THE EX-PATIENTS' TUBERCULAR HOME OF DENVER, COLO. Org. 1908. OFFICE: 8000 E. Montview Blvd., Denver, Colo. Members, 40,000

PURPOSE: To provide a home for helpless patients who after being discharged from any tubercular hospital or sanatorium are as yet unable to care for themselves.

OFFICERS: Pres., Max Schradsky; Vice-Pres., M. Nierenberg; Sec., A. M . Blumberg, P. O. Box 1768; Treas., M. Bronstine.

DIRECTORS: Henry Aronoff, D. R. Bank, M. Berkowitz, M. Binstock, A. M. Blumberg, M. Bronstine, M. H. Eber, Edward Grimes, J. P. Karsh, A. Kiesler, J. Klatzkin, Frank Masure, M. Nierenberg, S. Priess, Simon Quiat, Jerome Reichart, Max Schradsky, M. Stein, D. Tober, Abner Wagman, Nathan Wiener.

*FEDERATION OF HUNGARIAN JEWS IN AMERICA Org. Nov. 1. 1919. OFFICE: 1 Union Square, W., New York City. Fifth Annual Convention, May 30, 1924, New York City. Members, 35,000

Societies, 107.

PURPOSE: To promote the educational, social and religious interests of the Hungarian Jews here and in Hungary.

OFFICERS: Pres., Samuel Buchler; Vice-Pres., B. J. Feuerstein, Isidore Kichler, Simon Miller; Treas., Isidor Rosenfeld; Sec. acting, Dorothy Buck, N. Y. C.

FEDERATION OF POLISH HEBREWS OF AMERICA

Org. 1908. OFFICE: 55 W. 113th, New York City.

Convention, May 11, 1924. New York City.

Next Convention, April, 1925, New York City.

Members, 40,000.

PURPOSE: Interest in all Jewish matters.

Provide for the sick a

hospital in case they cannot afford to pay for their treatment; take care of orphans and aged people.

Publishes a monthly, Die Farband.

OFFICERS: Pres., Abraham Rosenberg; Vice-Pres., J. Gladstone; Treas., Benj. Winter; Sec., David Trautman, 38 W. 113th, N. Y. C.

HAI RESH FRATERNITY

Org. July, 1907. OFFICE: 3718 Holmes Av., Kansas City, Mo. Sixteenth Annual Conclave, June 29-July 3, 1924, Atlanta, Ga.

Seventeenth Annual Conclave, July, 1925, Philadelphia, Pa.
Members. 724.

Chapters, 25.

OFFICERS: Council Chief, Donald Oberdorfer, Atlanta, Ga.; Council Prophet, Bertram Strauss, Des Moines, Ia.; Council Scribe, James Kempner, Little Rock, Ark.; Council Installer, Leon C. Meyers, Kansas City, Mo.; Council Historian, Jesse Gelders, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Council Editor, Alex Weil, St. Paul, Minn.

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.

Fifteenth Annual Meeting, Mch. 9, 1924, 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 encourage them to follow agricultural pursuits, 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., John L. Bernstein, N. Y. C.; Vice-Pres., Adolph Copeland, Chicago, Ill.; Isaac Heller, Boston, Mass.; Leon Kamaiky, N. Y. C.; Howard S. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Jacob Massel, N. Y. C.; 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, Israel Friedkin, Adolph Held, Abraham_Herman, Philip Hersh, Ph. Jaches, Alexander Kahn, Leon Kamaiky, Mrs. Leon Kamaiky, Nathan Kommel, Jacob J. Lesser, E. W. Lewin-Epstein, 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., A. Cardon, Samuel Ginsburg, S. Levin, B. Z. Margolin; Treas., B. Laser; Recording Sec., M. Perlstein; Financial Sec., H. Hackman; Ex. Sec., 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.

Org. 1916.

HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
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HISTADRUTH IVRITH

Re-org. 1922. OFFICE: 114 Fifth Av., New York City. Convention, June 14-15, 1924, Atlantic City, N. J.

Societies, 75. Members, 3,000.

PURPOSE: Development of Hebrew culture and Hebrew language. OFFICERS: Hon. Pres., R. Brainin; Chairman, Ab. Goldberg, Treas., P. Churgin, Sec., M. Ribalow.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: S. J. Borowsky, Wm. Chomsky, M. E Edelstein, S. Ginsberg, H. L. Gordon, M. Halevi, I. Kopstein, A. Levine, S. Mizrachi, J. Roschovsky, Z. Scharfstein, E. Schmerler, L. Slonimsky, A. Spicehandler, M. Tausner, N. Touroff.

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'NAI B'RITH

Org. Nov. 1, 1843. OFFICE: 9 W. 4th, Cincinnati, O.
Twelfth Quinquennial Convention, April 20-25, 1925.
Members, 85,000.

Lodges, 500 (in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa).
Districts, 14 (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 BOY'S SUMMER CAMP, Minneapolis, Minn.; B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATIONS at University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin; 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., Jacob Singer, Philadelphia, Pa.; Sec., Leon L. Lewis, Chicago, Ill.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Charles Hartman, N. Y. C.; Sidney G. Kusworm, Dayton, O.; E. N. Calisch, Richmond, Va.; Henry Monsky, Omaha, Neb.; Berthold Timendorfer, Berlin, Germany; Adolphe Stern, Bucharest, Roumania; Josef Popper, Prague, Czecho-Slovakia; J. Neigo, Constantinople, Turkey; Sol. Ehrmann, Vienna, Austria; I. Press, Jerusalem, Palestine.

DISTRICTS: I. Org. 1851. Lodges, 69. Territory: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Eastern 'Canada. Sec., Max Levy, 2307 Broadway, N. Y. C. II. Org. 1852. Lodges, 63. Territory: Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Orleans, and Ohio. Sec., Leonard H. Freiberg, 504 St. Paul Bldg., Cincinnati, O.

III. Org. 1860, Lodges, 55. Territory: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Sec., Joseph Herbach, Philadelphia, Pa.

IV. Org. 1863. Lodges, 33. Territory: Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and British Columbia, Sec., I. J. Ascheim, 149 Eddy, San Francisco, Cal.

V. Org. 1867. Lodges, 25. Territory: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and District of Columbia. Sec., Edwin H. Levy, P. O. Box 5, Richmond, Va.

VI. Org. 1868. Lodges 75. Territory: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Manitoba, Ontario, and Alberta, Can. Sec., Arnold Wolff, Medinah Bldg., Chicago, Ill.

VII. Org. 1873, Lodges, 96, Territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Sec., M. M. GoldWhitney Central Bldg., New Orleans, La.

man,

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH ABRAHAM

Org. Feb. 7, 1887. OFFICE: 37 Seventh, New York City Thirty-seventh annual Convention, June 3-5, 1923, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

Members, 142,555.

Lodges, 600.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Adolph Stern, First Deputy Grand Master, -; Second Deputy Grand Master, Julius Friedenberg, Boston, Mass.; Grand Sec., Max L. Holander, N. Y. C.; Grand Treas., Max F. Wolff, N. Y. C.; Endowment Treas., Adolph Teitelbaum.

INDEPENDENT ORDER BRITH SHOLOM

Org. Feb. 23, 1905. OFFICE: 506-508 Pine, Philadelphia, Pa. Nineteenth Annual Convention, June 15-17, 1924, Newark, N. J. Twentieth Annual Convention, June 14-16, 1925, Atlantic City, N. J. Members, 26,006. Lodges, 214.

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 Friedel, Baltimore, Md.; Fifth Deputy Grand Master, H. Koppleman, Hartford, Conn.; Sixth Deputy Grand Master, Max Epstein, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Seventh Deputy Grand Master, Isaac Levinson, Chicago, Ill.; Eighth Deputy Grand Master, David Horowitz, Detroit, Mich.; Ninth Deputy Grand Master, Myer Weintrub, St. Louis, Mo.; Tenth Deputy Grand Master, M. D. Bloom, Richmond, Va.; Eleventh Deputy Grand Master, D. Safer, Jacksonville, Fla.; Twelfth Deputy Grand Master, I. Grindlinger, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Grand Sec., Martin O. Levy, Phila., Pa.; Assistant Grand Sec., Adolph Rosenblum, Phila., Pa.; GrandTreas., J. Edelstein, Phila., Pa.

INDEPENDENT ORDER FREE SONS OF ISRAEL

Org. Jan. 18, 1849. OFFICE: 3109 Broadway, New York City. Seventy-fifth Annual Convention, May 25, 1924, Atlantic City, N. J. Next Triennial Convention May 25, 1927, Atlantic City, N. J. Districts, 2. Lodges, 81. Members, 8,427.

OFFICERS: Grand Master, Solon J. Liebeskind; First Deputy Grand