Review of the Year: Appendices (1944-1945) - AJC Archives

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SUPPLEMENTS
TO THE
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS
UNITED STATES
April, 1943. Philadelphia, Pa.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of JEWISH
CHAUTAUQ.UA SOCIETY.*
May, 1943. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of found-
ing of PHILADELPHIA SECTION, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.*
July 4,1943. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of seventieth birthday of FRANCES
STERN, social worker, by founding of Frances Stern Chair in Nutrition at
Tufts Medical School.
July 24-25,1943. Cleveland, Ohio: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary
of founding by B'nai B'rith of BELLEFAIRE, JEWISH ORPHAN HOME.
September, 1943. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of
founding of DETROIT SECTION, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
October 13, 1943. Washington, D. C: One hundredth anniversary of
founding of B'NAI B'RITH.
October 13, 1943. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of one hundredth anni-
versary of founding of NEW YORK LODGE NO. 1, B'NAI B'RITH.
October 18, 1943. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of opening of twenty-fifth
season of YIDDISH ART THEATER.
November 7-11, 1943. Chicago, 111.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of
founding of NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN.
November 19-21, 1943. Baltimore, Md: Celebration of ninetieth anni-
versary of founding of OHEB SHOLOM CONGREGATION.
November 21, 1943. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary
of establishment of EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE, largest community center
in the country.
November 28, 1943. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of seventieth birthday
of Louis GINZBERG, Talmud authority and professor at Jewish Theological
Seminary of America.
December 10-18, 1943. Chicago, 111.: Celebration of seventieth anniversary
of establishment of CONGREGATION ANSHE EMETH.
December 15, 1943. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of sixtieth birthday of
SAMUEL NIGER, Yiddish critic and editor.
January 1, 1944. Cambridge, Mass.: Seventieth birthday of HUGO LEICH-
TENTRITT, musicologist and composer.
January 1,1944. New York, N. Y.: Eightieth birthday of ALFRED STIEGLITZ,
pioneer and master of modern photography.
January 3,1944. Newark, N. J.: Eightieth birthday of CHARLES I. HOFFMAN,
rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Oheb Sholom.
January 6,1944. Official celebration of HAYM SALOMON Day in Los Angeles
and Philadelphia, marking 159th anniversary of the death of Haym
M. Salomon.
* Omitted from Vol. 45.
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January 27, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of ninetieth birthday of
ALFRED MEYER, authority on tuberculosis, consulting physician at
Mount Sinai Hospital.
February 8, 1944. Baltimore, Md.: Seventieth birthday of ELI FRANK,
jurist.
February 13, 1944. Cleveland, Ohio.: Celebration of fortieth anniversary
of founding of JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION.
February 16, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of seventy-fifth anniversary
of founding of the SISTERS or REBECCA SOCIETY.
February 27, 1944. Indianapolis, Ind.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary
of founding of CONGREGATION KNESSES ISRAEL.
February 28, 1944. San Francisco, Calif.: Seventy-fifth birthday of MAX
C. SLOSS, judge; communal leader.
March 1, 1944. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth birthday of
MORTIMER J. COHEN, rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom, and twenty-
fifth anniversary as its founder.
March 5, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of eightieth birthday of MAX
AXELROD, communal worker.
March 17, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of seventieth birthday of
STEPHEN S. WISE, rabbi, author and communal leader; president, Jewish
Institute of Religion and American Jewish Congress.
March 18, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of BRUNO WALTER'S
career as concert conductor.
March 24, 1944. Brooklyn, N. Y.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of establish-
ment of CONGREGATION AHAVATH ACHIM and thirtieth anniversary of
JOSEPH HARRIS PAYMER as its rabbi and cantor.
March 31, 1944. Philadelphia, Pa.: Seventieth birthday of HARRY COHEN,
and twenty years of service as president of Har Zion Temple.
March 31, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Ninetieth anniversary of founding of
Temple Israel.
April 2,1944. Philadelphia, Pa.: Eightieth birthday of EDWIN M. GOLDSMITH,
inventor, civic worker.
April 9, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Eighty-fifth anniversary of founding of
TEMPLE MIS'HKAN ISRAEL.
April 15, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of eighty-fifth birthday of
HUGO HEIMANN, former honorary freeman of Berlin, Germany.
April 15-23, 1944. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary
of founding of the UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS OF DETROIT.
April 16, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of one hundred and twenty-
fifth birthday anniversary of the late ISAAC MAYER WISE, founder of
Hebrew Union College.
April 20, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of eightieth birthday of
GREGORY WEINSTEIN, publisher, printer, author.
April 21, 1944. Memphis, Tenn.: Celebration of ninetieth anniversary of
establishment of TEMPLE ISRAEL.
April 26, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Seventieth anniversary of founding of
the JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION.
May 4, 1944. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of twentieth anniversary of SERGE
KOUSSEVITZKY as conductor of Boston Symphony Orchestra.
May 5, 1944. Philadelphia, Pa.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of the
DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL.
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May 5—12, 1944. Chicago, 111.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary in
the ministry of S. FELIX MENDELSOHN, as rabbi of Temple Beth Israel.
May 7, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of thirty-five years of career
of EDDIE CANTOR as stage, screen, and radio star.
May 7-21, 1944. Cleveland, Ohio: Celebration of 75th anniversary of the
CLEVELAND JEWISH CENTER.
May 11, 1944. Yonkers, N. Y.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of the
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER.
May 14, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of
BRIGHTSIDE DAY NURSERY AND KINDERGARTEN.
May 20-24,1944. New York, N. Y.:.Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary
of ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN, as rabbi of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun.
May 24. 1944. Omaha, Nebr.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of
, OMAHA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH.
May 27, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Commemorative exhibit of the one-
hundredth anniversary of the birth of MOSHE LEIB LILIENBLUM, author
and social leader.
June 2-7, 1944. Chicago, 111.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of
CONGREGATION B'NAI ZION; and of ABRAHAM L. LASSEN, rabbi, encum-
bent for quarter of a century.
June 4, 1944. Chicago, 111.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of
founding of MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL.
June 4, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Celebration of thirtieth anniversary of
MENACHEM RIBALOW, editor oiHadoar.
June 8, 1944. Denver, Colo.: Seventieth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE
EMANUEL.
June 9, 1944. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Fiftieth anniversary of NORA B. LEVY,
as religious school teacher at Temple Rodef Shalom.
June 11, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of
YESHIVA TEACHERS COLLEGE.
June, 1944. New York, N. Y.: Seventy-fifth anniversary of the YIDDISH
PRESS.
OTHER COUNTRIES
July 1, 1943. Palestine: Twenty-fifth anniversary of first labor villages
established in AYEI.ETH HASHACHAR, MAHANAYIM AND KFAR GILADI.
July 24,1943. Jerusalem: Twenty-fifth anniversary of laying of cornerstones
for HEBREW UNIVERSITY ON MOUNT SCOPUS.*
July 27, 1943. London, England: Seventy-fifth anniversary of birth of
MICHAEL ADLER, D.S.O., minister, communal leader.
September 7, 1943. Wellington, New Zealand: Seventieth birthday of SIR
MICHAEL MYERS, G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand.
October 8, 1943. Harrogate, England: Celebration of Silver Jubilee of
HEBREW CONGREGATION and of the minister, RABBI ELI KAHAN.
October 15, 1943. Belfast, Ireland: Fiftieth anniversary of founding of
BELFAST JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS.
• Omitted from Vol. 45.
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October 21, 1943. U.S.S.R.: Centenary of birth of MARK ANTOKOLSKI,
sculptor.
October 28, 1943. Jerusalem, Palestine: Centenary of the birth of MOSHE
LEIB LILIENBLUM, Zionist pioneer and writer.
November 26, 1943. London, England: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary
in office of MAURICE BENJAMIN, Secretary of Jewish Board of Guardians.
November 27, 1943. London, England: Seventieth birthday of CHAIM
WEIZMANN, Zionist leader, chemist.
December 8, 1943. London, England: Seventy-fifth birthday of MAX
NEUBERGER, physician, authority on medical history and professor at
University of Vienna.
December 19, 1943. Montreal, Canada: Centenary of death of EZEKIEL
HART, first Jew to be elected to Canadian Assembly. ,
December 20, 1943. London, England: Seventieth birthday of LILY MON-
TAGU, J.P., president of Jewish Religious Union and Honorary Secretary
of World Union of Progressive Judaism.
December 23, 1943. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of twenty-fifth
anniversary of founding of HENRIETTA SZOLD HADASSAH NURSES SCHOOL,
named in her honor.
December 24, 1943. London, England: Ninetieth birthday of YAKOV
GORDON, "father of Yiddish Theater."
December 24,1943. Leeds, England: Eightieth birthday of HIRSH HURWITZ,
rabbi, Federation of Synagogues.
December, 1943. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Sixtieth birthday of ISAAC BREUER,
Agudist leader and philosopher.
January 26, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary
of founding of the MACCABI SPORTS ORGANIZATION.
February 11-20, 1944. Edinburgh, Scotland: Twenty-fifth anniversary of
installation of SALIS DAICHES, as rabbi and minister of the Edinburgh
Hebrew Congregation.
February 18, 1944. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Ninetieth birthday of ALEXANDER
ZISSKIND RABINOVITZ, dean of Hebrew writers, oldest member of His-
tadruth.
February, 1944. Glasgow, Scotland: Seventieth anniversary of birth of
ELLIS ISAACS, M.B.E., J.P., communal and social worker for over fifty
years.
March 5, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Seventieth birthday of ARTHUR
HANTKE, lawyer, Zionist leader, director of the Keren Hayesod.
March 5, 1944. Jerusalem, Palestine: Seventieth birthday of MOSHE
SMILIANSKY, Hebrew writer and president of the Jewish Farmers Associ-
ation.
March 11, 1944. Sydney, Australia: Seventy-fifth birthday of SIR SAMUEL
SYDNEY COHEN, communal worker.
March 12, 1944. Manchester, England: Twenty-fifth anniversary of
founding of the COUNCIL OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD JEWS.
April 2, 1944. London, England: Seventieth birthday of MAURICE SIMON,
writer and translator.
April 3, 1944. Sydney, Australia: Centenary of founding of the GREAT
SYNAGOGUE.
April 13, 1944. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Seventy-fifth birthday of AHBA
ARIEH WEISS, Zionist, founder of the original "Achuzath Bayith" Society.
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May 5, 1944. London, England: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the FEDERA-
TION or SYNAGOGUES.
May 27, 1944. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Celebration of sixtieth anniversary of
birth of MAX BROD, formerly Prague, author, poet.
May 28, 1944. Haifa, Palestine: Twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of
the HAPOEL, LABOR SPORTS ORGANIZATION.
June 13, 1944, Geneva, Switzerland: Eightieth birthday of BORIS TCHLE-
NOFF, welfare leader and chairman of OSE WORLD UNION.
June 15, 1944. Cairo, Egypt: Seventieth birthday of M. MEYERHOFF,
ophthalmologist, former director of Abbas Hospital.
June 16, 1944. London, England: Seventy-fifth birthday of MAX APT,
refugee, author, a founder of the Centralverein deutscher Staatsburger
jiidischen Glaubens.
June 18, 1944. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Twenty-fifth anniversary of establish-
ment of Haaretz, oldest Palestinian Hebrew daily.
June 23, 1944. Johannesburg, Union of South Africa: Seventieth birthday
of NATHAN KAHN, communal worker, formerly Cologne, Germany.
APPOINTMENTS, HONORS AND ELECTIONS
UNITED STATES
ADLER, CYRUS, (deceased) Philadelphia, Pa., the Cyrus Adler Research
Fellowship established in honor of his eightieth birthday anniversary by
Dropsie College; announced October 29, 1943; Liberty Ship named in his
honor, reported April 27, 1944.
Baron, Salo W., New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor of
Jewish Law by Hebrew Union College, April 16, 1944.
BARUCH, BERNARD M., Washington, D. C, appointed head of adjustment
unit within the Office of War Mobilization by James F. Byrnes, November
6, 1943.
BELKIN, SAMUEL, New York, N. Y., elected president of the Rabbi Isaac
Elchanan Theological Seminary and Yeshiva College; installed May 23,
1944.
BENESCH, ALFRED A., Cleveland, Ohio, elected president of Board of
Education, Jan. 3, 1944.
BERKSON, ISAAC B., New York, N. Y., awarded the William Heard Kil-
patrick award for "the most distinguished contribution to the philosophy
of education"; announced April 12,1944.
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD, New York, N. Y., given Music Critics Circle Award
for his Symphony No. 1, "Jeremiah," May IS, 1944.
*BILGRAY, ALBERT T., Providence, R. I., elected president of Rhode Island
Ministerial Association, November 16, 1942.
BLATT, JOSEPH, Oklahoma City, Okla., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity by Hebrew Union College; June 24, 1944.
* Omitted from Vol. 45.
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BLOCH, ERNEST, San Francisco, Cal., elected member of American Acade-
my of Arts and Letters; announced October, 1943.
CARDOZO, BENJAMIN N., (deceased) New York, N. Y., fellowship in his
memory created in the New York University School of Law; announced
May 4, 1944.
COHN, ALBERT, New York, N. Y., reappointed judge, Supreme Court, No-
vember 2, 1943.
DAVIDSON, CHARLES A., Fort Bridger, Wyo., awarded 4-year ?2400 Westing-
house grand scholarship by Science Talent Institute, March 7, 1944.
DAVIDSON, JO, Lahaska, Pa., sculptor, elected member of National Institute
of Arts and Letters; announced December 22, 1943.
EDELSTEIN, MICHAEL, (deceased) New York, N. Y., former member of
U. S. Congress, Liberty Ship named in his honor, June 4, 1944.
FELDMAN, ABRAHAM, Hartford, Conn., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, June 24, 1944.
FELS, SAMUEL S., Philadelphia, Pa., elected honorary member of Franklin
Institute, November 9, 1943.
FILENE, EDWARD A., (deceased) Boston, Mass., Liberty Ship named in his
honor, April 6, 1944.
FINKELSTEIN, Louis, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Sacred Theology by Columbia University, Feb. 24, 1944.
FRANKLENTHALER, ALFRED, New York, N. Y., appointed by Governor
Thomas E.Dewey, Supreme Court Judge; announced December 23,1943.
FREED, ISADORE, Philadelphia, Pa., given the publication award for his
quartet by the Society for the Publication of American Music; reported
May 5, 1944.
FREEHOF, SOLOMON B., Pittsburgh, Pa., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Hebrew Letters by Hebrew Union College, June 24, 1944.
FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM F., Pittsburgh, Pa., given the Exceptional Civilian
Service Award for meritorious Civilian Service by the War Department;
reported April 27, 1944.
GINZBERG, Louis, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Hebrew Letters by Hebrew Union College, July 3, 1943.
GLAZMAN, B., Detroit, Mich., awarded $250 prize for collection of stories
"Fugitive and Wanderer" by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation for the
Advancement of Hebrew and Yiddish Literature; announced November
25, 1943.
GLUCKSMAN, Harry L. (deceased), Liberty Ship named in his honor; reported
April 20, 1944.
GOLDIN, JUDAH I., Champaign, 111., appointed by graduate School of Duke
University, Durham, N. C., to newly created Chair of Jewish Studies;
announced October 11, 1943.
GREEN, ALAN S., Troy, N. Y., elected president of the Ministerial Association
of Troy, composed of 125 Protestant ministers and three rabbis; reported
June 25, 1944.
GROSSMAN, R., Brookline, Mass., appointed National Director of the
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism; reported
March 9, 1944.
HADAMARD, JACQUES, (formerly Paris, France) New York, N. Y., awarded
honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Yeshiva College, June
22, 1944.
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HARRIS, JEANNETTE H., New York, N. Y., elected president of the New
York Women's Bar Association, April 18, 1944.
HART, MOSS., New York, N. Y., awarded citation as author of "Winged
Victory" by Drama League of New York, May 9, 1944.
HELLER, JAMES G., Cincinnati, Ohio, awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, June 24, 1944.
HESS, JEROME S., New York, N. Y., awarded Aztec Eagle by Mexican
Government for services as counsel to Mexico in international financial
and legal problems, October 29, 1943.
HILLQUIT, MORRIS (deceased), New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in
his honor, January 27, 1944.
HIRSHBERG, SAMUEL, Milwaukee, Wis., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, June 24, 1944.
HODES, BARNET, Chicago, 111., appointed chairman of the Committee on
Civil Liberties of the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers;
announced April 21, 1944.
HUBERMAN, BRONISLAW, New York, N. Y., awarded by Jewish Institute of
Religion, honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters, January 30,
1944.
ISAACS, STANLEY M., New York, N. Y., elected president of the New York
State Conference on Social Work, Nov. 18, 1943.
KAPLAN, MORDECAI M., chair in education named in his honor at Hebrew
University in Palestine; reported December, 1943.
KARIEL, LOUIS W., Marshall, Texas, unanimously re-elected Mayor;
reported April 1, 1944
KIRSTEIN, Louis E. (deceased), Boston, Mass., professorship in Human
Relations at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Ad-
ministration created in his honor through donation of over $200,000;
announced June 21, 1944.
KLATZKIN, JACOB, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Hebrew Letters by the Jewish Institute of Religion, Jan. 30, 1944.
KOUSSEVITZKY, SERGEI, Boston, Mass., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Music by Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., October 24, 1943;
given annual achievement award of the Essex County Symphony Society
of Newark, N. J., May 5, 1944.
KRAMER, SAMUEL NOAH, Philadelphia, Pa., awarded the John F. Lewis
Prize for research into the literature of the Semitic, Babylonian and
Sumerian peoples of the era 400-200 B. C. by the American Philosophical
Society, April 22, 1944.
KLUTZNICK, PHILIP M., Omaha, Nebr., appointed Commissioner of the
Federal Public Housing Authority by President Roosevelt; reported April
13, 1944.
KRASS, NATHAN, New York, N. Y., rabbi, awarded honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity by the Hebrew Union College, July 3, 1943.
LA'NDMAN, ISAAC, Brooklyn, N. Y., rabbi, awarded honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity by the Hebrew Union College, July 3, 1943.
LEHMAN, HERBERT H., New York, N. Y., elected director-general of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA),
November 11, 1943.
LEVI, HARRY, Brookline, Mass., posthumously awarded honorary degree
of Doctor of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, June 24, 1944.
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LEWISOHN, ADOLPH, New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in his honor,
October 6, 1943.
LIPPMANN, WALTER, New York, N. Y., columnist and author, given the
war book award for "U. S. Foreign Policy, Shield of the Republic" by
the Council on Books in Wartime; reported July 30, 1943; awarded
honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Howard University, June 29,
1944.
LIPSKY, Louis, New York, N. Y., chair established in his honor at Hebrew
University in Palestine; announced December 10, 1943.
LITTAUER, Lucius N., New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor
of Laws by New York University, Jan. 20, 1944.
LOEWI, OTTO, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor of
Science by New York University, June 7, 1944.
LONDON, MEYER (deceased), New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in his
honor; reported Jan. 31, 1944.
MACK., JULIAN W., New York, N. Y., chair established in his honor at
Hebrew University in Palestine; reported December, 1943.
MARSHALL, LOUIS (deceased), New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in
his honor, July 23, 1943.
MAYERBERG, SAMUEL S., Kansas City, Mo., awarded honorary degree
of Doctor of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, July 3, 1943.
MOSES, ROBERT, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws by Bates College, June 25, 1944.
MYERS, I. L., Memphis, Tenn., elected president of the Memphis Academy
of Arts, June 28, 1944.
OCHS, ADOLPH S., New York, N. Y., publisher, New York Times (1896-
1935), Liberty Ship named in his honor, September 23, 1943.
PALEY, WILLIAM S., New York, N. Y., pres., Columbia Broadcasting
Company, awarded by Dominican Republic the Order of Cristobal Colon
in recognition of contributions toward better understanding among the
Americas, October 24, 1943.
PEREIRA, SALOMON RODRIGUES, New York, N. Y., former Chief Rabbi of
The Hague, named advisor on Jewish affairs to Netherlands Government
and chaplain to Netherlands Army in England; reported Oct. 4, 1943.
RAUCH, JOSEPH, Louisville, Ky., awarded honorary degree of Doctor of
Divinity by Hebrew Union College, June 24,1944.
RESNIK, REGINA, New York, N. Y., awarded $1000, silver placque, and
Metropolitan Opera contract in auditions on the air, April 9, 1944.
RIBALOW, MENACHEM, New York, N. Y., awarded $250 for book "Letters
and Scrolls" by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation for the Advancement
of Hebrew and Yiddish Literature; announced November 25,1943.
ROSENBERG, JAMES N., New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of
Doctor or Jewish Law by Hebrew Union College, April 16, 1944.
ROSENMAN, SAMUEL I., New York, N. Y., appointed by President Roosevelt
as special Counsel Sept. 14, 1943; awarded honorary degree of Doctor of
Hebrew Letters by Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning,
May 21, 1944.
ROSENWALD, WILLIAM, Greenwich, Conn., awarded honorary degree of
Doctor of Jewish Law by Hebrew Union College, April 16, 1944.
RUBINSTEIN, ISAAC, New York, N. Y., former Chief Rabbi of Vilna and
member of the Polish Sejm for 26 years, awarded honorary degree of
APPOINTMENTS, HONORS AND ELECTIONS 323
Doctor of Divinity by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
and Yeshiva College, May 22, 1944.
SAMUEL, MAURICE, New York, N. Y., given the 1943 Ainsfield Award of
$1500 for his book the World of Sholom Aleichem; reported April 7, 1944.
SCHEINFELD, GEDAI.LIA, Philadelphia, Pa., awarded Purple Heart and
commendation for activity in World War I; reported Sept. 17, 1943.
SCHIFF, JACOB H., New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in his honor,
November 14, 1943.
SCHLESINGER, BENJAMIN (deceased), New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named
in his honor; reported Jan. 21, 1944.
SCHOENSTEIN, PAUL, New York, N. Y., awarded Pulitzer prize in journalism
and literature for best local reporting for the JV. Y. Journal-American; re-
ported May 5,1944.
SCHWARTZ, I. J., Detroit Mich., awarded $250 for "Anthology of Hebrew
Poetry" by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation for the Advancement of
Hebrew and Yiddish Literature; announced November 25, 1943.
SEID, DANIEL, Brooklyn, N. Y., Lt., U. S. Navy (killed in action), Liberty
Ship named in his honor; reported July, 1943.
SHUBOW, JOSEPH, Baltimore, Md., appointed to the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore by Governor Herbert R. O'Connor; reported May 5, 1944.
SIGMAN, MORRIS, New York, N. Y., Labor leader, Liberty Ship named in
his honor; reported Jan. 31, 1944.
SILBERSCHLAG, ISAAC, Boston, Mass., awarded $250 for poems "Rise World
in Song" by Louis LaMed Literary Foundation for the Advancement of
Hebrew and Yiddish Literature; announced November 25, 1943.
SILVERSTEIN, MAX, Lt. Com., U. S. Navy, destroyer named in his honor,
November 8, 1943.
SINGER, JACK, New York, N. Y., war correspondent, Liberty Ship named
in his honor; reported December 26, 1943.
SOUS-COHEN, MEYER, Philadelphia, Pa., re-elected president of the Con-
tinental Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution; reported
June 21, 1944.
STEIN, HERBERT, New York, N. Y., awarded first prize of $25,000 in essay
contest on postwar employment problems sponsored by Pabst Brewing
Co.; announced May 17, 1944.
STERN, CHARLES M. Jr., (killed in action), Albany, N. Y., destroyer escort
named in his honor, Oct. 31, 1943.
STRAUS, ROGER WILLIAMS, New York, N. Y., awarded honorary degree of
Doctor of Hebrew Letters by Hebrew Union College, July 3, 1943.
SULZBERCER, ARTHUR HAYS, New York N. Y., publisher, New York Times,
awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Brown University,
June 19, 1944.
SYRKIN, NACHMAN, (deceased), New York, N. Y., Liberty Ship named in
his honor; announced April 3, 1944.
UNTERMYER, IRWIN, New York, N. Y., re-elected judge, Supreme Court,
November 2, 1943.
WEINER, HERBERT C, (deceased), Lynn, Mass., Lt., square at Shepard and
Summer Sts. named in his honor; reported Nov. 4, 1943.
WISE, STEPHEN S., New York, N. Y., awarded honorary citizenship by city
of Tel Aviv, Palestine, March 20, 1944.
WYLER, WILLIAM, Hollywood, Calif., recipient of Academy Award for "Mrs.
Miniver"; reported July 1, 1943.