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HLLSHAM.FR1EDMAN

THE AMERICAN JEWISHYEAR BOOK

Volume 43

" Z I O N ' S E L E G Y "Jehudah Halevi Mourning Over the Ruins of the Temple

From a photograph of a statue by JULES L. BUTENSKY

The American JewishYear Book

5702September 22, 1941 to September 11, 1942

Volume 43

Edited by

HARRY SCHNEIDERMAN

for

THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE

PHILADELPHIA

THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA

1941—5702

COPYRIGHT, 1941 BY

THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA

All rights reserved. No part of this book may bereproduced in any form without permission inwriting from the Publisher: except by a reviewer•who may quote brief passages in a review to be

printed in a magazine or newspaper.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PRESS OF THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY

PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.

PREFACE

FIRST place has been given in this volume to the Review of the Yearbecause events affecting Jews transcended in importance any singletopic which may have been the subject of special articles. It will benoted that this year's Review is the cooperative work of a number ofcollaborators, some the editor's co-workers on the staff of the AmericanJewish Committee, others his colleagues in various fields of Jewishcommunal endeavor. In all instances an effort has been made to assignthe various chapters constituting the Review to persons who, becauseof their positions or backgrounds, were deemed especially competentto deal with the particular subjects assigned to them. It is hoped thatthis method of compiling the Review of the Year will render thatimportant department of the Year Book more interesting and moreauthoritative than the Review has been in past years when it was theproduct of one or a few hands.

An added feature of this volume of the Year Book is an annotatedbibliography of books of Jewish interest in English published in theUnited States, compiled by Mr. Harry J. Alderman, Librarian of theAmerican Jewish Committee. The period covered is from January,1940 to June, 1941. Since a summary for the year would be incompletewithout indicating the cultural activity for the period, this bibliographyhas been included as a part of the Review of the Year. It is hoped tomake this a regular feature in succeeding volumes.

Attention is called also to the fact that the necrology has been ex-panded; instead of a mere list, as it formerly was, it now gives in mostcases brief biographical notes indicating more fully than formerly theachievements of the deceased persons.

Owing to a change in policy with regard to the inclusion of biograph-ical sketches, we present this year no less than eleven of these, each ofthem written by a close friend or colleague of the deceased person.Until recently the subjects of biographical sketches appearing in theYear Book were restricted to persons who had been during their life-times active in the work of either the Jewish Publication Society ofAmerica or the American Jewish Committee, the two bodies jointlyresponsible for the publication. It is now proposed to widen the scopeof this department to include sketches of outstanding men and womenin the various branches of the work of the Jewish community. As inthe past, exceptions will occasionally be made and sketches included

vii

viii PREFACE

ofjpersons who, though not active in Jewish life, yet have occupiedpositions of distinction or done outstanding work.

Three special articles are presented in this volume. Two of them areoccasioned by the incidence of anniversaries in the lives of men wholived in widely separated periods of history but each of whom has leftan indelible impression upon Jewish culture. During the past yearoccurred the 800th anniversary of the traditional date of the death ofJehuda Halevi, one of the foremost Spanish Jewish poets and philos-ophers of his day. The other anniversary article is published in honorof Professor Heinrich Graetz, the author of the standard "History ofthe Jews," whose.death occurred fifty years ago.

The third special article is a bibliography of works of Jewish fictionin English which appeared during the first four decades of the presentcentury. These decades constitute in a sense a special era in modernJewish history.

One change will be noted in the Directories and Lists presented in thepresent volume. It has been deemed advisable, instead of presentingthe usual lists of Jews in the Congress of the United States, in thediplomatic service and as governors of states, to present a more inclu-sive list of Jews who have occupied or are occupying positions of distinc-tion in the Government of the United States. This list is intended toserve as a sort of "roll of honor" of Jews who have given notable service.The present list is preliminary, as it is intended to add to it in subse-quent issues and perhaps further to expand its scope.

The directory of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds and Com-munity Councils which was omitted from the preceding volume owingto lack of space, is presented in the present issue.

The section on Statistics of Jews includes this year a very muchabridged report by Dr. H. S. Linfield, Director of the Statistical Bureauof the Synagogue Council of America, of the study made by him asspecial agent of the United States Bureau of the Census, under thesupervision of a committee of experts appointed by the American JewishCommittee which financed the investigation.

No attempt has been made to revise the figures of the Jewish popula-tion of foreign countries because of the changes which have been takingplace and the absence of official figures. Such unofficial, reliable dataas do exist with regard to the changes in the distribution of the Jewishpopulation of the European continent caused by emigration and polit-ical upheavals have been brought together in a special note by Mr,Moses Moskowitz of the staff of the American Jewish Committee who

PREFACE ix

revised and brought up to date a similar note which he contributed tothe preceding volume.

In view of the unusually large number of contributors to this volume,it has been deemed necessary to present a list of them. To all of themthe Editor wishes to extend the assurance of his grateful appreciationof their part in making the present volume a handbook which, it ishoped, the public will find both interesting and useful.

The Editor wishes also to acknowledge thankfully his indebtednessto co-workers who have given him devoted assistance and cooperation.Miss Rose A. Herzog who has again compiled the appendices to theReview of the Year and assisted with the proofreading; Mrs. Rose G.Stein who revised the statistical section insofar as this could be doneand helped in many other ways; Mrs. Anita W. Fried who aided inthe preparation of various lists; Mr. Morris Fine, head of the ResearchStaff of the Library of Jewish Information of the American JewishCommittee who has aided in many vital directions, especially in readingthe final proofs and seeing the book through the press. To Mr. MauriceJacobs, the Executive Director of the Jewish Publication Society ofAmerica who has, as usual, been helpful and encouraging, the Editorextends the expression of his heartfelt gratitude.

HARRY SCHNEIDERMAN

New York, August 8, 1941.

CONTRIBUTORS

FANNY ADLERSTEIN, B.A., secretary of the Committee onPublic Relations of the American Jewish Joint Distri-bution Committee; former managing editor of theAmerican Hebrew.

HARRY J. ALDERMAN, B.A., B.S., Librarian, American Jew-ish Committee.

SAMUEL S. COHON, Rabbi, Professor of Jewish Theology,Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O.

ISMAR ELBOGEN, Ph.D., Research Professor of History,Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning,Philadelphia, Pa.; Jewish Theological Seminary, NewYork, N. Y.; Jewish Institute of Religion, New York,N. Y.; Hebrew Union College.

HANNA FRIED, B.S., member of the staff of the AmericanJewish Committee.

MICHAEL FREUND, Director of Research, Council of JewishFederations and Welfare Funds, New York, N. Y.

DAVID J. GALTER, Executive Secretary, Allied JewishAppeal, Philadelphia, Pa.

THEODOR H. GASTER, M.A., Editorial Secretary, Instituteof Jewish Affairs of the American Jewish Congress;formerly Lecturer, Biblical and Near Eastern Archae-ology, New College and Institute of Archaeology,University of London.

ISRAEL GOLDBERG, A. B., educator, author (pen name,Rufus Learsi); for many years connected with theJewish Education Association of New York and theJewish Education Committee of New York.

FANNY GOLDSTEIN, Branch Librarian, West End Branch,Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.

NATHANIEL H. GOODRICH, A.B., LL.B., member of theNew York Bar; member of the legal staff of the Ameri-can Jewish Committee.

xii CONTRIBUTORS

MAX GOTTSCHALK, LL.D., Director of the Research Insti-tute on Peace and Post-War Problems of the AmericanJewish Committee; President of the Hias-Ica Emi-gration Association.

JOSEPH H. HAGEDORN, civic leader, Philadelphia, Pa.ABRAHAM HESCHEL, Ph.D., Fellow in Jewish Philosophy,

Hebrew Union College.EUGENE HEVESI, Jur.D., formerly head of the foreign trade

policy branch of the Hungarian Foreign Trade Office;onetime Hungarian commercial attache in Rumania,and later trade commissioner in New York.

ROSE G. JACOBS, former President, Hadassah, Women'sZionist Organization.

MARTHA JELENKO, M.A., member of the research staff ofthe American Jewish Committee.

LEO JUNG, Ph.D., Rabbi of the Jewish Center, New York,N. Y.; Professor of Ethics, Yeshiva College, NewYork, N. Y.

HERBERT M.LAUTMANN, LL.B., member of the Chicago Bar;a Director of the Jewish Welfare Fund, Chicago, 111.

Louis E. LEVINTHAL, LL.M., Judge, Court of CommonPleas, Philadelphia, Pa.

HARRY S. LINFIELD, Ph.D. Director, Statistical Bureau,Synagogue Council of America, New York, N. Y.

MOSES MOSKOWITZ, B.S., member of the staff of theResearch Institute on Peace and Post-War Problemsof the American Jewish Committee.

NATHAN A. PELCOVITS, M.A., member of the research staffof the American Jewish Committee; Instructor inGovernment in the Evening Session of the College ofthe City of New York.

VICTOR E. REICHERT, A.B., D.D., Rabbi of Rockdale Ave.Temple, Cincinnati, 0.

ABRAHAM REVUSKY, B.S., journalist, member of the edi-torial staff, Jewish Morning Journal, N. Y.; author of"The Jews in Palestine," "The Histadrut," "SocialForces in Palestine."

CONTRIBUTORS xiii

WILLIAM ROSENAU, Ph.D., Rabbi of Oheb Shalom Congre-gation, Baltimore, Md.; Professor Emeritus of Post-Biblical Hebrew, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

TOBIAS SCHANFARBER, B.A., D.H.L., Rabbi Emeritus ofKehilath Anshe Mayriv, Chicago, 111.

SIMON SEGAL, M.A., Jur.D., member of the staff of theResearch Institute on Peace and Post-War Problemsof the American Jewish Committee; formerly Lecturerat the Institut de Droit Compare, University of Paris,and Research Associate, Foreign Policy Association.

JOSHUA L. TRACHTENBERG, B.S., Ph.D., Rabbi of TempleCovenant of Peace, Easton, Pa.

STEPHEN S. WISE, Ph.D., LL.D., Rabbi of Free Synagogueof N. Y.; President, Jewish Institute of Religion;President, American Jewish Congress.

CALENDARS

ABRIDGED CALENDARS FOR 5701-5703

Jewish

Mouth and Date

Tishri

HeshvanKislev

Tebet

ShebatAdar

Adar Shen:

Nisan

Iyar

Sivan

Tammuz

Ab

Elul

13

10152223

11

25

1

10

11

11314

115

118

16

117

19

1

Festivals, etc.

New YorkFast of Oedaliah

Day of AtonementTabernacles

Eighth Day of the FeastRejoicing of the Law

New MoonNew MoonHanukkah

New Moon

Fast of Tebet

New MoonNew Moon

New'MoonFast of Esther

Purim

New MoonPassover

New MoonThirty-third Day of 'Omer

New MoonFeast of Weeks

New MoonFast of Tammuz

New MoonFast of Ab

New Moon

ton1—5701

1940-1941

Oct.tOct.OctOct.Oct.Oct.

•Nov.Dec.Dec.

•Dec.

Jan.

Jan.•Feb.

Mar.Mar.

Mar.Apr.

•Apr.May

MayJune

•JunetJuly

JulytAug.

•Aug

35

1217242521

25

31941

9

2928

1213

2912

2815

271

2612

252

24

ThSaSaThThFSaSW

T

Th

WF

WTh

SaSa

MTh

TS

ThSa

FSa

S

irona'tpn—5702

1941-1942

Sept. 22Sept.Oct 1Oct. 6Oct. 13Oct. 14

•Oct. 22•Nov. 21Dec. 15

•Dec. 21

Dec. 301942

Jan. 19•Feb. 18

Mar. 2Mar. 3

Mar. 19Apr. 2

•Apr. 18May 5

May 17May 22

•June 16July 2

July 15July 23

•Aug. 14

MW

wMMTWFM

S

T

MW

MT

ThTh

SaT

SF

TTb

WTh

F

inr703

1942-1943

Sept. 12Sept. 14Sept. 21Sept. 26Oct. 3Oct. 4

•Oct. 12Nov. 10Dec. 4

Dec. 9

Dec. 181943

Jan. 7•Feb. 6

•Mar. 8••Mar. 20

Mar. 21

Apr. 6Apr. 20

•May 6May 23

June 4June 9

•July 4July 20

Aug. 2Aug. 10

•Sept. 1

SaMMSaSaSMTF

W

F

ThSa

MSaS

TT

ThS

FW

ST

MT

W

*Second day of New Moon.tPast observed on following Sunday.**Fast observed on previous Thursday.

ABRIDGED CALENDARS FOR 5704-5706

Jewish

Month and Date

Tishri

HeshvanKislev

Tebet

ShebatAdar

Adar Sheni

Nisan

lyar

Sivan

Tammuz

Ab

Elul

13

10152223

11

25

1

10

11

11314

115

118

10

117

19

1

Festivals, etc.

New YearFast of Gedaliah



New MoonNew MoonHanukkah

New Moon

Fast of Tebet

New MoonNew Moon

New MoonFast of Esther

Purim

New MOOD

Passover




New MoonFast of Ab

New Moon

tan•Ytfn-5704

1943-1944

Sept. 30tOct. 2

Oct. 9Oct. 14Oct. 21Oct. 22Oct. 30Nov. 28Doc. 22

•Dec. 281944

Jan. 6

Jan. 26•Feb. 25

Mar. 9Mar. 10

Mar. 25Apr. 8

•Apr. 24May 11

May 23May 28

•June 22tJuly 8

July 21tJuly 29

*Aug. 20

ThSaSaThTbFSaSW

T

Th

WF

WTh

SaSa

MTh

TS

ThSa

FSa

S

ncan"vn—5705

1944-1945

Sept. 18Sept. 20Sept. 27Oct. 2Oct. 9Oct. 10

•Oct. 18•Nov. 17Dec. 11

•Dec. 17Dec. 26

1945

Jan. 15•Feb. 14

Feb. 26Feb. 27

Mar. 15Mar. 29

•Apr. 14May 1

May 13May 18

•June 12June 28

July 11July 19

•Aug. 10

MWWMMTWFM

ST

MW

MT

ThTh

SaT

SF

TTh

WTh

F

:nrran—57061945-1946

Sept. 8Sept. 10Sept. 17Sept. 22Sept. 29Sept. 30

"Oct. 8Nov. 6Nov. 30

Dec. 5Dec. 14

1946

Jan. 3'Feb. 2*Mar. 4

**Mar. 16Mar. 17

Apr. 2Apr. 16

*May 2May 19

May 31June 5

*June 30July 16

July 29Aug. 6

SaMMSaSaSMTF

WF

ThSaM

SaS

TT

ThS

FW

ST

MT

*Aug. 28 W

*Second day of New Moon.TFast observed on following Sunday.

Fast observed on previous Thursday.

5702is called 702 (a'lWi) according to the short system

It is a perfect Common Year of 12 months, 51 Sabbaths,

355 days, beginning on Monday, the second day of the

week, and having the first day of Passover on Thursday,

the fifth day of the week; therefore its sign is (ntto), i. e. 3

for second, 0 for perfect (no^») and n for fifth. It is the

second year of the 301st lunar cycle of 19 years, and the

eighteenth of the 204th cycle of 28 years, since Creation.

1941

CivilMonth

Sept.

222324252627282930Oct.

234h6789

101112131415161718192021

, Sept. 22—Oct. 21] TISHRI

of theWeek

MTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMT

JewishMonth

TiBbri

123456789

101112131415161718192021222324252627282930

SABBATHS, FESTI-VALS, FASTS

New Year n » H BN"n 'K

New Year nWH W i t ' 3

Fast of Gedaliah

nan? nap .i^'i

"I1B3 DVDay of Atonement

u-mn

Tabernacles niDDT 'N

Tabernacles niSDT '3

) ton joy»inmxy TOW*

Eighth Day of the Feastniin nnotp

Rejoicing of the Lawjn IIDN

['nn 'no] ,rr»&na

New Moon BHn B t m 'N

30 DAYS

PENTATEUCHALPORTIONS

/Gen. 21INura. 29: 1-6/Gen. 22\Num. 29: 1-6Ex 32:11-14;34:1-10

Deut. 31

(Lev. 16{Num. 29:7-11[Afternoon: Lev. 18

Deut. 32

Lev.22:26-23:44Num. 25:12-16Lev. 22:26-23-44Num. 29: 12-16Num. 29: 17-25Seph. 29:17-23Num. 29: 20-28Seph. 29:20-25Num. 29:23-31Seph. 29:23-28Ex. 33:12-34-26Num. 29: 26-31Num. 29: 26-34Seph. 29:29-34Deut. 15:19-16:17Num. 29: 35-30: 1Deut. 33: 1-34:12Gen. 1:1-2:3Num. 29: 35-30: 1

Gen. 1: 1-6:8

Num. 28:1-15

['~IB>n 5702

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

m-)Bsn

I Sam. 1: 1-2:10

Jer. 31:2-20/Is. 55:6-56:8{Seph. none

Hos. 14:2-10;Joel 2:15-17,27

Seph. Hos. 14: 2-10;Micah 7: 18-20

(Is. 57: 14-58: 14\ Afternoon: Jonah\ Seph. add Micah{ 2:18-20

II Sam. 22

Zech. 14

I Kings 8: 2-21

Ezek. 38:18-39:16

I Kings 8: 54-66or-9:l

/Josh. 1\Seph. 1:1-9

(18.42:5-43:10{Seph. 42:5-21;[ 61: 10; 62: 5

T h e Book of Ecclesiastes is read.

1941

CivilMonth

Oct.

22232425262728293031Nov.

123456789

1011121314151617181920

, Oct

Dayof theWeek

wThFS

sMTWThF

S

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWTh

22—Nov. 20] HESHVAN 30 DAYS l]WR 5702

JewishMonth

leahv.

123456789

10

1112131415161718192021222324252627282930


New Moon tPTn ̂ Kn'3

m

I'nn '301 ,m& "n

JBP "I1B3 DVNew Moon Win 0K"n '«


nvtns

Num. 28: 1-15

Gen. 6:9-11:32

Gen. 12: 1-17:27

Gen. 18:1-22: 24

Gen. 23:1-25: 18

Num. 2S :1-15

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nnasn

/Is. 54: 1-55:5\Seph. 54: 1-10

Is. 40:27-41: 16

JII Kings 4: 1-37\Scph. 4: 1-23

I Kings 1: 1-31

1941, Nov. 21—Dec. 20] KISLEV 30 DAYS [l"?D3 5702

CivilMonth

Nov.

21222324252627282930Deo.

123456789

1011121314151617181920

Dayof theWeek

FS

sMTWThFSsMTWThFSsMTWThFSsMTWThFS

rewishMontb

123456789

101112131415161718192021222324252627282930


New Moon grin »K"n '3

['nn '301 ,a»'i

(Hanukkah, nSUn(Feast of Dedication


nrwiB

Num. 28: 1-15

Gen. 25: 19-28:9

Gen. 28: 10-32: 3

Gen. 32:4-36:43

Gen. 37: 1-40:23

Num. 1: 1-17Seph. 6:22-7: 17Num. 7: 18-29Seph. 7: 18-23Num. 7:24-35Seph. 7:24-29Num. 7:30-41Sepk. 7:30-35Num. 7:36-47Seph. 7: 36-41Gen. 41:1-44: 17Num. 28: 9-15Num. 7:42-53

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nnusn

Mai. 1:1-2:7

Hos. 12:13-14:10or 11:7-12: 12 or11:7-14:10

Seph. 11:7-12:12

Hos. 12: 13-14: 10or 11:7-12: 12 orObad. 1:1-21

Seph. Obad. 1: 1-21

Amos 2: 6-3: 8

Zech. 2:14-4:7

1941, Dec

CivilMonth

Deo.

2122232425262728293031Jan.1042

123456789

101112131415161718

Dayof theWeek

sMTWThFS

sMTW

ThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

s

;. 21—1942, Jan. 18] TEBET 29 DAYS in2ti 5702

JewishMonth

Tebet

123456789

1011

121314151617181920212223242526272829

SABBATHS, FESTI-VALS, PASTS

New Moon EHn W I T ' 2Eighth Day ofHanukkah

/ n3Q3 may ois(Fast of Tebet

'rvi

I'nn '3D! ,N1N1

IBP USD 01'


nvitns

Num. 28: 1-15;7:48-53

Num. 7:54-8:4

Gen. 44: 18-47:27

Ex. 32: 11-14;34: 1-10

Gen. 47:28-50:26

Ex. 1: 1-6: 1

Ex. 6:2-9:35

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nntssn

Ezek. 47: 15-28

(Is. 55:6-56:8\Seph. nove

I Kings 2: 1-12

fie. 27:6-28:13;{ 29:22, 23[Seth. Jer. 1:1-2:3

Ezek. 28: 25-29: 21

1942

CivilMonth

Jan.

19202122232425262728293031Feb.

123456789

101112

1314151617

, Jan

Dayof theWeek

MTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFSsMT

. 19—Feb. 17] SHEBAT 30 DAYS [a2W 5702

JewishMonth

Shebat

123456789

10111213

1415161718192021222324252627282930


New Moon P in f N l

New Year for Trees

•nrv

['nn '3D] ,D'OB»BlD'7ptf 'B!

JBp TIB3 DVNew Moon iPin VH11 'N


rrrens

Num. 28: 1-15

Ex. 10: 1-13: 16

Ex. 13:17-17:16

Ex. 18: 1-20: 23

/Ex. 21: 1-24: 18;\ 30: 11-16

Num. 28: 1-15

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

Jer. 46: 13-28

(Judges 4: 4-5: 31\Setk. 5: 1-31

/Is. 6:1-7:6; 9:5, 6{Septi. 6: 1-13

/II Kings 12: 1-17\Seph. 11: 17-12: 17

»

1942, Feb. 18—Mar. 18] ADAR 29 DAYS [ U N 5702

CivilMonth

Feb.

1819202122232425262728Mar.

123456789

101112131415161718

Dayof theWeek

wThFS

sMT

WThFSSMTWThFS

sMTWThFSsMTW

JewislMonth

Atlar

123456789

1011

121314151617181920212223242526272829

*


New Moon B n n W n ' 3

noi-in

"lur 'B ,msn

"inDK D1SFast of Esther

0H1BPurim, Feast of Esther

O'-IIB ]tnvShushan Purlm

mo 'B ,«»n '3

,t'nn 'ani,nips ,^np'iiennn 'as


nveno

Num. 28: 1-15

Ex. 25: 1-27: 19

/Ex. 27: 20-30: 10\Deut. 25: 17-19

/Ex. 32:11-14;t 34: 1-10

Ex. 17: 8-16

/Ex. 30: 11-34: 35(Num. 19

Ex. 35: 1-40: 38;12:1-20

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nntffln

I Kings 5: 26-6:13

/I Sam. 15:2-34\Seph. 15: 1-34

/Is. 55:6-56:8\Seph. none

/Ezek. 36: 16-38\Seph. 36: 16-36

/Ezek. 45:16-46:18\Seph. 45: 18-46: 15

1942

CivilMonth

Mar.

19202122232425262728293031April

123456789

1011121314151617

, Mar. 19—Apr. 17] NISAN 30 DAYS

Dayof theWeek

ThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThF

JewishMonth

Nisan

123456789

101112131415161718192021222324252627282930


New Moon tnn Vtii

tnp'i

Vi-nn na» ,is

Passover FIDST 'N

Passover riDST '3

rlyion 'pin

Passover FID3T '1

Passover nDSI 'PI

jn IIDS

t'nn 'aoi ,vnv

New Moon BHn EWH ' N


nvttns

Num. 28: 1-15

Lev. 1:1-5:26

Lev. 6:1-8:16

Ex. 12:21-51Num. 28: 16-25Lev. 22:26-23:44Num. 28: 16-25Ex. 33: 12-34:26Num. 28: 19-25Ex. 13:1-16Num. 28: 19-25Ex. 22:24-23:19Num. 28: 19-25Num. 9: 1-14Num. 28: 19-25Ex. 13:17-15:26Num. 28: 19-25Deut. 15:19-16: 17Num. 28: 19-25

Lev. 9:1-11:47

Num. 28:1-15

[]D'3 5702

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nntasn

Is. 43:21-44:23

(Mai. 3: 4-24 or\ II Kings 7:3-20(Seph. Mai. 3:4-24

fjosh. 3:5-7;\ 5:2-6, 27[Seph. 5:2-6:2II Kings 23: 1(or 4)-9: 21-25

/Ezek. 36:37-37: 14\Sepk. 37: 1-14

II Sam. 22

Is. 10:32-12:6

III Sam. 6: 1-7: 17\Seph. 6:1-19

T h e Song of Songs is read.

1942

CivilMonth

April

18192021222324252627282930May

123456789

10111213141516

, Apr. 18—May 16] IYAR 29 DAYS [ T ' N 5702

Dayof theWeek

ssMTWThFS

sMTWTh

FS

sMTWThFS

sMTWThFS

JewishMonth

lyar

123456789

10111213

14151617181920212223242526272829


.jnxo ,yunmri '»NII 'a

o'BHp ,nin ' i n n

33d Day 1DJI3 J"1?of -Oin©r

'npna ,ina

ttnpioj IBP -lies DV

['nn '301,13183


nVEHB

/Lev. 12:1-15:33\Num. 28:9-15

Lev. 16: 1-20:27

Lev. 21:1-24:23

Lev. 25: 1-27:34

Num. 1:1-4:20

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nnosn

Is. 66

Amos 9: 7-15 orEzek.22:l-19(orl6);

Sefh. Ezek. 20: 2(or l)-2O

Ezek. 44:15-31

Jer. 16:19-17:14

Hos. 2: 1-22

1942

CivilMonth

May

17181920

22232425262728293031June

123456789

101112131415

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Num. 28: 1-15

/Ex. 19: 1-20: 23(Num. 28:26-31IDeut. 14: 22-16: 17\Num. 28: 26-31

Num. 4:21-7:89

Num. 8:1-12: 16

Num. 13:1-15:41

Num. 28:1-15

[]TD 5702

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

nnosn

Ezek. 1:1-28; 3:12/Hab. 3: 1-19\Seph. 2: 20-3:19

Judges 13: 2-25

Zech. 2:14-4: 7

Josh. 2

*The Book of Ruth is read.

1942

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June

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, June 16—July 14] TAMMUZ 29 DAYS

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PENTATEUCH ALPORTIONS

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Num. 28: 1-15

Num. 16: 1-18:32

Num. 19: 1-25:9

/Ex. 32:11-14;I 34:1-10

Num. 25: 10-30:1

Num. 30: 2-36: 13

m a n 5702

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

I Sam. 11:14-12:22

Micah5:6-6:8

(Is. 55:6-56:8[Seph. none

Jer. 1:1-2:3

(Jer. 2:4-28; 8:4\Seth. 2:4-28-, 4:12

1942

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July

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, July 15—Aug. 13] AB 30

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Num. 28: 1-15

Deut. 1:1-3:22

[Deut. 4: 25-40i Afternoon:)Ex. 32:11-14;[ 34:1-10

Deut. 3: 23-7: 11

Deut. 7: 12-11: 25

Deut. 11:26-16:17

Num. 28: 1-15

DM 5702

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

Is. 1: 1-27

f Morning:jjer. 8:13-9:23{ Afternoon:1 Is. 55:6-56:8iSeph. Hoa. 14:2-10;{ Micah 7:18-20

Is. 40: 1-26

Is. 49:14-51:3

Is. 54.11-55:5

T h e Book of Lamentations is read.

1942

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Aug.

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, Aug

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. 14—Sept. 11] ELUL 29 DAYS fribit 5702

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Deut. 16: 18-21:9

Deut. 21:10-25: 19

Deut. 26: 1-29:8

Deut. 29:9-31:30

PROPHETICALPORTIONS

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Is. 51:12-52:12

Is. 54: 1-10

Is. 60

Is. 61:10-63:9

*The Sephardim say Selihot during the whole month of Elul.

ABRIDGED CALENDAR FOR 5703

Tishri

Heshvan

Kialev

Tebet

Shebat

Adar

Adar Shcnl

Nisan

Iyar

Sivan

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1

10

1

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115

118

117

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New MoonHamikkah

New Moon

Fast of Tebet

New Moon

New Moon

New MoonFast of Esther

Purim

New MoonPassover




New MoonFast of Ab

1942

Sept. 12 SaSept. 14 MSept. 21 M

Elul

Oct. 3SaOct. 4 S

*Oct, 12 M

Nov. 10 TDec. 4 F

Deo. 0W

Dec. 18 F

1943

Jan. 7Th

*Feb «Sa

•Mar. 8M**Mar. 20 Sa

Mar. 21 S

Apr. 6 TApr. 20 T

•May 6ThMay 23 S

June 4 FJune 9W

"July 4SJuly 20 T

Aug. 2MAug. 10 T

•Sept. 1 W

* Second day of New Moon.t Fast observed on following Sunday.

TIME

Day of

Month

Jan. 11020

Feb. 11020

Mch. 11020

Apl. 11020

May 11020

June 11020

July 11020

Aug. 11020

Sept. 11020

Oct. 11020

Nov. 11020

Dec. 11020

OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN SIX NORTHERN

(ForNorth

Lat. 44°tlaine,

NorthJova Scotia.

em New York. Michi-gan, Wisconsin. Minnesota,NorthMont

and South Dakota,ana. Washington.

Northern Oregon, NorthernIdaho)

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5.525.515.475.395.295.155.014.434.264.003.413.192.522.362.161.551.471.441.552.122.272.463.063.233.403.554.074.224.354.455.005.105.205.325.395.45

Portland, Me.

I7.377.367.307.197.076.526.376.216.035.405.245.074.494.374.264.174.144.144.184.244.324.464.575.075.225.335.455.586.096.226.386.517.047.17

.7.277.34

i4.314.404.535.095.225.365.486.006.126.276.396.517.057.157.267.387.447.497.497.467.397.267.146.586.376.206.015.415.255.074.494.384.284.214.204.23

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6.166.256.356.497.017.127.247.377.498.078.218.399.019.149.37

10.0010.1210.1810.109.589.449.259.038.418.207.597.397.166.596.436.286.186.126.076.086.09

Lat. 42° North(For Massachusetts, NewHampshire, Vermont, Cen-tral New York. SouthernMichigan, Wisconsin,Northern Iowa, Wyoming,Southern Idaho, SouthernOregon)

Si

5.485.485.485.385.295.175.024.484.304.083.493.293.072.532.352.172.112.082.122.232.372.553.123.273.443.554.074.234.334.444.585.075.185.295.375.43

Boston

1

7.307.297.247.147.046.506.356.216.035.435.275.114.544.444.364.254.224.234.264.324.404.525.015.115.245.345.445.566.066.186.336.446.577.107.197.26

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LATITUDES

Lat. 40° NorthSouthern New York,

Connecticut,Pennsylvania

Rhode Island,NewJ

Northern Ohio, IncIllinois, SouthernNebraska, Northernrado, Utah, Nevada,fornia)

II5.465.465.455.375.295.175.034.494.334.123.543.363.163.022.462.322.272.252.282.382.503.063.193.343.504.004.124.254.354.454.575.095.175.275.355.41

New York CityChicago, 111.

i7.257.257.197.107.016.486.356.216.045.455.285.134.594.504.394.314.284.294.314.374.444.565.055.155.275.365.455.566.056.156.296.406.537.057.147.20

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* Adapted, by permission, from The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. XI20

TIME

Day of

Month

Jan. 11020

Feb 11020

Mch. 11020

Apl. 11020

May 11020

June 11020

July 11020

Aug. 1• 1 0

20Sept. 1

1020

Oct.1020

Nov.1020

Dec.1020

OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN SIX NORTHERN

Lat. 38°-36° North(For District of Columbia.Delaware, Maginia,

ryland, Vir-West Virginia, South-

ern Ohio, Southernana,

Indi-bouthern Illinois.

Northern Mi wouri, Kan-sas Central Colorado, Cen-tral Utah, Central Neb-raska, Central California)

Washington, D. CNorfolk, Va.

Daw

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5.435.455.435.365.275.165.044.504.354.153.583.403.223.082.542.412.362.352.392.472.583.143.263.403.544.014.164.274.364.464.575.055.145.255.335.38

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4.494.575.085.225.315.425.526.016.116.226.306.406.527.007.097.187.237.287.197.277.217.127.026.496.316.186.025.435.315.165.014.524.444.404.384.40

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Lat. 34°-32° North(For South Carolina, North-ern Georgia, Alabama,sissippi, LouiG

MiB-iana. Texas.

Southern New Mexicozona, California)

Savannah, Ga.Charleston. S. C.

Daw

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5.355.375.375.315.255.165.074.554.414.254.133.573.433.323.223.133.113.103.133.193.273.393.473.574.084.154.234.324.374.454.545.015.095.175.235.29

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et

5.055.135.205.325.415.505.576.046.116.206.266.336.416.486.547.017.057.107.117.107.076.586.490.396.256.146.015.455.355.235.115.034.574.554.554.58

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6.336.306.476.677.047.117.197.267.357.437.508.008.118.208.318.418.478.528.538.518.458.338.228.087.527.397.237.086.576.456.346.276.236.216.246.28

LATITUDES*

Lat. 30°-28° North(For Florida. SouthernGeorgia, Alabama, Mis-sissippi. Louisiana. Texas)

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6.305.335.325.295.225.155 074.564.434.294.184.043.513.413.333.243.223.223.253.303.383.483.564.044.144.194.274.344.394.444.535.005.065.135.215.26

?ensacola, Fla.ew Orleans, La

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et

5.115.185.255.375.455.525.596.056.126.196.246.306.376.446.506.556.597.047.057.037.006.536.456.366.236.126.015.465.365.255.145.085.015.005.015.04

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6.386.426.516.567.057.127.197.257.337.397.457.548.028.138.228.318.378.408.418.388.338.248.138.007.467.357.227.066.556.466.356.306.266.256.276.29

* Adapted, by permission, from The Jewish Encyclopedia, Vol. XI21

72 AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK

Social Welfare

By MICHAEL FREUND*

Jewish social welfare effort centered its attention, duringthe year under review, on extending aid to stricken Jewryoverseas, integration of refugees reaching the United Statesinto the social and economic life of the country, and ad-justing relationships within and outside the Jewish com-munity. The past year also saw Jewish communities geartheir social welfare facilities and resources to meet welfareproblems arising out of the far-reaching national defenseprogram. The concomitance of these efforts has been an ac-celeration of the Jewish community organization process andan increasing concern with the coordination of local and na-tional activities sponsored by various elements and groups.

Community Organization

Organization of local forces on a community-wide basisto meet Jewish welfare needs reached a high degree ofdevelopment in the course of the year. As of the middleof 1941, the Council of Jewish Federations and WelfareFunds reported the existence of organized central communalagencies — Federations, Welfare Funds and CommunityCouncils — in 266 urban centers in the United States,covering most of the Jewish communities with a Jewishpopulation of 500 and over, and comprising about 97%of the estimated total Jewish population of the country.This total is exclusive of the large number of joint appealsfor overseas relief, known to function from year to year ona more or less permanent basis but having no formal typeof organization.

The scope, functions, form of organization, and degreeof centralization of local welfare efforts continued to varyfrom community to community, but the past year witnessedan acceleration of the trend toward broadening the base oflocal community interest in, and support of, central plan-ning and joint financing, democratization of direction andcontrol, widening the area of interests and coordination of

'Director of Research, Council of Jewish Federations and WelfareFunds.

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