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APPENDIX IANNIVERSARY CFLFBRATIONSUNITED STATESJUNE 10. Galveston, Tex.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary ofCongregation B'nai Israel.NOVEMBER 18. Omaha, Neb.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary ofCongregation Israel.DECEMBER 2-4. New York City: Jubilee celebration of Temple Israel.—28. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of Rappaport Lodge, No. 35, Independent Order Free Sons of Israel.JANUARY 20. St. Louis, Mo.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversaryof Congregation Shaare Emeth.—27-29. New York City: Celebrationof seventy-fifth anniversary of Central Synagogue (formerly AhavathChesed Shaar Hashomayim).—Newark, N. J.: Celebration of GoldenJubilee by the Progress Club.MARCH 10-12. New York City: Celebration by CongregationRodeph Sholom of twenty-fifth anniversary of incumbency of RabbiRudolph Grossman.—12. New Haven, Conn.: Celebration of twentyfifth anniversary of Congregation Mishkan Israel.APRIL 11. Denver, Colo.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary ofDenver Lodge, No. 171, of I. O. B. B.—23. New York City: Celebration of one hundredth anniversary of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.—St. Louis, Mo.: Celebration of Diamond Jubilee of Temple B'nai El.—New York City: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of JewishDaily Forward.OTHER COUNTRIESJUNE 26. Moravia: Celebration of centenary of birth of Adolf Jellinek,distinguished preacher.JULY. London: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of Anglo-JewishAssociation.NOVEMBER 10. Copenhagen: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary ofGeorg Brandes' first lecture.MARCH 5. Paris: Celebration of centenary of synagogue in the RueNotre Dame de Nazareth.JANUARY 1. Celebration, in England, Palestine, and Russia, of centenary of L. Pinsker.
84AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK -APPENDIX IIAPPOINTMENTS, HONORS, AND ELECTIONSUNITED STATESCivilADLER, CYRUS, Philadelphia, Pa., appointed member of the Board ofEducation, June, 1921.ADLER, MRS. JESSIE, Cincinnati, O., appointed assistant prosecutingattorney of Hamilton County, March, 1922.ADLER, SIMON L., Rochester, N. Y., re-elected to State Legislature,November, 1921.ALSBERG, CARL L., Washington, appointed director of the newFood Research and Nutrition Institute at Leland Stanford University,Cal., June, 1921.ANTIN, BENJ., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November, 1921.ARONSON, BERNARD, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,November, 1921.BERNSTEIN, EDGAR HERBERT, appointed hydrographic and geodeticengineer in Coast and Geodetic Survey, June, 1921.BERNSTEIN, ISRAEL, Portland, Me., elected member of the SchoolCommittee, December, 1921.BETTAN, ISRAEL, Charleston, W. Va., appointed professor of homiletics and Midrash at Hebrew Union College, April 25, 1922.BIRNBERG, NATHAN, Elmira, N. Y., re-elected member of Board ofEducation, June, 1921.BLOCH, MAURICE, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.BLOOM, J. C , Denver, Colo., re-appointed member of the ColoradoState Board of Optometry, Sept., 1921.BOCHROCH, MAX H., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed professor ofclinical neurology of the Medical School of Temple University, June,1921.BOOKSTEIN, ISADORE, appointed Albany County judge, Nov., 1921.BRANDEIS, ELIZABETH, Washington, D. C , appointed secretary ofthe Minimum Wage Board of the District of Columbia, Sept., 1921;appointed special assistant to David L. Podell, in charge of investigating building trade monopolies, Nov. 2, 1921.CARO, MAURICE, Boston, Mass., appointed assistant listrict attorneyof Suffolk County, March, 1922.COEN, SAMUEL, Walden, Colo., appointed postmaster, Nov. 17, 1921.COHEN, JOSEPH L., appointed lecturer in Economics at CambridgeUniversity, March, 1922.
APPENDIX II85COHEN, JULIUS HENRY, New York City, appointed one of eightmembers of the American Bar Association Committee to call a nationalconference which will meet at Washington, D. C , in February, to discuss questions of raising the standards of legal education in the UnitedStates, Jan., 1922.COHEN, SANFORD H., New York City, appointed assistant UnitedStates district attorney, Nov., 1921.COHN, FREDERICK, rabbi, Omaha, Neb., re-appointed member of theBoard of Public Welfare, Oct., 1921.CRONBACH, ABRAHAM, Chicago, 111., appointed professor of Jewishsociology at Hebrew Union College, April 25, 1922.DICKSTEIN, SAMUEL, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.DREYFUS, LOUIS G., JR., promoted consul of class 4, Nov. 23, 1921.ECKSTEIN, NATHAN, Seattle, Wash., elected chairman of the StateTax Survey Commission, July, 1921.EHRLICH, ADOLPH, Boston, Mass., appointed member of commissionto investigate the State Administration, July, 1921.EILPERIN, JACOB, Brooklyn, N. Y., appointed city magistrate,Jan., 1922.EINSTEIN, LEWIS, New York City, appointed envoy extraordinaryand minister plenipotentiary to Czecho-Slovakia, Oct. 8, 1921.ELIN, NATHAN, Newark, N. J., appointed member of Board of TaxCommissioners, June, 1921.ELLIS, DAVID A., Boston, Mass., re-appointed commissioner in theDepartment of Public Utilities, Dec., 1921.ELSBERG, ALFRED I., San Francisco, Cal., appointed member of theSchool Board, Jan., 1922.ELSNEP. SOLOMON, Hartford, Conn., elected judge of Police Court,June, 1, 1921.ESBERG, ALFRED, San Francisco, Cal., appointed member of Boardof Education, Sept., 1921.FEINBERG, SOLOMON, appointed postmaster, Lake Placid, N. Y.,Jan. 5, 1922.FELENSTEIN, MURRAY, New York City, elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.FEUERLICHT, MORRIS M., Indianapolis, Ind., elected president of theState Conference of Charities, Oct. 24, 1921.FISHER, ANNIE, Hartford, Conn., appointed assistant superintendentof schools, Oct., 1921.FISHER, HARRY M., Chicago, III., elected judge of the Circuit Court,June 6, 1921.FLEISHACKER, MORTIMER, San Francisco, Cal., appointed delegate toconference on unemployment, at Washington, D. C , Sept. 26, 1921.FOREMAN, MILTON J., Chicago, 111., decorated officer of the Legion ofHonor of France, Aug. 27, 1921.
86AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKFRANK, ELI, Baltimore, Md., appointed judge of the Supreme CourtBench of Baltimore, May, 1922.FRANKEL, LEE K., New York City, appointed head of the WelfareBureau of the Post Office Department, June, 1921.FREIBERG, ALBERT, Cincinnati, O., elected president of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, May 22, 1922.FREILICH, WILLIAM, Zanesville, 0., elected judge of Municipal Court,Dec, 1921.FRIED, HENRY, Chicago, III., receives, from king of Roumania, medalof the highest Roumanian order, and title of Hof Cavalier, May, 1922.FRIEDENBERG, BENJAMIN, appointed hydrographic and geodetic engineer, June 17, 1921.FRIEDMAN, HENRY B., Allentown, Pa., appointed Assistant UnitedStates District Attorney, Dec, 1921.FRIEDSAM, MICHAEL, New York City, receives honorary degree ofDoctor of Commercial Science, from New York University, June 1,1921.GOLDFOGI.E, HENRY M., New York City, appointed president of theTax Board, July, 1921.GOLDMAN, HENRY, New York City, created honorary citizen of theGerman Republic, Feb., 1922.GOLDMAN, MRS. MAURICE, Houston, Tex., appointed member ofBoard of School Trustees, June, 1921.GOMPERS, SAMUEL, Washington, D. C , appointed delegate to national conference on unemployment, at Washington, D. C., Sept. 26,1921; appointed member of advisory committee to the American delegation in the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Nov., 1921.GOTTHEIL, RICHARD J. H., New York City, created chevalier of theLegion of Honor of France, March, 1922.GOTTSBERGER, BENJAMIN B., New York City, appointed professor ofmining at Yale University, April, 1922.HERRMAN, MOSES, New York City, re-appointed Justice of SpecialSessions, July, 1921.HESS, ALFRED S., Gary, Ind., appointed postmaster, Nov. 18, 1921.HIRSCH, CLARENCE E., Lindenhurst, N. Y., appointed postmaster,March 16, 1922.HIRSCHMAN, LEOLA, Milwaukee, Wis., appointed regent of the University of Wisconsin, May 2, 1922.HOLLANDER, JACOB H., Baltimore, Md., appointed to Board ofReferees for the Women's Garment Industry in Cleveland, O., March,1922.HURWITZ, BERNARD T., Kansas City, Mo., appointed assistant attorney general of Missouri.HUSIK, ISAAC, Philadelphia, Pa., promoted professor in the department of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, April, 1922.ISAACS, BERNARD, Gueydan, La., appointed postmaster, Dec, 1921.JACOBS, JOSEPH E., promoted consul of class 6, Nov. 19, 1921.
APPENDIX II87JACOBS, JULIUS L., Franklin, Minn., appointed postmaster, Nov. 17,1921.JACOBSON, SAMUEL, Brooklyn, N. Y., appointed professor of bacteriology and pathology in the College of Osteopathy, Philadelphia, Pa.,Oct., 1921.KAHAN, HENRY O., New York City, elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.KAHN, BERT, San Francisco, Cal., appointed appraiser of merchandise, District No. 28, March 16, 1922.KAHN, OTTO H., appointed commander of the Legion of Honor ofFrance, June, 1921; appointed grand officer of the Order of the Crownof Italy, Sept., 1921.KAUFMAN, VICTOR R., New York City, elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.KLAPPER, PAUL, New York City, appointed acting dean of the Schoolof Education of the College of the City of New York, June, 1921;appointed dean of the School of Education, College of the City of NewYork, Feb., 1922.KLEIN, JULIUS, Boston, Mass., appointed director of the Bureau ofForeign Commerce, July, 1921.KOENIG, MORRIS, New York City, appointed judge in Court of General Sessions, March, 1922.KORNFELD, JOSEPH SAUL, Columbus, O., appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Persia, Nov. 9, 1921.KUN, JOSEPH L., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed assistant UnitedStates district attorney, Dec, 1921.LASKER, ALBERT D., Chicago, 111., appointed chairman of LTnitedStates Shipping Board, June 9, 1921.LEFF, LOUIS, Pittsburgh, Pa., appointed captain of the DetectiveDivision of the Pittsburgh Department of Police, April, 1922.LEHMAN, HERBERT, New York City., awarded Medal of Gratitude(first class) by French Government, July, 1921.LEISERSON, W. M., Rochester, N. Y., appointed delegate to conference on unemployment, at Washington, D. C , Sept. 26, 1921.LEVENSON, JOSEPH, New York City, appointed secretary to the StateMoving Picture Commission, July, 1921.LEWINSON, RUTH, New York City, appointed trustee of Hunter College, July, 1921.LEWIS, HARRY E., New York City, re-elected justice of SupremeCourt, Nov. 8, 1921.LEWIS, WILLIAM M., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed judge of MunicipalCourt, Feb., 1922.LEWISOHN, SAMUEL M., New York City, appointed member of theEconomic Advisory Committee on Unemployment, Sept., 1921.
88AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKLISSNER, MEYER, appointed member of United States ShippingBoard for Pacific Coast, June 9, 1921.LOEB, HANAN W., St. Louis, Mo., receives honorary degree of LL.D.from the St. Louis University, May 31, 1922.MACK, ALFRED, Cincinnati, O., appointed member of the Board ofDirectors of the University of Cincinnati, O., Jan., 1922.MANN, JACOB, appointed professor of Jewish history at HebrewUnion College, April 25, 1922.MAY, MITCHELL, New York City, re-elected justice of SupremeCourt, Nov. 8, 1921.MAYER, JULIUS M., New York City, appointed United States Circuitjudge (second circuit), Oct. 5, 1921.MENDEL, LAFAYETTE B., appointed professor of physiological chemistry at Yale University, June, 1921.MENKEN, MRS. MORTIMER M., New York City, re-appointed member of the Board of Managers of the New York State Reformatory forWomen, Bedford Hills, N. Y., July, 1921.MERENSKY, JOSEPH J., Chicago, 111., appointed assistant UnitedStates district attorney, June, 1921.MEYERHART, MAX, Rome, Ga., appointed member of State LibraryCommission, June, 1921.MICHAEL, MRS. RACHEL STIX, St. Louis, Mo., appointed member ofLibrary Board, June, 1921.MIGEL, MOSES C , New York City, re-appointed chairman of NewYork State Commission for the Blind, Dec, 1921.MILLER, JULIUS, New York City, elected president of the Boroughof Manhattan, Nov. 8, 1921.MORGENSTERN, JULIAN, Cincinnati, O., appointed acting presidentof Hebrew Union College, Nov. 1, 1921.NATHAN, EDWARD I., appointed to the consulate at Palermo, Dec,1921.NEUMANN, ELIZABETH, New York City, appointed member of CityParole Commission, July, 1921.NEWMAN, ISIDORE, appointed postmaster, Mexia, Tex., Feb. 20, 1922.OLDER, MORRIS, Hartford, Conn., appointed president of Board ofPolice Commissioners, July, 1921.OPPENSTEIN, LOUIS H., Kansas City, Mo., appointed chairman of theBoard of Police Commissioners, May, 1922.OSTROLENK, BERNHARD, appointed postmaster, Farm School, Pa.,Jan. 5, 1922.OTTINGER. ALBERT, New York City, appointed assistant attorneygeneral, Sept., 1921.PEIXOTTO, ERNEST C , created chevalier of the Legion of Honor ofFrance, June, 1921.
APPENDIX II89PHILLIPS, BENJAMIN T., Selingrove, Pa., appointed postmaster,Feb. 7, 1922.PICKARD, HENRY, Seattle, Wash., re-appointed member of StateBoard of Parole, June, 1921.PLATT, I., Chicago, 111., appointed member of the Pharmacist Boardof Illinois, Feb., 1922.PLONSKY, SAMUEL M., Washington, La., appointed postmaster,Jan. 20, 1922.PORGES, GUSTAVE, colonel, Quartermaster Corps, receives, from kingof Serbia, the Royal Order of the White Eagle, Sept., 1921.PRAG, MRS. MARY, San Francisco, Cal., appointed member of Boardof Education, Sept., 1921.RAKEN, lier of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Oct., 1921.RANK, MRS. ENOCH, Pittsburgh, Pa., appointed director of the Department of Charities of Pittsburgh, Jan., 1922.RIPINSKI, SOLOMON, colonel, appointed United States commissionerfor Haines Precinct, First Division, Haines, Alaska, Jan., 1922.ROXMER, CHARLES H., Paterson, N. J., appointed city attorney,Feb., 1922.ROSENAU, WILLIAM, rabbi, Baltimore, Md., appointed member of aspecial commission to study the survey of state-owned and state-aidedcolleges of Maryland, Jan., 1922.ROSENBERG, LOUIS JAMES, Detroit, Mich., elected life member of theFrench Academy of International History, July, 1921; appointed UnitedStates vice-consul for Spain, Jan., 1922.ROSENFELD, JULIUS, Council Bluffs, la., elected president of theChamber of Commerce, May 20, 1922.ROSENMAN, SAMUEL I., New York City, elected to State Legislature,Nov. 8, 1921.RYTTENBERG, MOSES R., New York City, appointed city magistrate,July, 1921.SCHAYER, ISADORE, professor of hygiene, University of South Carolina, appointed regimental surgeon of the First Infantry South Carolina National Guard, with rank of major, Jan., 1922.SCHLESINGER, ELMER, Chicago, 111., appointed general counsel forthe United States Shipping Board, June, 1921.SECHER, SOL., Memphis, Tenn., appointed postmaster, May, 1922SELIGMAN, EDWARD R. A., New York City, appointed member of theeconomic advisory committee on unemployment, Sept., 1921.SHAPIRO, JOSEPH G., Shelton, Conn., elected acting judge of Court ofCommon Pleas, July, 1921.SIMON, ABRAM, Washington, D. C , re-elected president of the Boardof Education, July 2, 1921.SIMON, LOUIS, Cleveland, O., re-appointed secretary of the city civilservice commission, Jan., 1922.
90AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKSLONIMSKY, HENRY, appointed professor of Jewish education andethics at Hebrew Union College, April 25, 1922.SNELLENBURG, JOSEPH N., Philadelphia, Pa., commissioned to enlistinterest of foreign countries in the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition to beheld in Philadelphia in 1926, Aug., 1921.SOLOMON, SIEGFRIED, Platteville, Colo., appointed postmaster,Nov. 9, 1921.STEIN, PHILIP, Plainview, Neb., appointed postmaster, Feb. 10, 1922.STEINBERG, JOSEPH, New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,Nov., 1921.STONE, ELIJAH D., Mass., appointed assistant United States districtattorney, Oct., 1921.STRAUS, OSCAR S., New York City, invited by Council of the Leagueof Nations, Geneva, to assist Elihu Root, Judge George Gray, and JohnBassett Moore in proposing names of four persons as candidates forelection as judges of the International Court of Justice, June, 1921;appointed permanent chairman of General Committee on the Limitationof Armament of The American Federation of Labor, Nov., 1922.TOPLITZ, MRS. FRANCIS, New York City, awarded, by French Government, Reconnoissance Medal (third class), Dec, 1921.ULLMAN, SOL., New York City, re-elected to State Legislature,Nov., 1921.WARSHAWSKY, ABEL G., Cleveland, O., sells painting, "The Mountains of Provence," to the French Government for the LuxembourgGallery, Dec, 1921.WARBURG, PAUL M., New York City, re-elected member of AdvisoryCouncil of the Federal Reserve Board, Jan. 5, 1922.WEILL,, San Francisco. Cal., appointed chevalier of theLegion of Honor of France, Aug., 1921.WEINBERG, HARRY E., Duluth, Minn., appointed city prosecutor,June, 1921.WILEY, LOUIS, New York City, created chevalier of the Legion ofHonor of France, Oct., 1921.WISE, JONAH B., Portland, Ore., re-appointed member of the OregonState Board of Higher Curricula, April, 1922.WISE, STEPHEN S., selected associate chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Limitation of Armaments of The American Federation ofLabor, Nov., 1921.WOLF, ARCHIBALD J., New York City, appointed head of Departmentof Commercial Laws of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce,Aug., 1921.WOLF, SIMON, elected honorary member of the Board of Trade,Washington, D. C , Dec, 1921.WOLFE, MAX, Chicago, 111., receives medal of Carnegie Foundation,Jan., 1922.
APPENDIX II91WOLFENSON, Louis B., appointed professor of Hebrew and cognatelanguages at Hebrew Union College, April 25, 1922.WOLMAN, LEO, New York City, appointed member of Economic Advisory Committee on Unemployment, Sept., 1921.ZINNER, D. J., Cleveland, O., elected mayor of Fairview, 0., Nov.,1921.MilitaryBAMBERGER, ADOLPH H., promoted ensign, U. S. N., Nov. 2, 1921.BAMBERGER, RAYMOND S., promoted major, Adj. General's Dept.,U. S. A., April 29, 1922.BECKER, LEON W., promoted lieutenant, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.BLUMENKRANZ, WALTER M., promoted ensign, U. S. N., Nov. 2, 1921.COHEN, DAVID L., promoted assistant surgeon, with rank of lieutenant, July 13, 1921.COHEN, LOUIS, Washington, D. C , appointed member of the American Technical Staff to the Conference on Limitation of Armament,Nov., 1921.EPSTEIN, WILLIAM A., passed assistant surgeon, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.FLEISCHER, RALPH ELI, promoted captain, U. S. A., quartermaster'scorps, Dee., 1921.FRIED, SAMUEL S., promoted ensign, U. S. N., Nov. 2, 1921.GINSBURGH, ABRAHAM ROBERT, promoted captain, field artillery,Dec, 1921.GROSS, CHARLES RAYMOND, promoted lieutenant, infantry, June 20,1921.HART, STANLEY D., promoted surgeon, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.JACOBSON, SIMON, promoted captain, U. S. A., quartermaster'scorps, Dec, 1921.KAMINSKI, HAROLD, promoted ensign, U. S. N., Nov. 2, 1921.KLEIN, HAROLD S., promoted lieutenant, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.LIPPMAN, Louis B., passed assistant dental surgeon, U. S. N., Nov. 2,1921.LYONS, DAVID, promoted commander, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.MENDELSON, JOSEPH AARON, promoted captain, medical corps,U. S. N., Dec. 14, 1921.MORDECAI, ALFRED, promoted captain, medical corps, U. S. A.,Nov. 9, 1921.NATHANSON, JOSEPH GEORGE, promoted lieutenant, infantry, Nov.17, 1921.POLAK, ISAAC B., passed assistant surgeon, U. S. N., Dec, 1921.ROSENBERG, NATHAN, promoted captain, medical corps, U. S. A.,July 22, 1921.ROSENSTEIN, ALBERT L. R., promoted ensign, U. S. N., May 23, 1922.
92AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKROSENTHAL, DAVID THEODORE, promoted lieutenant, engineer corps,U. S. A., Nov. 17, 1921; promoted captain, chemical warfare service,U. S. A., Jan. 23, 1922.ROTH, LOUIS J., promoted lieutenant, U. S. N., Nov. 2, 1921.RUBIN, SAMUEL, promoted lieutenant, coast artillery corps, U. S. A.,Nov. 17, 1921; promoted captain, chemical warfare service, U. S. A.,Jan. 23, 1922.SCHWARTZ, ABRAHAM T., promoted chief pharmacist, U. S. N.,Nov. 21, 1921.SCHWARTZ, PHILIP, promoted lieutenant, ordnance department,Nov. 17, 1921; promoted captain, chemical warfare service, U. S. A.,Jan. 23, 1922.SILVERMAN, SAMUEL, promoted ensign, U. S. N., May 23, 1922.SILVERSTONE, HARVEY JULIUS, promoted captain, infantry, Dec, 1921.SOBEL, HERBERT R., promoted lieutenant, U. S. N., March 31, 1922.SOLOMONS, EDWARD A., promoted ensign, U. S. N., May 23, 1922.TAUSSIG, JOSEPH K., promoted captain, U. S. N., Nov. 21, 1921.WOLFE, ALFRED S., promoted commander, U. S. N., Jan. 18, 1922.ZIMMERMAN, WALTER E., promoted ensign, U. S. N., May 23, 1922.BRITISH EMPIREADLER, NETTIE, London, elected deputy chairman of County- Council,March, 1922.BLES, G. M., Manchester, appointed consul to the Netherlands, Jan.,1922.BRANDIN, LOUIS, London, awarded the La Grange prize by theFrench Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, May, 1922.COHEN, LEWIS J. P., Adelade (Australia), elected lord mayor, Jan.,1922. DAVIS, DAVID, elected mayor of Birmingham, Nov. 9, 1921.GASTER, MOSES, London, awarded Order of the Crown of Roumania,Dec, 1921.GENUSSON, M. L., Barkley West (South Africa), elected deputymayor, Jan., 1922.GLUCKSTEIN, SAMUEL, created commander of the Order of Leopoldof Belgium, July, 1921.HARTOG, MARCUS, Cork, elected emeritus professor of UniversityCollege, Jan., 1922.INSTONE, SAMUEL, Cardiff, knighted, June 3, 1921.ISAAC, ABRAHAM, India, appointed a subordinate judge in thePresidency, Aug., 1921.JACOBS, S. W., K. C., Canada, re-elected to Parliament, Dec, 1921.KISCH, F. H., major, London, appointed chevalier of the Legion ofHonor of France, Aug., 1921.KORMAN, DAVID, Englehart (Canada), elected mayor, Jan., 1922.LANGDON, E. H., Manchester, elected emeritus director of Chamberof Commerce, June, 1921.
APPENDIX II93LEWIS, HENRY G., South Africa, appointed K. C , Sept., 1921.LIVINGSTONE, LEO, captain, Canada, promoted lieutenant-colonel,July, 1921.LUNTZ, MRS. FANNY, Outdshorn (South Africa), elected municipalcouncillor, Jan., 1922.NISSIM, MYER, India, appointed honorary magistrate, March, 1922.PRINCE, ALEXANDER, created knight of the Order of the BritishEmpire, Jan., 1922.RAYMOND, A. J., India, appointed honorary magistrate, March, 1922.RICHARDSON, LEWIS, South Africa, knighted, June 3, 1921.RUBINSTEIN, MABEL, presented with illuminated diploma of theJoint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and of the Order ofSt. John of Jerusalem, June, 1921.SAMUEL, SIR MARCUS, London, created peer (Lord Bearsted), June 3,1921.SIMMONS, MAJOR PERCY, awarded Grand Cross of the Order of theCrown of Belgium, July, 1921; appointed knight commander of the Victorian Order, Jan., 1922.SOLOMON, MOSES, captain, India, elected municipal councillor, Aug.,1921.SPERBER, MARCUS M., Canada, appointed K. C , Jan., 1922.STEIN, SIR AUREL, elected fellow of the British Academy, July, 1921.VANDEN BERGH, MRS. HENRY, awarded Palme en Argent del'Ordre de la Couronne Beige, Oct., 1921.WOLF, A., London, promoted professor of Logic and ScientificMethod in the University of London, Dec, 1921.FRANCEAARON,, appointed on Commission of Reparations, Jan., 1922.ALFASSA,, appointed governor-general of French EquatorialAfrica, Oct., 1921.ASSCHER, JOSEPH, promoted officer of the Legion of Honor, Oct.,1921.BING,, appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Jan., 1922.Bossis, EUGENE, appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor, May,1922.BRUNSCHWIG,, appointed officer of the Legion of Honor, 1922.CAMONDO, MOISE DE, count, appointed member of the Council of theNational Museums of France, Jan., 1922.COHEN, GUSTAVE, professor at Strasbourg University, awarded theBroquette-Gouin Prize, July, 1921.DEUTSCH, EMILE DE LA MEURTHE, Paris, promoted commander of theLegion of Honor, Sept., 1921.FRANCK,, colonel, promoted brigadier-general, July, 1921.
94AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKGHEZ, LEON, appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor, May, 1922.GOLDSCHMIDT,, appointed judge of the Commercial Tribunal,Feb., 1922.GOMEZ-VALS, EMILE, Bordeaux, appointed chevalier of the Legion ofHonor, Aug., 1921.HENDLE, — , appointed member of the Council of State, Aug.,1921.JAFFE, ISRAEL, appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor, Sept.,1921.LEON, PAUL, elected member of 1'Academie des Beaux-Arts, April,1922.LEON, XAVIER, appointed member of Superior Council of NationalOffice of Wards of the Nation, May, 1922.LEVEN, EMILE, appointed member of Superior Council of NationalOffice of Wards of the Nation, May, 1922.LEVY, GEORGES, appointed judge of the Regional Tribunal, April,1922.MAYER, , Paris, appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor,Aug., 1921.METZGER,, rabbi, Paris, appointed chevalier of the Legion ofHonor, Sept., 1921.NEYMARCK, ALFRED, Paris, appointed member of State Council forWorkmen's Homes, July, 1921.OUALID, WILLIAM, appointed professor of the Law Faculty at Strasbourg, Jan., 1922.PERQUEL, JULES, appointed officer of the Legion of Honor, Jan. 26,1922.PONTREMOLI,, elected member of Academy of Fine Arts, Feb.,1922.REINACH, MME. SOLOMON, Paris, appointed dame of the Legion ofHonor, Oct., 1921.WIDAL, FEINAND, appointed grand officer of the Legion of Honor,July, 1921.WIDAL, G., Paris, elected member of Academy of Science of Sweden,March, 1922.WOLFF, ALBERT, former French director of the Metropolitan Opera,appointed chevalier of the Legion of Honor, March 26, 1922; awardedGold Medal of Beneficence, March, 1922.GERMANYFINSTEIN, ALBERT, awarded honorary degree of D. Sc. by University of Manchester, England, June 2, 1921.
APPENDIX II95GUGGENHEIMER, ADOLPH, appointed to plan and supervise the workof reconstruction in the devastated portions of France which Germanyis obliged to rebuild, July, 1921.HARDEN, MAXIMILIAN, awarded Strindbourg prize for book on "Warand Peace," Feb., 1922.LIEBERMANN, MAX, Berlin, painter, elected president of the BerlinAcademy, Feb., 1922.MENDELSOHN,, Berlin, appointed on Commission to deal withforeign credits, Dec, 1921.RATHENAU, WALTER, Berlin, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs,Feb., 1922.REUTLINGER, JEAN, awarded military medal, April, 1922.TAUBLER, EUGEN, director of Academie fuer die Wissenschaft desJudenthums, appointed extraordinary professor of ancient history atthe University of Zurich, Switzerland, April, 1922.NETHERLANDSAALTEN, S. J. L. VAN, Rotterdam, decorated with Order of the RisingSun of Japan, July, 1921.ASSCHER, A., Amsterdam, created officer of the Holy Treasure ofJapan, July, 1921.ASCHSER, B. E., Amsterdam, created knight of the Order of theNetherlands Lion, Dec, 1921.ASSCHER, JOSEPH, Amsterdam, appointed officer of the Legion ofHonor of France, Oct., 1921.ONDERNIJZER, A. S., chief rabbi, appointed officer of the Order ofOrange Nassau, July, 1921.SANDERS, A., Rotterdam, appointed knight of the Order of OrangeNassau, Sept., 1921.VAN CREVELD, A., Amsterdam, appointed knight of the Order ofOrange Nassau, Jan., 1922.VAN GENDERINGEN, S., Kampen, appointed knight of the Order ofOrange Nassau, Sept., 1921.VAN ITALIE, L., Leyden, appointed knight of the Order of Netherlands Lion, Sept., 1921.PALESTINEBENTWICH, NORMAN, Jerusalem, decorated by king of England, June,1921.GINZBERG,, appointed inspector of Jewish schools in Palestine, Dec, 1921.HYAMSON, ALBERT M., appointed director of the Department ofLabor, Jan., 1922.PANIZIL,, rabbi, Jerusalem, elected chief rabbi of Sophia,Bulgaria, Feb., 1922.
96AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOKSLOUSCH, NAHUM, appointed head of the Jewish section of the Jerusalem Museum, Nov., 1921.WARBURG, OTTO, Jerusalem, appointed head of the Institute forAgricultural Research, Dec, 1921.POLANDARAK, MEIR, rabbi, Buzsham, elected rabbi of Tarnow, March,1922.ASHKENAZY, SIMON, promoted to rank of minister plenipotentiaryand envoy extraordinary, July, 1921.BERENSON, LEON, appointed counsellor of the Polish embassy atTokio, Sept., 1921.FEINER, JOSEPH, rabbi, Lodz, elected deputy to thesejm, July, 1921.HALLER, JOSEPH, rabbi,Lodz, elected deputy to the sejm, July, 1921.:MENDELSOHN,—, elected deputy to the sejm, Dec. 6, 1921.MINKOVSKY, P., Warsaw, appointed director of the Credits Department, Aug., 1921.PERLMUTTER,, rabbi, Warsaw, created chevalier of the OrderPolonia Restituta, Dec, 1921.SHOR, MOSES, Warsaw, elected rabbi, May, 1922.TAUBENSCHLAG, RAPHAEL, appointed professor of law at the University of Cracow, Nov., 1921.WISENBERG, HERMANN, appointed vice-director of the Taxation Department at the Polish Ministry of Finance, Dec, 1921.ROUMANIABERKOWITZ,, Bucharest, elected member of parliament,March, 1922.FILDERMAN, ———, Bucharest, elected member of parliament,March, 1922.LERNER, —— —, Bucharest, elected member of parliament, March,1922.NEMIROWER,, chief rabbi, appointed member of the commission to regulate the activities of the chaplains of the Roumanianarmy, Nov., 1921.ROSENTHAL,, appointed expert at Genoa Conference, April,1922.SAMUELOVITCH,, Bucharest, elected member of parliament,March, 1922.STERN, —, Bucharest, elected member of parliament, March,1922.STRAUCHER, BENNO, Czernowitz, elected member of parliament,March, 1922.WEISELBERGER, SALO, re-elected mayor of Czernowitz, March, 1922;elected member of senate, March, 1922.
APPENDIX II97OTHER COUNTRIESBRANDES, GE.ORG, Copenhagen, awarded honorary degree of doctorby Athens University, March, 1922.BRUZKUS,, Kovno, appointed Minister for Jewish Affairs,Nov., 1921.COHN, GEORGE, Copenhagen, appointed advisor to the Minister forForeign Affairs, Jan., 1922.DISEGNI, — , chief rabbi, Verona, elected chief rabbi of theSephardic community in Bucharest, March, 1922.DUBNOW, SIMON, appointed professor of history at the University ofLithuania at Kovno, March, 1922.EISENMANN, Louis, professor, appointed by the Czecho-Slovak government to the faculty of Slav Civilization at the University of Paris,Jan., 1922.FISCHER, O., awarded Order of Tashon Chia Ho, June, 1921.GEIGER, BERNHARD, professor at the University of Vienna, appointedto chair of Hindu philology at the Tagore Academy in India, Dec. 30,1921.GLUECKSTAEDT,, appointed delegate for Denmark to theGenoa Conference, March, 1922.HANETZKY,, appointed assistant commissary for ForeignAffairs in Soviet Russia, Dec, 1921.HARDOON, S. A., Shanghai, receives the Grand Ribbon of the SecondGrade of Chia Ho, Jan., 1922.HARDOON, MRS. S. A., Shanghai, awarded badge of decoration ofMercy and Benevolence of the First Rank (third class), Jan., 1922.KADOORIE, E. S., Shanghai,
DECEMBER 2-4. New York City: Jubilee celebration of Temple Israel. —28. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary of Rappa-port Lodge, No. 35, Independent Order Free Sons of Israel. JANUARY 20. St. Louis, Mo.: Celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary of Congregation Shaare Emeth.—27-29. New York City: Celebration
