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K Kaaplander, Morris Hoff; b. Shadowo, Kovno, 1882. To US 1906.· Neff CoIl (PA).· Rabbi, Johnstown, PA; earlier exec field secy RIETS. • See: WWIA], 1926. Kaas, Andrew; b. ca 1855; d. Adantic City, Feb 71936. Jeweler, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 38:430. Kabakoff,jacob; b. NYC, 1918. Heb literature scholar, rabbi, Philadelphia, NYC; dean Cleveland CoIl of]ewish Studies; faculty Lehman CoIl; author in field. • See: E]. Kabos, Gyula; b. Budapest, 1888; d. Brooklyn, 1941. Popular comedy movie actor; WWI Austro- Hungarian army service. • See: UJE. Kadesch, Wtlliam Henry; b.· Grand Rapids, OH,1879. Physicist, Annapolis. • See: A]YB, 24:160. Kadis, IsadorlIsidor; b. Dvinsk, Dec 26 1891/1892; d. NYC, jan 241958. To US 1905.· U Cincinnati, Heb Union CoIl Tchrs Inst. • Communal admr, NYC; with Keren Hayesod, Jewish Nat! Fund, United Heb Charities (Cincinnati), Jewish Educational Alliance (Savannah), Jewish Education League (Toledo), Fedn of]ewish Charities (Milwaukee). • See:A]YB, 60:356; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 26 1958,89:1. Kadison, Albert P; b. ca 1840; d. Chicago, Mar 141913. Physician, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(1913- 1914):271. Kadison, Leib; b. Poland, ca 1881; d. NYC, Sep 251947. To US 1924. • Yiddish actor, Poland, NYC; fdrVilna Troupe.· See:A]YB, 50:518; NYTimes, Sep 261947,23:4. Kadushin, jacob L; b. ca 1859; d. New Rochelle, May 281932. Rabbi, New Rochelle. • See: A]YB, 34: 111. Kadushin, Max; b. Minsk, Dec 5/6 1895; d. NYC, July 23 1980. To US 1897/1899.· AB NYU, DHL, ordained JTS.·· Rabbi, talmudic scholar, communal educator, NYC, Chicago; faculty Heb high school, JTS; dean Academy for HigherJewish Learning; active Hillel (U WI); author in field. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:368; WWIA],1938. Kafka,Louis; b. ca 1842; d. Twin Falls, ID, Oct91909. Mayor, Lake City, ID.· See:A]YB, 12(1910- 1911):109. Kagan, Henry Enoch; b. Sharpsburg, P A, Nov 26 1906; d. Pittsburgh, Aug 17 1969. BA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union ColI, MA U WV A, PhD Columbia; honorary degree. • Rabbi, psychologist, author, promoter of interfaith understanding, Pittsburgh; consultVatican. • See: A]YB, 71:605; WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 5; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Aug 18 1969,35:1. Kagan, Solomon Robert; b. Orany, Russia, Dec 15 1889; d.July 1955. To US 1922. • MD U Dorpat. • Physican, med historian, author, Boston; chronicler of Jewish medical achievements & achievers. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 1 1955,19:3. Kagen, Samuel Norman; b. Bialystok, Poland, Aug 27 1898. To US 1907.· AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia. • Registrar, faculty, CCNY. • See: WWIA],1938. Kahal, Irving; b. Houtzdale, PA, Mar 5 190211903; d. Feb 1942. Songwriter, NYC; "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella." • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 8 1942,49:2. Kahan, Aaron A; b. Europe, Nov 8 1877. Am CoIl ofMechano Therapy (Chicago), DDS U Denver. • Dental professor, Denver; faculty U Denver. • See: WWIA], 1928. Kahan, Abba Baruch; b.* Talmudic author; BirketAv (1900). • See: Eisenstadt, 87. Kahan, Arcadius; b. Lodz,Jan 161920; d. Feb 261982. To US 1950. • Stefan Batory U (Vilna), Free U (Warsaw), MA, PhD Rutgers.· Educator, economist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago. • See: WWWlA,8. Kahan, Charles; b.*; d. Newark, Feb 14 1920. Rabbi, Newark.· See:A]YB, 22:166. Kahan, Chayim Hirsch; b. ca 1847; d. Philadelphia, July 23 1913. Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 16(1914- 1915):163. Kahan, Henry 0; b. ca 1892; d. NYC, Feb 6 1932. Legislator, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 34:111. Kahan, Jacob Mayer; b. ca 1855; d. Far Rockaway, Oct 18 1933. Rabbi, Far Rockaway, • See: A]YB, 36:282. Kahan,Joseph;b.Poland,1878;d. Washington DC, Sep 281953. To US 1903. • Russian & Polish revolutionary, Jewish anarchist; a fdr Ferrer School & Colony, Stelton, NJ; editor Freie Arbiter Stimme; advocate progressive education. • See: A]YB, 56:570. Kahan, Samuel; b. Grodna,Jan 12 1875; d. NYC, Sep 21 1932. NYU Law. • Lawyer, civic worker, NYC, Brooklyn; bd synagog. • See: A]YB, 35:125; WWIA], 1926. Kahan, Sol Boris; b. Zitomir, Russia, Dec 23 1886; d. Nov 1961. To NYC 1911. • DDS Columbia, Art Students League. • Dentist, sculptor, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 141961,39:3. Kahana, Levi I; b. Safed, 1899; d. Brooklyn, Oct 141950. Rabbi, author, Brooklyn; exec bd Agudath Harabonim; active Orthodox rabbinical assns. • See:A]YB, 53:525. Kahane, Benjamin B; b. Chicago, Nov 30 1891; d. Hollywood, CA, Sep 18 1960. LLB Kent CoIl of Law. • Lawyer, motion picture exec, Los Angeles; pres RKO, Motion Picture Academy; Oscar for industry service. • See: WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 4; NYTimes, Sep 19 1960, 31: 1. Kahanovitch, Israel Isaac; b. Wolpa, Grodno, 1873. To US 1905, to Winnipeg 1906. • Chiefrabbi, communalldr, Winnipeg. • See: WWIA], 1938. Kahanowitz, Isaac; b. Antopol, Russia, Nov 51874; d. Pittsburgh, Mar 61934. In US by 1898. • Merchant, Zionist & communalldr, author, (;reensburg,PA; an orgr synagog, Jewish War Relief Com, Jewish Colonial Trust Shares; nat! exec com Zionist Org of Am; active Keren Hayesod. • See: A]YB, 36:282; WWIA], 1926; BEOA]. Kahler, Eric (Erich) Gabriel; b. Prague, Oct 141885; d.June 281970. To US 1938.· PhD UVienna,Munich, Berlin, Heidelberg; honorary degree. • Cultural historian, author; faculty New School, Cornell. • See: UJE; WWWlA, 5; NYTimes, June 301970,41:4. Kahler, Felix (pseud=Felix Kilian); b. Prague, 1880. In Cincinnati in 1942. • Industrialist; counselor Prague Chamber of Commerce. • See: UJE (sub Kahler, Erich). Kahn, Abraham; b. ca 1860; d. Mt Clemens, MI, Nov 11922. Rabbi, Mt Clemens, MI. • See:A]YB, 25:139. Kahn,Albert; b. Rhaunen, Westphalia, Mar 211869; d. Detroit, Dec 81942. To US 1881. • Honorary degrees. • Noted industrial architect, Detroit; designer industrial bldgs, automobile factories. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:160,45:388; WWIA], 1926, 1948, 1938; BEGA]; WWWlA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Dec 9 1942,27:1. Kahn, Albert M; b. Lithuania, May 5 1897; d. Thousand Oaks, CA, Nov 151976. To US 1907. • Rensselaer Polytech Inst; honorary degree. • Mfr, business exec, philanthropist, NYC, Thousand Oaks, CA; nat! chr Supplies for Overseas Survivors; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl of Med; active Union of Am Heb Congregations, Heb Union Coll-

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Page 1: K | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biographymedia.americanjewisharchives.org/docs/concise/k.pdf307 Communalworker, NewOrleans. • See: AJYB, 13(1911-1912):137. Kahn, Henry;

KKaaplander, Morris Hoff; b. Shadowo,

Kovno, 1882.To US 1906.· Neff CoIl (PA).· Rabbi,Johnstown, PA; earlier exec field secy RIETS.• See: WWIA], 1926.

Kaas, Andrew; b. ca 1855; d. Adantic City,Feb 71936.

Jeweler, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 38:430.

Kabakoff,jacob; b. NYC, 1918.Heb literature scholar, rabbi, Philadelphia,NYC; dean Cleveland CoIl of]ewish Studies;faculty Lehman CoIl; author in field. • See: E].

Kabos, Gyula; b. Budapest, 1888; d.Brooklyn, 1941.

Popular comedy movie actor; WWI Austro­Hungarian army service. • See: UJE.

Kadesch, Wtlliam Henry; b.·Grand Rapids,OH,1879.

Physicist, Annapolis. • See: A]YB, 24:160.

Kadis, IsadorlIsidor; b. Dvinsk, Dec 261891/1892; d. NYC, jan 241958.

To US 1905.· U Cincinnati, Heb Union CoIlTchrs Inst. • Communal admr, NYC; withKeren Hayesod, Jewish Nat! Fund, UnitedHeb Charities (Cincinnati), Jewish EducationalAlliance (Savannah), Jewish Education League(Toledo), Fedn of]ewish Charities(Milwaukee). • See:A]YB, 60:356; WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Jan 26 1958,89:1.

Kadison, Albert P; b. ca 1840; d. Chicago,Mar 141913.

Physician, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):271.

Kadison, Leib; b. Poland, ca 1881; d. NYC,Sep 251947.

To US 1924. • Yiddish actor, Poland, NYC;fdrVilna Troupe.· See:A]YB, 50:518;NYTimes, Sep 261947,23:4.

Kadushin, jacob L; b. ca 1859; d. NewRochelle, May 281932.

Rabbi, New Rochelle. • See: A]YB, 34:111.

Kadushin, Max; b. Minsk, Dec 5/6 1895; d.NYC, July 23 1980.

To US 1897/1899.· AB NYU, DHL,ordained JTS.·· Rabbi, talmudic scholar,communal educator, NYC, Chicago; facultyHeb high school, JTS; dean Academy forHigherJewish Learning; active Hillel (U WI);author in field. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:368;WWIA],1938.

Kafka,Louis; b. ca 1842; d. Twin Falls, ID,Oct91909.

Mayor, Lake City, ID.· See:A]YB, 12(1910­1911):109.

Kagan, Henry Enoch; b. Sharpsburg, PA,

Nov 26 1906; d. Pittsburgh, Aug 171969.

BA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI, MA U WVA, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Rabbi, psychologist, author,promoter of interfaith understanding,Pittsburgh; consult Vatican. • See: A]YB,71:605; WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 5; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Aug 18 1969,35:1.

Kagan, Solomon Robert; b. Orany, Russia,Dec 15 1889; d.July 1955.

To US 1922. • MD U Dorpat. • Physican,med historian, author, Boston; chronicler ofJewish medical achievements & achievers. •See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 11955,19:3.

Kagen, Samuel Norman; b. Bialystok,Poland, Aug 27 1898.

To US 1907.· AB CCNY, post-gradColumbia. • Registrar, faculty, CCNY. • See:WWIA],1938.

Kahal, Irving; b. Houtzdale, PA, Mar 5190211903; d. Feb 1942.

Songwriter, NYC; "Let a Smile Be YourUmbrella." • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 8 1942,49:2.

Kahan, Aaron A; b. Europe, Nov 8 1877.Am CoIl ofMechano Therapy (Chicago), DDSU Denver. • Dental professor, Denver; facultyU Denver. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Kahan, Abba Baruch; b.*Talmudic author; BirketAv (1900). • See:Eisenstadt, 87.

Kahan, Arcadius; b. Lodz,Jan 161920; d.Feb 261982.

To US 1950. • Stefan Batory U (Vilna), FreeU (Warsaw), MA, PhD Rutgers.· Educator,economist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago. • See:WWWlA,8.

Kahan, Charles; b.*; d. Newark, Feb 141920.

Rabbi, Newark.· See:A]YB, 22:166.

Kahan, Chayim Hirsch; b. ca 1847; d.Philadelphia, July 23 1913.

Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 16(1914­1915):163.

Kahan, Henry 0; b. ca 1892; d. NYC, Feb 61932.

Legislator, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,34:111.

Kahan, Jacob Mayer; b. ca 1855; d. FarRockaway, Oct 18 1933.

Rabbi, Far Rockaway, • See: A]YB, 36:282.

Kahan,Joseph;b.Poland,1878;d.Washington DC, Sep 281953.

To US 1903. • Russian & Polish revolutionary,Jewish anarchist; a fdr Ferrer School &Colony, Stelton, NJ; editor Freie ArbiterStimme; advocate progressive education. • See:A]YB, 56:570.

Kahan, Samuel; b. Grodna,Jan 12 1875; d.NYC, Sep 21 1932.

NYU Law. • Lawyer, civic worker, NYC,Brooklyn; bd synagog. • See: A]YB, 35:125;WWIA], 1926.

Kahan, Sol Boris; b. Zitomir, Russia, Dec23 1886; d. Nov 1961.

To NYC 1911. • DDS Columbia, Art StudentsLeague. • Dentist, sculptor, NYC. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 141961,39:3.

Kahana, Levi I; b. Safed, 1899; d. Brooklyn,Oct 141950.

Rabbi, author, Brooklyn; exec bd AgudathHarabonim; active Orthodox rabbinical assns.• See:A]YB, 53:525.

Kahane, Benjamin B; b. Chicago, Nov 301891; d. Hollywood, CA, Sep 18 1960.

LLB Kent CoIl of Law. • Lawyer, motionpicture exec, Los Angeles; pres RKO, MotionPicture Academy; Oscar for industry service. •See: WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 4; NYTimes, Sep19 1960, 31:1.

Kahanovitch, Israel Isaac; b. Wolpa,Grodno, 1873.

To US 1905, to Winnipeg 1906. • Chief rabbi,communalldr, Winnipeg. • See: WWIA],1938.

Kahanowitz, Isaac; b. Antopol, Russia, Nov51874; d. Pittsburgh, Mar 61934.

In US by 1898. • Merchant, Zionist &communalldr, author, (;reensburg,PA; anorgr synagog, Jewish War Relief Com, JewishColonial Trust Shares; nat! exec com ZionistOrg ofAm; active Keren Hayesod. • See:A]YB, 36:282; WWIA], 1926; BEOA].

Kahler, Eric (Erich) Gabriel; b. Prague,Oct 141885; d.June 281970.

To US 1938.· PhD UVienna,Munich,Berlin, Heidelberg; honorary degree. •Cultural historian, author; faculty New School,Cornell. • See: UJE; WWWlA, 5; NYTimes,June 301970,41:4.

Kahler, Felix (pseud=Felix Kilian); b.Prague, 1880.

In Cincinnati in 1942. • Industrialist;counselor Prague Chamber of Commerce. •See: UJE (sub Kahler, Erich).

Kahn, Abraham; b. ca 1860; d. Mt Clemens,MI, Nov 11922.

Rabbi, Mt Clemens, MI. • See:A]YB, 25:139.

Kahn,Albert; b. Rhaunen, Westphalia, Mar211869; d. Detroit, Dec 81942.

To US 1881. • Honorary degrees. • Notedindustrial architect, Detroit; designer industrialbldgs, automobile factories. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:160,45:388; WWIA], 1926, 1948,1938; BEGA]; WWWlA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes,Dec 9 1942,27:1.

Kahn, Albert M; b. Lithuania, May 5 1897;d. Thousand Oaks, CA, Nov 151976.

To US 1907. • Rensselaer Polytech Inst;honorary degree. • Mfr, business exec,philanthropist, NYC, Thousand Oaks, CA;nat! chr Supplies for Overseas Survivors; a fdrAlbert Einstein CoIl ofMed; active Union ofAm Heb Congregations, Heb Union Coll-

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Jewish Inst ofReligion, Boys TownGerusalem). • See: AJYB, 78:542;WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Nov 171976, IV20:3.

Kahn, Alexander; b. Smolensk, May 311881; d. Mar 1962.

To US 1893.· LLB NYU.• Labor lawyer,Socialist Party ldr, newspaper exec, NYC; a fdrJoint Distribution Com, The New Liberal;general mgr Forward; exec bd Heb Sheltering;dir Rand School of Social Science; non-ZionistmemJewish Agency. • See: V]E; EJ; AJYB,64:494; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Mar 12 1962,31:3.

Kahn, Alfred; b. ca 1918; d. 1978.Economist; chr Civil Aeronautics Bd;developed deregulation policy; faculty Cornell;head NY State Public Service Commn. • See:Wall Street Journal, July 3 1978. • *See Kahn,Alfred Joseph.

Kahn, Alfred Gans; b. Little Rock, June 91886.

AB Harvard. • Banker, exec, Little Rock; pres·Chamber of Commerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.

Kahn,AlfredJoseph;b.~C, 1919.Educator, social planner, NYC; withJewish Bdof Guardians; faculty Columbia; author infield; WWII service. • See: EJ. • *See Kahn,Alfred.

Kahn, Arthur Lee; b.*; d. Los Angeles, Dec91917.

Playwright, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,20(1918-1919):228.

Kahn, Baruch Ha-Cohen; b. Russia, July 101861.

To US 1900; • Rabbi, Heb scholar, talmudist,kashrutsupervisor, merchant, NYC; authorHeb sermons. • See: Eisenstadt, 86.

Kahn, Beatrice Joseph (Mrs ElyJacquesKahn); b. Chicago, Feb 4 1890; d. ~C,Aug221962.

Communalldr, NYC; officer Natl Council ofJ ewish Women, Joint Distribution Com,Jewish Welfare Bd. • See: V]E(sub Kahn, ElyJacques); NYTimes, Aug 23 1962,29:3.

Kahn, Bernard; b. ca 1834; d. Cincinnati,Aug 13 1917.

Civil War veteran, legislator, Cincinnati. • See:AJYB, 20(1918-1919):228.

Kahn, Bernard; b. ca 1922; d. ~C,July 221980.

Rutgers. • Advertising exec, industry ldr. • See:NYTimes, July 23 1980.

Kahn, Bernhard; b. OscarshamlOscarhan,Sweden, Apr 91876; d. White Plains,Apr 261955.

To US 1939.· LLB UWiirzburg, U Munich,LLD U Berlin. • Welfare admr; exec dir JointDistribution Com (Europe); officer DominicanRepublic Settlement Assn; mem exec JewishAgency; active ORT, Keren Hayesod. • See:V]E; EJ; AJYB, 57:606-07; WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Apr 27 1955,31:2.

Kahn, Bertha Steinberg (Mrs); b. ca 1879;d. ~C, Feb 28 1935.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,37:258.

Kahn, Bertrand Berthelot; b. Cincinnati,Feb 12 1884; d. Cincinnati, Dec 61964.

Cincinnati Technical School, U Lausanne. •Stove mfr, philanthropist, Hamilton, OH;officer trade assn; active Jewish vocationalservice; W\VI service. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;AI, Dec 10 1964.

Kahn, Charles; b. Philadelphia, Sep 281899.

U PA. • Bldr, realtor, Philadelphia; officerJewish Seaside Home for Invalids; dirJewishHospital Assn. • See: BEOAJ.

Kahn, Cora; b. Cincinnati, Aug 51877.U CincInnati, Cincinnati Conservatory ofMusic. • Dramatic instructor, Sunday schooltchr, Cincinnati; with Heb Union ColI. • See:WWIAJ, 1926.

Kahn, David Felix; b. Cincinnati, June 61877.

Stove mfr, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH; officerUnion ofAm Heb Congregations, JewishHospital, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOA].

Kahn, Dorothy Caroline; b. Seattle, Aug 151893; d. New Hope, PA, Aug 26 1955.

AB Wellesley, post-grad U Chicago, JohnsHopkins. • Social work admr, author,Philadelphia; mem Pres Com on SocialSecurity; faculty PA School of Social Work;UN representative Internatl Conf of SocialWork, Internatl Study Conf on Child Welfare;officer Natl Refugee Service. • See: EJ; AJYB,58:477; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 271955,15:6.

Kahn, Edward Manuel; b. Berestowitz,Poland, May 15 1895.

To US 1905. • LLB Brooklyn Law. • Socialwork admr, Atlanta; faculty Atlanta School ofSocial Work; exec dir Atlanta Fedn for JewishSocial Services; exec secy Southern RegionalConf ofJewish Welfare Agencies; officerprofessional orgs; bd Urban League; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kahn, ElyJacques; b. ~C, June 1 1884; d.·~C, Sep 51972.

BA Columbia, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris). •Architect, government advisor, NYC; facultyColumbia, NYU, Metropolitan Museum ofArt; officer professional ::lssns; author in field. •See: V]E; EJ; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,5;NYTimes, Sep 61972, 48:1.

Kahn, Emanuel; b. Cincinnati, May 201879.

Ordained Heb Union ColI, BA U Cincinnati. •Rabbi, Ft Smith, AR thenJoplin, MO. • See:AJYB, 5{1903-1904):67, 6(1904-1905):218,7(1905-1906):122.

Kahn, Emile Ernest; b. France, May 171864.

Realtor, San Francisco; officer real estate bds,

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Heb Home for Aged Disabled; active Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kahn, Eugen; b. Stuttgart, Germany, 1887.To US 1929.· MD U MUnich, post-gradHeidelberg, Berlin. • Professor ofpsychiatry,New Haven; faculty Yale, U Munich. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kahn, Florence Prag (Mrs Julius Kahn); b.Salt Lake City, Nov 9 1866/1868/1869; d.San Francisco, Nov 16 1948.

U CA (Berkeley). • Congresswoman, schooltchr, San Francisco; mem Bd of Education;first Jewish woman representative, considered"mother of the FBI." • See: V]E (sub Kahn,Julius); EJ (sub Kahn,Julius);AJYB, 44:413,47:629,51:522; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NAW; DAB, 4; NYTimes,Nov 17 1948,27:5.

Kahn, Fritz; b. Halle, Germany, 1888.To US after 1933. • Physician, editor; withJE;author in field & against "scientific" anti­Semitism. • See: V]E.

Kahn, Gabriel; b. Rodalben, RhenishPalatinate, Apr 1 1832; d. New Orleans,Apr 211911.

Charity worker, philanthropist, New Orleans;dir Prison Commn; active synagog, B'naiB'rith. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):73-74,13(1911-1912):158.

Kahn, Gilbert Wolff; b. Morristown, NJ,July 181903; d. Dec 151975.

Princeton. • Banker, NYC; with Kuhn, Loeb. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,6;NYTime~Dec 161975,42:2.

Kahn, Gustav Gerson (Gus); b. Germany,Nov 6 1886; d. Oct 8 1941.

To US ca 1891. • Songwriter, Chicago,Beverly Hills; "Yes Sir, Thats My Baby." • See:AJYB, 44:339; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; DAB, 3;NYTimes, Oct 91941,23:4.

Kahn, Harry A; b. Cincinnati, Sep 15 1889.Kent ColI of Law. • Lawyer, Chicago; W\VIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Kahn, HarryJ; b. Berditchew, Russia, Dec201880.

To US 1902.· Zionist worker, NYC; a fdr 1stUS Poale Zion Org; delegate 1st Am JewishCong; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIAJ,1926.

Kahn, HarryJoseph; b. ~C, Dec 25 1898.CCNY, BS MIT, Rutgers, NC State ColI. •Ceramic engineer, exec, Matawan, NJ. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kahn, Hattie (Mrs Adolph Kahn); b.Maryville, MD, Nov 12 1870; d. MiamiBeach, Mar 241936.

Civic, communal, Zionist & welfare worker,Washington DC; an orgrJewish Foster Home;natl dir Natl Council ofJewish Women;interested in delinquent & handicapped girls. •?ee:AJYB, 38:430; WWIAJ, 1928.

Kahn, Henry; h.*; d. New Orleans, Mar 151911.

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Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:AJYB, 13(1911-1912):137.

Kahn, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. Indianap()lis,Aug 1934.

Communal worker, philanthropist,Indianapolis; trustee Butler. • See: AJYB,37:258.

Kahn, Henry Kastor; b. St Louis, Mar 141903; d. May 2 1966.

BS Northwestern. • Advertising exec, Chicago,NYC; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, May 3 1966, 47:2.

Kahn, Herman; b. Rochester, NY,Aug 131907; d. New Haven, June 51975.

AB, AM U MN, post-grad Harvard. •Archivist; with Natl Archives; head FDRLibrary (Hyde Park, NY); lecturer Yale; officerprofessional soc; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 71975, 30:4.

Kahn, Herman; b. Bayonne, Feb 15 1922;d. Chappaqua, NY,July 1983.

U Southern CA,-BS UCLA, MA Cal Tech;honorary degrees. • Defense analyst, author,Chappaqua, NY; with Rand Corp, HudsonInst, Atomic Energy Commn; wwn service. •See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, July 6 1983.

Kahn, Howard; b. Centreville, MD, Dec 121877.

Washington ColI, MD U MD. • Physician,Baltimore; faculty U MD. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kahn, Howard; b. Bloomington, IN,Jan 301886; d. Mar 271951.

AB IN U. • Newspaper editor, columnist, civicldr, St Paul; with St Paul Daily News; activeVolunteers ofAm, Red Cross; WWI &Mexican border service. • See: AJYB, 24: 160;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 301951,23:4.

Kahn, Ida (Mrs); b. ca 1885; d. Indianapolis,May 10 1937.

Communal & philanthropic worker,Indianapolis. • See:AJYB, 39:592.

Kahn, Isaac; b. Cincinnati, 1883.Painter, writer, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,24:160.

Kahn, Isaac Ferdinand; b. Indianapolis, Sep81885.

AB U WI. • Paper co. exec, Indianapolis;officerJewish Fedn, Jewish Welfare Fund; bdsynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kahn, Isador Wtlliam; b. NYC, Nov 161890; d. NYC, Mar 1972.

CCNY, MD NYU, Bellevue Med. •Obstetrician, gynecologist, Health DeptInspector, NYC; developed Kahn eytoscope;fdr, officer RiversIde Med Soc; activeDemocratic politics; author in field; WWI &WWII service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 6 1972, 36:1.

Kahn,James; b. Worcester, 1908; d.Brookline, MA, Aug 11 1982.

Publisher, advertisement salesman; fdr JewishTimes (Brookline, MA). • See: AJYB, 84:334.

Kahn, Joseph; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Mar 1919.Professor of Chemistry, ColI ofPharmacy,Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 21:206; Eisenstadt, 87.

Kahn,Joseph; b. ca 1845; d. Detroit, July201935.

Rabbi, tchr, author, lecturer, Detroit. • See:AJYB, 38:430.

Kahn, Joseph; b.Riga, Mar 29 1882; d.NYC,July 281940.

To NYC 1893. • BS CCNY, MA, PhD, LLBNYU. • Lawyer, civic worker, NYC; facultyCCNY, NYU; dir Heb Natl Orphan Home(Yonkers); author in fields. • See: AJYB,43:359; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 291940,13:4.

Kahn, Joseph; b. Berezino, Russia, May 251916; d. Dec 3 1979.

To US 1930.· Steamship co exec, NYC; bdAm Bureau of Shipping; officer trade assn;trustee Webb Inst ofNaval Architecture;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes,Dec41979.

Kahn,Julius;b. I(uppenhenn, Baden, Feb281861; d. San Francisco, Dec 181924.

To US 1866. • Congressman, lawyer,legislator, actor, San Francisco; a fdr JewishEducational Soc; active Republican politics,Jewish affairs, opposition to Zionism. • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 2(1900-1901):519, 6(1904­1905):127; 11(1909-1910):144,24:160,27:151;WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Dec 22 1924,17:3.

Kahn, Julius; b. Munstereiffel, Germany,Mar 8 1874; d. Cleveland, Nov 4 1942.

BS, CE U MI. • Steel mfr, inventor,Youngstown, OH, Cleveland; with TrusconSteel; specialty: reinforced concrete; trusteeJewish Fedn.· See:AJYB, 45:388; WWIAJ,1938; BEGA]; NYTimes, Nov 61942,23:6.

Kahn, Julius BahrJr; b. Chicago, July 71921; d. Oct 18 1968.

BS, MS, PhD U Chicago. • Pharmacologist,Chicago; faculty U Chicago, Northwestern; bdUnited World Federalists; author/editor infield; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Kahn, Lazard (Lazarus); b. Ingwiller,Alsace, Nov 22 1850; d. Mar 71928.

To US 1866. • Stove mfr, inventor, patentholder, Hamilton,OH; juror Paris Exposition;officer trade assns; active politics; • See: A]YB,24:160; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1.

Kahn, Leo; b. ca 1887; d. New Brunswick,Nj,July 101935.

Jeweler, communal worker, New Brunswick,NJ. • See:AJYB, 38:430.

Kahn, Leon; b. ca 1833; d. Louisville, Feb 11912.

City official, Indianapolis. • See: AJYB,14(1912-1913):127.

Kahn, L (Lipman) Miller; b. Memphis, Feb251880; d. NYC, June 241933.

Kahn, Max

U MS, MD Memphis_ Hospital Med ColI. •Physician, NYC; author in field; WWI service.• See:AJYB, 35:125; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Kahn, Louis; b. ca 1864; d. Columbus, OH,Sep 61931. .

Physician, surgeon, civic & communal worker,Columbus, OH.· See:AJYB, 34:111.

Kahn, Louis I; b. Osel Island (Saaremaa),Estonia, Feb 201901; d. Mar 17 1974.

To US 1905.· BArch U PA; honorarydegrees. • Architect, authority on cityplanning, government consult, Philadelphia;faculty U PA; officer professional assns; authorin field. • See: EJj WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar201974,1:7.

Kahn, Louis L; b. Chicago, May 71891; d.Hawaii, Feb 1965.

LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; presFedn ofJewish Congregations; officerJewishPeoples Inst; dir synagog. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Feb 17 1965,43:3.

Kahnl Louis Leopold; b. Hungary, Sep 161880.

To US 1892. • NYU Law. • Lawyer,municipal judge, NYC; mem Mayors RentCom. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Kahn, Lucian Leman; b. Hamilton, OH,Sep 211886;d. Aug 1947. -

VA Military Inst, U Cincinnati. • Stove mfr,communal & civic worker, Hamilton, OH;earlier CA mine operator; officer trade assn,Am Legion; bd Red Cross; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 71947,21:2.

Kahn, Ludwig; b. ca 1833; d. Yonkers, Oct171933.

Civil War veteran, Yonkers. • See: AJYB,36:282.

Kahn, Marvin; b. Chicago, ca 1915; d.NYC, 1969.

U IL, Juilliard, Columbia. • Popular songcomposer, author; faculty Natl Guild of PianoTchrs; officer professional assn. • See:NYTimes,Apr41969,33:3.

Kahn, Maurice; b. ca 1842; d. Montgomery,AL, May 1914.

Communal worker, Montgomery, AL. • See:AJYB, 16(1914-1915):163.

Kahn, Maurice; b. ca 1878; d. Cleveland,Nov 191935.

Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,38:430.

Kahn, Maurice Guthman; b. Morrison, IL,Mar 271873; d. Sep 12 1950.

MD Harvard. • Surgeon, Los Angeles, earlierDenver; faculty U Southern CA; dir Fedn ofJewish Welfare Orgs; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 141950,31:3.

Kahn, Max; b. Mitau, Russia Oelgrava,Latvia), Apr 21883; d. Baltimore, Sep1937.

To US 1892.· MD ColI of Physicians &

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Surgeons (Baltimore). • Physician,roentgenologist, Baltimore; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes; Sep241937,21:4.

Kahn, Max; b. Russia, 1887; d. NYC, Apr 91926.

To US 1897.· MD Cornell, AM, PhDColumbia. • Physician, biologist; discover ofintarvin; faculty Columbia; author in field. •See: UJE;AJYB, 24:160,29:117.

Kahn,Mayer;b.~ancy,France,1848;d.~ewRoads,LA, 1924.

To LA ca 1858. • Public servant, legislator,Assumption Parish, LA, New Orleans; colonelUS Mint; returned to France to serve inFranco-Prussian War. • See: UJE.

Kahn, Milton; b. Latvia,Jan 251890; d.June 241974.

To Boston 1904. • BS MIT. • Paper co exec,communal & civic ldr, Boston; trustee BostonCoIl, Brandeis, AssocdJewish Philanthropies;dir Beth Israel Hospital, Jewish FamilyWelfare Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938;~,6.

Kahn, Montefiore Grant; b. Long Branch,NJ, Sep 5 1885; d. Feb 1958.

NY Law, JD U Vienna, M Litt U Florence,PhD U Peking. • Government economicadvisor, NYC; with Natl Recovery Adm. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb111958,31:3.

Kahn, Moritz; b. Echtemacht,Luxembourg, Dec 21879; d.Jan 1939.

To US 1881. • BS U MI. • Architecturalengineer, inventor, Detroit; author in field. •See:AJYB, 41:425; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Jan 171939,21:5.

Kahn, Morris Hirsch; b. Russia, June 11889; d. July 13 1934.

MA, MD Cornell. • Physician, heart specialist,NYC; author in field; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 37:258; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Kahn, Morton Charles; b. Montgomery,AL,Jan 23 1895/1896; d. May 1959.

BS, PhD Cornell, MA Columbia. •Bacteriologist, public health authority,explorer, NYC; with Health Dept; facultyCornell; participant in scientific expeditions;author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 11959,27:3.

Kahn, Moses Randolph; b. Baltimore, Sep201887.

MD U MD. • Ophthalmologist, Baltimore;faculty U MD; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928.

Kahn, Moses Wolf; b. Lithuania, Aug 61886; d. Mat 1957.

To US 1924. • Rabbi, Chicago; officer MercazRabonim; mem Orthodox Rabbis ofUS;contributor Heb periodicals. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Mar 291957,21:1.

Kahn, ~atMaurice; b. Chicago,Jan 91895.U MI, U Chicago, Kent ColI of Law. •

Lawyer, Chicago; active AmJewish Cong, barassn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kahn, ~athan; b.*; d. Selma, AL, Apr 141913.

Trustee, public shcool bd, Selma, AL. • See:AJYB 15(1913-1914):271.

Kahn, ~athan; b. Louisville.PhB Ogden ColI (Bowling Green,·Ky), LLB ULouisville. • Lawyer, prosecuting atty,Louisville. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kahn, Otto Herman; b. Mannheim, Baden,Feb 211867; d. NYC, Mar 291934.

To NYC 1893. • Financier, art & musicpatron, philanthropist, author, NYC; bdMetropolitan Opera; endowed & subsidized artschools, orchestras, galleries, Negro artists;helped bring foreign artists to US. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:160, 36:282; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1; NYTimes, Mar 301934,1:3.

Kahn, Reuben Leon; b. Svir, near Kovno,July 26 1887.

To US 1899.· BS/AB Valparaiso U, MS Yale,D Sc NYU. • Bacteriologist, NYC, Lansing &Ann Arbor, MI; with NYC Health Dept;faculty U MI; developed Kahn test for syphilis;advisor Hillel (U MI); author in field; WWIservice. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.

Kahn, Robert Irving; b. Des Moines, Dec121910.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI.· Rabbi, Houston.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kahn, Samuel; b.*; d. Detroit, Sep 1933.Physician, Detroit; mem Wayne County MedAssn. • See: AJYB, 36:282.

Kahn, Samuel; b. San Antonio, Oct 181882; d. Sep 10 1953.

U'IX, BS Purdue; honorary degree. • Railwayofficial, San Francisco; dir Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 111953,21:4.

Kahn, Samuel; b. MarthesvillelAdanta, GA,June 16 1897/1898.

U PA, U GA, BS, MD Emory, MA, PhDNYU, Webster U. • Psychoanalyst, Atlanta;trustee Jewish Fedn of Charities; author/editorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kahn, Samuel B; b. ca 1874; d. Detroit,Mar221932.

Mayor, communal worker, Harrisville, MI. •See: AJYB, 34:111.

Kahn, Samuel S; b. ca 1855; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 18 1909.

Physician, army surgeon, San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 12(1910-1911):109.

Kahn, Sara Rosenbaum (Mrs Alex Kahn); b.Russia, 1885; d. NYC, Oct 29 1962.

To US 1896. • Social worker, NYC; instructorEducational Alliance; active Pioneer Women,Womens Labor Zionist Org ofAm. • See:AJYB, 65:434; NYTimes, Oct 301962,35:2.

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Kahn, Sidney; b. Paterson, Mar 301913; d.June 81981.

BA, MD NYU. • Surgeon, NYC; specialty:plastic & reconstructive surgery; author infield. • See:~, 8.

Kahn, Simon Stiefel; b. Ardmore, OK, Oct12 1899.

Rankin School ofTechnology (St Louis), UClermont (Ferrand, France), U OK. •Advertising exec, NYC; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Kahn, William; b. Creglingen,Wiirttemberg.

U Tubingen, Strassbourg, Paris. • Lawyer,communalldr, Salt Lake City, NYC; generalmgrJewish Agricultural & Industrial Aid Soc.• See:AJYB 7(1905-1906):74.

Kaiden, Maxwell Harris; b. Borisov, Minsk,Sep 15 1889; d. Apr 1952.

To US 1900. • MD NYU, post-grad Berlin,Vienna. • Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC;lecturer NY Polyclinic & Hospital; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 101952,29:4.

Kairys, Harry; b. Baltimore, June 13 1898.Baltimore Polytech, LLB U MD. • Lawyer,Baltimore; officer Council ofJewishBrotherhoods; co-chr United Jewish Appeal;bd Zionist Org ofAm; active GermanJewishRefugee Childrens Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaiser, Abraham; b. ca 1852; d. ~ewark,Apr 191912.

Alderman, assemblyman, Newark. • See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):127.

Kaiser, Alois; b. Szobotist, Hungary, ~ov10 1840; d. Baltimore, Jan 1908.

To Baltimore 1866. • Conservatories (Vienna,Prague). • Cantor, composer, Baltimore; presSoc ofAm Cantors; combined traditionalJewish & non-Jewish music. • See: JE; UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):67, 10(1908-1909):129;DAB; NYTimes, Jan 61908, 7:4.

Kaiser,~dliam;b.Kovno, 1876; d. NYC,1939.

To US 1893. • Yiddish poet, NYC; staffFOr7JJard. • See: UJE.

Kal, ~orman Coleman; b. Washington DC,July 211900; d. Mar 2 1969.

Johns Hopkins. • Advertising exec,Washington DC; active civic, business &charitable orgs. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Kalb, Samuel ~dliam; b. ~ewark, ~ov 121897.

PhG Valparaiso U, MD Eclectic Med ColI(Cincinnati). • Physician, Newark; officerveterans orgs; dir German Refugee ShelteringHome; active Am Jewish Cong; WWI service.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaleko, Masha (Mascha) (Mrs ChemjoVmaver); b. Szydlowiec, Poland, June 71912; d.Jan 211975.

To US 1938, to Israel 1967. • German lyricalpoet,Jerusalem. • See: EJ:1973-1982;WWWIA,6.

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Kalesky, Samuel; b. Boston,Jan 13 1877.LLB Boston. • Lawyer, sinking fund commr,Boston; assoc commr MA Dept ofMentalHealth; officer Am Jewish Cong; dir Fedn ofPolishJews ofAm; active Democratic politics.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaletzky, Jullus; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 21915.

Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):108;Eisenstadt, 87-88; NYTimes, July 4 1915, 11:5.

Kalib, Sholom; b. Dallas, 1929.PhD Northwestern.· Chazzan, musicologist,composer, Flint, MI; faculty Eastern MI V. •See:EJ:1983-1985.

Kalich, Bertha; see Spachner, Bertha.

Kalich, Jacob; b. Rymanow, Galicia, Nov 181895; d. Lake Mahopec, NY, Mar 161975.

To VS 1912/1914.· Yiddish theatricalproducer, playwright, actor, Boston, NYC;contributor, Yiddish press. • See: UJE; AJYB,76:595; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 171975,32:1.

Kalisch, Bertha Spachner; see Spachner,Bertha.

Kalisch, Isidor; b. Krotoschin, Posen, Nov15 1816; d. Newark, May 11 1886.

To NYC 1849. • V Berlin, V Breslau, VPrague. • Reform rabbi, author, poet,translator, Newark; an editor, Minhag America.• See: JE; UJE.

Kalisch, Paul; b. Berlin, 1855.Tenor, VS; with Metropolitan Opera;autobiography. • See: UJE.

Kalischer, Milton; b. Denver, Nov 22 1903.BS V CO, MS IA State ColI. • Refrigerationengineer, Springfield, MA; with Westinghouse.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kalish, Abraham (AI Kelly); b. Russia, Dec181896; d. NYC, Sep 1966.

To VS 1906. • Entertainer; many benefitperformance; autobiography. • See: AJYB,68:529;NYTimes, Sep 71966,47:3.

Kalish, Ben Zion; b.*; d. St Louis, Dec 251935.

Physician, Zionist worker, St Louis. • See:AJYB, 38:430.

Kalish, Lionel; b. Denver, July 4 1883.Mfr, exec, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Kalish, Max; b. Wolozyn, Poland, Mar 1151891; d. NYC, Mar 181945.

To VS 1897/1899. • Cleveland Academy ofArt, Natl Academy of Design, Paris. •Sculptor, NYC; lecturer Cleveland ColI,Western Reserve; WWI service. • See: UJE;AJYB, 47:525; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Mar 191945,19:3.

Kalish (Kalisch), Samuel; b. Cleveland, Apr181851; d. Newark, Apr 291930.

LLB Columbia. • State Supreme Court judge,author, city atty, author, poet, Newark; pres NJState bar assn; active Democratic politics;author, many respected legal opinions. • See:UJE;AJYB, 24:160, 32:154; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Apr 301930,25:3.

Kaliski, DavidJohn; b. NYC, Oct 3 1883/1884; d. NYC, Aug 201966.

MD Columbia. • Physician, health insurancepioneer,NYC; specialty, genito-urinary med;officer med socs, Zionist Org ofAm; bd AmJewish Physicians Com, Heb V; author in field.• See:AJYB, 68:529; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 22 1966,33:3.

Kaliski, Sidney Richard; b. San Antonio,July 3 1895; d.JuIy 201974.

V TX, V Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •Pediatrician, San Antonio; faculty V TX(Galveston), Baylor; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,6.

KaIkstein, Mennasch; b. Brooklyn, Aug 241907; d. Mar 12 1971.

MD St Andrews (Scotland). • Physician, NYC;faculty NYU. • See:"WWWIA, 5.

Kallen, Horace Mayer; b. Berenstadt,Silesia, Aug 111882; d. Miami Beach,Feb 1974.

AB, PhD Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Paris;honorary degrees. • Philosopher, psychologist,author, NYC; faculty V WI, New School(dean); tchr LI V; bd dir, Inst ofJewish Affairs;active government commns on education;advocate cultural pluralism. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:160; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 17 1974,66:3.

Kallen, Jacob David; b. ca 1836; d. Roxbury,MA, Dec41917.

Rabbi, Roxbury, MA.· See:AJYB, 20(1918­1919):229.

Kallen, Miriam; b. Boston.Harvard, Simmons, OH State V, MIT, BSBoston Tchrs ColI, EdM Boston V, post-gradNew School. • Educator, camp dir, Boston;consult, YM-YWHAs; lecturer Tchrs ColI ofBoston; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kallet, Herbert Israel; b. Syracuse, Mar 281895.

BS, MD Syracuse. • Proctologist, Detroit;faculty Wayne State, V MI; active synagog;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

KaIImann, FranzJ; b. Neumarkt, Gennany,July 241897; d. NYC, May 121965.

To VS 1936. • MD V Breslau; honorarydegree. • Psychiatrist; with Max Planck Inst(Munich); with NY State Psychiatric Inst;faculty Columbia; officer med socs; author infield.· See:AJYB, 67:537-38; "WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, May 13 1965,37:1.

Kalman, Imre (Emerich, Emmerich); b.Siofok, Hungary, 1882; d. Oct 1953.

In VS 1940-1949. • Academy of Budapest. •

Kalvin, Henry Maxilian

Compos~r; known for operettas. • See: UJE;EJ; NYTtmes, Oct 31 1953, 17:1.

Kalmanoff, Joseph; b. Russia, ca 1885; d.NYC, Nov 1968.

To VS 1892.· Co-fdr, Metropolitan NewsCo; active Americanization of immigrants.•See: NYTimes, Nov 6 1968,39:1.

Kalmanowitz, Abraham; b. Russia, 1891?;d. Miami, Feb 15 1964.

To VS 1945. • Rabbi, NYC; pres, deanRussian yeshiva; moved 600 students & tchrs toKobe, Shanghai then to US. • See: AJYB,66:577; NYTimes, Feb 17 1964,31:4.

Kalmanowitz, Hyman; b.*; d. Chicago, Sep22 1912.

Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):271.

Kalmenoff, Matthew; b. NYC, Feb 11 1905.Natl Academy of Design Art (St Louis). •Artist, muralist, NYC; tchr Bronx House. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kalmenson, Benjamin; b. Pittsburgh, Jan 31899; d.Jan 1974.

Motion picture exec; with Warner Bros. • See:WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Jan 191974, 34:5.

Kalmine, Harry Minsky; b. Kiev, Sep 161895; d.July 1964.

To VS 1896. • Movie theatre mgr, Pittsburgh;with Warner Bros Theatres; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 19 1964,65:2.

Kalmon, Edmond H; b. Griffin, GA, Mar191879.

Bethel Male ColI (Cuthbert, GA). • Civicoffical, mayor, Albany, CA; mem Bd ofEducation.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

KaIodner, Harry Ellis; b. Philadelphia, Mar271896; d. Mar 15 1977.

LLB U PA; honorary degree. • Court ofCommon Pleas judge, journalist, State Seey ofRevenue, Philadelphia; dir Heb Immigrant AidSoc, Jewish Welfare Soc; WWI service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; "WWWIA, 7.

Kaltman, David Lyman; b. NYC, Apr 51896.

PhG Columbia. • "Wholesale druggist, realtor,Jersey City; orgr synagog; officer trade assns. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

KaItman, Samuel; b. NYC, Sep 10 1895.CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; activeNatl Bureau of Casualty. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

KaIushiner, Joseph Leizer; b. Warsaw,1893.

To NYC 1911. • Yiddish poet, factory worker,NYC; assocd with Insich movement. • See:UJE.

Kalvin, Henry MaxiIian; b. NYC, Dec 61877; d. Oct 1959.

MD NYU. • Surgeon, wild game hunter,collector, Brooklyn; donated captured animalsto Prospect Park Zoo. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 5 1959,31:4.

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Kamaiky, Leon; b. Vilkaviskis, Lithuania,Apr 13 1864; d. Watkins Glen, NY, Oct281928.

To US 1885.· JTS.· Yiddish newspaperpublisher, NYC; withJewish Daily News, JewishMorning Journal; a fdr, Heb Sheltering &Immigrant Aid Soc; an orgr, Central ReliefCom; fundraiser for WWI refugees. • See:UJE;AJYB, 24:160, 31:93; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Kamaiky, Zena (Mrs Leon Kamaiky); b.Kovno, Mar 25 1868; d. NYC, Oct 221954.

Commtunal ldr, NYC; fdr, pres, JewishWomens Relief; womens division pres, HebImmigrant Aid Soc; officer Fedn ofJewishWomens Orgs, Palestine Lighthouse. • See:AJYB, 57:607;NITimes, Oct 23 1954,15:6.

KameIman, CeliaS (Mrs Louis KameIman);b. NYC, ca 1883; d. NYC, Feb 281948.

Social worker, NYC; active EducationalAlliance.· See:AJYB, 50:518; NITimes, Mar 21948,23:5.

Kamen, Kay; b. Baltimore, Dec 23 1891; d.Azores, Oct 1949.

Advertising exec, NYC; with Walt Disney;helped develop Mickey Mouse character;author, lecturer in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Oct291949, 1:8.

Kamenetsky, B; b.*; d; Chicago, Oct 291919.

Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 22:166.

Kamenetsky, Hyman (Heiman) M; b. Lida,Russia, Oct 15lNov 9 1840; d. 1915.

To US 1889. • Orthodox rabbi, NYC; knownas a good preacher.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­1904):67, 18(1916-1917):108; Eisenstadt, 88;NITimes, June 2 1915, 13:6.

Kamenetzky (Kamenecki), Jacob; b. Minsk,1891.

To Canada 1938, to NYC 1945.· Roshyeshiva & rabbinicalldr, halakhic expert;officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: EJ.

Kamenski, Herman; b.*Rabbi, Corning, NY. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):218.

Kamin, Benjamin; b. Warsaw, Mar 26 1887.To US 1905.· DDS NYU. • Dentist,Brooklyn; officer dental assns. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kamin (Kaminkowski), Jonas; b. Oct 11892; d. Boston, Sep 41942.

To US 1921. • Free Polish U, CCNY, AMColumbia, ordained JTS. • Rabbi, Yiddishpoet, Taunton, MA; officerJewish Writers &Journalists Soc (Poland); active RabbinicalAssembly.· See:AJYB, 45:388; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.

Kaminetsky,]oseph; b. Brooklyn, 1911.OrthodoxJewish educator; faculty Yeshiva U;dir Torah Umesorah; educational dir JewishCenter (NYC); author!editor in field. • See:E].

Kaminker, David; b. Russia, ca 1889; d.Chicago, Dec 26 1943.

To USl927. • Sephardic rabbi, Chicago.·See: AJYB, 46:340.

Kaminker, Jack Alfred; b. Toronto, Dec 121895.

To US 1920. • Insurance broker, Zionist,Buffalo, NY; officer synagog; bdJewish Bureauof Education; trustee Rosa CoplonJewish OldFolks Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaminkowski, Jonas; see Kamin, Jonas.

Kaminska, Ida; b. Odessa, Sep 4 1889; d.NYC, May 211980.

To US 1968, to Israel 1975. • Actress, dir,producer; fdr, dir Warsaw Yiddish Art Theatre;dir Yiddish Theatre workshop (Queens);autobiography.· See: EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,82:368; NITimes, May 22 1980.

Kaminsky, Alexander; b. Vilna, June 281883; d. NYC, Sep 261937.

BS CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, commtunalworker, author, NYC; a fdr Jewish Big BrosAssn; officer Criminal Bar Assn. • See: AJYB,40:387; WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ; NITimes, Sep27 1937, ~1:3.

Kaminsky, CharlesJ; b. NYC, Oct 11902.OH Wesleyan, BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,social worker, NYC; active UnitedNeighborhood House, Republican politics. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kaminsky, George; b. NYC, May 25 1906.BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, Brooklyn,NYC;active educational causes. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kaminsky, Isaac; b. ca 1871; d. Miami, Jan261943.

Cantor, composer.· See:AJYB, 45:388.

Kaminsky, Joshua; b. Malin-Kiev, Russia,Aug 15 1883; d. NYC, Nov 30 1958.

To US 1906. • Yiddish author, editor, NYC; afdr Sholom Aleichem schools.· See: AJYB,61:417-18.

Kaminsky, Leo; b. Indianapolis, May 101887.

LLB Benjamin Harrison Law. • Lawyer,Indianapolis; officerJewish Community CreditUnion, B'nai B'rith; chr Joint Com onNaturalization. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaminsky, Morris Moses; b. Indianapolis,July 15 1901.

BS Purdue, MS Armour Inst ofTechnology. •Civil & electrical engineer, Hammond, IN; dirsynagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaminsky, Paul; b. Slutzik, Russia, Dec 151890; d. LI, NY, Sep 31955.

Mfr, Zionist, NYC; chr Zionist Org ofAm;pres Metropolitan Zionist Fedn. • See: AJYB,58:477; NITimes, Sep 41955,56:3.

Kaminstein, Abraham Louis; b. NYC, May13 1912; d. Sep 10 1977.

BS CCNY, LLB, LLM Harvard. •Government official, Washington DC; with

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US Copyright office; delegate to internatlconfs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7;NITimes, Sep 13 1977, 34:6.

Kamioner, Lee; b. Germany, ca 1867; d.NYC, May 3 1932.

To US ca 1878. • Civic & communal worker,clothing merchant, NYC; earlier alderman(Denver); active Democratic politics,Tammany Hall. • See:AJYB, 34:111;NITimes, May 5 1932, 19:1.

Kamsler, Charles Kahn; b. Philadelphia,May61895.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia),"Wharton School (U PA). • Realtor, appraiser,Philadelphia; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,193K

Kanarek, Solomon Z; b. ca 1854; d. Dec 161931.

Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB, 34:111.

Kanarvogel, Samuel; b. Berlin, Nov 161886.

To NYC 1888.· Walton School ofCommerce. • CPA, Zionist, NYC; officersynagog; co-chr, United Palestine Appeal(Bronx).· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kandel, Aben; b. Roumania, Aug 17 1899.To US 1901.. LLB NYU. • Journalist,screenwriter, Hollywood; autobiographicalnovel. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kandel, Abraham; b. ca 1888; d. Brooklyn,Nov211941.

Communalldr; a fdr World Jewish Cong;officer Am Fedn for PolishJews; active WorldFedn of PolishJews Abroad. • See:AJYB,44:339;NYTimes, Nov 22 1941,19:5.

Kandel, Isaac Leon; b. Botoshani,Roumania, Jan 22 1881; d. Geneva, June141965.

To US 1908. • BA, MA U MancheSter, U Jena,PhD Columbia; honorary degrees. • Educator,editor; internatl specialist on comparativeeducation; faculty Columbia, Jewish Inst ofReligion; bd Am Friends ofHeb U; consultUN; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:160, 67:538; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 151965,41:1.

Kandel, Morris; b. NYC, Sep 25 1904; d.Miami Beach, Jan 1957.

NYU. • Motion picture producer, distributor,NYC; with General Film Library, IdealPictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan13 1957,84:7.

Kander, Allen; b. Kansas City, Aug 201888; d. Miami Beach, Feb 241970.

U Chicago; honorary degree. •Newspaperman, broker; active Natl Conf ofChristians & Jews. • See: WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Feb 27 1970,-37:2.

Kander, Lizzie Black (Mrs Simon Kander);b. Milwaukee, May 28 1858; d.'Milwaukee, July 25 1940.

Communal worker, Milwaukee; fdr JewishCenter; mem Bd of School Dirs; interested in

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immigrant & youth education; co-author,Settlement (House) Cookbook. - See: NAW;NYTimes, July 26 1940, 17:6.

Kane, David; b. Hartford, CT, Jan 27 1898.Furniture dealer, realtor, Woonsocket, RI. ­See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kane, Irving; b. Kiev, 1908.To US 1913. - Lawyer, businessman,communal & civic ldr, Cleveland; officerCouncil of]ewish Fedns; chr JewishCommunity Relations Com, Natl CommunityRelations Advisory Council. - See: EJ.

Kane, Max Lawrence; b. Brooklyn, Dec 61893. .

LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. - Lawyer,Brooklyn; specialty real estate law; mem schoolbd; officer East NYJewish Centre, UnitedPalestine Appeal, PTA. - See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Kanegsberg, Henry; b. Jersey City, Sep 231873; d. East Orange, Feb 1952.

Printer, NYC; officer synagog; activeprofessional assns. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 12 1952,27:6.

Kanengieser, A Sigmund; b. ca 1889; d.Baltimore, Apr 7 1940.

Communalldr, Newark; GrandmasterInternatl Order ofB'rith Shalom. - See:AJYB,42:480; NYTimes, Apr 8 1940, 19:2.

Kangisser, Julius; b. Shkudi, Lithuania,June 15 1885.

Washington U (St Louis), MD St Louis U. ­Physician, civic & communal worker,Zionist,StJoseph, MO; officer B'nai B'rith; memLibrabry Bd; bd Heb school. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Kanin, Garson; b. Rochester, 1912.Am Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). ­Noted theatrical director; "My Favorite Wife";WWII service. - See: UJE.

Kann, George Emil; b. Bohemia, Dec 81890.

To US 1896. - CCNY, post-grad Columbia.­Production mgr, Hollywood; with MGM,Monogram Productions. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kann, Gustave Hennan; b. Pittsburgh, Dec22 1886.

Steel abrasive mfr, exec, Pittsburgh; presJewish United Fund; officer YM-YWHA;"WWI service. - See: WWWIA, 7.

Kann, Maurice D (Red); b. Brooklyn, Apr 31899; d. Los Angeles, May 1952.

CCNY..- Editor, NYC; with Motion PictureDaily. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May 161952,23:3.

Kann, Myer M; b. ca 1857; d. Dec 10 1919.Civic & communal worker, Pittsburgh. - See:AJYB, 20:166.

Kanner, Abram 0; b. Sanford, FL, Nov 21893.

U NC, LLB Stetson U Law (Deland, FL). -

Lawyer, judge, legislator, Stuart, FL. - See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Kanner, Irving F; b. NYC, Feb 18 1913; d.June 30 1974.

U Southern CA, AB Syracuse, MD CaseWestern. - Physician, Lexington; faculty UKY; officer med assns; WWII service. - See:WWWIA,6.

Kanner, Leo; b. Klekotow, Austria, June 131894; d. Sykesville, MD, Apr 31881.

To US 1924. - MD U Berlin. • Leading childpsychologist, Baltimore; facultyJohnsHopkins; officer professional socs; author infield. - See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Apr 71981.

Kanner, Samuel Jacob; b. Orlando, FL, Sep181912; d. Aug 91967.

LLB U Miami. - Lawyer, Miami; chr, natl barexaminers; officer bar assns. - See: WWWIA,5.

Kannerstein, Gregory; b. ca 1884; d. Feb 221920.

Pianist, composer, Philadelphia. - See: AJYB,22:166.

Kanovitch, Abraham; b. Poland, 1879.Painter, author, NYc. -See:AJYB, 24:160.

Kanovitz, Howard; b. Fall River, MA, 1929.Providence CoIl, RI School of Design. ­Painter, NYC, London; tchr, Brooklyn CoIl,Pratt. - See: EJ:1973-1982.

Kanter, Aaron E; b. Harrisburg, PA, July 91893; d. Sep 26 1967.

BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush, post-gradabroad. - Physician, surgeon, Chicago; facultyRush Med CoIl, U IL, Cook County GradSchool ofMed; military service. - See:WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 4,5.

Kanter, Abr~; b. Lithuania; d. Passaic, NJ,Nov 11944.

To US 1895. - Bldr, Passaic, N]; active social& religious charitable orgs. - See: AJYB,47:525.

Kanter, Edward; b. Breslau, 1824; d.Detroit, June 1896.

To US 1844. - Banker, legislator, Detroit; afdr, German-Am bank; officer synagog; activeDemocratic politics. - See: PAJHS, 13:59-63.

Kanter, Elias A; b. ca 1891; d. Chesapeake,VA, Oct 1963.

Lawyer, hero in Triangle Fire, Newark, PerthAmboy, N]; cited for bravery in leadinggarment workers to safety. - See: NYTimes,Oct 21 1963, 31:1.

Kanter, Gilbert; b. NYC, Dec 15 1915; d.NYC, Mar 13 1979.

Lawyer, communalldr, cantor; pres Commnon Synagog Relations; officer synagog; activeFedn ofJewish Philanthropies; military service.- See:AJYB, 81:368.

Kanter, Harry Hyman; b. Norfolk, VA, May6 1892~

LLB UVA.- Lawyer, Norfolk, VA; officer

Kantorowicz, Hennann

~a~og; ~hr United Palestine Appeal, JointDIstrIbUtlon Com; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kanter, Samuel; b. Dorohoi, Rumania, Feb8 1885; d. NYC, Feb 1945.

To US 1905. - LI CoIl Hospital. - Communalldr, dept store owner, concert tenor, NYC;officer trade assns; ldr United RumanianJewsofAm; active Am Jewish Com, Am JewishCong; appointed to welcome celebrities toNYc. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,Feb 181945,34:1.

Kantor, Harry Simkha; b. Russia, Nov 31903; d. June 18 1980.

To US 1904. - BA, MA, post-grad Columbia.- Government official, Washington DC; withDept ofAgriculture, Dept of Labor. - See:WWWIA, 7.

Kantor, Israel (Iskantor); b. Uzda, Minsk,Jan 5 1905.

To NYC 1921. - Artist, NYC. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kantor, Jacob; b. Sep 91869.Merchant, planter, civic official, Greenwood,MS; dir Chamber of Commerce. - See:WWIAJ,1928.

Kantor, Jacob Robert; b. Harrisburg, PA,Aug81888.

PhB, PhD U Chicago. - Psychologist,Bloomington, IN; faculty U Chicago, U IN;editor Principia Press; author in field. - See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:160; BEOAJ.

Kantor, John Leonard; b. Moscow, Apr 121890; d. NYC, June 261947.

To US 1890. - AB, MD, PhD Columbia. ­Gastroenterologist, NYC; faculty Columbia;officer med socs;author in field; WWI &WWIIservice. - See:AJYB, 24:161, 50:518;WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,]une27 1947,22:2.

Kantor, Louis; b.*Writer on philosophy, NYc. - See: AJYB,24:161.

Kantor, Morris; b. Minsk, Apr 15 1896; d.Jan 311974.

To US 1911. - Painter; faculty Cooper Union.- See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Feb 2 1974,32:1.

Kantorovitch, Chaim; b. Lochre, Minskprovince, 1890;d. Liberty, NY, 1936.

To US 1907. - Yiddish & English journalist,author; editor Veker; a fdr, Am SocialistQuarterly; active Poale Zion, Socialist Party. ­See: UJE.

Kantorowicz, Emst Hartwig; b. Prussia,May 3 1895; d. Sep 91963.

To US 1940. - U Berlin, Munich, PhDHeidelberg; honorary degrees. - Notedmedieval historian; faculty U Frankfort, U CA(Berkeley), Inst ofAdvanced Studies; WWIGerman army service. - See: EJ; WWWIA.

Kantorowicz, Hennann; b. Poznan, Poland,1877; d. London, Feb 1940.

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To US 1933. • U Berlin, Geneva, Heidelberg,Munich. • Prof of law, author; faculty UFreiburg, U Ki.el, New School, CCNY; memGerman commn investigating origins ofWWI;WWI German army service. • See: UJE; EJ;NYTimes, Feb 141940,21:1.

~tro~tz,1\drian;b.~C,1918.Cardiovascular surgeon; designer ofmechanical devices, pacemakers. • See: EJ.

~tro~tz, .Arthur; b. ~C, 1913.Physicist, aerodynamicist; with Natl AdvisoryCouncil on Aeronautics; faculty Cornell;author in field & on cardiac-assist devices. •See:EJ.

~tro~tz, Isaac C; b. Boston, Mar 71870; d. before 1938.

Merchant, Buffalo; officer Chamber ofCommerce, trade assns.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.

~tro~tz, James; b. ca 1868; d. 1\ug 121936.

Clothier, communal worker, Minneapolis. •See: AJYB, 39:592.

~tro~tz, Joshua; b. Columbus, IN, ca185'7; d. ~C, Sep 16 1938.

Columbia Law. • Lawyer, communal worker,NYC; pres Heb Mutual Benefit Soc; activeB'nai B'rith, fraternal orgs. • See: AJYB,41:425;NYTimes, Sep 17 1938, 17:2.

~tro~tz, Morris; b. ca 1872; d. Albany,~, 1\ug1935'.

Contractor, bldr; worked for the state of NY. •See: AJYB, 38:430.

~tro~tz, Sadye Ascheim.; b. Xenia, OH,Mar 20 1879.

School of Expression (Cincinnati). •Communal worker, professional reader,author, actress, Minneapolis; orgr, officerSouth Side Neighborhood House, Council ofJewishJrs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kapell, William; b. ~C, Sep 201922; d.~C, Oct 29 195'3.

Conservatory (Philadelphia), Juilliard. • Notedconcert pianist, virtuoso; toured US, Europe,Australia, South Africa. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Oct 301953,1:2.

Kapetistein, Ira; b. ~C, Feb 12 1936; d.Mar 11971.

BA U IA. • Reporter, public relations agent,business exec, Washington DC; active .Kennedy campaign. • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Mar 2 1971,39:2.

Kaphan, Gertrude W (MrsLud~g

Kaphan); b. ~C, Nov 11 1895'; d. StPetersburg, July 7 1968.

Communalldr; fdr, officer Womens InternatlORT; officer Womens Am aRT; fundraiserUnited Jewish Appeal; speaker Voice ofAm. •See: AJYB, 70:521-22; NYTimes, July 9 1968,35:3.

Kapilovitch, Leah (Kapilovitch-Hoffman);b. Vorklan, Vitebsk, Russia, 1898.

To US 1914.· Yiddish poet, story writer,Detroit, NYC; specialty, childrens poetry. •See: UJE.

Kapitanoff, Samuel Wolf; b. Odessa, 1\ug23 1879.

To US 1905. • Grocer, Zionist, Beloit, WI;natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; officer UnitedPalestine Appeal, Joint Distribution Com. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, 1\aron; b. Russia, ca 1869; d.Chicago, 1\ug 10 1937.

Hazzan, opera singer. • See:AJYB, 40:387;NYTimes, Aug 111937,24:4.

Kaplan, Abbott; b. ~C,Jan 121912; d.Brentwood, CA, July 13 1980.

BS, MA, PhD Columbia, BJP JTS; honorarydegree. • University president, theatre artseducator, author; pres SUNY (Purchase); fdrUCLA Theatre Group; chr CA Arts Commn;dir Joint Distribution Com (Europe); militaryservice. • See: AJYB, 82:368; NYTimes, July 151980.

Kaplan, Abraham; b. Russia, ca 1863; d.McKeesport, PA, Nov 22 1945'.

To US ca 1885.· Communalldr, McKeesport,PA; fdr Jewish orgs. • See:AJYB, 48:492.

Kaplan, Abraham; b. Kodenov, Russia, Sep15' 1877; d. Brooklyn, 1\ug 1947.

To US 1892. • Bldr, developer, Brooklyn; a fdrFedn ofJewish Charities; officer Heb FreeSchool.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug23 1947, 13:2.

Kaplan, Abraham; b. Odessa, 1918.PhD U CA. • Philosopher; faculty U Cll, East­West Center (Hawaii), U MI; author/editor infield. • See: EJ.

Kaplan,Abraham David Hannath; b. ~C,Apr 261893; d.June 11974.

BS NYU, NYU Law, MA Denver U, PhDJohns Hopkins. • Economist, Denver; facultyU Denver; with Dept of Labor; editor InternatlJewish News; bd Central]ewish Aid Soc,Central Jewish Com; consult Brookings Inst;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928, 1938; WWWIA,6;NYTime~June2 1974,63:1.

Kaplan, Aline; b. ~C,June 23 1923; d.~C, Sep 291983.

BA Hunter ColI, LLB Columbia, post-gradYeshiva U. • Lawyer, orgn exec, Zionist,author, NYC; exec dir Jr Hadassah, Hadassah;bd Am Fedn ofZionists, United Israel Appeal;exec dir Jr Hadassah, Hadassah; mem WorldZionist Org Tribunal. • See:AJYB, 85:416;WWWIA,8.

Kaplan, Aryeh; b. Bronx, Oct 23 1934; d.Brooklyn, Jan 281983.

Rabbi, author; ldr teshuvah movement; staffMaznaim Publishing Co; editor Jewish Life. •See:AJYB, 85:416.

Kaplan, B David (Mrs); b. ca 1865; d. Sep 41934.

Zionist, communal worker, philanthropist,NYC. • See:AJYB, 37:258.

Kaplan, Benjamin; b. Rechicha, Minsk, May10 1906; d. July 15' 1972.

Bll, MA Tulane, NY School of Social Work,

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NYU, CO State, PhD LSU. • Sociologist, LA;faculty U Southwestern LA; with LA PublicWelfare Admr; officer synagog; advisor togovernment on youth, aging; active Red Cross,Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts; author in field. • See:WWWIA,5.

Kaplan, Benjamin Bernard; b. Hartford,Dec.)29 1895.

Trinity ColI, AB, AM, PhD Harvard. •Chemist, Morgantown, WVA; with W VAGeological Survey. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kaplan, Bernard Michael; b. Linkovo,Lithuania, JunelJuly 15' 1874; d. ~C,Nov 22 1941.

To US 1890. • Bll, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, playwright, author, armychaplain, NYC, Waterbury, CT; fdr, dir camp.• See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):67-68,6(1904­1905):218,44:339; WWIAJ, 1926, 1?28, 1938;WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Nov 23 1941,52:3.

Kaplan, Bessie; b. ca 1861; d. McKeesport,PA, Feb 281938.

Communal worker. • See:AJYB, 40:387.

Kaplan, Chaim; b. Koydanov, Russia, Dec 41898; d. Brooklyn, June 20 1946.

To US 1922. • Yeshiva ColI, PhD Yale.·Rabbi, Semetic linguist, Plainfield, NY; facultyYeshiva U; editor Ner Maaravi. • See: AJYB,49:612; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 211946,23:2.

Kaplan, David; b. Alexandria, Russia, Apr15' 1871.

To US 1890.· Communalldr, Hartford, CT;officer United Jewish Charities. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Kaplan, David M; b. Mitau, Russia, Dec 201877; d. ~C, Nov 1952.

To US 1889/1890.· MD Cornell.·Neurologist, endocrinologist, NYC; dirNeurological Inst ofNY; author/discover infield; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec 11952,23:5.

Kaplan, Don; b. Russia, 1879?; d. MiamiBeach, Nov 14195'2.

Yddish writer, poet, editor; editorial staffForward; editor Der Wecker. • See: AJYB,55:456; NYTimes, Nov 191952, 29:4.

Kaplan, Eliah; b. Grodno state, Poland, Oct12 1884.

To US 1903. • MD Jefferson Med ColI, MS UPA Grad School. • Physician, New Castle, PA.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Elias (M); b. Derevno, Russia; d.Reading, PA, May 5 1911.

Rabbi, cantor, Reading, PA.· See:AJYB,5(1903-1904):68, 13(1911-1912):136.

Kaplan, Emanuel B; b. Ukraine, ca 1894; d.Teaneck, NJ, Sep 1980.

To US 1924. • U Montpellier, U Paris, MDKharkov Imperial U. • Anatomist, surgeon,NYC; faculty Columbia; specialty handsurgery; author/translator in field; Russianarmy service. • See: NYTimes, Sep 24 1980.

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Kaplan, Frank R (Raphael) S (Selig); b.McKeesport, PAlOlshon, Russia, May 261886; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 4 1957.

To McKeesport, PA, 1899. • AB, MAJeffersonCoIl, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer, businessexec, Pittsburgh, McKeesport, PA; mem Bd ofEducation; mem natl bd Anti-DefamationLeague, B'nai B'rith. • See: AJYB, 60:356;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct 51957,17:3.

Kaplan, H Eliot; b. NYC, July 4 1898; d. FtLauderdale, July 1969.

BCS, LLB NYU. • Civil service official,expert, lawyer; pres NYS Civil ServiceCommn; officer Natl Civil Service ReformLeague, Com for Modification ofVeteranPreference; editor Good Government. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 17 1969,27:1(sub Kaplan, Eliot).

Kaplan, Harold; b. Newark, July 19 1918.U Chicago, U IL. • US embassy press officer;WWII service. • See: NYTimes story, Feb 31969.

Kaplan, Harold Loeb; b. NYC,Jan 23 1909.AB Upsala CoIl (East Orange, NJ), LLBFordham. • Lawyer, Bloomfield, NJ; natl execbd, Sons of Zion. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Harry; b. Minneapolis, Oct 6 1901;d. Feb 71969.

AB U MN, ordained, MHL Jewish Inst ofReligion, post-grad U WI, OH State U,Switzerland. • Rabbi, Hillel dir, Columbus,OH; officer Jewish Tchrs Assn onNortheastern Liberal Schools. • See: WWIAJ,1938;AI, Feb 201969.

Kaplan, Henry Seymour; b. Chicago, Apr241918; d. Stanford, CA, Feb 41984.

BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl, MS UMN; honorary degrees. • Physician, cancerresearcher, Palo Alto, CA; faculty Stanford;developer, radiation therapies, successfultechniques against Hopkins disease; dir LouisB Mayer Biology Lab; mem Natl Academy ofScience; author in field. • See: AJYB, 86:440;WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Feb 61984.

Kaplan, Hyman; b. NYC, Apr 26 1893; d.San Francisco, Sep 5 1958.

Social work exec, San Francisco; exec dirJewish Welfare Fedn. • See:AJYB, 61:418.

Kaplan, Hyman E; b. ca 1845; d. Roxbury,MA, Oct 1920.

Rabbi, Roxbury,MA.· See:AJYB, 23:132.

Kaplan, Ira I; b. NYC, Oct 111887.BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon,radiation therapist, NYC; faculty Bellevue MedCoIl; dir Central Jewish Inst, NYC CancerCommn, Soc for the Advancement ofJudaism;active communal & philanthropic affairs. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kaplan, Israel; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, Jan 251917.

To US 1888. • Orthodox rabbi, NYC;considered one ofNYC's most learnedOrthodox rabbis. • See: AJYB, 19(1917­1918):265; NYTimes, Jan 26 1917,9:2.

Kaplan, Israel Louis; b. NYC, May 2 1889;d.1979.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi,Jacksonville, FL; officer FL PublicHealth Assn; dir Community Chest; trusteePublic Library. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;CCARYB.

Kaplan, Jacob H; b. Adelnau, Posen, Dec261874; d. 1965.

To US 1885. • BA U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union CoIl, PhD U Denver, post-grad UMI. • Rabbi, author, Miami, Albuquerque;orgr, UnitedJewish Charities (Albuquerque);co-chr Natl Conf of Christians & Jews(Miami). • See: AJYB 6(1904-1905):218;WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; CCARYB.

Kaplan,JacobI;b.Starobin,~sk.

NYU,JTS, LLB NJ Law.· Lawyer, writer,Newark; officerJewish Natl Fund; exec memZionist Org ofAm; active Jewish editing. •See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Kaplan, JacobJ; b. NYC, Mar 12 1889; d.Boston, Aug 8 1960.

AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, communal &civic ldr, Boston; a fdr Combined JewishAppeal of Greater Boston; pres Assn ofJewishPhilanthropies; trustee Wellesley CoIl, LegalAid Soc.· See:AJYB, 63:560; WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, Aug 9 1960, 27:2.

Kaplan, Jacob M; b. Lowell, MA, Dec 231895.

Food co exec, financier, philanthropist,Croton-on-Hudson, NY. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Johanna; b. NYC, 1942.Author, tchr of disturbed children, NYc. •See: EJ:1983-1985.

Kaplan, Joseph; b. ~sk, Oct 3 1900; d.Feb 281980.

Natl Academy of Design. • Artist,Provincetown, MA. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kaplan, Joseph; b. Tapolcza, Hungary,Sep8/111902.

To US 1910. • BSc, MA, PhD Johns Hopkins.• Physicist, Zionist; specialty astrophysics;faculty UCLA; governor, Weizmann Inst, HebU.· See: UJE; E}; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Kaplan, Julius; b. Russia, ca 1884; d. NYC,Nov291939.

To US 1906. • JTS, AB, AM, PhD Columbia.• Talmudic scholar, NYC; faculty YeshivaColI. • See: AJYB, 42:480; NYTimes, Nov 301939,21:6.

Kaplan, Kivie; b. Boston, Apr 1 1904; d.NYC, May 51975.

Honorary degrees. • -Business exec,philanthropist, orgn official, Boston; natl pres,NAACP; bd Heb Free Loan Soc; activeCouncil ofJewish Fedn & Welfare Funds,Union ofAm Heb Congregations, AmArbitration Panel. • See: AJYB, 77:595-96;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, May 6 1975,42:2.

Kaplan, Lazare; b. Zabludowo, Poland, July17 1883/1884.

Kaplan, Mordecai Aaron

To NYC 1914. • Diamond importer, dealer,noted cutter, NYC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Lena (Mrs Mordecai Kaplan); b.Friedrichshafen, Germany, Dec 24 1884;d. NYC, May 3 1958.

Communalldr; a fdr, Hadassah; active Soc forthe Advancement ofJudaism, JewishReconstructionist Fund. • See: AJYB, 60:356;NYTimes, May4-1958, 89:1.

Kaplan, Louis; b. Swizlowiz, Poland, July211883.

To Chicago 1907.· Rabbi, Kashruthsupervisor, writer, Chicago; officer OrthodoxRabbis of Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Louis Ira; b. NYC, June 11915.LI U, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, Commrof Investigations, NYC. • See: NYTimesstories,NovI71959,July21963.

Kaplan, Louis Lionel; b. Slonim, Russia,1902.

To US 1909. • Educator, Baltimore; pres NatlCouncil onJewish Education; exec dir Bd ofJewish Education, Heb CoIl; bd Dropsie, UMD; author/editor in field. • See: EJ.

Kaplan, Louis Shneon; b. Philadelphia, Nov71896.

BS U PA. • Architect, Trenton, NJ; designer,temples, War Memorial Bldg; WWI service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Maurice Isadore; b. St Louis, Sep111888.

MD Washington U.· Radiologist, Chicago;with Dept ofHealth; faculty Chicago MedSchool; dir Marks NathanJewish OrphanHome.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaplan, Michael; b. NYC, Apr 23 1893.AB, Bach of Pedagogy, MA Columbia. •Educator, principal, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kaplan, Milton Lewis; b. Minneapolis, May81920; d. Dec 291972.

BA U MN.· Journalist, Washington DC,NYC; with Minneapolis Tribune, King FeaturesSyndicate. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec30 1972, 24:4.

Kaplan, Mitchell M; b. Chemoble, Russia,1882; d. Newark, Oct 15 1944.

To US after 1905. • Yiddish poet, rare bookcollector; compiler, editor letter collection. •See:AJYB, 47:525.

Kaplan, Moise Nathaniel; b. Adanta, June 41893.

GA Tech. • Insurance agency exec, Atlanta;author works on fishing; WWIservice. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kaplan, Mordecai Aaron; b. Mediveditz/Medweditz, Russia, Sep 3 1889; d.Brooklyn, Feb 11951.

To US 1908. • RIETS. • Rabbi, author,Brooklyn; an orgrJewish Conciliation Court ofAm; active Mizrachi; authority on halakah. •See:AJYB, 53:525; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 2 1951,23:1.

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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem; b. Sweziany,Lithuania, June 11 1881; d. Nov 8 1983.

To US 1889. • ABCCNY, MA Columbia,ordained JTS; honorary degree. • Rabbi,Reconstructionist fdr, philosopher, writer, tchr,NYC; orgr Jewish Center, Soc for theAdvancement of]udaism; fdr TheReconstructionist; officer Rabbinical Assembly ofAm, Matz Found, Zionist Org ofAm..• See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):219,24:161,85:404-11; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];A]HQ, 66:401-16; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov91983.

Kaplan, Morris; b. Latvia, Dec 15 1859.Communal worker, Zionist, Kingston, NY;officer B'rith Abraham, Odd Fellows; orgrsynagog, Unsay Emmis (Hudson, NY). • See:WWIA],1928.

Kaplan, Morris; b. Kiev, Oct 15 1898; d.Feb 141964.

Food chain exec, Philadelphia. • See:WWWIA,4;NYTimes, Feb 15 1964,23:6.

Kaplan, Morris; b. ca 1911; d. NewRochelle, NY, Sep 1971.

BS CCNY, MS George Washington U. •Consumer advocate; natl advisory com, USCommerce Dept; helped enforce ChildProtection & Toy Safety Act; dir ConsumersUnion. • See: NYTimes, Sep 16 1971,46:1.

Kaplan, Morris Aaron; b. Brooklyn, Apr 51907; d.Jan 61977.

CraneJr ColI, Lewis Inst, BS, MS, MD U IL,post-grad Naval Med School. • Physician,consult, Chicago; specialty, allergies; faculty UIL, U Chicago; officer professional socs;author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kaplan, Nathan; b. Kiev, Dec 211903.To Cincinnati 1906. • Exec, banker,Cincinnati; advisor, Julia Meyers EmploymentBureau; officer Jewish Community Council,Heb School, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaplan, Nathan D; b. Mariampol, Russia,May 171877/1878.

To US 1883, to Tel Aviv 1929. • LLB LakeForest U. • Lawyer, exec, Zionist, Chicago; afdr Heb Inst, Juvenile Protective League ofChicago; officer Zionist groups. • See: A]YB,7(1905-1906):74; WWIA], 1938.

Kaplan, Nathaniel; b. Lithuania, Jan 1 1899;d. NYC, Sep 13 1968.

To US 1903. • Jurist, family court judge,NYC; chr Youth Bd (NY); officer natl JewishWar Veterans. • See:A]YB, 70:522; NYTimes,Sep 141968,28:1.

Kaplan, Philip; h. NYC, Sep 5 1888.Cooper Union, Polytech Inst (Brooklyn). •Chemical engineer, Jersey City; orgrPoughkeepsie Heb School; active charitable,communal & civic orgs; author in field. • See:WWIA}, 1928.

Kaplan, Regina Hannah; b. Memphis, May12 1890.

Boulder U, Mercy Hospital (Denver), post­grad Denver. • Nurse, admr, Hot Springs, AK;developed nurses training school, outpatient

dept; officer professional soc; WWI Red Crossservice. • See: WWlA], 1938.

Kaplan, Rose; b. ca 1867; d. Alexandria,Egypt, Aug 3 1917.

Head nurse, Jewish Refugees Camp. • See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Aug 81917,7:4.

Kaplan, Rubin Isaiah; b. Lubtz, Minsk, Aug15 1888.

To US 1907.· Cantor, composer, Dallas,earlier Galveston, Houston; dir Jewish Fednfor Social Services. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaplan, Samuel; b. Chicago, Nov 25 1907;d. Oak Park, IL, Apr 1 1970.

Northwestern U. • Radio corp exec, Chicago;pres Zenith; active Jewish Fedn, Boy Scouts. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 3 1970,37:2.

Kaplan, Samuel S; b. ca 1894; d. WestOrange, NJ, Dec 9 1929.

Rabbi, West Orange, NJ.· See:A]YB, 32:154.

Kaplan, Saul; h. 1911; d. Miami,July 271976.

Statistician, communal worker; with NatlJewish Population Study, Council ofJewishFedn & Welfare Funds, Census Bureau;research dir Jewish Fedn ofMetropolitanChicago. • See:A]YB, 78:542.

Kaplan, Simon Tobais Ha-Cohen; b.Lithuania, ca 1850/1858; d. Brooklyn,Sep 1919.

To NYC 1900. • Writer, talmudic scholar,rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 22:166; .Eisenstadt, 110.

Kaplan, Walter Francis; b. EI Paso, July 291900.

JD Golden Gate ColI. • Management consult,San Francisco; active civic concerns; author infield; military service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Kaplan, Walter L; b. NYC, 1914; d. Sep 161979.

BA CCNY. • Cosmetics co exec, Chicago; withHelene Curtis Industries. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kaplansky, Abraham Leon; b. Bialystok,May 11860.

To US 1889, to Montreal 1893. • Banker,NYc.. See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaplin, Abraham Bennett; b. Minneapolis,Oct 51891.

U MN. • Journalist, Duluth; editorial staffDuluth Herald; pres B'nai B'rith; officersynagog;WWI service. • See: WWIA], .1928.

Kaplow, Joseph; b. Russia, Jan 10 1897; d.NYC, Oct 161961.

To US 1917. • Mfr, NYC; officer Natl Comfor Labor Israel; active NY Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies, United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 64:494; NYTimes, Oct 18 1961,43:2.

Kaplowitt, Jacob A; b. Mays Landing, NJ,June 24 1893.

AB; MA U PA, post-grad Columbia. • Socialworker, Newark; with]ewish Welfare Bd, YM-

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YWHA, Dept ofPublic Welfare. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Kaplowitz, Morris; b. ca 1867; d. AtlanticCity, Mar 211939.

Rabbi, cantor, hazzan, Atlantic City. • See:A]YB, 41:425;NYTimes, Mar 22 1939,23:1.

Kaplun, Anna Maslanikov; b. Slutzk,Russia, Oct 30 1889.

To US 1906. • MO School of Economy (StLouis), BS NYU. • Social worker, NYC, StLouis; with Childrens Aid Soc (St Louis),Jewish Social Services (NYC), Dept ofPublicWelfare (NYC).· See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaplun, Murray Lincoln; h. Szagarren,Lithuania, May 13 1895; d.June 1941.

To US 1924. • BS U Belgium, U Dorpat, MDU Giessen. • Physician, NYC; specialtyintravenous work; WWI Belgium army service.• See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 251941,21:4.

Kapnek, Samuel; b. Treshpoli, Russia, Aug17 1879; d. Aug 1950.

To US 1889: • Real estate, highwayconstruction; Hammonton, NJ; exec NaturalGas Co ofNJ; officer Northeastern HebOrphans Home.· See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Aug 181950,21:3.

Kapp, Henry; b. Smorgon, Russia, Sep 31889.

MD Tufts.· To US 1892.· Ophthalmologist,otolaryngologist, Haverhill, MA; officersynagog; trustee Chamber of Commerce;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kappel, Alexander (pseud=Mukdoni); b.Lechavich, Minsk, Mar 14 1877; d. PinePlains, NY, Sep 1958.

To US 1923.· PhD UBern, Sorbonne,]D ULausanne. • Yiddish, Reb journalist, author,drama & literature critic, NYC; with]ewishMorningJournal; co-editor The New World(Warsaw). • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Sep8 1958, 29:3.

Kappel, Samuel; b. Lechowitz, Russia, Dec111889; d. NYC, Nov 111957.

To US 1905. • Clothing merchant; officerFedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Brooklyn HebHome, Brooklyn Orphan Home; bd JointDistribution Com. • See: A]YB, 60:356;WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 121957,37:1.

Kapper, Isaac M; b. NYC, May 29 1864; d.Brooklyn, Mar 25 1944.

LLB NYU. • State Supreme Court justice,lawyer,asst district atty, Brooklyn; mem citycharter commn. • See: A]YB, 24:161,46:340;WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.

Kapplin, Abraham Bennett; b. Minneapolis,Oct 51891.

U MN. • Journalist, Duluth; editorial staffDuluth Herald; officer state B'nai B'rith;fundraiser Palestine Found, Eastern EuropeRelief Com; WWI servic;e. • See: WWIA],1926, 1938.

Kaprow, Abraham; b. Russia, ca 1867; d.Bangor, ME, Aug 161947.

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To US 1914.· Rabbi,Maine.· See:A]YB,50:518;NJ7imes;Aug 181947,17:2.

Kapse, Abrahain (Mintz); b.*; d. NYC, June21929.

Journalist, writer, editor. • See: A]YB, 32:154.

Kapstein, IsraelJ; b. FaIl River, MA,Jan 161904; d. Providence, Aug 51983.

AB, AM, PhD Brown. • Professor of English,novelist, Heb scholar, Providence; facultyBrown; bd Public Library; author in field. •See: A]YB, 85:416-17; WWWIA, 8; NITimes,Aug61983.

Karabell, Charles J; b. Philadelphia, Apr 91894.

AB Butler; LLB Benjamin Harrison Law. •Lawyer, prosecuting atty, judge, Indianapolis;officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWL4.], 1938.

Kardiner, Abram; b. NYC, Aug 171891; d.July 20 1981.

AB CCNY, MD Cornell, Vienna. •Psychoanalyst, NYC; faculty Columbia;student of Freud; author in field. • See: E];WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Karelitz, George Boris; b. Russia, Jan 31895; d. NYC, Jan 19 1943.

To US 1922. • ME Imperial Polytech Inst(Petrograd). • Naval & mechanical engineer,NYC; faculty Columbia; author in field;Russian naval service. • See: WWWIA, 2;NYI'imes, Jan 20 1943, 19:3.

Karelitz, Samuel; b. 1900; d. NYC, Oct1980.

Clinical pediatrician, tchr, author; developed"cry studies" program for newborns; authorityon adoption; author in field. • See: NITimes,Oct 5 1980.

Karff, N May; b. Europe.US Womens Champion chessplayer, Boston. •See: UJE.

Kar£iol, Bernard; b. Budapest, May 6 1886;d. Irvington-on-Hudson, NY, Aug 161952.

Natl Academy of Design, Julien Academy(paris). • Painter, NYC; early exponent ofmodernist movement. • See: A]YB, 24:161,55:457; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,3;DAB, 5;NYTimes, Aug 171952, 76:3.

Karfunkel, David; b. Austria-Poland, June101880.

Natl.Academy of Design (NY), Munich, Paris.• Artist, NYC.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):127,24:161; WWIA], 1928.

Karfunkel, Solomon; b.*Rabbi, Schenectady, NY. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):219.

Karger, Alfred Gus; b. Washington DC,July 17 1901.

George Washington U. • Exec, earlierreporter, ambulance driver, salesman, chemist,Cincinnati; mem US Chemical WarfareResearch; instructor, OH Natl Guard; activeRepublican politics. • See: WWL4.], 1938;BEOA].

Karger, David; b. ca 1874; d. Milwaukee,Jan 2 1939.

Mfr,communalldr, Milwaukee. • See:A]YB,41:425.

Karger, GustavJ; b. Berlin, 1866; d.Washington DC, Nov 161924.

To US ca 1873. • Journalist, Cincinnati; pres,Natl Press Club; noted for fair reporting. •See: UJE;A]YB, 24:161, 27:151; WWWIA, 1;NITimes, Nov 171924,19:5.

Karger, Sidney William; b. Milwaukee,1878.

Broker, merchant, Chicago. • See: WWIA],1938.

Karigal (Carigal, Caregal, Karigel), HayimIsaac; b. Hebron, Palestine, 1733; d.Barbados, West Indies, 1777.

To America 1771. • Rabbi, friend of EzraStiles. • See: UJE.

Karlin, Isaac W; b. Russia, ca 1902; d.Brooklyn, Jan 1962.

U IL, MD U IL. • Pediatrician, Brooklyn;specialty speech disorders; fdr speech clinics;author in field. • See: NYTimes, Jan 22 1962,23:2.

Karlin, William; b. Kiev, ca 1882;d. NYC,Dec61944.

To US 1890. • Lawyer, prominent socialist,legislator, NYC; active labor politics. • See:A]YB, 47:525-26;NITimes, Dec 71944, 25:3.

Karman, Theodore von; see Von Karman,Theodore.

Karmensky, William; b.*; d. Feb 22 1911.Charity worker, Chelsea, MA. • See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):13 7.

Kamiol, Alter Yechiel; b. Dzialeshitz,Russia, 1855; d. NYC, 1928/1929.

To US ca 1893, 1905.· Cantor, Odessa, NYC;voice noted for wide range & coloratura. • See:UJE;E].

Karp, Abraham J; b. Amidur, Poland, 1921.To US as child. • Yeshiva U,JTS.·Conservative rabbi, scholar, author, editor,Rochester, NY. • See: E].

Karp, Harry; b.*; d. Apr 1934.Pres Mizrachi Youth ofAm. • See: A]YB,36:283.

Karp, Lazarus; b. Bauske, Courland, May101885; d. Richmond, VA, May 23 1938.

To US 1900.· MD Med ColI ofVA. •Physician, communal & Zionist worker,Richmond, VA; faculty Med ColI ofVA; fdr,officer YMHA; natl dir Assn for Relief ofPolish Jews; dir Jewish Community Council;delegate to 1st Am Jewish Congo • See: A]YB,40:387; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 251938,23:2.

Karp, MiltonJ; b. NYC, Feb 10 1894; d.New Hyde Park, NY,Jan 171955.

Mfr, philanthropist; fundraiser United JewishAppeal, Joint Defense Appeal; active Union ofAm Heb Congregations, Natl Conf of

Karpilov, .Miriam

Christians & Jews. • See:A]YB, 57:607;NITimes, Jan 191955,27:5.

Karp, Sofia (Sophie) (born Segal); b. Galatz,Rumania, ca 1865; d. NYC, Mar 311904.

To NYC 1882. • First actress to appear on theYiddish stage. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):373; NYTimes, Apr 11904, 9:6.

Karp, William; b. NYC; d. Apr 28 1979.AB U AL, MA CO. • Management consult,Chicago, Los Angeles; officer professionalorgs; dir United Service for New Americans(NYC); mem Chicago Cotnmn on HumanRelations. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Karpas, Irving D; b. St Petersburg, Russia,Dec 12 1889; d. NYC, Sep 61871.

To US 1890. • Industrialist, philanthropist; afdr, United Jewish Appeal; benefactor AlbertEinstein Med ColI, other med facilities/schools. • See:A]YB, 72:632; NYTimes, Sep 71972,42:1.

Karpen, Leo; b. Vongrovitz, Germany, Aug13 1870; d. NYC, 1955.

To Chicago 1872. • Exec, furniture mfr,Chicago; officer YMHA (New Rochelle). •See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 41955,56:1.

Karpen, Solomoll; b. ca 1858; d. Chicago,Oct 241936.

Noted furniture maker. • See:A]YB, 39:593 ..

Karpf, Fay Berger; b. Berger, Austria, Apr17 1891/1895.

To US 1899.· Chicago Normal, PHBNorthwestern, PhD U Chicago. • Socialpsychologist, tchr; dir social research; exponentof Rankian school; author/lecturer in field. •See:. UJE (sub Karpf, Maurice J); WWL4.],1938; BEOA].

Karpf, Jerome Jay; b. NYC, Mar 61897; d.Rockville Centre, NY, Aug 171964.

Reporter, editor, NYC; editor NY]ournal-Am;with many community papers. • See: WWIA],1938; NITimes, Aug 18 1964,31:2.

Karpf, LeonJay; b. NYC, Jan 12 1900.Brooklyn Polytech, EE NYU. • Engineer,NYC. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Karpf, Maurice Joseph; b. Austria, Jan 31889/1891/May 1890; d. Los Angeles,Apr 71964.

To US as boy.· PhB U Chicago, CEValparaiso, PhD Columbia. • Jewish socialwork admr, psychologist, author; suptJewishSocial Services Bureau (Chicago); officerprofessional assns; exec dir Fed ofJewishWelfare Orgs (Los Angeles); dir TrainingSchool for Jewish Social Work; non-ZionistmemJewish Agency. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,66:577; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];]TA-DNB, Apr 1964.

Karpilov, Miriam; b. Dabryo-Misli, Minsk,July 1888; d. Bridgeport, CT, May 91956.

Yiddish novelist, NYc.. See:A]YB, 58:477.

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Karpman, Benjamin; b. Slutzk, Russia, Aug8.1886.

To US 1906. • PhG Columbia, AB UN DK,AM, MB, MD U MN. • Neuropsychiatrist,Washington DC; faculty Howard; officer medsoc; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Karr, Joseph; b. Kiev, July 29 1884; d.Philadelphia, May 1959.

U PA. • Exec, Philadelphia; presContemporary Art Assn; dir JewishConvalescent Home; active civic & communalaffairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, May 161959,23:2.

Karrakis, Joseph; b. ca 1869; d. Sep 81921.Philanthropist, civic worker, Newark.· See:A]YB, 24:101.

Karsen, Fritz; b. Breslau, 1885; d. 1951.To NYC 1933.· Educator, Berlin, NYC;faculty CCNY, Brooklyn ColI; with USmilitary government in Germany; author infield. • See: EJ.

Kartell, Irving Philip; b. Brooklyn, Feb 171907.

LLB StJohns. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; pres JuniorFednofJewish Charities; officer PrecinctNeighborhood Council; dir Heb EducationalSoc.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kartschmaroff, Edward; b. Kherson,Russia, Jan 11843.

Cantor, NYC. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):68.

Kartzinel, Phineas; b. ca 1909; d. NYC, Jan13 1932.

Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 34:111.

Karwaski, Theodore F; b. Odessa, Sep 231896; d. Dec 101957.

To US 1901.· PhB U Chicago, AM, post-gradColumbia, PhD Harvard. • Psychologist,educator, Hanover; faculty Dartmouth; authorin field. • See: WWWIA, 3.

Kasanin, Jacob Sergi; b. Slavgorod, Russia,May 11 1897; d. San Francisco, May 41946.

To US 1915. • BS, MD, MS U MI. •Psychiatrist, physician, San Francisco, earlierBoston, Chicago; faculty U CA; author in field;WWII army consult. • See:AJYB, 49:612-13;WWWL4, 2; NYTimes, May 61941,21:3 (subKasanin, Joseph Sergi).

Kasdan, Louis; b. Russia, ca 1881; d.Harrisburg, PA, Feb 9 1947.

To US 1913.· Rabbi, Pittsburgh.· See:AJYB,49:613.

Kase, Max; b. NYC, July 21 1898; d. Mar1974.

Journalist; with NYJournalAm; active B'naiB'rith. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 201974,44:3.

Kase, Nathan; b. NYC, Apr 6 1930.AB, MD Columbia; honorary degree. •Obstetrician, gynecologist; faculty Yale;author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Kashdan, Isaac I; b. NYC, Nov 191905; d.Feb 201985.

BA CCNY. • Chessmaster, insurancesalesman, NYC, Los Angeles; officerJewishFedn Council (Los Angeles); captain Olympicchess teams.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA,8.

Kasindorf, Miriam (Mrs); b. ca 1870; d.NYC, Sep 61935.

Poet, communal worker, philanthropist. • See:AJYB, 38:430.

Kasindorf, Samuel]; b. Rostov, Russia, Feb17 1879.

To NYC 1888. • Resident buyer, businessman,NYC; fdr YMHA (Boro Park); trustee synagog.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kaskel, Alfred L; b. Poland, 1901?; d.Miami, July 5 1968.

To US 1922. • BIdr, philanthropist, Brooklyn;a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; benefactorFedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB,70:522; NYTimes, July 7 1968,53:1.

Kasle, Abe; b. Russia?, Mar 181895; d.Detroit, July 18 1969.

To US 1909. • Industrialist, communalldr,Detroit; natl officer United Jewish Appeal, AmFinancial & Development Corp for Israel, AmTechnion Soc; officer United Heb Schools,Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See:AJYB, 71:605.

Kasle, Sam; b. Rovno, Ukraine, Jan 81887;d. Miami, Dec 251965.

To US 1906. • Communalldr, Zionist,Toledo; fundraiser United Jewish Fedn. • See:AJYB, 68:529.

Kasner, Edward; b. NYC, Apr 2 1878; d.Jan 71955.

BS CCNY, PhD, AM Columbia, post-grad UGottingen. • Mathematician, NYC; facilityColumbia, New School; specialty geometry;author/editor in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; WWWL4, 3; NYTimes,Jan 81955,13:5.

Kasnetz, Joseph Philip; b. Russia, June 51897.

NY Homeopathic Med ColI, post-grad Post­Grad Hospital. • Physician, NYC; facultyNYU Bellevue Med ColI. • See: WWIAJ,1928.

Kaspe, Abraham (Mintz); b. Tcherikov,Mohilev province, Russia, 1860; d. NYC,June 21929.

To US 1882, 1894. • U St Petersburg. •Yiddish writer, editor, Jewish labor movementpioneer; a fdr Forward; editor Zukunft; activesocialist, communist politics. • See: UJE;AJYB, 32:154.

Kass, Abraham Louis; b. ca 1862; d.Brooklyn, July 1921.

Banker, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 24:101.

Kass, David; b. NYC, Oct 1 1889; d. NYC,1955.

Banker, communal & philanthropic worker,NYC; a fdr, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;officer Fischel Family Found; donor JTS. •

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See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 21955, 17:2.

Kass, Maurice; see Katz, Maurice.

Kass, Nathan Isidor; b. Poltava, Russia, Apr11 1885; d. Aug 1964.

To US 1904. • Brooklyn Polytech, BS, CECooper Union. • Civil Engineer, Zionist;registrar Cooper Union; with NYC Dept ofSanitation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Aug 281964,35:6.

Kass, Sadie Fischel; b. NYC, Sep 14 1892.AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Communalworker, NYC; womens auxiliary fdr, CentralJewish Inst; officer Natl Womens League ofUnited Synagogue ofAm. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kassel, Morris; b. Russia, 1876.Painter, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:161.

Kassin, Jacob Saul; b. Jerusalem, 1900.To Brooklyn 1933. • Rabbi, principal, author,Brooklyn; mem Sephardic Court. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kassner, Leo; b. Bukowina, 1886; d.Philadelphia, June 18 1945.

To US 1914.· Journalist, author, poet,playwright; staffJewish Daily News (NYC),Forward (Philadelphia). • See: AJYB, 48:492;NYTimes, June 211945,19:2.

Kasten (Kastin), Samuel; b. Kiev, Apr 211870; d. NYC, Mar 41953.

Yiddish stage actor, NYC. • See: AJYB,24:161,55:457; WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,Mar 5 1953,27:2.

Kastor, Adolph; b. Wattenheim,Rheinpfalz, Germany, Apr 14 1856; d.NYC, Feb 71946.

To US 1870. • Cutlery mfr, importer, NYC;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropy. • See:AJYB, 48:492; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Kastor, Herman W; b. ca 1838; d. St Louis,Sep 221919.

Civil War veteran. • See: AJYB, 22:166.

Kastor, Shirley S; b. ca 1895; d. Evanston,WY, Apr 1936.

Merchant, legislator. • See: AJYB, 38:430.

Katchen, Julius; b. Long Branch, NJ, Aug15 1926; d. Paris, Apr 29 1969.

BA Haverford ColI, Paris Conservatory. •Concert pianist. • See: WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Apr 301969,47:3.

Katcher, Archie; b. Leipsic, ND, Nov 211914; d. Nov 281974.

BA Detroit Inst ofTechnology, JD DetroitColI of Law. • Lawyer, Detroit; officer barassns, Union ofAm Heb Congregations, Anti­Defamation League, synagog; active NAACP.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Katcher, Arthur David; b. Stanestie,Bukovina, Dec 161876; d. NYC, Oct 161950.

To US 1895. • Clothing mfr, NYC; fdr Jewish

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Settlement House; co-fdr Soc for theAdvancement ofJudaism; officer trade assns,Fedn of GalicianJews, Fedn of BukovinaJewsin Am; active Am Jewish Cong.· See:A]YB,53:525; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 18 1950,33:5.

Katcher, Morris; b. Rassava, Kiev, June 11886.

To US 1904. • Cooper Union, BrooklynPolytech. • Engineer, inventor, exec, NYC. •See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Katchko, Adolph; b. Poland, Apr 10 1895;d. NYC, Sep 161958.

Cantor, composer, NYC; a fdr CantorAssemby GTS); advisor Heb Union Coll­Jewish Inst of Religion. • See: A]YB, 61:418;NYTimes, Sep 17 1958,37:2.

Kates, Edgar Jesse; b. NYC, Aug 11889.AB, ME Columbia. • Construction &mechanical engineer, NYC; specialty dieselengine; officer professional assn; author infield.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Katsh (Katz), Abraham Isaac; b. Indura,Poland, 1908.

To US 1925. • ColI pres, author; pres Dropsie;faculty Inst ofHeb Studies (NYU); fdr NatlAssn ofProf ofHeb in Am US. • See: E];E]:1973-1982.

Katsky, Alexander M; b. Brooklyn, June 51873.

Major league baseball player, Baltimore;grandmaster, B'rith Abraham; activeJewishphilanthropy. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Katten, Abraham; b. Halsdorf, Germany,Dec241864.

To US 1880. • Clothing merchant, Hartford;officer United Jewish Charities. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Katten, Myron; b. Hartford, Sep 15 1890.Lowell Textile School (MA). • Clothingmerchant, Hartford; officer trade assn, JewishWar Veterans. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katz, A Ray; b. Port Deposit, MD, Feb 61877; d. Rio de Janeiro, Mar 191938.

Baltimore Community ColI. • Exec, communalworker, philanthropist, Baltimore; orgr, officerAssocdJewish Charities; mem Conf ofJewishSocial Services. • See:A]YB, 40:387; WWIA],1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar 201938, IT9:1.

Katz, Abner Roland; b. NYC, Nov 211898;d. Long Beach, LI, NY, Nov 13 1964.

Title co exec, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, Nov 15 1964,86:7.

Katz, Abraham Albert; b. Hartford, Jan 21892.

Yale, Yale Law. • Lawyer, bank dir, alderman,acting mayor, Hartford; pres YMHA;supervisor CT Rehabilitation Service; dirLegal Aid Bureau, CountyJail Survey. • See:WWlAJ, 1938.

Katz, AbramJ; b.*; d. Rochester, NY, Nov1917.

Clothing mfr, communal worker, Rochester,NY; pres Jewish Orphan Asylum, United HebCharities, NY State Charities Aid Assn. • See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Nov 31917,15:7.

Katz, Aleph; see Katz, Morris Abraham.

Katz, Alexander Raymond; b. Kassa,Hungary, Apr 211895; d. Mar 1974.

To US 1910. • Art Inst (Chicago). • Painter,muralist, Chicago; faculty Art Inst; theatre artdir. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar261974,44:2.

Katz, Asher T; b. ca 1914; d. Terre Haute,IN, Aug 7 1944.

Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 47:526.

Katz, Ben; b.*; d.Jan 11939.Civic & communal worker, San Antonio, TX.• See:A]YB, 41:425.

Katz, Benjamin Joseph; b. Brooklyn, July13 1923; d. Oct 11982.

AB Brooklyn ColI, AM, PhD Harvard. •Economist, educator, consult; faculty U NH,NYU; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Katz, Benjamin Samuel; b. Austria, Apr 151892; d. Cincinnati, Nov 291969.

To US 1900/1901. • Business exec, jewelry &watch mfr, NYC, Cincinnati; exec com HebUnion ColI; activeJoint Defense Appeal, NatlJewish Hospital, Natl Conf of Christians &Jews; WWII War Production Bd service. •See:A]YB, 71:605; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Nov30 1969, 87:1.

Katz, Benne; b.Jaroslaw, Austria, Feb 91902; d. NYC, June 23 1978.

To US 1923. • Business exec, philanthropist; afdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, Boys TownGerusalem); pres Brookdale Hospital; trusteeUnited Jewish Appeal, Israel Bonds. • See:A]YB, 80:367.

Katz, Charles; b. Zagra, Russia, May 41881; d. Baltimore, Feb 1950.

To Baltimore ca 1889. • Umbrella mfr,Baltimore; officer Esras Chovevi Zion Assn,trade assn, synagog; exec council, UnitedSynagogues ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Feb 19 1950,76:4.

Katz, Charles; b. Austria, ca 1889; d.Livingston, NJ, May 1968.

To US 1907. • Fur co mgr, dir, consult, NYc.• See: NYTimes, May 7 1968, 41:3.

Katz, Dewey; b. NYC, Mar 211900.BS, MD U VT. • Ophthalmologist, surgeon,Hartford; earlier faculty.U Chicago. • See:WWIA],1938.

Katz, Elihu; b. NYC, JanlJune 28 1889; d.NYC, July 201956.

AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,gastroenterologist, NYC; faculty NYPolyclinic Hospital; orgr, pres Soc forEstablishing Yeshiva U Med School; officermed socs; active Yiddish theatre; author infield. • See:A]YB, 59:475; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,July211956,15:6.

Katz,]acob

Katz, Emanuel; b. ca 1834; d. Oct 241922.Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,25:139.

Katz, Ernest; b. Berlin, Sep 29 1882; d.NYC, May 1963.

To US 1886. • NYU Law. • Dept store exec,NYC; officer synagog; active trade assns. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 11 1963,25:4.

Katz, FrankJames; b. NYC, 1883.Geologist, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,24:161.

Katz, George Rudolph; b. San Francisco,May 211873; d. NYC, 1970.

Harvard. • Advertising exec, publisher, NYC;exec Daily Oklahoman. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 4 1970, 27:5.

Katz, Hayyim Mordecai; b. Lithuania,1894?; d. Cleveland, Nov 161964.

To US 1941.· Rabbi, educator, Cleveland;dean Rabbinical ColI. • See: AJYB, 66:577.

Katz, Herz Wolff; b. Rudka, Poland, 1906.To US 1941. • Writer, soldier; editor Die Weltam Montag (Berlin); French army service,recieved Croix de Guerre. • See: UJE.

Katz, Irving; b. Long Branch, NJ, May 301904.

Real estate & insurance agent, Long Branch,NJ; pres YM-YWHA; officer Free Loan Assn.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Katz, Irving Isaac; b. Daugavpils (Dvinsk),Latvia, Mar 31 1907.

To US 1927. • Heb Tchrs Normal (Riga),business colI (Cleveland), Western Reserve. •Communal admr, Zionist, Youngstown, OH;officer Masada Avukah; principal Temple &Religious school; active Jewish Welfare Fund,Jewish Natl Fund, Jewish Fedn. • See:WWIA], 1938; DetroitJewish News story, Mar17 1972.

Katz, Isaac; b. Austria, Mar 41879.Drug co exec, Kansas City; officerJewishHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Katz, Isador Israel; b. Rock Island, IL, Oct291905.

Augustana ColI, BSc,JD Northwestern. •Lawyer, city council mem, Rock Island, IL;officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; active Boy Scouts,Red Cross. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Israel; b. Kovno, Dec 1 1886.BS CCNY. • Chemical engineer, Camden, NJ;officer Deborah Tuberculosis Soc, synagog; dirJewish Welfare Soc. • See: WWIAJ; 1928;BEOA].

Katz, Israel; b. NYC, 1917.Aeronautical engineer; faculty Cornell,Northeastern; author in field. • See: EJ.

Katz, Jacob; b. Sorrey, Russia, Apr 21893;d. NYC, Mar 25 1950.

To US 1895.· AB CCNY,MAColumbia,ordainedJTS,JD NYU. • Rabbi, prisonchaplain, author, Zionist, Bronx; fdr BronxArbitration Court; active Jewish Community. •

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See:A]YB, 52:502;WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Mar 261950,92:5.

Katz, Joseph; b. Minsk, Sep 15 1884.To US 1902. • PhG Brooklyn CoIl, MDLICoIl Hospital. • Gastroenterologist,phannacist, Brooklyn; faculty NY Post-GradMed School & Hospital; author in field. • See:WWIA],1938.

Katz, Joseph; b. Zagera, Lithuania, June 241888; d. Oct 13 1958.

To US 1891. • Advertising exec, civic &communalldr; Baltimore, NYC; dir HebHome for Aged, Baltimore Heb ColI. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4.

Katz, Joseph M; b.*U Pittsburgh. • Wrapping paper mfr,philanthropist, Pittsburgh. • See: WS] story,Mar41964,1:1.

Katz, Joseph P; b. ca 1878; d. Brooklyn,July 71945.

Author, NYC; columnist, FO'nlJard. • See:A]YB, 48:492.

Katz, Karl; b. Brooklyn, ca 1930.MA Columbia. • Museum admr, NYC; withMetropolitan Museum ofArt; dir JewishMuseum, Nat! Art Museum Gerusalem). • See:NYTimes story, May 4 1971.

Katz, Label Abraham; b. New Orleans, Sep22 1918; d. New Orleans, Apr 3 1975.

AB, LLB Tulane. • Lawyer, realtor, communalldr, New Orleans; nat! pres B'nai B'rith; presConf ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds, UrbanLeague; an orgr, Am Jewish Cong on SovietJewry.· See:B];A]YB, 77:596; WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, Apr 5 1975, 32:4.

Katz, Leo; b. Roznau, Austria, Dec 301887.

To US 1921.· Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna),Munich Art Academy. • Painter, muralist,author, NYC; tchr New School, NYU; WWIAustrian army service. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Katz, Louis; b. NYC, 1890?; d. NYC, May 51965.

Philanthropist, mfr, real estate investor, NYC;a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; officerJewish Chronic Disease Hospital (Brooklyn);bd Infants Home, Boys Town Gerusalem). •See: A]YB, 67:538; NYTimes, May 6 1965,39:1.

Katz, Louis Hyman; b. Yanovah, Russia,Feb 151884.

To US 1888.· LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Hartford;officer synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Louis M; b. Chicago, Apr 22 1875.Business exec, Chicago; officer synagog; bdJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Louis Nelson; b. Russian Poland, Aug25 1897; d. 1973.

To US 1900.· AB, MD, MA WesternReserve, post-grad London. • Physiologist,Cleveland, Chicago; faculty Western Reserve;research dir, Michael Reese Hospital; officer

med socs. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Apr 3 1973,46:1.

Katz, M; see Katz, Maurice.

Katz, Mane (Manne); b. Kremenchug,Ukraine, 1894; d. Tel Aviv, Sep 1962.

To NYC 1938.· Artist, Paris; painted ghettoscenes, Jewish themes. • See: UJE; NYTimes,Sep 10 1962,29:3.

Katz, Marcus; b.*; d. West Point, MS,May141911.

CommUnal worker, West Point, MS. • See:A]YB, 13(1911-1912):138.

Katz, MarkJacob; b. NYC, Mar 7 1863; d.Nov 101927.

Cooper Inst. • Lawyer, author, NYC; officer,lobbyist Nat! Liberal Immigration League;active Shorthand orgs. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1.

Katz, Maurice; b. ca 1864; d. Philadelphia,June 14 1941.

Yiddish newspaper editor, novelist, playwright,Philadelphia, NYC; with]ewish World; fdrPeretz Verein. • See: A]YB, 43:360; Eisenstadt,88.

Katz, Maurice L; b. Russia, Apr 5 1882.LLB Boston U.· Lawyer, Worcester, MA. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Katz, Maxwell Clarence; b. NYC, Aug 291892; d. Brooklyn, Aug 1958.

MD LI CoIl Hospital. • Surgeon, obstetrician,gynecologist, Brooklyn; an orgr Free BurialSoc; WWI Med Bd memo • See: WWIA],1938;NYTimes, Aug 171958,85:3.

Katz, Meir; b. ca 1863; d. Baltimore, Nov261933.

Commlinal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,36:283.

Katz, Michael H; b.*; d.Jan 1962.Chr, Katz Drug Co, Kansas City. • See:WWWIA,4.

Katz, Moritz Shakman; b. Baltimore, July101900.

U PA. • Clothing merchants, Baltimore;officer Jewish Childrens Soc. • See: WWIA],1938.

Katz, Morris Abraham (pseud=Katz,Aleph); b. Mlynow, Volhynia, 1898;d.Jan 1969.

To NYC 1913. • CCNY. • Yiddish poet,journalist, editor, essayist, poet, translator;editorJewish Telegraphic Agency. • See: UJE;E];A]YB, 71:605;]TA-DNB,Jan241969;NYTimes, Jan 25 1969, 29:5.

Katz, Morris Casriel; b. Chicago, Sep 91909.

Lewis Inst, AA CraneJr CoIl, ordained HebTheological ColI. • Rabbi, Calgary; earlierPetersburg, VA, Montgomery, AL.· See:WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Moses; b. Dokshitz, Russia, 1885; d.1960.

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To US 1913, 1922. • Yiddish journalist,Zionist, socialist; staff Tog, Freiheit; arrested inRussia many times. • See: UJE; E].

Katz, Nahum Enoch; b. Odessa, Mar 18. 1884; d. July 1946.

To US 1907.· FriedrichsPolytechikum(Coethan Anhalt, Germany). • Consultchemist, Meridian, MS; officer B'nai B'rith;trustee synagog. II See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, July 24 1946,27:4.

Katz, Nathan M; b. Mar 17 1899; d.Pittburgh, Mar 5 1950.

Lawyer, Pittsburgh; active Jewish community;chrJewish Community Relations Council. •See:A]YB,52:502.

Katz, Reuven (Rubin); b. Holshany, Vilna,Apr 1880; d. Israel, 1963.

To US ca 1923-1932.· Talmudist, rabbi,Bayonne; dean Theological CoIl (Israel);officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: E];WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov41963,35:3.

Katz, Sam; b. Yompola, Poland, Apr 31892/1893; d. Beverly Hills, CA, Jan1961.

To Chicago 1892/1893. II Northwestern. •Motion picture exec, theatre owner, CulverCity, CA; with Paramount, MGM. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 13 1961,29:1.

Katz, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. Omaha, Apr 121912.

Engineer, Omaha.· See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):127.

Katz, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 28 1883.BA CCNY, MA, PdM, PhD NYU, post-gradCornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, U Rochester.II Educator, high school principal, author,Brooklyn; faculty Fordham; bd UnitedJewishAid Soc; dir Brooklyn Heb Home; activesynagog. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Katz, Samuel; b. NYC, Mar 5 1885.Business exec, NYC; bd Charity Chest; dirHeb Nat! Orphan Home. • See: WWIA],1928.

Katz, Samuel; b. 1889; d. NYC, Dec 4 1964.Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Albert Einstein MedCoIl; est scholarships (Israel). • See: A]YB,66:577; NYTimes, Dec 7 1964,35:1.

Katz, Samuel A; b. Brest-Litovsk, Russia,1872?; d. Indianapolis, Aug 2 1949.

Orthodox rabbi, Zionist. • See: A]YB, 52:502.

Katz, Samuel L; b. Russia, 1893; d. NYC,Dec 11951.

To US 1941. • Import-eXport businessman,Zionist-Revisionist ldr; pres New Zionist OrgofPoland. • See:A]YB, 54:539; NYTimes, Dec3 1951,31:4.

Katz, Samuel Morrison; b. NYC, Mar 121888; d. NYC, Jan 21 1941.

NYU Law. • City magistrate, NYC; execcouncil Am Jewish Cong; trustee synagog. •

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See:A]YB, 43:360; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,Jan221941,21:3.

Katz; Samuel Walter; b. NYC, Mar 3 1887.Cooper Union. • Architect, NYC. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Shlomo (Shunra); b. Olgopoi, Russia,Apr 41910; d. NYC, Mar 25 1979.

To US 1922. • Editor, author; editor JewishFrontier; fdr, Midstream; active Labor Zionistmovement. • See:A]YB, 81:368.

Katz, Sholom; b. Rumania, 1915; d.Washington DC, Feb 201982.

To US 1946. • Cantor, Washington DC;concert & movie singer. • See:A]YB, 84:334.

Katz, Sidney Hershberg; b. Gilmore, PA,Feb 1 1884.

BS OH State, MS, CE, PhD U Pittsburgh. •Chemical engineer, Edgewood, MD; withBureau ofMines; author in field; WWI service.• See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Katz, Siegfried E; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Dec141935.

Psychiatrist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:430.

Katz,.Simon; b. Philadelphia, Sep 91877.BS U PA. • Insurance broker, Philadelphia;officerJewish Foster Home. • See: WWL4.],1938.

Katz, Solomon; b. Tchemowitz, Russia.To US 1920.· Lomza Rabbinical Coll;JewsColI, JTS. • Rabbi, Birmingham, AL; earlier,England, New Zealand; officer B'nai B'rith; dirJewish Community Center, Fedn ofJewishCharities. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Katz, Solomon; b. Buffalo, 1909.Historian; faculty dean U WA; officerprofessional assns; author in field; WWIIservice. • See: E].

Katz, Stanley; b. NYC, ca 1921; d.Englewood, N], Feb 1972.

CCNY, PhD NYU. • Mathematician;specialty, applying mathematic techniques toengineering problems; faculty Columbia;WWI service. • See: NYTimes, Feb 21 1972,30:1.

Katz, Walter; b. Torisk, Russia.To Columbus, OH 1903.· Metal broker,Columbus; officer B'nai B'rith, B'rithAbraham, Knights of Israel, Knights ofJoseph;active United Jewish drives. • See: WWIA],1938.

Katz, William Maurice; b. Chicago, May 241898.

UIL, Northwestern, Columbia, Pratt.·Tanner, exec, Chicago; active Zionist Org ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katz, Zundel; b. Lithuania, ca 1862; d.Minneapolis, Oct 271945.

Rabbi, Superior, WI. • See:A]YB, 48:492.

Katzen, Bemard; b. Kovno,]an 171901.CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, deputy attygeneral, NYC; with Dept ofAgriculture; dir

Neighborhood Guild; active Republicanpolitics. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Katzen, Harry Milton; .b. Sasmake, Latvia,July 3 1900.

To US 1922.· Odessa U, AM Columbia,JTS.• Rabbi, author, Greenwich, CT, Bronx; dirHeb Immigrant Aid Soc (Boston), Denver Ex­Patients Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Katzenberg, Lewis; b. ca 1845; d. Parkland,PA, May 61935.

Civil War veteran, Parkland, PA. • See: A]YB,37:257.

Katzenberg, Max; b. ca 1861; d. May 1912.Leather goods mfr, mem, Bd of Education,NYC.· See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128;NYTimes, May 25 1912, 13:6.

Katzenelenbogen,]udah;b.caI866;d.i\pr91920.

Fdr, Heb Publishing Co, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 22:166; NYTimes, Apr 12 1920, 15:3(sub Katzenelenbogen,Jehuda).

Katzenellenbogen, Adolf; b. Frankfort amMain, Germany, Aug 191901; d. Sep 301964.

To US 1939. • U Freiburg, U Leipzig, DrJr UGiessen, D Phil U Hamburg. • Art educator,Baltimore; specialty, medieval art; facultyVassar, Johns Hopkins; author/lecturer in field.• See: WWU7IA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 1 1964,35:5.

Katzenelson, Baruch; b. Slutsk, Belorussia,1900; d. 1968.

To US 1922, to Palestine 1934. • Heb &Yiddish poet, tchr. • See: E].

Katzenstein, George P; b. ca 1874; d.Chicago, i\pr 22 1937.

Dermatologist, Philadelphia; clinic dir,JewishHospital. • See: A]YB, 39:593.

Katzenstein,]acob; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 121938.

Civic worker, NYC.· See:A]YB, 40:387.

Katzenstein, Leopold; b. ca 1842; d. Dec1915.

Inventor, NYc. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­1917):108.

Katzenstein, Martin E; b. ca 1923; d.Sunapee, NH, Sep 1970.

Ordained Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst ofReligion. • Rabbi, Philadelphia, St Louis; deanofstudents, Harvard Divinity School. • See:Jewish Post, Sep 11 1970; NYTimes, Sep 6 1970,51:1.

Katzenstein, Sarah Frank; b.*; d. Baltimore,Apr 161938.

Philanthropic & communal worker, Baltimore;fdr Daughters ofIsraei. • See:A]YB, 40:387;NYTimes, Apr 181938,15:5.

Katzin, Eugene Maurice; b: Newark, Nov 41904; d. May 22 1966.

AB, MD Cornell, post-grad U Vienna. •Physician, NYC, Newark; work on Rh factor;

Kauffman, Rudolph

supporter, worker blood bank. • See:WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 24 1966,47:2.

Katzinger, Edward; b. ca 1864; d. MiamiBeach, Mar 29 1939.

Mfr, communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,41:425.

Katzman, Jacob; b. ca 1865; d.July 71932.Yiddish actor, NYC. • See:A]YB, 35:125.

Katzman, Jacob; b. Poland, Nov 17 1900.To US 1917. • BS, EE Cooper Union, post­grad Brooklyn Polytech. • Consult engineer,patent holder, Zionist, NYC; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Katzman, Maurice; b. Russia, i\ug 15 1894.To US 1895. • AB U Denver, MD U CO. •Internist, Denver; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Katzowich, Israel Issar (Kasowitch, Isser);b. Maliski, Vilna, 1859; d. NYC, Oct 101934.

To US 1881. • JTS (Vilna). • Yiddish author,Zionist worker, memoirist, NYC; co-editorDer Yiddisher Farmer. • See: UJE; A]YB,37:258.

Kauffinan, Arnold Bumett; b. Syracuse,Feb 181895.

BS, MD Syracuse, post-grad U Berlin, UVienna. • Physician, Syracuse; specialty ear,nose & throat surgery; author in field; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Kauffman, Hersh Leib (der alter Cohen); b.ca 1847; d.Jan 1934.

Communal worker, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB,36:283.

Kauffman,J Harry; b. West Chester, PA,June 281898; d. Philadelphia, Jan 311953.

Retail furniture exec; bd Yeshiva U; activelocal, natl Zionist orgs. • See:A]YB, 55:457;NYTimes, Feb 2 1953,21:2.

Kauffman, Joseph Herbert; b. NYC, Dec 81891.

DDS NYU. II Dentist, NYC; officerprofessional socs; author in field. • See:WWIA],1938.

Kauffman, Rachel Levy (Mrs JosephKauffman); b. Santa Barbara, CA, Oct 141872.

Communal, charity & culturalldr, LosAngeles; pres Natl Council ofJewish Women,CA Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods, Corif of LosAngeles Jewish Wornens Orgs; officerHadassah, Soc for Jewish Culture, AllianceFrancaise, Urban League; mem Municipal ArtCommn; WWI Red Cross service. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Kauffinan, Rudolph; b. Zanesville, OH, Oct5 1853; d. Sep19 1927.

AB Amherst ColI. • Editor, newspaperpublisher, Washington DC; trustee CorcoranArt Gallery; owner Washington Evening Star. •See:A]YB, 30:80; WWU7IA, 1.

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Kauffman, Samuel; b. Wayne County, OH;d.Mar 1906.

Journalist, world traveler, art patron, OH,Washington DC; part owner WashingtonEvening Star. • See: "WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,Mar 16 1906,9:5.

Kauffman, Treva Erdine; b. Osborne, OH,Sep 23 1889; d. Feb 281975.

BS OH State V, MA Columbia, post-grad VChicago, V MontreaL • Home economist,Albany, NY; with NY State Education Dept;author in field. • See: "WWWIA, 6.

Kauffmann, Felix; b. Frankfurt-on-Main,Germany, Feb 7 1878; d. NYC, Nov 151953.

To VS 1941. • Rare book dealer, publisher,liaison between FrankfurtJewish community &Nazi government. • See: EJ (sub Kauffmann,Isaac);AJYB, 56:570;NYTimes, Nov 161953,25:4.

Kaufman, Abraham M; b. Russia, ca 1882;d. Worcester, MA, May 9 1948.

To VS 1921.· Rabbi, Worcester,MA.· See:AJYB,50:518.

Kaufman, Adolf G; b. Breslau, Germany,Mar281874.

To VS 1878. • EE, ME Stanford V, Dr ofChemistry, Mining Engineer V Freiburg. •Engineer, inventor, NYC; active HerbertHoover presidential campaign; author in field.• See: WWlAJ, 1938.

Kaufman, Albert; b. Druskienik, Grodno,Sep 25 1875/1878; d. NYC, 1963.

To VS 1894. • V Kharkoff, V Heidelburg,MD Medico-Chirurgical (P.hiladelphia). •Physician, Zionist, Wilkes-Barre, NYC; anorgr, Am Jewish Cong; bd Heb V; natl dirJewish Consumptive Relief Soc (Denver);active many communal & philanthropic orgs;WWI draft bd med examiner. • See: WWlAJ,1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes,July41963, 17:2.

Kaufman, Albert A; b. Devils Lake, NO,Sep 251888.

Motion picture theatres mgr, exec, NYC,Beverly Hills. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

Kaufman, Alexander; b. Bartfeld,Czechoslovakia, 1886.

To VS 1914.· Seminary (Eperjes). •Evengelical Lutheran Collegium, Inst ofTechnology (Biliz), ME"PhD V Budapest. •Editor, publisher, St Louis; with Saddle andBridle, The Jewish Voice. • See: WWlAJ, 1926,1928.

Kaufman, Andy; b. NYC, Jan 17 1949; d.Los Angeles, May 1984.

Comedian, actor. • See: "WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,May 181984.

Kaufman, Anton; b. Csenger, Hungary, Oct61882; d. Newark,Jan 11943.

To VS 1905. • V Berlin. • Editor, publisher,author, Newark; fdr, editor DetroitJewishChronicle, Newark Jewish Chronicle; chrJewishCommunity Blue Book ofNewark; dir Jewish

Anti-Tuberculosis League. • See: AJYB,45:388; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Kaufman, Beatrice Bakrow (Mrs George SKaufman); b. Rochester, NY, Jan 201895; d. NY, Oct 61945.

Wellesley, V Rochester. • Editor, playwright,NYC; with Boni & Liveright; contributor NewYorker.· See:AJYB, 48:492; WWlAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 71945,44:3.

Kaufman, Benjamin; b. Buffalo, Mar 101894; d. Trenton, NJ, Feb 5 1981.

Syracuse V.· Congressional Medal ofHonorrecipient, public official, Trenton, NJ; natlcommander Jewish War Veterans; with NJState Employment Service, Disabled AmVeterans; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:161,83:357; WWWIA, 7.

Kaufman, Bernard; b. Melbourne,Australia, June 8 1884.

To San Francisco 1910. • Scotch ColI(Australia), MD Cooper Med ColI, ChicagoPolyclinic, V Vienna, V London. •Cardiologist, Zionist, San Francisco; facultyStanford; fdr Am Med Assn of Budapest;officer Am Med Assn ofVienna; author infield.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kaufman, Boris; b. Poland, ca 1897; d.NYC, June 1980.

Sorbonne.· To VS 1943.· Cinematographer,Academy Award winner; French army service.• See: NYTimes, June 27 1980.

Kaufman, Charles; b. ca 1832; d. Clarion,PA, Oct 12 1916.

Communal worker, Clarion, PA.· See:AJYB,19(1917-1918):266.

Kaufman, Charles A; b. ca 1845; d. NewOrleans, Oct 1917.

Merchant, municipal worker, New Orleans. •See: AJYB, 20(1918-1919):229.

Kaufman, Charles Jehiel; b. Brooklyn, Jan291897; d. NYC,June 15 1956.

BS CCNY, MD CornelL • Physician, med dir,NatlJewish Hospital, Denver; faculty V CO,CornelL· See:AJYB, 58:477; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, June 16 1956, 19:3.

Kaufman, Charles Lott; b. Canton, OH,June 11896.

BA, LLD V MI.· Lawyer, Norfolk, VA;specialty corporate law; active Republicanparty, civic & charitable concerns; WWIGeneral Staffservice. • See: BEOAJ.

Kaufman, David; b. ca 1858; d. Apr 1936.Merchant, corprnunalworker,Harrisburg,PA.• See: AJYB, 38:430.

Kaufman, David Benjamin; b. Minneapolis,May 141914.

Journalist, Mason City, IA; with UP,Minneapolis Tribune, Variety. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kaufman (Kaufinann), David E; b. BradfordCityrrowanda, PA, May 15 1883; d.Philadelphia, Sep 1962.

LLB Dickinson School of Law (Carlisle, PA);

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honorary degrees. • Lawyer, diplomat,Philadelphia; VS minster to Siam, Bolivia;specialty internatllaw; dir VnitedJewishAppeal; active Republican politics; donatedestate for interfaith center. • See: UJE; AJYB,44:413,47:629,65:434; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4,5; NYTimes, Sep 7 1962,29:3.

Kaufinan, DavidJ; b. ca 1862; d. Nov 131939.

Clothing merchant, philanthropist, communalworker, Washington DC. • See: AJYB, 42:480;NYTimes, Nov 16 1939,23:4.

Kaufinan, Edmund I; see Kaufmann,Edmund I.

Kaufinan, Edward S; b. ca 1856; d. NYC,Sep 241934.

Lawyer, NYC. • See:AJYB, 37:258.

Kaufinan, Edwin P; b. NYC, Jan 311918; d.NYC, Apr 21 1964.

Lawyer, NYC; officerJewish Bd of Guardians;bd Grand St Settlement; active HawthorneCedar Knolls SchooL • See: AJYB, 66:577;NYTimes, Apr 22 1964,47:3.

Kaufinan, Elias Raas; b. Lake Charles, LA,Oct 161889.

AB Vanderbilt, AM, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,Lake Charles, LA; officer Civilian ReliefAssn,Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District,B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kaufinan, Elkin; b. Louisville, May 231905; d. Nov 271977.

Tobacco & advertising exec, NYC; bd GrandSt Settlement. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,Nov 281977,34:6.

Kaufinan, Eugene; b. Germany, ca 1909; d.Baltimore, 1964.

To VS 1930s. • German judge, expert onimmigration & naturalization laws; ldr, fightfor indemnification of refugees; officer HebImmigrant Aid Soc (Baltimore). • See: JTA­DNB, Dec 7 1964.

Kaufinan, Fannie Newman (Mrs AntonKaufman);b.NYC,ca 1889;d.Feb 161939.

Communal worker, Newark. • See: NYTimes,Feb 17 1939, 19:4.

Kaufinan, Ferd M; b. Atlanta, June 8 1875.BS GA School ofTechnology. • Mfr, Atlanta;officer trade assns, Chamber of Commerce;sponsor Ferd M Kaufman Natl Armory (GATech).· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kaufinan, Frederick;b. Vienna,Sepl31919; d. Dec 71985.

To VS 1940. • Vienna TechnischeHochschule, PhD Johns Hopkins. • Chemist,educator, Pittsburgh; faculty V Pittsburgh;advisor Natl Academy for the Sciences; author/editor in field. • See: "WWWIA, 8.

Kaufinan, George Simon; b. Pittsburgh,Nov 161889; d. NYC, June 21961.

Playwright, stage dir, drama critic, NYC; "YouCant Take It With You." • See: UJE; EJ;

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Kaufman, Gerald Lynton; b. NYC, Mar 121893; d. Apr 1968.

BA Cornell. • Architect, NYC; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Apr 211968,81:1.

Kaufman, Gustave; b. Allegheny City, PA,1859.

Civil engineer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:161.

Kaufman, Harry Keva; b. NYC, Sep 6 1893;d. Beverly Hills, Aug 1961.

CCNY, Inst ofMusical Art, Curtis Inst. •Accompianist, piano soloist; faculty Curtis Inst;accompanied Szigeti, Milstein. • See: A]YB,24:161; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];NYTimes, Aug 23 1961,33:4.

Kaufman, Herbert; b. Washington DC,Mar 6/26 1878; d. Tarrytown, NY, Sep 61947.

Johns Hopkins.· Editor, author, NYC; withWashington News, Washington Times; headHerbert Kaufman Newspaper Sydicate; WWIIgovernment service. • See: A]YB, 24:161,50:518; WWIA], 1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2;NITimes, Sep 71947, 63:3.

Kaufman, Herman Paul; b. NYC, Jan 61903.

ME Brooklyn Polytech, George WashingtonU Law, LLB, Master ofPatent Laws Natl U. •Geodetic mathematician, lawyer, WashingtonDC; author in field; US Reserve Corp service.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, Irving Isaac; b. Mobile, AL, Apr13 1879.

Insurance agent, Columbus, MS; fdr, KaufmanBros; pres United Charities; officer Red Cross,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, Irving Robert; b. NYC, June 241910.

Fordham Law.· Lawyer, federal judge, NYC;imposed sentence on the Rosenbergs; activeprofessional assns. • See: NITimes story, Aug12 1970.

Kaufman, Isidore; b. Austro-Hungary, Mar141892; d. NYC, Apr 301978.

To US 1900. • Author, editor; with BrooklynEagle, NYAmerican, Frontpage; officerprofessional assns; military service. • See:A]YB, 80:367; NYTimes, Mar 11978, IT 2:1.

Kaufman, Jacob; b. Cologne, Germany,1860; d. NYC, Oct 13 1944.

To US 1895. • Physician, gastroenterologist;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: A]YB,24:161;A]YB, 47:526; NITimes, Oct 141944,13:5.

Kaufman, Jacob L; b. Obergimpem, Baden,Nov211885.

To Montgomery, AL 1901. • Wimpfen CoIl(Germany), Massey Business ColI. • Retailer,Montegomery, AL; chr AL UnemploymentCompensation Commn; trustee synagog. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, Jay; b. Cleveland, Sep 191918; d.Washington DC, Aug 5 1971.

Orgn exec, rabbi, Philadelphia; natl officerB'nai B'rith; a fdr Conf ofPres ofJewish Orgs;officer Union ofAm Heb Congregations; execcom Synagog Council ofAm; central comPoale Zion; bd J ewish Welfare Bd. • See:A]YB, 72:632; NITimes, Aug 7 1971,26:4.

Kaufman, Joel Benjamin; b. ca 1839; d.Brooklyn, Jan 1919.

Civil War veteran,Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,21:206.

Kaufman, John Heiden; b. NYC, May 201919; d. Dec 311972.

BA Swarthmore, MPA, PhD Harvard. •Economist, government official, WashingtonDC; with State Dept; WWII service.•.See:WWWIA,5.

Kaufman,Joseph;b. Boston,Jan 71898.BS, MS MIT.· Radio engineer, WashingtonDC; dir of education, Natl Radio Inst. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kaufman, Joseph C; b. ca 1870; d. Mar 171938.

Merchant, Washington DC.· See:AJYB,40:387.

Kaufman, Joseph David; b. WashingtonDC,June 81889.

CE PA Military ColI. • Merchant, WashingtonDC; mem Natl Representation of Citizens ofDC; officer trade assn, Travelers Aid Soc; bdWashington Commn on Housing, FriendshipHouse. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Kaufman, Joseph S; b. Pittsburgh, 1856.Business engineer, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:161.

Kaufman, Joseph W; b. NYC, Mar 27 1899;d. Feb 14 1981.

AB, LLB, JD Columbia. • Lawyer, judge,Washington DC; counsel Nuremberg WarCrimes Trials; special master US Court ofAppeals; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kaufman,· Lala Sarah (Mrs Michael JKaufman); b. Kiev, May 14 1887; d.NYC, Dec 24 1964.

To US 1922. • Writer, translator, Yiddishshort stories; daughter & biographer of SholemAleichem.· See:A]YB, 66:577; NITimes, Dec25 1964, 29:3.

Kaufman, Leonard; b. NYC, Apr 301913;d. Dec 91981.

CCNY, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, NYC; withParamount Pictures; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,8.

Kaufman, Lewis R; b. Louisville, Oct 211881.

BS MIT, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris). •Architect, NYC; officer professional socs. •See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kaufman, Louis E; b. ca 1849; d. Mar 171933.

Cattleraiser, Helena, MT. • See: A]YB,35:125.

Kaufman, Reuben

Kaufman, Louis L; b. Cincinnati, Apr 231888.

U Cincinnati. • Exec, communal &philanthropic worker, Cincinnati; officerUnitedJewish Social Agencies, Union ofAmHeb Congregations. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Kaufman,Marcus;b.caI891;d.NYC,Apr1968.

Stockbroker; mem Am Stock Exchange. • See:NITimes, Apr 24 1968,47:2.

Kaufman, Morris (David Horodok); b.Minsk, Sep 1884; d. NYC, July 71960.

To US 1902. • Fur worker, labor ldr; presIntematl; active Socialist party; convicted ofconspiracy with employers. • See: Fink, 81;NITimes, July 8 1960,21:3.

Kaufman, Moses; b. ca 1856; d. Great Falls,MT, reportedJan 61939.

Merchant, pioneer settler, Great Falls, MT. •See:A]YB,41:425.

Kaufman, Moses Ralph; b. Bessarabia, Oct5 1900; d. NYC, May 1977.

To US 1925. • MD, CM McGill. • Physician,psychiatrist, Boston, Cambridge, MA; facultyHarvard, Mt Sinai; officer professional socs;author in field; WWII service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA]; NITimes, May211977, 20:5.

Kaufman, Murray (Murray the K); b.Bronx, ca 1922; d. Los Angeles, Feb1982.

Disc jockey, NYC; helped introd~ce theBeatles to the US. • See: NITimes, Feb 231982. .

Kaufman, Nathan G; b. ca 1846; d.Tacoma, WA,Jan 1914.

Councilman, Aberdeen, WA.· See:A]YB,16(1914-1915~163.

Kaufman, Oscar Anshel; b. Detroit,Jan 191898.

LLB U MI. • Lawyer, asst prosecuting atty,asst atty general, MI Public Trust Commr,Detroit. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, Paul; b. Csengerbagos, Hungary,Oct 22 1884.

To US 1924. • Royal Med U (Budapest). •Physician, NYC; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kaufman, Paul D; b. NYC, Apr 29 1899; d.NYC, Feb 81952.

AB CCNY, JD NYU. • Lawyer, educator;faculty NYU; author in field; WWIIgovernment service. • See: WWT¥IA, 3;NITimes, Feb 9 1952,30:8.

Kaufman,Reuben;b.'7yosen,Minsk,June11890.

To US 1893. • BA Clark, MA Columbia,DHL, ordained JTS. • Rabbi, composer,author, Zionist, Paterson, NJ; inventor HebLotto Game; chrJewish Court ofArbitration;WWIJ ewish Welfare Bd service. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1938.

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Kaufman, Rhoda; b. Columbus, GA, Oct 261888.

BS Vanderbilt, post-grad Emory. • Social workexec, Atlanta; with GA Dept of Public Welfare,Family Welfare Soc; mem White House Confon Child Welfare; officer professional socs. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, Rosalind Fish (Mrs Elias RaasKaufman); b. Nashville, Nov 291889.

Communalldr, Lake Charles, LA; officer CityClubs Council; supt synagog sabbath school;bd LA State Fedn ofTemple Sisterhoods. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufman, SJay; b. Ridgway, PA, Feb 15?;d. June 195'7.

NYU. • Journalist, playwright, NYC; withEvening Telegram; columnist Evening Globe. •see:A]YB, 24:162; WWIA], 1926; 1928;NITimes, June 21 1957,25:3.

Kaufman, Samuel Hamilton; b. NYC, Oct261893/1894; d. May 5' 1960.

CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, special asst USatty general, NYC; WWI, Nat! Guard &reserve corp service. • See:A]YB, 50:643;WWIA], 1938; WWWL4, 4; NITimes, May 61960,31:1.

Kaufman, Saul C; b. NYC, Feb 3 1911; d. StThomas, Virgin Islands, Apr 3 1972.

Atty, NYC, Brooklyn; pres synagog, MachzikeTalmud Torah, United Jewish Appeal; activeB'nai B'rith. • See:A]YB, 74:357.

Kaufman, Sidney; b. ca 1910; d. London,Aug 1983.

Documentary & industrial film producer;faculty CCNY, New School. • See: NITimes,Aug 111983.

Kaufman, Sol; b. Suwalki, Poland, Mar 41901.

To US 1904. • Nat! Academy of Design. •Jewelry, novelty designer, NYC; officer JewishCenter (Kingbridge); active communal orgs. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kaufman, Sue (Mrs Jeremiah A Barondess);b. LI, NY, Aug 7 1926; d. NYC, June 25'1977.

Author, Diary ofa Mad Housewife.· See:WWWL4, 7; NITimes, June 261977, 26:3.

Kaufman, Viola; b. Lexington, KY, Aug 25'1876.

Hamiltor.. ColI (Lexington), business colI. •City auditor, Lexington, KY; officer UnitedJewish Campaign; dir Crippled Childrens Soc.• See: WWIA], 1928.

Kaufman, Wdliam S; b. 1896; d. Manhasset,NY, Oct 26 1976.

Bldr, developer, communalldr, philanthropist,NYC; fdr Vocational School for Retarded;·afdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; mem Bd ofJewish Education; active NY BD of Rabbis,Nat! Assn for Retarded Children, Israel Bonds,Jewish Agency. • See: A]YB, 78:542; NITimes,Oct 27 1976,44:1.

Kaufmann, Albert; b. Russia, Sep 25' 1878;d. NYC, July 3 1963.

To US 1894~ • Physician; an orgr Am JewishCong; bd Heb U; dir Jewish ConsumptivesRelief Soc. • See:A]YB, 65:434.

Kaufmann, Basil Lionel; b. StJoseph, MO,Apr291897.

U MI.· Lawyer, StJoseph, MO; activesynagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufmann, CecilDavid; b. Detroit, Sep 181904; d. May 18 1976.

Jeweler, philanthropist, Washington DC;officer trade assns; bd Jewish CommunityCouncil; active harness racing. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Kaufmann, David; b. Muenstereifel,Genriany, Oct 8 1875'.

To US 1903. • Dime store owner, GrandIsland & Kearney, NE; officer Chamber ofCommerce. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufmann, David E; see Kaufman, David E.

Kaufmann, Edgar Jonas; b. Pittsburgh, Nov1 1885'; d. Apr 15 195'5'.

Yale; honorary degree. • Merchant, communalworker, Pittsburgh; a fdr Arnold School; memCitizens Com on City Planning; officer tradeassns; dir Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Fedn ofJewish"Philanthropies; developed PittsburghPlan to stabilize employment; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA,3;NITimes,Apr161955, 19:3.

Kaufmann, Edmund I; b. Detroit, June 61886; d. Washington DC,July 17195'0.

Merchant, Zionist, Jewish communalldr,Washington DC; pres Zionist Org ofAm,Jewish Fund for Research; a fdr Am PalestineTrading Corp, United Jewish Appeal; trusteeJewish Inst of Religion. • See:A]YB, 53:525;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 181950,29:3.

Kaufmann, Edward; b. NYC, Sep 17185'6;d. NYC, Sep 1924.

Lawyer, county clerk, Tax Commr, Brooklyn;active Democratic politics, charities, HebOrphan Asylum, Peoples Reb Inst. • See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):127-28;NITimes, Sep 161924,23:4.

Kaufmann,Eugene; b. Hainstadt,Germany, Sep 12 1907; d. Baltimore,Dec 1964.

To US 1934. • Jurist, communal worker,Baltimore; special interest, immigration,German restitution; bd Am Fedn ofJews fromCentral Europe; dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;author in field. • See:A]YB, 66:577.

Kaufmann, Felix; b. Vienna, 1895'; d. Dec1949.

To US 1938.· Philosopher, methodologist,author, NYC; faculty New School; interestedin differing methods of social & physicalsciences. • See: E]; NITimes, Dec 25 1949,26:6.

Kaufmann, Fritz; b. Leipzig, 1891; d. 195'8.Philosopher, phenomenologist; facultyNorthwestern, U Buffalo; author in field. •See:E].

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Kaufmann, Helen Loeb (Mrs MortimerJKaufman); b. NYC, Feb 2 1887.

AB Barnard. • Author, Hampton, NJ"; bdHenry St Music School; dir Am Com forEmigre Scholars; active music orgs. • See:WWWIA,8.

Kaufmann, Henrietta (Mrs); b. ca 185'5'; d.Larchmont, NY, Mar 3 1938.

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,40:387.

Kaufmann, Henry; b. Viernheim, Germany,July 12 1860; d. NYC, Mar 195'5'.

To US 1876. • Merchant, philanthropist,Pittsburgh, NYC; fdr, dir Irene KauffmanSettlement; contributor auditorium, 92ndStreet Y (NYC). • See: UJE; A]YB, 57:607;WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 14 1955,23:5.

Kaufmann, Henry Hans; b. Hanau,Germany, June 5' 1919; d.Jan 211980.

To US 1939;· BS U MN. • Grain researchmgr, author, patent holder, Minneapolis;author in field; WWII service. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Kaufmann, Herbert Moses; b. Philadelphia,1870; d. Mar 195'0.

BS UPA, PhDU Basel. • Chemist, NYC;officerJewish Inst of Religion; trustee FreeSynagogue. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes, Mar 21 1950,29:3.

Kaufmann, Irma Heiden; b. NYC, Dec 261889.

AB Barnard, MA Columbia. • Educator, campdir, NYC; officer professional socs; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaufmann, Isaac; b. Vierheim, Hesse­Darmstadt, May 15 185'1; d. Pittsburgh,July 18 1921.

To US 1869. • Dept store exec, communalworker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB, 24:101;NITimes,July 191921,15:6.

Kaufmann, Maurice; b. ca 185'8; d. Aug 61917.

Communal worker, Lancaster, PA. • See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.

Kaufmann, Nathan;b. ca 185'4;d.Aug141912.

Communal worker, merchant, Toledo, OH.·See: A]YB, 15(1913-1914):271.

Kaufmann, Nathan; b. ca 1874; d. Aix-les-Bains, France, Aug 3 1938.

Merchant, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 41:425;NITimes, Aug 51938,17:4.

Kaufmann, Oliver Morris; b. Pittsburgh,May 25' 1898.

U Pittsburgh. • Merchant, Pittsburgh; withBetter Traffic Commn, Community Fund,Chamber of Commerce; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kaufmann, Raymond M; b. Pittsburgh, Aug81879.

Real estate exec, Pittsburgh. • See: WWIA],1938.

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Kaufmann, Theodore; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,Feb 261938.

Merchant, philanthropist, civic worker,Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Feb271938, IT 9:2.

Kaufmann, Victor Rossman; b. Brooklyn,Mar 15 1896; d. Feb 1943.

Cornell Law, US Naval Academy. • Lawyer,legislator, deputy atty general, NYC; dir Nat!Desertion Soc; active Fedn of]ewishPhilanthropies, Republican politics; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 61943,13:4.

Kaufmann, Walter; b. Freiburg, Germany,July 1 1921; d. Sep 41980.

To US 1939.· BA Williams, MA, PhDHarvard. • Philosopher, Princeton; facultyPrinceton; author in field. • See: EJ; WWWIA,7.

Kaun, Alexander; b. Chemigov, Ukraine,Nov 11 1889; d. Berkeley, CA, June 231944.

To US 1909. • U St Petersburg, Lewis Inst(Chicago), PhB U Chicago, MA, PhD U CA. •Slavic language specialist, Berkeley, CA; facultyU CA (Berkeley); advisor Roerich Museum(NYC); author in field, magazine contributor.• See: UJE; A]YB, 24:162,46:340; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 241944,13:5.

Kaun,Hugo;b.Munich, 1863;d. 1932.To Milwaukee 1887, to Berlin 1900.·Composer, conductor, Berlin. • See: UJE.

Kauvar,CharlesEliezerF.fillel{.Kauvar,CF.fillel); b. Vilna, Aug 14 1879; d. Aug 231971.

To US 1892.· BA CCNY, MAColumbia,LHD, ordained JTS. • Conservative rabbi,author, Denver; faculty U Denver; pres UnitedSynagogue ofAm; orgr Denver Heb School;officer Jewish Welfare Bd. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68,24:162; WWIA],1926,1928, 1938;BEOA];~,5.

Kava, Harry Louis; b. Russia, Aug 10 1898.NYU, MD NYU, post-grad NYC, Berlin. •Gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC; active medsoc. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kavaler, David; b. Solotwina, Austria, Dec25 1895.

To US 1904.· DDS U1N.· Dentist,Brooklyn; officer professional assns; activeUnited Palestine Appeal, synagog. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kavaler, Max; b. Poland, Feb 6 1883.LI CoIl ofMed. • Physician, NYC; facultyColumbia; owner Woodstock Hospital. • See:BEOA}.

Kavinoky, Edward Harold; b.Buffalo, May291903; d.Jan 22 1977.

AB, LLB Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer,playwright, Buffalo; pres Jewish Fedn, JewishWelfare Soc, Council of Social Agencies; nat!bd Community Chests; officer bar assn; mem"White House Conf on Aging; active interfaith

harmony.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Jan 25 1977,38:2.

Kavinoky, Nahum; b. ca 1875; d. Aug 41938.

Physician, communalldr, Los Angeles. • See:A]YB, 41:425.

Kavitski, Israel D; b. ca 1856; d. Chicago,Sep 211914.

Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 17(1915­1916):220.

Kawin, Ethel; b. Peoria, IL,Jan 22 1890.PhB, MA U Chicago. • Psychologist, Chicago;with U Chicago Lab School; author in field. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Kay, Abraham S; b. Vilna, Feb 15 1899; d.Washington DC, July 101963.

To US 1909. • Bldr, philanthropist, Zionistldr; a fdr State ofIsrae1 Bond Org; nat! cabinetUnited Jewish Appeal; bdJTS, Am TechnionSoc, Am Com for Weizmann Inst, Am FriendsofHeb U.· See:A]YB, 65:434; NYTimes,July111963,29:3.

Kay, Alice Odenheimer; b. New Orleans,Mar 111902.

AB Tulane, MA Columbia. • Communalldr,NYC; officer Nat! Council of]ewish Women.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaye, Danny; b. Brooklyn, Jan 18 1913.Actor, entertainer, philanthropist, Emmyaward winner; supporter UNICEF. • See: E].

Kaye, Nora; b. 1920.Ballerina, NYC; known for dramatic roles. •See:E].

Kaye, Solomon Aaron; b. NYC.Editor, NYC; fdr, Consolidate Reporting CoGewish org reports); co-editor WWIA], 1926,1928.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kaye, Sydney Milton; b. NYC, Feb 3 1900;d. Aug 271979.

AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; specialtycopyright. • See:~, 7.

Kayfetz, Isidore; b. Alexandrovsk, Russia,Dec 29 1886; d. 1947.

To US 1892. • LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law, BS,PdM, PhD NYU. • Lawyer, publisher,Brooklyn; mem School Bd; faculty BrooklynLaw School; author in field, on Englishcomposition. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];NITimes, May 2 .1947, 21:3.

Kaylin, Samuel; b. Russia.Motion picture music dir, composer,Hollywood. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kaysen, Carl; b. Philadelphia, Mar 5 1920.U PA, MA, PhD Harvard. • Politicaleconomist, authority on disarmament,government advisor; dir Inst ofAdvance Study(Princeton); faculty Harvard; WWII service. •See: NYTimes story, Feb 14 1966.

Kayser, Max; b. ca 1842; d. NYC, May 291933.

Civil War veteran, NYc. • See:A]YB, 35:125.

Keiser, Morris

Kayser, Rudolf; b. Parchim, Mecklenburg,Nov281889; d. NYC, Feb 1964.

To US 1935. • U Berlin, PhD U Munich. •Author, editor, scholar, educator, literaryjournalist, biographer; faculty Hunter CoIl,Brandeis. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 66:577-78;NITimes, Feb 71964,32:3.

Kazdan, Hayyim Solomon (Shlomo); b.1883.

To US 1941. • Yiddish educator, writer; tchrWorkmen's Circle, JTS; dir Yiddish schools(Warsaw); activeJewish socialist circles. • See:E].

Kazin, Alfred; b. Brooklyn, 1915.Author, critic, NYC; an editor New Republic;faculty SUNY, Stony Brook. • See: E].

Kazin, Michael (Mike); b.*Ldr, Harvard Students for Democratic Socgroup. • See: Wall StreetJournal story, May 91969,1:1.

Kazmann, Boris; b. Russia, 1874; d.Rehovoth, Palestine, 1933.

U Vienna, Cornell. • To US 1900, to Palestine1923. • Zionist theoretician, chemist, author,CO, Battle Creek, MI. • See: UJE.

Kehlmann, Leopold; b. ca 1869; d. July 111932.

Zionist worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 35:125.

Keidan, Harry B; b. Detroit, 1882; d. Aug1943.

LLB Detroit ColI of Law. • Lawyer, Circuitcourt judge, Zionist, prosecuting atty, Detroit;interested in labor, public interest & probationissues; officer synagog; active OrthodoxJewishcommunity,JTS.· See: UJE;A]YB, 24:162;NYTimes, Aug 17 1943, 17:3.

Keiffer, Julius; b. ca 1843; d. New Orleans,Jan 261913.

Merchant, Civil War veteran, New Orleans. •See~A]YB, 15(1913-1914):271.

KeiI,Max; b. Beicz, Austrla,July 23 1878.To US 1896. • Motor co pres, merchant, exec,Wilmington, DE; officer B'nai B'rith,JewishWelfare Assn; dir Travelers Aid Assn. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Keiser, August; b. Buffalo, NY, June 241858; d. Buffalo, NY, -Nov 20 1937.

Business exec, philanthropist, civic &communal worker, Buffalo; officer synagog; dirJewish Fedn, Jewish Fresh Air Camp,JewishOrphan Asylum ofWest NY, Eli D HoffellewFound. • See:A]YB, 40:387; WWIA], 1938.

Keiser, Leopold; b. Bisenz, Moravia, June161826.

JuvenileCourt officer, communalldr, Buffalo,NY; a fdr, officer synagog, Heb BenevolentSoc; early supporter Heb Union ColI. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):74.

Keiser, Morris; b. Kovno, Oct 10 1897.EE Polytech Inst (Brooklyn). • Geophysicist,Ponca City, OK; earlier electrical engineer,with US Bureau of Standards. • See: WWIA],1928.

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Kelen, Imre (Emery, Emerich); b. Gyor,Hungary, ·1895.

To US 1938. • Cartoonist, childrens author,biographer; collaborated with Aloysius Derso;advisor UN Television Service; WWIHungarian army service. • See: E].

Keller, Alexander S; b. 1905?; d. WestHartford, CT, May 171958.

Industrialist; a fdr Hartford U, HartfordJewishFedn; chr Natl Refugee Service; advisorNetherlands Economic Cooperation Admn;advisor War Production Bd, Dept ofCommerce. • See:A]YB, 60:356; NYTimes,May 181958,87:1.

Keller, Carolyn W; b. NYC, Aug 14 1910;d. Hartford, July 30 1968.

Public relations counselor, communal & civicworker; officer Am Jewish Com, Citizens Comfor CT Med & Dental Schools. • See: A]YB,70:522.

Keller, Henry; b. Cracow, Dec 1877; d.Jerusalem, Nov 1944.

To US 1893, to Palestine 1932. • JTS, MDNYU, post-grad abroad. • Orthopedicsurgeon, NYC; faculty NY School of ClinicalMed; fdr Harlem Forum for Dessemination ofJewish Knowledge, Palestine Soc for CrippledChildren; an orgr Mizrachi (London,Palestine); pres, Jewish Academy of Sciences;active Provisional Zionist Com ofAm; authorin field, on Jewish subjects. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,Nov23 1944,31:2.

Keller, Henry G; b. Cleveland, ca 1870; d.San Diego, Aug 2 1949.

Cleveland School of Design, Cincinnati ArtSchool, Paris, Munich, Dusseldorf; specialty:animals. • Artist, Cleveland, San Diego;faculty, dean Cleveland School ofArt. • See:WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Aug 4 1949, 23:2.

Keller, Jacob; b. ca 1838; d. Kendallville,IN, Oct 4 1909.

Councilman, Kendallville, IN. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):109.

Keller, Joseph F; b. NYC, July 2 1871; d.Philadelphia, Mar 1961.

CCNY. • Engineer, consult, amateur sculptor,inventor, author, consult, Brooklyn. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Mar 23 1961,33:1.

Kellman, Harry T; b. Russia, Oct 4 1884.LLB U MD.· Lawyer, Zionist, Baltimore;officer synagog; exec com Zionist Org ofAm;dir Heb Home for Incurables. • See: WWL4.],1928.

Kellner, Charles H; b. Kasa,Czechoslovakia, Sep 13 1890.

Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago ArtInst, Am Art Schools (Paris, Coblenz). •Landscape & portrait artist, Chicago;illustrator, B'nai B'rith magazine. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kelman,WoHe;b. "ienna, 1923.JTS. • Conservative rabbi, author; officer

Rabbinical Assembly; tchr JTS; WWIICanadian service. • See: E].

Kelsen, Hans; b. Prague, 1881; d. Apr 1973.To US 1940. • U Vienna, U Heidelberg, UBerlin. • Legal philosopher, author, Austriansupreme court judge; faculty U Vienna, UCologne, U Prague, U Geneva, U CA(Berkeley); drafted Austrian constitution. • See:E]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 201973,36:1.

Kelsey, Morris Herman; b. Vtlna, Mar 71881; d. before 1938.

RIETS. • Communal worker, Easton, PA; presHeb Sheltering Home, synagog; bd UnitedSynagogue ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Kelter, Arthur; b. NYC, Mar 31869.Athlete, gymnast, wire walker, San Francisco,NYC; mgr Manhattan Athletic Club,Education Alliance Gym. • See: ]E.

Kemeny, John; b. Budapest, ca 1927.To US 1940. • Princeton. • ColI pres,mathematician, philosopher; pres, DartmouthColI; faculty Princeton, Dartmouth. • See:NYTimes story, Mar 2 1970.

Kemins, Charles J; see Kaminsky, CharlesJ.

Kemper, Isaac L; b. ca 1862; d. Baltimore,Feb 5 1913.

Merchant, Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 15(1913­1914):271.

Kempner, Adolph; b. ca 1870; d. Chicago,Jan 3 1939.

Broker, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 41:425.

Kempner, Alan Horace; b. Little Rock, AK,July 41897; d. Purchase, NY, Dec 1985.

AB Columbia.· Stockbroker, publisher,philanthropist, NYC; officer Irvington House;bd Hospital for Joint Diseases; donated book!manuscript collections to Columbia. • See:WWL4.], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 191985.

Kempner, Aubrey John; b. London, Sep 221880.

U Berlin, PhD U Gottingen. • Mathematician,educator; faculty U CO; officer professionalsocs; editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Kempner, Daniel Webster; b. Galveston,Mar 28 1877; d. Oct 1956.

BA U VA. • Financial exec, Galveston; officerSons of Confederate Veterans; trustee synagog,Galveston Orphans Home, Rosenberg OldWomans Home; dir Agricultural &Mechanical ColI; WWI Red Cross field dir. •See: UJE (sub Kempner, Harris); WWL4.],1928, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 171956,35:4.

Kempner, Fanny (Mrs Isidore Kempner);b. NYC, Feb 15 1871; d. Mar 28 1952.

Communal worker; editor Duryea Inst (NYC),Columbia; active Welfare Island, synagogs,Natl Council ofJewish Women. • See:A]YB,54:539; WWL4.], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 29 1952,15:2.

Kempner, Harris; b. Kosepitz, Russia,1837; d. Galveston, 1894.

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To US ca 1854. • TX pioneer financier,merchant, wholesale grocer, railroad bldr,Galveston; Confederate volunteer. • See: UJE;E].

Kempner, Isaac Herbert; b. Cincinnati, Jan14/171873; d. Galveston, July 311967.

Washington & Lee U. • Banker, civic official,businessman, cotton factor, mayor, Galveston;helped originate commn form ofmunicipalgovernment; officer trade assns. • See: UJE; E](sub Kempner, Harris); A]YB, 6(1904­1905):128; WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 5; AI, Aug 10 1967.

Kempner, Isaac HerbertJr; b. Galveston,Oct 11906; d. Oct 201953.

BS Harvard. • Business exec, Galveston;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,Oct211953,29:5.

Kempner, Otto; b. Austro-Hungary, ca1858; d. Brooklyn, Oct 81914.

Cooper Union. • Municipal judge, legislator, .Commr of Public Works, Brooklyn; activeanti-Tammany politics. • See:A]YB, 17(1915­1916):220;NYTimes, Oct 10 1914, 11:6.

Kempner, Robert Lee; b. Galveston, Jan 211883.

U VA. • Banker, civic official, city treas,Galveston; trustee synagog. • See: UJE (subKempner, Harris); WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Kempner, Robert Max Wasili; b. Freiburg,Germany, 1899.

To US ca 1939. • Lawyer, historian; faculty UPA; assocd with Manhattan project; prosecutor,Nuremberg trials; consult Israeli government.• See:E].

Kendis, James; b. St Paul, Mar 91883; d.Jamaica, NY, Nov 15 1946.

Songwriter, NYC; pres Kendis Music Corp;"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." • See:A]YB,49:613; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 16 1946,19:3.

Kenin, Harry Marvin; b. Philadelphia, Dec261898.

AB, MA U WA. • Lawyer, public servant,Portland, OR; mem Bd of Education; orgrAleph Zadik Aleph chapters; officer B'naiB'rith, synagog; exec dir B'nai B'rithCommunity Center. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kenin, Herman David; b. "ineland, NJ,Oct 261901; d. NYC, July 211970.

Reed ColI, Northwestern ColI of Law(Portland, OR); honorary degree. • Lawyer,musician; pres Internatl Fedn ofMusicians;officer Am Fedn ofMusicians; helped estNatlEndowment for the Arts & Humanities. • See:Fink, 187-88; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 221970,41:3.

Kenin, Lena Nemerovsky; b. Portland, OR,Nov 51897.

BS U WA, MD U OR. • Surgeon, Portland,OR; lecturer U OR; state chr, Natl BirthControl League; officer Com on ChildWelfare, League ofProfessional Women. •See: WWL4.], 1938.

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Kennan, Ben A; b. ca 1904; d. BrooklynNov261938.

Social worker, NYC; exec dir JewishSanitarium, Hospital for Chronic Diseases. •See:AJYB, 41:425;NYTimes, Nov271938,48:6.

Kepecs, Jacob; b. Czechoslovakia, Jan 151882; d. Chicago, July 10 1947.

To US 1906. • BS NYU. • Social work admr,Chicago; authority on child care; pres ChildWelfare League ofAm; suptJewish HomeFinding Soc; with Soc for the Prevention ofCruelty to Children (PA), Fellowship House(NYC), Jewish Childrens Soc (Baltimore). •See:AJYB, 50:518; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,July 12 1947, 13:3.

Keppler, Joseph; b. St Louis, Apr 4 1872.Academy ofArts (Munich). • Cartoonist,NYC. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Kern, Hymen Theodore; b. Lynchburg,VA, May 141896.

AB, LLB U TN. • Lawyer, juvenile &domestic court judge, Knoxville, TN; officerB'nai B'rith; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kern, Jerome David; b. NYC, Jan 27 1885;d. NYC, Nov 111945.

NY ColI ofMusic, Berlin. • Musical comedycomposer, NYC, Hollywood; "Show Boat,""Roberta"; collector of rare books. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:162,48:492; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3;NYTimes, Nov 12 1945,21:1.

Kern, Maximilian; b. Stanislau, Austria, Jan161890; d.July 311964.

To US 1907. • MD LI ColI Hospital, MDChicago Med, post-grad Vienna. • Physician,Chicago; specialty endocrinology; facultyGeneral Med Found ColI; officer med soc;author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;WWIA), 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,4; NYTimes, Aug 1 1964, 21 :4.

Kerngood, Marcus William; b. ca 1835; d.Baltimore, May 22 1914.

Merchant, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 16(1914­1915):163.

Kerstein, Solomon; b. Antwerp, Sep 71901; d. Nov 2 1969.

To NYC 1904, 1921. • Communal worker,publisher, editor, NYC; with Bloch Publishing;officer Mizrachi, Mizrachi Youth Org; activeJewish Nat! Fund, United GalicianJews ofAm.• See:AJYB, 71:605; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 3 1969,47:1.

Kert, Max H; b. Montreal, Jan 41905.BA U Manitoba, JTS, Heb Theological ColI(Chicago). • Rabbi, Los Angeles; mem SantaMonicaJuvenile Commn.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kertesz, Andre; b. Budapest, July 2 1894; d.NYC, Sep 1985.

To NYC 1938.· Academy of Commerce(Budapest). • Pioneer in photography. • See:NYTimes, Sep 301985.

Kertzer, Morris N; b. Cochrane, Ontario,Oct 18 1910; d. Scottsdale, AZ, Dec 291983.

To US 1930.· UToronto, UIL, ordainedJTS; honorary degree. • Rabbi, author, ldr ininterfaith relations, NYC; faculty U IA, U AL;pres Nat! Assn of]ewish Chaplains; bd, UnionofAm Heb Congregations; active SynagogueCouncil ofAm, Central Conf ofAm Rabbis,Am Jewish Com, NY Bd of Rabbis. • See:AJYB, 85:417;NYTimes, Dec 311983.

Keschner, Moses; b. Dobromil, Austria,Sep 301876; d. Aug 311956.

To US 1890.· CCNY,MD Columbia, LLBNY Law. • Neurologist, neuropsychiatrist,NYC; faculty Columbia; active med assns;consult Pride ofJudea Orphan Asylum; authorin field.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 11956, 15:6.

Kesner, Jacob Levi; b. London, Dec 301865.

To US 1869. • Commercial Business ColI(Chicago). • Dept store exec, Chicago; presKesner Realty Trust. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938.

Kessel, Joseph; b. Clara, Argentina, 1898.To NYC 1940. • French writer, peripaletic,novelist; WWI Russian service. • See: UJE; EJ.

Kessel, Laura; b. ca 1887; d. Kansas City,MO, Mar 14 1940..

Communal worker, Kansas City. • See: AJYB,42:480.

Kessel, Max Harry; b. Kremenchug,Russia, May 15 1893.

To US 1906. • BS CCNY, Columbia. •Publisher, textbook author, NYC; fdr OxfordBook Co. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kessel, Reuben A; b. Chicago, Apr 2 1923;d.June 201975.

MBA, PhD U Chicago. • Economist, Chicago;faculty U Chicago; author in field; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 211975,30:2.

Kesselman, Louis Coleridge; b. Columbus,Nov 12 1919; d. Aug 201974.

AB, MA, PhD OH State U. • Politicalscientist, arbitrator, Louisville; faculty ULouisville; officer professional socs; author/editor in field; WWII Natl War Labor Bd. •See: WWWIA, 6.

Kesselman, Louis M; b. NYC, Aug 7 1888.Banker, insurance agent, Milwaukee;dirFednofJewish Charities; active synagog. • See:WWIAJ,1938,

Kessler, Adolph; b. .ca 1833; d. NYC, Oct191915.

Physician, NYC.· See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):108.

Kessler, Bernard; b. NYC, Jan 2 1922; d.Apr 211972.

BS NYU, Dartmouth. • Mens retail clothingexec, NYC; trustee Jewish Community Center,Pleasant Valley Home for Aged; WWII

Kestnbaum, Meyer

service. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 231972,67:1.

Kessler, Daniel; b. Brooklyn, ca 1926; d.Boston, Mar 1969.

U VA. ,. Mens retail clothing exec; active' civic& c~arltable orgs (Essex County, NJ); WWIIservice. • See: NYTimes, Mar 11 1969, 47:3.

Kessler, David; b. Kishinev, 1860; d. NYC,May 141920.

To NYC 1890.· Yiddish actor, mgr, NYC.•See: EJ; AJYB, 22:166; NYTimes, May 15 1920,15:4.

Kessler, Henry Howard; b. Newark, Apr 101896; d.Jan 1978.

AB, MD Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia.•Surgeon, NJ; med dir NJ RehabilitationCommn; active med soc; author/editor in field.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 19 1978,IV 19:4.

Kessler, Irving K; b. Philadelphia, ca 1919.Temple. • Exec, Camden, NJ, NYC; withRCA. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 13 1970, 5:1.

Kessler, Joseph; b. Oct 15 1881.Actor, theatre owner, NYC; specialtyShakespearean roles. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Kessler, Leopold; Tamowice, UpperSilesialEngland, 1864; d. NYC, Jan 31944.

To US 1939. • Engineer, Zionist, author,Herzl & Weizmann aide; bd London JewishChronicle; active Freeland League. • See: EJ;AJYB,46:340;NYTimes,Jan51944,17:2.

Kessler, Ruth Rosalyne; b. NYC, Feb 91910.

BS, LLB NYU, • Lawyer, NYC; asst counselRailroad Retirement Bd; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Kessler, Samuel]; b. NYC, Aug 10 1886.BS Cooper Union, LLB NY Law. • Architect,NYC; officer professional soc. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Kesten, Hermann; b. 1927.To US during WWII. • German writer,novelist, biographer; active refugee circles.··See:EJ.

Kestenbaum, Alfred; b. Vienna, ca 1890; d.Monroe, NY,July 1961.

To US 1939.· MD UVienna.·Ophthalmologist, Zionist, NYC; developedsurgical procedures; faculty NYU; officer medsocs; author in field. • See: NITimes, July 181961,29:3.

Kestenbaum, Jacob; b. Tarnow, Poland, Jan301893/1894; d. NYC,Jan 16 1980.

To US 1914. • Business exec, fur importer­exporter, NYC; active rescues ofJews fromNazis, Jewish education (Flatbush). • See:AJYB, 82:368-69; BEOAJ.

Kestnbaum, Meyer; b. NYC, Oct 31 1896;d. Chicago, Dec 14 1960.

BS, MBA Harvard. • Business exec, public

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servant, Chicago; special asst to PresEisenhower; chr Presidential Com onIntergovernmental Relations, Com forEconomic Development; pres Hart, Schaffner& Marx; bd Harvard; WWI service. • See:A]YB, 63:560; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 161960,43:4.

Kettner, Frederick; b. Austria, Jan 24 1886.PhD Austria Universities. • Biosophy fdr,author, NYC; tchr CCNY; orgr SpinozaCenter; officer Roerich Soc; editor BiosophicalReview. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].

Keyfitz, Isadore; b. Poltava, Ukraine, Apr17 1896/1897.

To US 1919. • AM U Toronto, PhD UChicago. • Semitic language & historyspecialist, Columbia, MO; faculty Bible ColI ofMO, U MO, Oriental Inst (Chicago), ColI ofJewish Studies; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; BEGA].

Keyser, Ephraim; b. Baltimore, Oct 6 1850;d. Baltimore, Jan 26 1937.

MD Academy ofArt, Royal Academy (Munich,Berlin). • Sculptor, Rome, NYC, Baltimore;tchr MD Inst School ofArt. • See: ]E; UJE;A]YB; 6(1904-1905):128,24:162; 39:593;WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1;NYTimes,Jan281937,25:4.

Keyser, Ernest Wise; b. Baltimore, Dec 101874/1875/1876; d. Sep 25 1959.

MD Inst ofArts & Sciences, Art StudentsLeague, Paris. • Sculptor, architect, AtlanticBeach, FL; specialty public memorials; officerprofessional soc, NY Natl Guard. • See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):128, 24:162; WWWIA, 3.

Keyser, Jacob; b. Russia, Nov 23 1885.To US 1891.· MD U PA.· Physician,Wilmington, DE; WWI med examiner. • See:WWIA],1938.

Keyser, Stanley Samuel; b. NYC, June 151900; d. Sep 61974.

Cigar mfg exec, NYC; trustee Polyclinic MedSchool. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Sep 91974,38:4.

Keyserling, Mary Dublin (Mrs Leon HKeyserling); b. 1900.

Economist; with US government agencies. •See: E] (sub Keyserling, Leon H).

Keyserling, Leon H; b. Charleston, SC,1908.

Economist, author, government consult; chrPres Council of Economic Advisors; consultIsraeli government. • See: E].

Keyserling, William; b. Russia, ca 1867; d.NYC, Oct 28 1951.

To US 1888. • Businessman, communalldr,Beaufort, SCi active Jewish orgs,Jewishfundraising. • See: A]YB, 54:539; NYTimes,Oct 29 1951, 17:2.

Kharasch, Morris Selig; b. Kremenitz,Ukraine, Aug24 1895; d. Copenhagen,Oct 91957.

To US 1907. • BS, PhD U Chicago. • Organicchemist, patent holder, Chicago; faculty U

MD, U Chicago; helped develop journals infield; pioneer free radical chemistry; consultChemical War Service; author in field; WWIservice. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Oct 11 1957, 27:4.

Kiefer, CarlJ; b. Cincinnati, Oct 14 1882;d. May 1961.

BS, MS, EE Rose Polytech Inst. • Productionmanagement exec, inventor, Cincinnati... See:WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 14 1961, 86:6.

Kiefer, Jack Carl; b. Cincinnati, Jan 251924.

BS, MS MIT, PhD Columbia. •Mathematician, Ithaca; faculty Cornell, U CA(Berkeley); author/editor in field. • See:WWWIA,8.

Kieferstein, Alex; b. Adanta, GA, Sep 191888.

Stockbroker, Chicago; active Republicanpolitics, synagog; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.

Kiesler, Adolph; b. Botosany, Rumania, ca1880; d. Denver, Dec 1967.

Alloy co fdr; philanthropist; gave millions tocharity. • See: NatlJewish Post, Dec 29 1967.

Kiesler, Frederick; b. Vienna, Sep 22 1890/1896; d. NYC, Dec 271965.

To US 1926. • Technische Hoc:lschule, MAAcademy of Fine Arts (Vienna).· Architect,sculptor, painter, NYC; scenic designer,Juilliard; architect lab dir, Columbia; author infield. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 281965,27:1.

Kiev, Isaac Edward; b. NYC, Feb 28IMar211905; d.NYC, Nov 3 1975.

CCNY, Columbia, MHL, ordained Jewish Instof Religion; honorary degree. • Rabbi,librarian, hospital chaplain, author, NYC,manuscript cUrator, librarian, Heb UnionColI-Jewish Inst of Religion; officerprofessional orgn, Jewish CulturalReconstruction; trustee Jewish charities,founds.· See:A]YB, 77:596; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 5 1975,46:2.

Kieval, Herman; b. Baltimore, 1920.JTS. • Conservative rabbi, Albany, NY; facultyJTS; advisor NY Dept of Health; WWIIchaplain. • See: E].

Kieval, Howard;b. NYC, Apr 4 1918; d.NYC, Sep 20 1984.

CCNY, Case Western. • Communal org admr;officer Alumni Assn of CCNY; dir Jewish Fednof Raritan Valley, Big Bros, Am Soc forTechnion-Israel. • See: A]YB, 86:440.

Kimberg, Daniel Victor; b. NYC, May 311933; d. London, Nov 261978.

BA Washington & Jefferson ColI, MDColumbia. • Physician; faculty Harvard, URochester, Columbia; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Nov 28 1978, IV 19:1.

Kimmelman, Milton A; b. NYC, Apr 71909; d. NYC, Apr 1984.

BS NYU. • Realtor, philanthropist, hotelowner, NYC. • See: BEGA]; NYTimes, Apr 91984.

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Kiminelstiel, Paul; b. Hamburg, Mar 211900; d. Oct 7 1970.

To US 1934. • MD U Tubingen. • Physician,Hamburg; faculty U VA (Richmond),Marquette, U OK (Oklahoma City);discovered Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease. • See:WWWIA,5.

Kind, Frank; b. ca 1873; d.July 61934.Jeweler, civic & communal worker,philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,37:258.

King, Alexander (Konig); b. Vienna, Nov 131900; d. NYC, Nov 1965.

To US 1913. • Cooper Union?, Sorbonne? •Author, illustrator, television conversationalist,memoirist; editor Americana; assoc editor Lift.• See: DAB, 7; NYTimes, Nov 17 1965,47:1.

King, Carol Weiss; b. NYC, Aug 24 1895;d. NYC,Jan 22 1952.

Barnard,JD NYU. • Lawyer, civil libertarian;specialty immigration law; fdr InternatlJuridical Assn Bulletin; active Internatl LaborDefense. • See:NAW: modern; DAB, 5;NYTimes, Jan 23 1952,27:1.

King, Gladys Ascher; b. Jackson, MS, Jan161894.

Brenau ColI (Gainesville, FL). • Civic welfare& communalldr, Jackson, MS; mem State Bdof Charity Admn; pres MS Fedn ofTempleSisterhoods; officer maternity centers. • See:WWIA], 1938.

King, Louise Berliner (Mrs Milton King);b. Washington DC, Apr 171894; d.Washington DC, Apr 24 1967.

Civic & communalldr; officer FriendshipHouse Assn, Jewish Social Service Agency; bd,United Givers Fedn. • See: A]YB, 69:609;NYTimes, Apr 261967,35:3.

King, Nl~.thaniel;b. ca 1867; d. EastOrange, NJ, Apr 241937.

Communal worker, Newark; mem Bd ofEducation.· See:A]YB, 39:593; NYTimes, Apr251937,118:4.

Kingman, Eugene; b. Providence, Nov 101909; d. Feb 201975.

BA, BFA Yale; honorary degree. • Museumofficial, consult, mural artist, Omaha, NE,Lubbock, TX; officer professional assn. • See:WWWIA,6.

Kingsbaker, Sol; b. Quincy, IL, 1872.Textile mfr, Oshkosh, WI; officer Chamber ofCommerce.· See: WWIA], 1928.

Kingsberg, Malcolm; b. Springfield; MA,Oct 10 1900; d. NYC, Oct 261970.

Motion picture exec, NYC; active UnitedJewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.• See:A]YB, 72:542.

Kingsley (Kirschner), Sidney S; b. NYC,Oct 18 1906/190711908.

BA Cornell. • Playwright, scriptwriter, actor,Pulitzer Prize winner; "Men In White," "DeadEnd"; WWII service-. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA],1938; BEGA].

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Kinovsky, Benn; b. Russia, Sep 1 1899.To US 1907. • Advertising dir, Milwaukee;with Sentinel News. • See: WWIA], 1938.

KinsDlan,~urJ;b.~C, 1887;d.~C,

June 12 1964.Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Purepac Corp,UnitedJewish Appeal; officerJewish MemorialHospital; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 66:578;NITimes, June 13 1964,23:2.

Kinzler, Jacob; b. LeDlberg, Austria, Mar15 1883; d. ~C, Dec 211966.

To US 1897. • Mfr, communalldr; pres HebHome for Aged, synagog; officer B'nai B'rith;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, UnitedJewish Appeal. • See: A]YB, 68:529; NITimes,Dec 23 1966,25:5.

Kipness, Joseph; b. Odessa, Apr 5 1911; d.~C, Nov 1982.

To US 1923.· Theatrical producer,restaurateur, NYC; WWII service. • See:NITimes, Nov 191982.

Kipnis, Alexander; b. Zhitotnir, Ukraine,Feb 11891; d. May 141978.

To US 1922. • Warsaw Conservatory, BerlinConservatory. • Noted opera singer; specialty,Wagner, Mozart. • See: U]E; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 7;NITimes, May 161978,38:1.

Kirchheitner, Otto; b. Heilbronn,Gertnany, 1905; d. Alexandria, VA, Nov1965.

To US 1937.· U Munster, Cologne, Berlin,JD U Bonn. • Political scientist, lawyer, SocialDemocrat; faculty Columbia; with State Dept;author in field; WWII government service. •See: E]; NITimes, Nov 231965,45:1.

Kirchner, Leon;b. Brooklyn, 1910.U CA (Berkeley & Los Angeles). • Composer,pianist; faculty Mills, Harvard; WWII service.• See:E]:1973-1982.

Kirjassoff, Max; b. Russia, 1888; d.Yokohatna,Japan, Sep 1923.

Acting US Consul inJapan, Waterbury, CT(US residence). • See:A]YB, 24:162,26:155.

Kirk, Frank C; b. Zitotnir, Russia, May 111889; d. Oct 1963.

PA Academy of Fine Arts. • Artist, NYC;fellow PA Academy of Fine Arts. • See:BEOAJ; NITimes, Oct 301963,39:1.

Kirsch, Robert; b. Coney Island, NY, Oct181922; d. Aug 161980.

BA, MA, CPhil UCLA; honorary degree. •Author, critic, Santa Barbara; lecturer UCLA;literary editor Los Angeles Times; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 7.

KirschbauDl, Arthur; b. NYC, Oct 15 1910;d. May 28 19$8.

BS NYU, MA,PhD, MD U MN. • Anatomist,Houston; faculty U IL, Baylor; consult USPublic Health Service, Veterans Admn. • See:WWWIA, 3; NITimes, May 30 1958,22:1.

KirschbauDl, David; b. ca 1866; d.Philadelphia, June 10 1938.

Mfr, civic & communal worker, Philadelphia. •See:A]YB, 40:387.

Kirschberg, Julius I; b.*; d. Port Angeles,WA, Nov 1935.

Pioneer merchant, Port Angeles, WA; presChamber of Commerce. • See:AJYB, 38:430.

Kirschenbautn, Jacob; b. Dolina, Galicia,Oct 28 1884IFeb 28 1885; d. ~C, Oct251946.

To US 1900. • Yiddish journalist, NYC;editorial staffKibitzer, Jewish MorningJournal;officer Fedn of GalicianJews in Am; WWIwith Jewish Welfare Bd social dir. • See: A]YB,49:613; WWL4], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];NYTimes, Oct 26 1946, 17:4.

Kirsh, Sadie Marcuse (Mrs Myer Kirsh); b.Richtnond, VA, Mar 51866.

Social welfare worker, Richmond, VA; officersisterhood; bd Ladies Heb Benevolent Assn,synagog; dir Travelers Protective Aid Assn. •See: WWL4J, 1928.

Kirshbautn, Raphael; b.*; d. Indianpolis,Dec 121916.

Communal worker, Indianapolis. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):266.

KirshbluDl, I Usher; b. Bialystok, Nov 251911; d. Hollywood, FL, Feb 5 1983.

To US as child. • Rabbi, communal worker,Zionist, Queens; pres Rabbinical Assembly;officer Interfaith Clergy Council; bd Councilfor Social Welfare, Public Library; mem NYCAm Bicentennial Com, NYC Council onAging. • See: A]YB, 85:417.

KirshbluDl, Maurice; b. Bialystok, 1910.To US 1923, to Jerusalem 1968.· REITS.·Orthodox rabbi, Zionist ldr, Brooklyn; presMizrachi Org ofAm; mem Jewish Agency. •See: E]. • *See entry below.

KirshbluDl, Max; b. Bialystok, Mar 15 1908.Ordained Yeshiva ColI, post-grad CCNY. •Rabbi, instructor, communalldr, NYC; facultyYeshiva ColI; exec secy Mizrachi Org ofAm;tchr Young Israel; bdJewish Natl Fund ofAm;active internatl Mizrachi. • See: WWL4], 1938.• *See entry above.

Kirshner, Raphael; b. ca 1876; d. ~C, Aug21917.

Portrait painter, NYC. • See: A]YB, 20(1918­1919):229.

Kirstein, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, June 2 1893;d. Dec 51959.

BCS NYU. • Business exec, insurance broker,NYC; trustee Nat! Found, Georgian WarmSprings Found; WWI service. • See: WWWIA,4.

.Kirstein, Henry; b. ca 1865; d. Rochester,~,Dec71940.

Optical goods mfr. • See: A]YB, 43 :360.

Kirstein, Lincoln Edward; b. Rochester,May41907.

AB, AM Harvard. • Impresario, writer; co-fdrNYC Ballet; admr dir School of the Am Ballet;fdr dance magazines, books; WWII serVice.·

Kiser,]ulian]acob

See: E]; WWL4], 1938; BEOA]; NITimesstory, Mar 301966.

Kirstein, Louis Edward; b. Rochester, ~,July 9 1867; d. Boston, Dec 10 1942.

Rochester business colI; honorary degrees.­Dept store exec, philanthropist, communal &civic ldr, Rochester, Boston; pres Grad Schoolfor Jewish Social Work; officer AssocdJewishCharities (Boston), Boston Public Library,Boston Port Authority, trade assns, Am JewishCong; natl dir J ewish Welfare Bd; exec comAm Jewish Com; dir Legal Aid Soc. • See:U]E; AJYB, 24:162,45:35-46,388-89;WWL4J, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;DAB, 3; NYTimes, Dec 111942,23:1.

Kirstein, Max; b. Poland, 1897; d. June 21969.

Corp exec, Swampscott, MA. • See: WWWIA,5.

Kisber, Louis; b. ca 1877;d.Jackson, TN,Mar 171939.

Merchant, communal ldr, Jackson, TN.· See:A]YB, 41:425.

Kisch, Bruno Zacharias; b. Prague, Aug 281890; d. Bad Nauheitn, Gennany, Aug 121966~

To US 1938. • MD U Prague, U Naples, UCologne, Frankfurt Inst. • Physiologist,physician, Jewish scholar; faculty U Cologne,Yeshiva U; fdr, pres Am ColI of Cardiology;author/editor in field; WWI German armyservice (winner 5 medals); autobiography. •See: U]E; EJ; A]YB, 68:529; NYTimes, Aug 131960,25:4.

Kisch, Egon Erwin; b. Prague, 1885; d.1948.

To US 1939, to Mexico by 1942. • Author,journalist, leftist; honorary head, Prague Jewishcommunity (post WWII). • See: U]E; E].

Kisch, Eugen; b. Sablonz, Bohetnia, 1885.To US 1930s. • U Berlin. • Surgeon, NYC;faculty U Berlin; author in field. • See: U]E.

Kisch, Guido; b. Prague, Bohetnia, Jan 221889.

To US 1934/1935. • D Juris U Prague. •Jurisit, legal historian; faculty U Leipzig, UHalle, U Prague, JTS (Breslau), U Basle,Jewish Inst of Religion; author/editor in field.• See: U]E; EJ; WWL4], 1938.

Kisch-Arndt, Ruth (Mrs Bruno Kisch); b.Goldberg,Silesia, 1906.

To US 1938.· Famous lieder singer. • See:U]E (sub Kisch, Bruno).

Kiser, Edgar Fayette; b. Union City, IN,Apr 161880.

Med CoIl of IN, post-grad Harvard. •Physician, Indianapolis; specialty, internal med,cardiology. • See: WWL4J, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Kiser, Julian Jacob; b. Indianapolis, July 161890.

AB, LLB IN U. • Investment banker,Indianapolis; officer synagog; dir JewishWelfare Fund; active Am Jewish Com.· See:WWL4],1938.

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Kiser, Sol S; b. Ft Recovery, OH, Jan 231858; d. Indianapolis, Nov 12 1935.

Banker, civic & communal worker,Indianapolis; mem IN Park Commn; officerB'nai B'rith, synagog; bd Chamber ofCommerce, Jewish Fedn; fundraiser Am WarRelief Com, Hoover campaign.·· See: AJYB7(1905-1906):74-75,38:430; WWIAJ,1926.

Kislak, Julius Isadore; b. Kaminitz,Padolsk,June 41887.

To US 1891. • Realtor, communal worker,Hoboken; officerJewish Center; dir HebOrphan Home, Heb Home for Aged, synagog;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kisling, Maurice (Moise); b. Cracow, 1891;d. Bandol, France, Apr 1953.

In US 1941-1946. • French painter. • See:UJE; E}; NYTimes, Apr 30 1953, 31 :1.

Kiss, Max; b. Hungary, Nov 9 1882; d.Adantic Beach, NY, June 22 1967.

To US 1898.· PhG Columbia. • Businessexec, pharmacist, communalldr; fdr Ex-LaxCo; a fdr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies(Brooklyn); active United Jewish Appeal,synagog, HilleL • See: A]YB, 69:609; DAB, 8;NYTimes, June 23 1967,39:1.

Kissin, I (pseud ofJekuthiel Gornitzki); b.Kovno, Aug 5 1886; d. Dayton, OH, June25 1950.

To US 1904. • Yiddish poet, essayist,translator; assoc with Di Yunge; staffForward.• See: UJE; A]YB, 52:502 (sub Kissin,Yekuthiel); NYTimes, June 26 1950, 27:5.

Kissin, Wolf; b. ca 1874; d. Chicago, June 51945.

Rabbi, Chicago; supt, Jewish Home for Aged. •See:AJYB, 48:492.

Kissinger, Henry Alfred; b. Fuerth,Gennany, 1923.

To US 1938. • Secy of State, political scientist,presidential advisor, Nobel Prize winner, Nat!Security Advisor; with Rockefeller Inst,Harvard; consult US Arms Control Agency. •See:EJ:1973-1982.

.Kissman, Joseph; b. Paltinoasa, Poland,July 13 1889; d. Flushing, NY, Dec 311967.

To US 1937.· Lawyer, journalist, NYC; presJewish Labor Bund of Rumania; staffJewishLabor Com (NY).• See:AJYB, 70:522;NYTimes, Jan 2 1968, 37:2.

Kitsee, IsidorlIsador; b. Vienna, 1845; d.Philadelphia, Apr 26 1931.

To US ca 1866. • Inyentor, Philadelphia;invented trolley car, railroad signals, wireless,motion picture devices. • See: UJE; AJYB,33:127.

Kittay, Sol; b. ca 1911; d. NYC,June 1982.To US 1925.· Apparel exec, philanthropist,NYC; fdr BVD Co, Kittay Found, KittayScientific Found; active Am Jewish Com, FednofJewish Philanthropies. • See: NYTimes, June12 1982.

Kittner, Violet; b. Defiance, OH; d.Cleveland, July 22 1940.

Fdr, first mental hygiene clinic (Cleveland);exec dir Jewish Social Service Bureau. • See:AJYB, 43:360; NYTimes, July 23 1940, 19:6.

Klaber, Eugene Henry; b. NYC, Oct 11883; d. Nov 61971.

BS Columbia, Beaux-Arts (Paris). • Architect,NYC, Chicago, Washington DC; with PublicWorks Admn, Federal Housing Admn; authorin field; WWI service.· See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Nov 81971,42:4, Nov 91971,50:2.

Klafter, David Saul; b. Cincinnati, Nov 141885/1886.

Art Inst (Chicago), Lewis Inst. • Architect,Chicago; mem advisory com to mayor; activeearly zoning movement. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Klapennan, Libby; b. Minsk, 1922;d.Lawrence, NY,June 19 1982.

Writer, communal worker, NYC; faculty SternColl for Women; nat! officer Union ofOrthodoxJewish Congregations; activeMizrachi Women.· See:AJYB, 84:334-35.

Klapp, William; b. NYC, Aug 23 1888.NYU Law. • Lawyer, city magistrate, Bronx;dir Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active barassn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Klapper, Paul; b. Jassy, Rumania, July 171885; d. Flushing, NY, Mar 25 1952.

To NYC 1892. • AB CCNY, MA, PhD NYU;honorary degrees. • University president,educator, NYC; pres Queens Colli faculty,dean CCNY; consult Ford Found; mem NYCouncil of Commn Against Discrimination;advocate of flexible methods ofeducation;author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; A]YB, 24:162,54:538; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 261952,29:1.

Klar, Zoltan; b. Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, Apr11894; d. NYC,Jan 41966.

To US 1953. • Physician, educator, outspokenopponent of anti-Semitism, totalitarianism; fdrorgn to help fellow concentration campsurvivors (Budapest); editor Az Ember. • See:AJYB, 68:529; NYTimes, Jan 5 1966,31:1.

Klarfeld, Peter; b.*; d. West Roxbury, MA,Feb 41939.

Educator, communal worker, West Roxbury,MA. • See:AJYB, 41:426.

Klarmann, Adolf D; b. Austria, Sep 181904; d. Aug 27 1895.

U Berlin, AB, MA NYU, post-grad U Munich,PhD U PA; honorary degrees. • Educator, profof German literature; faculty U PA; literaryexecutor for Franz Werfel; author/editor infield. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Klasstomer, Samuel; b. Chicago, Nov 251895.

To US 1912. • Art Inst (Chicago). • Sculptor,Chicago; military service. • See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.

Klatzkin, Jacob; b. Kortuzkaya Bereza!Bereza Kartuskaya, White Russia, 1882;

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d. Switzerland, Mar 26 1948.To US 1941, to Switzerland 1947.· PhD UBerne. • Heb philosopher, publicist, author,editor; specialty Spinoza; editor Die Welt;faculty ColI ofJewish Studies (Chicago). • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 50:518; NYTimes, Mar 281948,49:1.

Klau, David W; b. NYC, Oct 2 1894; d.NYC, Mar 12 1961.

Window shade mfr, philanthropist, civic ldr;bd Heb Union Coll-Jewish Inst ofReligion,NY Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; supporterarchaeological expeditions in IsraeL • See:AJYB, 63:560; AI, Mar 16 1961; NYTimes, Mar13 1961,29:1.

Klau, Nathan; b. Theilheim, Gennany, Dec261862; d. NYC, Feb 161938.

To US 1882. • Window shade mfr, communalworker, NYC; active Jewish Fedn, synagog. •See: AJYB, 40:387; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 171938,21:4.

Klauber, Adolph; b. Louisville, Apr 291869; d. Louisville, Dec 7 1933.

Drama critic, theatrical producer, NYC. • See:AJYB, 36:283; NYTimes, Dec 81933,23:5.

Klauber, Edward; b. Louisville, Feb 241887; d. Sep 23 1954.

U Louisville, U PA. • Newspaperman,business exec, NYC; with NYTimes; exec CBS;WWII government service. • See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 24 1954, 23:1.

Klauber, Laurence Monroe; b. San Diego,CA, Dec 211883; d. May 81968.

AB Stanford, Westinghouse GradApprenticeship SchooL • Electrical·engineer,zoologist, San Diego; reptile curator, SDZoological Soc; officer trade assns, zoologicalassn; author on snakes. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5.

Klauber, Ruth; b. Chicago, Sep 25 1892.Pianist, composer, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Klauber, SimonJ; b. ca 1849; d. Orange,NJ,June 41910.

Lawyer, Orange, NJ.· See:AJYB, 12(1910­1911):111.

Klaus, Irving Goncer; b. NYC, Oct 151900; d. May 171969.

Urologist, NYC, Morristown, PA; WWIIservice. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Klaus, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Aug 29 1904;d. Washington, DC, 1963.

JTS Tchrs, AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. •Lawyer, Brigadier General, Brooklyn; with USTreasury Dept, State Dept; active JewishAgency, Citizens Union; author/editor in field;WWII service, US government consult inGermany. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug3 1963,17:5.

Klausner, Bertram; b. Newark, Nov 181908.

AB NYU, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,Morgantown, W VA; rur HilleL • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

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Klausner, David; b. NYC, Aug 20 1896.AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NJ SupremeCourt Commr, Jersey City; pres Heb Homefor Orphans & Aged; officer Anti-DefamationLeague, synagog; active bar assns; militaryservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Klausner, Gustave K; b. Vilna, Aug 71875.To St Louis 1907. • BCS, Master CommercialSci St Louis U. • Business & accountingeducator, Zionist, St Louis; faculty St Louis U;officer Assocd Heb Schools, Jewish StudentFound (U MO), Jewish Orthodox Old FolksHome; active professional orgs. • See:WWIA],1938.

Klavan, Israel; b. Zazkevich, Lithuania,June 91915; d. Queens, NY, Mar 71980.

To US 1921/1924. • BA Yeshiva U, ordainedRIETS; honorary degree. • Orthodox rabbi,communalldr, editor, author, Mt Vernon, NY;exec secy, officer Rabbinical Council ofAm;officer NY Bd ofRabbis; active nadJewishWelfare Bd, yeshivas. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:369;WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar 9 1980.

Klavan, Joshua; b. Janishki, Lithuania, Aug1884; d. Mt Vernon, NY,July 1953.

Rabbi, Burlington, VT, Washington DC; fdrBaltimore Ner Israel Rabbinical CoIl. • See:A]YB, 56:570; NITimes, July 29 1953,23:2.

Klaw, Marc; b. Paducah, KY, May 29 1858;d. Sussex, England, June 14 1936.

To England 1927. • LLB Louisville Law. •Theatrical booking agent, mgr, producer,NYC; co-fdr Klaw-Erlanger theatricalsyndicate. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(1904­1905):129,24:162; WWIA], 1926, 1928;WWWIA, l;DAB, 2; NITimes, June 15 1936,21:1.

Klawans, Arthur Herman; b. Chicago, Aug14 1902; d. Sep 28 1973.

BS U Chica.go, MD Rush Med ColI. •Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago; faculty UIL, Rush Med ColI. • See:~, 6.

Klebanoff, Harry Erwin; b. Mohilev,Russia, July 161901.

To New Haven 1906. • AB, MD Yale. •Physician, Baltimore, New Haven; lecturerYale; officerJewish Physicians Club; bd JewishWelfare Soc; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Klebanov, Moses M; b.*; d. Detroit, Dec 21940.

Rabbi. • See:A]YB, 43:360.

Klebenov, Louis H; b. 1901; d. Feb 251974.

Harvard, Clark U.• Food co exec, Boston. •See:·~, 6; NITimes, feb 27 1974,42:2.

Klebanow, Leo; b. ca 1896; d.Jan 11936.Printer, NYC; awarded Distinguished ServiceCross, Oak Leaf Cluster, WWI. • See: A]YB,38:430.

Klee, Sigmund; b. Pittsburgh, Sep 28 1865;d. NYC, Dec 1952.

BA PA ColI (pittsburgh). • Banker, realty exec,

NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec 231952,23:3.

Klee, William B; b. Pittsburgh, Mar 281864.

Iron City ColI. • Business exec, metallurgist,Pittsburgh; pres Irene Kaufmann Setdement,Gusky Orphanage, YM-YWHA, Falk Found. •See: WWIA], 1926,1938; BEOA].

Kleeberg, Levi; b. Hofgeismar, Germany,July 14 1832; d. Adantic City, Sep 11906.

Rabbi, Easton, PA; earlier Louisville, NewHaven.· See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68,9(1907­1908):504.

Kleeberg, Minna Cohen (Mrs LeviKleeberg); b. Elmshorn, Holstein,Germany, July 211841; d. New Haven,CT, Dec 311878.

To US 1866. • Poet, used public & patrioticthemes. • See: ]E.

Kleegman, SophiaJosephine (Mrs John HSillman); b. Kiev, July 81901; d. NYC,Sep 261971.

To US 1906. • MD NYU. • Obstetrician,gynecologist, NYC; faculty NYU; pioneerstudent of infertility; advocate of birth control,sexual education; med dir NYS PlannedParenthood Assn; active professional assns;author in fields. • See: WWWIA, 5; NA W:modern;NITimes, Sep 27 1971,38:2.

Kleeman,ArthurS;b.Shelbyville,IL,June7 1889; d. May 1965. .

U IL. • Investment banker, NYC; officer MfrsTrust; dir Morris Plan Bank ofNYC. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, May 31965,33:3.

Kleeman, Rita Sulzhacher Halle (MrsArthur S Kleeman); b. Chillicothe, OH,May 23 1887; d. May 1971.

AB Wellesley. • Writer, biographer; activeprofessional org, Nad Council ofJewishWomen.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8;NITimes, May 17 1971, 38:4.

Kleeman,Wllhelm;b.Forchheim,Germany, Dec 17 1869; d. NYC, Mar 101969.

To US 1934. • Orgn exec; a fdr, officer WorldORT Union; officer Berlin JewishCommunity; bd Am ORT. • See: A]YB,71:605.

Klegerman, Morris Herman; b. NovogradVolynsk, Russia, May 301906.

To US 1913.· Engineer, consult, NYC;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kleiman, Schmarya; b. Baranovka, Russia,Dec 191892.

U Berlin, MD Donskoy U. • Physician, author,Detroit; exec commn Detroit Labor ConfAgainst Facism; active socialist, labor & Jewishcultural orgs. • See: BEOA].

Klein, Abraham Albert; b. Syracuse, NY,May61889.

BS U MI. • Ceramist, research engineer,Worcester, MA; with US Bureau of Standards;

Klein, David

officer United Jewish Charities, synagog, BoyScouts; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;BEOA].

Klein, Alexander; b. NYC, Feb 141901.BS CCNY, EE Brooklyn Polytech. • Bldgmaintenance supply mfr, NYC • See: WWIA],1938.

Klein, Alfred; b. Wolozin, Poland, Sep 281887.

To US 1898.· LLB N~d U.· Lawyer,journalist, government official, WashingtonDC; chief legal officer Civil Service Commn;with The Day. • See:~, 8.

Klein, Arthur George; b. NYC, Aug 8 1904;d. NYC, Feb 201968.

NYU Law. • Congressman, NY SupremeCourt justice, NYC; active Jewish instIlS,Tammany politics. • See:A]YB, 47:629,50:643, 70:522;]TA-DNB, Feb 23 1968;NITimes, Feb 22 1968,31:1.

Klein, Arthur Louis; b. Los Angeles, Apr 101898.

BS, MS, PhD Cal Tech.· Physicist,aeronautical engineer, Pasadena, CA; facultyCal Tech.· See: BEOA].

Klein, Baruch Meyer; b. Nagy Karoli,Hungary, Apr 9 1862; d. NYC, Nov 101931.

Rabbi, author, NYC; officer Union ofOrthodox Rabbis, Rabbinical Bd ofNY. • See:A]YB, 34:111; WWIA], 1926,1928.

Klein, Benjamin; b. Budapest, Sep 4 1898.Cooper Union, NY Evening School ofIndustrial Art, Nad Academy of Design. •Artist, illustrator, NYC • See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Klein, Carrol Aaron; b. Washington, IA,Mar 241894.

BS U IL. • Architect, Davenport, IA; militaryservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Klein, Charles; b. London, Jan 71867; d.on Lusitania, May 7 1915.

To US 1883. • Natl London CollegiateSchool. • Playwright, actor, NYC; used themesof contemporary life. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,17(1915-1916):220; WWWIA, 1; DAB.

Klein, Charles; b. Adantic City, Sep 161900.

LLB Temple. • Lawyer, Orphans Court judge,deputy atty general, Philadelphia; dir JewishWelfare Soc, Big Bros, Prison Welfare Soc. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Klein;D Emil; b. Wodman, Bohemia, Aug41868; d.Jan 1956.

To US 1882.· Cigar mfr, NYC; trusteesynagog; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.• See: WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;NITimes,Jan 171956, 33:2.

Klein, David; b. Hethars, Hungary, 1868; d.1926.

PhB, MA OH State U. • Rabbi, author,Columbus, OH. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68;CCARYB.

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Klein, David; b. Iglintz, Hungary, May 221880.

To NYC 1885.· AB CCNY, MA Columbia,PhD NYU. • Professor of English Literature,NYC; faculty CCNY; officer B'nai B'rith,Anti-Defamation League; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Klein, David; b. Chicago, Oct 22 1884.AB, MA U IL, PhD U WI. • Biochemist, ILstate chemist, Chicago; faculty U WI, JohnsHopkins; active child reliefwork (Yugoslavia);WWI service. • See: AJYB, 24: 162; WWIAJ,1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Klein, David Ballin; b. NYC, Apr 14/151897.

AB CCNY, Army Med School, AM, PhDColumbia, post-grad Vienna. • Prof ofpsychology, Austin, TX; faculty U TX; authorin field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;BEOAJ.

Klein, Edward E; b. Newark, May 251913;d. NYC,July 13 1985.

NYU, DD, ordained Heb Union ColI-JewishInst of Religion. • Reform rabbi, communal &civil rights worker, NYC; with FreeSynagogue, Com of Higher Education; memNYC Fair Housing Practices Panel; activeCentral Conf ofAm Rabbis, NY Bd of Rabbis,Union ofAm Heb Congregations; earlysupporter ofMartin Luther King Jr. • See: EJ;AJYB, 87:440.

Klein, Edward L; b. Peoria, IL, Dec 271887; d. NYC, Jan 13 1945.

Milwaukee State Normal, Marquette U. •Motion picture exec, NYC; with World-WidePictures, Assocd Motion Picture Advertisers ofAm.· See:AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;NYrimes, Jan 151945,19:3.

Klein, Elias Lazarus; b. Wtlno, Jan 11 1890.To US 1902. • BS, BCE Valparaiso U, PhDYale. • Physicist, Washington DC; earlierlawyer (Louisville); with Lehigh U, then USNaval Research Lab; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Klein, Elmer; b. Egerbakta, Hungary, Feb141896.

To US 1910. • BS OH State U, MD IN U. •Psychiatrist, Washington DC. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Klein, Ernest Leopold; b. Chicago, Dec 291893.

DDS Berlin U, MD Heidelberg U. • Germanlanguage newspapers publisher, Chicago, IL;pres Am Foreign Language Press Bureau; bdWPA; active anti-Nazi; military service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Klein, Eugene; b. Hungary, ca 1879; d.Philadelphia, Apr 1944~

Pres, Am Philatelic Soc. • See: AJYB, 46:340;NYTimes, May 11944,15:4.

Klein, Eugene S; b. St Louis, Mar 11 1876.AB, BS Harvard. • Architect, St Louis; memPublic Recreation Commn. • See: WWWIA, 2.

Klein, Fannie J Lichtblau (Mrs AlbertKlein, Mrs Sol Tunick); b. NYC, ca1905; d. NYC, Sep 1984.

Lawyer, expert on court reform; faculty NYU;officer Inst ofjudicial Admn. • See: NYrimes,Sep 15 1984.

Klein, George G; b. ca 1884; d. Denver,Aug281919.

Detective. • See:AJYB, 22:166.

Klein, Harry; b. Austro-Hungary, Oct 241883.

Clothing merchant, Peoria, IL; dir synagog. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Klein, Harry; b. Chicago,June 41887.BS, MD U MN. • Surgeon, Duluth; officermed soc.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Klein, Henry; b. Hethars, Hungary, June251859.

Rabbi, Altoona, PA.· See:A]YB, 5(1903­1904):68-69. • *See entry below.

Klein, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Apr 131912.

Rabbi.· See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):127.· *Seeentry above.

Klein, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 14 1918; d.NYC, Aug 51969.

AB Cornell, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,philanthropist, NYC; bd Lexington School forthe Deaf; trustee Fedn ofjewishPhilanthropies. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYrimes,Aug 61969.

Klein, Henry H; b. Nudmehal, Hungary,Apr 10 1879; d. NYC, July 1955.

To NYC 1881. • CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law.• Reporter, lawyer, author, NYC; investigatorfor Aldermanic Street Cleaning Commn, StateCivil Service Commn; active politics. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYrimes, July 181955,21:3.

Klein, Hennan(n) (Leo); b. Norwich,England, July 23 1856; d; Mar 21 1966.

To US 1901/1902. • Music critic, singing tchr,composer, NYC, London, OshKosh, WI;faculty Guildhall School ofMusic (London). •See:JE;AJYB, 24:162; WWWIA,4.

Klein, Hugo Herbert; b. Ungvar, Hungary,Oct 3 1903.

To US 1925. • U Frankfort. • Rabbi,Cleveland; bdJewish Community Council;mem, Cleveland Parole Bd. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Klein, I; b. ca 1880; d. Nashville, May 211939.

Merchant, civic & communal worker,Nashville. • See:AJYB, 41:426.

Klein, Isaac; b. Ruthenia, Hungary, Sep 51905; d. CA,Jan 23 1979.

To US 1921. • JTS. • Conservative rabbi,author, Buffalo; earlier Springfield, MA; presRabbinical Assembly; WWII chaplain. • See:EJ; AJYB, 81:368.

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Klein, Israel; b. Zanesville, OH, July 191877; d. NYC, Oct 201939.

BA U Cincinnati, ordained, BHL Heb UnionColI. • Rabbi, Evansville, IN, Grand Rapids,IA. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):69, 7(1905­1906):122,42:480.

Klein, Jacob; b. ca 1840; d. Aug 171917.Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 20(1918­1919):229.

Klein, Jacob; b. Nagy-Ida, Hungary, May121870.

Rabbi, Chicago, Statesville, NC; supt ChicagoHome for the Jewish Friendless. • See:AJYB,5(1903-1904):69,6(1904-1905):219.

Klein, Jacob; b. Austria, ca 1886; d.Cleveland, Apr 13 1948.

To US 1907. • Rabbi, Cleveland, Philadelphia.• See:A]YB, 50:518; NYrimes, Apr 15 1948,25:5.

Klein, Jacob A; b~ Minsk, Jan 6 1882; d.NYC, Feb 241971.

To US 1903.· Business exec, philanthropist; afdr Bar-TIan U; bd Beth Medrash Govoha(Lakewood, NJ); patron Yeshiva U. • See:AJYB, 72:632.

Klein, Jacob B; b. Bridgeport, CT, Feb 281862.

LLB Yale. • Lawyer, civic official, Bridgeport,CT; nat! officer B'nai B'rith. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):75.

Klein, Jacob M; b. NYC, ca 1890; d. PerthAmboy, Feb 61946.

Lawyer, Perth Amboy, Raritan; officer barassn; active civic affairs;WWI service. • See:AJYB, 48:492; NYrimes, Feb 81946,19:3.

Klem, Joseph Archibald; b. NYC, Jan 301890.

B Engr, CE Cooper Union. • Insurance agent,financier, Newark; active nat! B'nai Abraham. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Klein,]osephJerome; b. NYC,Apr41884;d. NYC, Aug 161975.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD NYU, LLB, FordhamCPA. • CPA, tax specialist, lawyer, NYC;.faculty CCNY, NYU, Fordham; officerprofessional assns; memBd of HigherEducation; trustee NY Fedn ofjewishPhilanthropies; WWI & WWII governmentservice. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:162; WWIAJ,1926, 1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYrimes,Aug 17 1975, 43:~.

Klein, Joseph John; b. Austro-Hungary,Nov 3 1877.

To Cleveland 1884.· LLB Cleveland Law.·Lawyer, deputy sheriff, Cleveland. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Klein, Julius; b. ca 1887; d. San Francisco,June 1961.

PhD Harvard. • Economist, Asst Secy ofCommerce (Hoover Admn); faculty Harvard;dir ¥oreign & Domestic Commerce Bureau. •See: NYrimes, June 16 1961, 33:2.

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Klein,Julius; b. Chicago, Sep 5 1895/1901;d. Chicago, Apr 6 1984.

U VA. • Brigadier General, publicist,journalist, author, playwright; natl commanderJewish War Veterans; helped settle claims ofHolocaust victims against West Germany;active Republican politics, publicist for thecreation ofIsrael; wwn service. • See: E];A]YB, 86:440; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Apr 9 1984.

Klein, Karl; b. NYC, 1884.Violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:162.

Klein, Lawrence; b. Chicago, June 4 1889.Investment broker, Chicago; mem Chicago BdofTrade; military service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Klein, Lawrence Robert; b. Omaha, 1920.PhD MIT. • Economist, Nobel Prize winner;faculty U Chicago, U MI, UPA; assocBrookings Inst. • See: E]: 1973-1982.

Klein, Mamie N (Mrs); b. ca 1871; d. LosAngeles,Jan 1933.

Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,35:125.

Klein, Manuel; b. London, Dec 6 1876; d.June 11919.

ColI of Preceptors (London). • Composer,musical dir, NY Hippodrome. • See: WWWIA.,I;NYTimes,]une2 1919,15:6.

Klein, Martin; b. Cracow, Feb 61909; d.NYC, Feb 23 1973.

To US 1938. • Business exec, philanthropist;officer United]ewish Appeal; active]ewisheducation.· See:A]YB, 75:655; NYTimes, Feb26 1973, 34:2.

Klein, Max (Marx); b. Hatten, Alsace, Feb 21853.

"Minister," Donaldsville, LA, St Francisville,LA.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):219, 7(1905­1906):122.

Klein, Max D; b.*Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 24:162.

Klein, Millard Alschuler; b. Corydon, lA,Aug251886.

BSc U NE, PhD Cornell. • Consultagricultural engineer, Stockton, CA, SanFrancisco; faculty Cornell, U CA; diragricultural experiment station; author in field.• See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Klein, Morris; b. ca 1841; d. Cleveland, Jan241912.

Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 14(1912­1913):125.

Klein, Moses; b. ca 1882; d. NYC, Mar 171948.

Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 50:518.

Klein, Mrs Judah; b. ca 1871; d.Cleveland,May71939.

Communal worker.· See:A]YB, 41:426.

Klein, Nathan; b.*

Rabbi, Louisville. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):122.

Klein, Nathan; b. NYC, Jan 281902.N atl Academy of Design, Grand CentralSchool ofArt~ Art Students League. •Landscape artist, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA],1928.

Klein, Philip (Hillel); b. Baracska, Hungary,May 22 1848/1849; d. NYC, Mar 211926.

To US 1890. • Heidesheimer RabbinicalSeminary (Berlin), PhD U Berlin, U]ena, UVienna. • Rabbi, scholar, communalworker,NYC; a fdr WWI war relief movement;officer Agudath Israel; honorary pres Union ofOrthodox Rabbis. • See: ]E; U]E; A]YB,5(1903-1904):69; 28:151; Eisenstadt, 89-90;Gottlieb, 304 (sub G Klein).

Klein, Philip; b. ca 1889; d. Hollywood, CA,June 91935.

Pioneer screenwriter, producer, Hollywood,CA; WWI service.· See:A]YB, 37:258.

Klein, Philip; b. Hungary, May 181889.To NYC 1902. • AB CCNY, PhD Columbia,NY School of Social Work. • Social workadmr, researcher, NYC; exec dir Am Assn ofSocial Workers; faculty NY School of SocialWork; consult US pres,]oint DistributionCom, Israel, PA State Dept ofWelfare. • See:E]j WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAj.

Klein, Roger H; b. Antwerp, ca 1937; d.NYC, July 1968.

To US 1941. • Harvard. • Editor, E P Dutton;earlier with Harper & Row. • See: NYTimes,July 111968,37:3.

Klein, Rosalie Heller; b. Knightstown, IN,Dec 22 1859.

ColI ofMusic (Cincinnati). • Concert pianist,accompanist; fdr Womens Music Club ofCincinnati; fdr, pres NY Matinee MusicaleSoc; officer NatlCouncil of]ewish Women;dir Jewish Settlement Concerts. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Klein, S; b. Brisk, Poland, ca 1886; d. NYC,Nov 1942.

To US ca 1891. • Womens clothing merchant,philanthropist, NYC. • See: WWIA.], 1938;NYTimes, Nov 161942,19:3.

Klein, Samuel; b. Hungary, 1878; d. NYC,Apr21956.

Exec; NYC; dir Industrial Council of Cloak,Suit & Skirt Mfrs, Education Found for theApparel Trades; trustee NY Refugee ReliefFund; active]ewish fundraising. • See:A]YB,58:477; NYTimes, Apr 3 1956,35:1.

Klein, Samuel; b. Austro-Hungary, Mar 31884.

BS, CE Armour Inst. • Construction engineer,Chicago; specialty reinforced concrete. • See:WWIA], 1928; BEOA].

Klein, Sandor Sidney; b. Szerencs,Hungary, June 211906; d.June 41970.

BJeUnbard,~anin

To US 1909.· Newspaper editor Boise 10·with United Press IntematI.• Se;: wwivrA, 5.

Klein, Siegmund; b. Thorn Germany Apr101902. "

To US 1902. • Physical culture tchr NYC·specialty, weight lifting; author in fi~ld.• S'ee:WWIA],1938.

Klein, Sim B; b. Russia, May 291874.Business colI. • Civic & communal workerSyracuse; officer YMHA; trustee]ewish 'Orphan Home ofWestern NY; active charityfundraising. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Klein, Simon Robert; b. Teplicz, Hungary,Dec 23 1868; d. Astoria, NY, Aug 181939.

To US 1903.· AB Ungvar Roman CatholicColI, MD, PhD U Budapest, MD U Vienna,MD, Dr Chem, DSc U Tubingen, Dr PHNYU; honorary degrees. • Pathologist,Nobelist, NYC; faculty Fordham;. active grandjuries, civic work; author in field; Austro­Hungarian military service. • See: A]YB,42:480; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 20 1939,32:5.

Klein, Stanley; b. Cincinnati, Nov 16 1879.Leather & luggage exec, Cincinnati; officerNRA Code Authority, synagog; bd Home for] ewish Aged; active communal affairs. • See:BEOA].

Klein, Stephen; b. Austria, 1907; d. NYC,Dec 171978.

To US 1938. • Business exec, philanthropist;fdr Barton Candy; a fdr Torah Schools forIsrael; advisor NY Bd of Rabbis; active VaadHatzala refugee work, ] ewish education instns.• See:A]YB, 80:367; NYTimes, Dec 18 1978,IV 17:2.

Klein, William; b. NYC, 1876?; d. Yonkers,Jan 161966.

NYU. • Lawyer, communal worker, laborexpert; authority on copyright, censorship; afdr United]ewish Appeal; active]TS, AllianceIsraelite Universalle; est, scholarships. • See:A]YB, 68:529; NYTimes,]an 181966,37:2.

Klein, William; b. Briezani, Russia, July 121883.

To NYC 1900. • MD NYU. • Surgeon,Bronx; officer professional socs. • See:WWIA],1938.

Klein, WilliamJ; b.*; d. Cincinnati, May 261920.

Legislator, Cincinnati; mem BdofEducation,City Council. • See: A]YB, 22:166.

Klein, William M; b. Chicago, July 3 1878;d. Jan 11 1965.

LLB Lake Forest U. • Lawyer, Chicago; activestate bar assn. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Kleinbard, Martin; b. NYC, Oct 26 1919; d.NYC, Dec 161978.

Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; officer Fedn of] ewish Philanthropies; bd Rye Country DaySchool; military service. • See: A]YB, 80:367;NYTimes, Dec 19 1978, IV 21 :4.

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Kleinberg, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. Seattle,Jan 16 1932.

Communal & civic worker, Seattle. • See:AJYB,34:111.

Kleinberg, Maurice Selig; b. Louisville, KY,Dec 11907.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI.· Rabbi, Ventnor, NJ; sponsor AmFriends of Spanish Democracy; dir TravelersAid, Jewish Community Center (Atlantic City).• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kleinberg, Samuel; b. Kiev, Apr 201885; d.NYC, Sep 1957.

To US 1892.· CCNY, MD Columbia.·Orthopedic surgeon; NYC; authority onscoliosis; author in field; military service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 71957,19:2.

Kleinberger, Alfred John; b. NYC, June 31904.

EE Cornell. • Electrical engineer, NYC; natlofficer Tau Epsilon Phi; with NYC Bd ofTransportation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kleinberger, F; b. Hungary.Art dealer, NYC.· See:AJYB, 24:163.

Kleinberger, Ray; b. Denver, Nov 81898.Health Commr, Los Angeles; chr, CivicLeague. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kleiner, Israel Simon; b. New Haven, Apr 81885; d.June 10 1966.

PhB, PhD Yale, abroad. • Physiologist, NYC;faculty, dean, NY Med ColI, NY HomeopathicMed ColI; with Rockefeller Inst; officerprofessional assns; activeJewish FeOO(Brooklyn), synagog; author in field. • See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 12 1966,86:6.

Kleiner, Moses; b. ca 1867; d. Boston, Nov241938.

Physician, Denver; faculty U CO. • See: AJYB,41:426.

Kleiner, Simon B; b. New Haven, Apr 51892; d.July 1962.

PhB, MD Yale.· Surgeon, proctologist, NewHaven; bd Northeast Religious Conf; trusteesynagog; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, July 13 1962,23:3.

Kleinert, Isaac B; b. ca 1830; d. Apr 181913.

Rubber mfr, NYc. • See: AJYB, 15(1913­1914):271.

Kleinfeld; Alexander S; b. Pressburg,Hungary,Jan 141878.

To US 1893. • JTS, AB Columbia, post.:.gradAtianta School ofMed. • Rabbi, pianist,composer, cantor, Easton, PA, Daytona Beach,FL; contributor to press. • See: AJYB, 6(1904­1905):219; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kleinfeld, Edward I; b. Lublin, Poland, Dec251885; d. Oct 1960.

To US 1890. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, writer,NYC; assocd FeOO ofJewish Philanthropies,Mayors Com for Better Municipal

Government. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Oct 20 1960,35:4.

Kleinfeld, Louis; b. NYC, July 21 1896.CCNY, MD Columbia. •Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kleinfeld, Philip M; b. NYC, June 19 1894;d. NYC, Jan 111971.

LLB NY Law School. • Lawyer, legislator, NYSupreme Court justice, NYC; trustee B'naiB'rith; dir United Israel Zion Hospital; militaryservice. • See: UJE; AJYB, 72:632; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; NYTimes,Jan 12 1971,38:1.

Kleinfeld, Solomon; b. Austria, Nov 121869.

Stern Conservatory ofMusic (Berlin). •Cantor, preacher, New Haven. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):219.

Kleinlerer, Davide; b. Warsaw, 1899.To NYC 1939.· UWarsaw, Cracow, Paris,PhD U Rome. • Lawyer, journalist; assocdItalian prime minister, League of Nations;ordered out ofItaly in 1938; contributor UJE.• See: UJE.

Kleinmaier, S G; b. Syracuse, Apr 2 1860.Merchant, civic worker, Marion, OH; officerB'nai B'rith, trade soc; bd YMCA. • See:WWIAJ, 1928.

Kleinman, Abraham Morris; b.NYC, May301907; d. Aug 22 1978.

BS CCNY, MD U MD. • Physician, Bronx;with Veterans Admn; faculty Mt Sinai SchoolofMed; pres Kingsbridge HgtsJewish Center;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kleinman, M; b. ca 1848; d. Mar 221919.Rabbi, Dallas.· See:AJYB, 22:166.

Kleinman, Philip; b. Nisko, Poland, Apr 151890.

To US 1900. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia,ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Milwaukee; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kleinman, Samuel H; b. NYC, Sep 15 1886;d.June 10 1934.

AB Baldwin Wallace, LLB Cleveland Law.·Lawyer, real estate operator, Cleveland; officerJewish Welfare FeOO, synagog; active Jewishorgs.· See:AJYB, 36:283;BEOAJ.

Kleinman, Schmarya; b. Baranovka, Poland,Dec 191892.

To US 1923. • U Berlin, MD N CaucasianState U. • Physician, Detroit; dir ORT; authorin field, politics & fiction; Russian militaryservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kleinman, William W; b. ca 1904; d. NYC,Apr 23 1969.

Brooklyn Law. • Criminal lawyer, asst districtatty, Brooklyn; faculty Brooklyn Law. • See:NYTimes, Apr 24 1969,47:3.

Kleitman, Nathaniel; b. Kishinev,Bessarabia, Apr 26 1895.

To US 1915.· BS CCNY,MAColumbia,PhD U Chicago. • Physiologist, researcher,

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Chicago; faculty U Chicago; author in field. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Klemperer, Georg; b. Landsberg,Germany, May 10 1865; d. Boston, Dec1946.

To US 1930s. • UBreslau, U Halle, MD UBerlin. • Cancer specialist; faculty U Berlin; dirInst for Cancer Research; consultant on Leninscondition; left Jewish faith. • See: JE; UJE;NYTimes, Dec 261946, 25:4.

Klemperer, Otto; b. Breslau, Germany,1885; d. July 6 1973.

To US 1933. • Noted conductor, concertpianist; dir Berlin State Orchestra, Los AngelesSymphony. • See: UJE; EJ; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,July81973,1:1.

Klemperer, Paul; b. Vienna, Aug 2 1887/1897; d. NYC, Mar 31964.

To US 1921. • MD U Vienna, NY Post-GradSchool. • Pathologist, NYC; pioneer intreatment ofkidney, liver diseases; facultyColumbia, Mt Sinai; consult US Public HealthService; officer med soc; author in field. • See:EJ; AJYB, 66:578; BEOAJ; NYT'imes, Mar 41964,37:1.

Klepner, Samuel; b.Jarislaw, Austria, Sep23 1869.

To US 1887. • Communal worker, furrier,NYC; active synagog, Talmud Torah,Jewishorphan homes. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Klepper, Julius I; b.Jassy, Rumania, Apr 111881; d. NYC, June 15 1955.

To US 1899. • NY ColI of Pharmacy, PhCColumbia, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-gradNYC, Vienna. • Physician, NYC; specialty,nose & throat; faculty NY Polytechnic MedSchool; pres FeOO of RoumanianJews in Am;aUthorin field. • See:AJYB, 57:607; WWIAJ,1928,1938; NYTimes, June 16 1955,31:5.

Klepper, Max Francis; b. Zietz, Germany,Mar 11861; d. May 1907.

To US 1876. • Art Students League, RoyalAcademy (Munich), Munich Veterinary ColI. •Artist, illustrator; specialty horse subjects. •See: WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May 6 1907,9:2.

Klibanow, WilliamJ; b. Russia, July 111900; d. Apr 161969.

To US 1905. • Realtor, Chicago; dir Mt SinaiHospital. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Klibansky, Samuel Haim; b. Grodno, May181880.

To US 1923. • Rabbi, author, St Louis; fdr,or-gr, Heb schools; exec mem, Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; active Mizrachi. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kliegman, David; b. ca 1883; d. Brooklyn,Oct 21937.

Social worker, philanthropist, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Oct 3 1937, II 9:2.

Kligler, Israel Jacob; b. Kamenets-Podolski, Ukraine, Apr 24 1889; d. 1944.

To US 1900/1901, to Palestine 1920. • BSCCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Bacteriologist,public health officer; faculty Heb U

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aerusalem); with Hadassah Med Org, JointDistribution Com; author in field. • See: EJ;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Kligsberg, Moyshe; b. Warsaw, 1902; d.NYC,June 251975.

To US 1941. • Orgn exec, editor, author; withYiddish Inst; consult Weinrich Center forAdvanced Jewish Studies; editor Yiddish InstNe71Js. • See:AJYB, 77:596.

Kline, Alexander Stanley; b. Budapest, June18 1902; d. Mar 29 1982.

To tIs 1921. • AB U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union Coll. • Rabbi, Asheville, NC,Lubbock, TX. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.

Kline, Benjamin Schoenbrun; b.Philadelphia, May 4 1886.

AB Swarthmore, MD Johns Hopkins. •Physician, pathologist, Cleveland; facultyWestern Reserve; officer med soc; W'WIservice.· See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Kline, Charles; b. NYC, Sep 12 1872.Communal worker, Allentown, PA; officerJewish Community Center, B'nai B'rithOrphanage (Erie, PA); dir Leo N LeviHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Kline, FranzJosef; b. Wtlkes-Barre, PA,May 231910; d. NYC, May 13 1962.

Girard Coll (Philadelphia), Boston U, London.• Painter, NYC; noted abstract expressionist. •See: EJ: 1973-1982; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;NITimes, May 15 1962,39:1.

Kline, Harry D; b. Cleveland, ca 1879; d.Dallas, TX, 1959.

Theatre mgr, NYC; with Chanin orgn. • See:NITimes,July41959,15:2.

Kline, Henry; b. ca 1834; d. Chicago, Mar12 1914.

Civil War veteran, Chicago. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):163.

Kline, Henry Solomon; b. NYC, June 11871/1872.

Merchant, Atlantic City; officer Fedn ofJewishCharities, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ.

Kline, Nathan Schellenberg; b.Philadelphia, Mar 22 1916; d. Feb 111983.

AB Swarthmore, MD NY Coll ofMed, ClarkU, post-grad Princeton, Rutgers, Harvard,New School. • Psychopharmacologist, researchpsychiatrist; faculty Columbia; dir PsychiatricServices; author in field. • See: EJ:1973-1982;WWWIA,8.

Kline, Paul Robert; b. Trenton, NJ, Apr 11907; d.July 111970.

Physician, dermatologist, Princeton; author infield; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 5.

Kline, Sol; b. Denver, 1870; d. St Louis, Jan31945.

Womens apparel chain merchant,philanthropist, Chicago; pres Jewish Charities;co-chr Roundtable of Christians & Jews. • See:

AJYB, 24:163,47:526; NITimes,Jan 5 1945,19:1.

Klineman, Julia S (Mrs Emory Klineman);b. Cleveland, Mar 11 1904; d. SantaLucia, West Indies, Jan 25 1971.

Communal worker, Cleveland; officerSisterhood, Fed of]ewish Wornens Orgs; chrJewish Welfare Fedn; active natl Natl CouncilofJewish Women, Joint Distribution Com,Am Jewish Com.· See:AJYB, 73:632-33;NITimes, Jan 27 1971,40:2.

Kling, Leopold; b. Dauendorf, Alsace-Lorraine, Mar 20 1878.

To US 1894. • Wholesale apparel exec,Chicago; officer Mt Sinai; active communalaffairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Kling, Samuel Grover; b. NYC, Feb 41910;d. Mar 291974.

Baltimore Community Coll, U Baltimore Law.• Lawyer, author, book reviewer, Baltimore;natl column, "Your Marriage"; withNITimes,Saturday Revie71J ofLiterature. • See: WWWIA,7.

Klingenstein, Esther A (Mrs JosephKlingenstein); b. NYC, Oct 25 1899; d.Jan 211974.

Communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr,sponsor Mt Sinai Med School; officerJewishHome for the Aged; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies.· See:AJYB, 76:514-15;NITimes, Jan 23 1974,40:3.

Klingenstein, Florence Buttenweiser; b.NYC, Mar 13 1897.

Civic & communal worker, NYC; officerStuyvesant Neighborhood House; dirLakeview Home; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • see: WWIAJ, 1938.

Klingenstein, Joseph; b. NYC, June 4 1891;d. NYC, Nov 111976.

Honorary degree. • Investment banker,philanthropist, NYC; governor, NY StockExchange; a fdr, officer Mt Sinai School ofMed; pres Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See: AJYB, 78:542; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov121976,IV15:3.

Klinghoffer, Isaac; b. ca 1872; d. JerseyCity, Dec 22 1934.

Communal worker, Jersey City. • See:AJYB,37:258.

Klopfer, Donald Simon; b. NYC, Jan 231902.

Williams ColI. • Publisher, NYC; withModem Library, Random House. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Klopper, Zan D (Zanwill David); b. Russia,1870; d. Feb 3 1934.

Physician, artist, med textbook illustrator,Chicago. • See:AJYB, 24:163, 36:283.

Klorfein, Julius; b. Grodno, Poland, ca1879; d. NYC, Nov 1958.

To US ca 1892. • Cigar mfr, realtor,stockbroker, NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; bought large amounts of

Knipe, Jay Clarence

W'WII War Bonds. • See: NITimes, Nov 291958,21:1.

Klots, Ephraim D; b.*Physician, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:163.

Klotz, Arthur A; b. ca 1910; d. NYC, Nov301971.

NYU, Brooklyn Law. • Civil Court judge,municipal court justice, NYC; activeDemocratic politics. • See: NITimes, Dec 21971,50:3.

Klotz, Henrietta Stein; b. Austria, Mar 11901.

To US as infant. • Aide to Henry MorgenthauJr, realtor, Washington DC; with Federal FarmBd, US Treas.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Klotz, Nathan; b. Slv.tsk, Russia, Aug 281882; d. NYC, Dec 221949.

Rabbi, educator, writer; faculty Yeshiva U. •See:AJYB, 52:502; NITimes, Dec 23 1949,21:4.

Klubock, Abraham Herbert; b. Wtlkowishk,Lithuania, Feb 12 1889; d. WashingtonDC, Nov 22 1944.

To NYC 1895.· Burdet Coll, LLB Boston U.• Lawyer, exec, Boston; pres Controllers Assn,Natl Assn ofApparel Chains; active Jewishaffairs; head, Army School of the Services ofSupply.· See:AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Nov241944, 23:3.

Kluckman, Revone W; b. Mound City, SD,Feb 281929; d.July 181983.

Corporation exec, Glenview, IL; with ArthurAnderson & Co, Zenith; army service. • See:WWWIA,8.

Kluger, Samuel B; b. NYC, Nov61907; d.1982.

Mfg exec; with Eagle Electric Mfg Co (LICity). • See: WWWIA, 8.

Klugman, Herbert A; b. 1895; d. NYC, Oct1969.

Realtor, communalldr, NYC; officer YM­YWHA; bd Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Jewish Guild for the Blind. • See: AJYB,71:605; NYTimes, Oct 28 1969,47:1.

Klutznick, Philip Morris; b. Kansas City,July 91907.

U KS, U NE, LLB Creighton. • Secy ofCommerce, Federal Housing Commr,Ambassador to UN, author, lawyer,community planner; admr Natl HousingAgency; officer Internatl B'nai B'rith, JewishWelfare Bd, United Jewish Appeal. • See: EJiEJ:1973-1982; WWIAJ, 1938.

Knefler, Frederick; b. Hungary, 1833; d. ca1901.

To US 1859. • Union brigadier-general,brevet major-general, US pension agent,Indianapolis. • See: JEi UJE.

Knipe, Jay Clarence; b.*; d. Philadelphia,Sep 21934.

Physician, ophthalmologist, Philadelphia;facultyJefferson Med Coll. • See: AJYB,37:258.

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Knopf, Alfred A; b. NYC, Sep 12 1892; d.1984.

AB Columbia. • Publisher, NYC; fdr, notedAm publishing house. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1983­1985;AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ.

Knopf, Blanche Wolf; b. NYC, July 301894; d. NYC, June 4 1966.

Editor, publisher, NYC; introduced Europeanauthors to VS. • See: WWWIA, 4,5; NAW:modem; DAB, 8; NYTimes, June 5 1966, 86:1.

Knopf, Samuel; b. Poland, 1862; d.Mamaronek, NY, June 11 1932.

Banker, financier, publishing exec, NYc. •See: UJE (sub Knopf, Alfred); AJYB, 34:111.

Knortz, Karl; b. Wetzlar, Prussia, Aug 281841; d. Tarrytown, NY, July 1918.

To VS 1863. • PhD V Heidelberg. • Author,North Tarrytown, NY; works on literature,folklore. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, July 281918,19:4.

Knox, Israel; b. Rogachev, Russia, 1906.To VS ca 1913.· CCNY, PhD Columbia.·Author on the philosophy of art; active Yiddishcultural affairs. • See: UJE.

Koback, Alfred Julian; b. Chicago, Sep 231898; d. Dec 271972.

MD, MSc V IL. • Physician, obstetrician,Chicago; faculty U IL, Cook County PostgradSchool; author/inventor in field; WWI service.• See: WWWIA, 6.

Kobacker, Alfred J; b. Neustadt, Lithuania,ca 1887;d. NYC, Jan 291945.

Merchant, civic ldr, Columbus, OH; officerWar Service Bd; dir OH Chamber ofCommerce, OH Retail Merchants Assn. • See:AJYB, 47:526.

Kober, Adolf; b. Beuthen, Upper Silesia,Sep 3 1879; d. NYC, Dec 29 1958.

To US 1939. • PhD V Breslau, ordainedJTS(Breslau). • Reform rabbi, historian, NYC,Cologne, Wiesbaden; specialtyJewish historyin the Rhineland; orgr congregation ofGerman emigrants; author in field. • See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 61:418;NYTimes, Dec 311958,19:1.

Kober, Arthur; b. Brody, Galicia, Aug 251900; d. NYC,June 1975.

To US ca 1902/1904. • Playwright, author;humorist, press agent, NYC. • See: UJE;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 13 1975,40:1.

Kober, Leo;b. Brunn, Austro-Hungary,Sep 24 1881; d. Larchmont, NY, Sep 171931.

To VS 1920. • Art Academy (Vienna &Munich), AcademyJulien (paris). • Artist,author, musician, NYC; staff artist NY World;WWI Hungarian army service. • See: AJYB,34:111; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Koblentz,Ahe Jack; b. Chattanooga, Aug301899.

West TN Normal School (Memphis). •Merchant, Chattanooga; nad pres Hai Resh

Fraternity; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities; activecivic affairs, synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kobler, AlbertJ; b. ca 1876; d.Dec 311936.

Publisher, The Mirror, NYC. • See: AJYB,39:593; NYTimes, Jan 41937,29:2.

Kobre, Hirshel; b. ca 1835; d. NYC, Mar 61910.

Rabbi,NYC.· See:AJYB, 12(1910-1911):110.

Kobrin, Leon; b. Vitebsk, Russia, Mar 151872/1873; d. Brooklyn, Mar 31 1946.

To US 1892.· Yiddish novelist, playwright,literary critic, NYC; pioneer ofYiddishliterature in US; assocd Forward, The Day. •See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):129,24:163,48:492; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ;Eisenstadt, 85; NYTimes, Apr 1 1946,28:2.

Koch, Edward Irving; b. Bronx, 1924.NYU Law. • Mayor, NYC; active Democraticpolitics. • See: EJ:1973-1982.

Koch, Isse; b.ca 1873; d. NYC, May 101934.

Merchant, communal worker, NYC. • See:AJYB, 36:283.

Koch, Isidore Martin; b. Philadelphia, June13 1871.

MD Medico Chirurgical (Philadelphia). •Textile mfr, Germantown, PA; earlier,physician. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Koch, Joseph; b. NYC, 1844; d. NYC, Apr1902.

Public official, Civil War veteran, NYSupreme Court clerk, legislator, NYC;commr,NYC District Court; active nad B'nai B'rith. •See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 291902,9:5.

Koch, Lawrence Lewis; b. Louisville, Apr18 1908.

LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, communal admr,Louisville; general secy YMHA; trusteesynagog. • See: .WWIAJ, 1938.

Koch, Samuel; b. Denver, Oct 141874; d.Seattle, Apr 10 1944.

AB, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb VnionColI. • Rabbi, Seattle; officer Public Library,Charity Org; dir Anti-Tuberculosis League,Conf for the Promotion of Goodwill BetweenRacial Groups; active Chamber of Commerce,Union ofAm Heb Congregations, CentralConf ofAm Rabbis. • See: AJYB, 5(1903­1904):69,46:340; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Koch, Sumner Leibnitz; b. Cavalier, ND,July 15 1888; d. Nov 11976.

AB Hamline V, MA, MD Northwestern;honorary degree. • Surgeon, Chicago; specialtybums; faculty Northwestern; a fdr professionalsocs; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Nov 2 1976, 32:1.

Kochanski, Paul; b. Warsaw, 1888; d. NYC,Jan 121934.

To VS 1921. • Brussels Conservatory. •Violinist, tchr, NYC; faculty Juilliard, Warsaw& Petrograd conservatories. • See: AJYB,36:283; NYTimes, Jan 13 1934,13:4.

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Kochenthal, Etta Rothschild (Mrs); b. ca1885; d. Rochester, NY,June 13 1938.

Communal worker, Rochester. • See: A]YB,40:387.

Kochin, Elihu Wolf (Elijah Zev Wolf); b.Rumsisock, Lithuania, 1871/1872; d.Pittsburgh, Nov 26 1946.

To VS ca 1906. • Rabbi, Pittsburgh; fdrPittsburgh Heb Sem.it1.ary. • See: AJYB,49:613; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; Gottlieb,312.

Kochin, Louis Mordecai; b. Russia, Oct 181898; d. Mar 91971.

MD Northwestern, MS V WVA, post-grad VVienna, U Berlin. • Physician, pediatrician,rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See: Gottlieb, 312;WWWIA, 5.

Koehler, MaxJ; b.*; d. Long Lake, NY,July241934.

Communalldr, jurist, author, champion ofJewish rights. • See:AJYB, 37:258.

Koen,Justine Bauer; b.*; d.Jan 41935.Communal worker, Austin, TX. • See: AJYB,37:258.

Koenig, Charles Wachtel; b. Brooklyn, Dec111912.

AB LI U. • Editor, Ridgewood, NY; with LIDaily Advocate; co-fdr milk station(Williamsburg); sponsor free concerts. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Koenig, M(arshall) Glenn; b. NYC, Sep 201931; d. Nov 13 1972.

MD Cornell. • Physician, Nashville, TN;specialty infectious diseases; consult VeteransAdmn, Nad Academy of Sciences; author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Koenig, Morris; b. Erlau, Hungary, Mar 131883; d. NYC, 1939.

To VS 1884. • CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer,municipal & court of general sessions judge,asst district atty, NYC; active Republicanpolitics. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:163,42:480;NYTimes, Dec 2 1939, 17:4.

Koenig, Samuel; b. Monastyriska, Ukraine,Mar 29 1899; d. NYC, Dec 29 1972.

To US 192'1. • Sociologist, educator, author;faculty Brooklyn ColI; bd Yiddish lost; activeFederal Writers Project, Am Friends ofHebV, Conf on Jewish Social Studies; author/editorin field. • See: AJYB, 74:557; NYTimes,Dec 31 1972,37:1.

Koenig, Samuel Spencer; b. Eger, Hungary,Sep 71872; d. Mar 1955.

LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public official, Secy ofState, NYC; counsel NY Lunacy Commn; .active Republican party; WWI fundraiser. •See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;NYTimes, Mar 18 1955,27:1.

Koenigsberg, Benjamin;.b. Limanow,Austria, June 3 1884.

To VS 1889. • CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,.communal worker, NYC; orgr Young Israel;officer Rabbi Solomon Kluger School, Unionof OrthodoxJewish Congregations, Rabbi

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JacobJoseph School, Chamber of Commerce;dir Heb Training School for Girls; activeMizrachi. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEGAJ.

Koenigsberg, Herman; b. NYC, Mar 81896.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC;officer Am Legion, Jewish Veterans Relief; bdJewish Big Bros, Jewish Sabbath Alliance,Rabbi Solomon Kluger Yeshiva. • See: BEGAJ.

Koenigsberg, ] ehuda; b. Suwalki province,1843.

To US 1893. • Heb tchr, writer. • See:Eisenstadt, 90.

Koenigsberg, Moses; b. New Orleans, Apr161878; d. NYC, Sep 211945.

Newspaper editor, publisher, journalist, NYC;fdr King Features; pres Internatl News Service,Universal Service; delegate to League ofNations conf on the press; Spanish-Am Warservice; autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,48:492-93; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWIA, 2; DAB; 3; NYTimes, Sep 22 1945,17:4.

Koenigsberger, Irene Caroline Diner; b.NYC, Sep 211896; d. Chevy Chase, MD,Aug 121985.

AB Hunter, MA Columbia, PhD NYU. •Chemist, communal worker, NYC,Washington DC; specialty rubber; bd NatlCouncil ofJewish Women (Washington DC);support Home for Emotionally DisturbedChildren Gerusalem}. • See: AJYB, 87:440;WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Aug 181985.

Koenigsberger, Lawrence;b. VVashWngtonDC, Oct 291892; d. 1951.

LLB, LLM Georgetown. • Lawyer,Washington DC; dir Jewish Social ServiceAgency, Jewish Foster Home; military service.• See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec41951,33:4.

Koeppel, Max L; b. Brooklyn, ca 1899; d.Manhasset, NY, Sep 1985.

Realtor, investor; pres Brooklyn PhilharmonicOrchestra; officer Union ofAm HebCongregations, Heb Union ColI. • See:NYTimes, Sep 301985.

Koesder, Morris; b. ca 1850; d. Elizabeth,NJ,]an 241936.

Communal worker, Elizabeth, NJ. • See:AJYB,38:430.

Koffka, Kurt; b. Berlin, Mar 18 1886; d.Nov 22 1941.

To US 1924. • PhD U Berlin, U Edinburgh. •Psychologist, Frankfort, Giessen; a fdr Gestaltpsychology, journal; faculty Smith CoIl; authorin field. • See: EJ; WWWL4, 1; DAB, 3;NYTiines, Nov 23 1941,52:1.

Koffman, Abraham]; b. Russia,]une 201880.

Business colI. • Real estate owner-operator,Zionist, writer, Detroit; advisory bdJewishOpen Forum; exec com, Zionist Org ofAm. •See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Koffsky, Samuel; b. Kiev, Oct 171902; d.Albany,]an 1953.

To US 1902. • CE Rensselaer PolytechnicInst. • Civil engineer, Albany, NY; activeprofessional soc. • See: "WWIA.J, 1926, 1938;NYTimes, Jan 17 1953,15:2.

Kogan, Leonard S; b. Easton, PA, Apr 221919; d. NYC,]une 1976.

BA, MA Lafayette CoIl, PhD U Rochester. •Psychologist, NYC; faculty CUNY; pioneer instatistical research methods; analyzed welfarerecipients; author in field. • See: NYTimes,June 301976,40:2.

Kogan, Zuce; b. Odessa, Aug 22 1900.To Chicago 1923. • ME Paris, U Montreal. •Construction engineer, Chicago; author infield. • See: WWIA.J, 1938.

Kogel, Marcus David; b. Austria, Sep 281903.

To US 1912. • MD NYMed CoIl & FlowerHospital • Physician, Jamaica, NY; militaryservice. • See:WWIA.J, 1938.

Kogos, Eli; b. Ekaterinoslav, Russia, Feb 201898.

To US 1913. • AAHarvard.· Social workadmr, New Haven; earlier Denver, Boston;exec dir Jewish Community Center. • See:WWIA.J,1938.

Kohanski, Alexander Sissel; b. Vilkavishkis,Lithuania,July 4 1902~

To US 1923. • AB Southwestern U, MA, PhDVanderbilt, Grad School for]ewish SocialWork.· Communal adr, author, NYC; natlsecy League for Labor Palestine; instructor,Grad School for Jewish Social Work. • See:WWIA.J,1938.

Kohen, Nathan; b. ca 1891; d. Baltimore,Oct 13 1938.

Rabbi, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 41:426.

KoWberg, Alfred; b. San Francisco,]an 271887; d. NYC, Apr 71960.

U CA • Importer, publisher, political orgr,author, editor, San Francisco, NYC; led fightagainst Inst of Pacific Relations; fdr journal;active crusader against communism, support of"nationalist China." • See: DAB, 6; NYTimes,Apr 8 1960, 31:2.

KoWberg, Herbert S; b. EI Paso, Sep 191886.

BS, EM Columbia. • Mining engineer, NYC;with mining cos. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.

KoWenberg,Arthur;b. NYC, ca 1924;d.Boston, July 1970.

Columbia, PhD Harvard. • Data processing coexec, Cambridge, MA; faculty Boston U, MIT;WWII service. • See: NYTimes, July 24 1970,31:1.

KoWer, Edgar]; b. Chicago, Mar 28 1875;d. NYC, Oct 10 1941.

BA CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asstcorporation counsel, NYC; officerJewish Bd ofGuardians. • See: AJYB, 44:337; "WWIA.J,1928;NYTimes, Oct 111941,17:4.

Kohlmar, Lee

KoWer, Kau:6nann; b. Fiirth, Bavaria, May101843; d. NYC,]an 281926.

To US 1869. • U Munich, U Berlin,ULeipzig, PhD U Erlangen. • Reform Idr, rabbi,theologian, scholar, prolific author, Detroit,Chicago, NYC; pres, Heb Union CoIl(Cincinnati); editor Jewish Publication ServiceBible translation; interested inJewishChautauqua; helped draft Pittsburgh platform.• See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):69-70,24:163,28:151,235-60; Eisenstadt, 87; PAJHS,31:268-71; WWWIA, 1; DAB.

Kf;lWer, Max] Games); b. Detroit, May 221871; d. Long Lake,NY,]uly 241934.

BS (BA?) CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia;honorary degree. • Lawyer, jurist, historian,author, NYC; specialty immigration &naturalization law; a fdr Am Jewish HistoricalSoc; opposed restriction of immigration,attacked MI alien registration act; memCommn on Ellis Island & Immigrant Relief;bd Union ofAm Heb Congregations; execcom, Am Jewish Com.· See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):129,24:163,37:21­26,258; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; PAJHS,34:165ff,295-302; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1;NYTimes, July 25 1934, 17:1.

KoWer, Mrs Kaufmann; b. ca 1848; d. Mar13 1932.

Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,34:111.

KoWer, Rose; b. Chicago, Mar 211873; d.NYC,Oct41947.

Normal CoIl (NYC), Cincinnati Art Academy,Art Students League. • Painter, sculptor, NYC;natl chr Religious School (Natl Council ofJewish Women); bd Heb Technical School forGirls. • See: UJE (sub Kohler, Kaufmann);AJYB, 50:518; "WWIA.J, 1926,1928,1938;BEGAJ; NYTimes, Oct 6 1947, 21: 1.

KoWer, Winifred L (Mrs Max] KoWer); b.ca 1880; &. NYC, Dec 211922.

Communal worker, kindergarten tchr, NYC;mem District School Bd; mem Com onImmigrant Aid; active charitable work, Guildfor Jewish Blind. • See: AJYB, 25:139;NYTimes, Dec23 1922,13:6.

KoWman, Francis L; b. New Orleans, Sep291879.

AB Tulane, LLB Harvard.· Noted triallawyer, NYC; active bar assns, urging US toappoint more judges; WWI counsel draft bds.• See: "WWIA.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.

KoWman, Louis; b. ca 1865; d. NewOrleans,]uly 20 1915.

Mfr, New Orleans. • See:AJYB, 18(1916­1917):108.

KoWman, Sigmund; b. ca 1856; d. Mobile,AL, Apr 19 1913.

Merchant, Mobile, AL. • See: AJYB, 15(1913­1914):271.

KoWmar, Lee; b. Forth (Furth?), Germany,Feb 271873.

U Erlangen. • Actor, vaudevillian, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1928.

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KohlmerlKohlmar, Fred; b. NYC, Aug 101905; d. Hollywood, Oct 12 1969.

Motion picture producer, Los Angeles; "SolidGold Cadillac," "Picnic." • See: WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Oct 14 1969,47:1.

Kohn, Aaron; b. ca 1839; d. NYC, Jan 101934.

Merchant, NYC. • See:A]YB, 36:283.

Kohn, Aaron; b. ca 1855; d. Louisville, Jan291916.

Lawyer, Louisville. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­1917):108.

Kohn, Abraham; b. Bachau, Wurtemberg,1843; d. Philadelphia, Nov 301918.

To US 1851. • Communal worker,Philadelphia; dir Orphans Guardian Soc. • See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):75;A]YB, 21:206.

Kohn, Achilles H; b. NYC, ca 1880; d.NYC, Apr 1965.

Columbia, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYC;pres William] Wollman Found; officerLexington School for the Deaf. • See:NYTimes, Apr 281965,45:5.

Kohn, Albert;'b. ca 1870; d.Jan 211918.Diagnostician, Mt Sinai Hospital, NYc. • See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.

Kohn, Alfred D; b.*; d. Chicago, Dec 21909.

Physician, Chicago; mem Bd of Education. ­See: A]YB, 12(1910-1911):109.

Kohn, Annette; b. NYC.Poet, writer, traveler, NYc. - See: UJE (subKohn, Hezekiah);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):129,24:163.

Kohn, Arnold; b. Buchau, Wurttembul'g,Aug 14 1838; d. Philadelphia, Feb 131916.

To US 1851. • Merchant, communalldr,Philadelphia; active civic & charitable orgs. •See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):75,18(1916­1917):108.

Kohn, August; b. Orangeburg, SC, Feb 251868; d. before 1938.

SC ColI, AB Columbia. • Exec, author,Columbia, SCi trustee USC, Heb OrphansHome (Atlanta, GA), Am]ewish Cong, • See:A]YB, 24:163; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1.

Kohn, Augusta Hirsch (Mrs Jacob Kohn);b.*; d. Los Angeles, Sep 2 1955.

Communalldr, Los Angeles; a fdr N atlWomens League ofUnited Synagogue ofAm.• See:A]YB, 58:477;NYTimes, Sep 31955,15:5.

Kohn, Belle Grauman; b.*; d. Hollywood,CA, reported Oct 71938.

Civic & communal worker, Indianapolis. - See:A]YB,41:426.

Kohn, Bernard; b. Philadelphia, Mar 121876; d. Philadelphia, May 1941.

BS, MS, MD U PA. • Physician, cardiologist,Philadelphia; with]ewish charities, health dept.

• See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, May 241941,15:2.

Kohn, Esther L (Mrs Alfred Kohn); b.*Social worker, Chicago; with Hull House; presJewish Social Services Bureau; officer ILLeague ofWomen Voters, IL Child LaborCom; chr ofsocial services, hospitals; advisorycom IL Minimum Wage Bd; bd ImmigrantsProtective League. • See: BEOA].

Kohn, Eugene; b. Newark, Jan 261887;d.New Hyde Park, Queens, Apr 11977.

Ordained]TS, AB NYU. • Reconstructionistrabbi, editor, author, educator; pres RabbinicalAssn ofAm; mgr editor Reconstructionistj staffYoung]udea.· See: UJEj E]jA]YB, 24:163,79:369; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 2 1977,22:3.

Kohn, Florence Frank (Mrs Louis Kohn);b. NYC, Sep 29 1890.

AB Hunter. - Communal worker, religiousschool tchr, New Castle, PA, Philadelphia,Hoboken, NYC; officerJewish Ladies Relief;mgr Youngstown Jewish Times. • See: WWlA],1938.

Kohn, Gabriel; b. Philadelphia, June 121910; d. May 211975.

Cooper Union, Beaux Art (NYC), Paris. ­Sculptor; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 6;NYTimes, May 23 1975, 40:1.

Kohn, Hans; b. Prague, Sep 15 1891; d.Philadelphia, Mar 16 1971.

To US 1931/1933. • PhD U Prague. •Historian, author, political scientist; facultySmith ColI, CCNY; officer Comite desDelegations]uives (paris); staffKerenHayesod; author in field; WWI Austrian armyservice. • See: UJEj E]j A]YB, 72:633;NITimes, Mar 17 1971,48:1.

Kohn, Harry; b. Springfield, OH, Feb 161886.

AB, LLB OH State U. • Lawyer, Columbus,OH; dir United]ewish Fund.- See: WWlA],1928.

Kohn, Harry D; b. Chicago, Apr 11865.PhB Yale. • Wholesale clothier, business exec,NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kohn, Henry; b. Chicago, Nov 91902; d.Chicago, Dec 301976.

Civic & communalldr, lawyer, Chicago;officer Am Jewish Com; mem IL Commn onHuman Relations; bd Bureau of]ewishEmployment Problems; active]oint Action Bd,synagog; contributor Negro ColI Fund. • See:A]YB, 79:369.

Kohn, Henry H; b. Germany, Nov 13 1864;d. Albany, Dec 1944.

Banker, NYC, Albany, NY; pres Morris PlanInsurance Soc, Morris Plan banks; mem BaptistChurch. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec271944,20:2.

Kohn, Hersch; b. Jerusalem, Feb 25 1898.To NYC 1921. • Jewish Orthodox RabbinincalColI, Torath Chaim, ColI Etz Chaim. • Rabbi,author, lecturer, Kashruth authority, NYC,

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Riverside, NY; a fdr Heb Orphan Home &Public Kitchen (Safed), Immigrant (Emigrant?)Sheltering Home (Haifa); officer United GallilAid Soc, Fedn of Orthodox Heb Rabbis ofAm.• See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Kohn, Hezekiah; b. Monchsroth, Bavaria,July 31822; d. NYC, Mar 231912.

To US ca 1836. - Merchant, communalworker, NYC; fdr Heb Free Schools; officersynagog, Am Relief for Indigent]ews inPalestine. • See: UJEj AjYB, 7(1905-1906):75­76,14(1912-1913):126; NYTimes, Mar 251912, 11:5.

Kohn, Irma; b. Rock Island, IL.Chicago Art Inst, abroad. • Artist, Chicago. •See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kohn, Irving H; b. Baltimore, Dec 3 1885;d. Baltimore, Nov 111945.

Merchant, Civic ldr, Baltimore; officer Assn ofCommerce; mem Commn for Revision of CityCharter; active civic & communal orgs. • See:A]YB, 48:493; NYTimes, Nov 12 1945,21:3.

Kohn, Isaac; b.*; d. Apr 1915.Financier, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):220.

Kohn, Isaac; b. ca 1812; d. NYC, Dec 31909.

Civil War veteran. - See:A]YB, 12(1910­1911):110.

Kohn, Jacob; b. Newark, Sep 15 1881; d.Los Angeles, Sep 10 1968.

PhB NYU, ordained, DHL]TS. •Conservative rabbi, Zionist, author, LosAngeles, Syracuse, NYC; faculty, dean U ofJudaism; a fdr, officer United Synagogue ofAm; WWI]ewish service. • See: UJEj E]jA]YB, 24:163, 70:522; WWIA], 1926, 1928;WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 11 1968, 51:1.

Kohn, Jerome; b. NYC, Jan 161900; d.Philadelphia, July 12 1948.

] ewish community ldr, Hartford, CT; activenatl United]ewish Appeal, Joint DistributionCom, Democratic politics. - See: A]YB,51:522; NITimes,]uly 13 1948,6:5.

Kohn,Jerome Ludwig; h. NYC, Mar 181893; d. NYC, Jan 1964.

AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Pediatrician,NYC; measles research, early user ofsulpha;author in field; military service. - See:NYTimes,]an 191964,76:5.

Kohn, John S Van E; b. ca 1906; d. WhitePlains, NY, Dec 1976.

Williams, MA Harvard. • Book collector, bookstore owner; collector of the works of Edna StVincent Millay, Edwin A Robinson, RobertFrost. - See: NITimes, Dec 20 1976, IT 12:6.

Kohn, Joseph; b.*; d.Jan 311921.Communal worker, Civil War veteran, NewOrleans; :mem School Bd. • See: A]YB, 23:132.

Kohn, Leo; b.*; d. Vienna, Feb 1917.Philanthropist, communal worker, Seattle. •See:A]YB,19(1917-1918):266.

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Kohn, Louis A; b. Hayti, MO, Mar 8 1870;d. Oct 9 1971.

AB U MO, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago;commr Nad Conf ofUniform State Laws;officer bar assns; active Democratic politics. •See: WWWIA, 6.

Kohn, Louis Wtnfield (L Wtttfield); b.NYC, Nov 26 1888; d. Aug 1956.

MD U MD, post-grad]ohns Hopkins. •Physician, gastroenterologist, NYC; officerBaltimore Med Club; active]ewishcommunity; author in field. • See: WWIA],1926, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Aug 17 1956,19:4.

Kohn, Max; b.*; d. Chicago, Oct 15 1912.Communal worker, Pueblo, CO. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):271.

Kohn, Morris; b. ca 1864; d. Manuet, NY,Feb 201935.

Pioneer motion picture exhibitor, Manuet, NY.• See:A]YB, 24:164, 37:258.

Kohn, Pauline Redlich; b. Poland, 1896; d.Far Rockaway, Mar 13 1977.

To US 1903. • Business exec, humanitarian;officer Womens League for Israel; active Anti­Defamation League, support of refugees. • See:A]YB, 79:369-70; NYTimes, Mar 15 1977,40:4.

Kohn, Ralph Arthur; b. Chicago, Mar 111890; d. Mar 1945.

BS NYU, NYU Law. • Motion picture exec,Hollywood; earlier lawyer; with ParamountPictures. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar5 1945, 19:5.

Kohn, Robert David; b. NYC, May 12 1870;d.June 1953.

CCNY, PhB Columbia, Ecole des Beaux Arts(Paris). • Architect, NYC; pres Soc for EthicalCulture; officer nad professional assns; housingdir PWA. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:163; WWIA],1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3; NYTimes, June 171953,27:3.

Kohn, S Joshua; b. Vilkomir, Lithuania,June 17 1899.

To US 1908. • Gratz Coll,AB, AM Columbia,ordained]TS, Heb U aerusalem). • Rabbi,author, Utica; orgr jewish CommunityCouncil,]ewish Nad Fund; mem ScoutCouncil. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Kohn, S S; b. ca 1844; d. Boerne, TX, Apr1916.

Rabbi, lawyer, physician. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):108.

Kohn, Samuel; b. ca1853; d. Philadelphia,May261912.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,14(1912-1913):127.

Kohn, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 20 1855; d.NYC, Nov 26 1909.

CCNY, NYU. • Physician, NYC; presGerman Poliklinik. • See:A]YB, 12(1910­1911):109; NYTimes, Nov 27 1909, 9:4.

Kohn, Samuel E; b. Chicago, July 211871.Bryant & Stratton Business ColI. • Furniture

co pres, Denver; officer Community Chest,synagog, trade assn; dir Nad]ewish Hospital,Denver Art Museum, Nad Farm School; activeUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].

Kohn, Sol; b. NYC, 1854; d. NYC, 1931.Columbia Law. • Lawyer, communal worker,NYC; officer Heb Home for Aged. • See: UJE(sub Kohn, Hezekiah).

Kohn, Sol H; b. ca 1846; d. NYC, Nov 171920.

Mayor, steel co pres, Wichita, KS; moved toNYc.. See:A]YB, 23:132;NYTimes, Nov 181920,15:4.

Kohn, Simon I; b. Meadville, PA, Jan 81851; d. Adantic City, July 15 1920.

Textile wholesaler, litterateur, civic &communalldr, Philadelphia; officer BambergerSeashore Home (Adantic City). • See: PA]HS,28:288-90.

Kohn, Sylvan Hiram; b. Newark, Mar 101892.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Zionist, Newark;officer Heb Educational Soc, synagog; activeSoc of Christians &]ews, United Synagogue ofAm. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kohn, Tobias; b. Prague; d. Hartford,1895/1898.

To US 1848/1849. • Merchant, silk mfr,Hartford; pioneer in silk weaving in US,devised machines & methods; his inventionhelped start Paterson, NJ silk industry. • See:]E; UJE.

Kohn, Walter Abraham; b. Philadelphia,Feb 191879.

BS, EE UPA. • Engineer, merchant, mfr,Philadelphia; officer Alliance IsraeliteUniverselle, Mastbaum Loan Soc; author infield.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]. .

Kohns, Hermine Straus (Mrs LazarusKohns); b. Otterburg, Bavaria, ca 1845;d. NYC, Oct 17 1922.

To US 1854. • Philanthropist, NYC; presSisterhood; dir Home for Aged Hebs. • See:A]YB, 25:139;NYTimes, Oct 191922, 21:5.

Kohns, Lazarus; b. Giebelstadt, Bavaria,Dec 22 1824; d. Dec 3 1910.

To US 1847.· Merchant, Columbus, GA,NYC; active civic, religious & charitable work.• See: A]YB, 13(1911-1912):136; NYTimes,Dec 41910, 13:4.

Kohns, Lee; b. Coiumbus, GA, Sep 1 1864;d. NYC, Jan 181927.

BS CCNY. • Business exec, philanthropist,civic & communalldr, NYC; pres NY Bd ofTrade & Transportation; chr EducationalAlliance; endowed chair, Sorbonne; activepolitics, fight for clean municipal government.• See: UJE;A]YB, 24:164,29:117; WWIA],1926; PA]HS, 31:271-73; WWWIA, 1;NYTimes,]an 191927,23:3.

Kohs, Samuel Calmen; b. NYC, June 21890; d. San Francisco, Jan 23 1984.

Kolar, Victor

Columbia, BS CCNY, MA Clark, PhDStanford. • Social worker, psychologist;specialty envirotunental factors on intelligence;faculty Reed ColI, U OR, Grad School forSocial Work; fdr Oakland (CA) Placement &Guidance Service; mem]ewish Commn forPersonal Service in CA State Instns; exec dirBrooklyn Fedn of Charities; author/editor infield. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:164, 86:440-41;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Kohut, Alexander; b. Felegyhaza, Hungary,Apr 22 1842; d. NYC, May 25 1894.

To NYC 1885. • PhD U Leipzig. • Rabbi,conservative theologian, Talmudic scholar,orientalist, lexicographer, NYC; a fdr ]TS;faculty ]TS; life work, talmudic lexicon; ] ewishrepresentative, Hungarian parliament. • See:]E; UJE; E] (sub Kohut); A]YB, 44:73-80;Eisenstadt, 85; PA]HS, 4:225-26; DAB.

Kohut, George Alexander; b.Szekesfehervar/Stuhlweissenburg,Hungary, Feb 111874; d. NYC, Dec 311933.

To US 1885. • Columbia,]TS, BerlinLehranstalt, Rabbinical Seminary (Paris);honorary degree. • Educator, author, scholar,bibliographer, editor, rabbi; faculty KohutSchool for Girls; librarian ]TS; fdr CampKohut, Kohut School for Boys; exec dirChildrens U School, Dalton High School;owner, dir Columbia Grammar School; est,Alexander Kohut Memorial Found. • See:]E(sub Kohut, Alexander); UJE; E] (sub Kohut);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130, 24:164, 36:55­64,283; WWIA], 1926, 1928; Eisenstadt, 85;PA]HS, 34:303-06; DAB, 1; NYTimes,]an 11934,23:1.

Kohut, Heinz; b. Vienna, May 3 1913; d.Oct 8 1981.

To US 1940. • MD U Vienna; honorarydegree. • Psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, Chicago;faculty U Chicago, U Cincinnati; officerprofessional assns; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Oct 10 1981.

Kohut, Rebekah 'Bettelheim (MrsAlexander Kohut); b. Kaschau, Hungary,Sep 91864; d. NYC, Aug 111951.

To US 1867. • U CA, Columbia; honorarydegree. • Welfare work ldr, employmentexpert, school exec, author, NYC; fdr KohutSchool for Girls; co-fdr, pres Nad Council of] ewish Women; orgr Employment Bureau(YWHA), Federal Employment Bureau for] ewish Girls; pres World Org of]ewishWomen; exec dir Columbia Grammar School,Alexander Kohut Memorial Fund; advisorFranklin Delano Roosevelt (while NYgovernor), NY Employment Service;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Kohut);A]YB, 7(1905-1906):76,24:164,54:539;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NAW:modern;NYTimes, Aug 121951, 79:3.

Kolar, Victor; b. Budapest, 1888; d.June1957.

To US 1904. • Prague Conservatory. •Violinist, conductor, composer, Detroit; withChicago Symphony, NY Symphony Soc. • See:UJE; NYTimes, June 17 1957,23:5.

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Kolb, Leon; b. Czemowitz, Austria, 1890;d.1977.

To US 1937. • Physician, art collector,bibliophile, author; faculty Stanford; est JewishMuseum (San Francisco); WWI Iron Crosswinner. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Kolbrener, l\:iartin M; b. NYC, Aug 141902; d. Hewlett Neck, LI,June 1967.

CCNY?, NYU?, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, countyjudge, NYC; officer Brooklyn JewishConvalescent Home; dir Community Center(Arvenne, LI); active Democratic politics. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 91967,45:1.

Kole, Lessing Lawrence; b. Milwaukee,Aug 28 1894; d. Milwaukee, Apr 3 1969.

Cosmetic mfr, Milwaukee. • See: WWUTlA, 5;NYTimes, Apr 5 1969,27:3.

Koletsky, Simon; b. New Haven, Dec 31910; d. May 161980.

AB, MD Yale. • Pathologist, Cleveland; facultyCaseWestern; officer Am Heart Assn; authorin field; WWII service. • See: WWUTlA, 7.

Kolish,TheodoreJ;b.1909;d.NYC,June271978.

Communalldr, NYC; chr NY MetropolitanCouncil; active Am Jewish Congo • See: A]YB,80:367.

Kolkey, Eugene; b. Chicago, Nov 27 1927;d. Oct 11 1975.

BA U IL. • Advertising exec, Chicago; creatorof "Tony the Tiger." • See: WWUTlA, 6;NYTimes, Oct 13 1975,32:5.

Koll, Irvin Sunthimer; b. Owensboro, KY,June 15 1883.

BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl, post-gradU Berlin, U Vienna, Paris. • Surgeon,Chicago; faculty Northwestern; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Koller, Armin Hajman; b. Komjari,Hungary, Jan 26 1878.

To US 1903. • U Budapest, AB, AM WesternReserve, PhD Chicago. • German professor,Urbana,IL; faculty Buder, U IL; interested inrelationship between culture and physicalenvironment; author in field. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Koller, Carl; b. Schuettenhofen, Austria,Dec 3 1854/1857; d. NYC, Mar 211944.

To US 1888.· MD UVienna.·Ophthalmologist, surgeon, NYC; inventordevices, introduced cocaine as anesthetic;author in field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 46:340;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWUTlA,.2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Mar 22 1944,19:1.

Kolliner, Robert S; b. Baraboo, WI, Mar 221868; d. before 1938.

U WI, LLB U MN. • Lawyer, judge,Minneapolis; lecturer U MN; officer B'naiB'rith. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kolodney, William; b. Minsk, Oct 12 1899;d. Mamaroneck, NY,Jan 181976.

To US 1903.· Educator, communal worker;officer professional assn; auditorium dir,

Metropolitan Museum ofArt; education dir92nd StreetY. • See: A]YB, 78:542; NYTimes,Jan191976,32:4.

Kolodny, Joseph; b. Pinsk, Poland, Dec 11898.

To US 1914.· Merchant, wholesale tobaccodistributor, NYC; orgr, active trade assns. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Kolsky, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Apr 141891.

Temple U. • Real estate & bank exec,Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Koltanowski, George; b. Belgium, 1903.Chess master, Belgium, Buenos Aires, SanFrancisco. • See: E].

Kolthoff, Izaak (Isaac) Maurits; b. Almelo,Holland, Feb 111894.

To US 1927.· PhD UUtrecht.· Analytic &physicial chemist, Minneapolis; faculty U MN;mem US Nat! Research Council; author infield. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938.

Komaiko, Solomon Baruch; b. Anyksciai,Lithuania, Sep 15 1879.

To US 1899. • Insurance underwriter, Zionist,author, Chicago; earlier journalist (NY,Chicago); pres Kadimah; bd Jewish Home forAged, Am Jewish Cong; WWI IL governmentpublicitydir.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Komar, Borris Marc; b. Russia, Nov 4 1889.To NYC 1916. • MA, LLB Cambridge U,barrister, Inner Temple (London). • Lawyer,NYC; counsel for governments; bd Am JewishCong; active Professional Mens League;author/editor/publisher in field; WWIJewishWelfare Bd service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Komarovsky, Mirra; b. Russia, 1906.Sociologist; faculty Barnard; officerprofessional soc; author in field. • See: E].

Kominz, Jacob S (Samuel); b. Kovno, Oct15 1886.

BS U Rochester, MD Columbia. • Physician,Rochester, NY; officerJewish WelfareCouncil; bdJewish Home for Aged, TalmudTorah, Assocd Heb Charities. • See: WWIA],1928, 1938.

Komiss, David Solomon; b. Konigsberg,Germany, Apr 10 1873; d.June 1947.

Merchant, communal worker, Chicago; memAm Ideal Commn; dir synagog, Better BusinessBureau; active B'nai B'rith, Hillel. • See:WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, June 11 1947,27:5.

Komroff, Manuel; b. NYC, Sep 7 1890; d.Dec 10 1974.

Editor, author,·critic, novelist; The Voice ofFire,Waterloo.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;WWUTlA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 111974,48:1.

Kone, Samuel Charles; b. Suwalki, Poland,Nov 101880; d. 1951.

To US1880.· LLB Yale.· Nat! Oil exec,Zionist, Hartford; nad officer ModernWoodmen ofAm, B'nai Abraham, B'rithShalom; dir Heb Womens Home for Children,Heb Ladies Old Peoples Home; active Am

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Jewish Congo • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Feb 3 1951, 15:4.

Konheim, Jerome; b. ca 1884; d. NYC, Dec81960.

CCNY, LLB NYU. • Apparel & shoe chainhead, NYC; trustee synagog. • See: NYTimes,Dec 10 1960,23:6.

Konikow, Mosesjoseph; b. Vitebsk,Russia, Mar 271868; d. Boston, May 131936.

MD Bern, post-grad Boston, Berlin. •Physician, Socialist ldr, Boston; officerIndependent Workmen's Circle ofAm,Knights ofPythias, Ethical Culture Soc; authorin field, Anglo-Jewish press. • See: A]YB,39:593; WWIA], 1928.

Konoff, Alexander; b. Russia?, 1883?; d.NYC, Feb 211969.

To US 1909. • Industrialist; pres, AmTechnion Soc; endowedJr Technical Inst(Israel).· See:A]YB, 71:605-06; NYTimes, Feb22 1969,29:4.

Kononovitch, Harry (Harry Kaye); b.Kishinev, Bessarabia, Mar 15 1899.

To US 1905. • Phoenix Conservatory,Wichita, KS Conservatory. • Violinist, NYC;dir Nu-Art Music Bureau. • See: WWIA],1938.

Konowitz, Mordecai; b. Berlad, Rumania,Jan 10 1898; d.NYC,Jan 301969.

To US 1903.· JTS, AB CCNY, LLB Harvard.• Lawyer, public advisor, NYC; bd 92nd StreetYMHA; trustee Jamaica (NY) Jewish Center;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies (Boston,NYC); author in field, onJewish topics; WWIwith Jewish Welfare Bd. • See:A]YB, 71:606;WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 11969,29:4.

Konri, Isidore (Isadore); b. Vienna, July 91862; d. Yonkers, Jan 111938.

To US 1890. • Imperial Academy (Rome). •Sculptor, Yonkers; created fountains, publicsculptures. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:164,40:387;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,Jan 12 1938,21:1.

Konvitz, Joseph; b. Kaisedorys, Lithuania,Apr 15 1878; d. Belmar, NJ,June 61944.

To US 1915. • Rabbi, Zionist, Newark; deanYeshivah (Palestine); chaplain NJ State. Prison;pres Union of Orthodox Rabbis; co-fdr, deanPalestine Theological Seminary (Safed); officerPalestine assns; exec com Central Relief Com;delegate Zionist World Congo • See: A]YB,46:340; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes,June 7 1944, 19:6.

Konvitz, Milton Ridvas; b. Safed, Palestine,Mar 121908.

To US 1915.· BS, MA,JD NYU, PhDCornell. • Lawyer, legal scholar, author;faculty Cornell; counsel Am Civil LibertiesUnion, NAACP. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938.

Koodlach, Abraham; b. Kiev, Apr 7 1892.To US 1910. • Kiev Conservatory. • Violinist,violin maker, repairer, Los Angeles. • See:WWIA], 1938.

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Koolish, Abe Leonard; b. Sioux City, IA,May 161892.

Dakota Wesleyan U.· Merchant, Chicago;exec, Chicago Musicallfistrument Co. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Koopman, Augustus; b. Charlotte, NC, Jan2 1869; d. Paris, Jan 311914.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), PAAcademy of Fine Arts, Beaux Arts (Paris). •Painter, etcher, Charlotte, NC, Paris. • See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130, 16(1914-1915):163;WWWIA, 1.

Koopman, Joel; b. ca 1846; d. Brookline,MA, Dec 271917.

Antiquarian, Brookline, MA. • See: A]YB,20(1918-1919):229.

Kootz, SamuelMelvin; b. Portsmouth, VA,Aug 23 1898; d. Aug 7 1982.

LLB UVA.· Art dealer, author, NYC.· See:WWWIA,8.

Kopald, Louis Joseph; b. Cracow, Apr 251885; d. Baltimore, Jan/Feb 41931.

AB, AM U Cincinnati, ordained Heb UnionColI, U CA. • Rabbi, communalldr, Glencoe,IL, Chicago; earlier Buffalo, NY; officer NYState Conf of Charities & Corrections; memBuffalo Bd of Education, Natl Com of 100 forAmericanization.· See:A]YB, 33:127;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.

Kope, Aron; b. Lodz, Poland, June 3 1903;d. NYC, Mar 17 1970.

To US 1940. • Zionist ldr, electrical engineer;ldr revisionist New Zion, Heb Com for NatlLiberation; editor The AnSWer; with Voice ofAm.· See:A]YB, 72:542;NYTimes, Mar 191970,47:2.

Kopelman, Barnett E; b. Odessa, Dec 211885; d. NYC, Mar 23 1955.

Lawyer; officer United Synagogue ofAm. •See:A]YB, 57:607; NYTimes, Mar 241955,31:5.

Kopelman, Frank; b. Boston, May 141909.LLB, LLM Boston U. • Lawyer; Boston;judge, MA District Court (Barnstaple); withUS Securities Exchange Commn. • See:WWIA],1938.

Kopeloff, I (Yisroel Yekhiel); b. Bobruisk,Minsk, 1858; d. NYC, Sep 271933.

To US 1882. • Yiddish journalist, memoirist,NYC; influenced by Haskalah (enlightenment)movement. • See: UJE;A]YB, 36:283.

Kopeloff, Nicholas; b. NYC, June 6 1890; d.Sep 1959.

BS Columbia, BS Cornell, MS, PhD Rutgers. •Research bacteriologist, NYC; with PsychiatricInst (Wards Island, NY); author in field. '. See:A]YB, 24:164; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 6 1959, 72:6.

Kopelove, Ben,; b. Russia, Sep 6 1888; d.Dayton, OH, Dec 71951.

Businessman, communalldr; natl bd JointDistribution Com, United Palestine Appeal. •See:A]YB,54:539.

Koperlik, Benjamin F; b. St Louis, Jan 291876.

LLB Washington U. • Lawyer, city atty,Pueblo, CO; officer synagog, Elks; active StBar, NatlJewish Home for Consumptives. •See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Kopetzky, Samuel]oseph; b. NYC, Aug 11876; d. NYC, Nov 13 1950.

CCNY, MD ColI ofPhysicians & Surgeons,post-grad Berlin, Vienna. •Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC; faculty NYPolyclinic; a fdr AmJewish Physicians Com,Am Legion; pres professional assns; author infield; Spanish-Am War & WWI service. • See:UJE;A]YB, 53:525; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 141950,31:1.

Kopf, Leo; b. Torgovice, Poland, May 171888; d. NYC, Mar 1 1953.

Composer, choir conductor; withJewishPeoples Philharmonic Chorus; faculty HebUnion ColI.· See:A]YB, 55:457; NYTimes,Mar 2 1953,23:4.

Kopf, Maxim; b. Vienna, 1892; d. July 1958.To US after fall of France. • Painter, followerof German expressionism, mystic. • See: E];NYTimes, July 8 1958,27:1.

'Kopfstein, Mayer; b. Pressburg, Hungary,June 15 1866.

Rabbi, NYC; co-editor DerJude. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):70,6(1904-1905):219.

Koplar, Sam; b. St Louis, July 4 1888; d.Dec 1961.

BIdr, hotel & television exec, St Louis;collector Chinese art. • See: WWWIA., 4.

Kopland, Morris;b. ca 1878; d. Utica, NY,Apr 21938.

Communal & Zionist worker, Utica, NY. •See:A]YB, 40:387.

Koplik, Henry; b. NYC, Oct 28 1858; d.NYC, Apr 301927.

CCNY,MD ColI of Physicians & Surgeons(NYC), Vienna, Munich, Prague. • Physician,pediatrician, milk station pioneer, NYC;described Kopliks sign for measlesidentification; est Good Samaritan Dispensary(NYC); faculty Columbia; author in field. •See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130-31,24:164,30:80; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA.,1; NYTimes, May 1 1927, II 9:1.

Koplik, Lewis H; b. NYC, ca 1904; d. NYC,July 22 1945.

Physician, Boston, NYC; faculty Harvard,Cornell; health official, Yorkville HealthCenter. • See: A]YB, 48:493; NYTimes, July 231945,19:4.

Koplin, Alexander; b. Chicago, Apr 261892; d. before 1938.

BS U PA, LLB Atlanta Law. • Lawyer,Washington DC, Atlanta; with US Dept ofJustice, US Railroad Admn. • See: WWIA],1926,1928; BEOA].

Koplowitz, Abraham; b. Arasne, Russia,Oct 19 1879; d. Brooklyn, Feb 1953.

Koralsky,]acob

To US 1887. • MD LI CoIl Hospital. •Gynecologist, obstetrician, Brooklyn; officermed soc; bd Heb Maternity Hospital; author infield. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Feb 12 1953,27:3.

Koplowitz, Isidore; b. ca 1868; d. Pettoit,Dec 17 1923.

Rabbi, Detroit. • See: A]YB, 26: 155.

Kopman, Benjamin D; b. Vitebsk, Russia,Dec 25 1887; d. Teaneck, N], Dec 31965.

To US 1903. • Artist, illustrator, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:164, 67:538; WWWlA, 4.

Kopp, Harry; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb 221880; d. NYC, Oct 1943.

LLBNY Law. • Defense lawyer, assemblyman,author, communal charity worker, NYC; activeRepublican, anti-socialist politics. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Oct281943,23:3.

Kopp, Mort:im.er Moses; b. NYC, July 241900; d.July 1973.

Columbia, MD NYU. • Otolaryngologist,plastic surgeon, Brooklyn; author in field;military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, July 26 1973,40:2.

Koppelman, Harris; b. Lublin, Russia, July221884.

To US 1895.· LLB NYU.• Trial lawyer,deputy atty general, NYC; delegate Conf onMinority Rights OfJews (Zurich); author infield, on minority rights. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kopperl, Moritz; b. Trebitsch, Moravia,1828; d. Bayreuth, Bavaria, 1883.

To US 1848. • Financier, alderman, legislator,Galveston, TX. • See: UJE.

Kopplemann, Hennan Paul; b. Odessa,May 11880; d. Hartford, Aug 111957.

To US 1882. • Congressman, legislator, citycouncil mem, Zionist, Hartford; honoraryofficer United Synagogue ofAm; bdJTS,Salvation Army; adm com Am Jewish Cong;active philanthropic causes. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 44:413, 47:629,60:356; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,Aug 13 1957,27:2.

Kopplemann, Mrs Jessie; b. ca 1855; d.Hartford, Feb 11942.

Civic, communal & charitable worker. • See:A]YB, 44:337; NYTimes, Feb 301942,20:2.

Kops, Waldemar; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Jan131945.

Mfr, communal worker, NYC; dir NYC Deptof Helath; trustee Baron de Hirsch Fund &Fednj lieutenant-colonel US ChemicalWarfare Service. • See:A]YB, 47:526;NYTimes,Jan 141945,40:3.

Koralsky,Jacob; b. Russia, Mar 251890.Editor, publisher, Zionist, author, Reading,PA; with]ewish Voice; earlier with]ewish World(Philadelphia), Jewish Daily Warheit. • See:WWIA],1928.

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Korda, Alexander (Sir); b. Turkeve,Hungary, Sep 161893; d.Jan 23 1956.

Motion picture producer, Hollywood,Hungary, Vienna, Berlin; became a Christian.• See: UJE;E]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Jan 241956, 31:1.

Korff, Jacob I; b. Ukraine, 1883?; d. Boston,Sep 271952.

Rabbi, US Chassidic movement ldr; deanBoston Orthodox rabbis. • See: A]YB, 55:457;NYTimes, Sep 28 1952, 78:7.

Korff, Kurt; b. Jaegersdorf, Silesia, ca 1877;d. NYC,Jan 301938.

To US 1934. • Noted German journalist,editor; with Ullstein publishing house; editorBerliner Illustrierte Zeitung. • See: A]YB,

- 40:387; NYTimes, Jan 311938,19:3.

Korff, Samuel I; b. Zvihil, Russia, Aug1913; d. Boston, Dec 18 1974.

Rabbi, civic ldr, Newton, MA; fdr Inst forReligious & Social Studies; chaplain, BostonFire Dept; active Assocd Synagog of NewEngland; interested in housing problems,Kashruth. • See: A]YB, 76:515; NYTimes, Dec191974,48:3.

Korman, Ezra; b. Kiev, July 4 1888; d.Detroit, Oct 251959.

To US 1923. • Yiddish poet, translator. • See:A]YB, 62:451.

Korman, Murray; b. Russia, ca 1902; d.NYC, Aug 1961.

To US as child.· Cooper Union.·Photographer, NYC; specialty, celebrityportraits. • See: NYTimes, Aug 10 1961, 27:3.

Kom, Arthur; b. Breslau, 1870; d.JerseyCity, Dec 211945.

To US 1939. • Electro-physicist; specialtyradio photography; faculty Inst ofTechnology(Berlin), Stevens Inst ofTechnology(Hoboken); author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB,48:493; NYTimes, Dec 23 1945, 18:4.

Kom, Bertram Wallace; b. Philadelphia,Oct.6 1918; d. New Orleans, Dec 111979.

Ordained, DHL Heb Union ColI. • Reformrabbi, historian, Mobile, Mansfield, OH,Philadelphia; officer Am Jewish Historical Soc;active Central Conf ofAm Rabbis, JewishWelfare Bd, Gratz ColI; author in field; wwnservice. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982;A]YB,69:506-08,81:368-69; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,Dec 15 1979.

Kom, Harold; b. Far Rockaway, NY, July10/111881/1882; d. NYC,]uly 71969.

AB, AM Columbia, PhD NYU. • Publicist,investor, author on Am Jewish history, NYC;officer Heb Assn of the Deaf; exec council AmJewish Historical Soc; active Republicanpolitics; WWI government service, WWII RedCross service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71 :606;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,July 9 1969,43:1.

Kom, Henry; b. ca 1844; d. Oct 251912.Merchant, real estate operator, NYc. • See:A]YB,15(1913-1914):271.

Kom, Louis; b. NYC, Mar 191869.PhB Columbia. • Architect, consult engineer,NYc.. See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):131, 24:164.

Kom, Louis Lehman; b. Germany, 1863.Mayor, US army judge advocate, SanFrancisco.· See:A]YB, 24:164.

Kom, Richard; b. NYC; d. Apr 271981.AB Princeton, LLB Yale, Juilliard. •Symphony conductor, NYC; faculty NY CollofMusic; musical dir Orchestra ofAm; activeHenry Street Settlement, Natl Music Council,synagog; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7,8.

Kom, Samuel Milton; b. NYC, May 301900.

Columbia, LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,Brooklyn; assocd Home of Sons & DaughtersofIsraei. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kom, Walter Cowen; b. NYC, Feb 8 1883.Realtor, philanthropist, NYC; trusteeMontefiore Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Komberg, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, 1918.Nobel Prize winning bio-chemist; with USPublic Health Service, Natl Inst ofHealth;faculty Washington U (St Louis), Stanford. •See:E].

Komblith, Howard G; b. Chicago, Apr 101884.

Insurance agent, Chicago; officer professionalassns. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Komblith, Rachmil; b. Warsaw, Oct 101878; d. NYC, Nov 24 1959.

To US 1910. • Rabbi; active Heb ImmigrantAid Soc. • See: A]YB, 62:450; NYTimes, Nov25 1959,29:2.

Komblith, Zisha; b. ca 1872; d. May 11929.

Journalist, playwright, NYC. • See: A]YB,32:154.

Kornblum, Daniel; b. ca 1909; d. NYC,·Sep81979.

Columbia, Brooklyn Law. • Labor arbitrator,NYC; helped draft "Little Wagner Act"; withDivision of Labor Relations. • See: NYTimes,Sep 10 1979.

Kombluth, Samuel Harry; b. Chicago, Mar71894.

Pace Inst. • Auditor, attache, Court of GeneralSessions (NYC); with IRS, NYC & NY Staudits; officer Veterans of Foreign Wars; activeDisabled Veterans; military service. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Kornfeld, Albert; b. Pine Bluff, AK, June 81901; d. Freudenstadt, Germany, Aug 161962.

AB OH State U, AM Harvard. • Investmentbanker, novelist, public relations exec,Chicago, NYC, Washington DC; editor Houseand Garden; a fdr Natl Trust for HistoricPreservation. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Aug 18 1962, 19:2.

Kornfeld, Alfred Ephraim; b. NYC, Oct 241869; d. NYC, Apr 8 1944.

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CCNY, Columbia. • Engineer; mgr,Engineering News; fdr Central Jewish Inst;officer synagog; active Boy Scouts. • See:A]YB, 46:340; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 91944,34:2.

Kornfeld, Joseph Saul; b. Aranyos Marot,Hungary, Feb 121876; d. Toronto?,June 1943.

To US as child. • BA U Cincinnati, ordainedHeb Union Coll, post-grad McGill, UChicago. • Rabbi, diplomat, NYC; envoy toPersia; with Federal Office of Education;officer B'nai B'rith; mem Bd of Education(Columbus, OH); active civic affairs. • See:UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(1903-1904):70,6(1904­1905):219,24:164,44:413,47:629; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 241943,21:2.

Komfeld, Max; b. St Louis, Sep 30 1903.DDS, post-grad Washington U.· Dentalsurgeon, St Louis; lecturer Washington U. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Komfeld, Sam; b. Ely, MN, Feb 221900.U Pittsburgh. • Petroleum engineer, geologist,Tulsa, OK. • See: WWIA], 1926.

Komgold, Erich Wolfgang; b. BrunnIBmo,May 291897; d. Hollywood, CA, Nov 291957.

To US 1934/1935. • Composer, conductor;faculty Vienna State Academy; came toHollywood with Max Reinhardt; activecomposer, movie scores. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,24:164; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Nov 301957,21:2.

Komgold, Julius; b. Bruenn, Austria, 1860;d. Hollywood, CA, Sep 251945.

Music critic, author, Vienna. • See: A]YB,48:493; NYTimes, Sep 271945,21:5.

Kornhauser, David E; b. Philadelphia.Painter. • See:A]YB, 24:164.

Kornhauser, Sidney Isaac; b. Cleveland,Nov 3 1887; d.Jan 11959.

AB U Pittsburgh, AM, PhD Harvard, U Halle,U Wurzberg. • Anatomist, Louisville; facultyU Louisville; author in field; WWI service. •See:A]YB, 24:164; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.

Kornhauser, SamuelJ; b. Parma, OH, Dec4 1879; d. Aug 1956.

AB Harvard, Harvard Law. • Lawyer, author,Cleveland; officer B'nai B'rith; bd PublicLibrary; active bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Aug 301956,25:1.

Komstein, Arthur; b. Woonsocket, RI, Sep241894.

Civic & communal worker, Woonsocket, RI;officer Civic Assn, Chautauqua Assn, AffiliatedJewish Orgs; bd Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Korol, Ephraim; b. Stavistshe, Russia, Aug15 1894.

To US 1912. • MD Loyola. • Physician,Lincoln, NE; with US Public Health Service,

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US Veterans Admn; author in field; WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.

Korshak, Max Mordecai; b. Chicago, Apr15 1884.

LLB, LLMJohn Marshall Law. • Lawyer,Master-at-Chancery, Chicago; an orgr Comfor the Defense of Human Rights AgainstNaziism; a fdr Mt Sinai, Fedn of OrthodoxJewish Charities; officer Zionist Org ofAm; dirMark Nathan Home. • See: WWIA], 1938;REOA].

Kortner, Fritz;b. Vienna, 1892;d.M~ch,July. 1970.

To US after 1933, to Munich 1948.· Actor,playwright; anti-Nazi themes. • See: UJE; EJ;NYTimes,July241970, 31:3.

Kory, Roscoe Conklin; b. New Orleans,Oct 15 1884.

BA, MD Tulane, post-grad NY Post-GradMed School, NY Eye & Ear Infirmary. •Physician, ophthalmologist,otorhinolaryngologist, Little Rock, AI<; facultyU AK. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Kory, Solomon Lysander; b. Nov 21 1879;d. Vicksburg, MS, Sep 141936.

BA U Cincinnati, BHL, BD, ordained HebUnion CoIl. • Rabbi, Vicksburg, MS. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):70,40:387.

Korzenik, Sidney Sylvester; b. Brooklyn,Jan 121909.

AB Harvard, MA Columbia. • Trade assn exec,NYC; exec secy Knitted Outerwear Assn;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Koshetz, Herbert; b. Cleveland, ca 1907; d.NYC, Oct 1977.

Business reporter; with NYTimes. • See:NITimes, Oct 15 1977,26:4.

Koshland, Daniel Edward; b. San Francisco,Mar 16 1892; d. San Mateo, CA, Dec 101979.

BS U CA (Berkeley); honorary degrees. •Business exec, philanthropist, San Francisco;fdr San Francisco Found, United Negro CoIlFund, Community Chest; trustee Union ofAmHeb Congregations; active J ewish WelfareFedn;WWIservice.•See:~,7;NITimes, Dec 12 1979.

Koshland, Robert Joseph; b. San Francisco,Apr 301893.

BS U CA. • Realtor, San Francisco; earlierbusinessman (Boston); officer Fedn ofJewishCharities; chr San Mateo (CA) EmergencyReliefAdmn; exec com Western RegularCouncil ofJewish Fedns; bd CA Conf of SocialWork; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kosinski,Jerzy; b. Lodz, 1933.To US 1957. • PhD Columbia. • Novelist, ThePainted Bird; spent WWII hiding in Polishcountryside. • See: EJ:1983-1985.

Koskoff, Yale D; b. New Haven, Nov 51905.

AB, MS, PhD, MD Yale. • Neurosurgeon,Pittsburgh. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Koslofsky, Irving; b. ca 1914; d. NewOrleans, Oct 171940.

Rabbi, New Orleans; earlier Kingstown, NY. •See:AJYB, 43:360;NYTimes, Oct 191940,17:3.

Koslowsky, Aaron Jacob; b. Poland, 1864?;d. Woodmere, LI, NY, May 26 1964.

To US 1910.· Rabbi, talmudic scholar; fdrEzras Torah Natl Soc; exec dir Yeshiva; officerUnion of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: A]YB,66:578; NYTimes, May 30 1964, 17:3.

Koslowsky, Nota; b. Porozowa, Russia, Apr201906.

To US 1926.· Natl Academy of Design, ArtStudents League. • Artist, tchr, illustrator,NYC; with Sholem Aleichem schools;contributor Young Israel. • See: UTWIA], 1938.

Kosofsky, Vladimir; see Kossovski,Vladimir.

Kosover, Mordecai; b. Vilna, Sep 161908;d. Elmhurst, NY, Dec 31969.

To US 1938. • Jewish scholar, educator;faculty Brooklyn CoIl, Jewish Tchrs Seminary;editor The Day; natl exec com, Farband;consult AmJewish Com; bd Yiddish Inst;author in field. • See:AJYB, 71:606.

Koss, Stephen E; b. NYC, ca 1940; d. NYC,Oct 1984.

BA, MA, PhD Columbia. • Historian; specialtyBritish politics; faculty Barnard, Columbia. •See: NYTimes, Oct 27 1984.

Kossovski (Kosofsky), Vladimir (pseud ofNahum Mendel Levinsohn); b. Dvinsk,Lithuania, 1867; d. NYC, Oct 191941.

To US 1941.· Outstanding Bund theorist,socialist; a fdr Polish Socialist Bund; memRussian-terrorist org, Jewish Social Democrats;assocd with Zunkunft. • See: EJj A]YB, 44:339.

Kostelanetz, Andre; b. Leningrad; d. Jan 131980.

To US 1922. • St Petersburg Conservatory;honorary degrees. • Orchestra conducator;commissioned many works. • See:~, 7.

Kostrynski, Sholym; b. ca 1840; d.Springfield, MA, Aug 161937.

Chief rabbi, talmudist, Grodno. • See: AJYB,40:387.

Kotinsky, Jacob; b. Poltava, Ukraine, July22 1873; d. before 1938.

Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School(Woodbine, NJ), BS Rutgers. • Entomologist,scientist, realtor, Washington Dc; with Dept ofAgriculture, HI Bd ofAgriculture; author infield. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1-904-1905):131,24:165; UTWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Kotkins, AbeJ; b. ca 1887; d. Seattle, June13 1936.

Mfr, communal worker, Seattle. • See: A]YB,38:430.

Kotkov, Wilfred Phineas; b. ca 1885; d.Woodhaven, LI, Feb 26 1921.

Rabbi; instuctorJTS.· See:AJYB, 23:132;NYTimes, Feb 281921,11:4.

Koussevitzky, Sergei (Alexandrovitch)

Koder, Aaron; b. Poland, 1891; d. NYC,Nov291962.

To US 1941. • Rabbi, scholar; fdr, dir BethMedrash Govoha (Lakewood, NJ); a fdr Israeliindependent Orthodox educational system; chrCouncil ofTorah Sages ofAgudat:h IsraelWorld Org, Torah Umesorah.· See:A]YB,65:434; NYTimes, Nov 301962,33:1.

Koder, Shneur; b. Slutsk, Russia, 1918; d.Boston, June 241982.

To US 1946. • Rabbi, noted Talmudic scholar,Orthodox ldr, Lakewood, NJ; active manyJewish groups.· See:A]YB, 84:335; DetroitJewish News, July 2 1982.

Kotok, Edward I (K); b. Russia, Sep 201988.

To US 1897. • BS CCNY, MS U MI. • Dir,CA Forest & Range Experiment Station(Berkeley); with US Forest Service; consult UCA; author in field. • See: UTWIA], 1938;REOA].

Kotz, Jacob; b. Russia, Dec 25 1895.MD George Washington U.· Obstetrician,gynecologist, Washington DC; faculty GeorgeWashington U; orgrJacobi Med Soc; bd HebHome for Aged, Jewish Community Center. •See:REOA].

Kotzen, Barnet; b. ca 1868; d. Bayonne, NJ,reported Apr 22 1938.

Communal worker, Bayonne, NJ. • See: AJYB,40:387.

Kotzen, Earl Louis; b. Pompian, Lithuania,July 12 1892. .

To US 1893. • Exec, textile mfr,Reading, PA;officer trade assn, synagog; bd ReadingHospital. • See: UTWIA], 1928, 1938.

Koufax, Sanford (Sandy); b. Brooklyn, 1935.Record setting baseball player, broadcaster;mem Brooklyn Dodgers, Baseball Hall ofFame; autobiography. • See: EJ; E]:1973-1982.

Kourcik, Leon; b. Moscow, Sep 20 1878; d.Brooklyn, June 1967.

Cantor, rabbi, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 5(1903­1904):70; NYTimes, June 201967,39:3.

Koussevitsky, Alexander; b. 1927.Cantor. • See: E] (sub Koussevitsky, Moshe).

Koussevitsky, David; b. 1911.To US 1949.· Cantor, London, Brooklyn;lecturerJews CoIl (London). • See: EJ (subKoussevitsky, Moshe).

Koussevitsky, Jacob; b. 1903; d. 1959.Cantor, Lvov (Poland), London, Winnipeg,NYC. • See: EJ (sub Koussevitsky, Moshe).

Koussevitsky (Kusevitsky), Moshe; b.Smorgon, near Vilna, June 9 1899; d.Kings PT, LI, Aug 231966.

To US 1947/1948. • Cantor, concert singer,Brooklyn; bdJewish Ministers Cantors Assn;dir Yeshiva Etz Chaim. • See: EJ; A]YB,68:529; NYTimes, Aug 241966,45:1.

Koussevitzky, Sergei (Alexandrovitch); b.Vishny Volotchok, Tver, Russia, July 26

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1814; d. Boston, June 41951.To US 1924.· MAMoscowConservatory,Moscow Philharmonic School; honorarydegrees. • Noted conductor, composer, Paris,Boston; faculty Moscow Conservatory; fdrKoussevitzky Orchestra; with BostonSymphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; estBerkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), • See:UYE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;DAB, 5;NITimes,June51951, 1:2.

Kove, Moses L; b. ca 1909; d. Hackensack,NJ,June 271980.

Lawyer, asst atty general, NYC; head NYCTaxi-Limousine Commn; war crimeprosecutor, Nuremberg, Germany. • See:NYTimes, June 28 1980.

Koveleski, Emanuel; b. London, Jan 271874; d. Rochester, Nov 1950.

To US 1879. • Labor Idr, Rochester, NY;general orgr AFL;pres NYS Fed of Labor,NYS Culinary Alliance; orgr Heb Charities ofRochester. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,Nov 5 1950,92:5.

Koven, Israel George; b. Bialystok, Poland,Sep 251892.

Business coll, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, UnionCity, NJ; counsel Secaucus Bd of Education;military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kovner, B; see Adler, Jacob.

Kovner, Louis; b. Russia, 1876?; d. MiamiBeach, Feb 6 1951.

Realtor, NYC; pres Park East, West Hospitals;active Jewish Charities.· See:A]YB, 53:525.

Kowalski, Benjamin; b. New Orleans, Sep111854; d. Houston, Oct 251923.

Public official, postmaster, mayor, city councilpres, Brownsville, TX; commr Bd ofHealth;orgr Bd ofTrade. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):76; 26:155.

Kowalski, Louis; b. ca 1849; d. July 191917.

Clerk of District Court, Brownsville, TX. •See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.

Kowalsky, Chaim Nachman; b. Warsaw,1893; d. Baltimore, Jan 3 1978.

To US 1927. • Rabbi; fundraiser Mea ShearimYeshivah, Nev Israel Rabbinical ColI. • See:A]YB, 80:367.

Kowalsky, Ichel Meyer; b. Zagarow,Poland, Nov 15 1890.

To US 1908. • Rabbi, NYC; earlierSpringfield, MA; with Joint Distribution Comrelief overseas; officer nat! Mizrachi, JewishNatl Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Koyre, Alexandre; b. Taganrog, Russia,Aug 291892; d. 1964.

PhD U Paris. • To US during WWII. •Philosopher, intellectual historian, author; dirofstudies Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes(paris); faculty New School, Ecole Libre, UChicago, Johns Hopkins, U WI, Inst forAdvanced Study (Princeton). • See: E];WWWIA,5.

Kracauer, Siegfried; b. Frankfort, Feb 81889; d. Nov 26 1966.

To US 1941. • PhD Berlin-CharlottenburgTechnische Hochschule. • Architect,sociologist, writer; editor Frankfurter Zeitung;with Museum ofModern Art film library;consult, US Founds. • See: E]; WWWIA, 4;DAB, 8;NITimes, Nov281966, 39:1.

Krackowizer, Ernest; b. Styria, Austria,1821; d. Ossining, NY, Sep 1875.

To US after 1848. • UVienna,U Padua. •Physician, student revolutionary, anti­Tammany, NYC; introduced laryngoscope toUS; fdr German Dispensary; officer med soc;author in field. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 251875,4:5.

Kraditor, Abraham; b. Vlodimierz, Poland,Sep 7 1896; d. 1970.

To NYC1905.· Pace Inst, LLB BrooklynLaw. • Lawyer, CPA, NYC; commander inchief, Jewish War Veterans; military service. •See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 3 1970,42:3.

Kraemer, Jacob; b.*; d. Newark, Dec 1935.Communal & Zionist worker, Newark. • See:A]YB, 38:430.

Kraemer, Joseph; b. Kamenetz-Podolsk,Russia, Apr 181889.

To Newark 1893. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,Supreme Court Commr, Zionist, Newark;active Democratic politics, Am Jewish Com,Jewish Agency, World Zionist Congo • See:WWIA],1938.

Kraemer, Nathan; b. Elizavetgrad, Russia,May301888.

CCNY, Schechters Seminary, MD BellevueHospital Med ColI. • Obstetrician, Bronx; dirConcourse Center ofIsrael; active New HebSchool. • See: WWIA], 1928.

Kraemer, Otto Julius; b. Portland, OR, Oct251874.

LLB U OR. • Lawyer, district court judge,Portland, OR; pres Humane Soc; dir, officerFed of]ewish Sacs, Heb BenevolentSoc. • See:WWIA],1938.

Kraft, Louis; b. Moscow, Jan 2 1891; d.NYC, July 111975.

To US ca 1895.· BS CCNY.· Communalworker, author, Jewish Community Centermovement Idr; a fdr YM-YWHA Oerusalem),Jerusalem School of Social Work; • exec dirJewish Welfare Bd, YM-YWHA(Bronx);officer professional assns, World Fedn ofYMHAs & Jewish Community Centers; bd USOrgs for Natl Defense; WWI with JewishWelfare Bd, WWII bd USO. • See: UYE; E];A]YB, 77:596; WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, July 121975,28:5.

Krakauer, Jay Frank; b. NYC, Mar 2 1894;d.May 1961.

BS, CE, SCM NYU. • Civil engineer, poet,Brooklyn; assocd Public Service Commn, NYEdison Co; a fdr Menorah Alumni ofNYC;active friends ofHeb U; author in field; WWI .

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service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOA]; NITimes, May 12 1961,29:3.

Kraker, David Aron; b. NYC, Jan 2 1881; d.Apr 1954.

CCNY, Bellevue Hospital, MD U Baltimore. •Physician, Newark; specialty proctology; fdrAm Coll ofPhysicians; chr Training School forNurses (Newark City Hospital); author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;NITimes, Apr 15 1954,87:1.

Krakoff, Morris Alan; b. Washington, PA,July 41907.

U Pittsburgh, MB, MD Detroit Call ofMed &Surgery. • Deputy Health Commr, Columbus,OH. • See: BEOA].

Kramarsky, Siegfried; b. Lubeck, Germany,Apr 14 1893; d. NYC, Dec 25 1961.

To US 1940. • Banker, Zionist, NYC; IdrGermanJewish refugee operations(Netherlands); Idr United Jewish Appeal; chrHadassah; bd Am Com for Weizmann InstofScience, Am Jewish League for Israel, AmFriends ofHeb U. • See:A]YB, 64:494;NITimes, Dec 261961,25:4.

Kramer, Adolph Ferdinand; b. Chicago,Oct 11 1870; d. Oct 1944.

Chicago Manual Training School. • Realestate exec, mortgage broker, Chicago; prestrade assns; officer Am Kennel Club. • See:WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Oct16 1944, 19:6.

Kramer, Alex; b. Russia, May 11912; d.Dec 121980.

To US 1912. • Vending co exec, Detroit; presInterstate United Corp; active trade assn;WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kramer, Arthur Lee; b. Louisville, Dec 171880; d. Los Angeles, Feb 17 1950.

LLB U TX. • Lawyer, dept store exec, author,Dallas; officer trade assn, Chamber ofCommerce, Art Assn, Symphony Soc, synagog,B'nai B'rith; active Dallas music culture. • See:BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 18 1950, 15:1.

Kram~r, Barry David; b. Detroit, Feb 251943; d.Jan 291981.

Wayne State, PhB Montieth Call. • Publishingco exec, Detroit; pres Motor City Music,Creem Magazine. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Kramer, Benjamin; b. Chatin, Bessarabia,Aug 15 1888/1889; d. Sep 291972.

To US 1895.· MD NYU; honorary degree. •Physician, pediatrician, Brooklyn; faculty U IA,Johns Hopkins, LI Coll Hospital; researcher,Cornell; med dir Heb Orphan Asylum. • See:UJE;A]YB, 24:165; WWIA], 1928,1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 6;NITimes, Sep 301972,34:4.

Kramer, Charles Philip; b. NYC, Mar 251891; d. NYC, Aug 71961.

NYU Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; afdr, pres Natl Fedn ofTemple Brotherhoods;officer Synagogue Council ofAm; activeUnion ofAm Heb Congregations. • See: UJE;A]YB, 64:494; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 81961,30:1.

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Kramer, Henry; b. ca 1848; d. Dec 14 1913.Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):163.

Kramer, Herman; b. Castel-on-the-Rhine,Germany, Oct 51864; d. Chicago, June1942.

To US 1880. • Insurance executor, broker,Chicago. • See: WU'IA], 1938; NYTimes, June241942,19:5.

Kramer, Joseph; b. Kamenetz, Podolsk,Apr 181889. .

LLB NYU.• Lawyer, Newark; officer Orderof the Sons ofZion, synagog; active AmJewishCong, Am League for the DefeIlSe of]ewishRights, Zionist Org ofAm, Council of]ewishAgency. • See: BEOA].

Kramer, Joseph; b. Hungary, June 191901.BCS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public accountant,auditor, NYC; officer AdolfUllman Aid Soc,Bereg Nunkacser Sick & Benevolent Soc;active Astoria Civic Improvement Assn, AmJewish Congo • See: BEOA].

Kramer, Leon M; b. Poland, ca 1866; d.Stamford, CT,Jan 251943.

Cantor, composer, NYC; dir Halevy SingingSoc. • See:A]YB, 45:389.

Kramer, Louis; b. Russia, Sep 22 1876.Actor, play & skit writer, Bronx. • See:WWIA], 1926, 1928.

Kramer, Martin S; b. Pittsburgh, 1920; d.Boca Raton, FL, Oct 25 1983.

BS U Pittsburgh. • Retail store exec, NYC,Tampa; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Oct 27 1983, 18:1.

Kramer, MaxJ; b. Poland, Oct 17 1877; d.NYC, June 1946.

To US ca 1891. • Bldr, hotel operator, NYc. •See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, June 18 1946,25:2.

Kramer, MiltonJoseph; b. NYC, Aug 61904; d. NYC, Mar 17 1977.

Bldr, hotel owner & mgr, NYc. • See:WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 241977, IV 18:4.

Kramer, Milton Lurie; b. Hoboken, N],Nov23 1906; d. NYC, Mat' 81965.

Cardiac specialist, NYC; studied results ofHiroshima; officer Hadassah Med UnitGerusalem), med socs; active Physicians Loan& Relief Com. • See:A]YB, 67:538; NYTimes,Mar 10 1965,41:2.

Kramer, Morris; b. Tlurnnacz, Poland, Nov27 1890; d. Long Beach, NY, Apr 6 1967.

To US 1905. • Realto, communal worker,Zionist; pres American-Hungarian Zionistgroup; contributor Day; author on lifeinsurance. • See: A]YB, 69:609; NYTimes, Apr8 1967,31:4.

Kramer, Morris I; b. Newark, Mar 29 1886.NYU School of]ournalism. • Exec, writer,NYC; officer,]ewish Aid Soc (Brooklyn);editorial staff]ewish Daily News; WWI]ewishWelfare Bd service. • See: WU'IA], 1928,1938.

Kramer,MorrisJ;b.}(urenitz, "ilna,Jan15 1890.

Exec, cominunal worker, Detroit; officerMerchants Protective Assn, B'nai B'rithCommunity House, Fedn of UkrainianJews inAm.· See: WWIA], 1928.

Kramer, Moses; b. ca 1849; d. Pittsburgh,June 281918.

Rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB, 21 :206.

Kramer, Samuel; b. "ilna, Nov 101894.To US 1898.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, asst attygeneral, NYC; officer synagog; chr UnitedPalestine Appeal, UnitedJewish Campaign(Bensonhurst, Brooklyn); dir ] ewishCommunity Home, Reb Inst ofBrooklyn;military service. • See: WlIVIA], 1928, 1938.

Kramer, Samuel Noah; b. Russia, 1897.To US 1906. • Dropsie, PhD UPA.· LeadingSumerologist; faculty U PA; popularizedknowledge of Sumer. • See: E].

Kramer, Shestel; b. Russia; d. Cleveland,Jan 201942.

To US 1930. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,Cleveland; dean Cleveland Talmudical CoIL •See: A]YB, 44:340.

Kramer, Sidney; b. NYC, ca 1912; d.Washington DC, Apr 1961.

Roanoke CoIl (VA), CCNY, BS Columbia,PhD U Chicago. • Noted bookseller,publisher, bibliographer, Washington DC;curator rare books, Columbia. • See: NYTimes,Apr 26 1961, 39:2.

Kramer, Simon Gad; b. Bukowina, Austria,Jan 291903; d. Rochester, MN, Feb 171970.

To US 1913. • BA, MA U Chicago, ordainedHeb Theological CoIl (Chicago), PhD NYU. •Rabbi, Zionist, author, Chicago, NYC; presSynagogue Council ofAm, NY Bd of Rabbis;head Heb Theological CoIl (Chicago); officerMizrachi; exec com]ewish Welfare Bd; Jewishliaison with US military government inGermany. • See: A]YB, 72:542; WWIA.], 1926;WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Feb 18 1970,47:2.

Kramer, Simon Pendleton; b. Cincinnati,Jan 1 1868; d. Washington DC, Apr 121940.

MD Med ColI ofOH, post-grad U Gottingen,U Berlin, U ColI (London). • Surgeon,Cincinnati; faculty U Cincinnati; officer medsocs; author in field; Spanish-Am War & WWIservice. • See: A]YB, 42:480; WWIA.], 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 131940, 17:6.

Kramer, Stanley E; b. NYC, 1913.Movie producer, dir, film writer, editor; "TheDefiant Ones," "On the Beach," "High Noon."• See: E].

Kramer, "ictor Albert; b. Boston, Nov 11896; d. NYC, Apr 1972.

AB Harvard. • Laundry exec, Zionist, NYC;officer Bd of Education (Queens), trade assn;fundraiser United Palestine Appeal; execcouncil Menorah Assn; WWI service. • See:WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 15 1972,34:6.

Krasnow, Frances (Mrs Marcus Thau)

Kranitz, Louis; b. Buffalo NY Dec231897. ..' .••• '

LLB StJoseph Law.· Lawyer, Zionist, StJoseph, MO; faculty StJoseph Law School.officer B'nai B'rith, Zionist District; .••• 'represented city at MS Valley Flood WaterwayConf. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938.

Krantz, Philip; see Rombro, Jacob.

Krantzman, Manashe; b. ca 1863; d.Boston, Sep 301917.

Communal worker, Boston. • See: A]YB20(1918-1919):229. '

Kranzberg, Samuel;b. Russia,July 101880.Merchant, communal worker, St Louis· officerJewish Orthodox Home for Aged; acti;ecommunal hospitals, orphans, schools. • See:WWIA], 1926.

Kranzer, Herbert C; b. 1905; d. Athens,Greece, Sep 20 1964.

Exec, communalldr; officer Heb ImmigrantAid Soc; ldt, United Jewish Appeal,JointDistribution Com, CARE. • See: A]YB,66:578; NITimes, Sep 25 1964,41:1.

Krasik, Sidney; b. Brownsville, PA, Mar 261911; d. Oct 1965.

BS Carnegie Tech, PhD CornelL • Physicist,mfg co exec, Pittsburgh; with Westinghouse. •See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 18 1965, 35:5.

Krasna, Norman; b. LI, NY, Nov 7 1909; d.Los Angeles, Nov 1 1984.

NYU, Columbia, St]ohns Law.· Author,playwright, screenwriter, Academy Awardwinner, Hollywood. • See: E]:1983-1985;WWIA.], 1938; WWWIA,8;NITimes,Nov71984.

Krasne, Abraham; b. Russia, Dec 25 1885;d. Rye, NY, Dec 191973.

Wholesale & retail grocer, NYC; officer tradeassns; dir ] ewish Fedn, YMHA, Am]ewishCong, ] oint Distribution Com, Zionist Org ofAm.· See:A]YB, 75:655; BEOA]; NITimes,Dec 20 1973,42:4.

Krasner, Lee (Krassner, Lenore) (MrsJackson Pollock); b. Brooklyn Oct 271908; d. NYC, June 19 1984.

Cooper Union, Natl Academy of Design;honorary degree. • Noted abstractexpressionist painter. • See: WWWIA, 8;NITimes,]une 211984.

Krasnick, Samuel; b. "itebsk, Russia, Apr261887.

To Sheboygan, WI, 1906. • Clothingmerchant, Sheboygan; orgr, officer B'naiB'rith; orgr Fedn ofJewish Charities;dirMilwaukee Jewish Orphans Home.· See:WWI4],1938.

Krasnow, Frances (Mrs Marcus Thau); b.NYC.

Educational Alliance, JTS, BS Barnard, MA,PhD Columbia. • Biochemist, bacteriologist,NYC; with Guggenheim Dental Clinic School;researcher/author/editor in field. • See:WWIA],1938.

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Krasnow, Peter; b. Russia, 1887.Artist, wood carver, Los Angeles; contributorMenorah Journal.· See:AJYB, 24:165;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Krass, Nathan; b. Odessa, Aug 1 1880; d.NYC, Nov 22 1949.

BL, MA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb U,post-grad Harvard, U Chicago; hononirydegrees. • Rabbi, Reform ldr, NYC; facultyJewish Inst of Religion; investigator, JointDistribution Com; fundraiser Liberty Bonds,Heb Union CoIl; adm com Jewish Agency;active civic & communal affairs. • See: UJE;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):70 (sub Krasnowetz),24:165,52:502-03; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 23 1949,29:1.

Kraus, Adolf; b. Blowitz, Bohemia, Feb 261850; d. Chicago, Oct 22 1928.

To US 1865. • Lawyer, communal & civicldr,Chicago; mem Bd of Education; internatl pres,B'nai B'rith; pres Civil Service Commn; orgrAnti-Defamation League; bd Union ofAmHeb Congregations; memoirs. • See: JE; UJE;EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):131-32,24:165, 31:93;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,Oct 23 1928,29:5.

Kraus, Michael; b. NYC,June 191901.BS CCNY, PhD Columbia, London. •Historian, NYC; faculty CCNY; author infield. • See: BEOAJ.

Kraus, Milton; b. Kokomo, IN, June 261866.

U MI Law. • Lawyer, congressman, Peru, IN;active Republican party; Spanish-Am warservice. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:165; WWIAJ,1926,1928; WWWIA,4.

Kraus, Mortimer; b. NYC, June 19 1891; d.Apr 1969.

NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer synagog,Metropolitan Confof Temple Brotherhoods;exec com YM-YWHA, Union ofAm HebCongregations; active Jewish CommunityCenter (White Plains, NY), political affairs. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 141969,45:3.

Kraus, Philip Ellis; b. NYC, Feb 11908.AB CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD candidateNYU. • Psychologist, instructor, NYC; assocdYeshiva ColI, Religious School. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Kraus, Solomon C; b. Philadelphia, Oct 181865; d.July 291928.

Communal worker, Philadelphia; grandmaster,officer Internatl Order ofB'rith Sholom;officer Am Jewish Cong; active charities. • See:AJYB, 31:93; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.

Kraus, Walter Max; b. NYC, Aug 25 1889;d. NYC, Aug 22 1944.

AB Harvard, MD Johns Hopkins, AMColumbia, post-grad U Paris. • Neurologist,psychiatrist, genealogist, NYC; with HecksherFound for Children; editor, genealogymagazine; author in field; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Aug 23 1944, 19:6.

Krause, Arthur; b. Austria, Feb 12 1898.To Cleveland 1901. • Western Reserve, OHState U, LLB Baldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, asstatty general, municipal judge, Cleveland;military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kraushaar, Meyer; b. NYC, Oct 19 1891; d.1961.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel CongInvestigating Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928; NYTimes, Apr 41961,37:2.

Kraushar, Edwin Eber; b. Weretzka,Czechoslovakia, Aug 18 1868.

To US 1906. • Candy mfr, realtor, Zionist,Brooklyn; officer synagog, Talmud Torah. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Krauskopf, Joseph; b. Ostrowo, Germany,Jan 211858; d. Atlantic City/Philadelphia,June 12 1923.

To US 1872.· Ordained Heb Union ColI(first class); honorary degree. • Reform rabbi,anti-Zionist, Philadelphia; fdr, Natl FarmSchool; pres Central Conf ofAm Rabbis;helped draft Pittsburgh platform; orgr FreeLabor Bureau (Kansas City), Bd ofJewishMinisters (Philadelphia); a fdr JewishPublication Soc; mem Bd ofNatl Charities &Corrections. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 5(1903­1904):71,24:165,26:156,420-47;AJHQ,67:342-62,75:48-60; WWWIA, 1; DAB;NYTimes, June 13 1923,19:5.

Krauskopf, Marcus; b. Merklin, Bohemia,Jan 201848.

Rabbi, NYC; officer Order Free Sons ofIsraei.• See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):71.

Krauss, Alois; b. Cerhenic, Bohemia, 1863.To Bryn Mawr, PA between 1938-1942. •German U (Prague), Humboldt U (Berlin). •Economist, geographer, writer; faculty GoetheU; aided Jewish emigration. • See: UJE.

Krauss, Ignatz; b. ca 1841; d. Denver, Mar81917.

Communal worker, Denver. • See: AJYB,19(1917-1918):266.

Krauss, Max; b. Kolozsvar, Hungary, Nov141891.

To US 1921. • Med U of Kolozsvar. •Gynecologist, NYC; pres Hungarian ZionistAssn ofAm; officer Zionist orgs; active Hakoahathletics; author in field; WWI Hungarianservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.

Krauss, Moses; b. ca 1841; d.Jan 1914.Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):164.

Krauss, Sally Oram; b. Pittsburgh, Apr 271902.

U MI, Sargent ColI of Physical Education,New Haven Normal School. • Communalworker, Mt Vernon, NY; volunteer socialworker, Mt Sinai Hospital (NYC); officer NatlCouncil ofJewish Women.· See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kravitz, Julius; b. Cleveland, Oct 22 1911;d. Cleveland, May 2 1979.

Business exec, philanthropist, Cleveland;

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officer Jewish Community Center,JewishCommunity Fedn, synagog, MidwestJewishNatl Welfare Bd; benefactor Israel Bonds,Brandeis U. • See:AJYB, 81:369.

Kravitz, Philip; b. Bazar, Russia, Mar 251889.

To US 1913. • Exec, Dayton, OH; officersynagog, Dr Herzel Soc, Burial Soc, JewishFedn for Social Service, United Heb Inst, B'naiB'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Krech, David; b. Russia, Mar 27 1909; d.July 141977.

To US 1913. • BS, MA NYU, PhD U CA(Berkeley); honorary degree. • Psychologist,educator, Berkeley, CA; faculty U CA(Berkeley); officer professional socs; author infield; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, July 161977,24:3.

Kreeger, Morris Harold; b. NYC, Aug 171910; d. Nov 3 1975.

AB Rutgers, MD Jefferson, post-grad U PA. •Hospital admr consult, Chicago; exec dirMichael Reese; bd Blue Cross. • See:WWWIA,6.

Kreielsheimer, Max; b. ca 1870; d. Seattle,Nov 13 1935.

Pioneer settler, merchant, Seattle. • See: AJYB,38:430.

Kreindler, Charles; b. Austria?, 1890?; d.Bethesda, MD, Sep 23 1969.

To US 1910. • Union official, NYC; presILGWU; a fdr, Jewish League AgainstCommunism, Am Labor aRT; natl officer AmORT.· See:AJYB, 71:606; NYTimes, $ep 251969,47:2.

Kreindler, Doris Barsky; b. Passaic, N],Aug 12 1901; d. 1974.

NY School fo Applied Design for Women,Natl Academy of Design, CCNY. • Painter,etcher, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, May41974, 44:5.

Kreindler, I Robert; b. NYC, Mar 251914;d. Westhampton Beach, NY, Aug 151974.

Honorary degree. • Restaurateur,philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Mt Sinai School forMed; bd Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, US Com forRefugees. • See: AJYB, 76:515.

Kreiner, Marion Sarah; b. Biddeford, ME,July 10 1897.

ColI Business Inst (Minneapolis), U MN. •Civic & welfare worker, Minneapolis; assocdLegal Aid Soc, Family Welfare Assn; officerJewish Family Welfare Assn; active StateLeague ofWomen Voters, professional assns. •See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.

Kreisler, Fritz; b. Vienna, Feb 2 1875; d.NYC, Jan 291962.

Vienna Conservatory, Paris Conservatory. •To US WWII. • Noted concert violinist,composer; WWI Austrian service; Catholic. •See: UJE;AJYB, 24:165; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;NYTimes, Jan 301962, 1:4.

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Krellenstein, Irving Bernard; b. Warsaw,Mar 141892.

To US 1893. • MD Cornell. • Obstetrician,gynecologist, Bronx. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kremer, David; b. Philadelphia, Mar 281890.

MD U PA. • Physician, Philadelphia; faculty UPA; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kremer, Isa; b. Beltzi, Bessarabia, Oct 211892; d.July 1956.

To US 1922. • Operatic soprano, composer,author, folk singer, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; NITimes, July 91956,23:4.

Krensky, A Morris; b. Auburn, lA, Oct 21887.

Mortgage banker, Chicago; officer synagog,NatlJewish Hospital. • See: BEGAJ.

Krensky, Louis Joseph; b. Calhoun County,IA, Apr 22 1898.

Exec, author, Chicago; dir Big Bros; activesynagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kreplak, Jacob; b. Zabludowo, Poland,1885; d. NYC, Sep 21 1945.

To NYC 1915. • Yiddish short story writer,editor, novelist, playwright; proofreaderForward; active Jewish fraternal & literary orgs;Russian army service. • See: UJE; AJYB,48:493; NITimes, Sep 22 1945, 17:6.

Kres, Adolph; b. Lemberg, Austria, May 241860.

Communal worker, NYC, Baltimore; specialtyimmigration matter; orgr, officer HebEmigrant Aid Soc, Heb Friendly Inn, JewishHome for Incurables; orgr B'nai B'rith lodges;officer United Heb Charities, B'rith Sholom. •See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Kresel, Isidor Jacob; b. Austria, Nov 171878; d.July 91957.

To US 1890. • LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asstdistrict atty, NYC; investigator of ambulancechasing. • See: WWWIA, 3.

Kreshover, Jacob Siegfried; b. Odessa, Feb22 1882; d. Apr 1971.

To US 1892. • CCNY, MD Columbia. •Gastroenterologist, NYC; WWI memexemption bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,Apr 13 1971,42:3.

Kreshtool, Isadore; b. Volhynia, Russia,Dec 15 1889.

To US 1906. • DDS Baltimore Med ColI. •Dentist, Wilmington, DE; inventor Xraydevice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kretchmer, Herman Gabriel (Lilliput)Liliput; b. Riga, May 15 1883; d.June 51938.

To NYC 1907. • Yiddish journalist, poet,writer, editor, NYC; With Forward; activeJewish labor movement, Latvian Relief Soc. •See:AJYB, 40:387; WWIAJ, 1938.

Kretschmer, Herman Louis; b. Chicago,Apr 22 1879; d. Sep 23 1951.

MD, MCL, PhG Northwestern; honorary

degrees. • Urologist, Chicago; pres Am Bd ofUrology; officer professional socs; author!editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes,Sep 241951,27:3.

Krevsky, Solomon; b. Smargon, Poland,Dec 10 1880; d. Apr 1954.

To US 1915. • Chief rabbi, Allentown, PA;supt Talmud Torah; est Heb Sheltering Home;active Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See:WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Apr 111954, 87:1.

Kreymborg, Alfred; b. ca 1884; d. Milford,CT, Aug 1966.

Poet, chess player, Italy, NYC; judge PultizerPrize poetry jury. • See:AJYB, 24:165;NITimes, Aug 15 1966, 27:2.

Krich, Maxwell; b. Novgorodseversk,Chernigov, Mar 171890.

To US 1906. • Temple. • Mfr, communalworker, Zionist, Vineland, NJ; delegate AmJewish Cong; mem natl council, KerenHayesod; est colonies for Russian peasants,built railroads in Russia. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.

Kridel, Alexander Hayes; b. NYC, Feb 141877; d. Aug 1950.

BS CCNY. • Factory, commn merchant,NYC; fdr Pi Lambda Phi fraternity; WWIdraft bd work. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;NITimes, Aug 6 1950, 72:6.

Kridel, Samuel; b. NYC, Jan 20 1868; d.NYC, Aug 1952.

CCNY. • Factory, commn merchant, leadingsilk importer, France, NYC; officer MontefioreHospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug15 1952, 16:5.

Krieger, Louis; b. ca 1864; d. NYC,June 261934.

Magician, entertainer, NYC. • See: AJYB,36:283.

Kriegshaber,StellaWeiner;b. Tipton,MO, Jan 31 1879.

Organist, pianist, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Kriegshaber, Victor H; b. ca 1859; d. Nov10 1934.

Merchant, communalldr, Atlanta. • See:AJYB,37:258.

Kriendler, Maxwell Arnold; b. NYC, Feb 161908; d. Aug 71973.

LLB StJohns. • Beverage co exec, NYC;fundraiser Albert Einstein Med ColI; bd BoysTown (Italy), air force founds; WWII service.• See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Aug 8 1973,40:3.

Krim, Abba Isidore; b. Lithuania, July1890/1893.

MA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb UnionColI, Dropsie, U PA, Berlin Lehranstalt, PhDU Berlin. • Reform rabbi, author, translator,editor, Newark, NYC; facultyJewish TchrsSeminary, Peoples U; contributing editorTalmud Magazine, Jewish Voice; orgr, pres,editor Jewish Classical r/:r Philosophical SocMagazine. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Krock, Arthur

Krimsky, John; b. ca 1906; d. New Haven,Oct 1980.

To US 1933. • Film & cabaret producer,public relations counsel; a dir NY Worlds Fair;WWII OSS service. • See: NITimes, Oct 91980.

Krimsky, Joseph; b. Uman, Kiev, Jan 41883; d. Daytona Beach, FL, Aug 1971.

NYU, Bellevue Med ColI, post-grad Vienna,Berlin, London. • Physician, Brooklyn; an orgrAm Jewish Cong; to Palestine with 1stHadassah Med Unit; orgr Fedn of UkrainianJews ofAm; pres Jewish Natl Fund; officerMatz lIeb Scholar Fund; endowed scholarshipHeb U; dir Am Jewish Physicians Com; authorin field. • See: AJYB, 72:633; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.

Krinkin, David Z; b. Stalingrad, ca 1890; d.Moscow, Oct 1959.

To NYC 1914. • JD U Rome. • Editor, NYC;with Russky Golos; called before Un-AmericanActivities Com. • See: NITimes, Oct 28 1959,37:5.

Krinsky, Simon Raphael; b. Horodok,Poland, Jan 1 1899.

To US 1923. • Tchr, principal, author, editor,Wilmington, DE; with Heb schools; • dirYMHA; active Jewish Natl Fund.· See:WWIAJ,1938.

Krisoff,Jacob; b. ca 1855; d. Brooklyn, Jan181932.

Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 34:111.

Kriss, Max; b. Ostropol, Russia, May 2/15/18 1889; d. State College, PA, Nov 161941.

To US 1910. • BS, MS PA State ColI, PhDYale. • Agricultural chemist, biochemist, StateCollege, PA; faculty PA State ColI; authorityon animal nutrition; author in field. • See:AJYB, 24:165, 44:340; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; NITimes, Nov 17 1941, 19:3.

Kristeller, Lionel Paul; b. Newark, Oct.301891; d.June 1956.

Lawyer, Supreme Court Commr, Newark;active bar assns; military service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,June 281956,29:3.

Kristeller, Paul Oskar; b. Berlin, 1905.To US ca 1939. • Renaissance scholar; facultyColumbia; author in field. • See: EJ.

Kritchevsky, Wolf; b. Russia, Sep 16 1886.U Bern, U Geneva, D Sc U Grenoble. •Consult chemist, patent holder, Chicago; withRit Products Co, Sherwin-Williams. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Kritzman, William; b. Catskill, NY, Apr 91868.

Bldg & loan dir, Hudson, NY.• See: WWIAJ,1938.

Krock, Arthur; b. Glasgow, KY, Nov 161886/1887; d. Apr 12 1974.

AA Lewis Inst (Chicago), AM Princeton;honorary degrees. • Journalist, newspapereditor, Pulitzer prize winner; with Louisvillepapers, NITimes; mem Pulitzer Prize Bd. •

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See: EJ; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Apr 13 1974,1:5.

Kroeber, Alfred Louis; b. Hoboken, June111876; d. Oct 5 1960.

BA, MA, PhD Columbia; honorary degrees. •Noted Am anthropologist; interests, Eskimos,Indians; faculty U CA (Berkeley); author infield. • See: WWWIA, 4; DAB, 6; NITimes,Oct 6 1960, 41:1.

Krohn, Abraham Lincoln; b. Montclair, NJ,Jan 61893; d. Nov 1958.

Ordained, MHL Jewish Inst of Religion. •Rabbi, Albuquerque, NM; faculty U NM; fdrCommunity Chest Assn; pres Public Library,Bd of Education; dir NM Tuberculosis Assn. •See: WWlAJ, 1938; NITimes, Nov 241958,29:4.

Krohn, Irwin Moses; b. Saugerties, NY,Apr 5 1869; d. Dec 1948.

Shoe mfr, civic worker, Cincinnati; officerZoning Bd; mem Park Commn, City PlanningCommn; bd Heb Union ColI; WWI service. •See: WWlAJ, 1926, 1938; NITimes, Dec 131948,23:4.

Krohn, Israel; b. NYC, Sep 41895; d.June1952.

PhB Lafayette ColI, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,Zionist, Easton, PA; natl council JointDistribution Com; officer Easton WarMemorial Assn, Jewish Community Center,Am Legion, Jewish War Veterans, PA Fed ofYM-YWHA, Civic League; WWI service. •See: WWlAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, June 141952,15:4.

Krohn, Louis; b. Germany, 1837; d.Cincinnati, 1929.

Merchant, banker, Cincinnati; pioneer intobacco industry; officer Union ofAm HebCongregations. • See: UJE.

Krohn, Rose Fink; b. Utica, NY, Aug 141894.

Cornell. • Civic & communal worker, musictchr, Utica, NY; officer Natl Council ofJewishWomen, League of Women Voters; fundraiserCommunity Chest; acitve peace work, CivicChorus. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.

Krohn, S; b.*Rabbi, Kansas City, MO.· See:AJYB, 6(1904­1905):219. • *See entry below.

Krohn, Samuel; b. ca 1847; d. July 4 1921.Rabbi, Denver.· See:AJYB, 24:102. • *Seeentry above.

Krol, Hayim; b. Lodz, Poland, 1892.To NYC 1922. • JTS. • Yiddish poet, textileworker, Paterson, NJ, NYC; contributorYiddish magazines. • See: UJE.

Krolik, Julian Henry; b. Detroit, Apr 91885/1886; d. Detroit,Jan 81956.

Merchant, Detroit; activeJewish charities. •See:AJYB, 58:477; WWlAJ, 1938.

Kroll, Abraham; b.-NYC, ca 1893; d. NYC,Oct 1964.

BS Columbia, PhD Fordham.· Business,

industrial arts educator, NYC; chr NYC Bd ofExaminers, Bd of Education; WWI service. •See: NITimes, Oct 15 1964, 39:1.

Kroll, John Jacob crack); b. London, June101885; d. Cincinnati, May 261971.

To US 1886. • Labor ldr; orgr AmalgamatedClothing Workers; regional dir CIa-PAC; co­dir AFL-CIO; mem Histadrut. • See: Fink,193-94; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May 28 1971,36:2.

Kroll, Leon; b. NYC, Dec 6 1884; d. Oct 251974.

Natl Academy of Design, Art Students League,Paris. • Painter, muralist, tchr; painted muralsinjustice Dept (Washington DC), Worcester,MA War Memorial Hall. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:165; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWlA, 6; NITimes,Oct261974,34:3.

Kroll, William; b. NYC, Jan 301901; d.Mar 10 1980.

Inst ofMusical Art. • Violinist, chamber musicplayer, composer, NYC, Boston; facultyMannes ColI, Peabody Conservatory,Cleveland Conservatory, Queens ColI, BostonU.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7,8.

Krombach, Beatrice de Lack; b; NYC, Apr91874.

School of Philanthropy. • Communal admr,worker, editor, NYC; supt YMHA; editor AmJewess.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):76.

Kron, Gabriel; b. Nagybanya, Hungary,July 23 1901.

To US 1921. • BS U MI; honorary degree. •Electrical engineer, Schenectady, NY; withGE; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kronberg, Louis; b. Boston, Dec 201872;d.1965.

Museum of Fine Art (Boston), Art StudentsLeague, Paris. • Artist, Boston, NYc. • See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):132, 24:165; WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 4.

Kronenberger, Louis; b. Cincinnati, Dec 91904; d. Apr 301980.

U Cincinnati. • Dramatist, literary critic,author; faculty Brandeis; staffFortune; dramacritic Time. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 7; NITimes, May 2 1980.

Kroner, Richard; b.1884.To US after Hitler's rise.· Philosopher,author; interest, Hegel; faculty U Dresden, UKiel, U Frankfurt, Union TheologicalSeminary, Temple.· See: EJ.

Kronfeld, Rudolf (Rudolph); b. Vienna,1901; d. NYC, Feb 1940.

To US 1929. • MD U Vienna, DDS, BSLoyola U (IL). • Dental histologist, researcher;faculty Loyola; officer dental soc; authorleditorin field. • See: UJE; NITimes, Feb 14 1940,21:6.

Kronheim, Milton Stanley; b. WashingtonDC, Oct 2 1888.

Corp exec, Washington DC. • See:WWWIA, 8.

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Kronheim, Sylvan; b. BrooWyn, Dec 51885; d. Oct 1943.

Clothing, retail merchant, fabric mfr, NewOrleans, Pittsburgh, NYC; officer trade assns;lecturer on style for men. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Oct 5 1943, 25:4.

Kronish, Fred; b. Rumania, May 15 1879;d. Miami, Sep 41963.

To US 1898. • Banker, philanthropist; activeJewish orgs (Brooklyn); honorary trustee NYJewish Child Care Assn. • See: AJYB, 65:434;NITimes, Sep 61963,30:1.

Kronold, Hans; b. ca 1871; d.]an 10 1922.Cellist, composer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:102;NITimes, Jan 111922,21:6.

Kronthal, Leon H; b. San Francisco, Feb 81873; d. before 1938.

U CA. • Banker, broker, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,1926.

Krooth, David Louis; b. Chicago, July 151907; d. Dec 71978.

Crane J r ColI, PhB, JD U Chicago. •Government lawyer, Washington DC; withHousing Authority; active bar assns. • See:WWWIA, 7.

Kross, Anna Moscowitz (Mrs Isidor Kross);b. Nishwez, Russia, July 17 1889/1890.

To US 1893. • LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer,judge, penologist, penal admr, Commr ofCorrections, NYC; orgr Home Term Court;initiated psychiatric & guidance services,fought unjust bail system; a fdr, Rikers Islandcomplex; natl bd, Hadassah, Zionist Org ofAm. • See: EJ; WWlAJ, 1928, 1938.

Krotoshinsky, Abraham; b. Poltsk, RussianPoland, 1892; d. Nov 1953.

To US 1911. • WWI hero, barber, NYC; mem"Lost Battalion," awarded DSC; clerk, NYCpost office. • See: UJE; NITimes, Nov 5 1953,31:4.

Krow, Eugene; b. Beregszasz, Hungary,Sep 7 1877; d. Sep 14 1935.

Civic & communal worker, McKeesport, PA;orgr, officer synagog. • See: AJYB; 38:430;WWIAJ, 1928.

Kroyt, Boris; b. Odessa, June 23 1897; d.Nov 151969.

To US 1936. • Violinist, Washington DC;with Budapest Quartet. • See: WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Nov 17 1969,47:1.

Krueger, Samuel; b. Austria, Oct 12 1869.Banker, Trenton, N]; officer synagog;dirYMHA. • See: WWlAJ,1928.

Kruger, Albert; b. Minsk, July 9 1868; d.NYC, Aug 1925.

To US 1899. • Supt, Home of the DaughtersofJacob, NYC; active communal & civiccharities, philanthropic work. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):77; NITimes, Aug 13 1925, 19:6.

Kruger, Joseph; b. Newark, Aug 231904.AB U MI. • Newspaper publisher, NYC; withElizabeth Jewish Record; fdr, dir boys camp; execsecy Phi Sigma Delta. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.

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Kruger, Minna Nicola; b. Jelgava, Latvia; d.May 161975.

To US 1938.· MD UKharkov.· Physician,NYC; staffHeb Home; specialty: geriatrics. •See: WWWL4, 6.

Kruger, Solomon; b. Russia, 1864; d.Baltimore, Nov 71919.

To US 1904.· Orthodox rabbi, Baltimore. •See: A]YB, 22:166; NITimes, Nov 9 1919,22:3.

Krulewitch, Melvin L (General); b. NYC,Nov 111895; d. NYC, May 251978.

LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,major general; consult Public Utility Commrs,NJ, NY; chr NYS Athletic Commn; benefactorscholarships, Columbia, Israel Bonds, GirlScouts, United Jewish Appeal; activeRepublican politics, USO; WWI, WWIIservice. • See:A]YB, 80:368; NITimes, May 261978, II 2:4.

Krulewitz, Elias; b.*; d.June 61938.Hazzan, Passaic, NY.• See:A]YB, 40:387.

Krumbein, Abraham; b. Bolechow, Galicia,Mar241892.

To US 1895.· Undergarmentmfr, NYC; chrAm Palestine Campaign; officer DowntownTalmud Torah; exec bdJewish EducationAssn, Yeshiva Coll,JTS.· See: WWIA], 1938;BEGA].

Krumgold, Joseph; b.Jersey City, Apr 91908; d.July 10 1980.

BA NYU. • Film producer, childrens bookauthor; mem Bd of Education (FrelinghufsenTownship, Warren County, NJ); WWIIservice. • See: WWWL4, 7.

Krupp, Haymon; b. Kovno, Mar 141874.Merchant, oil well operator, philanthropist, ElPaso; officerJewish Relief Soc, synagog,Assocd Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.

Krupsaw, David Loeb; b.Washington DC,Nov 25 1911; d.Jan 211960.

Lawyer, corp exec, Washington DC; chrArlington County Bd. • See: WWWIA, 4.

Kruttschnitt, Julius; b. New Orleans, 1854;d. NYC, June 1925.

CE Washington & Lee U.· Railway magnate,helped industrialize post-Civil War Southwest.• See: UJE; NITimes, June 16 1925, 21 :4.

Kubert, Joseph Mandel; b. Chicago, June141917; d. Sep 11974.

BS, MS IL Inst ofTechnology. • Exec,educator, Chicago; faculty U Chicago, • See:WWWIA,6.

Kubie, Lawrence Schlesinger; b. NYC, Mar171896; d. Oct 261973.

AB Harvard, Columbia, MD Johns Hopkins;honorary degree. • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,NYC; officer professional socs; author in field;military service. • See: E]:1973~1982; WWIA],1938; WWWL4, 6; NITimes, Oct 28 1973,61:1.

Kubie, Matilda Steinam (Mrs Isaac Kubie);b. La Crosse, WI, Sep 13 1869; d. NYC,

Feb 181944.Normal ColI (NYC). • Communal & civicworker, NYC; mem NY State, NYC Charity &Correction Bds; chr ofpublicity Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, Fedn ofJewish Womens Orgsof Greater NY; bd YWHA, Jewish Big Sisters.• See: UJE; A]YB, 46:340; WWIA], 1938;BEGA]; NITimes, Feb 19 1944, 13 :4.

Kubie, Samuel; b. ca 1858; d. FarRockaway, NY, Feb 251934.

Communal worker, Far Rockaway, NY. • See:A]YB, 36:283.

Kublin, Hyman; b. Boston, 1919.Historian; specialtyJapanese history; facultyBrooklyn ColI; asst dean, CUNY; chr AmStudent Program to Israel. • See: E].

Kubovy (Kubowitzki), Aryeh (Arieh) Leon;b. Kurshany, Lithuania, 1896; ~. May1966.

To US 1940, to Israel 1948. • Zionist ldr,Israeli diplomat, writer, anti-Nazi Idr; directedrescue work for World Jewish Campaign. •See: E]; NITimes, May 18 1966, 47:2.

Kudish (Kudisch), Clarence P; b. Boston,July 71903; d. Newton, MA, Aug 51965.

Lawyer, Boston; fdr Reform temples ofNortheast; officer Union ofAm HebCongregations, synagog.· See:A]YB, 67:538;NITimes, Aug 71965,21:3.

Kugel, Maurice A; b.*; d. Mianii Beach,Mar91946.

Yale, Vienna, Prague. • Physician, cardiologist,NYC, Miami Beach; author in field; WWIservice. • See: A]YB, 48:493; NITimes, Mar 111946,25:4.

Kugel, Simon H; b. Minsk, Mar 26 1878; d.Jan 1947.

Yale Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer East NYDispensary; trustee synagog; bd BrooklynJewish Center; dir numerous charitable &educational orgs. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;NITimes, Jan 91947, 23:5.

Kugelman,Julius;b.caI852;d.NYC,June12 1936.

Merchant, NYC; mem Commn on MunicipalStatistics; "dean of 42nd Street." • See: A]YB,38:430.

Kugelmass, Isaac Newton;b. NYC, June 281896.

BS CCNY, AM Columbia, PhD JohnsHopkins, ScD U Brussels, MD Yale. •Biochemist, pediatrician, NYC; specialtygrowth & nutrition; dir Heckscher Inst forChild Health; officer professional assns; authorin field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Kuh, Abraham; b. ca 1833; d. Chicago, Feb191917.

Communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):266.

Kuh,Anton;b.Vienna, 1891; d. NYC, Jan1941.

To US 1937.· Writer, elocutionist, satirist,essayist; contributor Aufbau. • See: UJE;NITimes, Jan 19 1941,40:1.

Kuhn, Marshall

Kuh, EdwinJames; b. NYC,June 201858;d. Dec 1940.

MD U Heidelberg; honorary degree. •Physician, Chicago; with Michael ReeseHospital.· See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 11941,23:2.

Kuh, Frederick Robert; b. Chicago, Oct 291895; d. Rockville, MD, 1978.

PhB U Chicago. • Newspaperman, diplomaticcorrespondent, London; with Chicago SunTimes.· See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 41978,22:5.

Kuh, Sydney; b. NYC, Mar 6 1866; d. Dec271934.

Chicago Med ColI, MD U Heidelberg, UVienna, post-grad Paris, London. • Alienist,neurologist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago,Chicago Polyclinic; officer med soc; dir IL Socfor Mental Hygiene; author in field. • See:WWIA], 1926,1928; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1.

Kuhn, Abe; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. Salt LakeCity,1928.

To New Orleans ca 1851.· UT pioneer,merchant, Salt Lake City, Ogden, UT;obtained land for Jewish cemetery (Salt LakeCity). • See: UJE.

Kuhn, Abraham; b. 1819; d.1892.Co-fdr, Kuhn-Loeb, NYc. • See: E] (subKuhn-Loeb).

Kuhn, Arthur K; b. Philadelphia, Nov 111876; d. July 8 1954.

AB, AM, LLB, PhD Columbia, post-gradZurich, Ecole de Droit (Paris). • Lawyer,NYC; specialty internatllaw; facultyColumbia; officer professional assns; attendedParis Peace Conf; dirJudaeans; author/editorin field; WWI Red Cross service. • See: UJE;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NITimes,July91954,17:5.

Kuhn, Clarence W; b. ca 1870; d. Feb 11912.

Banker, Cincinnati; active Assn for the Welfareof the Blind, charities. • See: A]YB, 14(1912­1913):126; NITimes, Feb 2 1912,9:5.

Kuhn, FerdinandJr; b. NYC, Apr 10 1905;d. Oct 17 1978.

AB Columbia. • Journalist, author, London,Washington DC; pres Assn ofAmCorrespondents in London. • See: WWIA],1938; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Oct 19 1978.

Kuhn, Isaac; b. Champaign, IL, Sep 111866.

Civic & communal worker, Champaign; officersynagog; helped est Hillel; dir Family WelfareSoc; active welfare work. • See: WWlA], 1928.

Kuhn, Joseph; b. ca 1837; d. Dec 28 1915.Civil War veteran, Champaign, IL. • See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):108.

Kuhn, Louis; b. ca 1856; d.July 17 1910.Banker, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB, 13(1911­1912):135.

Kuhn, Marshall; b. San Francisco, 1916; d.San Francisco, May 181978.

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Communalldr; orgr Golden Gate Park NatureTrail; exec dir Jewish Community Center,Jewish Welfare Fedn community endowmentfund.· See:A]YB, 80:368.

](uhn,1Uhon1as;b.CincLrnnati,1922.Historian of science; faculty Harvard, U CA(Berkeley), Princeton; author in field. • See:E].

](ulberg, Osias; b. Austria, Aug 15 1834.Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB, 5(1903­1904):71.

](ulick, Paul Abrahan1; b. Wheeling, W VA,Aug 311911.

AB U Pittsburgh, Grad School for JewishSocial Work. • Communal social worker,Schenectady; exec secyJewish CommunityCenter; exec council Boy Scouts; activeprofessional assns, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA],1938.

](ulischer, Eugene M; b. ](iev, Sep 4 1881;d. Washington DC, Apr 21956.

To US ca 1940. • Lawyer, demographer;expert/author on population, migration; withLibrary of Cong; faculty U Berlin; chiefcounsel, Russian Ministry of Commerce &Industry. • See: A]YB, 58:477; NYTimes, Apr 41956,29:1.

Kulp, Benjan1in; b. Clinton, IA, Mar 151890.

Paper mfr, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWIA,8.

](wnmel, Florence M; b. Paterson, N], May171895; d. Morristown, N],June 211978.

Communal worker; pres DeborahConsumptive Relief League; fdr Assn ofReform Zionists ofAm; benefactor NYPhilharmonic, Metropolitan Opera; activeBrandeis, Natl Council ofJewish Women,Hadassah. • See: A]YB, 80:368; NYTimes, June231978,IV13:5.

](un, Joseph Lorenz; b. Ungvar, Hungary,Nov 27 1882; d. Philadelphia, June 161961.

To US 1886. • BS Central High School(Philadelphia), LLB U PA. • Lawyer,Common Pleas judge, communalldr, deputyatty general, Philadelphia; orgr, officerKehillah; officer B'nai B'rith; exec bd NatlFedn ofTemple Brotherhoods, B'rith Sholom;active Am Jewish Com; author onJewishtopics. • See: UJE;A]YB, 34:237; WWIA],1928, 1938; REOA]; NYTimes, June 17 1961,21:3.

](unin, Madeleine; b. Zurich, 1933.To US 1940. • Democratic politician,legislator, governor, VT.· See: E]:1985-1987.

](unis, Fredel; b. ca 1857; d. Philadelphia,Apr 111938.

Merchant, philanthropic & ·communal worker,Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 40:387.

](unitz, Moses; b. Slonim., Russia, Dec 191887; d. Philadelphia, Apr 1978.

BS Cooper Union, PhD Columbia. • Scientific

researcher, Princeton, N]; specialty: enzymes;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes,Apr 22 1978,22:4.

](unitz, StanleyJasspon; b. Worcester, MA,1905.

Harvard. • Poet, editor, Pulitzer prize winner;faculty New School, Brandeis, Columbia. •See: E]; E]:1973-1982.

](unitier, Robert; b. Hungary, 1866.Physician, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:165.

](unstadter, Albert; b. Chicago, Mar 191872; d. Chicago, Nov 23 1965.

Apparel mfr, Chicago; active communalcharities. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 251965, 35:6.

](unstadter, Ralph Hess; b. Chicago, Oct 61905; d. Nov 1965.

BS, MD U IL. • Pediatrician, Chicago; officermed socs; active, advisor med charities; authorin field.· See: WWWIA, 4.

](unstadter, Sigmund; b. Chicago, Aug 311901; d. Sep 291977.

AB U MI. • Apparel co exec, Chicago; trusteeMonmouth ColI.· See: WWliVlA, 7; NYTimes,Oct 1 1977,22:2.

](untsler, Monroe Bradford; b. NYC, Feb201889.

BS, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC; authorin field; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

](untsler, Willian1 Moses; b. NYC, July 71919.

Yale. • Controversial trial lawyer, NYC;involved with civil rights, ACLU & Chicago 7cases. • See: Wall StreetJournal story, Nov 281969, 1:1; NYTimes story, Sep 7 1968.

](unz, Josef Ooseph) Laurenz; b. Vienna,1890; d. Toledo, Aug 1970.

To US ca 1932. • U Paris, U London, LLD,Dr Political Science U Vienna; honorarydegree. • Internatllawyer; faculty U Vienna, UToledo; author in field. • See: E]; WWliVlA, 5;NITimes, Aug 7 1970, 33:5.

](upchan, S Morris; b. NYC, Nov 101922;d. Oct 19 1976.

BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia; honorarydegree. • Chemist, educator, Charlottesville,NC; faculty Harvard, UWI, UVA; consultNatl Inst of Health; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Oct 20 1976,48:5.

Kupchik, Abrahan1; b. Brest-Litovsk, 1892;d. Nov 1970.

To NYC 1913. • Chess master, NYS.· See:UJE; A]YB, 24:165; NITimes, Nov 28 1970,30:5.

Kuper, Theodore Fred; b. Moscow, ca1886; d. Whittier, CA, 1981.

To US ca 1891.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, .Jefferson scholar, NYC; law secy, Bd ofEducation; a fdr Fashion Inst ofTechnology. •See: NITimes, June 3 1981.

Kuperstein, David; b. NYC, Jan 81901; d.Brooklyn, Oct 1954.

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NYU, MD LI Med Coli. • Obstetrician,gynecologist, Brooklyn; faculty LI Med Coli;author in field.· See: WWIA], 1938; REOA];NYTimes, Oct 20 1954,29:2.

](upfern1an, Lawrence Edward; b. Boston,Mar251909.

Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), BS MA SchoolofArt. • Artist, tchr, Boston; faculty MA ColiofArt. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Kupfern1an, Murray; b. Brooklyn, Mar 101897.

Pratt Inst, Natl Academy of Design, Beaux ArtsInst. • Mural & landscape painter, tchr,Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.

Kuppenhein1er, Albert B; b. Chicago, 1866;d. Chicago, 1931.

Clothing merchant, Chicago; benefactorJewish Home for Friendless, U Chicago,Jewish & non-Jewish orgs & instns. • See: UJE(sub Kuppenheimer, Louis B).

Kuppenhein1er, Louis B; b. Terre Haute,IN, 1857; d. Hubbard Woods, IL, Feb 11936.

Merchant, industrialist, philanthropist,Chicago; benefactor ophthalmology clinic (UChicago), Jewish Home for Friendless,Jewishorphan home. • See: UJE; A]YB, 38:430.

](uppin, Louis; b. Poland, Nov 211881; d.Chicago, 1967.

Ordained Heb Union Coli, AB U Cincinnati,U Cincinnati Conservatory ofMusic. • Rabbi,singer, Quincy, IL; earlier vocal tchr, soloist(Chicago); officer Salvation Army; author onvocal therapy. • See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.

Kurland, Aaron; b. Luninetz, Russia, May151898.

To US 1912. • LLB Detroit Coli of Law. •Lawyer, Detroit; radio dir, lecturer Let thePeople Speak, Jewish Radio Forum; editorDetroitJewish Advocate. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Kurland, Willian1; b. ](iev, Sep 15 1904.To US 1906. • B Pharm, PhG PhiladelphiaColI of Pharmacy. • Bacteriologist, chemist,Atlantic City, N]; discover, arthritis remedies.• See: WWIA], 1938.

](urn1an, Mandel; b. ca 1860; d. AtlanticCity, Aug 171935.

Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 38:430.

Kurnitz, Harry; b. NYC, Jan 51908; d. LosAngeles, Mar 1968.

U PA. • Playwright, screenwriter, Hollywood,Paris; earlier journalist. • See: NYTimes, Mar19 1968,44:1.

Kursheedt, Asher; b. NYC, 1808; d. NYC,1893.

Mfr, NYC; officer synagog; mem Bd ofDelegates ofAm Israelites; active Mortaraaffair protests. • See: UJE (sub Kursheedt,Israel Baer).

Kursheedt, Edwin I; b.*Civil War Confederate soldier, synagogfunctionary, New Orleans. • See: UJE (subKursheedt, Israel Baer).

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Kursheedt, Gershom; b. Richmond, VA,1815; d. London, 1862.

Newspaper publisher, communalldr,philanthropist, New Orleans; an execJudahTouro Estate; library collector. • See: UJE(sub Kursheedt, Israel Baer); PAJHS, 37:213­20.

Kursheedt, Israel Baer; b. Gennany, 1766;d. NYC, 1852.

To US 1769. • Broker, communal worker,Boston, Richmond, VA, NYC; army supplier,Prussia; pres synagogs, Heb Mutual BenefitSoc; est, soc for poor relief in Palestine; activeDamascus affair protests.•.See: UJE; EJ.

Kursheedt, Manuel Augustus; b. NYC, Aug14 1840;d. Bronxville, NY, Oct 30 1923.

BA, MA CCNY. • Lawyer, communalldr,NYC; mgy secy Heb Emigrant Aid Soc; officerAquilar Free Library, YMHA, Heb Technicallnst; dir United Heb Charities, EducationAlliance. • See: UJE (sub Kursheedt, IsraelBaer);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):132; PAJHS,31:273-75.

Kursheedt, Serena; b. ca 1850; d. Mar 31935.

Communal worker, "W'hite Plains, NY; memDaughters of the Am Revolution. • See: AJYB,37:258.

Kursky, Franz (pseud of Samuel Kahan!Shmul Cohen); b. Boysk, Russia, Sep1874/1876; d. NYC,Jan 17 1950.

To US ca 1941. • Bundist; supervisor Bundarchives (Geneva, NYC); contributor tosocialist press; dir of Bund conspiracies inRussia from abroad. • See: EJ; AJYB, 52:501(sub Cohen, Shmul).

Kurtz, Aaron Samuel (Aharon Shmuel)(pseud=Asrael); b. Osue, Vitebsk, July 281891; d. Long Beach, NY, May 30 1964.

To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, literary critic,editor; hairdresser for circus, theatre (Russia);l,lsed proletarian, urban themes. • See: UJE;EJ; AJYB, 66:578; NYTimes, May 31 1964,76:5.

Kurtz, Gustave E; b. ca 1857; d. Roxbury,MA, Mar 1.5 1911.

Heb scholar, Roxbury, MA. • See: AJYB,13(1911-1912):137.

Kurtz, Irwin; b. NYC, Mar 26 1-884; d.NYC, Aug 311965.

LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Referee inBankruptcy, NY Deputy Atty; counsel HudsonRiver Bridge Commn ofNY & NJ; exec comYoung Folks League for Aid ofHeb Infants;active bar assns; fundraiser, WWI. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 11965,37:5.

Kurtz, Jack I; b. ca 1887; d. Minneapolis,Nov 151939.

Optometrist, Minneapolis; co-editor AmJournal ofOptometry. • See: AJYB, 42 :480.

Kurtzman, David Harold; b. Russia, Jan 111904; d. Feb 22 1977.

To US 1921. • BS Temple U, MA, PhD U PA;honorary degrees. • Educator, economist,

government advisor; chancellor, faculty UPittsburgh. • See: WWWL4, 7.

Kurtzon, Morris; b. Russia, Mar 15 1878; d.July 1958.

To US 1889.· Commercial hardware mfr,Chicago; pres Mt Sinai Hospital. • See:WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,July261958, 15:7.

Kurz, Aaron; b. NYC, Dec 141903; d.NYC, Dec 1969.

BS, MBA CCNY, LLB, CPA NY Law. •Lawyer, CPA, NYC; facUItyCCNY, FieldstonSchool; active professional orgs. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 91969,75:5.

Kurz, Adolph; b. ca 1868; d.Jan 1935.Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,37:258.

Kurz, Harry; b. NYC, Mar 23 1889; d.NYC,May 1973.

AB CCNY, AM, PhD Columbia. • Modernlanguage specialist, NYC; faculty Knox ColI, UNE, Queens ColI; author/editor in field. • See:WWIAJ,.1928, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, May141973,34:3.

Kurzman, Ferdinand; b. ca 1844; d.Elmhurst, LI, Dec 1917.

Lawyer, communal worker, NYc. • See:AJYB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Dec 251917,15:3.

Kurzman, Harold Philip; b. NYC, Feb 21902; d. Sep 30 1972.

Clothing mfg exec, NYC; officer trade assns. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Oct 2 1972, 40:1.

Kurzman, Julius C; b. ca 1881; d. Feb 201922.

Ladies costumer, mfr, NYC; active trade assns;WWI government service. • See: AJYB,24:102;NYTimes, Feb211922, 17:3.

Kurzrok, Raphael; b. Kozowa, Austria, Mar311895; d. Nov 1961.

To US 1906. • AB, MA, PhD, MD Columbia.• Physician, gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC;author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 26 1961,88:7.

Kurzweil, Fredric; b. Vienna, ca 1913; d.Queens, Aug 1970.

To US 1938.· PhD UVienna.· Conductor,pianist, composer, educator; fdr Vienna YouthChorus; faculty Queensborough CommunityCenter (Bayside). • See: NYTimes, Aug 131970,33:5.

Kuschner, Beatrice.Barbara Katz (MrsJoseph P Kuschner); b. NYC, May 121913; d. Feb 19 1969.

UCLA. • Civic & communalldr, Los Angeles;local, state, nat! officer Council of PioneerWomen; active Red Cross, United JewishWelfare Fund. • See: WWWL4, 5.

Kusevitsky, David; b. Smorgon, Russia,1911; d. NYC,July 311985.

To US 1948. • Cantor, Brooklyn; one of four .brothers, all cantors; mem Polish army chorus;facultyJews ColI (London),JTS. • See:AJYB,87:440.

Kutcher, Ben

Kushner, Alazar; b. Starokonstantinoff,Russia, Mar 141894.

To US 1916. • LLB Fordham. • Lawyer,Zionist, NYC; officer synagog; dir KashruthAssn of Greater NY; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies (Bronx). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kushner, Daniel Stephen; b. Philadelphia,July 241922; d.Jan 61974.

AB, MD U PA. • Hospital admr, NY, Chicago,Miami Beach; dean Chicago Med School;faculty Cook County Med School,Northwestern, Mt Sinai (Miami); author infield; military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Kussman, Leon; b. Alexanderhoff, nearMUtau, Latvia, 1884.

To US 1913. • U Bern, U Geneva. • Yiddishwriter, playwright, impressionist poet; wrotesymbolic short stories, plays, poetry. • See:UJE.

Kussy, Gustave; b. ca 1824; d. Dec 271907.Communal worker, Newark.· See:AJYB,10(1908-1909):128.

Kussy, Nathan; b. Newark, July 13 1872; d.Dec 1956.

LLB NY Law. • Author, lawyer, playwright,Newark; mem Bd ofEducation; active B'naiB'rith, Zionist Org ofAm. • See: AJYB,24:165; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REOAJ;NYTimes, Dec 15 1956,25:2.

Kussy, Sarah; b. Newark, June 271869; d.Newark, Oct 21956.

JTS Tchrs Training School, NYU. • Zionist &communalldr, author, editor; fdr, honoraryofficer Hadassah; honorary officer UnitedSynagogue ofAm; deputy memJewish Agency;delegate AmJewish Conf; forest named for herin Israel. • See:AJYB, 59:475; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 3 1956,33:3.

Kussy, Tennie U (Mrs Nathan Kussy); b. ca1876; d. Newark, Dec 26 1935.

Civic & communal worker.· See:AJYB,38:430.

Kuswonn, Sidney Grover; b. Dayton, OH,Feb 28 1885; d. Miami, Oct 4 1969.

LLB Cincinnati Law School. • Lawyer,communalldr, Dayton; nat! officer B'naiB'rith; officerJewish Community Center,Jewish Fedn for Social Service, bar assn; activeRepublican politics, work for handicapped,Nat! Citizenship Conf. • See:AJYB, 71:606;WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; REOAJ; WWWL4,5; NYTimes, Oct 61969,37:4.

Kutash, Samuel B; b. Brooklyn, May 121912; d. Summit, NJ,July 141979.

Psychologist; with NY Bd of Education; facultyBrooklyn ColI, Rutgers, Kean ColI, NewarkState ColI; chr NJ State Bd of Examiners(Psychology); officer professional assns; consultPeace Corps; Jerusalem counseling centernamed for him; author/editor in field. • See:AJYB,81:369.

Kutcher, Ben; b. Kiev, Aug 15 1895.To US 1902. • PA Academy of Fine Arts,abroad. • lllustrator, mural painter, movie

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theatre decorator, Hollywood; with Colliers;military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Kutisker, Meyer J; b. Russia, Aug 23 1893;d.1964.

To US 1906. • NYU, MD Bellevue HospitalMed ColI, post-grad NYU. • Physician,surgeon, NYC; faculty Bellevue Hospital MedColI; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Mar 2 1964,27:2.

Kutner, Sidney Daniel; b. NYC, Feb 21890.

BS CCNY, ME Cornell. • Engineer, NYC;active professional orgs; author in field;military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.

Kutscher, Harry; b. Staten Island, May 201890;d.NYC, 1941.

LLB, LL.M NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; specialties,tax, corporate & estate law; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, bar assns; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, May 21941,21:2.

Kutscher, Martin; b. Stapleton, StatenIsland, ca 1883; d. NYC, Oct 311947.

CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,endocrinologist, cardiologist, NYC; faculty

Polyclinic Hospital; officer med soc; author infield.· See:AJYB, 50:518-19; NITimes, Nov 11947,15:3.

Kuttner; Theodore; b. Germany, ca 1877;d. Flushing, NY,July 71947.

To US as child. • Physician, NYC; inventor,device for blood analysis. • See: AJYB, 50:519;NYTimes, July 8 1947,23:2.

Kutz, Abraham; b. ca 1885; d. FarRockaway, LI, Sep 211937.

NYU, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, civic worker,Far Rockaway, LI; active Democratic politics,synagog. • See: AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Sep231937,27:5.

Kutz, Hattie (Mrs Milton Kutz); b. 1890; d.Wtlmington, DE, Mar 11965.

Philanthropist; benefactor UnitedJewishAppeal, Home for Aged Jewish People,Brandeis, Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst ofReligion, Union ofAm Heb Congregationscamp. • See: AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, Mar 41965,31:3.

Kuznets, Simon Smith; b. Kharkov, Russia,Apr 301901; d. Cambridge, MA,July 91985.

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To US 1922. • BS, MA, PhD Columbia;honorary degrees. • Economist, Nobel prizewinner, government advisor, author; faculty UPA,Johns Hopkins, Harvard; staff, Nat!Bureau ofEconomic Research; fdr researchorgs; officer professional orgs; pioneermethods ofmeasuring nat! incom~ &economic growth. • See: EJ; AJYB, 87:440-41;WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 8; NITimes,July 11 1985.

KwaIwasser, Jacob; b. NYC, Feb 27 1894;d. Aug 71977.

BA, BE U Pittsburgh, MA, PhD State U of IA.• Music educator, concert pianist, Syracuse;faculty Syracuse; pioneer research into musicaleducation, tests; officer professional socs;author/editorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; WWWIA, 7.

Kwartin, SaveVZavel (Zebulon); b. Novo­Archangelsk, Russia, Mar 251874; d.NYC, Sep 1952.

To US 1920. • Cantor, composer, Europe,Palestine, Brooklyn, Newark. • See: UJE; E];WWIAJ, 1926;NITimes, Sep23 1952,33:2.