American Jewish Archives

Silberschlag, Eisig
Silberschlag, Eisig; b. Metri, Galicia, Jan 8
1903.
AB CCNY, PhD U Vienna. • Heb poet, critic,
author; dean, 'faculty Heb Tchrs ColI (Boston);
faculty U TX. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Silberstein, Adolph; b. ca 1834; d. NYC,
Apr 15 1913.
Merchant, NYC. • See:AJYB, 15(1913­
1914):274.
Silberstein, Edward A; b. Duluth, Aug 3
1873.
U MN. • Exec, civic ldr, Duluth; mem City
Charter Commn, City Planning Commn; pres
Assocd Charities; orgr United]ewish Social
Agencies. • See: WWIAJ, 1928 (addenda).
Silberstein, Herman B; b. ca 1871; d. Apr
261937.
Lyric composer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 39:597;
NYTimes, Apr 281937,23:5.
Silberstein, Israel; b. ca 1866; d.July 31
1938.
Realtor, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:
AJYB, 41:431.
Silberstein, Ludwik.; b. Warsaw, May 17
1872; d. Rochester, NY,Jan 17 1948.
To US 1920. • U Heidelberg, U Cracow, PhD
U Berlin. • Scientist, physicist, mathematician,
Europe, Rochester, NY; faculty U Rome,
Cornell, U Toronto, U Chicago; author in
field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 50:523; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes,]an 18 1948,60:5.
Silberstein, Martin; b. Breslau, Mar 28
1864; d. before 1938.
Communal & civic worker, Davenport; officer
Betty Adler Waterman Memorial Library,
synagog; trustee Odd Fellows. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Silberstein, Max; b.*; d. San Francisco, Oct
1921.
Rabbi, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 24:103.
Silberstein, Miron; b. Odessa, ca 1890; d.
NYC,Aug 1969.
To US 1925. • MD U Munich. • Nat!
Surgeon, Army & N avy Union, Veterans of
Foreign Wars,]ewish Veterans ofAm. • See:
NYTimes, Aug 13 1969,47:3.
Silberstein, Murray L; h. NYC, Sep 2 1918;
d. NYC, Sep 17 1968.
Harvard, Harvard Business School. •
Economist, financial consult, broker, NYC; fdr
Am Veterans Com; active Am]ewish Com,
Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies, NAACP,
Democratic politics; contributor to magazines;
WWII service. • See: AJYB, 70:525; NYTimes,
Sep 18 1968,47:3.
Silberstein, SolomonJoseph (Sholem); b.
Kovno, Mar 10 1845/Jan 1 1846; d. May
1919.
To US 1870s? • Poet, philosopher, rabbi,
NYC. • See:JE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):187­
88,21:207; Eisenstadt, 48.
Silbert, Benjamin; b. Gorki, Feb 12 1893; d.
FL,1939.
To US 1910. • Chicago Art Inst, Paris, NY
Academy ofDesign, Cincinnati Academy of
Art. • Painter, etcher, watercolorist, NYC,
France; WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1928,1938.
Silbert, Coleman; b. Boston, Nov 11 1892.
Harvard, LLB Harvard. • Legislator, lawyer,
Boston; officer Assocd]ewish Charities,
Zionist district, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1938.
Silbert, Elizabeth (MrsJacob Silbert); b.
Jassy, June 8 1881. .
Actress, Brooklyn; with Yiddish Art Theatre,
Jewish Art Theatre, • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Silbert, Jacob; b. ca 1870; d. Apr 191937.
Yiddish actor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 39:597;
NYTimes, Apr 201937,25:5.
Silbert, Joseph H; b. Russia, Oct 23 1901.
To Cleveland 1907. • Cleveland Law, LLB
Baldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, legislator,
municipal judge, Zionist, Cleveland; mem
County Republican Exec Com; trustee
Orthodox]ewish Orphan Home. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Silbert, Lisa; b. Constantinople, 1885?; d.
Miami, Nov 291965.
To US 1900. • Yiddish & English actress,
stage, screen, radio, & television; a fdr Yiddish
Art Theatre. • See: AJYB, 67:543; NYTimes,
Nov 301965,41:2.
Silbert, Samuel H; b. Ukraine, Apr 15 1882.
To US ca 1888.· LLB, LLM Baldwin­
Wallace. • Lawyer, municipal & common
pleas judge, Cleveland; faculty Cleveland Law;
active B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938:
Silbert, Silvia F; b. NYC, Jan 311910; d.
NYC, Nov 16 1977.
Communal worker, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; officer Anti­
Defamation League Appeal; patron]ewish
Museum.· See:AJYB, 79:373; NYTimes, Nov
18 1977, II 2:4.
Silberta, Rhea; b. Pocahontas, VA, Apr 19
1900; d. Dec 1959.
]uilliard. • Pianist, soprano, impresario, voice
instructor, NYc. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 8 1959,45:3.
Silk, Leonard S; b.*
UWI, PhD Duke U.· Economist,
government advisor; mem Pres Commn on
Budget Concepts; bd NYTimes. • See: NYTimes
story, Apr 20 1970.
SiIkiner (Silk), Benjamin Nahum; b. ViIkija,
Lithuania, 1882/1888; d. NYC, Nov 6
1933/1934.
To US 1904.· LLB NYU.• ProminentHeb
poet, educator, NYC; instructorJTS;
translated Macbeth into Heb; used Am Indian
&]ewish themes. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
36:286; WWIAJ, 1928.
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Sillman, Joseph; b. ca 1870; d. Detroit, Feb
141919.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: AJYB,
21:207.
Sills, ArthurJack; b. Brooklyn, Oct 19
1917; d. 1983.
Lawyer, state atty general, N]; officer Nat!
Assn ofAtty Generals; mem Nat! Council for
Responsible Firearms Policy; advisory bd
Federal Bar Assn; trustee Rabbinical ColI of
Am. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Sills, Beverly (born Belle Silverman); b.
NYC, 1929.
Noted coloratura opera singer; general mgr
NYC Opera Co. • See: EJ:1973-1982.
SiIner, Bertha (Mrs); b. ca 1868; d. Seattle,
Nov211932.
Communal worker, Seattle. • See: AJYB,
35:129.
Siltzbach, Louis Elliott; b. NYC, May 27
1906; d. Apr 22 1980.
CCNY, Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital,
post-grad U Vienna. • Physician, NYC; faculty
Mt Sinai, CUNY; exec secy Internat! Com of
Sarcoidosis; helped perfect skin test for
sarcoidosis. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Silver, Abba Hillel; b. Neustadt,
Schirwindt, Jan 28 1893; d. Cleveland,
Nov 281963.
To US 1902. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. • Noted
Reform rabbi, Zionist & communalldr,
Cleveland; pres Central ConfofAm Rabbis;
officer Union ofAm Heb Congregations; bd
Heb Union Coll,]ewish P-qblication Soc, Fedn
ofJewish Charities, Bureau ofJewish
Education; chr Am Zionist Emergency
Council; prolific author on]ewish subjects. •
See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 24:203, 65:437; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ;AJHQ, 54:474-78;
AJH, 69:66-78; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; Natl
Jewish Post, Dec 201963; Cong Bi-Weekly, Feb
10 1964;NYTimes, Nov291963, 1:1.
Silver, Ann Robbin; b. Harrisburg, PA, Feb
9 1908; d. 1968.
Dickinson ColI, CCNY, Columbia, LLB
Brooklyn Law. • Publicity agent, writer,
journalist, NYC; orgr Ann R Silver Associates;
co-orgr Clean City Commn. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTi111-es, Feb 4 1968, 80:7.
Silver, Benjamin; b. Kovno, 1853.
Cantor, Chambersburg, PA, earlier Russia. •
See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):99.
Silver, Charles A; b. NYC, May 31 1885; d.
NYC, Dec 121963.
Realtor, NYC; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI of
Med; trustee Yeshiva U; active United]ewish
Appeal, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:
AJYB, 65:437; NYTimes, Dec 13 1963,36:5.
Silver, Charles Howard; b. NYClNyr,
Rumania, Dec 51886/1887/1888; d.
NYC, Aug 24 1984.
To US ca 1888. • CCNY; honorary degree. •
General sales agent, civic & communalldr,
NYC; pres Bd ofEducation; nat! exec bd Am