American Jewish Archives

Siegel, Eli
IL Inst ofTechnology. • Mfr; fdr Ohmite Mfg
Co; trustee IL Inst ofTechnology; WWI
service. • See: WWU7IA, 3.
Siegel, Eli; b. Dvinsk, Aug 161902; d. Nov
81978.
To US 1905.· Poet, author, NYC; fdr
Aesthetic Realism. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NITimes,
Nov 10 1978, II 7:5.
Siegel, F L; b.*; d. Denver, Feb 14 1913.
Financier, Denver. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Siegel, Henry; b. Eubigheim, Germany,
Mar 171852.
To US 1867. • Merchant, Chicago, NYC; dept
store fdr, owner. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(1904­
1905):186-87.
Siegel, Irwin; b. Cleveland, Sep 13 1924; d.
Feb 281970.
MD Western Reserve. • Physician,
government med officer, Washington DC;
with Food & Drug Adm, Natl Inst ofMental
Health; military service. • See: "WWWIA, 5.
Siegel, Isaac; b. NYC, Apr 12 1880; d.
NYC,June 291947.
LLB NYU. • Congressman, lawyer, domestic
relations court judge, NYC; officerJewish
Education Assn; active J ewish Welfare Board,
Republican politics; fought immigration
restriction. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:203, 50:523;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
2; NITimes, June 301947,38:4.
Siegel, Isador;b. ca 1861; d. Newark, Apr
13 1913.
Merchant, Newark. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Siegel, Jacob; b. Warsaw, Feb 13 1889.
U Chicago. • Newspaperman, editor, Chicago;
managing editor Fonoard (Chicago); active
labor movement, communal orgs. • See:
BEOA].
Siegel, Joshua; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 211910.
To US ca 1883. • Rabbi, NYC. - See:AJYB,
12(1910-1911):110; Eisenstadt, 74.
Siegel, Julius L; b. Wiznitz, Bukovina, Dec
191897; d. Indianapolis, Oct 141942.
To US 1910. - Ordained RIETS, NYU, MA
Yale, Dropsie, PhD U Chicago. - Rabbi,
author, Chicago, Gary, IN; natl officer
Histadruth Ivrit; instructor U Chicago, ColI of
Jewish Studies. • See:AJYB, 45:394; WWIAJ,
1926,1938.
Siegel, Keeve Milton; b. NYC,Jan 91923;
d. Mar 141975.
Rensselaer Polytech. -Physicist; faculty U MI;
scientific advisory bd US Air Force; consult US
Army, NASA; trustee Rensselaer Polytech. •
See: "WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Mar 15 1975,
30:5.
Seigel, Lester; b. Chicago, 1893; d. June 9
1971.
Cornell. - Corp exec, Kansas City; chr
Harzfelds Inc. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Siegel, Lou G; b. Rumania, 1893?; d. NYC,
May 161965.
Kosher restaurateur, NYC; fdr, bd B'nai B'rith.
• See:AJYB, 67:542; NITimes, May 181965,
39:4.
Siegel, Matt; b. ca 1872; d.Jan 71937.
Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Fargo, ND. - See:
AJYB, 39:597.
Siegel (Siegal), Morris Ely; b. Odessa, July
22 1884; d. Mill Valley, CA,June 1974.
To US 1890. - BS CCNY,MA, EdM,
Columbia. - Educator, NYC; orgr
continuation school system; dir evening,
continuing, adult & vocational education;
officer Boy Scouts, professional orgs, synagog.
- See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, June 281974,
36:4.
Siegel, MrsJacob; b. ca 1879; d. Liberty,
NY, Sep 20 1933.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC. ­
See: A]YB, 36:286.
Siegel, MurrayJ; b. NYC,July 18 1914; d.
Tenafly, NJ, Sep 1971.
Merchandise & retail exec, NYC; benefactor
City ofHope. - See: NITimes, Sep 23 1971,
38:3.
Siegel, Myer; b. ca 1866; d. May 25 1934.
Pioneer merchant, civic ldr, Los Angeles. ­
See: AJYB, 36:286.
Siegel, Samuel H; b. Vilkovishki, Lithuania,
Apr 25 1886; d. Edison, NJ, Oct 6 1977.
To US 1904. - Author, artist, communalldr,
New Brunswick, N]; co-orgr Workmen's
Circle (Poland); seey Yiddish Workmen's
Circle; editor The Banner. - See: AJYB, 79:373.
Siegel, Samuel S; b. Usda, Minsk, June 10
1893.
To US 1913. - Rabbi, Chicago; orgr Zionist
Org ofAm, Jewish Community Center; editor,
publisher The Trumpet; exec seey Heb
Theological ColI. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Siegel, Seymour; b. Chicago, 1927.
U Chicago, Heb Theological ColI, PhD,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, neo-Conservative ldr,
NYC; authority onJewish ethics; facultyJTS;
supporter civil rights, anti-Vietnam; advisor,
prayer ldr presidents Nixon, Reagan; allowed
women in minyan, ordination. - See: E]:1973­
1982.
Siegel, Seymour Nathaniel; b. NYC, July 29
1908; d.July 151978.
U PA, LLD Columbia; honorary degree. •
Statistician, broadcasting exec, NYC; dir Civil
Defense Communications; chr Internatl
Broadcasting Service. - See: WWWIA, 7;
NITimes,July 161978,28:1.
Siegel, Sol C; b. NYC, ca 1903; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 1982.
Motion picture exec, Los Angeles; head of
production MGM. - See: NITimes, Dec 31
1982.
Siegel, William; b. Lithuania, 1893; d.
NYC, May 23 1966.
594
To US 1906. • Yiddish playwright, NYC; over
150 plays performed; The Drunkard. - See:
A]YB, 68:533; NITimes, May 241966,43:6.
Siegelstein, Bennett E; b.Jassy, Dec 25
1880; d. Oct 1974.
To US 1883. - CCNY, LLB, LLM NYU. •
Lawyer, legislator, communalldr, NYC; exec
dir Childrens Welfare Bd; natl bd Young
Judea; officer Rumanian Fedn ofJews in Am,
Canada & Cuba; dir Soc for Advancement of
Judaism. - See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938;BEOA];NYTimes, Oct281974, 34:5.
Siegelstein, Pierre A; b. ca 1870; d. near
Middletown, NY, Aug 9 1922.
Physician, commuilal worker, NYC; pres Am
Union ofRumanianJews. - See:AJYB, 25:141;
NITimes, Aug 10 1922, 11:6.
Siegler, Joseph; b. Newark, Sep 6 1889; d.
Newark, May 1957.
LLB NYU. - Lawyer, legislator, juvenile &
domestic relations court judge, chancery court
commr, Newark; officer Am Jewish Cong;
trustee YM-YWHA, Natl Probation Assn;
active Democratic politics. - See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, May 18 1957, 19:6.
Siegler, Maurice; b. NYC, Mar 7 1896.
Art Students League, PAAcademyofFine
Arts, BS GA Tech. • Artist, architect, Atlanta;
faculty GATech; WWI service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOA].
Siegler, Samuel Lewis; b. Nov 11 1894; d.
LI, Sep 1953.
MD Fordham. - Obstetrician, gynecologist,
Brooklyn; officer professional assns; author/
lecturer/film maker in field; WWI service. ­
See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 161953,
33:5.
Siegmeister, Elie; b. NYC,Jan 15 1909.
AB Columbia, Juilliard. - Composer,
conductor, author, NYC; fdr Am Ballad
Singers; instructor Brooklyn ColI, Hofstra;
interested in US folk music. • See: UJE; EJ;
WWIAJ,1938.
Siegmeister, Isaac; b. Minsk, Dec 8 1885; d.
Feb 1967.
To NYC 1892. - LLB Brooklyn Law.·
Lawyer, Brooklyn; officer Unity Civic League;
active Am Jewish Congo - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 111967,29:3.
Sievers, Edward Faville; b. St Louis, Feb 1
1895.
Brown, BS, MD St Louis U. - Physician, St
Louis; author in field; WWI service.- See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Sievers, Samuel I; b. St Louis, Oct 22 1887.
LLB St Louis U. - Lawyer, St Louis; an orgr
Council ofJewish Orgns on Americanization;
officer Boy Scouts, B'nai B'rith, Anti­
Defamation League; bd YMHA. - See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Sieroty, Adolph; b. Poland, ca 1876; d. Mar
11937.
To CA ca 1892. - Retail merchant, Zionist,