See:
AJYB, 65:436; NITimes, July 101962,33:1.
Mozdorf, Elbanan (pseud=Choneh); b.
Poland, ca 1886; d. Tel Aviv, Aug 6 1966.
To US before WWI. • Colorful Zionist
character; "gatecrasher," "freeloader." • See:
NITimes, Aug 8 1966,27:5.
Mueller, Ignatius;b. Eperies, Hungary,
June 10 1857; d. Atlantic City, Sep 7
1925.
PhD U Berlin, Berlin Lehranstalt, ordained
Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, tchr, Louisville;
earlier Kalamazoo, Des Moines; tchr Leipzig,
Heb Union ColI, Kalamazoo ColI. • See:
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):84,28:151; NITimes, Sep
9 1925,25:5.
Muehlstein, Herman; b. Erdokoz,
Hungary, Feb 111879; d.June 1962.
To US 1893. • Merchant, importer, dealer in
rubber, NYC; active trade assns. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 311962, 27:4.
Muensterberg, Hugo; b. Danzig, June 1
1863; d. Cambridge, MA, Dec 161916.
Danzig, PhD U Leipzig, MD U Heidelberg;
honorary degrees. • Psychologist, linguist,
Cambridge, MA; faculty U Freiburg, Harvard;
pioneer in applied experimental psychology;
pres Am Psychological Assn; convert to
Christianity.· See:JE; UJE; EJ; WWWIA, 1;
DAB; NITimes, Dec 17 1916, 19:1.
Mufson, Samuel; b. Passaic, Sep 6 1898; d.
Biloxi,Jan 1957.
AB, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty
NYU.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 15
1957,29:4.
Muhlfelder, David; b. Ballston Spa, NY,
Dec 261860.
AB Union, LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer,
municipal judge, Albany, NY; active charity
orgs.· See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):159.
Muhlmann, AdolfAlter; b. Schiriwa,
Russia, 1866/1867.
Conservatories (Odessa, Vienna). • Operatic
baritone, musical dir, tchr, Chicago; music
critic Chicago Abendpost; autobiography. • See:
UJE;AJYB, 24:184; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4.
Muhr, Philip; b. ca 1862; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 2 1916.
Painter, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB, 18(1916­
1917):109.
Muhr, Simon; b. Hiirben, Bavaria, 1845; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 9 1895.

453
Jewelry merchant, philanthropist, Philadelphia;
fdr Jewish Alliance ofAm (aid to Russian
immigrants); officerJewish Hospital, Foster
Home; endowed scholarships. • See: JE; UJE.
Mukdoni, Alexander Kappel (Mukdoni­
Kappel); b. Lechavich, Minsk, Mar 14/15
1877; d. Pine Plains, NY, Sep 71958.
To US 1923/1924.· PhD UBern, Sorbonne,
JD U Lausanne. • Heb & Yiddish journalist,
critic, author, NYC; co-editor The New World
(Warsaw); staffJewish MorningJournal. • See:
UJE; EJ;AJYB, 61:418; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Muller, Alfred; b. Frankfurt, Nov 13 1861.
To Chicago 1884.· LLB Chicago ColI ofLaw
• Lawyer, communal worker, Denver; officer
NadJewish Hospital, Assocd Charities; active
B'nai Brith, Heb Free School. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):92.
Muller, iIerman(n) Joseph; b. NYC, Dec
211890; d. Apr 51967.
PhD Columbia, U TX, U Berlin, DSc
Edinburgh, MDJefferson ColI ofMed. •
Geneticist, zoologist, Nobel laureate; faculty U
TX, IN U; research on mutations, X-ray. •
See: UJE; EJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Apr 6
1967,39:1.
Muller, Isidor [Isador] Joseph; b. Budapest,
Feb 41876; d. NYC, Mar 201943.
To NYC 1924. • Royal Academy ofFine Arts
(Munich). • Portrait painter, etcher, NYC;
portraits Emperor FranzJosef, Admiral
Horthy, Albert Einstein, FDR; WWI Austrian
army service. • See: AJYB, 45:390; WWIAJ,
1938;NYTimes,Mar221943,19:3.
Muller, Jonas Norman; b. NYC, Feb 7
1920; d. Mar 261969.
BS Harvard, MD Columbia, MPH U MI;
honorary degree. • Physician, public health
admr; with Am Public Health Assn; faculty
Yale, NYMed ColI; mem Nad Bd ofMed
Examiners; officer professional assns. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Mar 27 1969,47:3.
Multer, AbrahamJ; b. NYC, Dec 241900.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Congressman,
trial lawyer, NYC; active Democratic Party,
denied Liberal Party endorsement. • See:
NYTimes story, Apr 1 1964.
Munchweiler, Josephine M (Mrs Lester S
Munchweiler); b. St Louis, June 3 1899.
AB Washington U (St Louis). • Secy,
communal worker, St Louis; officer United
Order ofTrue Sisters, Miriam Convalescent
Home; United Heb Ladies Aid Soc. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Mundheim, Lewis; b. ca 1831; d. Brooklyn,
Nov281915.
Civil War veteran, Brooklyn. • See: AJYJ3,
18(1916-1917):109.
Mundheim, Samuel; b. Washington DC,
Nov 20/261871; d. Mar 16 1940.
Merchant, business exec, communal worker,
NYC; chr bd Am Safety Razor; officer trade
assn. • See: AJYB; 42:482; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Mar 17 1940, 48:8.
Muni, Paul (born Mehilem "Muni"
Weisenfreund); b. Lemberg, SeplOct 14/
22 1895; d. Santa Barbara, CA, Aug 25
1967.
To NY 1902. • Yiddish & English stage &
screen actor; memJewish Art Theatre; famous
for roles as Pasteur, Zola. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 69:610; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ; DAB, 8;JTA-DNB, Aug 281967;
NYTimes, Aug 261967,1:5.
Munker, Louis L; b. ca 1874; d.
Steubenville, OH,July 81912.
Mem Bd ofEducation, Steubenville, OH. •
See:AJYB, 15(1913-1914):273.
Munz, Mieczyslaw; b. Cracow, ca 1901; d.
NYC, Aug 1976.
Academy ofMusic (Vienna), Hochschule rur
Musik (Berlin). • Concert pianist, NYC;
facultyJuilliard. • See: NYTimes, Aug 26 1976,
36:5.
Muravchik, Chaim; b. Kiev, Sep 1880; d.
NYC, Apr 7 1950.
Yiddish journalist, proofreader, socialist, NYC;
with Forward. • See: AJYB, 52:503; NYTimes,
Apr 8 1950, 13:2.
Murov, Nathan; b. Dawid-Grodek, Poland,
Mar 111877.
To US 1904. • Merchant, communalldr,
Shreveport; nad exec com Joint Distribution
Com; regional exec com Zionist Org ofAm,
Am Jewish Cong, Nad Farm School.· See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Muschat, Maurice; b. Riga, July 16/30
1898; d. Sep/Oct 1969.
To US 1923. • MD U Heidelberg. • Chief
urologist, Mt Sinai, Philadelphia; faculty U PA;
author in field. • See: WWlAJ, 1938; BEGAJ;
NYTimes, Oct2 1969,47:2.
Muskin, Elazer Reuven; b. Lithuania,
1889(?); d. Chicago, Aug 21950.
Rabbi, Zionist, Chicago; a fdr Heb
Theological ColI; officer Union ofOrthodox
Rabbis. • See:AJYB, 53:526; NYTimes, Aug 3
1950,23:5.
Muss, LouisJ; b. NYC, Aug 101914; d.
Boston, May 15 1962.
Bldr, Brooklyn; benefactor Yeshiva U; active
Jewish education. • See:AJYB, 64:495;
NYTimes, May 17 1962, 37:2.
Muster, Morris; b. Sarajevo, Nov 271900;
d. NYC, Aug 171978.
To US 1909. • Business exec, communalldr;
secy Home Furniture Assn ofNY; active
Histadrut Ivrith, B'nai B'rith, Israel Bonds,
UJA. • See:AJYB, 80:370-71.
Mutterperl, Sol; b. Galatz, Rumania, Oct
281878; d. NYC, Oct 13 1968.
To US 1889/1894.· Handbag mfr, NYC;
officer Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; exec
com United RumanianJews ofAm; active
industryassns, regulation.· See:AJYB, 70:523;
WWlAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Oct 151968,
47:3.
Myers, Charles M
Myar, Henry W; b. ca 1841; d. Camden,
AL, May 311912.
Confederate army veteran, Camden, AR. • See:
AJYB, 14(1912-1913):128.
Myer, Max W; b. Salisbury, MO, Feb 22
1878; d. St Louis, May 161948.
AB U MO, MD Marion-Sims ColI ofMed. •
Surgeon, St Louis; faculty U MO, St Louis U;
dirJewish Fedn; WWI service. • See: AJYB,
50:520; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.
Myerberg, Michael; b. Baltimore, Aug 5
1906; d.Jan 61974.
Baltimore City ColI, Johns Hopkins. •
Theatrical producer, agent, NYC; "Skin of
Our Teeth," won Pulitzer Prize. • See:
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 71974,34:3,
correctionJan 81974,35:7.
Myerovich, Max Abraham; b. Suraz, Russia,
Sep 251889.
To US 1907. e Merchant, tailoring business,
civic & communalldr, Youngstown; fdr Jewish
Community Center; officer County Central
Com, South Side Civic Assn, B'nai B'rith; dir
Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Myers, Aaron Howard; b. Albany, NY, Aug
61904.
AB Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia. • Labor
economist, author; exec dir Nad Recovery
Adm Labor Advisory Bd (Washington DC);
faculty Boston ColI School ofSocial Work. •
See: UJE; WWlAJ, 1938.
Myers, Abraham; b. ca 1847; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 41914.
Rabbi, Los Angeles. • See:AJYB, 17(1915­
1916):221.
Myers, Abraham Charles; b. Georgetown,
SC, 1811; d. Washington DC, June 20
1889.
US Military Academy. • US Army officer;
Quartermaster General Confederate Army;
superseded for "inefficiency," resigned. • See:
DAB.
Myers, Benjamin; b. 1755; d. Pleasantville,
NY, Dec 111851.
Jewish pioneer, Nashville; lived NYC,
Richmond, Baltimore. • See: BDEA].
Myers, Carmel (Mrs Ralph H. Blum); b.
San Francisco, Apr 41901102.
Motion picture actress, story writer, Los
Angeles.· See:AJYB, 24:184; WWlAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938.
Myers, Charles Augustus; b. NYC, Jan 26
1889; d.July 291955.
Columbia ColI ofPharmacy. • Aromatic oils &
chemicals mfr, NYC, Bayonne; WWI service.
• See: WWWL4., 3; NYTimes, July 301955,
17:3.
Myers, Charles M; b. ca 1870; d. Feb 4
1940.
Columbia. " Lawyer, Newark; authority on
municipal law; dismissed from city council post
& successfully fought through courts for
reinstatement. • See: AJYB, 42:482; NYTimes,
Feb 6 1940,21:3.

Myers, Dorothy Schlesinger (Mrs Arthur L Myers) 454
Myers, Dorothy Schlesinger (Mrs Arthur L
Myers); b. Newark, Sep 13 1886; d.Jan
1967.
Newark Nonnal School, NYU. • Communal
exec, Newark;·pres]ewish Day Nursery &
Neighborhood House; dir Child Guidance
Bureau.· See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,]an4
1967,43:3.
Myers, Eugene Lee; b. St Louis, May 22
1884.
MD Columbia, post-grad Vienna, UPA. •
Physician, St Louis; faculty St Louis U; author
in field. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Myers, Gustavus; b. Trenton, Mar 20 1872;
d. Bronx, Dec 7 1942.
Historian, sociologist, political reformer,
author, NYC; known for rigorous social
research. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:184;
WWlA], 1938; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes,
Dec 91942,27:4.
Myers, Gustavus Adolphus; b. 1801; d.
1869.
Leading Richmond figure, lawyer; mem City
Council; negotiated with Pres Lincoln after fall
ofRichmond. • See:E] (sub Myers, Samuel).
Myers, Henry Coffinberry; b. Cleveland,
Aug281864.
Case, U Gottingen, U Lausanne, PhD
Strasbourg, post-grad Columbia, Stanford;
honorary degree. • Chemist; faculty
Washington U, Pacific U, U OR; specialty: soil
reclamation in West and Hawaii. • See: UJE;
WWlA],1938.
Myers, Herman; b. Bavaria, Jan 18 1847; d.
Savannah, Mar 24 1909.
Banker, mayor, Savannah. • See: A]YB,
6(1904-1905):159, 11(1909-1910):108.
Myers, Howard; b. Philadelphia, 1894; d.
NYC, Sep 181947.
NYU, NY School ofFine and Applied Arts. •
Publisher, editor, government advisor, NYC;
proponent prefab housing; publisher
ArchitecturalForum.· See: WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes, Sep 201947,15:5.
Myers, Isidor (Isidore, Isador); b. Suwalki,
Feb 1S 1856; d. Los Angeles, Apr 25
1922.
AB U Melbourne (Australia). • Rabbi, Zionist,
popular lecturer, Los Angeles, San Francisco;
earlier in Australia, England, Palestine; active
.womens suffrage movement, abolition of
capital punishment. • See: UJE; A]YB, 5(1903­
1904):84,6(1904-1905):221, 7(1905-1906):123,
24:102.
Myers,Jerome; b. Petersburg, VA, Mar 20
1867; d. NYC,June 1940.
Cooper Union, Art Students League.· Painter,
NYC; painted everyday life on Lower East
Side; a planner Armory Show; autobiography.
• See:A]YB, 24:184; WWWL4, 1; DAB, 2;
NYTimes,]une 201940,23:3.
Myers, John; b. Sep 15 1787; d. Nov 27
1830.
Businessman, customs collector, Norfolk; War
of 1812 service. • See: BDEA].
Myers, Lawrence E; b. Richmond, 1858; d.
1899.
Track athlete, runner, natl title winner. • See:
E].
Myers, Lee Roy; b. Richmond, Feb 24
1852.
U Richmond. • Cigar mfr, civic worker,
Savannah; mem Bd ofEducation. • See:
WWlA], 1926.
Myers, Leonard; b. Attleborough, PA, Nov
13 1827.
Congressman, lawyer, city solicitor,
Philadelphia; active Republican politics; author
digest ofPhiladelphia ordinances. • See: A]YB,
2(1900-1901):251.
Myers, Levy; b.*; d. Charleston, SC, Sep 22
1822/1827.
Physician, legislator, apothecary general, SCi
apothecary Georgetown, Sc. • See: BDEA].
Myers, Lewis Edward; b. Pittsburgh, 1864;
d. Chicago, Feb 1945.
Public utilities exec, civic worker, Chicago;
pres Bd ofEducation; active Salvation Army. •
See:A]YB, 24:185;NYTimes, Feb 61945,19:5.
Myers, Louis; b. ca 1886; d. NYC, Nov 8
1938.
Motion picture operator, communal worker,
NYC.· See:A]YB, 41:428; NYTimes, Nov 9
1938,23:5.
Myers, Louis Robert; b.Johnstown, PA,
Aug281902.
U PA. • Retail merchant, collection bureau
owner, Canton, OH; officer trade assns; active
communal affairs, fundraising, synagog. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Myers, Louis Samuel; b. Odessa, Dec 6
1896; d. Kansas City, May 29 1951.
Milling exec, natl communalldr; active United
] ewish Appeal,]oint Distribution Com,
Council ofJewish Fedns. • See: A]YB, 53:526;
NYTimes, May 31 1951, 19:2.
Myers, Maurice William; b. London, 1821;
d. Cincinnati, Dec 81899.
To NY 1833. • Librarian, Cincinnati Law
Library.·· See: JE.
Myers, Mordecai; b. 1727; d. Georgetown,
SC, Dec 16 1788.
Revolutionary War paymaster, first
Georgetown, SC, postmaster. • See: BDEA].
Myers, Mordecai; b. Newport, May 31
1776; d. Schenectady, Jan 1871.
Army officer, mayor, legislator, Schenectady;
active Mason, Democratic Party; War of 1812
service.· See: UJE; EJ; BDEA]; NYTimes,]an
22 1871, 1:5.
Myers, Moses; b. NYC, ca 1752; d.
Norfolk, July 81835.
Import-export merchant, banker, politician,
consul for European countries,· NYC,
Amsterdam, Norfolk; Collector ofCustoms. •
See: E]; BDEA].
Myers, Moses; b. Georgetown, SC, Feb 19
1772; d. Charleston, SC,June 61821.
Lawyer, clerk Court ofGeneral Sessions &
CourtofCommon Pleas; prothonotary,
Georgetown, Sc. • See: BDEA].
Myers, Myer;b. NYC, 1723;d.NYC, 1795.
Noted silversJ;Ilith, patriot, merchant, NYC;
active synagog, Masons; honored on US stamp.
• See: E]; E]:1973-1982; BDEA]; PA]HS,
43:1-9;A]HQ,70:462-67.
Myers, Naphtali Hart; b. ca 1711; d.
London, Oct 18 1788.
To London 1771. • Colonial merchant, NYC,
Newport, Philadelphia, Easton, PA; pres
Shearith Israel; head Great Synagogue
(London). • See: BDEA].
Myers, Nathan; b. Newark, Feb 2 1875; d.
Aug 1937.
BS Cornell. • Architect, Newark; designed
Newark synagog. • See:A]YB, 24:185;
WWIA], 1926,1928; NYTimes; Aug 141937,
13:4.
Myers, Nathaniel; b. St Louis, Aug 4 1848;
d. NYC, Aug 291921.
Lawyer, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; pres Heb Technical
School for Girls. • See: A]YB, 24:102;
NYTimes, Aug 311921,13:3.
Myers, RebecCa (Mrs Jacob Mordecai); b.
Norwalk, CT, Apr 26 1776; d.
Richmond, Oct 1 1863.
Helped husband]acob run school at
Warrenton, NC.· See: BDEA].
Myers, Samuel; b. NYC, Apr 16 1755; d.
Richmond, Aug 22 1836.
Merchant, tobacco dealer, alderman,
Richmond; fdr Richmond Amiable Soc;
Revolutionary War service. • See: E]; BDEA].
Myers, Samuel Hays; b. Richmond, Jan 1
1799; d. Richmond, Oct 2 1849.
Lawyer, prominent Mason, alderman,
Richmond; officerVAMilitia; protestor
Damascus affair. • See: BDEIl].
Myers, Sigo; b. ca 1853; d. Dec 1S 1932.
Colonel, aide to governors, Savannah. • See:
A]YB, 35:127.
Myers, Sophie Ipp (Mrs Samuel W Myers);
b. Chernigov, Dec 51882.
To US 1897. • LLB Northeastern. • Lawyer,
Roxbury, MA; natl officer Hadassah; active
Republican politics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Myers, Sutnner Byron; b. Boston, Feb 19
1910; d. Oct 8 1955.
AB, PhD Harvard. • Mathematician, Ann
Arbor; faculty U MI; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,4. '
Myers, Theodore Walter; b. NY, 1844; d.
NY, Mar 1918.
Banker, civic official, NY Park Commissioner,
City Comptroller, NYC; active]ewish
community; Civil War service. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, Mar 21 1918, 13:1.

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Myerson, Abraham; b. Yanova, Russia, Nov
23 1881; d. Brookline, MA., Sep 3 1948.
To US 1885/86.· Columbia, MD Tufts.·
Neurologist, physiological psychiatrist,
communal worker, Boston; faculty Tufts,
Harvard; consult US Public Health Service;
trustee AssocdJewish Philanthropies; author in
field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:185, 51:523;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
2; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Sep 41948,15:1.
Myerson, Joseph George; b. Brooklyn, Dec
291896.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, veterans relief
Myerson, Joseph George
commr, NYC; mem nat! Com on Unifonn
Traffic Regulation; active Republican politics;
author in field; "WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.