Edw. Jacobs; Treas., Mrs. H. B. Lefkowitz; Sec., Mrs. Robert Szold; Mrs. I. S. Adlerblum, Mrs. I. B. Berkson, Mrs. David Blaustein, Mrs. H. J. Dannenbaum, Mrs. S. Doniger, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Mrs. H. H. Frankel, Mrs. A. H. Fromenson, Mrs. Henry Harris, Sarah Kussy, Mrs. S. L. Lamport, Mrs. S. W. Myerson, Rachel Natelson, Mrs. Sylvan Robison, Alice L. Seligsberg, Mrs. A. Silverman, Mrs. A. Slomka, Mrs. A. H. Vixman and Mrs. Robert Wile.

*HAI RESH FRATERNITY

Org. July, 1907. OFFICE: 3718 Holmes Av., Kansas City, Mo.

HEBREW SHELTERING AND IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY OF AMERICA

OFFICE: 425 Lafayette, New York City.

An amalgamation of the Hebrew Sheltering House Association, organized Nov., 1888, and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, organized 1901.

Seventeenth Annual Meeting, April 11, 1926, New York City.
Contributors, 150,000.

PURPOSE: To facilitate the lawful entry of Jewish immigrants at the various ports in the United States, to provide them with temporary assistance, to prevent them from becoming public charges, to discourage their settling in congested cities, to prevent ineligibles from immigrating to the United States, to foster American ideals, and to instil in them a knowledge of American history and institutions, and to make better known the advantages of desirable immigration.

OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham Herman, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Joseph Barondess, N. Y. C.; Adolph Copeland, Chicago, Ill.; Harris Poorvu, Boston, Mass.; Leon Kamaiky, N.Y.C.; Howard Š. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Max Meyerson, N. Y. C.; Albert Rosenblatt, N. Y. C.; Leo S. Schwabacher, Seattle, Wash.; Israel Silberstein, Baltimore, Md.; Harry K. Wolff, San Francisco, Cal.; Treas., Harry Fischel, N. Y. C.; Hon. Sec., Joseph E. Eron; General Manager, Isaac L. Asofsky, N. Y. C.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Morris Asofsky, Joseph Barondess, Joseph Baskin, Aaron Benjamin, B. B. Berkowitz, James Bernstein, John L. Bernstein, J. H. Cohen, Joseph E. Eron, Harry P. Fierst, Harry Fischel,

*Revised information was not furnished upon request. For latest official data on this organization, see THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, Vol. 27.

Israel Friedkin, Samuel Goldstein, Adolph Held, Abraham Herman, Philip Hersh, Ph. Jaches, Alexander Kahn, Leon Kamaiky, Mrs. Leon Kamaiky, Nathan Kommel, Jacob J. Lesser, Harris Linetzky, M. S. Margolies, H. Masliansky, Jacob Massel, Max Meyerson, Max Pine, Nathan Roggen, Albert Rosenblatt, Ezekiel Sarasohn, Nathan Schoenfeld, B. Shelvin, Abraham I. Spiro, B. Charney Vladeck and Morris Weinberg.

HEBREW THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

Org. 1921. OFFICE: 3446 to 3452 Douglas Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Annual Meeting, Jan. 13, 1925, Chicago, Ill.

Library has about 10,000 volumes.

PURPOSE: To serve as an institution for higher Jewish learning and to provide facilities for students who wish to prepare themselves for the Rabbinate or for the teaching of Hebrew.

OFFICERS: President, Rabbi Saul Silber; Vice-Pres., Rabbi A. Cardon, Samuel Ginsburg, S. Levin, Rabbi B. Z. Margolin; Treas., B. Laser; Recording Sec., M. Perlstein; Financial Sec., H. Hackman; Ex. Sec., Rabbi David Englander; Principal, Rabbi J. Greenberg.

FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE: Pres., Rabbi Saul Silber; Instructors of Talmud and Codes, Rabbi N. Yablonsky, Rabbi S. Israelson, Rabbi Regensberg, Rabbi H. Rubenstein, Rabbi Z. Starr; for Bible, Hebrew Grammar and Literature, M. Shelinsky, E. Brody, Rabbi Sachs, Rabbi Stampfer, Mr. Shulman; for Jewish History and Philosophy, Prof. Meyer Waxman, (Ph.D. Columbia); for Midrash and Homiletics, Rabbi Saul Silber; for Public Speaking, J. R. Tysen.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
(See p. 332)

HISTADRUTH IVRITH

Org. 1916. Re-org. 1922. OFFICE: 114 Fifth Av., New York City. Convention, Dec. 26-27, 1925, Newark, N. J.

Societies, 90. Members, 3,000.

PURPOSE: Development of Hebrew culture and Hebrew language. OFFICERS: Pres., Ab. Goldberg; Treas., Elias Gottfried; Sec., M. Ribalow.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: N. Aaronson, A. S. Adler, S. Bernstein, M. E. Edelstein, I. W. Frishberg, I. Ginsberg, S. Ginsberg, Ch. Greenberg, J. T. Hellman, J. Kaplan, A. Kushner, Em. Newman, D. Rabelsky, Ž. Sharfstein, A. Spicehandler, M. Tausner, D. Wartheim, M. Weisgal, K. Whiteman, M. A. Zeldin.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI B'RITH

Org. Nov. 1, 1843. OFFICE: 9 W. 4th, Cincinnati, O. Twelfth Quinquennial Convention, April 20-25, 1925, Atlantic City, N. J.

Members, 85,000.

Lodges, 500 (in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa).
Districts, 15 (7 in the United States).

Institutions founded by the Order in the United States: HEBREW ORPHANS' HOME, Atlanta, Ga.; B'NAI B'RITH CEMETERY, Chicago, Ill.; FREE Employment BUREAU, Chicago, Ill.; Jewish Widows' and ORPHANS' HOME, New Orleans, La.; TOURO INFIRMARY, New Orleans, La.; HOME FOR AGED and INFIRM, Yonkers, N. Y.; JEWISH ORPHANS HOME, Cleveland, O.; B'NAI B'RITH FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, Pittsburgh, Pa.; RELIEF COMMITTEE, Hot Springs, Ark.; B'NAI B'RITH CLUB, San Francisco, Cal.; HOME FOR JEWISH ORPHANS, Los Angeles, Cal.; IMMIGRANT SCHOOLS at Kalamazoo, Mich., and Memphis, Tenn.; SABBATH SCHOOLS, at Houghton, Mich.; Trenton, N. J.; Sharon, Pa.; and Madison, Wis.; B'NAI B'RITH ORPHANAGE, at Erie, Pa.; LEO N. LEVI HOSPITAL, Hot Springs, Ark.; B'NAI B'RITH CLUB, Chicago, Ill.; Boy's VACATION CAMP, Chicago, Ill.; SOCIAL SERVICE BOYS' SUMMER CAMP, Minneapolis, Minn.; B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS at University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin and University of Ohio; NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES, Denver, Colo.; MEXICO IMMIGRATION BUREAU and numerous other institutions. OFFICERS: Pres., Alfred M. Cohen, Cincinnati, O.; First Vice-Pres., Lucius L. Solomons, San Francisco, Cal.; Second Vice-Pres., Archibald A. Marx, New Orleans, La., 'Treas., Boris D. Bogen, Cincinnati, O.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: The Officers, and Daniel Alexander, Salt Lake City, Utah; Henry A. Alexander, Atlanta, Ga.; Bertram Aufsesser, Albany, N. Y.; A. B. Frey, St. Louis, Mo.; Charles Hartman, N. Y. C.; Adolf Kraus, Chicago, Ill.; Sidney G. Kusworm, Dayton, O.; Sam J. Leon, Omaha, Nebr.; Henry Monsky, Omaha, Nebr.; Leon B. Stein, Wheeling, W. Va.; Sidney J. Stern, Greensboro, N. C.; Martin Zielonka, El Paso, Tex.; Adolph Stern, Bucharest, Roumania; Josef Popper, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia; J. Niego, Constantinople, Turkey; Sol. Ehrmann, Vienna, Austria; David Yellin, Jerusalem, Palestine; Leo Baeck, Berlin, Germany; Leon Ader, Krakau, Poland.

DISTRICTS: I. Org. 1851. Lodges 73. Territory: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Eastern Canada. Sec., Max Levy, 1819 Broadway, N. Y. C. II. Org. 1852. Lodges, 64. Territory: Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio and Wyoming. Sec., Leonard H. Freiberg, 707 St. Paul Bldg., Cincinnati, O.

III. Org. 1860. Lodges, 57. Territory: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Sec., Joseph Herbach, 709 N. Franklin, Philadelphia, Pa.

IV. Org. 1863. Lodges, 35. Territory: Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Sec., Richard E. Gutstadt, 149 Eddy, San Francisco, Cal.

V. Org. 1867. Lodges 28. Territory: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and District of Columbia. Sec., Edwin L. Levy, P. O. Box 170, Richmond, Va.

VI. Org. 1868. Lodges 87. Territory: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Sec., Hiram D. Frankel, 1119 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Chicago, Ill. VII. Org. 1873. Lodges, 96. Territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Western Florida (Pensacola). Sec., Myron M. Goldman, 212 Whitney Central Bldg., New Orleans, La.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH ABRAHAM

Org. Feb. 7, 1887. OFFICE: 37 Seventh, New York City. Thirty-ninth Annual Convention, June 7, 1925, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 142,555.

Lodges, 600.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Adolph Stern; First Deputy Grand Master, Louis B. Siegel; Second Deputy Grand Master, Samuel L. Webb; Grand Sec., Max L. Hollander, N. Y. C.; Grand Treas., Adolph Rosenbaum, N. Y. C.; Endowment Treas., Adolph Teitelbaum.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH SHOLOM

Org. Feb. 23 1905. OFFICE: 506-508 Pine, Philadelphia, Pa. Twentieth Annual Convention, June 14-16, 1925, Atlantic City N. J. Twenty-first Annual Convention, June 13-15, 1926, Atlantic City N.J. Members, 26,112. Lodges, 197.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Sol. C. Kraus, Phila. Pa.; First Deputy Grand Master, Chas. S. Lapides, N. Y. C.; Second Deputy Grand Master, A. S. Kanengieser, Newark, N. J.; Third Deputy Grand Master, Arthur Cohen, Providence, R. I.; Fourth Deputy Grand Master, Meyer Caplan, Baltimore, Md.; Fifth Deputy Grand Master, H. Kopplemann, Hartford, Conn.; Sixth Deputy Grand Master, Max Epstein, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Seventh Deputy Grand Master, Isaac Levinson, Chicago, Ill; Eighth Deputy Grand Master, Myer Weintrub, St. Louis, Mo.; Ninth Deputy Grand Master; Tenth Deputy Grand Master, A. Sherman, Richmond, Va.; Eleventh Deputy Grand Master—; Twelfth Deputy Grand Master, Jacques Brecher, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Sec., Martin O. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Assistant Grand Sec., Adolph Rosenblum, Phila., Pa.; Grand Treas., Jacob Edelstein, Phila., Pa.

INDEPENDENT ORDER FREE SONS OF ISRAEL
Org. Jan. 18, 1849. OFFICE: 3109 Broadway, New York City.
Triennial Convention, May 25, 1924, Atlantic City, N. J.
Next Triennial Convention, May 25, 1927, Atlantic City, N. J.
DISTRICTS, 2. Lodges 78. Members 8,659.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Solon J. Liebeskind; First Deputy Grand Master, Leopold Spitz; Second Deputy Grand Master, Monte M. Jacobs; Third Deputy Grand Master, David H. M. Weynberg; Grand Sec., Henry J. Hyman; Grand Treas., Jacob Strauss.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: David Dettelbach, Israel L. Feinberg, Henry M. Friedman, Arnold Gross, Louis J. Gross, Louis Hutter, Bogumil Laski, Mamie D. Newfield, Abraham H. Simons, Samuel Spitz, Henry E. Stern, Samuel Sturtz.

DISTRICTS: I. Territory: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. II. Territory: Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana.

INDEPENDENT ORDER SONS OF DAVID

Org. June 1905. OFFICE: 828 Market, McKeesport, Pa. Convention, June 28, 1925. McKeesport, Pa.

Members, 876.

PURPOSE: Life insurance and to further Jewish activities.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Harry Halpert, McKeesport, Pa.; Deputy Grand Masters, D. Hartstein, Swissvale, Pa.; Sam Pollack, McKeesport, Pa.; Grand Treas., Max Lazear, Braddock, Pa.; Grand Sec., S. J. Klein, Swissvale, Pa.; Grand Master-at-Arms, M. J. Sadowsky, Braddock, Pa.; Grand Inner Guard, Jacob Graff, Braddock, Pa.; Grand Outer Guard, Max Newhouse, McKeesport, Pa.

EXECUTIVE BOARD: The Officers, and I. S. Blattner, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Harry Feldman, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samuel Firestone, Los Angeles, Cal.; F. R. S. Kaplan, McKeesport, Pa.; K. Kovacs, Duquesne, Pa.; J. M. Steinitz, Rankin, Pa.

*INDEPENDENT WESTERN STAR ORDER

Org. Feb. 13, 1894. OFFICE: 1127 Blue Island Av., Chicago, Ill. INDEPENDENT WORKMEN'S CIRCLE OF AMERICA, INC. Org. Dec. 28, 1906. OFFICE: 86 Leverett, Boston, Mass. Eighteenth Annual Convention, May 29-June 1, 1925, Providence, R. I.

Members, 5,369.

*Revised information was not furnished upon request. For latest official data on this organization, see THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK, Vol. 27.