D Dach, Ike Milton; b. Fremont, OH, Sep 28 1879. Underwear mfr, Jackson, MI; officer synagog. • See: WWlA], 1938. Dachowitz, Aaron Bernard; b. Vilna, Jan 1 1908. To Brooklyn 1923. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Rabbi, lawyer, Brooklyn; author on Heb & English jurisprudence. • See: WWIA],1938. Dachowitz, Hirsh; b. Sakola, Poland, Oct 15 1885/1887; d. Brooklyn, Nov 16 1953. To US 1922. • Rabbi, author, authority on Jewish law, Vilna, Brooklyn; officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis; chr Greater NY Rabbinical Bd, Ezras Torah ReliefSoc. • See: A]YB, 56:569; WWlA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 18 1953, 31:3. Da Costa, Isaac; b. 1721; d. Charleston, SC, 1783. To Charleston, SC 1750. • Merchant, minister, Charleston, SCi est Masonry. • See: UJE. Da Costa, Jacob Mendez; b. St Thomas, W.I., Feb 7 1833; d. Villanova, PA, Sep 111900. U Dresden, Jefferson Med ColI, post-grad Paris, Prague, Vienna. • Physician, noted diagnostician, clinician, Philadelphia; faculty Jefferson Med ColI; fdr, pres med assns; trustee UPA; author in field. • See: UJE; DAB. Da Costa, Joseph; b.* Early colonial settler, New Amsterdam (1655). • See: UJE. Dacso, Michael Mihaly; b. Tovaros, Hungary, June 25 1909; d. Oct 111975. To US ca 1940. • MD Royal Hungary U (Budapest). • Physician, NYC; specialty: rehabilitation med; with Goldwater Memorial Hospital, NYU; faculty CUNY; author/editor/ consult in field. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NITimes, Oct 141975, 40:3. Dahlberg, Edward; b. Boston, July 22 1900; d. Santa Barbara, CA, Feb 1977. U CA, PhB Columbia. • Novelist, critic; contributor New Masses, The Nation. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Feb281977,30:3. Daily, Helene Gladys; b. Rosenberg, TX, June 20 1911. AB, LLB U TX, Cornell, Syracuse U. • Lawyer, Houston; active womens professional orgs, League of Women Voters. • See: WWIA],1938. Daily, Ray Karchmer (Mrs Louis Daily); b. Vilna, Mar 16 1891. To US before 1914.· MD UTX, post-grad Philadelphia ColI, Vienna, Berlin, Zurich, Paris. • Physician, Houston; officer Bd of Health; consult US Public Health Service. • See: WWlA], 1926, 1938. Daimont, Nathan; b. Rechitza, Gomel, Russia, Apr 291894. To US 1911. • Cooper Union, KS State. • Merchant, communal worker, Newport, NH; active Zionist Org of Am; Mexican border & WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938. Daina, Ber Leib; b. Russia. To US 1925. • Rabbi, Brooklyn; chaplain Am Legion; mem Mizrachi, Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: BEOAJ. Daixel, Samuel; b. Kishinev, 1884. To US 1912. • Yiddish writer, journalist, playwright; contributor Freiheit, Zukunft; active Russian revolutionary politics. • See: UJE. Dale, Alan (pseud of Cohen, Alfred]); b. Binningham, England, May 141861; d. May211928. Oxford U. • Drama critic, playwright, novelist, author, NYC; with NITimes, NY Evening World; fdr school of criticism. • See: JE; UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):74,24:130,31:92; WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, May221928,27:3. Dalgin, Ben; b. NYC, Nov 7 1892; d. NYC, May 1968. Dir of art, photography, typography designer, NITimes, NYC; active magician; author in field. • See: NITimes, May 17 1968,47:1. Dalidansky, I Leon; b. Vilna, 1868; d. NYC, May81935. To US 1906. • Heb & Yiddish journalist, Leeds, London, NYC; fdr, editor Der Yiddisher Journal; with]ewish Daily News. • See: AJYB, 37:255; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928. Dalinda, Joseph ZionsoIi; b. Vilna, Sep 14 1885. To US 1915 as Russian representative. • U Kazan. • Industrial developer, diplomat, journalist; active US-Russian trade, Russian economic reconstruction through Am fmance. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ. Dalkowitz, Samuel; b.*; d. San Antonio, Mar 111916. Merchant, San Antonio. • See:AJYB, 18(1916- 1917):106. Dallin, DavidJulievich; b. Rogachev, Russia, May 241889; d. Feb 211962. To US 1940. • U St Petersburg, U Berlin, PhD U Heidelberg. • Author, journalist, NYC; specialty: Soviet affairs; mem Menshevik Central Com. • See: AJYB, 64:492; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Feb 22 1962,25:1. Dalmatofsky, Morris (Morris the Peddler); b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC, Dec 1965. Peddler, known for honesty, Times Square, NYC. • See: NITimes, Dec 21 1965, 37:2. Dalsheimer, Helen M; b. Baltimore, Apr 16 1900; d. Baltimore, Dec 261974. Communalldr, Baltimore; pres World Fedn YM-YWHAs, Natl Fedn of Temple Sisterhoods; bdJewish Welfare Bd, Heb Union Coll-:Jewish Inst of Religion, Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See: AJYB, 76:513. Dalsheimer, Hugo; b. Baltimore, May 10 1891. BS U PA. • Mechanical engineer, Baltimore; exec Lord Baltimore Press; bd Assocd Jewish Charities, Heb Union ColI. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938. Dalsimer, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 13 1908; d. NYC, Aug 22 i969. Cornell. • Advertising exec, NYC; natl chr Anti-Defamation League; bdJewish Family Service; active Natl Community Relations Advisory Council. • See:A]YB, 71:603; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Aug 23 ·1969,27:1. Dalsimer, Sylvan; b. ca 1843; d. Atlantic City, Mar 14 1935. Veteran shoe merchant & mfr, Philadelphia. • See:AJYB, 37:255. Dames, Joseph; b. NYC, Feb 11921; d. NYC, Feb 181971. Communal exec; with AmJewish Com, Joint Defense Appeal; active Liberal Party, Am Civil Liberties Union. • See:A]YB, 73:630; NITimes, Feb 191971,41:1. Dameshek, William; b. Voronezh, Russia, May 221900; d. NYC, Oct 51969. To Boston 1902/1903. • Harvard, MD Harvard. • Hematologist; faculty Harvard, Tufts, Mt Sinai; author/editor in field. • See: EJ;AJYB, 71:603; WWlAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Oct 71969,37:4. Dammann, Milton; b. Washington DC, ca 1878; d. NYC,Jan 1962. Georgetown U. • Razor corp exec, Brooklyn; pres Chamber of Commerce; counsel hat industry; active civic affairs. • See: NITimes, Jan 161962,33:2. Damrosch, Frank Heino; b. Breslau, June 22 1859; d. NYC, Oct 22 1937. CCNY; honorary degree. • Music educator, organist, choir dir, conductor, Denver, NYC; with Denver public schools; fdr Inst of Musical Art; chorus dir Metropolitan Opera. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Damrosch);A]YB, 24:130; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NITimes, Oct 23 1937, 17:3. Damrosch, Leopold; b. Posen, Oct 22 1832; d. Feb 15 1885. To NYC 1871.· MD U Berlin.· Conductor, composer, violinist, NYC; with Breslau Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera; fdr musical orgs. • See: ]E; UJE; EJ (sub Damrosch); DAB; NITimes, Feb 16 1885, 1:7. Damrosch, Walter; b. Posen, 1832; d. NYC, 1885. To US 1871. • Conductor, composer, Breslau, NYC; fdr Oratorio Soc, NY Metropolitan Opera, NY Symphony Soc. • See: E] (sub Damrosch).
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To Brooklyn 1923. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI,LLB Brooklyn Law. • Rabbi, lawyer, Brooklyn;author on Heb & English jurisprudence. • See:WWIA],1938.
Dachowitz, Hirsh; b. Sakola, Poland, Oct15 1885/1887; d. Brooklyn, Nov 16 1953.
To US 1922. • Rabbi, author, authority onJewish law, Vilna, Brooklyn; officer Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; chr Greater NY RabbinicalBd, Ezras Torah Relief Soc. • See: A]YB,56:569; WWlA], 1938; NITimes, Nov 18 1953,31:3.
Da Costa, Isaac; b. 1721; d. Charleston, SC,1783.
To Charleston, SC 1750. • Merchant,minister, Charleston, SCi est Masonry. • See:UJE.
Da Costa, Jacob Mendez; b. St Thomas,W.I., Feb 7 1833; d. Villanova, PA, Sep111900.
U Dresden, Jefferson Med ColI, post-gradParis, Prague, Vienna. • Physician, noteddiagnostician, clinician, Philadelphia; facultyJefferson Med ColI; fdr, pres med assns; trusteeU PA; author in field. • See: UJE; DAB.
Da Costa, Joseph; b.*Early colonial settler, New Amsterdam (1655).• See: UJE.
Dacso, Michael Mihaly; b. Tovaros,Hungary, June 25 1909; d. Oct 111975.
To US ca 1940. • MD Royal Hungary U(Budapest). • Physician, NYC; specialty:rehabilitation med; with Goldwater MemorialHospital, NYU; faculty CUNY; author/editor/consult in field. • See: WWWIA, 6,7; NITimes,Oct 141975, 40:3.
Dahlberg, Edward; b. Boston, July 22 1900;d. Santa Barbara, CA, Feb 1977.
U CA, PhB Columbia. • Novelist, critic;contributor New Masses, The Nation. • See:UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes,Feb281977,30:3.
Daily, Helene Gladys; b. Rosenberg, TX,June 20 1911.
AB, LLB U TX, Cornell, Syracuse U. •Lawyer, Houston; active womens professionalorgs, League ofWomen Voters. • See:WWIA],1938.
Daily, Ray Karchmer (Mrs Louis Daily); b.Vilna, Mar 16 1891.
To US before 1914.· MD UTX, post-gradPhiladelphia ColI, Vienna, Berlin, Zurich,Paris. • Physician, Houston; officer Bd ofHealth; consult US Public Health Service. •See: WWlA], 1926, 1938.
Daimont, Nathan; b. Rechitza, Gomel,Russia, Apr 291894.
To US 1911. • Cooper Union, KS State. •Merchant, communal worker, Newport, NH;active Zionist Org ofAm; Mexican border &WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938.
Daina, Ber Leib; b. Russia.To US 1925. • Rabbi, Brooklyn; chaplain AmLegion; mem Mizrachi, Union of OrthodoxRabbis. • See: BEOAJ.
Daixel, Samuel; b. Kishinev, 1884.To US 1912. • Yiddish writer, journalist,playwright; contributor Freiheit, Zukunft; activeRussian revolutionary politics. • See: UJE.
Dale, Alan (pseud of Cohen, Alfred]); b.Binningham, England, May 141861; d.May211928.
Oxford U. • Drama critic, playwright, novelist,author, NYC; with NITimes, NY EveningWorld; fdr school of criticism. • See: JE; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):74,24:130,31:92;WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NITimes,May221928,27:3.
Dalgin, Ben; b. NYC, Nov 7 1892; d. NYC,May 1968.
Dir of art, photography, typography designer,NITimes, NYC; active magician; author infield. • See: NITimes, May 17 1968,47:1.
Dalidansky, I Leon; b. Vilna, 1868; d. NYC,May81935.
To US 1906. • Heb & Yiddish journalist,Leeds, London, NYC; fdr, editor Der YiddisherJournal; with]ewish Daily News. • See: AJYB,37:255; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928.
Dalinda, Joseph ZionsoIi; b. Vilna, Sep 141885.
To US 1915 as Russian representative. • UKazan. • Industrial developer, diplomat,journalist; active US-Russian trade, Russianeconomic reconstruction through Am fmance.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Dalkowitz, Samuel; b.*; d. San Antonio,Mar 111916.
Merchant, San Antonio. • See:AJYB, 18(19161917):106.
Dallin, David Julievich; b. Rogachev,Russia, May 241889; d. Feb 211962.
To US 1940. • U St Petersburg, U Berlin,PhD U Heidelberg. • Author, journalist, NYC;specialty: Soviet affairs; mem MenshevikCentral Com. • See: AJYB, 64:492; WWWIA,4; NITimes, Feb 22 1962,25:1.
Dalmatofsky, Morris (Morris the Peddler);b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC, Dec 1965.
Peddler, known for honesty, Times Square,NYC. • See: NITimes, Dec 21 1965, 37:2.
Dalsheimer, Helen M; b. Baltimore, Apr 161900; d. Baltimore, Dec 261974.
Communalldr, Baltimore; pres World FednYM-YWHAs, Natl Fedn ofTempleSisterhoods; bdJewish Welfare Bd, Heb UnionColl-:Jewish Inst of Religion, Union ofAmHeb Congregations. • See: AJYB, 76:513.
Dalsheimer, Hugo; b. Baltimore, May 101891.
BS U PA. • Mechanical engineer, Baltimore;exec Lord Baltimore Press; bd Assocd JewishCharities, Heb Union ColI. • See: WWIA],1928, 1938.
Dalsimer, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 13 1908; d.NYC, Aug 22 i969.
Cornell. • Advertising exec, NYC; natl chrAnti-Defamation League; bdJewish FamilyService; active Natl Community RelationsAdvisory Council. • See:A]YB, 71:603;WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Aug 23 ·1969,27:1.
Dalsimer, Sylvan; b. ca 1843; d. AtlanticCity, Mar 14 1935.
LLB Boston U. - Lawyer, author, Boston;officer regional Los Angeles Sanitarium & ExPatients Home; bd Home for Children; activeprofessional socs. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Daniels, Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 15 1898;d. NYC, July 3 1957.
Business exec, realtor, NYC; pres A S BeckShoe.· See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 41957, 19:1.
Daniels, Julius; b. Roxbury, MA, June 81895.
Northeastern, Boston U. - Businessman,Boston; with Edison Electric; officer trade soc;active job & industrial development; WWIservice. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Danielson, Jacques; b. Moscow, July 231875; d. Mar 3 1952.
To US 1892. -Moscow Conservatory ofMusic. - Pianist, NYC; faculty NY ColI ofMusic; asst Steinway Hall. - See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Mar 4 1952, 27:4.
Danish, Max D; b. Russia, Apr 25 1881; d.NYC,Jan 11-1964.
To US 1900. - Lawyer, labor editor, unionofficial, author; editor ILGWU publication. •See:AJYB, 66:574; NITimes, Jan 121964,92:6.
Dannenbaum, EdWin M; b. Feb 14 1874; d.Philadelphia, Feb 16 1940.
Silk mfr, music patron, Philadelphia. - See:A]YB, 42:477; NYTimes, Feb 18 1940,41:3.
Dannenbaum, Harry M; b. ca 1871; d.Philadelphia, Sep 15 1938.
Dannenbaum, HenryJ; b. Columbia, TX,ca 1871; d. Houston, Aug 23 1940.
State district court judge, civic & communalldr, pioneer Zionist, Houston; pres school bd;chr civil service commn; asst federal atty forprosecution ofMann Act. - See:A]YB, 24:130,43:356.
Danziger, Adolphe; b. Poland, 1864.To US 1883. - Breslau, Berlin, U Bonn. •Rabbi, dentist, lawyer, US consul at Madrid,San Francisco; contributor Jewish press,periodicals. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):80,24:130.
Danziger, Alfred David; b. New Orleans,Sep 201884.
LLB Tulane. - Lawyer, New Orleans; presAssn of Commerce, YMHA. - See: WWIA],1938.
Danziger, Ernst; b. Germany, 1871; d.NYC, 1930.
U Berlin, MD NYU. - Physician, NYC;specialty: research on tuberculosis of larynx;faculty Fordham; author in field. - See: UJE.
Danziger, Frederick Simon; b. NYC, Apr15 1911; d. Nov 15 1980.
BA Harvard, LLB Yale. • Lawyer, NYC;trustee Altro Rehabilitation Services; WWIIservice. - See: WWWIA, 7.
Danziger, George; b. New Orleans, Mar 191887.
Realtor, New Orleans.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Danzis, Max; b. Russia, Feb 12 1874; d. Oct1953.
To US 1889.· MD NYU.• Physician,Newark; an orgr Beth Israel Hospital; officermed socs; author in field, onJews in medicine.
To US 1938. - Actress, Europe, US, NYC;mem Max Reinhardt repertory theatre. - See:EJ; WWWIA,6;NYTimes,July23 1974,40:1.
Dash, Samuel; b. Camden, N], 1925.JD Harvard. _. Lawyer;. faculty Northwestern,Georgetown U; with US Dept of]ustice,Watergate investigation; officer professionalsoc; dir Internatl League for the Rights ofMan. - See: EJ:1972-1983.
Dashefsky, Joseph; b. Russia?, ca 1881; d.Philadelphia, Apr 17 1941.
To US ca 1912. - Noted hazzan, rabbi,Philadelphia. - See:AJYB, 43:357; NYTimes,Apr 18 1941, 21:4.
Dashevsky, Rebecca; b.*; d. Columbia, SC,May 121937.
To US 1914. - MD Federal ColI(Switzerland), Sorbonne, EE Northwestern. •Engineer, realtor, Chicago; trustee EdithRockefeller McCormick Trust. - See:WWIAJ,1938.
Datz, A (Abraham) Mark; b. Chrenovka,Russia, Oct 141889; d. Apr 1969.
To US 1866. - Mfr, communal admr, NYC;supt Lebanon Hospital. - See: AJYB, 7(19051906):51.
Daube, David; b. Freiburg, Baden, 1909.U Gottingen, Cambridge, Oxford. - Jurist,biblical scholar, authority on Roman law;faculty Oxford U, U CA (Berkeley); author infield. - See: EJ.
Daus, Felix F; b. ca 1855; d. Neponsit, LI,Mar271923.
David, AbeJ; b. Elizabeth, Aug 211876; d.Roselle, N], Nov 211942.
LLB NY Law. - Lawyer, district court judge,prosecutor ofpleas, Elizabeth; officer Chamberof Commerce; active YM-Y\VHA. - See:AJYB, 45:383; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,Nov 22 1942,52:4.
David, David; b. Montreal, Oct 14 1764; d.Montreal, Nov 30 1824.
Banker, Montreal; War of 1812 British armyservice. - See: JE (sub David); BDFAJ.
David, Gershon; b. ca 1828; d. Jackson,OH, Sep 22 1911.
Trustee State Asylum, Athens, OH. - See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):124.
Davidman, Joseph Isaac
David, Gertrude V (Mrs); b. ca 1825; d.NYC, Nov 2 1914.
Communal worker, NYc. - See: AJYB,17(1915-1916):219; NYTimes, Nov 3 1914,11:6.
David, Harry; b. San Francisco, Sep 181888.
Theatre operator, exec, Salt Lake City. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
David, John; b. ca 1870; d. Atlantic City,Nov 15 1937.
Merchant, haberdashery chain proprietor,NYC. - See:AJYB, 40:383; NYTimes, Nov 161937,23:1.
David, Joseph B; b. Louisville, Oct 27 1863;d. Chicago, Feb 17 1938.
Lawyer, chief justice county superior court,Zionist worker, Chicago; speCialty: criminallaw; trustee Federated OrthodoxJewishCharities. - See: UJE; AJYB, 24:131 (subDavis), 40:383; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 19 1938, 15:5.
David, Lazarus; b. Swansea, Wales, 1734; d.Montreal, Oct 221301776.
Merchant; married Phoebe Samuel (1761, RI)... See: JE (sub David); BDEAJ.
David, Leslie C; b. ca 1891; d. Dec 20 1938.Advertiser, civic & communalldr, Kansas City.• See:AJYB, 41:420.
David, Maurice; b. Germany, 1863; d.NYC, 1938.
Numismatist, antiquarian, NYC. - See: UJE.
David, Morris; b. Jania, Greece, 1904; d.NYC, Mar 16 1978.
To US 1908. - Business exec, Sephardiccommunalldr, philanthropist; fdr BelferSchool of Science (Yeshiva U), BrooklynSephardic Home for the Aged. • See: AJYB,80:363; NYTimes, Mar 181978,26:6.
David, Nathan; b. Austria; Mar 17 1885.Wholesale exec, communal worker, Newport;officer Zionist Org ofAm, synagog, UnitedTalmud Torah. - See: WWIAJ,I928.
David, Rebecca Behrend (Mrs); b.*; d.Washington DC, Mar 51939.
Communal worker, pianist, Washington DC."See:AJYB, 41:420.
David, Samuel; b. Montreal, Oct 22 1766;d. Montreal, Jan 3 1824.
Merchant; War of 1812 service. - See: JE (subDavid); BDEAJ.
David, Tucker; b. ca 1830; d. NYC.Active Shearith Israel, NYC. - See: JE.
·Davidman, Joseph Isaa,c; b. Galicia, Feb 121887.
To NYC 1893. • BSCCNY, PhD NYU. -
Davidoff, Leo Max
Educator, public school principal, NYC; memFederal Housing Authority for East Side;officer Zionist Council of Greater NY,professional socs; editor AM ORT journal. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Davidoff, Leo Max; b. Talsen, Latvia, Jan16 1898; d. Wivenhal, England, Dec 241975.
To US 1905. • Harvard, MD Harvard, postgrad London, Hamburg; honorary degree. •Neurologist, surgeon, NYC; mem Byrd ArcticExpedition, Hadassah Medical Advisory Bd; afdr, faculty Albert Einstein ColI ofMed;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: EJ;AJYB, 77:593; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 25 1975,24:5.
Davidoff, Sid; b. Queens,July 181939.CCNY, NYU Law. • Asst Bldg Commr, NYC.• See: NYTimes story, Nov 11 1967.
Davidow, H (Harry) M; b. Troy, Nov 191900; d. Oct 1957.
Dept store exec, Washington DC; active Socfor Crippled Children, Heb Home for Aged. •See: WWWIA, 3;NITimes, Oct 13 1957,86:7.
Davidowitz, Harry S; b. Shimely, Kovno,Dec 101887.
BS, MA Columbia, JTS, PhD Dropsie.·Rabbi, Cleveland; active Jewish Welfare Fedn,Educational Alliance, United Synagogue ofAm; WWI chaplain. • See:AJYB, 24:131;BEOAJ.
Davidowitz, Herman; b. Szeget, Hungary,ca 1897; d. Florence, Jan 1969.
To US 1921. • Tie mfr, Judaica collector,NYC. • See: NYTimes, Jan 22 1969,47:4.
Davids, Mark; b. Los Angeles, Apr 4 1896;d. Dec 25 1979.
AB Stanford. • Investment banker, LosAngeles; officer professional assn; trustee BoysRepublic; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Davidsohn, Israel; b. Tarnopol, Austria,Apr 201895; d. Dec 3 1979.
To US 1923.· MD UVienna, post-grad UBerlin; honorary degree. • Physician,pathologist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago;officer professional socs; author/editor in field.• See: WWWIA, 7.
Davidson, Aaron; b. Minsk, May 191896.To US 1902. • Newspaperman, NYC; earlierOmaha & SD; managing editor Brewers News;active Am Legion; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Davidson, Arthur Julius; b. Philadelphia,Mar 20 1886.
MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Orthopedicsurgeon, Philadelphia; mem Med Advisory Bd;facultyJefferson Med ColI; author in field;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938.
Davidson, David; b. Lautenburg, Germany,Aug 281848; d. NYC, Feb 281933.
To US 1880. • U Breslau. • Rabbi, DesMoines, Cincinnati, Montgomery, AL, NYC;faculty Heb Union ColI, JTS; dir Soc for theAid ofJewish Prisoners. • See: UJE; AJYB,5(1903-1904):50,35:123; WWIAJ, 1926.
Davidson, David; b. Slutz, Jan 11863; d.before 1938.
To Sioux City 1883. • Merchant, peddler,Sioux City, earlier Sioux Falls, SD. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Davidson, David; b. Warsaw, Sep 231886;d. NYC, June 1961.
To US 1893. • Printer, NYc.. See: WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes,June91961,33:1.
Davidson, David; b. NYC, ca 1908; d. NYC,1985.
CCNY, Columbia Journalism. • Novelist,television scriptwriter, newspaperman; author!instructor in field; WWII service. • See:NYTimes, Nov 4 1985.
Davidson, David W; b. 1905; d. Aug 211979.
Dept store exec, Chicago, Seattle. • See:WWWIA, 7.
Davidson, De Witt A; b. NYC, Oct 171878.
Jewelrymfr, NYC; officer trade assns; trustee2nd Church of Christ Scientist; active WWILiberty Loan, Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 6.
Davidson, Dore; b. NYC.Actor, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:131.
Davidson, Gabriel; b. NYC, Jan 23 1879; d.Flushing, NY, Nov 8 1958.
CCNY, LLB NY Law, LLM NYU; honorarydegree. • Lawyer, communal & agricultureexec, NYC; mem State Bureau of Farm
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Information; general mgrJewish AgriculturalSoc; authorllecturer in field. • See: UJE; AJYB,61:416; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Nov 9 1958, 88:6.
Davidson, George; b. Warsaw, May 101889; d. Shelton, CT,June 1965.
To US 1896. • Natl Academy of Design, Italy,France, Greece. • Artist, muralist, NYC; WWIRed Cross service. • See:UJE; 4JYB, 24:131;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,4;NYTimes,June 191965,29:3.
Davidson, Gustav(e); b. Warsaw, Dec 251895; d. Feb 1971.
To NYC 1896. • AB, AM Columbia. • Writer,editor, poet, playwright, NYC; with QuiD,Mirror, This Week in NY; WWI service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Feb 10 1971,46:4.
Davidson, H; b. ca 1841; d. Stockton, CA,Sep 17 1911.
Davidson, Henry Alexander; b. Newark,May 27 1905; d. Aug 23 1973.
MD Jefferson Med ColI, M Sc U PA. •Physician, psychiatrist, Cedar Grove, NJ; suptEssex County Hospital; officer professionalsocs; author/editor in field; WWII service. •See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Aug 24 1973, 36:2.
Davidson, Louis; b. ca 1879; d. Des Moines,Oct 301922.
Philanthropist, Des Moines; officer Chamberof Commerce. • See:AJYB, 25:138.
Davidson, Louis R; b. NYC, Sep 8 1894.NYU, MD Bellevue. • Physician, NYC; withNY Post-Grad Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Davidson, Mary; b. ca 1869; d. Des Moines,Apr 301940.
Communal worker, Des Moines. • See: AJYB,42:478.
Davidson, Maurice P; b. NYC, Sep 14 1879;d.July 161956.
CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Commr ofWater, Gas & Electricity, communal &political worker, author, NYC; mem StatePower Authority; a fdr Fusion Party; officerprofessional soc; reserve military service. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA};WWWIA,3;NYTimes,]uly171956,23:1.
Davidson, Max David; b. Newark, Mar 81899; d. Perth Amboy, Sep 1977.
AB NYU, MA Rutgers, PhD, PhD Columbia,ordained]TS.· Rabbi, drama critic, PerthAmboy; pres Rabbincial Assembly, SynagogueCouncil ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 111977,36:4.
Davidson, Mendel; b.*; d. Plainfield, NJ,July 3 1940.
Rabbi, Plainfield, NJ. • See:AJYB, 43:357.
Davidson, Morris; b. Russia, May 15 1876.Exec, banker, Stockton, CA.· See: WWIAJ,1938.
Davidson, Morris; b. Rochester, NY, Dec161898. .
Baltimore City ColI, MD Inst of Design,Chicago Art Inst, Europe. • Artist, NYC;author/tchr in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,1926,1928.
Davidson, Philip; b.*; d.June 3 1978.
Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; officerUnited]ewish Appeal-Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; benefactor Israel EducationFund, Metropolitan Geriatric Center; bdHampshire House, Hospital for]oint Diseases;trustee Woodmere Academy. • See: AJYB,80:363; NYTimes, June 13 1978, IV 19:3.
Davidson, Rita Charmatz (Mrs David SDavidson); b. Brooklyn, Sep 1 1928; d.1985.
BA Goucher, LLB Yale; honorary degree. •Lawyer, state special appeals & court ofappeals judge, MD; commr MD Park Commn;chr Government Commn on Jobs for Veterans.• See: WWWIA, 8.
Davidson, Saul; b. Kalvarea, Lithuania, Dec15 1862/1863.
To US 1881. • Furniture dealer, Des Moines;active philanthropy. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ.
Davidson, Sidney; b. Minsk, Feb 17 1894; d.Lawrence, NY, Aug 8 1965.
Davidson, Sol Charles; b. NYC, Sep 3 1887.MD Albany Med ColI. • Radiologist,Rochester, NY; faculty U Rochester; officerprofessional soc; bdJewish Welfare Council;WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
David-Weill, Pierre Sylvain Desire Gerard;b. Paris, May 71900; d.Jan 1975.
Banker, NYC, Paris; with Lazard Freres;WWII French army service. • See: WWW1A,6.
Davies, J Clarence; b. NYC, Nov 27 1868;d. NYC, Apr 12 1934.
CCNY. • Real estate developer, bldr,philanthropist, NYC; an orgr NY Real EstateBd, Bronx Bd ofTrade; benefactor MuseumCity of NY. • See: UJE; AJYB, 36:279;WWIAJ, 1926.
Davis, AM; b. NYC, 1883; d. Nov 13 1971.AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Nov 161971,48:3.
Davis, Abel; b. Chicago, Dec 261874; d.Chicago, Jan 7 1937.
LLB Northwestern; honorary degree. • ILNat! Guard Brigadier-General, lawyer,legislator, public servant, Chicago; memPlanning Commn; active Republican politics;Spanish-Am War, Mexican border & WWIservice.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:131, 39:590;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1;NYTimes,Jan81937,19:3. '
Davis, Abraham N; b. NYC, ca 1892; d.Harrison, NY, Oct 1966.
NY Law. • Lawyer, public servant, exec deputysecy of state, NYC; active Republican politics,professional assn, Henry Street Settlement. •See: NYTimes, Oct 27 1966, 47:2.
Davis, Allan; b. Pittsburgh, Mar 4 1885; d.Pittsburgh, Jan 1 1929.
AB Harvard, Harvard Law, LLB U Pittsburgh.• Lawyer, playwright, social worker; presMenorah Soc, Zionist Soc; active synagog,Jewish Home for Babies, Heb Inst, Am JewishCong.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:131, 31:92;WWIAJ,1928.
Davis, Alvin; b. NYC, ca 1926; d. BrooklynHgts, Mar 1982.
U Paris, BS Columbia, Harvard. • Newspapereditor, broadcast journalist, NYC; with NYPost, NYTimes; WWII service. • See: NYTimes,Apr 11982.
Davis, Benjamin Bernard; b. Vesae,Lithuania (Am parents), June 281902; d.Dec261977.
U CO, PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer,Chicago.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Davis, Bernard George; b. Pittsburgh, Dec111906; d. Seoul, Aug 271972.
U PA, Columbia, BS U Pittsburgh. •Publisher, educator, NYC, Palm Beach;publisher Ellery Queen Magazine; officer tradeassn. • See: WWW1A, 5; NYTimes, Aug 291972,37:1.
Davis, Bette.(Ruth Elizabeth Davis); b.Lowell, MA, Apr 5 1908.
Actress, Oscar winner, Hollywood, CA. • See:WWIAJ,1938.
Davis, Daniel Louis; b. Baltimore, Aug 221903; d. Ghent, NY,Jan 311974.
AB Johns Hopkins, ordained Heb Union ColI,post-grad U Chicago, U MI; honorary degree.• Rabbi, author, Lancaster, PA; dir WelfareFedn, Municipal Ownership League, NY Fednof Reform Synagogues.· See:A]YB, 76:513;WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 2 1974,32:5.
Davis, David P; b. Lexington, KY, Feb 81877.
Civic worker, Frankfort, KY; bd Normal &Industrial Inst, Chamber of Commerce; activeorganizing 1st religious school. • See: WWIAJ,1928.
Davis, Haim Iddell; b. Kovno, July 211865;d. Chicago, Apr 12 1938.
MD (no place given). • Psychiatrist, Chicago;faculty U IL. • See: AJYB, 40:383; WWIAJ,1938.
Davis, Goodman Richard; b. NYC, June 271876; d. NYC, Apr 1962.
CCNY. • Bldr, realtor, NYC; specialty:hospitals, model tenements; officerConvalescent Home for Heb Children, Loeb
Davis, James; b. Kovno, May 7 1869/1871;d. Palm Beach, Mar 7 1943.
To US 1891. • Merchant, communal & civicworker, Chicago; a fdr, pres Fedn of OrthodoxJewish Charities; active Jewish Peoples Inst,AmJewish Com, Bd ofJewish Education,Jewish WelfareBd.· See:A]YB, 24:131,45:383.
Davis, Jeanette Isaacs (Mrs BenjaminDavis); b. NYC, Nov 1 1857; d. Chicago,Mar 20 1943.
Jersey City Normal School. • Tchr, communalldr & admr, Jersey City then Chicago; natlofficer Womens League United Synagogue ofAm; officer Am Jewish Cong; dir Heb Inst,OrthodoxJewish Home. for Aged; activeHadassah.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):51,45:383; WWIA], 1938.
Davis, Julius E; b. Minneapolis, Apr 211912; d. Mar 161979.
Davis, Lawrence Bowen; b. Indianapolis,Aug 161879; d. Indianapolis, Aug 141946.
Butler, LLB IN Law School. • Lawyer,Indianapolis; pres bar assn. • See: A]YB,49:609; WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Davis, Leah H (Mrs); b. ca 1880; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 91930.
Fdr, Gold Star Mothers Assn, San Francisco. •See:A]YB,33:125.
Davis, Lewis; b. Worcester, May 15 1889.BS Worcester Polytech, MS MIT. •Consulting chemist, bacteriologist, Worcester;active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Davis, Lillian S; b.*; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 191939.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,42:478.
Davis, Louis; b. ca 1853; d. NYC, July 301935.
Real estate exec, communal worker, NYc. •See:A]YB,38:426.
Davis, Louis J; b.*; d. Syracuse, May 171938.
Communal worker, Syracuse. • See: A]YB,40:383.
Davis, M (Morris) Edward; b. Cheyenne/Poland, Oct27 1899; d. Feb 61978.
U CO, BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI,post-grad Berlin, Vienna. • Noted obstetrician,gynecologist, Chicago; specialty: fertility;faculty U Chicago; officer professional assns;author/editor in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;WWWL4, 7.
Davis, Meyer; b. Ellicott City, MD,Jan 101893; d. Apr 51976.
George Washington U Law. • Musician,orchestra ldr, conductor, NYC; with MeyerDavis Orchestra. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWL4, 7; NYTimes, Apr 6 1976,38:1.
Davis, Michael Marks; b. NYC, Nov 191879; d. Aug 191971.
AB, PhD Columbia; honorary degree. • Medadmr, consult, NYC, Chicago, Chevy Chase,MD; with Rosenwald Fund; author in field. •See: WWWL4, 5; NYTimes, Aug 27 1971,36:1.
Davis, Morton I; b. NYC, Feb 22 1892; d.Dec 1955. .
CPA, NYC; bd Beth Israel Hospital. til See:BEGA]; NYTimes, Dec 16 1955,29:2.
Davis, Moshe; b. Brooklyn, 1916.Ordained JTS, PhD Heb U. • Historian ofAmJewish life, NYC, Israel; dean, provostJTSTchrs; fdr Com on Manpower Opportunities(Israel); author in field. • See: E].
Davis, Mrs Simon; b. ca 1847; d. Seattle,Jan 261935.
Communal worker, Seattle. • See: A]YB,37:255.
Davis, Nathaniel A; b. Brazil; d. LosAngeles, Apr 6 1945.
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Physician, peace advocate; exec chr Am Comto Aid Korean Refugees in China; orgr LosAngeles school of foreign service. • See: A]YB,47:520.
Davis,. Philip; b. Moteleh, Russia, June 121876; d. Boston, Nov 1951.
To US 1890. • Hull House, Lewis Inst,UChicago, AB Harvard, LLB Boston U. •Lawyer, pioneer in documentary filmaking,educational & industrial movie producer, socialwork admr, author, Boston; natl orgr ILGWU;officer trade socs; dir Community PictureBureau; supervisor Boston Newsboys Republicand Newsboys Court. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NITimes,Nov 211951,25:3.
Davis, Sadie Gertrude (Mrs Jack Davis); b.Providence, Nov 261885.
Business school. • Communal & civic worker,Providence; officer Ladies MontefioreBenevolent Assn, New England Dispensary,Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See:WWIA],1938.
Davis, Sam; b. Toledo, June 271883; d.Toledo, Oct 241945.
Realtor, coal merchant, civic & communalworker, Toledo; dir Public Health Assn, JewishFedn, Salvation Army, Boy Scouts. • See:A]YB, 48:486; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Davis, SammyJr; b. ca1927.Entertainer, convert to Judaism; activeNAACP. • See: NYTimes stories, Apr 13 1966,Apr 2 1971.
Davis, Sydney; b. Orange, NJ, Nov 4 1882;d. West Orange, NJ, 195911960.
BS U PA. til Consulting chemist, realtor, WestOrange, NJ; earlier with NYC Health Dept;faculty Pratt Inst; editor The Catalyst; activeBoy Scouts; WWI service.· See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Jan 2 1960, 13:5.
Davison, Charles; b. Moinesti, Rumania,Apr 181891.
To US 1909. • BS, MD U Pittsburgh. •Psychiatrist, neuropathologist, neurologist,Pittsburgh, NYC; officer professional assn;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEGA].
Dawidowicz, Lucy; b. NYC, 1915.Yiddish Inst. • Historian of Holocaust, author;faculty Yeshiva U; with Yiddish Inst, JointDistribution Com, Am Jewish Com. • See:E]:1983-1985.
Dawidowicz, Szymon M; b. Mlawa, Poland,July 291895; d. NYC,June 11979.
To US 1941. • Yiddish editor, printer; memJewish Socialist Bund; with Yiddish Inst;known for raising publication standards. • See:A]YB, 81:365.
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Dazian, Henry; b. ca 1854; d. Miami Beach,May41937.
Dean, Vera Micheles (Mrs William JDean); b. St Petersburg, Mar 291903; d.NYC, Oct 10 1972.
To US 1919. • BA Radcliffe, AM Yale, MDRadcliffe. • Internatl affairs specialist, editor,author; with Foreign Policy Assn; facultyNYU; advocate of collective security. • See:NAW:modern; NYTimes, Oct 12 1972, 50:1.
DeBeer, Anna Boochever (Mrs Frederick SDeBeer); b. Brooklyn, Apr 23 1892.
AB NY State ColI ofTchrs. it Social welfareworker, Albany, NY; with Council of SocialAgencies, Bd of Education, State Bureau ofEmployment; active synagog, Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See: BEGAJ.
Debrest, Harold; b. Brest-Litovsk, Nov 251883/1884.
JTS, NYU Law. • Communal social worker,journaJist, poet, biographer, NYC; withEducational Alliance, Jewish School ofPhilanthropy, Jewish Forum, Jewish Tribune,NY Post; fdr InternatlJewish Cong, Kehillah. •See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.
De Casseres, Benjamin; b. Philadelphia,Apr 3 1873; d. NYC, Dec 61945.
Author, poet, essayist, screenwriter, critic,columnist, NYC; book reviewer NY Sun,NYTimes, Bookman. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:131,48:486; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;WWWlA, 2; NYTimes, Dec 7 1945,22:2.
De Castro, Adolphe Danziger; b. Poland,Nov 101866.
To US ca 1883. • Author, poet, NYC; editorAI (Chicago), News Letter (San Francisco);active Republican politics, support ofTRoosevelt. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928.
De Castro, Morris; b. Panama, Feb 51902;d. Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Dec 91966.
(;overnor,merchant, StThomas, VirginIslands.· See: WWWIA, 4;JTA-DNB, Dec 121966.
Decker, Alfred; b. Kirchheimbolanden,Bavaria, Nov 2 1871; d.July 1948.
To Chicago 1886. • Clothing mfr, civic &communal worker, Chicago; officer CrimeCommn; dir Arts in Industries Assn, JewishPeoples Inst. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;BEGAJ; NITimes, July 241948, 15:4.
De Cordova, Alfred; b.Jamaica, WestIndies, 1848; d. NYC, Apr 1907.
To NYC as youth. • Banker, sportsman,philanthropist; governor NY Stock Exchange.• See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 7 1907,9:6.
De Cordova, Jacob; b. Spanish Town,Jamaica, 1808; d. 1868.
Deiches, Maurice; b. NYC, ca 1882; d.NYC, Feb 15 1938.
U MI. • Lawyer, NYC; mem Bd of Education;referee State Insurance Dept; activeprofessional soc, Democratic politics,educational affairs. • See:AJYB, 40:383;NYTimes, Feb 16 1938,21:1.
Deiches, William; b. ca 1843; d. Baltimore,May241916.
De Leon, Mordecai H; b. 1791; d. 1848.Physician. • See: E] (sub De Leon).
De Leon, Perry M; b. 1841; d. 1922.Civil War Confederate veteran, familyhistorian.· See: PAJHS, 50:332-34.
De Leon, Thomas Cooper; b. Columbia,SC, May 211839; d. Mobile, Mar 191914.
Georgetown U. • Journalist, author, editor,playwright, translator, Mobile; managingeditor Mobile Registrar; mgr Mobile Theatre;orgr Mobile Mardi Gras carnival; Civil WarConfederate service. • See: JE; UJE; EJ (subDe Leon); WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Mar201914,11:4.
Delieben, Israel; b. Prague, 1740; d.Charleston, SC,Jan 281807.
To Am 1770. • Merchant, shohet,Northumberland, PA, Philadelphia, Savannah;active synagog; Revolutionary War service. •See:BDEAJ.
Delman, Herman B; b. Portersville, CA, ca1895; d. NYC, Oct 1955.
Merchant, noted shoe designer, NYC, London;owner racing stable; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 13 1955,31:6.
Del Mar, Alexander; b. NYC, Aug 9 1836;d. Little Falls, NJ,July 11926.
Madrid School ofMines. • Mining engineer,journalist, economist, historian, author,government consult, NYC; dir Bureau ofStatistics. • See: A]YB, 24:131; DAB.
Del Mar, Algernon; b. NYC, 1870.Mining engineer, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,'24:132.
Del Monte, Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 191886.
Hat mfr, NYC. • See: WWIA], 1928; BEOAl
De Lucena, Abraham Haim; b.*; d. 1725.Merchant, rabbi, NYC; benefactor bldg ofTrinity Church steeple. • See: EJ (subDeLucena); BDEA].
De Lucena, Samuel; b. NYC?, 1711.Freeman, NYC; broker, Philadelphia;benefactor Mikveh Israel. • See: EJ (sub DeLucena); BDEA].
Demask, Emil; b. Vienna, 1880; d.Brooklyn, Oct 3 1941.
To US 1938. • Lawyer, exec; exec seeyAlexander Kohut Memorial Found; special asstresearcher Jewish Division (NY PublicLibrary). • See:AJYB, 44:336; NYTimes, Oct 41941,15:6.
Dembitz, Arthur Aaron (pseud=UncleArthur, others); b. Louisville, Feb 241870; d.June 1940.
BAJohns Hopkins.· Communal tchr &journalist, Heb tchr, Philadelphia; facultyGratz; editorial staffAm Heb. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):81; NYTimes, June 27 1940,23:3.
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Dembitz, Henry; b. ca 1854; d. Cleveland,Feb 181923.
War veteran, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 25:138.
Dembitz, Lewis Naphtali; b. Zirke, Posen,Feb 3 1833; d. Mar 111907.
Honorary degree. • Lawyer, scholar,communal & civic ldr, author, Louisville;helped estJTS; officer OrthodoxJewishCongregational Union ofAm; exec bd UnionofAm Heb Congregations; active Republicanpolitics, public service; memoirs. • See: JE;UJE;E];AJYB, 6(1904-1905):81-82,9(19071908):505; WWWIA, 1.
Dembitzer, Paul (pesach, Pavel); b.Cracow, 1889; d. NYC, Mar 26 1937.
Yiddish journalist, labor ldr; a fdr JewishSocialist Democratic Party (Galicia); asst editorGerechtigkeit (ILGWU Yiddish organ);contributor Forward. • See: UJE; AJYB,39:590.
Demblin, Benjamin (born BenjaminJosephTeitelbaum); b. DemblinlModzitz,Poland, Sep 13 1897; d. Miami Beach,Jan 271976.
To US 1921. • Yiddish novelist, communalworker; staffUnited Jewish Appeal,JointDistribution Com. • See: EJ; AJYB, 78:539;NYTimes, Jan 301976,32:2.
Dembo, Leon H; b. 1895; d.July 121973.MD Jefferson Med ColI. • Physician,pediatrician, Cleveland; faculty WesternReserve. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Dembow, SamJr; b. NYC, Jan 41890.Theatre owner, exec, NYC; pres Marks BrosTheatres; general mgr Nat! Screen Service. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
De Menasce, Jacques; b. Bad Ischl, Austria,Aug 191905; d. Switzerland, Jan 1960.
To US 1941. • Concert pianist, composer. •See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Feb 1 1960,27:3.
Denburg, HarryL; b. US, 1897; d. WestOrange, NJ, Nov 14 1980.
Denhoff, Eric; b. Brooldyn, June 51913.BS, MD U VT; honorary degree. • Pediatricneurologist, Providence; faculty Brown; meddir Meeting Street School, ChildrensRehabilitation Center; author/editor in field. •See: WWWIA, 8.
De Porte, Joseph Vital; b. Korop,Chernigov, Jan 1 1889/1892; d. Aug'1969.
To US 1906. • AB U OK, MA Princeton, PhDColumbia. • Statistician, Albany, NY; withState Bd of Health; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Aug 171969,81:1.
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Deren, Maya (born Derenkowsky); b. Kiev,~r29 1917; d. Queens, Oct 13 1961.
L'Ecole Internationale (Geneva), AB NYU,New School, AM Smith.· Avant-garde filmmaker, author, Los Angeles, NYC; "At Land."• See: NAW:modern; NYTimes, Oct 14 1961,23:4.
Derkeim, Myer; b. Germany, ca 1748; d.Philadelphia, Aug 2 1818.
De Roy, Aaron; b. ca 1881; d. Hartsville,SC, Mar 11935.
Leading automobile dealer, philanthropicworker, Detroit. • See:A]YB, 37:255.
De Roy, Israel; b. ca 1846; d. Pittsburgh,Dec61935.
Chain store fdr, diamond cutter, Pittsburgh. •See:A]YB; 38:427.
Desatnek, Elias (Elis) B; b. Tulchin, Russia,Mar 15 1886; d. Brooklyn, Oct 181946.
To US 1899. • Businessman, realtor, exec,Brooklyn; a fdr, pres Daughters ofZion HebDay & Night Nursery, Pride ofJudea OrphansHome; dir Heb Benevolent Loan Soc. • See:A]YB, 49:609-10; WWIA], 1926,1928;NYTimes, Oct 20 1946,60:2.
Desbecker, Louis E; b. Buffalo, Apr 2 1871.AB Harvard, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, corpcounsel, Buffalo; active Democratic politics. •See: WWIA], 1926.
De Sola, Abraham; b. London, 1825; d.NYC, 1882.
To Canada 1847.· Honorary degree. • Rabbi,Orientalist, opponent of Reform, author; presNatural History Soc; delivered openinginvocation US Congo • See: UJE (sub De Sola);E].
De Sola, Clarence Isaac; b. Montreal, Aug15 1859; d. Boston, May 101920.
McGill. • Architect, Canadian cOIIllI1unalldr,Zionist, Montreal; pres Canadian Council ofZionist Orgs. • See: UJE (sub De Sola); E](sub De Sola); PA]HS, 28:269-72.
De Sola, Meldola (Aaron David Meldola deSola); b. Montreal, 1853; d. NYC, 1918.
Rabbi, outspoken opponent of Reform,Montreal; an orgr, officer Union of OrthodoxCongregations. • See: UJE (sub De Sola); E](sub De Sola).
De Sola Pool, David; see Pool, David DeSola.
De Sola Pool, Tamar; see Pool, Tamar DeSola.
Dessar, Leo Charles; b. Cincinnati, 1847; d.NYC, 1924.
Columbia law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipaljudge, author, NYC; active opponent TweedRing; Civil War Union drummerboy.· See:UJE; WWWIA, 5.
Dessar, Louis Paul; b. Indianapolis, Jan 221867; d. Feb 1952.
CCNY, Natl Academy ofDesign, Beaux Arts(Paris). • Artist, Old Lyme, CT. • See: A]YB,24:132; WWWIA,3; NYTimes, Feb 16 1952,13:1.
Dessau, S Henry; b. ca 1848; d. NewRochelle, June 1921.
Physician, Civil War veteran, New Rochelle. •See:A]YB, 24:101; NYTimes, June 121921,22:2.
Deutelbaum, Leopold; b. Kotteso,Hungary, Sep 23 1863.
Jewish Tchrs Seminary (Budapest, Milwaukee).• Communal childrens worker; with ChicagoHome for Jewish Orphans, Jewish OrphanAsylum (Cleveland).· See:A]YB, 7(19051906):52.
Deutsch, Adolph; b. Budapest, Oct 251881.
AB U Budapest. • Banker, Detroit. • See:WWWIA.,6.
Deutsch, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 23 1905; d.Horsham, England, June 18 1961.
Deutsch, Babette (Mrs AvramYarmolinsky); b. NYC, Sep 22 1895; d.NYC, Nov 13 1982.
AB Barnard; honorary degree. • Poet,translator, author, editor, novelist, NYC;lecturer New School, Columbia; honoraryconsult Library of Congo • See: UJE; E];WWIA], 1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 8;NYTimes, Nov 15 1982.
Deutsch, Bernard Seymour; b. Baltimore,Sep 25 1884; d. NYC, Nov 211935.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, natl communalldr,public servant, NYC; mem State MunicipalCourt Commn; pres Bd ofAldermen, AmJewish Cong; officer bar assns. • See: UJE; E]iA]YB, 38:427; WWIA], 1928; BEOA];WWWIA, I;NYTimes, Nov 22 1935,1:8.
Deutsch, Boris; b. Lithuania, June 4 1892.Bloom Academy (Riga), Germany. • Painter,NYc. • See: BEOAJ.
Deutsch, Eberhard Paul; b. Cincinnati, Oct311897; d. New Orleans,Jan 17 1980.
Tulane; honorary degree. • Lawyer, internatllaw authority, New Orleans; officer law socs;active recreating Austria after WWII; author/editor in field; WWI & WWII service. • See:WWWIA., 7; NYTimes, Jan 181980.
Deutsch, Felix; b. Vienna, 1884; d. 1964.To US 1935.· UVienna. • Psychiatrist, assocof Freud; specialty: psychosomatic med; a fdrVienna Psychoanalytic Clinic; pres BostonPsychoanalytic Inst; author in field. • See: E].
Deutsch, Gotthard; b. Kanitz, Austria, Jan311859; d. Oct 14 1921.
To US 1891. • JTS (Breslau), PhD UVienna,ordained Heb Union ColI; honorary degree. •Rabbi, historian, theologian, author; acting
Devore, Sy
pres Heb Union ColI; editor Die Deborah. •See:]E; UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:101; WWWIA, 1;DAB; NYTimes, Oct 15 1921,13:5.
Deutsch, Helene Rosenbach (Mrs FelixDeutsch); b. Przemysl, Poland, Oct 91884.
To US 1935.· MD UVienna.·Psychoanalyst, prolific author, political activist,anti-Vietnam, Boston; fdr, dir ViennaPsychoanalytic Inst; active womens rights. •See:E].
Deutsch, Hermann Bacher; b. Briix,Austria, Mar 16 1889; d. NYC, June1970.
To US 1891. • BS, MS, PhD U Chicago.·Author, newspaperman, biographer, novelist,New Orleans; authority on Huey Long; WWIservice. • See: UJE (sub Deutsch, Gotthard);WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 27 1970,29:5.
Deutsch, Joseph; b. Baltimore, July 101866.
Cooper Union. • Lithography co exec,Chicago; officer trade assns. • See: WWIA],1928.
Deutsch, Monroe Emanuel; b. SanFrancisco, Aug 17 1879; d. SanFrancisco, Oct 211955.
AB, AM, PhD U CA; honorary degrees. •Classicist, philologist, Berkeley; faculty, dean,provost U CA (Berkeley); officer professionalsocs; bd Natl Conf of Christians & Jews;authorin field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:131,58:476; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA., 3;NYTimes, Oct 22 1955,19:5.
Deutsch, Samuel; b. Louisville, June 11865; d. Chicago, Feb 12 1929.
Physician, NYC; military service. • See: A]YB,20(1918-1919):227.
Deutsch, Solomon; b. Russia, Aug 20 1879.To US 1908. • AM Technical School(Frankfurt), EE U Nancy, DDS NY ColI ofDentistry. • Dental surgeon, Zionist ldr,Brooklyn; natl exec com Zionist Org ofAm;dir Am Zion Commonwealth. • See: WWIA],1926.
Deutsch, Zola Gotthard; b. Cincinnati, Sep13 1899; d. Hackettstown, NJ, May 1965.
Chern E U Cincinnati. • Marine & chemicalengineer, Saltville, VA; surveyed site forManhattan Project; author in field; WWIreserve service. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 6 1965, 39:2.
Deutschberger, Rose Harris (Mrs); b.*; d.NYC, Apr 1936.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,38:427.
Devore, Sy; b. Brooklyn, ca 1909; d.Hollywood, CA,July 1966.
NYU. • Filmland tailor, Hollywood, CA;
DeVorkin, Moses I
WWII service. • See: NYTimes, July 12 1966,43:1.
DeVorkin, Moses I; b. ca 1863; d. LosAngeles, June 13 1936.
Physician, socialworker. • See:A]YB, 38:427.
De Waltoff, Dayve B; b. Russia, Oct 91865; d; Brooklyn, June 19 1947.
To US 1890. • MA, MD? U Moscow, MD UKiev. • Inventor, physician; orgrJewishcommunity centets;sentenced to Siberia asstudent, escaped; author/editor in field;Spanish-Am War intelligence service, WWIchemical warfare service. • See:A]YB, 50:514;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; REOA]; NYTimes,June 20 1947, 19:4.
De Woskin, Morris R; b. Gluckow, Russia,Aug 271903; d. Sep 201970.
To US 1917.· LaSalle U.· Hotel broker,exec, Chicago; bd Jewish Bd of Education;active communal & Zionist fundraising. • See:WWWIA,5.
De Young, Bertram Isaac; b. Philadelphia,Feb 201877.
LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; legaladvisor US Prohibition Dept. • See: "WWIA],1928,1938.
De Young, Charles; b. ca 1847; d.Philadelphia, Dec 271932.
Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB,35:123.
De Young, Meichel Henry (Michael,Michel); b. St Louis, Oct 1 1848/1849; d.Feb 15 1925.
Journalist, civic ldr, San Francisco; co-fdr,editor San Francisco Chronicle; donor DeYoung Memorial Museum; active Republicanpolitics, expositions. • See: UJE; WWWIA., 1;NYTimes, Feb 16 1925, 19:1.
Diamant, Arthur Herbert; b. St Louis, Jan2 1879;d. Aug 1956.
Diamond, Ignatz; b. May 8 1862.Rabbi, Brooklyn earlier Hungary. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):50.
Diamond, Isaac; b. Minsk, Mar 5 1888. .To US 1914.· Merchant, alderman,Minot,ND; earlier ReI;> tchr, rabbi; mem NDStatePlanning Commn; pres Community Council;dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc, Heb TheologicalColI (Chicago); Russian army service. • See:WWIA],1938.
Diamond, Joseph; b. Polonnoe, Russia, Nov11905.
To US 1921. • Heb Tchrs ColI (Boston), BEClark U, PhD Dropsie. • Hebeducator,principal, Worcester then Philadelphia; officerJewish Community Council, Regional Councilof Communal Agencies. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Diamond, Joseph Solomon; b. Botosani,Rumania, Oct 20 1881; d. Paris, Apr 291953.
To NYC 1898. • MD NYU, post-grad Vienna,Berlin, London. • Physician, NYC; officer medsoc; author in field. • See: A]YB, 55:455;WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 1 1953,22:3.
Diamond, Leo Aaron; b. NYC,Jan 81906;d. May 5 1980.
PhD, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago,NYC; faculty Rutgers; author/editor in field. •See: WWWIA., 7.
Diamond, Louis Klein; b. 1902.Hematologist, Boston; faculty Harvard; consultNatl Inst of Health; author in field. • See: E].
Diamond, Martin; b. NYC, Dec 191919; d.July 22 1977.
AM, PhD U Chicago; honorary degree. •Political scientist; faculty Claremont MensColI, Claremont Grad School, Northern IL;author in field; WWII merchant marineservice. • See: WWWIA., 7;NYTimes, July 231977,22:6.
Diamond, Morris; b. Russia, Dec 11 1864;d. Buffalo, Nov 15 1944.
To US 1889. • Scholar, Heb tchr, Buffalo; fdrBuffalo Heb School; orgr Heb Benevolent
Diamond, Moses; b. BerlatlBerlad,Rumania, June 4 1894; d. NYC, Oct1949.
To NYC 1899.· DDS NY Dental School.·Dental surgeon, NYC; faculty Columbia;active professional socs, Am Jewish PhysiciansCom for Heb U; author in field; WWI service.• See: UJE; "WWIA], 1928,1938; REOA];NYTimes, Oct 7 1949, 27:4.
Diamond, Norman Henry; b. Buffalo, Nov11905.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union CoIl. •Rabbi, Newcastle, PA. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Diamond, Oscar K; b. NYC, ca 1911; d.Orangeburg, NY, Dec 1970.
U WV, MD U VA, post-grad Columbia. •Hospital dir, psychiatrist; head Rockland StateHospital; faculty CUNY, Columbia; WWIIservice. • See: NYTimes, Dec 22 1970, 36:4.
Diamond, Selma; b. London, Canada, ca1921; d. Los Angeles, May 1985.
AB NYU. • Comedy writer, actress; wrote forGroucho Marx, Sid Caesar. • See: NYTimes,May 141985.
Dickenstein, Abraham; b. 'Wishniewa,Poland,June 15 1902; d. Tel Aviv, Feb161977.
To US 1936. • Banker, industrialist, pioneerworker in Palestine, communalldr; fdr, mgrAudit Union of Credit Cooperatives; chr IsraelAm Industrial Development Bank. • See:A]YB, 79:368; NYTimes, Feb 17 1977,42:3.
Dicker, Samuel Byron; b. NYC, Apr 41889; d. Feb 9 1960.
To US 1890. • Exec, furrier, Chicago; withSeats. • See: WWIA], 1928.
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Dickerman, Solomon; b. Noviradomsk,Russian Poland, June 18 1880.
To US 1902. • Communal worker, SanAntonio; orgr, officer Heb Free Loan Assn;officerJewish Social Service Fedn, Zionist OrgofAm, Heb lnst. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Dickstein, Samuel; b. Vilna, Feb 5/61885;d. NYC, Apr 22 1954.
To US 1887/1888.· CCNY, NY Law. •Congressman, state supreme court justice,NYC; mem Bd ofAlderman, House Com onImmigration; active fight against Nazis,drafting NY kosher legislation. • See: UJE; E];A]YB, 24:132, 56:569; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr231954,27:1.
Didjah, Belle; b. NYC.Vienna, Berlin, Bayreuth. • Dancer, NYC;with Metropolitan Opera Ballet. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Diedesheimer, Philip; b. ca 1832; d.SanFrancisco, July 1916.
Mining engineer, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,19(1917-1918):264.
Diesendruck, Zevi Hirsch Wolf; b. Stryj,Polan'd, Nov 101890; d. Cincinnati, June41940.
To Cincinnati 1930. • Law degree U Vienna,PhD U Berlin. • Professor of philosophy;specialty: Maimonides; faculty HebPaedagogium (Vienna), Jewish Inst of Religion,Heb U, Heb Union ColI; author/translator infield; WWI Austrian service. • See: UJE; E];AJYB, 42:478,43:391-98; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 51940,25:2.
Dietz, David Henry; b. Cleveland, Oct 61897; d. Dec 9 1984.
AB Western Reserve; honorary degrees. •Newspaper editor, author, civic & communalworker, Cleveland; specialty: science; withCleveland Press; officer professional org. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,8.
Dietz, Howard; b. NYC, Sep 8 1896; d.NYC, July 301983.
Columbia Journalism. • Publicity dir,Broadway librettist, songwriter, NYC; "TheBandwagon"; active professional org; WWIreserve service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Aug 11983.
Dillon, Abraham Moshe (born ZuchowickilZuchowitsky); b. Russia, 1883; d. NYC,Oct 3 1934.
To US 1909. • Yiddish poet, affiliated with DiYunge, NYC. • See: EJ; A]YB, 37:255.
Dillon, Clarence Douglas; b. Geneva/SanAntonio, Sep 271882; d. Apr 1979.
Diner, Jacob; b. Russia, Aug 26 1870; d.Amityville, NY,July 25 1937.
U Strasbourg, MD Fordham. • Bacteriologist,pharmacologist, physician, NYC; a fdr, faculty,dean Fordham U ColI ofPharmacy; author infield. • See: AJYB, 24:132,40:383; WWIA],1926, 1928; NYTimes, July 27 1937,21:5.
Dinerman, Harold; b. NYC, Sep 6 1928; d.Newark,June 201976.
Social worker, Newark; withJewish WelfareBd; pres NJ Assn ofJewish Center Workers;author in field. • See: A]YB, 78:539-40;NYTimes, June 22 1976,38:2.
Dinerman, Helen Schneider (Mrs JamesDinerman); b. NYC, Dec 25 1920; d. Aug141974.
AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Sociologist, exec,NYC; chr Internatl Research Assns, Inc; officerprofessional assns; author in field; WWIIgovernment service. • See: WWU7IA, 6;NYTimes, Aug 17 1974,26:3.
Dingol, Solomon; b .. Rogachev, Minsk, Mar15 1886/1887; d. NYC,June 12 1961.
To NYC 1916. • U Bern, Columbia. • Yiddishjournalist, novelist & playwright, NYC; withDer Tog; pres Sholom Aleichem Folk Inst;active League for Labor Palestine, HebImmigrant Aid Soc, Yiddish Inst, JTS. • See:UJE;A]YB, 63:559; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];]TA-DNB, June 141961;NYTimes, June 141961, 19:5.
Dinin, Samuel; b. Zarawitz, Russia, Oct 101902; d. 1972.
To NYC 1909. • AB CCNY, MA, PhDColumbia. • Communal educator, editor,NYC, then Los Angeles; exec dir Soc forAdvancement ofJudaism; with TheReconstructionist; faculty JTS; dean Bureau ofJewish Education (Los Angeles). • See: E];WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May41972, 48:6.
Dinkelspiel, Bella; b. ca 1863; d. Seattle,Oct 22 1937.
Dinkelspiel, Henry GW; b. Suisun City,CA, Feb 22 1869; d. San Francisco, Apr20 1931.
Hastings, U CA. • Lawyer, legislator, consul,civic & communalldr, San Francisco; activeprofessional orgs, bar assns. • See: UJE; A]YB,11(1909-1910):145,24:132,33:125; WWIA],1926, 1928; BEOAJ. .
Dinkelspiel, Lloyd W; b. San Francisco,Nov 191899; d. Palo Alto, May 151959.
Lawyer, communalldr, San Francisco; presJewish Welfare Bd, Jewish Welfare Fedn;officer bar assn; bd Stanford; WWI & WWIIservice.· See:AJYB, 61:416; WWU7IA, 3;NYTimes, May 16 1959,23:2.
Dinkelspiel, Martin Jerrold; b. SanFrancisco, Nov 30 1898.
U CA, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, consul,communal & civic ldr, San Francisco; officerJewish Educational Soc; active Native Sons,bar assns, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dinkelspiel, Max;b. Germany, 1843/1844;d. Pass Christian, MS, Aug 271927.
State court of appeals judge, New Orleans. •See:A]YB, 24:132, 30:79.
Dinkes, Nathan; b. NYC, Apr 271910.CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC;orgr Flatbush Congress House; active AmJewish Cong, synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dintenfass, Henry; b. Tarnow, Austria, Apr2 1885.
To US 1885. • MD U PA, post-grad Vienna,Berlin. • Otologist, otorhinolaryngologist,Philadelphia;. faculty U PA Grad School; withNortheastern Heb Orphan Home; author infield.· See:A]YB, 24:131; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;BEOAJ.
Dintenfass, Mark M; b. ca 1878; d. CliffsidePark, NJ, Nov 23 1933.
Motion picture pioneer. • See:AJYB, 36:279.
Dische, Zacharias; b. Sambor, Austria-Hungary, 1895.
To US 1941. • Biochemist, Vienna, NYC;laboratory head U Vienna; faculty Columbia;Austrian army service. • See: E].
Diskin, Carlton Fine; b. Trenton, Jan 271914; d. Coral Gables, FL,Jan 271967.
Baltimore City ColI, LLB U Baltimore. • Mfgexec,NYC; earlier government lawyer,Washington DC. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,Jan 28 1967,27:3.
Disman, Butler; b. Salida, CO, Nov 151889.
AB U CO, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, KansasCity; earlier CO, NYC; officer synagog; dirJewish Childrens Home; WWI service. • See:WWIA],1938.
Dittenhoefer, Abraham (Abram) Jesse; b.Charleston, SC, Mar 17 1836; d. NYC,Feb 231919.
AB Columbia. • Lawyer, municipal judge,author, NYC; speCialty: law relating to stage;counsel Bd ofAlderman; trustee synagog;active Republican politics. • See: UJE; E];AJYB, 6(1904-1905):82,21:204; WWWlA, 1;NITimes, Feb 241919,13:2.
Dittenhofer, Abraham S; b. ca 1844; d.Cleveland, Mar 111917.
Civil War Union naval veteran, Cleveland. •See:AJYB,19(1917-1918):264.
Dittle, Alexander; b. ca 1850; d. Atlanta,May 71919.
Communal worker, Atlanta. • See: AJYB,21:204.
Dix, Henry A (born Dickstein); b. Poltava,1850; d. NYCI Battle Creek, MI, June 101933.
To US 1892. • Clothing mfr, philanthropist,NYC; turned business over to employees; madehis Mt Kisco home into home for workinggirls. • See: UJE; AJYB, 35:123; NITimes, June211933, 18:2.
Dixon, Arthur J; b. 1924; d. LI, Nov 11981.Accountant, communal worker; pres stateprofessional org; officer Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; active Jewish Guild for theBlind.· See:AJYB, 83:353.
Dlugasch, V>uis; b. Odessa, Dec 25 1885.To NYC 1893. • MD NYU. •Otolaryngologist, NYC; active Am JewishPhysicians Com, synagog, Mens League ofPalestine. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dluznowsky, Moshe; b. Tomashov, Poland,1906; d. NYC, July 30 1977.
To US 1941. • Author, playwright, essayist;depicted Jewish life. • See: EJ; AJYB, 79:368;NITimes, Aug 11977,26:5.
Dobkin, Nicholas; b. Gomel, Russia, Sep 15. 1874; d. Brooklyn, Apr 211948.
To US as a child.· MD Columbia.·Physician, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad MedSchool; WWI service. • See: AJYB, 50:514;WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,Apr221948,27:3.
Dobrzynski (Dobrzinsky), Aaron; b. Katno,Poland, ca 1857; d. NYC,Jan 211940.
To US 1900. • U Prague. • Rabbi, author,essayist, NYC, Bronx. • See: AJYB,7(19051906):120,42:478; NYTimes, Jan 241940, 21:6.
Dobsevage, I George; b. Kiev, Nov 211883.
CCNY, NYU Law, Rand School of SocialScience. • Socialist Party worker, exec,publicist, NYC; with JE; secyJewishPublication Soc ofAm. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
DobsewitchIDobsevage, Abraham Baer BenJoseph Ezra; b. Pinsk, Oct 17 1843; d.NYC, Jan 14/0ct 71900.
To US 1891. • Hebraist, exegete, tchr, NYC;withJE. • See:JE; UJE; Eisenstadt, 32.
Doctoroff,John; b. NYC, July 191893; d.Chicago, June 271970.
Cooper Union, Chicago Art Inst. • Portraitpainter, Dallas, then Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWlA, 5;NYTimes,June291970,37:2.
AB George Washington, MD Jefferson MedCoIl, MA Western Reserve. • Obstetrician,Washington DC; natl pres Phi Alpha;developed instrumentslauthor in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Doeblin,Ahred;b.Stettin, 1878;d. 1957.To US 1940, to Germany after WWII. •German poet, novelist; became Catholic. • See:EJ.
Doft, BenjaminJ; b. Austria, Feb 211902;d. Far Rockaway, Mar 291968.
To US 1921. • Business exec, communalldr,NYC; bd Jewish Culture Found; active ZionistOrg ofAm, Alliance Israelite Universelle,United Jewish Appeal. • See:AJYB, 70:520;NITimes, Mar 31 1968, 81:2.
Dolaro, Selina; b. London, 185211853; d.NYC, Jan 23 1889.
To US 1877/1879. • Paris Conservatory. •Actor, singer, playwright; autobiography. •See: JE; UJE.
Dolgin, Simon Arthur; b. Chicago, 1915.To Israel 1971. • Ordained Heb TheologyCoIl, Dr Theology U Southern CA. •Orthodox rabbi, Mizrachi ldr, Beverly Hills. •See:EJ:1973-1982.
Dolgoff, Albert H; b. Ostryn, Poland, ca1888; d. Utica, Dec 25 1942.
To US 1909. • Rabbi, Utica; fdr Heb FreeSchools; co-fdr Bikur Cholim.. • See: AJYB,45:384.
Dolicki, Menahem Mendel; see Dolitzky,Menahem Mendel.
Dolinsky, Nathan; b. Russia, 1890.Natl Academy ofDesign, Europe. • Artist,NYC; faculty Cooper Art School; dir CampSchoharie. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Dolitzky (Dolitzki, Dolicki), Menahem(Menakhem) Mendel; b. Bialystok, Apr 31854/1855/1856; d. Los Angeles, 1931.
To US 1892. • Heb poet, novelist, journalist,tchr, NYC; staffJewish MorningJournal;expelled from Moscow. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):82,24:132,33:125;Eisenstadt, 31-32; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Dolkart, Leo; b. Caucasia, Sep 141881; d.Oct 1966.
To Chicago 1893. • EE U IL, Northwestern. •Electrical engineer, Chicago; an orgr Heb Inst;active Boy Scouts, Salvation Army, B'nai B'rith;
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author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 4.
Dollinger, Isidore; b. NYC, Nov 13 1903.BCS NYU, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer,legislator, NYC; active Democratic Party. •See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dolnick, Max A; b. Russia, 1890?; d.Chicago, Apr 181951.
Educator, Zionist ldr; a fdr Poale Zion LaborOrg. • See:AJYB, 53:524; NYTimes, Apr 211951,17:5.
Dolowitz, Alexander; b. Raigrod, Poland,Nov 13 1887; d. NYC, Apr 101966.
To NYC 1904. • BS Cooper Union, CEColumbia, CPA U NY. • CPA, NYC; activeORT, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: AJYB, 68:525;WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ.
Dolowitz, Florence Reda Levine (MrsAlexander Dolowitz); b. Kalvaria, Poland,Mar 23 1889; d. Brooklyn, July 23 1983.
To US 1898/1899. • BSHunter. • Tchr,communalldr, NYC, Brooklyn, Cold Springs,NY; fdr, pres Womens Am ORT; a fdr AmORTFedn.· See:AJYB, 85:414; WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, July 26 1983.
Dolowitz, Francis Marie Fleisher (MrsDavid A Dolowitz); b. Philadelphia, June23 1913.
Wellesley CoIl, B Nursing Yale. • Pediatricnurse, Salt Lake City; officer Natl Council ofJewish Women; bd YWCA, League ofWomenVoters; active synagog.· See: WWWIA, 5.
Doman, Leon Herbert; b. Philadelphia,Aug261899.
AB, MBA CCNY, JD NYU. • Counsel,auditor, NYC; with Am Foreign InsuranceAssn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ.
Domash, Samuel G; b. Poland, Nov 7 1901.CCNY, LLB NYU. • Business exec, LI City;officer Am-Polish Industrial Bureau, Fedn ofPolishJews in Am, United Jewish Appeal;active trade assns. • See: REGAJ.
Donat, Alexander; b. Warsaw, Apr 191905;d. NYC, June 161983.
To US 1946. ·Publisher, concentration campsurvivor; author on the Holocaust; publisherWarsaw daily newspaper. • See:AJYB, 85:414.
Donath, Ludwig; b. Vienna, ca 1900; d.NYC, 1967.
To US 1940. • Stage, screen & televisioncharacter actor, tchr, NYC. • See: NITimes,Oct 2 1967,47:1.
Donati, Enrico; b. Milan, 1909.To NYC 1930s. • Italian surrealist & abstractpainter. • See: EJ.
Doniger, David D; b. England, I875?; d.Lawrence, LI, Dec 4 1949.
Industrialist, philanthropist; a fdr, officerZionist Org ofAm. • See: AJYB, 52:501;NYTimes, Dec 5 1949,23:4.
Doniger, William N; b. 1908; d.June 1972.Sportswear mfg co exec, NYC; active synagog.• See: "WWWIA, 5; NYI'imes, June 6 1972,44:1.
Donin, Hayim.; b. NYC, 1928; d.Jerusalem,Jan 1982.
To Israel 1973. • Rabbi, author, Southfield,MI, Jerusalem; faculty U Detroit; activecommunal education.· See:A]YB, 84:331.
Dopkin, Lee Lazar; b. Baltimore, June 171895.
Business exec, wholesale grocer, Baltimore; chrMD Old Age Security Commn; pres HebHome for Aged, Jewish Educational Alliance. •See: WWIA], 1938; REOA].
Dorati, Antal; b. Budapest, 1906.To US 1945. • Hungarian Royal Academy ofMusic. • Conductor, composer, Budapest,Dresden, Dallas, Minneapolis; musical dirStockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, NatlSymphony Orchestra. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Dorf, Morris; b. Baltimore, May 30 1891.Business colI. • Merchant, cap mfr, Baltimore;active Heb Home for Aged, Democraticpolitics. • See: WWIA], 1938; REOA].
Dorf, Samuel; b. Austria, 1858; d. NYC,Feb 251923.
Dorfman, Albert; b. Chicago, July 61916;d.July 271982.
BS, PhD, MD U Chicago. • Biochemist,pediatrician, Chicago; faculty U Chicago; dirJoseph P KennedyJ r Mental RetardationResearch Center. ··See: "WWWIA, 8.
Dorfman, Bernard; b. Cleveland, ca 1904;d. Cleveland, Mar 11943.
Rabbi, Lima, OH. • See:A]YB, 45:384.
Dorfman, Boris Waldemar; b. Nicolaev,Russia, July 20 1880; d. 1964.
To US 1903. • Architect, Brooklyn; activeprofessional soc. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYI'imes, July 2 1964,31:5.
Dorfman, Jacob Simcho; b. Slutzk, Russia,Nov 301Dec141897; d. Aug 1959.
To NYC 1921. • ColI of Oriental Languages(Vladivostok), PhG, AM Columbia. •Pharmacist, NYC; communalldr, tchr, Harbin;
faculty Columbia; author in field & onJapan,China.· See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; REOA];NYI'imes, Aug 61959, 27:4.
Dorfman, Joseph; b. Russia, 1904.Economist; with N atl Industrial Conf Bd;faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: E].
Dorfman, Maurice Edward; b. Portland,OR, Nov281903.
BA Reed ColI, MA U CA. • Research chemist,Taft, CA; with Midway Gas Co; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Dorfman, Saul; b. Chicago, May 181912; d.Feb 21984.
U Chicago, Leipzig State Conservatory, StateMusic ColI (Berlin). • Pianist, musician, tchr,synagog music dir, Chicago; faculty Roosevelt;officer professional assn. • See: "WWWIA, 8.
Doris, Abraham Louis; b. NYC, July 151888; d. June 1972.
AB Cornell, LLB Brooklyn Law. • FirstDeputy State Comptroller, lawyer, tchr,Brooklyn, Albany, NY; active professional socs,Democratic politics, Fedn ofJewish Charities,YMHA. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; REGA];NYI'imes, June 5 1972,36:4.
Domblatt, Albert Julius; b. Athens, GA,Dec 121905.
BS U GA, Chern E, MA Columbia. •Chemical engineer, metallurgist, WashingtonDC; faculty US Naval Academy; staff Bureauof Standards; author in field. • See: WWlA],1938.
DombushIDombusch, Sigmund; b. 1896?;d. East Orange, NJ, Dec 181956.
Business exec; a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed.· See:A]YB, 59:474;NYI'imes, Dec 191956,31:3.
Dome, Albert; b. NYC, Feb 7 1901; d.NYC, Dec 15 1965.
Doskow, Samuel; b. Krolevetz, Chernigov,Sep 22 1879; d.July 1957.
To US 1891. • DDS U PA. • Dentist, NYC,earlier Philadelphia; active dental socs; author
Drachman, Harry Arizona
in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July12 1957,21:1.
Douglas, Kirk (born Issur Daniilovich); b.Amsterdam, NY, 1916.
Am Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). •Actor, Hollywood, CA; active Israel causes. •See:E].
Douglas, Melvin (born Melvyn EdouardHesselberg); b. Macon, GA, Apr 51901;d. NYC, Aug 1981.
Broadway, film & television actor; activeScreen Actors Guild, social & human rightsissues; WWI & WWII service. • See: UJE;WWWIA, 8; NYI'imes, Aug 5 1981.
Dourm!ishkin, Ralph Leo; b. Minsk, June301891; d. Oct 1956.
To NYC 1906. • MD BellevuelNYU. •Urologist, NYC; officer professional socs;devised instruments & procedures; author infield; WWI service. • See: UJE; WWIA],1938; REOA]; NYI'imes, Oct 11 1956, 39:3.
Dow, Morris; b.*; d. Houston, May 31920.Communal worker, Houston. • See: A]YB,22:164.
Drabkin, David Lion; b. NYC, May 31899.AB Cornell, MD Cornell. • Physiologicalchemist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA; author infield. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Drabkin, Israel Edward; b.Jersey City, Feb71905; d. Hackensack, NJ, Mar 271965.
AB CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Classicist,historian of science, NYC; faculty CCNY;officer professional socs; prolific author infield.· See:A]YB, 67:533-34; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 4; NYI'imes, Mar 281965,92:5.
Drabkin, Joseph E; b. Russia, May 15 1884.To US 1904. • Printer, New Haven; presColumbia Printing Co; officer JewishCommunity Center, trade assn; bd Heb Inst. •See: WWlA], 1938.
Drabkin, Stella Molly Friedman (Mrs DavidL Drabkin); b. NYC; d. Aug 11 1971.
Natl Academy of Design. • Artist, printmaker,mosaicist, Philadelphia. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Drachman, Bernard; b. NYC, June 271861;d. NYC, Mar 12 1945.
Drachsler, Julius; b. Austria-Hungary, Sep5 1889/1890; d. Browns Mills, NJ, July221927.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia, NY School ofPhilanthropy. • Sociologist; faculty Smith,CCNY, School for Jewish Communal Work;exec dir Bureau for Jewish Social Research;pres Confon Immigration Policy; officerJewish Big Brother Assn; dir NatlJewishWelfare Bd; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB. 24:132, 30:79; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA,1; NYTimes, July 23 1927, 13:5.
Dreben, Sam; b. Poltroe, Russia, 1878; d.Los Angeles, Mar 1925.
To US 1898. • "The Fighting]ew," soldier offortune, war hero, Dallas; benefactor JointDistribution Com; active opponent Ku KluxKlan; Mexican Revolution, WWI service. •See: UJE;AJYB, 27:151; PAJHS, 31:211-17;NYTimes, Mar 161925,19:5.
Dreschsler, David; b. 1883?; d. Brooklyn,Aug 30 1955.
Labor relations lawyer, legislator; counsel NYClothing Mfr Exchange; active communalphilanthropies, fundraising. • See: AJYB,58:476; NYTimes, Aug 31 1955,25:3.
Drechsler, Sigmund; b. Brezova, Hungary,Apr 23 1843; d. Cleveland, Mar 6 1908.
To US 1937.· MD UVienna. • Psychiatrist,Vienna, Chicago; faculty U Chicago; fdr AlfredAdler Inst of Chicago & Tel Aviv; officerprofessional assns; prolific author in field. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 31 1972, 44:1.
Dresden, Arnold; b. Amsterdam, Nov 231882; d. Apr 10 1954.
To US 1903.· U Amsterdam, MS, PhD UChicago. • Mathematician, Swarthmore, PA;faculty Swarthmore ColI; officer professionalsoc; author in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Apr 13 1954,31:3.
Dresner, B Ruth (Mrs Judah Dresner); b.Kovno,Dec 3 1891.
To US 1895.· NYU, NY School of SocialWork. • Social work & orgn officer, Yonkers;officer Big Sisters, Welfare Fedn, Council ofSocial Agencies, Natl ConfofChristians &Jews, Natl Council ofJewish Women.· See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Dresner, Ja~obDavid; b. Przemysl, Austria,Aug21883.
To US 1887. ··LLB Tulane.· Lawyer, realestate exec, New Orleans. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Dresser, Louise Kerlin; b. Evansville, IN,Oct 5 1882; d. Woodland Hills, CA, Apr241965.
Dreyfoos, Max; b. Cincinnati, Apr 191877;d. Cincinnati, Sep 3 1935.
U Cincinnati, MD OH Med ColI, Berlin,Vienna. • Physician, Cincinnati; faculty UCincinnati; active Childrens Clinic, BabiesMilk Fund Assn; author in field. • See: AJYB,38:427; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; BEOAJ.
Dreyfous, FelixJulius; b. New Orleans, Oct211896; d.Jan 241975.
Tulane, BS U PA. • Architect, city parkcommr, New Orleans; admr Isaac DelgadoMuseum; officer professional soc; WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6.
Dreyfous, Florence; b. NYC.NY Henri School, Paris Grande Chaumiere.•.Artist, Brooklyn, Philadelphia. - See: WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938.
Dreyfus, Camille Edouard; b. Basel, Nov 111878; d. Sep 27 1956.
MA, PhD U Basel, Sorbonne. • Exec, NYC;pres Celanese Corp ofAm, Canadian Celanese.• See: WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,Sep 281956,27:3.
Dreyfus, Carl; b. Boston, July 26 1876; d.Boston, Mar 29 1951.
Dreyfus, Isaac; b. ca 1850; d. Pine Bluff,AR, Apr 1934.
Pioneer merchant, Pine Bluff, AR. • See:AJYB, 36:279.
Dreyfus, JackJ Jr; b. ca 1913.Financier, drug promoter (Dilantin); a fdrDreyfus & Co, Dreyfus Fund; chr NY RacingAssn. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 31 1969.
Dreyfus, Joe Gustave; b. B~sel, Nov 51874.To NYC 1885. • Columbia, Ecole deCommerce (Lyons). • Investment securitiesbroker, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dreyfus, Joseph; b. ca 1820; d. HalesComers, WI, Nov 4 1910.
Dreyfus, Theodore Frank; b. Brookhaven,MS, Mar 22 1878.
ME Stevens Tech. • Engineer, exec, schooltrustee, Hattiesburg,MS; active YMCA;Spanish-Am War service.· See: WWIAJ,1938.
Dreyfus, William; b. Oberendingen,Switzerland, June 17 1869; d. NYC, Mar13 1946.
To NYC 1899. • BS U Zurich, ScD UGeneva. • Research chemist, NYC, LI City;specialty: disinfection; officer trade assns;active Rabbi Jacob Joseph School,philanthropic orgs, synagog. • See: AJYB,48:487; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ;NYTimes, Mar 141946,25:5;
Dreyfus-Barney, Laura (Mrs HippolyteDreyfus [Cordozo]); b. Cincinnati, Nov301879.
League ofNations supporter, author,Washington DC; active womens groups,internatl peace, art, neighborhood settlements.• See: WWWIA, 6.
Dreyfuss, Albert; b. NYC, Oct 23 1880.Pratt Inst, Art Students League. • Sculptor, artcritic, essayist, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:133;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Dreyfuss, Barney (Bernard); b. Freiburg,1865; d. NYClPittsburgh, Feb 51932.
To US 1881. • World Series fdr, distiller,commu,nal worker; pres Pittsburgh BaseballClub, Louisville Colonels. • See: UJE; EJ;AJYB, 24:133, 34:110.
Dreyfuss, Henry; b. NYC, Mar 2 1904; d.Oct 51972.
Honorary degrees. • Industrial & theatricaldesigner, NYC, South Pasadena, CA. • See:UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Oct 10 1972, 46: 1.
Dreyfuss, Leonard; b. Brooklyn, Nov 61886; d. Livingston, NJ, Dec 291969.
Honorary degrees. • Business exec, educationphilanthropist, NYC; officer trade orgs; trusteeRutgers; active Red Cross; author in field;WWII NJ Dir of Civil Defense. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 301969,33:3.
To US 1896. • AB, MA Columbia, ordainedJTS; honorary degree. • Conservative rabbi,NYC, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Bronx; a fdr,officer United Synagogue ofAm; presRabbinical Assembly ofAm; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Boy Scouts, KerenHayesod. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 61 :416;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 51959,27:2.
Drogin, Isaac; b. Bialystok, Dec 101891.To NYC 1901.· AB CCNY, MSc, PhD UPittsburgh. • Research & industrial chemist,NYC; author/lecturer in field. • See: WWIAJ,1928, 1938.
Droock, Barney; b. ca 1864; d. Dec 231937.
Civic & communalldr, Detroit. • See: AJYB,40:383.
Dropkin, Celia; b. Bobruisk, Dec 181888;d. NYC, Aug 171956.
To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, artist. • See:AJYB, 59:474; NYTimes, Aug 191956,92:8.
Dropsie, Moses Aaron; b. Philadelphia,Mar 91821; d.July 81905.
Lawyer, communal education ldr, translator,Philadelphia; earlier watchmaker, jeweler;officer Heb Education Soc; benefactorMaimonides ColI, Gratz, Dropsie; active Whigpolitics, anti-slavery, Republican party. • See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):83, 7(19051906):218; PAJHS, 16:193-95; DAB.
Drosdoff, Matthew; b. Chicago, 1908.Soil chemist; with Dept ofAgriculture, Agencyfor Development; faculty Cornell; active B'naiB'rith, Hillel; author in field. • See: EJ.
Druck, David; b. Kreuzhurg, Latvia, 1883;d. NYC,June 171943. .
To US 1920. • Writer, journalist, NYC;editorial staffJewish MorningJournal. • See:UJE;AJYB, 45:384; NYTimes, June 181943,21:4.
Druck,Jacob Leebert; b. Scranton, Feb 41892; d. Mar 1971.
Newspaperman, Scranton, Carbondale,Easton, PA, New Bedford, MA; owner,publisher several newspapers; officer YMHA;active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Mar 261971,42:3.
Druck, Samuel; b. Scranton, Jan 1 1897; d.Scranton, Apr 1959.
Real estate broker, city clerk, dir ofpublicsafety, newspaperman, Scranton; pres PA FednofYM-YWHAs; bd Jewish Home forFriendless; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938;NYTimes, Apr 141959, 35:3.
Drucker, Aaron Pinchos; b. Mohilov,Russia, Sep18 1876.
To US 1895. • BA Columbia, MA U Chicago,JTS. • Business admr, author, ColoradoSprings & El Paso, CO; mem CountyEducational Relief Council; faculty, dean COColI; faculty Labor ColI. • See: UJE; AJYB,
Dube, Newman
7(1905-1906):120; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ.
Drucker, Eliezer; b. ca 1851; d.Philadelphia, Aug 61916.
Drucker, Julius H; b. Rumania,Jan 2 1886.To US 1906. • AM, LLB St Louis U. •Lawyer, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Drucker, Lewis; b. Montreal, Dec 251893;d. Cleveland, Aug 1952.
To US 1896.· AB CCNY, LLB WesternReserve. • Lawyer, municipal judge, Cleveland;faculty Cleveland Law School; officer ZionistOrg ofAm, League for Professional LaborPalestine, B'nai B'rith; active against problemof alcoholism; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NYTimes, Aug 12 1952, 19:2.
Drucker, Meyer; b. NYC, 1918; d. Queens,May 1984.
Brooklyn ColI, NYU, NY Law. 49 Independentarbitrator, NYC; mem State Mediation Bd. •See:NYTimes, May 24 1984.
Drucker, Nath~;b. ca 1838; d. Cincinnati,Dec 20 1920.
Business exec, communal worker, Dayton, OH;nat! exec com Zionist Org ofAm. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Dubilier, William; b. NYC, July 25 1888; d.July 1969.
Heb Tech Inst, Cooper Union. • Engineer,inventor, patent holder, Warsaw, London,Berlin, NYC.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:133;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,5;NYTimes,July271969,65:1.
Dubin, Abraham; b. Klintzy, Russia, June301900.
To NYC 1905.· JTS Tchrs, BS CCNY,ordained Agudath Horabonim, ordainedJewish Inst of Religion; LLB StJohns. • Rabbi,Brooklyn, San Antonio, Flushing, NY. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Dubin, Al; b. Switzerland, ca 1891; d. LosAngeles, Feb 111945.
To US as child. • Songwriter, lyricist. • See:AJYB, 47:521;NYTimes, Feb 121945, 19:1.
Dubin, Harry Ennis; b. Russia, Mar 41891.To NYC 1895.· BS CCNY, PhD UPA.·Biochemist, patent holder, NYC; specialty:vitamins; author in field. • See: UJE; AJYB,24:133; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Dubin, Isadore Nathan; b. Montreal, July13 1913.
To US ca 1940. • BSc, MD McGill. •Pathologist, Philadelphia; specialty: liverdisease; faculty Womens Med ColI Hospital,Duke, U TN; author in field; military service.• See: WWWIA, 8.
Dubin, Maxwell H; b. Gennany, June 141900.
Heb Union ColI, Southwestern. • Rabbi,author, Los Angeles. • See: BEOAJ.
Dubinsky, David; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb 221892; d. NYC, Sep 17 1982.
To US 1910.· Honorary degree. • Laborunion exec, NYC; pres ILGWU; master baker,unionist, Russia; supt Histadruth; active FednofJewish Philanthropies, Workmen's Circle,Jewish Labor Com for Refugees; author infield. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 84:331; Fink, 8485; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8;NITimes, Sep 18 1982.
Dubinsky, Frank; b. Kiev, May 15 1901.To US 1906. • Publisher, editor, Hartford;publisher, managing editor Jewish LedgerPublications; active YMHA. • See: WWIAJ,1938.
Dubinsky, Jack; b. Poland, Feb 12 1884.Realtor, communal & philanthropic worker, StLouis. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Dubinsky, Vladimir I; b. Harkoff, Russia,Sep 10 1876; d.Jan 1938.
To US 1904. • Moscow Imperial ConservatoryofMusic. • Cellist, conductor, composer, tchr,Russia, NYC; fdr Dubinsky Musical ArtStudios; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 11 1938,23:6.
Dublin, Louis Israel; b. Kovno, Nov 11882;d.Mar 1969.
BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Statistician,insurance exec, welfare & public health ldr,NYC; pres Am Public Health Assn; facultyCCNY, Yale; officer professional assns; authorinfield.· See: U]E;AJYB, 24:133; WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Mar 9 1969, 88:3.
Dubnoff, Belle; b.*; d.Jan 161977.BA U CA, MA Whittier ColI, post-gradClaremont ColI. • Educational admr, socialservice worker, psychologist, tchr, NorthHollywood, CA; author in field. • See:WWWIA, 7.
Dubnove, Aaron; b. Maloarchangelsk,Russia, Feb 15 1892.
To US 1921. • AB, MD U Manitoba. •Surgeon, med examiner, Detroit; author infield. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dubnow-Ehrlich, Sophia (Mrs HenrykEhrlich); b. 1885.
To US 1942. • Writer, biographer, Bundist. •See: EJ (sub Ehrlich, Henryk).
Duhov, Leopold; b. Minsk, Apr 8 1880/1885; d. NYC, Oct 15 1955.
To US 1900. • Org exec, ldr in Brailletranscription, author, NYC; fdr, officerJewishBraille Inst ofAm. • See:A]YB, 58:476;WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 161955, 35:5.
Dubov, Marcus Hillel; b. Minsk, Oct 121852; d. Petersburg, VA, Aug 261904.
Rabbi, Russia, Evansville, IN, Richmond. •See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):51,6(19041905):215,7(1905-1906):216; PAJHS, 38:5356.
Dubovsky, Benjamin; b. TaIno, Ukraine,Jan 6/7 1888; d. NYC, Sep 111963.
To US 1902. • Garment industry ldr, lawyer;first in industry to include retirement fund forworkers; dir NY Coat & Suit Assn. • See:NYTimes, Mar 4 1970,47:2.
Dubrow, Benjamin; b. Russia, 1876?; d.Brooklyn, July 19 1958.
To US 1914.· Restaurateur, communalphilanthropic worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,61:416; NYTimes, July 22 1958,27:1.
Dubrow, Jacob A; b.*; d. Washington DC,Nov 171944.
MA ColI ofPharmacy. • Pianist, orchestra ldr,author; fdr piano technique school, orchestra. •See:AJYB, 53:524; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Feb 101951,13:4.
Duchovny, Moshe; b. Berdichev, Russia,Jan 21904; d. NYC, Nov 2 1960.
To US 1920. • Yiddish author, journalist;editorial staffDay-Jewish Journal; publicrelations dir Israel Development Corporation.• See:AJYB, 63:559; NITimes, Nov 3 1960,39:4.
Dukas, Julius J; b. Sulzberg, Baden, Aug 151859/Feb 10 1860; d. NYC, Sep 71940.
To US 1875/1878.· Merchant, communalworker, philanthropist, NYC; mem ViennaStock Exchange; a fdr, exec bd Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; pres Heb Free Loan Soc, AmAlliance Israelite Universelle, Union ofOrthodox Congregations. • See: UJE; AJYB,7(1905-1906):52,24:133,43:357; WWIAJ,1926, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1940,49:1.
Duker, Abraham Gordon; b. Rypin, Poland,Sep 271907.
To US 1923.· AB CCNY, PhD candidateColumbia. • Historian, librarian, editor,author, NYC; staffJTS, Grad School forJewish Social Work; active League for LaborPalestine. • See: UJE; E]; WWIAJ, 1938.
Dulberger, Louis L; b. Rumania, July 71880.
To US 1884. • Union ColI, MD Albany MedSchool. • Physician, NYC. • See: WWIAJ,1926.
Dulcan, Charles B; b. Wtnnipeg, Aug 151888; d.Jan 61957.
To US 1894. • Dept store exec, WashingtonDC; active Red Cross, Cancer Soc, trade assns.• See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 81957,31:4.
Dulcan, Harris; b. ca 1858; d. Baltimore,June 71938.
Communal worker, Washington DC.· See:AJYB, 40:383.
Dunkelman, David; b. Poland, July 4 1883.In US 1885. • Clothing merchant, mfr,Toronto.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Dunn, Jacob; b. Poland, July 181883.To US 1902. • Mfr, Zionist ldr, communalworker, NYC; officer Fedn ofAm Zionists,Zionist Org ofAm, Sons ofZion; active JewishCenter. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Dunn, Morris S; b. Yanova, Lithuania,Jan261886.
Health Commr, New Britain, CT; delegate 1stAm J ewishCong; active Zionist & communalorgs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Dunner, Joseph; b. Fiirth, Bavaria, May 101908; d. Aug 24 1978.
To US ca 1936. • U Berlin, AM U Frankfurt,PhD U Basel. • Political scientist, governmentadvisor on refugees, NYC; faculty Grinnell
Durant, Ariel (Mrs Will Durant); b. Russia,May 181898; d. Oct 251981.
To US 1900. • Writer, popular historian ofphilosophy, Los Angeles; co-author withhusband. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Durst, Joseph; b. Austria?, 1892; d. NYC,Jan 11974.
To US 1902. • Real estate exec, philanthropist,NYC; bd Heb Free Loan Soc; active synagogs,Israel Bonds, Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies. •See:A]YB, 76:513; NYTimes,]an 2 1974,43:1.
Durst, William; b. ca 1839; d. Philadelphia,Jan 41916.
Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,18(1916-1917):106.
Duschoff, D Falk; b.*; d. Detroit, Apr 201923.
Communal worker, Detroit. • See: A]YB,26:154.
Dushkin, Alexander Mordecai; b. Poland,Aug 211890; d. 1976.
To US 1903. • AB CCNY, MA, PhDColumbia, ordained]TS.· Communaleducator & admr, NYC,]erusalem; withBureau of]ewish Education, Zionist Org ofAm, Bd of]ewish Education (Chicago); headHeb U Dept ofEducation; officer professionalsoc.· See: UJE;E];A]YB, 24:133; WWIA],1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,]une 41976, IV 16:6.
Dushkin, Samuel; b. Suwalki.To US as child. • Paris Cortservatory. •Violinist, child prodigy, noted Stravinskyinterpreter; WWI British army service. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Dushman, Saul; b. Rostov, Russia, July 121883; d. July 7 1954.
To US 1912.· BA, PhD UToronto.·Physical chemist, author, Schenectady; withGeneral Electric. • See: E]; A]YB, 24:133;WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; UTWWIA, 3;NYTimes, July 8 1954,23:2.
Dushnik, Ben; b. near Minsk, Aug 15 1897.To US 1914. • BA, MA, PhD U MI. •Mathematician, Ann Arbor, MI; faculty U MI;author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
DuveeJ,l, HenryJ; b. ca 1857; d. NYC, Jan15 1919.
Art connoisseur, collector. • See: A]YB,21:205;NYTimes,]an 161919,13:3.
Duveen, Joseph (Baron Duveen ofMilbank); b. Hull, England, Oct 141869;d. May 1939.
Art collector, dealer, donor & collectionadvisor, London, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 26 1939,23:1.
Dworkin, Zalman Shimon; b. Rogachev,Russia, 1900; d. NYC, Mar 9 1985.
To US 1953. • Noted Lubavitch rabbi,Pittsburgh, Brooklyn; chr LubavitchRabbinical Council; dean LubavitchskollelGrad School.· See:A]YB, 87:438; NYTimes,Mar 111985.
Dworkis, Martin Bernard; b. NYC, June 141919; d. NYC, Aug 201965.
AB, AM U MI, PhD NYU. • Educationaladmr, social scientist, NYC; pres Borough ofManhattan Community ColI; faculty BrooklynColI, Hunter; officer professional socs; bd NYCivil Liberties Union; active DemocraticLibertarian politics;' author in field. • See:A]YB, 67:534; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Aug 211965,21:4.
Dworsky, Bertha Phillip (Mrs); b. Suwalki,1860; d. NYC,June 5 1925.
Philanthropist, communalldr, NYC; fdr, presHome of the Daughters ofJacob; active HebImmigrant Aid Soc. • See: UJE; A]YB, 28:150;NYTimes notice of memorial, Nov 9 1925,19:4.
Dzialynski, Morris A
Dyche, John Alexander; b. Lithuania, 1867;d.1939.
To US 1900/1901. • US labor ldr; officerILGWU; active opponent ofleft wingunionists (left union as a result). • See: E];Fink, 90.
Dyer, Isadore (Isidore); b. Dessau,Germany, 1813; d. Waukesha, WI, 1888.
To Baltimore as child. • TX pioneer,philanthropist, Galveston; creator ofcommunal instns. • See: ]E; UJE.
Dyer, Isadore; b. Galveston, Nov 2 1865;d.Oct 121920.
PhB Yale, U VA, MD Tulane. •Dermatologist, leprologist, New Orleans;faculty, dean Tulane; active professional orgs. •See: WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Oct 13 1920,15:4.
Dyer, Leon; b. Alzey, Germany, Oct 91807; d. Louisville, 1883.
To Baltimore at an early age. • Acting mayor,Baltimore; fdr ] ewish congregation (SanFrancisco); Mexican War service. • See:]E;UJE.
Dykaar, Moses W; b. near Vilna, 1885; d.NYC, Mar 10 1933.
To US 1916. • Sculptor; specialty: busts ofnoted Americans. • See: UJE; A]YB, 35:123;NYTimes, Mar 11 1933,21 :8, Mar 13 1933,12:4.
Dym, Aaron; b. Sanok, Poland, Feb 71896;d.June 5 1951.
To US 1925. • U Budapest. • Rabbi, NYC;with Fedn of Orthodox Rabbis ofAm, PolitcalAction Com for Palestine. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Dymov, Ossip Q'oseph Perehnan); b.Bialystok, Feb 17 1878/1879/1880; d.NYC, Feb 21959.
To US 1913. • Imperial Academy of Forestry(St Petersburg). • Yiddish & Russianplaywright, author; with Schildkraut Theatre;fdr Bialystoker Center & Home for Aged. •See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:133,61:416; WWIA],1928; BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 4 1959, 26:1.
Dzialynski, Morris A; b. Poland, 1841; d.Jackonsville, FL, 1907.
To US as a boy. • Mayor, municipal judge,pioneer settler,]acksonville, FL; pres synagog;Civil War Confederate service. • See: UJE.