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Kaaplander, Morris Hoff; b. Shadowo,
Kovno, 1882.
To US 1906.· Neff CoIl (PA).· Rabbi,
Johnstown, PA; earlier exec field secy RIETS.
• See: WWIA], 1926.
Kaas, Andrew; b. ca 1855; d. Adantic City,
Feb 71936.
Jeweler, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 38:430.
Kabakoff,jacob; b. NYC, 1918.
Heb literature scholar, rabbi, Philadelphia,
NYC; dean Cleveland CoIl of]ewish Studies;
faculty Lehman CoIl; author in field. • See: E].
Kabos, Gyula; b. Budapest, 1888; d.
Brooklyn, 1941.
Popular comedy movie actor; WWI AustroHungarian army service. • See: UJE.
Kadesch, Wtlliam Henry; b.· Grand Rapids,
OH,1879.
Physicist, Annapolis. • See: A]YB, 24:160.
Nov 26 1906; d. Pittsburgh, Aug 17
1969.
BA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI, MA U WVA, PhD Columbia; honorary
degree. • Rabbi, psychologist, author,
promoter of interfaith understanding,
Pittsburgh; consult Vatican. • See: A]YB,
71:605; WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 5; DAB, 8;
NYTimes, Aug 18 1969,35:1.
Kagan, Solomon Robert; b. Orany, Russia,
Dec 15 1889; d.July 1955.
To US 1922. • MD U Dorpat. • Physican,
med historian, author, Boston; chronicler of
Jewish medical achievements & achievers. •
See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 1
1955,19:3.
Kadison, Albert P; b. ca 1840; d. Chicago,
Mar 141913.
Physician, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 15(19131914):271.
Kadison, Leib; b. Poland, ca 1881; d. NYC,
Sep 251947.
To US 1924. • Yiddish actor, Poland, NYC;
fdrVilna Troupe.· See:A]YB, 50:518;
NYTimes, Sep 261947,23:4.
Kadushin, jacob L; b. ca 1859; d. New
Rochelle, May 281932.
Rabbi, New Rochelle. • See: A]YB, 34:111.
Kadushin, Max; b. Minsk, Dec 5/6 1895; d.
NYC, July 23 1980.
To US 1897/1899.· AB NYU, DHL,
ordained JTS.·· Rabbi, talmudic scholar,
communal educator, NYC, Chicago; faculty
Heb high school, JTS; dean Academy for
Higher Jewish Learning; active Hillel (U WI);
author in field. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:368;
WWIA],1938.
Kafka,Louis; b. ca 1842; d. Twin Falls, ID,
Oct91909.
Mayor, Lake City, ID.· See:A]YB, 12(19101911):109.
Kagan, Henry Enoch; b. Sharpsburg, P A,
Kahan, Sol Boris; b. Zitomir, Russia, Dec
23 1886; d. Nov 1961.
To NYC 1911. • DDS Columbia, Art Students
League. • Dentist, sculptor, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 141961,39:3.
Kahana, Levi I; b. Safed, 1899; d. Brooklyn,
Oct 141950.
Rabbi, author, Brooklyn; exec bd Agudath
Harabonim; active Orthodox rabbinical assns.
• See:A]YB, 53:525.
Kagen, Samuel Norman; b. Bialystok,
Poland, Aug 27 1898.
To US 1907.· AB CCNY, post-grad
Columbia. • Registrar, faculty, CCNY. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Kahane, Benjamin B; b. Chicago, Nov 30
1891; d. Hollywood, CA, Sep 18 1960.
LLB Kent CoIl of Law. • Lawyer, motion
picture exec, Los Angeles; pres RKO, Motion
Picture Academy; Oscar for industry service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; WWWlA, 4; NYTimes, Sep
19 1960, 31: 1.
Kahal, Irving; b. Houtzdale, P A, Mar 5
190211903; d. Feb 1942.
Songwriter, NYC; "Let a Smile Be Your
Umbrella." • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 8 1942,49:2.
Kahanovitch, Israel Isaac; b. Wolpa,
Grodno, 1873.
To US 1905, to Winnipeg 1906. • Chief rabbi,
communalldr, Winnipeg. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Kahan, Aaron A; b. Europe, Nov 8 1877.
Kahanowitz, Isaac; b. Antopol, Russia, Nov
51874; d. Pittsburgh, Mar 61934.
In US by 1898. • Merchant, Zionist &
communalldr, author, (;reensburg,PA; an
orgr synagog, Jewish War Relief Com, Jewish
Colonial Trust Shares; nat! exec com Zionist
Org of Am; active Keren Hayesod. • See:
A]YB, 36:282; WWIA], 1926; BEOA].
Am CoIl ofMechano Therapy (Chicago), DDS
Kadis, IsadorlIsidor; b. Dvinsk, Dec 26
1891/1892; d. NYC, jan 241958.
To US 1905.· U Cincinnati, Heb Union CoIl
Tchrs Inst. • Communal admr, NYC; with
Keren Hayesod, Jewish Nat! Fund, United
Heb Charities (Cincinnati), Jewish Educational
Alliance (Savannah), Jewish Education League
(Toledo), Fedn of]ewish Charities
(Milwaukee). • See:A]YB, 60:356; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Jan 26 1958,89:1.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, civic worker, NYC,
Brooklyn; bd synagog. • See: A]YB, 35:125;
WWIA], 1926.
U Denver. • Dental professor, Denver; faculty
U Denver. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Kahan, Abba Baruch; b.*
Talmudic author; BirketAv (1900). • See:
Eisenstadt, 87.
Kahan, Arcadius; b. Lodz,Jan 161920; d.
Feb 261982.
To US 1950. • Stefan Batory U (Vilna), Free
U (Warsaw), MA, PhD Rutgers.· Educator,
economist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago. • See:
WWWlA,8.
Kahan, Charles; b.*; d. Newark, Feb 14
1920.
Rabbi, Newark.· See:A]YB, 22:166.
Kahan, Chayim Hirsch; b. ca 1847; d.
Philadelphia, July 23 1913.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 16(19141915):163.
Kahan, Henry 0; b. ca 1892; d. NYC, Feb 6
1932.
Legislator, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
34:111.
Kahan, Jacob Mayer; b. ca 1855; d. Far
Rockaway, Oct 18 1933.
Rabbi, Far Rockaway, • See: A]YB, 36:282.
Kahan,Joseph;b.Poland,1878;d.
Washington DC, Sep 281953.
To US 1903. • Russian & Polish revolutionary,
Jewish anarchist; a fdr Ferrer School &
Colony, Stelton, NJ; editor Freie Arbiter
Stimme; advocate progressive education. • See:
A]YB, 56:570.
Kahan, Samuel; b. Grodna,Jan 12 1875; d.
NYC, Sep 21 1932.
Kahler, Eric (Erich) Gabriel; b. Prague,
Oct 141885; d.June 281970.
To US 1938.· PhD UVienna,Munich,
Berlin, Heidelberg; honorary degree. •
Cultural historian, author; faculty New School,
Cornell. • See: UJE; WWWlA, 5; NYTimes,
June 301970,41:4.
Kahler, Felix (pseud=Felix Kilian); b.
Prague, 1880.
In Cincinnati in 1942. • Industrialist;
counselor Prague Chamber of Commerce. •
See: UJE (sub Kahler, Erich).
Kahn, Abraham; b. ca 1860; d. Mt Clemens,
MI, Nov 11922.
Rabbi, Mt Clemens, MI. • See:A]YB, 25:139.
Kahn,Albert; b. Rhaunen, Westphalia, Mar
211869; d. Detroit, Dec 81942.
To US 1881. • Honorary degrees. • Noted
industrial architect, Detroit; designer industrial
bldgs, automobile factories. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:160,45:388; WWIA], 1926, 1948,
1938; BEGA]; WWWlA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes,
Dec 9 1942,27:1.
Kahn, Albert M; b. Lithuania, May 5 1897;
d. Thousand Oaks, CA, Nov 151976.
To US 1907. • Rensselaer Polytech Inst;
honorary degree. • Mfr, business exec,
philanthropist, NYC, Thousand Oaks, CA;
nat! chr Supplies for Overseas Survivors; a fdr
Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; active Union of
Am Heb Congregations, Heb Union Coll-
Kahn, Alexander
Jewish Inst of Religion, Boys Town
Gerusalem). • See: AJYB, 78:542;WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, Nov 171976, IV20:3.
Kahn, Alexander; b. Smolensk, May 31
1881; d. Mar 1962.
To US 1893.· LLB NYU.• Labor lawyer,
Socialist Party ldr, newspaper exec, NYC; a fdr
Joint Distribution Com, The New Liberal;
general mgr Forward; exec bd Heb Sheltering;
dir Rand School of Social Science; non-Zionist
memJewish Agency. • See: V]E; EJ; AJYB,
64:494; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
Mar 12 1962,31:3.
Kahn, Alfred; b. ca 1918; d. 1978.
Economist; chr Civil Aeronautics Bd;
developed deregulation policy; faculty Cornell;
head NY State Public Service Commn. • See:
Wall Street Journal, July 3 1978. • *See Kahn,
Alfred Joseph.
Kahn, Alfred Gans; b. Little Rock, June 9
1886.
AB Harvard. • Banker, exec, Little Rock; pres·
Chamber of Commerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.
Kahn,AlfredJoseph;b.~C,
1919.
Educator, social planner, NYC; withJewish Bd
of Guardians; faculty Columbia; author in
field; WWII service. • See: EJ. • *See Kahn,
Alfred.
Kahn, Arthur Lee; b.*; d. Los Angeles, Dec
91917.
Playwright, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,
20(1918-1919):228.
Kahn, Baruch Ha-Cohen; b. Russia, July 10
1861.
To US 1900; • Rabbi, Heb scholar, talmudist,
kashrutsupervisor, merchant, NYC; author
Heb sermons. • See: Eisenstadt, 86.
Kahn, Beatrice Joseph (Mrs Ely Jacques
Kahn); b. Chicago, Feb 4 1890; d. ~C,
Aug221962.
Communalldr, NYC; officer Natl Council of
J ewish Women, Joint Distribution Com,
Jewish Welfare Bd. • See: V]E(sub Kahn, Ely
Jacques); NYTimes, Aug 23 1962,29:3.
Kahn, Bernard; b. ca 1834; d. Cincinnati,
Aug 13 1917.
Civil War veteran, legislator, Cincinnati. • See:
AJYB, 20(1918-1919):228.
Kahn, Bernard; b. ca 1922; d. ~C,July 22
1980.
Rutgers. • Advertising exec, industry ldr. • See:
NYTimes, July 23 1980.
Kahn, Bernhard; b. OscarshamlOscarhan,
Sweden, Apr 91876; d. White Plains,
Apr 261955.
To US 1939.· LLB UWiirzburg, U Munich,
LLD U Berlin. • Welfare admr; exec dir Joint
Distribution Com (Europe); officer Dominican
Republic Settlement Assn; mem exec Jewish
Agency; active ORT, Keren Hayesod. • See:
V]E; EJ; AJYB, 57:606-07; WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Apr 27 1955,31:2.
306
Kahn, Bertha Steinberg (Mrs); b. ca 1879;
d. ~C, Feb 28 1935.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Kahn, Bertrand Berthelot; b. Cincinnati,
Feb 12 1884; d. Cincinnati, Dec 61964.
Cincinnati Technical School, U Lausanne. •
Stove mfr, philanthropist, Hamilton, OH;
officer trade assn; active Jewish vocational
service; W\VI service. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
AI, Dec 10 1964.
Kahn, Charles; b. Philadelphia, Sep 28
1899.
U PA. • Bldr, realtor, Philadelphia; officer
Jewish Seaside Home for Invalids; dir Jewish
Hospital Assn. • See: BEOAJ.
Kahn, Cora; b. Cincinnati, Aug 51877.
U CincInnati, Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music. • Dramatic instructor, Sunday school
tchr, Cincinnati; with Heb Union ColI. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926.
Kahn, David Felix; b. Cincinnati, June 6
1877.
Stove mfr, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH; officer
Union of Am Heb Congregations, Jewish
Hospital, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOA].
Kahn, Dorothy Caroline; b. Seattle, Aug 15
1893; d. New Hope, PA, Aug 26 1955.
AB Wellesley, post-grad U Chicago, Johns
Hopkins. • Social work admr, author,
Philadelphia; mem Pres Com on Social
Security; faculty PA School of Social Work;
UN representative Internatl Conf of Social
Work, Internatl Study Conf on Child Welfare;
officer Natl Refugee Service. • See: EJ; AJYB,
58:477; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 27
1955,15:6.
Kahn, Edward Manuel; b. Berestowitz,
Poland, May 15 1895.
To US 1905. • LLB Brooklyn Law. • Social
work admr, Atlanta; faculty Atlanta School of
Social Work; exec dir Atlanta Fedn for Jewish
Social Services; exec secy Southern Regional
Conf ofJewish Welfare Agencies; officer
professional orgs; bd Urban League; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kahn, Ely Jacques; b. ~C, June 1 1884; d.
·~C, Sep 51972.
BA Columbia, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris). •
Architect, government advisor, NYC; faculty
Columbia, NYU, Metropolitan Museum of
Art; officer professional ::lssns; author in field. •
See: V]E; EJ; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,
5;NYTimes, Sep 61972, 48:1.
Kahn, Emanuel; b. Cincinnati, May 20
1879.
Ordained Heb Union ColI, BA U Cincinnati. •
Rabbi, Ft Smith, AR then Joplin, MO. • See:
AJYB, 5{1903-1904):67, 6(1904-1905):218,
7(1905-1906):122.
Kahn, Emile Ernest; b. France, May 17
1864.
Realtor, San Francisco; officer real estate bds,
Heb Home for Aged Disabled; active Fedn of
Jewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kahn, Eugen; b. Stuttgart, Germany, 1887.
To US 1929.· MD U MUnich, post-grad
Heidelberg, Berlin. • Professor of psychiatry,
New Haven; faculty Yale, U Munich. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kahn, Florence Prag (Mrs Julius Kahn); b.
Salt Lake City, Nov 9 1866/1868/1869; d.
San Francisco, Nov 16 1948.
U CA (Berkeley). • Congresswoman, school
tchr, San Francisco; mem Bd of Education;
first Jewish woman representative, considered
"mother of the FBI." • See: V]E (sub Kahn,
Julius); EJ (sub Kahn,Julius);AJYB, 44:413,
47:629,51:522; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NAW; DAB, 4; NYTimes,
Nov 17 1948,27:5.
Kahn, Fritz; b. Halle, Germany, 1888.
To US after 1933. • Physician, editor; withJE;
author in field & against "scientific" antiSemitism. • See: V]E.
Kahn, Gabriel; b. Rodalben, Rhenish
Palatinate, Apr 1 1832; d. New Orleans,
Apr 211911.
Charity worker, philanthropist, New Orleans;
dir Prison Commn; active synagog, B'nai
B'rith. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):73-74,
13(1911-1912):158.
Kahn, Gilbert Wolff; b. Morristown, NJ,
July 181903; d. Dec 151975.
Princeton. • Banker, NYC; with Kuhn, Loeb. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,6;NYTime~
Dec 161975,42:2.
Kahn, Gustav Gerson (Gus); b. Germany,
Nov 6 1886; d. Oct 8 1941.
To US ca 1891. • Songwriter, Chicago,
Beverly Hills; "Yes Sir, Thats My Baby." • See:
AJYB, 44:339; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; DAB, 3;
NYTimes, Oct 91941,23:4.
Kahn, Harry A; b. Cincinnati, Sep 15 1889.
Kent ColI of Law. • Lawyer, Chicago; W\VI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Kahn, Harry J; b. Berditchew, Russia, Dec
201880.
To US 1902.· Zionist worker, NYC; a fdr 1st
US Poale Zion Org; delegate 1st Am Jewish
Cong; natl exec com Zionist Org of Am. • See:
WWIAJ,1926.
Kahn, Harry Joseph; b. ~C, Dec 25 1898.
CCNY, BS MIT, Rutgers, NC State ColI. •
Ceramic engineer, exec, Matawan, NJ. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ.
Kahn, Hattie (Mrs Adolph Kahn); b.
Maryville, MD, Nov 12 1870; d. Miami
Beach, Mar 241936.
Civic, communal, Zionist & welfare worker,
Washington DC; an orgr Jewish Foster Home;
natl dir Natl Council ofJewish Women;
interested in delinquent & handicapped girls. •
?ee:AJYB, 38:430; WWIAJ, 1928.
Kahn, Henry; h.*; d. New Orleans, Mar 15
1911.
Kahn, Max
307
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB, 13(1911-1912):137.
Publisher, advertisement salesman; fdr Jewish
Times (Brookline, MA). • See: AJYB, 84:334.
Kahn, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. Indianap()lis,
Aug 1934.
Communal worker, philanthropist,
Indianapolis; trustee Butler. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Kahn, Joseph; b. *; d. Brooklyn, Mar 1919.
Professor of Chemistry, ColI of Pharmacy,
Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 21:206; Eisenstadt, 87.
Kahn, Henry Kastor; b. St Louis, Mar 14
1903; d. May 2 1966.
BS Northwestern. • Advertising exec, Chicago,
NYC; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, May 3 1966, 47:2.
Kahn, Herman; b. Rochester, NY,Aug 13
1907; d. New Haven, June 51975.
AB, AM U MN, post-grad Harvard. •
Archivist; with Natl Archives; head FDR
Library (Hyde Park, NY); lecturer Yale; officer
professional soc; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 71975, 30:4.
Kahn, Herman; b. Bayonne, Feb 15 1922;
d. Chappaqua, NY,July 1983.
U Southern CA,-BS UCLA, MA Cal Tech;
honorary degrees. • Defense analyst, author,
Chappaqua, NY; with Rand Corp, Hudson
Inst, Atomic Energy Commn; wwn service. •
See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, July 6 1983.
Kahn, Howard; b. Centreville, MD, Dec 12
1877.
Washington ColI, MD U MD. • Physician,
Baltimore; faculty U MD. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kahn, Howard; b. Bloomington, IN,Jan 30
1886; d. Mar 271951.
AB IN U. • Newspaper editor, columnist, civic
ldr, St Paul; with St Paul Daily News; active
Volunteers of Am, Red Cross; WWI &
Mexican border service. • See: AJYB, 24: 160;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 30
1951,23:4.
Kahn, Ida (Mrs); b. ca 1885; d. Indianapolis,
May 10 1937.
Communal & philanthropic worker,
Indianapolis. • See:AJYB, 39:592.
Kahn, Isaac; b. Cincinnati, 1883.
Painter, writer, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
24:160.
Kahn, Isaac Ferdinand; b. Indianapolis, Sep
81885.
AB U WI. • Paper co. exec, Indianapolis;
officer Jewish Fedn, J ewish Welfare Fund; bd
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kahn, Isador Wtlliam; b. NYC, Nov 16
1890; d. NYC, Mar 1972.
CCNY, MD NYU, Bellevue Med. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Health Dept
Inspector, NYC; developed Kahn eytoscope;
fdr, officer RiversIde Med Soc; active
Democratic politics; author in field; WWI &
WWII service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Mar 6 1972, 36: 1.
Kahn,James; b. Worcester, 1908; d.
Brookline, MA, Aug 11 1982.
Kahn,Joseph; b. ca 1845; d. Detroit, July
201935.
Rabbi, tchr, author, lecturer, Detroit. • See:
AJYB, 38:430.
Kahn, Joseph; b.Riga, Mar 29 1882; d.
NYC,July 281940.
To NYC 1893. • BS CCNY, MA, PhD, LLB
NYU. • Lawyer, civic worker, NYC; faculty
CCNY, NYU; dir Heb Natl Orphan Home
(Yonkers); author in fields. • See: AJYB,
43:359; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 291940,
13:4.
Kahn, Joseph; b. Berezino, Russia, May 25
1916; d. Dec 3 1979.
To US 1930.· Steamship co exec, NYC; bd
Am Bureau of Shipping; officer trade assn;
trustee Webb Inst of Naval Architecture;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;NYTimes,
Dec41979.
Kahn,Julius;b. I(uppenhenn, Baden, Feb
281861; d. San Francisco, Dec 181924.
To US 1866. • Congressman, lawyer,
legislator, actor, San Francisco; a fdr Jewish
Educational Soc; active Republican politics,
Jewish affairs, opposition to Zionism. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 2(1900-1901):519, 6(19041905):127; 11(1909-1910):144,24:160,27:151;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Dec 22 1924,
17:3.
Kahn, Julius; b. Munstereiffel, Germany,
Mar 8 1874; d. Cleveland, Nov 4 1942.
BS, CE U MI. • Steel mfr, inventor,
Youngstown, OH, Cleveland; with Truscon
Steel; specialty: reinforced concrete; trustee
Jewish Fedn.· See:AJYB, 45:388; WWIAJ,
1938; BEGA]; NYTimes, Nov 61942,23:6.
Kahn, Julius Bahr Jr; b. Chicago, July 7
1921; d. Oct 18 1968.
BS, MS, PhD U Chicago. • Pharmacologist,
Chicago; faculty U Chicago, Northwestern; bd
United World Federalists; author/editor in
field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Kahn, Lazard (Lazarus); b. Ingwiller,
Alsace, Nov 22 1850; d. Mar 71928.
U MS, MD Memphis_ Hospital Med ColI. •
Physician, NYC; author in field; WWI service.
• See:AJYB, 35:125; WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Kahn, Louis; b. ca 1864; d. Columbus, OH,
Sep 61931.
.
Physician, surgeon, civic & communal worker,
Columbus, OH.· See:AJYB, 34:111.
Kahn, Louis I; b. Osel Island (Saaremaa),
Estonia, Feb 201901; d. Mar 17 1974.
To US 1905.· BArch U PA; honorary
degrees. • Architect, authority on city
planning, government consult, Philadelphia;
faculty U PA; officer professional assns; author
in field. • See: EJj WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar
201974,1:7.
Kahn, Louis L; b. Chicago, May 71891; d.
Hawaii, Feb 1965.
LLB Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; pres
Fedn ofJewish Congregations; officer Jewish
Peoples Inst; dir synagog. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Feb 17 1965,43:3.
Kahn l Louis Leopold; b. Hungary, Sep 16
1880.
To US 1892. • NYU Law. • Lawyer,
municipal judge, NYC; mem Mayors Rent
Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kahn, Lucian Leman; b. Hamilton, OH,
Sep 211886;d. Aug 1947.
VA Military Inst, U Cincinnati. • Stove mfr,
communal & civic worker, Hamilton, OH;
earlier CA mine operator; officer trade assn,
Am Legion; bd Red Cross; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 71947,
21:2.
Kahn, Ludwig; b. ca 1833; d. Yonkers, Oct
171933.
Civil War veteran, Yonkers. • See: AJYB,
36:282.
Kahn, Marvin; b. Chicago, ca 1915; d.
NYC, 1969.
U IL, Juilliard, Columbia. • Popular song
composer, author; faculty Natl Guild of Piano
Tchrs; officer professional assn. • See:
NYTimes,Apr41969,33:3.
Kahn, Maurice; b. ca 1842; d. Montgomery,
AL, May 1914.
Communal worker, Montgomery, AL. • See:
AJYB, 16(1914-1915):163.
To US 1866. • Stove mfr, inventor, patent
holder, Hamilton,OH; juror Paris Exposition;
officer trade assns; active politics; • See: A]YB,
24:160; WWIAJ, 1926; WWWIA, 1.
Kahn, Maurice; b. ca 1878; d. Cleveland,
Nov 191935.
Communal worker, Cleveland. • See: AJYB,
38:430.
Kahn, Leo; b. ca 1887; d. New Brunswick,
Nj,July 101935.
Jeweler, communal worker, New Brunswick,
NJ. • See:AJYB, 38:430.
Kahn, Maurice Guthman; b. Morrison, IL,
Mar 271873; d. Sep 12 1950.
MD Harvard. • Surgeon, Los Angeles, earlier
Denver; faculty U Southern CA; dir Fedn of
J ewish Welfare Orgs; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 141950,31:3.
Kahn, Leon; b. ca 1833; d. Louisville, Feb 1
1912.
City official, Indianapolis. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):127.
Kahn, L (Lipman) Miller; b. Memphis, Feb
251880; d. NYC, June 241933.
Kahn, Max; b. Mitau, Russia Oelgrava,
Latvia), Apr 21883; d. Baltimore, Sep
1937.
To US 1892.· MD ColI of Physicians &
Kahn, Max
Surgeons (Baltimore). • Physician,
roentgenologist, Baltimore; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes; Sep
241937,21:4.
Kahn, Max; b. Russia, 1887; d. NYC, Apr 9
1926.
To US 1897.· MD Cornell, AM, PhD
Columbia. • Physician, biologist; discover of
intarvin; faculty Columbia; author in field. •
See: UJE;AJYB, 24:160,29:117.
Kahn,Mayer;b.~ancy,France, 1848;d.
~ewRoads, LA, 1924.
To LA ca 1858. • Public servant, legislator,
Assumption Parish, LA, New Orleans; colonel
US Mint; returned to France to serve in
Franco-Prussian War. • See: UJE.
Kahn, Milton; b. Latvia,Jan 251890; d.
June 241974.
To Boston 1904. • BS MIT. • Paper co exec,
communal & civic ldr, Boston; trustee Boston
CoIl, Brandeis, Assocd Jewish Philanthropies;
dir Beth Israel Hospital, Jewish Family
Welfare Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1928, 1938; ~,6.
Kahn, Montefiore Grant; b. Long Branch,
NJ, Sep 5 1885; d. Feb 1958.
NY Law, JD U Vienna, M Litt U Florence,
PhD U Peking. • Government economic
advisor, NYC; with Natl Recovery Adm. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb
111958,31:3.
Kahn, Moritz; b. Echtemacht,
Luxembourg, Dec 21879; d.Jan 1939.
To US 1881. • BS U MI. • Architectural
engineer, inventor, Detroit; author in field. •
See:AJYB, 41:425; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Jan 171939,21:5.
Kahn, Morris Hirsch; b. Russia, June 1
1889; d. July 13 1934.
MA, MD Cornell. • Physician, heart specialist,
NYC; author in field; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 37:258; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Kahn, Morton Charles; b. Montgomery,
AL,Jan 23 1895/1896; d. May 1959.
BS, PhD Cornell, MA Columbia. •
Bacteriologist, public health authority,
explorer, NYC; with Health Dept; faculty
Cornell; participant in scientific expeditions;
author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, June 1
1959,27:3.
Kahn, Moses Randolph; b. Baltimore, Sep
201887.
MD U MD. • Ophthalmologist, Baltimore;
faculty U MD; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928.
Kahn, Moses Wolf; b. Lithuania, Aug 6
1886; d. Mat 1957.
To US 1924. • Rabbi, Chicago; officer Mercaz
Rabonim; mem Orthodox Rabbis of US;
contributor Heb periodicals. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Mar 291957,21:1.
Kahn, ~atMaurice; b. Chicago,Jan 91895.
U MI, U Chicago, Kent ColI of Law. •
308
Lawyer, Chicago; active Am Jewish Cong, bar
assn.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kahn, ~athan; b.*; d. Selma, AL, Apr 14
1913.
Trustee, public shcool bd, Selma, AL. • See:
AJYB 15(1913-1914):271.
Kahn, ~athan; b. Louisville.
PhB Ogden ColI (Bowling Green,·Ky), LLB U
Louisville. • Lawyer, prosecuting atty,
Louisville. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kahn, Otto Herman; b. Mannheim, Baden,
Feb 211867; d. NYC, Mar 291934.
To NYC 1893. • Financier, art & music
patron, philanthropist, author, NYC; bd
Metropolitan Opera; endowed & subsidized art
schools, orchestras, galleries, Negro artists;
helped bring foreign artists to US. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 24:160, 36:282; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1; NYTimes, Mar 30
1934,1:3.
Kahn, Reuben Leon; b. Svir, near Kovno,
July 26 1887.
To US 1899.· BS/AB Valparaiso U, MS Yale,
D Sc NYU. • Bacteriologist, NYC, Lansing &
Ann Arbor, MI; with NYC Health Dept;
faculty U MI; developed Kahn test for syphilis;
advisor Hillel (U MI); author in field; WWI
service. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Kahn, Robert Irving; b. Des Moines, Dec
121910.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI.· Rabbi, Houston.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kahn, Samuel; b.*; d. Detroit, Sep 1933.
Physician, Detroit; mem Wayne County Med
Assn. • See: AJYB, 36:282.
Kahn, Samuel; b. San Antonio, Oct 18
1882; d. Sep 10 1953.
U'IX, BS Purdue; honorary degree. • Railway
official, San Francisco; dir Chamber of
Commerce. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 111953,21:4.
Kahn, Sidney; b. Paterson, Mar 301913; d.
June 81981.
BA, MD NYU. • Surgeon, NYC; specialty:
plastic & reconstructive surgery; author in
field. • See: ~, 8.
Kahn, Simon Stiefel; b. Ardmore, OK, Oct
12 1899.
Rankin School ofTechnology (St Louis), U
Clermont (Ferrand, France), U OK. •
Advertising exec, NYC; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Kahn, William; b. Creglingen,
Wiirttemberg.
U Tubingen, Strassbourg, Paris. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Salt Lake City, NYC; general
mgr Jewish Agricultural & Industrial Aid Soc.
• See:AJYB 7(1905-1906):74.
Kaiden, Maxwell Harris; b. Borisov, Minsk,
Sep 15 1889; d. Apr 1952.
To US 1900. • MD NYU, post-grad Berlin,
Vienna. • Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC;
lecturer NY Polyclinic & Hospital; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 10
1952,29:4.
Kairys, Harry; b. Baltimore, June 13 1898.
Baltimore Polytech, LLB U MD. • Lawyer,
Baltimore; officer Council ofJewish
Brotherhoods; co-chr United Jewish Appeal;
bd Zionist Org of Am; active GermanJewish
Refugee Childrens Fund. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaiser, Abraham; b. ca 1852; d. ~ewark,
Apr 191912.
Alderman, assemblyman, Newark. • See:
AJYB, 14(1912-1913):127.
Kaiser, Alois; b. Szobotist, Hungary, ~ov
10 1840; d. Baltimore, Jan 1908.
To Baltimore 1866. • Conservatories (Vienna,
Prague). • Cantor, composer, Baltimore; pres
Soc of Am Cantors; combined traditional
Jewish & non-Jewish music. • See: JE; UJE;
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):67, 10(1908-1909):129;
DAB; NYTimes, Jan 61908, 7:4.
Kaiser,~dliam;b.Kovno,
Kahn, Samuel; b. MarthesvillelAdanta, GA,
June 16 1897/1898.
U PA, U GA, BS, MD Emory, MA, PhD
NYU, Webster U. • Psychoanalyst, Atlanta;
trustee Jewish Fedn of Charities; author/editor
in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Kahn, Samuel B; b. ca 1874; d. Detroit,
Mar221932.
Mayor, communal worker, Harrisville, MI. •
See: AJYB, 34: 111.
Kahn, Samuel S; b. ca 1855; d. San
Francisco, Oct 18 1909.
Physician, army surgeon, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 12(1910-1911):109.
Kahn, Sara Rosenbaum (Mrs Alex Kahn); b.
Russia, 1885; d. NYC, Oct 29 1962.
To US 1896. • Social worker, NYC; instructor
Educational Alliance; active Pioneer Women,
Womens Labor Zionist Org of Am. • See:
AJYB, 65:434; NYTimes, Oct 301962,35:2.
1876; d. NYC,
1939.
To US 1893. • Yiddish poet, NYC; staff
FOr7JJard. • See: UJE.
Kal, ~orman Coleman; b. Washington DC,
July 211900; d. Mar 2 1969.
Johns Hopkins. • Advertising exec,
Washington DC; active civic, business &
charitable orgs. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Kalb, Samuel ~dliam; b. ~ewark, ~ov 12
1897.
PhG Valparaiso U, MD Eclectic Med ColI
(Cincinnati). • Physician, Newark; officer
veterans orgs; dir German Refugee Sheltering
Home; active Am Jewish Cong; WWI service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaleko, Masha (Mascha) (Mrs Chemjo
Vmaver); b. Szydlowiec, Poland, June 7
1912; d.Jan 211975.
To US 1938, to Israel 1967. • German lyrical
poet,Jerusalem. • See: EJ:1973-1982;
WWWIA,6.
309
Kalesky, Samuel; b. Boston,Jan 13 1877.
LLB Boston. • Lawyer, sinking fund commr,
Boston; assoc commr MA Dept ofMental
Health; officer Am Jewish Cong; dir Fedn of
Polish Jews ofAm; active Democratic politics.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaletzky, Jullus; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, July 2
1915.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):108;
Eisenstadt, 87-88; NYTimes, July 4 1915, 11:5.
Kalib, Sholom; b. Dallas, 1929.
PhD Northwestern.· Chazzan, musicologist,
composer, Flint, MI; faculty Eastern MI V. •
See:EJ:1983-1985.
Kalich, Bertha; see Spachner, Bertha.
Kalich, Jacob; b. Rymanow, Galicia, Nov 18
1895; d. Lake Mahopec, NY, Mar 16
1975.
To VS 1912/1914.· Yiddish theatrical
producer, playwright, actor, Boston, NYC;
contributor, Yiddish press. • See: UJE; AJYB,
76:595; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 17
1975,32:1.
Kalisch, Bertha Spachner; see Spachner,
Bertha.
Kalvin, Henry Maxilian
LLB Columbia. • State Supreme Court judge,
author, city atty, author, poet, Newark; pres NJ
State bar assn; active Democratic politics;
author, many respected legal opinions. • See:
UJE;AJYB, 24:160, 32:154; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Apr 30
1930,25:3.
Kaliski, DavidJohn; b. NYC, Oct 3 1883/
1884; d. NYC, Aug 201966.
MD Columbia. • Physician, health insurance
pioneer,NYC; specialty, genito-urinary med;
officer med socs, Zionist Org ofAm; bd Am
Jewish Physicians Com, Heb V; author in field.
• See:AJYB, 68:529; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 22 1966,33:3.
Kaliski, Sidney Richard; b. San Antonio,
July 3 1895; d.JuIy 201974.
V TX, V Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Pediatrician, San Antonio; faculty V TX
(Galveston), Baylor; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6.
KaIkstein, Mennasch; b. Brooklyn, Aug 24
1907; d. Mar 12 1971.
MD St Andrews (Scotland). • Physician, NYC;
faculty NYU. • See:"WWWIA, 5.
Kalisch, Paul; b. Berlin, 1855.
Tenor, VS; with Metropolitan Opera;
autobiography. • See: UJE.
Kallen, Horace Mayer; b. Berenstadt,
Silesia, Aug 111882; d. Miami Beach,
Feb 1974.
AB, PhD Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, Paris;
honorary degrees. • Philosopher, psychologist,
author, NYC; faculty V WI, New School
(dean); tchr LI V; bd dir, Inst ofJewish Affairs;
active government commns on education;
advocate cultural pluralism. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:160; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Feb 17 1974,
66:3.
Kalischer, Milton; b. Denver, Nov 22 1903.
BS V CO, MS IA State ColI. • Refrigeration
engineer, Springfield, MA; with Westinghouse.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kallen, Jacob David; b. ca 1836; d. Roxbury,
MA, Dec41917.
Rabbi, Roxbury, MA.· See:AJYB, 20(19181919):229.
Kalish, Abraham (AI Kelly); b. Russia, Dec
181896; d. NYC, Sep 1966.
To VS 1906. • Entertainer; many benefit
performance; autobiography. • See: AJYB,
68:529;NYTimes, Sep 71966,47:3.
Kallen, Miriam; b. Boston.
Harvard, Simmons, OH State V, MIT, BS
Boston Tchrs ColI, EdM Boston V, post-grad
New School. • Educator, camp dir, Boston;
consult, YM-YWHAs; lecturer Tchrs ColI of
Boston; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kalisch, Isidor; b. Krotoschin, Posen, Nov
15 1816; d. Newark, May 11 1886.
To NYC 1849. • V Berlin, V Breslau, V
Prague. • Reform rabbi, author, poet,
translator, Newark; an editor, Minhag America.
• See: JE; UJE.
Kalish, Ben Zion; b.*; d. St Louis, Dec 25
1935.
Physician, Zionist worker, St Louis. • See:
AJYB, 38:430.
Kalish, Lionel; b. Denver, July 4 1883.
Mfr, exec, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Kalish, Max; b. Wolozyn, Poland, Mar 115
1891; d. NYC, Mar 181945.
To VS 1897/1899. • Cleveland Academy of
Art, Natl Academy of Design, Paris. •
Sculptor, NYC; lecturer Cleveland ColI,
Western Reserve; WWI service. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 47:525; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Mar 191945,
19:3.
Kalish (Kalisch), Samuel; b. Cleveland, Apr
181851; d. Newark, Apr 291930.
Kallet, Herbert Israel; b. Syracuse, Mar 28
1895.
BS, MD Syracuse. • Proctologist, Detroit;
faculty Wayne State, V MI; active synagog;
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
KaIImann, FranzJ; b. Neumarkt, Gennany,
July 241897; d. NYC, May 121965.
To VS 1936. • MD V Breslau; honorary
degree. • Psychiatrist; with Max Planck Inst
(Munich); with NY State Psychiatric Inst;
faculty Columbia; officer med socs; author in
field.· See:AJYB, 67:537-38; "WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, May 13 1965,37:1.
Kalman, Imre (Emerich, Emmerich); b.
Siofok, Hungary, 1882; d. Oct 1953.
In VS 1940-1949. • Academy of Budapest. •
Compos~r; known for operettas. • See: UJE;
EJ; NYTtmes, Oct 31 1953, 17:1.
Kalmanoff, Joseph; b. Russia, ca 1885; d.
NYC, Nov 1968.
To VS 1892.· Co-fdr, Metropolitan News
Co; active Americanization of immigrants.•
See: NYTimes, Nov 6 1968,39:1.
Kalmanowitz, Abraham; b. Russia, 1891?;
d. Miami, Feb 15 1964.
To VS 1945. • Rabbi, NYC; pres, dean
Russian yeshiva; moved 600 students & tchrs to
Kobe, Shanghai then to US. • See: AJYB,
66:577; NYTimes, Feb 17 1964,31:4.
Kalmanowitz, Hyman; b.*; d. Chicago, Sep
22 1912.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 15(19131914):271.
Kalmenoff, Matthew; b. NYC, Feb 11 1905.
Natl Academy of Design Art (St Louis). •
Artist, muralist, NYC; tchr Bronx House. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kalmenson, Benjamin; b. Pittsburgh, Jan 3
1899; d.Jan 1974.
Motion picture exec; with Warner Bros. • See:
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,Jan 191974, 34:5.
Kalmine, Harry Minsky; b. Kiev, Sep 16
1895; d.July 1964.
To VS 1896. • Movie theatre mgr, Pittsburgh;
with Warner Bros Theatres; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 19 1964,
65:2.
Kalmon, Edmond H; b. Griffin, GA, Mar
191879.
Bethel Male ColI (Cuthbert, GA). • Civic
offical, mayor, Albany, CA; mem Bd of
Education.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
KaIodner, Harry Ellis; b. Philadelphia, Mar
271896; d. Mar 15 1977.
LLB U PA; honorary degree. • Court of
Common Pleas judge, journalist, State Seey of
Revenue, Philadelphia; dir Heb Immigrant Aid
Soc, Jewish Welfare Soc; WWI service. • See:
UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; "WWWIA, 7.
Kaltman, David Lyman; b. NYC, Apr 5
1896.
PhG Columbia. • "Wholesale druggist, realtor,
Jersey City; orgr synagog; officer trade assns. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
KaItman, Samuel; b. NYC, Sep 10 1895.
CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; active
Natl Bureau of Casualty. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
KaIushiner, Joseph Leizer; b. Warsaw,
1893.
To NYC 1911. • Yiddish poet, factory worker,
NYC; assocd with Insich movement. • See:
UJE.
Kalvin, Henry MaxiIian; b. NYC, Dec 6
1877; d. Oct 1959.
MD NYU. • Surgeon, wild game hunter,
collector, Brooklyn; donated captured animals
to Prospect Park Zoo. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; NYTimes, Oct 5 1959,31:4.
Kamaiky, Leon
Kamaiky, Leon; b. Vilkaviskis, Lithuania,
Apr 13 1864; d. Watkins Glen, NY, Oct
281928.
To US 1885.· JTS.· Yiddish newspaper
publisher, NYC; withJewish Daily News, Jewish
Morning Journal; a fdr, Heb Sheltering &
Immigrant Aid Soc; an orgr, Central Relief
Com; fundraiser for WWI refugees. • See:
UJE;AJYB, 24:160, 31:93; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Kamaiky, Zena (Mrs Leon Kamaiky); b.
Kovno, Mar 25 1868; d. NYC, Oct 22
1954.
Commtunal ldr, NYC; fdr, pres, Jewish
Womens Relief; womens division pres, Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; officer Fedn ofJewish
Womens Orgs, Palestine Lighthouse. • See:
AJYB, 57:607;NITimes, Oct 23 1954,15:6.
KameIman, CeliaS (Mrs Louis KameIman);
b. NYC, ca 1883; d. NYC, Feb 281948.
Social worker, NYC; active Educational
Alliance.· See:AJYB, 50:518; NITimes, Mar 2
1948,23:5.
Kamen, Kay; b. Baltimore, Dec 23 1891; d.
Azores, Oct 1949.
Advertising exec, NYC; with Walt Disney;
helped develop Mickey Mouse character;
author, lecturer in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Oct291949, 1:8.
Kamenetsky, B; b.*; d; Chicago, Oct 29
1919.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 22:166.
Kamenetsky, Hyman (Heiman) M; b. Lida,
Russia, Oct 15lNov 9 1840; d. 1915.
To US 1889. • Orthodox rabbi, NYC; known
as a good preacher.· See:AJYB, 5(19031904):67, 18(1916-1917):108; Eisenstadt, 88;
NITimes, June 2 1915, 13:6.
Kamenetzky (Kamenecki), Jacob; b. Minsk,
1891.
To Canada 1938, to NYC 1945.· Rosh
yeshiva & rabbinicalldr, halakhic expert;
officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: EJ.
Kamenski, Herman; b.*
Rabbi, Corning, NY. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):218.
Kamin, Benjamin; b. Warsaw, Mar 26 1887.
To US 1905.· DDS NYU. • Dentist,
Brooklyn; officer dental assns. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kamin (Kaminkowski), Jonas; b. Oct 1
1892; d. Boston, Sep 41942.
To US 1921. • Free Polish U, CCNY, AM
Columbia, ordained JTS. • Rabbi, Yiddish
poet, Taunton, MA; officer Jewish Writers &
Journalists Soc (Poland); active Rabbinical
Assembly.· See:AJYB, 45:388; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938;BEOAJ.
Kaminetsky,]oseph; b. Brooklyn, 1911.
OrthodoxJewish educator; faculty Yeshiva U;
dir Torah Umesorah; educational dir Jewish
Center (NYC); author!editor in field. • See:
E].
310
Kaminker, David; b. Russia, ca 1889; d.
Chicago, Dec 26 1943.
To USl927. • Sephardic rabbi, Chicago.·
See: AJYB, 46:340.
Kaminker, Jack Alfred; b. Toronto, Dec 12
1895.
To US 1920. • Insurance broker, Zionist,
Buffalo, NY; officer synagog; bdJewish Bureau
of Education; trustee Rosa Coplon Jewish Old
Folks Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaminkowski, Jonas; see Kamin, Jonas.
Kaminska, Ida; b. Odessa, Sep 4 1889; d.
NYC, May 211980.
To US 1968, to Israel 1975. • Actress, dir,
producer; fdr, dir Warsaw Yiddish Art Theatre;
dir Yiddish Theatre workshop (Queens);
autobiography.· See: EJ:1973-1982;AJYB,
82:368; NITimes, May 22 1980.
Kaminsky, Alexander; b. Vilna, June 28
1883; d. NYC, Sep 261937.
BS CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, commtunal
worker, author, NYC; a fdr Jewish Big Bros
Assn; officer Criminal Bar Assn. • See: AJYB,
40:387; WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJ; NITimes, Sep
27 1937, ~1:3.
Kaminsky, CharlesJ; b. NYC, Oct 11902.
OH Wesleyan, BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
social worker, NYC; active United
Neighborhood House, Republican politics. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kaminsky, George; b. NYC, May 25 1906.
BS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, legislator, Brooklyn,
NYC;active educational causes. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kaminsky, Isaac; b. ca 1871; d. Miami, Jan
261943.
Cantor, composer.· See:AJYB, 45:388.
Kaminsky, Joshua; b. Malin-Kiev, Russia,
Aug 15 1883; d. NYC, Nov 30 1958.
To US 1906. • Yiddish author, editor, NYC; a
fdr Sholom Aleichem schools.· See: AJYB,
61:417-18.
Kaminsky, Leo; b. Indianapolis, May 10
1887.
LLB Benjamin Harrison Law. • Lawyer,
Indianapolis; officer Jewish Community Credit
Union, B'nai B'rith; chr Joint Com on
Naturalization. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaminsky, Morris Moses; b. Indianapolis,
July 15 1901.
BS Purdue, MS Armour Inst of Technology. •
Civil & electrical engineer, Hammond, IN; dir
synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaminsky, Paul; b. Slutzik, Russia, Dec 15
1890; d. LI, NY, Sep 31955.
Mfr, Zionist, NYC; chr Zionist Org of Am;
pres Metropolitan Zionist Fedn. • See: AJYB,
58:477; NITimes, Sep 41955,56:3.
Kaminstein, Abraham Louis; b. NYC, May
13 1912; d. Sep 10 1977.
BS CCNY, LLB, LLM Harvard. •
Government official, Washington DC; with
US Copyright office; delegate to internatl
confs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NITimes, Sep 13 1977, 34:6.
Kamioner, Lee; b. Germany, ca 1867; d.
NYC, May 3 1932.
To US ca 1878. • Civic & communal worker,
clothing merchant, NYC; earlier alderman
(Denver); active Democratic politics,
Tammany Hall. • See:AJYB, 34:111;
NITimes, May 5 1932, 19:1.
Kamsler, Charles Kahn; b. Philadelphia,
May61895.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia),
"Wharton School (U PA). • Realtor, appraiser,
Philadelphia; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
193K
Kanarek, Solomon Z; b. ca 1854; d. Dec 16
1931.
Rabbi, NYc.. See:AJYB, 34:111.
Kanarvogel, Samuel; b. Berlin, Nov 16
1886.
To NYC 1888.· Walton School of
Commerce. • CPA, Zionist, NYC; officer
synagog; co-chr, United Palestine Appeal
(Bronx).· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kandel, Aben; b. Roumania, Aug 17 1899.
To US 1901.. LLB NYU. • Journalist,
screenwriter, Hollywood; autobiographical
novel. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kandel, Abraham; b. ca 1888; d. Brooklyn,
Nov211941.
Communalldr; a fdr World Jewish Cong;
officer Am Fedn for Polish Jews; active World
Fedn of Polish Jews Abroad. • See:AJYB,
44:339;NYTimes, Nov 22 1941,19:5.
Kandel, Isaac Leon; b. Botoshani,
Roumania, Jan 22 1881; d. Geneva, June
141965.
To US 1908. • BA, MA U MancheSter, U Jena,
PhD Columbia; honorary degrees. • Educator,
editor; internatl specialist on comparative
education; faculty Columbia, Jewish Inst of
Religion; bd Am Friends ofHeb U; consult
UN; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:160, 67:538; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 15
1965,41:1.
Kandel, Morris; b. NYC, Sep 25 1904; d.
Miami Beach, Jan 1957.
NYU. • Motion picture producer, distributor,
NYC; with General Film Library, Ideal
Pictures. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan
13 1957,84:7.
Kander, Allen; b. Kansas City, Aug 20
1888; d. Miami Beach, Feb 241970.
U Chicago; honorary degree. •
Newspaperman, broker; active Natl Conf of
Christians & Jews. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NITimes, Feb 27 1970,-37:2.
Kander, Lizzie Black (Mrs Simon Kander);
b. Milwaukee, May 28 1858; d.
'Milwaukee, July 25 1940.
Communal worker, Milwaukee; fdr Jewish
Center; mem Bd of School Dirs; interested in
311
immigrant & youth education; co-author,
Settlement (House) Cookbook. - See: NAW;
NYTimes, July 26 1940, 17:6.
Kane, David; b. Hartford, CT, Jan 27 1898.
Furniture dealer, realtor, Woonsocket, RI. See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kane, Irving; b. Kiev, 1908.
To US 1913. - Lawyer, businessman,
communal & civic ldr, Cleveland; officer
Council of]ewish Fedns; chr Jewish
Community Relations Com, Natl Community
Relations Advisory Council. - See: EJ.
Kane, Max Lawrence; b. Brooklyn, Dec 6
1893.
.
LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law. - Lawyer,
Brooklyn; specialty real estate law; mem school
bd; officer East NYJewish Centre, United
Palestine Appeal, PTA. - See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Kantorowicz, Hennann
Lawyer, judge, legislator, Stuart, FL. - See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
WWIAJ,1938.
Kanner, Irving F; b. NYC, Feb 18 1913; d.
June 30 1974.
U Southern CA, AB Syracuse, MD Case
Western. - Physician, Lexington; faculty U
KY; officer med assns; WWII service. - See:
WWWIA,6.
Kanner, Leo; b. Klekotow, Austria, June 13
1894; d. Sykesville, MD, Apr 31881.
To US 1924. - MD U Berlin. • Leading child
psychologist, Baltimore; facultyJohns
Hopkins; officer professional socs; author in
field. - See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Apr 71981.
Kanner, Samuel Jacob; b. Orlando, FL, Sep
181912; d. Aug 91967.
LLB U Miami. - Lawyer, Miami; chr, natl bar
examiners; officer bar assns. - See: WWWIA,
5.
Kanegsberg, Henry; b. Jersey City, Sep 23
1873; d. East Orange, Feb 1952.
~a~og; ~hr United Palestine Appeal, Joint
DIstrIbUtlon Com; WWI service. - See:
Kannerstein, Gregory; b. ca 1884; d. Feb 22
1920.
Pianist, composer, Philadelphia. - See: AJYB,
Kanter, Samuel; b. Dorohoi, Rumania, Feb
8 1885; d. NYC, Feb 1945.
To US 1905. - LI CoIl Hospital. - Communal
ldr, dept store owner, concert tenor, NYC;
officer trade assns; ldr United RumanianJews
of Am; active Am Jewish Com, Am Jewish
Cong; appointed to welcome celebrities to
NYc. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,
Feb 181945,34:1.
Kantor, Harry Simkha; b. Russia, Nov 3
1903; d. June 18 1980.
To US 1904. - BA, MA, post-grad Columbia.
- Government official, Washington DC; with
Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Labor. - See:
WWWIA, 7.
Kantor, Israel (Iskantor); b. Uzda, Minsk,
Jan 5 1905.
To NYC 1921. - Artist, NYC. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Printer, NYC; officer synagog; active
professional assns. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 12 1952,27:6.
22:166.
Merchant, planter, civic official, Greenwood,
MS; dir Chamber of Commerce. - See:
Kanengieser, A Sigmund; b. ca 1889; d.
Baltimore, Apr 7 1940.
Kanovitch, Abraham; b. Poland, 1879.
WWIAJ,1928.
Painter, author, NYc. -See:AJYB, 24:160.
Communalldr, Newark; Grandmaster
Internatl Order ofB'rith Shalom. - See:AJYB,
42:480; NYTimes, Apr 8 1940, 19:2.
Kanovitz, Howard; b. Fall River, MA, 1929.
Providence CoIl, RI School of Design. -
Kangisser, Julius; b. Shkudi, Lithuania,
June 15 1885.
Washington U (St Louis), MD St Louis U. Physician, civic & communal worker,Zionist,
StJoseph, MO; officer B'nai B'rith; mem
Librabry Bd; bd Heb school. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Kanin, Garson; b. Rochester, 1912.
Am Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). Noted theatrical director; "My Favorite Wife";
WWII service. - See: UJE.
Kann, George Emil; b. Bohemia, Dec 8
1890.
Painter, NYC, London; tchr, Brooklyn CoIl,
Pratt. - See: EJ:1973-1982.
Kanter, Aaron E; b. Harrisburg, PA, July 9
1893; d. Sep 26 1967.
BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush, post-grad
abroad. - Physician, surgeon, Chicago; faculty
Rush Med CoIl, U IL, Cook County Grad
School ofMed; military service. - See:
WWIAJ, 1928; WWWIA, 4,5.
Kanter, Abr~; b. Lithuania; d. Passaic, NJ,
Nov 11944.
To US 1895. - Bldr, Passaic, N]; active social
& religious charitable orgs. - See: AJYB,
Kantor, Jacob; b. Sep 91869.
Kantor, Jacob Robert; b. Harrisburg, PA,
Aug81888.
PhB, PhD U Chicago. - Psychologist,
Bloomington, IN; faculty U Chicago, U IN;
editor Principia Press; author in field. - See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:160; BEOAJ.
Kantor, John Leonard; b. Moscow, Apr 12
1890; d. NYC, June 261947.
To US 1890. - AB, MD, PhD Columbia. Gastroenterologist, NYC; faculty Columbia;
officer med socs;author in field; WWI &
WWIIservice. - See:AJYB, 24:161, 50:518;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,]une
27 1947,22:2.
Kantor, Louis; b. *
47:525.
Writer on philosophy, NYc. - See: AJYB,
24:161.
To US 1896. - CCNY, post-grad Columbia.Production mgr, Hollywood; with MGM,
Monogram Productions. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kanter, Edward; b. Breslau, 1824; d.
Detroit, June 1896.
Kantor, Morris; b. Minsk, Apr 15 1896; d.
Jan 311974.
Kann, Gustave Hennan; b. Pittsburgh, Dec
22 1886.
To US 1844. - Banker, legislator, Detroit; a
fdr, German-Am bank; officer synagog; active
Democratic politics. - See: PAJHS, 13:59-63.
To US 1911. - Painter; faculty Cooper Union.
- See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Feb 2 1974,32:1.
Steel abrasive mfr, exec, Pittsburgh; pres
Jewish United Fund; officer YM-YWHA;
"WWI service. - See: WWWIA, 7.
Kanter, Elias A; b. ca 1891; d. Chesapeake,
VA, Oct 1963.
Kantorovitch, Chaim; b. Lochre, Minsk
province, 1890;d. Liberty, NY, 1936.
Lawyer, hero in Triangle Fire, Newark, Perth
Amboy, N]; cited for bravery in leading
garment workers to safety. - See: NYTimes,
Oct 21 1963, 31:1.
To US 1907. - Yiddish & English journalist,
author; editor Veker; a fdr, Am Socialist
Quarterly; active Poale Zion, Socialist Party. See: UJE.
1952,23:3.
Kanter, Gilbert; b. NYC, Dec 15 1915; d.
NYC, Mar 13 1979.
Kantorowicz, Emst Hartwig; b. Prussia,
May 3 1895; d. Sep 91963.
Kann, Myer M; b. ca 1857; d. Dec 10 1919.
Lawyer, communalldr, cantor; pres Commn
on Synagog Relations; officer synagog; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; military service.
To US 1940. - U Berlin, Munich, PhD
Heidelberg; honorary degrees. - Noted
medieval historian; faculty U Frankfort, U CA
(Berkeley), Inst of Advanced Studies; WWI
German army service. - See: EJ; WWWIA.
Kann, Maurice D (Red); b. Brooklyn, Apr 3
1899; d. Los Angeles, May 1952.
CCNY.. - Editor, NYC; with Motion Picture
Daily. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, May 16
Civic & communal worker, Pittsburgh. - See:
AJYB, 20:166.
- See:AJYB, 81:368.
Kanner, Abram 0; b. Sanford, FL, Nov 2
1893.
U NC, LLB Stetson U Law (Deland, FL). -
Kanter, Harry Hyman; b. Norfolk, VA, May
6 1892~
LLB UVA.- Lawyer, Norfolk, VA; officer
Kantorowicz, Hennann; b. Poznan, Poland,
1877; d. London, Feb 1940.
Kantrowitz, Adrian
312
To US 1933. • U Berlin, Geneva, Heidelberg,
Munich. • Prof of law, author; faculty U
Freiburg, U Ki.el, New School, CCNY; mem
German commn investigating origins ofWWI;
WWI German army service. • See: UJE; EJ;
NYTimes, Feb 141940,21:1.
Kapitanoff, Samuel Wolf; b. Odessa, 1\ug
23 1879.
To US 1905. • Grocer, Zionist, Beloit, WI;
natl dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; officer United
Palestine Appeal, Joint Distribution Com. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
NYU, CO State, PhD LSU. • Sociologist, LA;
faculty U Southwestern LA; with LA Public
Welfare Admr; officer synagog; advisor to
government on youth, aging; active Red Cross,
Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts; author in field. • See:
~tro~tz,1\drian;b.~C,1918.
Kaplan, 1\aron; b. Russia, ca 1869; d.
Chicago, 1\ug 10 1937.
Hazzan, opera singer. • See:AJYB, 40:387;
NYTimes, Aug 111937,24:4.
Kaplan, Benjamin Bernard; b. Hartford,
Dec.)29 1895.
Trinity ColI, AB, AM, PhD Harvard. •
Chemist, Morgantown, WVA; with W VA
Geological Survey. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Cardiovascular surgeon; designer of
mechanical devices, pacemakers. • See: EJ.
~tro~tz, .Arthur; b. ~C, 1913.
Physicist, aerodynamicist; with Natl Advisory
Council on Aeronautics; faculty Cornell;
author in field & on cardiac-assist devices. •
See:EJ.
~tro~tz,
Isaac C; b. Boston, Mar 7
1870; d. before 1938.
Merchant, Buffalo; officer Chamber of
Commerce, trade assns.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
~tro~tz,
Kaplan, Abbott; b. ~C,Jan 121912; d.
Brentwood, CA, July 13 1980.
BS, MA, PhD Columbia, BJP JTS; honorary
degree. • University president, theatre arts
educator, author; pres SUNY (Purchase); fdr
UCLA Theatre Group; chr CA Arts Commn;
dir Joint Distribution Com (Europe); military
service. • See: AJYB, 82:368; NYTimes, July 15
1980.
James; b. ca 1868; d. 1\ug 12
1936.
Clothier, communal worker, Minneapolis. •
See: AJYB, 39:592.
Kaplan, Abraham; b. Russia, ca 1863; d.
McKeesport, PA, Nov 22 1945'.
To US ca 1885.· Communalldr, McKeesport,
PA; fdr Jewish orgs. • See:AJYB, 48:492.
~tro~tz, Joshua; b. Columbus,
185'7; d. ~C, Sep 16 1938.
Kaplan, Abraham; b. Kodenov, Russia, Sep
15' 1877; d. Brooklyn, 1\ug 1947.
To US 1892. • Bldr, developer, Brooklyn; a fdr
Fedn ofJewish Charities; officer Heb Free
School.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug
23 1947, 13:2.
IN, ca
Columbia Law. • Lawyer, communal worker,
NYC; pres Heb Mutual Benefit Soc; active
B'nai B'rith, fraternal orgs. • See: AJYB,
41:425;NYTimes, Sep 17 1938, 17:2.
~tro~tz, Morris;
~, 1\ug1935'.
b. ca 1872; d. Albany,
Contractor, bldr; worked for the state of NY. •
See: AJYB, 38:430.
~tro~tz,
Sadye Ascheim.; b. Xenia, OH,
Mar 20 1879.
School of Expression (Cincinnati). •
Communal worker, professional reader,
author, actress, Minneapolis; orgr, officer
South Side Neighborhood House, Council of
JewishJrs.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kapell, William; b. ~C, Sep 201922; d.
~C, Oct 29 195'3.
Conservatory (Philadelphia), Juilliard. • Noted
concert pianist, virtuoso; toured US, Europe,
Australia, South Africa. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Oct 301953,1:2.
Kapetistein, Ira; b. ~C, Feb 12 1936; d.
Mar 11971.
BA U IA. • Reporter, public relations agent,
business exec, Washington DC; active .
Kennedy campaign. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Mar 2 1971,39:2.
Kaphan, Gertrude W (MrsLud~g
Kaphan); b. ~C, Nov 11 1895'; d. St
Petersburg, July 7 1968.
Communalldr; fdr, officer Womens Internatl
ORT; officer Womens Am aRT; fundraiser
United Jewish Appeal; speaker Voice of Am. •
See: AJYB, 70:521-22; NYTimes, July 9 1968,
35:3.
Kapilovitch, Leah (Kapilovitch-Hoffman);
b. Vorklan, Vitebsk, Russia, 1898.
To US 1914.· Yiddish poet, story writer,
Detroit, NYC; specialty, childrens poetry. •
See: UJE.
Kaplan, Abraham; b. Odessa, 1918.
PhD U CA. • Philosopher; faculty U Cll, EastWest Center (Hawaii), U MI; author/editor in
field. • See: EJ.
Kaplan,Abraham David Hannath; b. ~C,
Apr 261893; d.June 11974.
BS NYU, NYU Law, MA Denver U, PhD
Johns Hopkins. • Economist, Denver; faculty
U Denver; with Dept of Labor; editor Internatl
Jewish News; bd Central]ewish Aid Soc,
Central Jewish Com; consult Brookings Inst;
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928, 1938; WWWIA,6;NYTime~June
2 1974,63:1.
Kaplan, Aline; b. ~C,June 23 1923; d.
~C, Sep 291983.
BA Hunter ColI, LLB Columbia, post-grad
Yeshiva U. • Lawyer, orgn exec, Zionist,
author, NYC; exec dir Jr Hadassah, Hadassah;
bd Am Fedn of Zionists, United Israel Appeal;
exec dir Jr Hadassah, Hadassah; mem World
Zionist Org Tribunal. • See:AJYB, 85:416;
WWWIA,8.
Kaplan, Aryeh; b. Bronx, Oct 23 1934; d.
Brooklyn, Jan 281983.
Rabbi, author; ldr teshuvah movement; staff
Maznaim Publishing Co; editor Jewish Life. •
See:AJYB, 85:416.
Kaplan, B David (Mrs); b. ca 1865; d. Sep 4
1934.
Zionist, communal worker, philanthropist,
NYC. • See:AJYB, 37:258.
Kaplan, Benjamin; b. Rechicha, Minsk, May
10 1906; d. July 15' 1972.
Bll, MA Tulane, NY School of Social Work,
WWWIA,5.
Kaplan, Bernard Michael; b. Linkovo,
Lithuania, JunelJuly 15' 1874; d. ~C,
Nov 22 1941.
To US 1890. • Bll, MA Columbia, ordained
JTS. • Rabbi, playwright, author, army
chaplain, NYC, Waterbury, CT; fdr, dir camp.
• See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):67-68,6(19041905):218,44:339; WWIAJ, 1926, 1?28, 1938;
WWWIA, l;NYTimes, Nov 23 1941,52:3.
Kaplan, Bessie; b. ca 1861; d. McKeesport,
PA, Feb 281938.
Communal worker. • See:AJYB, 40:387.
Kaplan, Chaim; b. Koydanov, Russia, Dec 4
1898; d. Brooklyn, June 20 1946.
To US 1922. • Yeshiva ColI, PhD Yale.·
Rabbi, Semetic linguist, Plainfield, NY; faculty
Yeshiva U; editor Ner Maaravi. • See: AJYB,
49:612; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June 21
1946,23:2.
Kaplan, David; b. Alexandria, Russia, Apr
15' 1871.
To US 1890.· Communalldr, Hartford, CT;
officer United Jewish Charities. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Kaplan, David M; b. Mitau, Russia, Dec 20
1877; d. ~C, Nov 1952.
To US 1889/1890.· MD Cornell.·
Neurologist, endocrinologist, NYC; dir
Neurological Inst of NY; author/discover in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 11952,23:5.
Kaplan, Don; b. Russia, 1879?; d. Miami
Beach, Nov 14195'2.
Yddish writer, poet, editor; editorial staff
Forward; editor Der Wecker. • See: AJYB,
55:456; NYTimes, Nov 191952, 29:4.
Kaplan, Eliah; b. Grodno state, Poland, Oct
12 1884.
To US 1903. • MD Jefferson Med ColI, MS U
PA Grad School. • Physician, New Castle, PA.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Elias (M); b. Derevno, Russia; d.
Reading, PA, May 5 1911.
Rabbi, cantor, Reading, PA.· See:AJYB,
5(1903-1904):68, 13(1911-1912):136.
Kaplan, Emanuel B; b. Ukraine, ca 1894; d.
Teaneck, NJ, Sep 1980.
To US 1924. • U Montpellier, U Paris, MD
Kharkov Imperial U. • Anatomist, surgeon,
NYC; faculty Columbia; specialty hand
surgery; author/translator in field; Russian
army service. • See: NYTimes, Sep 24 1980.
313
Kaplan, Frank R (Raphael) S (Selig); b.
McKeesport, PAlOlshon, Russia, May 26
1886; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 4 1957.
To McKeesport, PA, 1899. • AB, MAJefferson
CoIl, LLB U Pittsburgh. • Lawyer, business
exec, Pittsburgh, McKeesport, PA; mem Bd of
Education; mem natl bd Anti-Defamation
League, B'nai B'rith. • See: AJYB, 60:356;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Oct 5
1957,17:3.
Kaplan, H Eliot; b. NYC, July 4 1898; d. Ft
Lauderdale, July 1969.
BCS, LLB NYU. • Civil service official,
expert, lawyer; pres NYS Civil Service
Commn; officer Natl Civil Service Reform
League, Com for Modification of Veteran
Preference; editor Good Government. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, July 17 1969,27:1
(sub Kaplan, Eliot).
Kaplan, Harold; b. Newark, July 19 1918.
U Chicago, U IL. • US embassy press officer;
WWII service. • See: NYTimes story, Feb 3
1969.
Kaplan, Harold Loeb; b. NYC,Jan 23 1909.
AB Upsala CoIl (East Orange, NJ), LLB
Fordham. • Lawyer, Bloomfield, NJ; natl exec
bd, Sons of Zion. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Harry; b. Minneapolis, Oct 6 1901;
d. Feb 71969.
AB U MN, ordained, MHL Jewish Inst of
Religion, post-grad U WI, OH State U,
Switzerland. • Rabbi, Hillel dir, Columbus,
OH; officer Jewish Tchrs Assn on
Northeastern Liberal Schools. • See: WWIAJ,
1938;AI, Feb 201969.
Kaplan, Henry Seymour; b. Chicago, Apr
241918; d. Stanford, CA, Feb 41984.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl, MS U
MN; honorary degrees. • Physician, cancer
researcher, Palo Alto, CA; faculty Stanford;
developer, radiation therapies, successful
techniques against Hopkins disease; dir Louis
B Mayer Biology Lab; mem Natl Academy of
Science; author in field. • See: AJYB, 86:440;
WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Feb 61984.
Kaplan, Hyman; b. NYC, Apr 26 1893; d.
San Francisco, Sep 5 1958.
Social work exec, San Francisco; exec dir
Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See:AJYB, 61:418.
Kaplan, Hyman E; b. ca 1845; d. Roxbury,
MA, Oct 1920.
Rabbi, Roxbury,MA.· See:AJYB, 23:132.
Kaplan, Ira I; b. NYC, Oct 111887.
BS CCNY, MD Columbia. • Surgeon,
radiation therapist, NYC; faculty Bellevue Med
CoIl; dir Central Jewish Inst, NYC Cancer
Commn, Soc for the Advancement ofJudaism;
active communal & philanthropic affairs. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Kaplan, Israel; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, Jan 25
1917.
To US 1888. • Orthodox rabbi, NYC;
considered one of NYC's most learned
Orthodox rabbis. • See: AJYB, 19(19171918):265; NYTimes, Jan 26 1917,9:2.
Kaplan, Mordecai Aaron
Kaplan, Israel Louis; b. NYC, May 2 1889;
d.1979.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi,Jacksonville, FL; officer FL Public
Health Assn; dir Community Chest; trustee
Public Library. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
CCARYB.
Kaplan, Jacob H; b. Adelnau, Posen, Dec
261874; d. 1965.
To US 1885. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union CoIl, PhD U Denver, post-grad U
MI. • Rabbi, author, Miami, Albuquerque;
orgr, United Jewish Charities (Albuquerque);
co-chr Natl Conf of Christians & Jews
(Miami). • See: AJYB 6(1904-1905):218;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; CCARYB.
Kaplan,JacobI;b.Starobin,~sk.
NYU,JTS, LLB NJ Law.· Lawyer, writer,
Newark; officer Jewish Natl Fund; exec mem
Zionist Org of Am; active Jewish editing. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Kaplan, JacobJ; b. NYC, Mar 12 1889; d.
Boston, Aug 8 1960.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, communal &
civic ldr, Boston; a fdr Combined Jewish
Appeal of Greater Boston; pres Assn ofJewish
Philanthropies; trustee Wellesley CoIl, Legal
Aid Soc.· See:AJYB, 63:560; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Aug 9 1960, 27:2.
Kaplan, Jacob M; b. Lowell, MA, Dec 23
1895.
Food co exec, financier, philanthropist,
Croton-on-Hudson, NY. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Johanna; b. NYC, 1942.
Author, tchr of disturbed children, NYc. •
See: EJ:1983-1985.
To NYC 1914. • Diamond importer, dealer,
noted cutter, NYC.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Lena (Mrs Mordecai Kaplan); b.
Friedrichshafen, Germany, Dec 24 1884;
d. NYC, May 3 1958.
Communalldr; a fdr, Hadassah; active Soc for
the Advancement ofJudaism, Jewish
Reconstructionist Fund. • See: AJYB, 60:356;
NYTimes, May4-1958, 89:1.
Kaplan, Louis; b. Swizlowiz, Poland, July
211883.
To Chicago 1907.· Rabbi, Kashruth
supervisor, writer, Chicago; officer Orthodox
Rabbis of Chicago. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Louis Ira; b. NYC, June 11915.
LI U, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, Commr
of Investigations, NYC. • See: NYTimes
stories,NovI71959,July21963.
Kaplan, Louis Lionel; b. Slonim, Russia,
1902.
To US 1909. • Educator, Baltimore; pres Natl
Council on Jewish Education; exec dir Bd of
Jewish Education, Heb CoIl; bd Dropsie, U
MD; author/editor in field. • See: EJ.
Kaplan, Louis Shneon; b. Philadelphia, Nov
71896.
BS U PA. • Architect, Trenton, NJ; designer,
temples, War Memorial Bldg; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Maurice Isadore; b. St Louis, Sep
111888.
MD Washington U.· Radiologist, Chicago;
with Dept of Health; faculty Chicago Med
School; dir Marks NathanJewish Orphan
Home.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaplan, Joseph; b. ~sk, Oct 3 1900; d.
Feb 281980.
Natl Academy of Design. • Artist,
Provincetown, MA. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kaplan, Michael; b. NYC, Apr 23 1893.
AB, Bach of Pedagogy, MA Columbia. •
Educator, principal, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ,
Kaplan, Joseph; b. Tapolcza, Hungary,Sep
8/111902.
To US 1910. • BSc, MA, PhD Johns Hopkins.
• Physicist, Zionist; specialty astrophysics;
faculty UCLA; governor, Weizmann Inst, Heb
U.· See: UJE; E}; WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Kaplan, Milton Lewis; b. Minneapolis, May
81920; d. Dec 291972.
BA U MN.· Journalist, Washington DC,
NYC; with Minneapolis Tribune, King Features
Syndicate. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec
30 1972, 24:4.
Kaplan, Julius; b. Russia, ca 1884; d. NYC,
Nov291939.
To US 1906. • JTS, AB, AM, PhD Columbia.
• Talmudic scholar, NYC; faculty Yeshiva
ColI. • See: AJYB, 42:480; NYTimes, Nov 30
1939,21:6.
Kaplan, Mitchell M; b. Chemoble, Russia,
1882; d. Newark, Oct 15 1944.
To US after 1905. • Yiddish poet, rare book
collector; compiler, editor letter collection. •
See:AJYB, 47:525.
Kaplan, Kivie; b. Boston, Apr 1 1904; d.
NYC, May 51975.
Honorary degrees. • -Business exec,
philanthropist, orgn official, Boston; natl pres,
NAACP; bd Heb Free Loan Soc; active
Council ofJewish Fedn & Welfare Funds,
Union of Am Heb Congregations, Am
Arbitration Panel. • See: AJYB, 77:595-96;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, May 6 1975,42:2.
Kaplan, Lazare; b. Zabludowo, Poland, July
17 1883/1884.
1938.
Kaplan, Moise Nathaniel; b. Adanta, June 4
1893.
GA Tech. • Insurance agency exec, Atlanta;
author works on fishing; WWIservice. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kaplan, Mordecai Aaron; b. Mediveditz/
Medweditz, Russia, Sep 3 1889; d.
Brooklyn, Feb 11951.
To US 1908. • RIETS. • Rabbi, author,
Brooklyn; an orgr Jewish Conciliation Court of
Am; active Mizrachi; authority on halakah. •
See:AJYB, 53:525; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 2 1951,23:1.
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem
Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem; b. Sweziany,
Lithuania, June 11 1881; d. Nov 8 1983.
To US 1889. • ABCCNY, MA Columbia,
ordained JTS; honorary degree. • Rabbi,
Reconstructionist fdr, philosopher, writer, tchr,
NYC; orgr Jewish Center, Soc for the
Advancement of]udaism; fdr The
Reconstructionist; officer Rabbinical Assembly of
Am, Matz Found, Zionist Org of Am..• See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):219,24:161,
85:404-11; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
A]HQ, 66:401-16; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov
91983.
Kaplan, Morris; b. Latvia, Dec 15 1859.
Communal worker, Zionist, Kingston, NY;
officer B'rith Abraham, Odd Fellows; orgr
synagog, Unsay Emmis (Hudson, NY). • See:
WWIA],1928.
314
dept; officer professional soc; WWI Red Cross
service. • See: WWlA], 1938.
YWHA, Dept of Public Welfare. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Kaplan, Rose; b. ca 1867; d. Alexandria,
Egypt, Aug 3 1917.
Head nurse, Jewish Refugees Camp. • See:
A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Aug 8
1917,7:4.
Kaplowitz, Morris; b. ca 1867; d. Atlantic
City, Mar 211939.
Rabbi, cantor, hazzan, Atlantic City. • See:
A]YB, 41:425;NYTimes, Mar 22 1939,23:1.
Kaplan, Rubin Isaiah; b. Lubtz, Minsk, Aug
15 1888.
To US 1907.· Cantor, composer, Dallas,
earlier Galveston, Houston; dir Jewish Fedn
for Social Services. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaplan, Samuel; b. Chicago, Nov 25 1907;
d. Oak Park, IL, Apr 1 1970.
Northwestern U. • Radio corp exec, Chicago;
pres Zenith; active Jewish Fedn, Boy Scouts. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 3 1970,37:2.
Kaplan, Morris; b. Kiev, Oct 15 1898; d.
Feb 141964.
Food chain exec, Philadelphia. • See:
WWWIA,4;NYTimes, Feb 15 1964,23:6.
Kaplan, Samuel S; b. ca 1894; d. West
Orange, NJ, Dec 9 1929.
Rabbi, West Orange, NJ.· See:A]YB, 32:154.
Kaplan, Morris; b. ca 1911; d. New
Rochelle, NY, Sep 1971.
BS CCNY, MS George Washington U. •
Consumer advocate; natl advisory com, US
Commerce Dept; helped enforce Child
Protection & Toy Safety Act; dir Consumers
Union. • See: NYTimes, Sep 16 1971,46:1.
Kaplan, Saul; h. 1911; d. Miami,July 27
1976.
Statistician, communal worker; with Natl
Jewish Population Study, Council ofJewish
Fedn & Welfare Funds, Census Bureau;
research dir Jewish Fedn of Metropolitan
Chicago. • See:A]YB, 78:542.
Kaplan, Morris Aaron; b. Brooklyn, Apr 5
1907; d.Jan 61977.
CraneJr ColI, Lewis Inst, BS, MS, MD U IL,
post-grad Naval Med School. • Physician,
consult, Chicago; specialty, allergies; faculty U
IL, U Chicago; officer professional socs;
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kaplan, Simon Tobais Ha-Cohen; b.
Lithuania, ca 1850/1858; d. Brooklyn,
Sep 1919.
To NYC 1900. • Writer, talmudic scholar,
rabbi, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 22:166; .
Eisenstadt, 110.
Kaplan, Nathan; b. Kiev, Dec 211903.
To Cincinnati 1906. • Exec, banker,
Cincinnati; advisor, Julia Meyers Employment
Bureau; officer Jewish Community Council,
Heb School, synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaplan, Nathan D; b. Mariampol, Russia,
May 171877/1878.
To US 1883, to Tel Aviv 1929. • LLB Lake
Forest U. • Lawyer, exec, Zionist, Chicago; a
fdr Heb Inst, Juvenile Protective League of
Chicago; officer Zionist groups. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):74; WWIA], 1938.
Kaplan, Walter Francis; b. EI Paso, July 29
1900.
JD Golden Gate ColI. • Management consult,
San Francisco; active civic concerns; author in
field; military service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Kaplan, Walter L; b. NYC, 1914; d. Sep 16
1979.
BA CCNY. • Cosmetics co exec, Chicago; with
Helene Curtis Industries. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kaplansky, Abraham Leon; b. Bialystok,
May 11860.
To US 1889, to Montreal 1893. • Banker,
NYc.. See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaplan, Nathaniel; b. Lithuania, Jan 1 1899;
d. NYC, Sep 13 1968.
To US 1903. • Jurist, family court judge,
NYC; chr Youth Bd (NY); officer natl Jewish
War Veterans. • See:A]YB, 70:522; NYTimes,
Sep 141968,28:1.
Kaplin, Abraham Bennett; b. Minneapolis,
Oct 51891.
U MN. • Journalist, Duluth; editorial staff
Duluth Herald; pres B'nai B'rith; officer
synagog;WWI service. • See: WWIA], .1928.
Kaplan, Philip; h. NYC, Sep 5 1888.
Cooper Union, Polytech Inst (Brooklyn). •
Chemical engineer, Jersey City; orgr
Poughkeepsie Heb School; active charitable,
communal & civic orgs; author in field. • See:
WWIA}, 1928.
Kaplow, Joseph; b. Russia, Jan 10 1897; d.
NYC, Oct 161961.
To US 1917. • Mfr, NYC; officer Natl Com
for Labor Israel; active NY Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies, United Jewish Appeal. • See:
A]YB, 64:494; NYTimes, Oct 18 1961,43:2.
Kaplan, Regina Hannah; b. Memphis, May
12 1890.
Boulder U, Mercy Hospital (Denver), postgrad Denver. • Nurse, admr, Hot Springs, AK;
developed nurses training school, outpatient
Kaplowitt, Jacob A; b. Mays Landing, NJ,
June 24 1893.
AB; MA U PA, post-grad Columbia. • Social
worker, Newark; with]ewish Welfare Bd, YM-
Kaplun, Anna Maslanikov; b. Slutzk,
Russia, Oct 30 1889.
To US 1906. • MO School of Economy (St
Louis), BS NYU. • Social worker, NYC, St
Louis; with Childrens Aid Soc (St Louis),
Jewish Social Services (NYC), Dept of Public
Welfare (NYC).· See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaplun, Murray Lincoln; h. Szagarren,
Lithuania, May 13 1895; d.June 1941.
To US 1924. • BS U Belgium, U Dorpat, MD
U Giessen. • Physician, NYC; specialty
intravenous work; WWI Belgium army service.
• See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 251941,
21:4.
Kapnek, Samuel; b. Treshpoli, Russia, Aug
17 1879; d. Aug 1950.
To US 1889: • Real estate, highway
construction; Hammonton, NJ; exec Natural
Gas Co ofNJ; officer Northeastern Heb
Orphans Home.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Aug 181950,21:3.
Kapp, Henry; b. Smorgon, Russia, Sep 3
1889.
MD Tufts.· To US 1892.· Ophthalmologist,
otolaryngologist, Haverhill, MA; officer
synagog; trustee Chamber of Commerce;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kappel, Alexander (pseud=Mukdoni); b.
Lechavich, Minsk, Mar 14 1877; d. Pine
Plains, NY, Sep 1958.
To US 1923.· PhD UBern, Sorbonne,]D U
Lausanne. • Yiddish, Reb journalist, author,
drama & literature critic, NYC; with]ewish
Morning Journal; co-editor The New World
(Warsaw). • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Sep
8 1958, 29:3.
Kappel, Samuel; b. Lechowitz, Russia, Dec
111889; d. NYC, Nov 111957.
To US 1905. • Clothing merchant; officer
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Brooklyn Heb
Home, Brooklyn Orphan Home; bd Joint
Distribution Com. • See: A]YB, 60:356;
WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 121957,37:1.
Kapper, Isaac M; b. NYC, May 29 1864; d.
Brooklyn, Mar 25 1944.
LLB NYU. • State Supreme Court justice,
lawyer,asst district atty, Brooklyn; mem city
charter commn. • See: A]YB, 24:161,46:340;
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4.
Kapplin, Abraham Bennett; b. Minneapolis,
Oct 51891.
U MN. • Journalist, Duluth; editorial staff
Duluth Herald; officer state B'nai B'rith;
fundraiser Palestine Found, Eastern Europe
Relief Com; WWI servic;e. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1938.
Kaprow, Abraham; b. Russia, ca 1867; d.
Bangor, ME, Aug 161947.
315
To US 1914.· Rabbi,Maine.· See:A]YB,
50:518;NJ7imes;Aug 181947,17:2.
Kapse, Abrahain (Mintz); b.*; d. NYC, June
21929.
Journalist, writer, editor. • See: A]YB, 32:154.
Kapstein, IsraelJ; b. FaIl River, MA,Jan 16
1904; d. Providence, Aug 51983.
AB, AM, PhD Brown. • Professor of English,
novelist, Heb scholar, Providence; faculty
Brown; bd Public Library; author in field. •
See: A]YB, 85:416-17; WWWIA, 8; NITimes,
Aug61983.
Karabell, Charles J; b. Philadelphia, Apr 9
1894.
AB Butler; LLB Benjamin Harrison Law. •
Lawyer, prosecuting atty, judge, Indianapolis;
officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWL4.], 1938.
Kardiner, Abram; b. NYC, Aug 171891; d.
July 20 1981.
AB CCNY, MD Cornell, Vienna. •
Psychoanalyst, NYC; faculty Columbia;
student of Freud; author in field. • See: E];
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Karelitz, George Boris; b. Russia, Jan 3
1895; d. NYC, Jan 19 1943.
To US 1922. • ME Imperial Polytech Inst
(Petrograd). • Naval & mechanical engineer,
NYC; faculty Columbia; author in field;
Russian naval service. • See: WWWIA, 2;
NYI'imes, Jan 20 1943, 19:3.
Karelitz, Samuel; b. 1900; d. NYC, Oct
1980.
Clinical pediatrician, tchr, author; developed
"cry studies" program for newborns; authority
on adoption; author in field. • See: NITimes,
Oct 5 1980.
Karpilov, .Miriam
Karger, David; b. ca 1874; d. Milwaukee,
Jan 2 1939.
Mfr,communalldr, Milwaukee. • See:A]YB,
41:425.
Karger, GustavJ; b. Berlin, 1866; d.
Washington DC, Nov 161924.
To US ca 1873. • Journalist, Cincinnati; pres,
Natl Press Club; noted for fair reporting. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 24:161, 27:151; WWWIA, 1;
NITimes, Nov 171924,19:5.
Karger, Sidney William; b. Milwaukee,
1878.
Broker, merchant, Chicago. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Karigal (Carigal, Caregal, Karigel), Hayim
Isaac; b. Hebron, Palestine, 1733; d.
Barbados, West Indies, 1777.
To America 1771. • Rabbi, friend of Ezra
Stiles. • See: UJE.
Karlin, Isaac W; b. Russia, ca 1902; d.
Brooklyn, Jan 1962.
U IL, MD U IL. • Pediatrician, Brooklyn;
specialty speech disorders; fdr speech clinics;
author in field. • See: NYTimes, Jan 22 1962,
23:2.
Karlin, William; b. Kiev, ca 1882;d. NYC,
Dec61944.
To US 1890. • Lawyer, prominent socialist,
legislator, NYC; active labor politics. • See:
A]YB, 47:525-26;NITimes, Dec 71944, 25:3.
Karman, Theodore von; see Von Karman,
Theodore.
Karmensky, William; b.*; d. Feb 22 1911.
Charity worker, Chelsea, MA. • See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):13 7.
Christians & Jews. • See:A]YB, 57:607;
NITimes, Jan 191955,27:5.
Karp, Sofia (Sophie) (born Segal); b. Galatz,
Rumania, ca 1865; d. NYC, Mar 311904.
To NYC 1882. • First actress to appear on the
Yiddish stage. • See: ]E; A]YB, 6(19041905):373; NYTimes, Apr 11904, 9:6.
Karp, William; b. NYC; d. Apr 28 1979.
AB U AL, MA CO. • Management consult,
Chicago, Los Angeles; officer professional
orgs; dir United Service for New Americans
(NYC); mem Chicago Cotnmn on Human
Relations. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Karpas, Irving D; b. St Petersburg, Russia,
Dec 12 1889; d. NYC, Sep 61871.
To US 1890. • Industrialist, philanthropist; a
fdr, United Jewish Appeal; benefactor Albert
Einstein Med ColI, other med facilities/
schools. • See:A]YB, 72:632; NYTimes, Sep 7
1972,42:1.
Karpen, Leo; b. Vongrovitz, Germany, Aug
13 1870; d. NYC, 1955.
To Chicago 1872. • Exec, furniture mfr,
Chicago; officer YMHA (New Rochelle). •
See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 41955,
56:1.
Karpen, Solomoll; b. ca 1858; d. Chicago,
Oct 241936.
Noted furniture maker. • See:A]YB, 39:593 ..
Karpf, Fay Berger; b. Berger, Austria, Apr
17 1891/1895.
To US 1899.· Chicago Normal, PHB
Northwestern, PhD U Chicago. • Social
psychologist, tchr; dir social research; exponent
of Rankian school; author/lecturer in field. •
See:. UJE (sub Karpf, Maurice J); WWL4.],
1938; BEOA].
Karff, N May; b. Europe.
US Womens Champion chessplayer, Boston. •
See: UJE.
Kamiol, Alter Yechiel; b. Dzialeshitz,
Russia, 1855; d. NYC, 1928/1929.
To US ca 1893, 1905.· Cantor, Odessa, NYC;
voice noted for wide range & coloratura. • See:
Kar£iol, Bernard; b. Budapest, May 6 1886;
d. Irvington-on-Hudson, NY, Aug 16
1952.
Natl Academy of Design, Julien Academy
(paris). • Painter, NYC; early exponent of
modernist movement. • See: A]YB, 24:161,
55:457; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,3;DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Aug 171952, 76:3.
UJE;E].
Karfunkel, David; b. Austria-Poland, June
101880.
Natl.Academy of Design (NY), Munich, Paris.
• Artist, NYC.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):127,
24:161; WWIA], 1928.
Karfunkel, Solomon; b.*
Rabbi, Schenectady, NY. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):219.
Karger, Alfred Gus; b. Washington DC,
July 17 1901.
George Washington U. • Exec, earlier
reporter, ambulance driver, salesman, chemist,
Cincinnati; mem US Chemical Warfare
Research; instructor, OH Natl Guard; active
Republican politics. • See: WWL4.], 1938;
BEOA].
Karp, Abraham J; b. Amidur, Poland, 1921.
To US as child. • Yeshiva U,JTS.·
Conservative rabbi, scholar, author, editor,
Rochester, NY. • See: E].
Karp, Harry; b.*; d. Apr 1934.
Pres Mizrachi Youth ofAm. • See: A]YB,
36:283.
Karp, Lazarus; b. Bauske, Courland, May
101885; d. Richmond, VA, May 23 1938.
To US 1900.· MD Med ColI ofVA. •
Physician, communal & Zionist worker,
Richmond, VA; faculty Med ColI of VA; fdr,
officer YMHA; natl dir Assn for Relief of
Polish Jews; dir Jewish Community Council;
delegate to 1st Am Jewish Congo • See: A]YB,
40:387; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 25
1938,23:2.
Karp, MiltonJ; b. NYC, Feb 10 1894; d.
New Hyde Park, NY,Jan 171955.
Mfr, philanthropist; fundraiser United Jewish
Appeal, Joint Defense Appeal; active Union of
Am Heb Congregations, Natl Conf of
Karpf, Jerome Jay; b. NYC, Mar 61897; d.
Rockville Centre, NY, Aug 171964.
Reporter, editor, NYC; editor NY]ournal-Am;
with many community papers. • See: WWIA],
1938; NITimes, Aug 18 1964,31:2.
Karpf, LeonJay; b. NYC, Jan 12 1900.
Brooklyn Polytech, EE NYU. • Engineer,
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Karpf, Maurice Joseph; b. Austria, Jan 3
1889/1891/May 1890; d. Los Angeles,
Apr 71964.
To US as boy.· PhB U Chicago, CE
Valparaiso, PhD Columbia. • Jewish social
work admr, psychologist, author; suptJewish
Social Services Bureau (Chicago); officer
professional assns; exec dir Fed ofJewish
Welfare Orgs (Los Angeles); dir Training
School for Jewish Social Work; non-Zionist
memJewish Agency. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
66:577; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];
]TA-DNB, Apr 1964.
Karpilov, Miriam; b. Dabryo-Misli, Minsk,
July 1888; d. Bridgeport, CT, May 9
1956.
Yiddish novelist, NYc.. See:A]YB, 58:477.
Karpman, Benjamin
316
Karpman, Benjamin; b. Slutzk, Russia, Aug
8.1886.
To US 1906. • PhG Columbia, AB UN DK,
AM, MB, MD U MN. • Neuropsychiatrist,
Washington DC; faculty Howard; officer med
soc; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Kashdan, Isaac I; b. NYC, Nov 191905; d.
Feb 201985.
BA CCNY. • Chessmaster, insurance
salesman, NYC, Los Angeles; officer Jewish
Fedn Council (Los Angeles); captain Olympic
chess teams.· See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA,8.
Karr, Joseph; b. Kiev, July 29 1884; d.
Philadelphia, May 1959.
U P A. • Exec, Philadelphia; pres
Contemporary Art Assn; dir Jewish
Convalescent Home; active civic & communal
affairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, May 16
1959,23:2.
Kasindorf, Miriam (Mrs); b. ca 1870; d.
NYC, Sep 61935.
Poet, communal worker, philanthropist. • See:
AJYB, 38:430.
Karrakis, Joseph; b. ca 1869; d. Sep 81921.
Philanthropist, civic worker, Newark.· See:
A]YB, 24: 101.
Karsen, Fritz; b. Breslau, 1885; d. 1951.
To NYC 1933.· Educator, Berlin, NYC;
faculty CCNY, Brooklyn ColI; with US
military government in Germany; author in
field. • See: EJ.
Kartell, Irving Philip; b. Brooklyn, Feb 17
1907.
LLB StJohns. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; pres Junior
FednofJewish Charities; officer Precinct
Neighborhood Council; dir Heb Educational
Soc.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kartschmaroff, Edward; b. Kherson,
Russia, Jan 11843.
Cantor, NYC. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):68.
Kartzinel, Phineas; b. ca 1909; d. NYC, Jan
13 1932.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 34:111.
Karwaski, Theodore F; b. Odessa, Sep 23
1896; d. Dec 101957.
To US 1901.· PhB U Chicago, AM, post-grad
Columbia, PhD Harvard. • Psychologist,
educator, Hanover; faculty Dartmouth; author
in field. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Kasanin, Jacob Sergi; b. Slavgorod, Russia,
May 11 1897; d. San Francisco, May 4
1946.
To US 1915. • BS, MD, MS U MI. •
Psychiatrist, physician, San Francisco, earlier
Boston, Chicago; faculty U CA; author in field;
WWII army consult. • See:AJYB, 49:612-13;
WWWL4, 2; NYTimes, May 61941,21:3 (sub
Kasanin, Joseph Sergi).
Kasdan, Louis; b. Russia, ca 1881; d.
Harrisburg, PA, Feb 9 1947.
To US 1913.· Rabbi, Pittsburgh.· See:AJYB,
49:613.
Kase, Max; b. NYC, July 21 1898; d. Mar
1974.
Journalist; with NYJournalAm; active B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 20
1974,44:3.
Kase, Nathan; b. NYC, Apr 6 1930.
AB, MD Columbia; honorary degree. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist; faculty Yale;
author/editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Kasindorf, Samuel]; b. Rostov, Russia, Feb
17 1879.
To NYC 1888. • Resident buyer, businessman,
NYC; fdr YMHA (Boro Park); trustee synagog.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kaskel, Alfred L; b. Poland, 1901?; d.
Miami, July 5 1968.
To US 1922. • BIdr, philanthropist, Brooklyn;
a fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; benefactor
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB,
70:522; NYTimes, July 7 1968,53:1.
Kasle, Abe; b. Russia?, Mar 181895; d.
Detroit, July 18 1969.
To US 1909. • Industrialist, communalldr,
Detroit; natl officer United Jewish Appeal, Am
Financial & Development Corp for Israel, Am
Technion Soc; officer United Heb Schools,
Jewish Welfare Fedn. • See:AJYB, 71:605.
Kasle, Sam; b. Rovno, Ukraine, Jan 81887;
d. Miami, Dec 251965.
To US 1906. • Communalldr, Zionist,
Toledo; fundraiser United Jewish Fedn. • See:
AJYB, 68:529.
Kasner, Edward; b. NYC, Apr 2 1878; d.
Jan 71955.
BS CCNY, PhD, AM Columbia, post-grad U
Gottingen. • Mathematician, NYC; facility
Columbia, New School; specialty geometry;
author/editor in field. • See: UJE; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; WWWL4, 3; NYTimes,Jan 8
1955,13:5.
Kasnetz, Joseph Philip; b. Russia, June 5
1897.
NY Homeopathic Med ColI, post-grad PostGrad Hospital. • Physician, NYC; faculty
NYU Bellevue Med ColI. • See: WWIAJ,
1928.
Kaspe, Abraham (Mintz); b. Tcherikov,
Mohilev province, Russia, 1860; d. NYC,
June 21929.
To US 1882, 1894. • U St Petersburg. •
Yiddish writer, editor, Jewish labor movement
pioneer; a fdr Forward; editor Zukunft; active
socialist, communist politics. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 32:154.
Kass, Abraham Louis; b. ca 1862; d.
Brooklyn, July 1921.
Banker, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 24:101.
Kass, David; b. NYC, Oct 1 1889; d. NYC,
1955.
Banker, communal & philanthropic worker,
NYC; a fdr, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies;
officer Fischel Family Found; donor JTS. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 2
1955, 17:2.
Kass, Maurice; see Katz, Maurice.
Kass, Nathan Isidor; b. Poltava, Russia, Apr
11 1885; d. Aug 1964.
To US 1904. • Brooklyn Polytech, BS, CE
Cooper Union. • Civil Engineer, Zionist;
registrar Cooper Union; with NYC Dept of
Sanitation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Aug 281964,35:6.
Kass, Sadie Fischel; b. NYC, Sep 14 1892.
AB Hunter, MA Columbia. • Communal
worker, NYC; womens auxiliary fdr, Central
Jewish Inst; officer Natl Womens League of
United Synagogue of Am. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kassel, Morris; b. Russia, 1876.
Painter, NYC. • See:AJYB, 24:161.
Kassin, Jacob Saul; b. Jerusalem, 1900.
To Brooklyn 1933. • Rabbi, principal, author,
Brooklyn; mem Sephardic Court. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kassner, Leo; b. Bukowina, 1886; d.
Philadelphia, June 18 1945.
To US 1914.· Journalist, author, poet,
playwright; staff Jewish Daily News (NYC),
Forward (Philadelphia). • See: AJYB, 48:492;
NYTimes, June 211945,19:2.
Kasten (Kastin), Samuel; b. Kiev, Apr 21
1870; d. NYC, Mar 41953.
Yiddish stage actor, NYC. • See: AJYB,
24:161,55:457; WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,
Mar 5 1953,27:2.
Kastor, Adolph; b. Wattenheim,
Rheinpfalz, Germany, Apr 14 1856; d.
NYC, Feb 71946.
To US 1870. • Cutlery mfr, importer, NYC;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropy. • See:
AJYB, 48:492; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Kastor, Herman W; b. ca 1838; d. St Louis,
Sep 221919.
Civil War veteran. • See: AJYB, 22: 166.
Kastor, Shirley S; b. ca 1895; d. Evanston,
WY, Apr 1936.
Merchant, legislator. • See: AJYB, 38:430.
Katchen, Julius; b. Long Branch, NJ, Aug
15 1926; d. Paris, Apr 29 1969.
BA Haverford ColI, Paris Conservatory. •
Concert pianist. • See: WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8;
NYTimes, Apr 301969,47:3.
Katcher, Archie; b. Leipsic, ND, Nov 21
1914; d. Nov 281974.
BA Detroit Inst of Technology, JD Detroit
ColI of Law. • Lawyer, Detroit; officer bar
assns, Union of Am Heb Congregations, AntiDefamation League, synagog; active NAACP.
• See: WWWIA, 6.
Katcher, Arthur David; b. Stanestie,
Bukovina, Dec 161876; d. NYC, Oct 16
1950.
To US 1895. • Clothing mfr, NYC; fdr Jewish
317
Settlement House; co-fdr Soc for the
Advancement ofJudaism; officer trade assns,
Fedn of GalicianJews, Fedn of BukovinaJews
in Am; active Am Jewish Cong.· See:A]YB,
53:525; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 18 1950,
33:5.
Katz,]acob
Clothing mfr, communal worker, Rochester,
NY; pres Jewish Orphan Asylum, United Heb
Charities, NY State Charities Aid Assn. • See:
A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Nov 3
1917,15:7.
Katz, Aleph; see Katz, Morris Abraham.
Katcher, Morris; b. Rassava, Kiev, June 1
1886.
To US 1904. • Cooper Union, Brooklyn
Polytech. • Engineer, inventor, exec, NYC. •
See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
Katchko, Adolph; b. Poland, Apr 10 1895;
d. NYC, Sep 161958.
Cantor, composer, NYC; a fdr Cantor
Assemby GTS); advisor Heb Union CollJewish Inst of Religion. • See: A]YB, 61:418;
NYTimes, Sep 17 1958,37:2.
Kates, Edgar Jesse; b. NYC, Aug 11889.
AB, ME Columbia. • Construction &
mechanical engineer, NYC; specialty diesel
engine; officer professional assn; author in
field.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Katsh (Katz), Abraham Isaac; b. Indura,
Poland, 1908.
To US 1925. • ColI pres, author; pres Dropsie;
faculty Inst ofHeb Studies (NYU); fdr Natl
Assn of Prof ofHeb in Am US. • See: E];
E]:1973-1982.
Katsky, Alexander M; b. Brooklyn, June 5
1873.
Major league baseball player, Baltimore;
grandmaster, B'rith Abraham; active Jewish
philanthropy. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Katten, Abraham; b. Halsdorf, Germany,
Dec241864.
To US 1880. • Clothing merchant, Hartford;
officer United Jewish Charities. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Katten, Myron; b. Hartford, Sep 15 1890.
Lowell Textile School (MA). • Clothing
merchant, Hartford; officer trade assn, Jewish
War Veterans. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, A Ray; b. Port Deposit, MD, Feb 6
1877; d. Rio de Janeiro, Mar 191938.
Baltimore Community ColI. • Exec, communal
worker, philanthropist, Baltimore; orgr, officer
AssocdJewish Charities; mem Conf ofJewish
Social Services. • See:A]YB, 40:387; WWIA],
1928,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar 201938, IT
9:1.
Katz, Abner Roland; b. NYC, Nov 211898;
d. Long Beach, LI, NY, Nov 13 1964.
Title co exec, NYC. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Nov 15 1964,86:7.
Katz, Abraham Albert; b. Hartford, Jan 2
1892.
Yale, Yale Law. • Lawyer, bank dir, alderman,
acting mayor, Hartford; pres YMHA;
supervisor CT Rehabilitation Service; dir
Legal Aid Bureau, CountyJ ail Survey. • See:
WWlAJ, 1938.
Katz, AbramJ; b.*; d. Rochester, NY, Nov
1917.
Katz, Alexander Raymond; b. Kassa,
Hungary, Apr 211895; d. Mar 1974.
To US 1910. • Art Inst (Chicago). • Painter,
muralist, Chicago; faculty Art Inst; theatre art
dir. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar
261974,44:2.
Katz, Asher T; b. ca 1914; d. Terre Haute,
IN, Aug 7 1944.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 47:526.
Katz, Ben; b.*; d.Jan 11939.
Civic & communal worker, San Antonio, TX.
• See:A]YB, 41:425.
Katz, Benjamin Joseph; b. Brooklyn, July
13 1923; d. Oct 11982.
AB Brooklyn ColI, AM, PhD Harvard. •
Economist, educator, consult; faculty U NH,
NYU; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Katz, Benjamin Samuel; b. Austria, Apr 15
1892; d. Cincinnati, Nov 291969.
To US 1900/1901. • Business exec, jewelry &
watch mfr, NYC, Cincinnati; exec com Heb
Union ColI; active Joint Defense Appeal, Natl
Jewish Hospital, Natl Conf of Christians &
Jews; WWII War Production Bd service. •
See:A]YB, 71:605; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Nov
30 1969, 87:1.
Katz, Benne; b.Jaroslaw, Austria, Feb 9
1902; d. NYC, June 23 1978.
To US 192 3. • Business exec, philanthropist; a
fdr Albert Einstein ColI of Med, Boys Town
Gerusalem); pres Brookdale Hospital; trustee
United Jewish Appeal, Israel Bonds. • See:
A]YB, 80:367.
Katz, Charles; b. Zagra, Russia, May 4
1881; d. Baltimore, Feb 1950.
To Baltimore ca 1889. • Umbrella mfr,
Baltimore; officer Esras Chovevi Zion Assn,
trade assn, synagog; exec council, United
Synagogues of Am. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 19 1950,76:4.
Katz, Charles; b. Austria, ca 1889; d.
Livingston, NJ, May 1968.
To US 1907. • Fur co mgr, dir, consult, NYc.
• See: NYTimes, May 7 1968, 41:3.
Katz, Dewey; b. NYC, Mar 211900.
BS, MD U VT. • Ophthalmologist, surgeon,
Hartford; earlier faculty.U Chicago. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Katz, Elihu; b. NYC, JanlJune 28 1889; d.
NYC, July 201956.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,
gastroenterologist, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic Hospital; orgr, pres Soc for
Establishing Yeshiva U Med School; officer
med socs; active Yiddish theatre; author in
field. • See:A]YB, 59:475; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes,July211956,15:6.
Katz, Emanuel; b. ca 1834; d. Oct 241922.
Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
25:139.
Katz, Ernest; b. Berlin, Sep 29 1882; d.
NYC, May 1963.
To US 1886. • NYU Law. • Dept store exec,
NYC; officer synagog; active trade assns. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 11 1963,25:4.
Katz, FrankJames; b. NYC, 1883.
Geologist, Washington DC. • See: A]YB,
24:161.
Katz, George Rudolph; b. San Francisco,
May 211873; d. NYC, 1970.
Harvard. • Advertising exec, publisher, NYC;
exec Daily Oklahoman. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, Sep 4 1970, 27:5.
Katz, Hayyim Mordecai; b. Lithuania,
1894?; d. Cleveland, Nov 161964.
To US 1941.· Rabbi, educator, Cleveland;
dean Rabbinical ColI. • See: AJYB, 66:577.
Katz, Herz Wolff; b. Rudka, Poland, 1906.
To US 1941. • Writer, soldier; editor Die Welt
am Montag (Berlin); French army service,
recieved Croix de Guerre. • See: UJE.
Katz, Irving; b. Long Branch, NJ, May 30
1904.
Real estate & insurance agent, Long Branch,
NJ; pres YM-YWHA; officer Free Loan Assn.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Katz, Irving Isaac; b. Daugavpils (Dvinsk),
Latvia, Mar 31 1907.
To US 1927. • Heb Tchrs Normal (Riga),
business colI (Cleveland), Western Reserve. •
Communal admr, Zionist, Youngstown, OH;
officer Masada Avukah; principal Temple &
Religious school; active Jewish Welfare Fund,
Jewish Natl Fund, Jewish Fedn. • See:
WWIA], 1938; DetroitJewish News story, Mar
17 1972.
Katz, Isaac; b. Austria, Mar 41879.
Drug co exec, Kansas City; officer Jewish
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Katz, Isador Israel; b. Rock Island, IL, Oct
291905.
Augustana ColI, BSc,JD Northwestern. •
Lawyer, city council mem, Rock Island, IL;
officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; active Boy Scouts,
Red Cross. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Israel; b. Kovno, Dec 1 1886.
BS CCNY. • Chemical engineer, Camden, NJ;
officer Deborah Tuberculosis Soc, synagog; dir
Jewish Welfare Soc. • See: WWIAJ; 1928;
BEOA].
Katz, Israel; b. NYC, 1917.
Aeronautical engineer; faculty Cornell,
Northeastern; author in field. • See: EJ.
Katz, Jacob; b. Sorrey, Russia, Apr 21893;
d. NYC, Mar 25 1950.
To US 1895.· AB CCNY,MAColumbia,
ordainedJTS,JD NYU. • Rabbi, prison
chaplain, author, Zionist, Bronx; fdr Bronx
Arbitration Court; active Jewish Community. •
318
Katz, Joseph
See:A]YB, 52:502;WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,
Mar 261950,92:5.
med socs. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Apr 3 1973,46:1.
Katz, Joseph; b. Minsk, Sep 15 1884.
To US 1902. • PhG Brooklyn CoIl, MD LI
CoIl Hospital. • Gastroenterologist,
phannacist, Brooklyn; faculty NY Post-Grad
Med School & Hospital; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Katz, M; see Katz, Maurice.
Katz, Mane (Manne); b. Kremenchug,
Ukraine, 1894; d. Tel Aviv, Sep 1962.
To NYC 1938.· Artist, Paris; painted ghetto
scenes, Jewish themes. • See: UJE; NYTimes,
Sep 10 1962,29:3.
Katz, Joseph; b. Zagera, Lithuania, June 24
1888; d. Oct 13 1958.
To US 1891. • Advertising exec, civic &
communalldr; Baltimore, NYC; dir Heb
Home for Aged, Baltimore Heb ColI. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 4.
Katz, Marcus; b.*; d. West Point, MS,May
141911.
CommUnal worker, West Point, MS. • See:
A]YB, 13(1911-1912):138.
Katz, Joseph M; b.*
U Pittsburgh. • Wrapping paper mfr,
philanthropist, Pittsburgh. • See: WS] story,
Mar41964,1:1.
Katz, Mark Jacob; b. NYC, Mar 7 1863; d.
Nov 101927.
Cooper Inst. • Lawyer, author, NYC; officer,
lobbyist Nat! Liberal Immigration League;
active Shorthand orgs. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1.
Katz, Joseph P; b. ca 1878; d. Brooklyn,
July 71945.
Author, NYC; columnist, FO'nlJard. • See:
A]YB, 48:492.
Katz, Karl; b. Brooklyn, ca 1930.
MA Columbia. • Museum admr, NYC; with
Metropolitan Museum ofArt; dir Jewish
Museum, Nat! Art Museum Gerusalem). • See:
NYTimes story, May 4 1971.
Katz, Label Abraham; b. New Orleans, Sep
22 1918; d. New Orleans, Apr 3 1975.
AB, LLB Tulane. • Lawyer, realtor, communal
ldr, New Orleans; nat! pres B'nai B'rith; pres
Conf ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds, Urban
League; an orgr, Am Jewish Cong on Soviet
Jewry.· See:B];A]YB, 77:596; WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, Apr 5 1975, 32:4.
Katz, Leo; b. Roznau, Austria, Dec 30
1887.
To US 1921.· Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna),
Munich Art Academy. • Painter, muralist,
author, NYC; tchr New School, NYU; WWI
Austrian army service. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1938; BEOA].
Katz, Louis; b. NYC, 1890?; d. NYC, May 5
1965.
Philanthropist, mfr, real estate investor, NYC;
a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed; officer
Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital (Brooklyn);
bd Infants Home, Boys Town Gerusalem). •
See: A]YB, 67:538; NYTimes, May 6 1965,
39:1.
Katz, Louis Hyman; b. Yanovah, Russia,
Feb 151884.
To US 1888.· LLB Yale.· Lawyer, Hartford;
officer synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Louis M; b. Chicago, Apr 22 1875.
Business exec, Chicago; officer synagog; bd
Jewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Louis Nelson; b. Russian Poland, Aug
25 1897; d. 1973.
To US 1900.· AB, MD, MA Western
Reserve, post-grad London. • Physiologist,
Cleveland, Chicago; faculty Western Reserve;
research dir, Michael Reese Hospital; officer
Katz, Maurice; b. ca 1864; d. Philadelphia,
June 14 1941.
Yiddish newspaper editor, novelist, playwright,
Philadelphia, NYC; with]ewish World; fdr
Peretz Verein. • See: A]YB, 43:360; Eisenstadt,
88.
Katz, Maurice L; b. Russia, Apr 5 1882.
LLB Boston U.· Lawyer, Worcester, MA. •
See: WWIA], 1928.
Katz, Maxwell Clarence; b. NYC, Aug 29
1892; d. Brooklyn, Aug 1958.
MD LI CoIl Hospital. • Surgeon, obstetrician,
gynecologist, Brooklyn; an orgr Free Burial
Soc; WWI Med Bd memo • See: WWIA],
1938;NYTimes, Aug 171958,85:3.
Katz, Meir; b. ca 1863; d. Baltimore, Nov
261933.
Commlinal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,
36:283.
Katz, Michael H; b.*; d.Jan 1962.
Chr, Katz Drug Co, Kansas City. • See:
WWWIA,4.
Katz, Moritz Shakman; b. Baltimore, July
101900.
U P A. • Clothing merchants, Baltimore;
officer Jewish Childrens Soc. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Katz, Morris Abraham (pseud=Katz,
Aleph); b. Mlynow, Volhynia, 1898;d.
Jan 1969.
To NYC 1913. • CCNY. • Yiddish poet,
journalist, editor, essayist, poet, translator;
editor Jewish Telegraphic Agency. • See: UJE;
E];A]YB, 71:605;]TA-DNB,Jan241969;
NYTimes, Jan 25 1969, 29:5.
Katz, Morris Casriel; b. Chicago, Sep 9
1909.
Lewis Inst, AA CraneJr CoIl, ordained Heb
Theological ColI. • Rabbi, Calgary; earlier
Petersburg, VA, Montgomery, AL.· See:
WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Moses; b. Dokshitz, Russia, 1885; d.
1960.
To US 1913, 1922. • Yiddish journalist,
Zionist, socialist; staff Tog, Freiheit; arrested in
Russia many times. • See: UJE; E].
Katz, Nahum Enoch; b. Odessa, Mar 18
. 1884; d. July 1946.
To US 1907.· FriedrichsPolytechikum
(Coethan Anhalt, Germany). • Consult
chemist, Meridian, MS; officer B'nai B'rith;
trustee synagog. II See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, July 24 1946,27:4.
Katz, Nathan M; b. Mar 17 1899; d.
Pittburgh, Mar 5 1950.
Lawyer, Pittsburgh; active Jewish community;
chr Jewish Community Relations Council. •
See:A]YB,52:502.
Katz, Reuven (Rubin); b. Holshany, Vilna,
Apr 1880; d. Israel, 1963.
To US ca 1923-1932.· Talmudist, rabbi,
Bayonne; dean Theological CoIl (Israel);
officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: E];
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov41963,
35:3.
Katz, Sam; b. Yompola, Poland, Apr 3
1892/1893; d. Beverly Hills, CA, Jan
1961.
To Chicago 1892/1893. II Northwestern. •
Motion picture exec, theatre owner, Culver
City, CA; with Paramount, MGM. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 13 1961,
29:1.
Katz, Samuel; b. ca 1861; d. Omaha, Apr 12
1912.
Engineer, Omaha.· See:A]YB, 14(19121913):127.
Katz, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 28 1883.
BA CCNY, MA, PdM, PhD NYU, post-grad
Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, U Rochester.
II Educator, high school principal, author,
Brooklyn; faculty Fordham; bd United Jewish
Aid Soc; dir Brooklyn Heb Home; active
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Katz, Samuel; b. NYC, Mar 5 1885.
Business exec, NYC; bd Charity Chest; dir
Heb Nat! Orphan Home. • See: WWIA],
1928.
Katz, Samuel; b. 1889; d. NYC, Dec 4 1964.
Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Albert Einstein Med
CoIl; est scholarships (Israel). • See: A]YB,
66:577; NYTimes, Dec 7 1964,35:1.
Katz, Samuel A; b. Brest-Litovsk, Russia,
1872?; d. Indianapolis, Aug 2 1949.
Orthodox rabbi, Zionist. • See: A]YB, 52:502.
Katz, Samuel L; b. Russia, 1893; d. NYC,
Dec 11951.
To US 1941. • Import-eXport businessman,
Zionist-Revisionist ldr; pres New Zionist Org
of Poland. • See:A]YB, 54:539; NYTimes, Dec
3 1951,31:4.
Katz, Samuel Morrison; b. NYC, Mar 12
1888; d. NYC, Jan 21 1941.
NYU Law. • City magistrate, NYC; exec
council Am Jewish Cong; trustee synagog. •
319
Kauffman, Rudolph
See:A]YB, 43:360; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,
Jan221941,21:3.
Neighborhood Guild; active Republican
politics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
supporter, worker blood bank. • See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 24 1966,47:2.
Katz; Samuel Walter; b. NYC, Mar 3 1887.
Cooper Union. • Architect, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Katzen, Harry Milton; .b. Sasmake, Latvia,
July 3 1900.
To US 1922.· Odessa U, AM Columbia,JTS.
• Rabbi, author, Greenwich, CT, Bronx; dir
Heb Immigrant Aid Soc (Boston), Denver ExPatients Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Katzinger, Edward; b. ca 1864; d. Miami
Beach, Mar 29 1939.
Mfr, communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
41:425.
Katzenberg, Lewis; b. ca 1845; d. Parkland,
PA, May 61935.
Civil War veteran, Parkland, PA. • See: A]YB,
37:257.
Katzman, Jacob; b. Poland, Nov 17 1900.
To US 1917. • BS, EE Cooper Union, postgrad Brooklyn Polytech. • Consult engineer,
patent holder, Zionist, NYC; author in field. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Shlomo (Shunra); b. Olgopoi, Russia,
Apr 41910; d. NYC, Mar 25 1979.
To US 1922. • Editor, author; editor Jewish
Frontier; fdr, Midstream; active Labor Zionist
movement. • See:A]YB, 81:368.
Katz, Sholom; b. Rumania, 1915; d.
Washington DC, Feb 201982.
To US 1946. • Cantor, Washington DC;
concert & movie singer. • See:A]YB, 84:334.
Katz, Sidney Hershberg; b. Gilmore, PA,
Feb 1 1884.
BS OH State, MS, CE, PhD U Pittsburgh. •
Chemical engineer, Edgewood, MD; with
Bureau ofMines; author in field; WWI service.
• See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Katz, Siegfried E; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Dec
141935.
Psychiatrist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:430.
Katz,.Simon; b. Philadelphia, Sep 91877.
BS U PA. • Insurance broker, Philadelphia;
officerJewish Foster Home. • See: WWL4.],
1938.
Katzenberg, Max; b. ca 1861; d. May 1912.
Leather goods mfr, mem, Bd of Education,
NYC.· See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):128;
NYTimes, May 25 1912, 13:6.
Katzenelenbogen,]udah;b.caI866;d.i\pr
91920.
Fdr, Heb Publishing Co, Brooklyn. • See:
A]YB, 22:166; NYTimes, Apr 12 1920, 15:3
(sub Katzenelenbogen,Jehuda).
Katzenellenbogen, Adolf; b. Frankfort am
Main, Germany, Aug 191901; d. Sep 30
1964.
To US 1939. • U Freiburg, U Leipzig, Dr Jr U
Giessen, D Phil U Hamburg. • Art educator,
Baltimore; specialty, medieval art; faculty
Vassar, Johns Hopkins; author/lecturer in field.
• See: WWU7IA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 1 1964,35:5.
Katz, Solomon; b. Tchemowitz, Russia.
To US 1920.· Lomza Rabbinical Coll;Jews
ColI, JTS. • Rabbi, Birmingham, AL; earlier,
England, New Zealand; officer B'nai B'rith; dir
Jewish Community Center, Fedn ofJewish
Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Katzenelson, Baruch; b. Slutsk, Belorussia,
1900; d. 1968.
To US 1922, to Palestine 1934. • Heb &
Yiddish poet, tchr. • See: E].
Katz, Solomon; b. Buffalo, 1909.
Historian; faculty dean U WA; officer
professional assns; author in field; WWII
service. • See: E].
Katzenstein, George P; b. ca 1874; d.
Chicago, i\pr 22 1937.
Dermatologist, Philadelphia; clinic dir,Jewish
Hospital. • See: A]YB, 39:593.
Katz, Stanley; b. NYC, ca 1921; d.
Englewood, N], Feb 1972.
CCNY, PhD NYU. • Mathematician;
specialty, applying mathematic techniques to
engineering problems; faculty Columbia;
WWI service. • See: NYTimes, Feb 21 1972,
30:1.
Katzenstein,]acob; b.*; d. NYC, Feb 12
1938.
Civic worker, NYC.· See:A]YB, 40:387.
Katz, Walter; b. Torisk, Russia.
To Columbus, OH 1903.· Metal broker,
Columbus; officer B'nai B'rith, B'rith
Abraham, Knights of Israel, Knights ofJoseph;
active United Jewish drives. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Katz, William Maurice; b. Chicago, May 24
1898.
UIL, Northwestern, Columbia, Pratt.·
Tanner, exec, Chicago; active Zionist Org of
Am. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Katz, Zundel; b. Lithuania, ca 1862; d.
Minneapolis, Oct 271945.
Rabbi, Superior, WI. • See:A]YB, 48:492.
Katzen, Bemard; b. Kovno,]an 171901.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, deputy atty
general, NYC; with Dept ofAgriculture; dir
Katzenstein, Leopold; b. ca 1842; d. Dec
1915.
Inventor, NYc. • See: A]YB, 18(19161917):108.
Katzenstein, Martin E; b. ca 1923; d.
Sunapee, NH, Sep 1970.
Ordained Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of
Religion. • Rabbi, Philadelphia, St Louis; dean
of students, Harvard Divinity School. • See:
Jewish Post, Sep 11 1970; NYTimes, Sep 6 1970,
51:1.
Katzenstein, Sarah Frank; b.*; d. Baltimore,
Apr 161938.
Philanthropic & communal worker, Baltimore;
fdr Daughters ofIsraei. • See:A]YB, 40:387;
NYTimes, Apr 181938,15:5.
Katzin, Eugene Maurice; b: Newark, Nov 4
1904; d. May 22 1966.
AB, MD Cornell, post-grad U Vienna. •
Physician, NYC, Newark; work on Rh factor;
Katzman, Jacob; b. ca 1865; d.July 71932.
Yiddish actor, NYC. • See:A]YB, 35:125.
Katzman, Maurice; b. Russia, i\ug 15 1894.
To US 1895. • AB U Denver, MD U CO. •
Internist, Denver; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Katzowich, Israel Issar (Kasowitch, Isser);
b. Maliski, Vilna, 1859; d. NYC, Oct 10
1934.
To US 1881. • JTS (Vilna). • Yiddish author,
Zionist worker, memoirist, NYC; co-editor
Der Yiddisher Farmer. • See: UJE; A]YB,
37:258.
Kauffinan, Arnold Bumett; b. Syracuse,
Feb 181895.
BS, MD Syracuse, post-grad U Berlin, U
Vienna. • Physician, Syracuse; specialty ear,
nose & throat surgery; author in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Kauffman, Hersh Leib (der alter Cohen); b.
ca 1847; d.Jan 1934.
Communal worker, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB,
36:283.
Kauffman,J Harry; b. West Chester, PA,
June 281898; d. Philadelphia, Jan 31
1953.
Retail furniture exec; bd Yeshiva U; active
local, natl Zionist orgs. • See:A]YB, 55:457;
NYTimes, Feb 2 1953,21:2.
Kauffman, Joseph Herbert; b. NYC, Dec 8
1891.
DDS NYU. II Dentist, NYC; officer
professional socs; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Kauffman, Rachel Levy (Mrs Joseph
Kauffman); b. Santa Barbara, CA, Oct 14
1872.
Communal, charity & culturalldr, Los
Angeles; pres Natl Council ofJewish Women,
CA Fedn of Temple Sisterhoods, Corif of Los
Angeles Jewish Wornens Orgs; officer
Hadassah, Soc for Jewish Culture, Alliance
Francaise, Urban League; mem Municipal Art
Commn; WWI Red Cross service. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Kauffinan, Rudolph; b. Zanesville, OH, Oct
5 1853; d. Sep19 1927.
AB Amherst ColI. • Editor, newspaper
publisher, Washington DC; trustee Corcoran
Art Gallery; owner Washington Evening Star. •
See:A]YB, 30:80; WWU7IA, 1.
Kauffman, Samuel
Kauffman, Samuel; b. Wayne County, OH;
d.Mar 1906.
Journalist, world traveler, art patron, OH,
Washington DC; part owner Washington
Evening Star. • See: "WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Mar 16 1906,9:5.
Kauffman, Treva Erdine; b. Osborne, OH,
Sep 23 1889; d. Feb 281975.
BS OH State V, MA Columbia, post-grad V
Chicago, V MontreaL • Home economist,
Albany, NY; with NY State Education Dept;
author in field. • See: "WWWIA, 6.
Kauffmann, Felix; b. Frankfurt-on-Main,
Germany, Feb 7 1878; d. NYC, Nov 15
1953.
To VS 1941. • Rare book dealer, publisher,
liaison between FrankfurtJewish community &
Nazi government. • See: EJ (sub Kauffmann,
Isaac);AJYB, 56:570;NYTimes, Nov 161953,
25:4.
Kaufman, Abraham M; b. Russia, ca 1882;
d. Worcester, MA, May 9 1948.
To VS 1921.· Rabbi, Worcester,MA.· See:
AJYB,50:518.
Kaufman, Adolf G; b. Breslau, Germany,
Mar281874.
To VS 1878. • EE, ME Stanford V, Dr of
Chemistry, Mining Engineer V Freiburg. •
Engineer, inventor, NYC; active Herbert
Hoover presidential campaign; author in field.
• See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Kaufman, Albert; b. Druskienik, Grodno,
Sep 25 1875/1878; d. NYC, 1963.
To VS 1894. • V Kharkoff, V Heidelburg,
MD Medico-Chirurgical (P.hiladelphia). •
Physician, Zionist, Wilkes-Barre, NYC; an
orgr, Am Jewish Cong; bd Heb V; natl dir
Jewish Consumptive Relief Soc (Denver);
active many communal & philanthropic orgs;
WWI draft bd med examiner. • See: WWlAJ,
1926,1928, 1938;NYTimes,July41963, 17:2.
Kaufman, Albert A; b. Devils Lake, NO,
Sep 251888.
Motion picture theatres mgr, exec, NYC,
Beverly Hills. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
Kaufman, Alexander; b. Bartfeld,
Czechoslovakia, 1886.
To VS 1914.· Seminary (Eperjes). •
Evengelical Lutheran Collegium, Inst of
Technology (Biliz), ME"PhD V Budapest. •
Editor, publisher, St Louis; with Saddle and
Bridle, The Jewish Voice. • See: WWlAJ, 1926,
1928.
Kaufman, Andy; b. NYC, Jan 17 1949; d.
Los Angeles, May 1984.
Comedian, actor. • See: "WWWIA, 8; NYTimes,
May 181984.
Kaufman, Anton; b. Csenger, Hungary, Oct
61882; d. Newark,Jan 11943.
To VS 1905. • V Berlin. • Editor, publisher,
author, Newark; fdr, editor DetroitJewish
Chronicle, Newark Jewish Chronicle; chr Jewish
Community Blue Book of Newark; dir Jewish
320
Anti-Tuberculosis League. • See: AJYB,
45:388; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kaufman, Beatrice Bakrow (Mrs George S
Kaufman); b. Rochester, NY, Jan 20
1895; d. NY, Oct 61945.
Wellesley, V Rochester. • Editor, playwright,
NYC; with Boni & Liveright; contributor New
Yorker.· See:AJYB, 48:492; WWlAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 71945,44:3.
Kaufman, Benjamin; b. Buffalo, Mar 10
1894; d. Trenton, NJ, Feb 5 1981.
Syracuse V.· Congressional Medal of Honor
recipient, public official, Trenton, NJ; natl
commander Jewish War Veterans; with NJ
State Employment Service, Disabled Am
Veterans; WWI service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:161,83:357; WWWIA, 7.
Kaufman, Bernard; b. Melbourne,
Australia, June 8 1884.
To San Francisco 1910. • Scotch ColI
(Australia), MD Cooper Med ColI, Chicago
Polyclinic, V Vienna, V London. •
Cardiologist, Zionist, San Francisco; faculty
Stanford; fdr Am Med Assn of Budapest;
officer Am Med Assn ofVienna; author in
field.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Kaufman, Boris; b. Poland, ca 1897; d.
NYC, June 1980.
Sorbonne.· To VS 1943.· Cinematographer,
Academy Award winner; French army service.
• See: NYTimes, June 27 1980.
Kaufman, Charles; b. ca 1832; d. Clarion,
PA, Oct 12 1916.
Communal worker, Clarion, PA.· See:AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Kaufman, Charles A; b. ca 1845; d. New
Orleans, Oct 1917.
Merchant, municipal worker, New Orleans. •
See: AJYB, 20(1918-1919):229.
Kaufman, Charles Jehiel; b. Brooklyn, Jan
291897; d. NYC,June 15 1956.
BS CCNY, MD CornelL • Physician, med dir,
NatlJewish Hospital, Denver; faculty V CO,
CornelL· See:AJYB, 58:477; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, June 16 1956, 19:3.
Kaufman, Charles Lott; b. Canton, OH,
June 11896.
BA, LLD V MI.· Lawyer, Norfolk, VA;
specialty corporate law; active Republican
party, civic & charitable concerns; WWI
General Staffservice. • See: BEOAJ.
Kaufman, David; b. ca 1858; d. Apr 1936.
Merchant, corprnunalworker,Harrisburg,PA.
• See: AJYB, 38:430.
honorary degrees. • Lawyer, diplomat,
Philadelphia; VS minster to Siam, Bolivia;
specialty internatllaw; dir VnitedJewish
Appeal; active Republican politics; donated
estate for interfaith center. • See: UJE; AJYB,
44:413,47:629,65:434; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4,5; NYTimes, Sep 7 1962,
29:3.
Kaufinan, DavidJ; b. ca 1862; d. Nov 13
1939.
Clothing merchant, philanthropist, communal
worker, Washington DC. • See: AJYB, 42:480;
NYTimes, Nov 16 1939,23:4.
Kaufinan, Edmund I; see Kaufmann,
Edmund I.
Kaufinan, Edward S; b. ca 1856; d. NYC,
Sep 241934.
Lawyer, NYC. • See:AJYB, 37:258.
Kaufinan, Edwin P; b. NYC, Jan 311918; d.
NYC, Apr 21 1964.
Lawyer, NYC; officer Jewish Bd of Guardians;
bd Grand St Settlement; active Hawthorne
Cedar Knolls SchooL • See: AJYB, 66:577;
NYTimes, Apr 22 1964,47:3.
Kaufinan, Elias Raas; b. Lake Charles, LA,
Oct 161889.
AB Vanderbilt, AM, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
Lake Charles, LA; officer Civilian Relief Assn,
Lake Charles Harbor & Terminal District,
B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kaufinan, Elkin; b. Louisville, May 23
1905; d. Nov 271977.
Tobacco & advertising exec, NYC; bd Grand
St Settlement. • See: "WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,
Nov 281977,34:6.
Kaufinan, Eugene; b. Germany, ca 1909; d.
Baltimore, 1964.
To VS 1930s. • German judge, expert on
immigration & naturalization laws; ldr, fight
for indemnification of refugees; officer Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc (Baltimore). • See: JTADNB, Dec 7 1964.
Kaufinan, Fannie Newman (Mrs Anton
Kaufman);b.NYC,ca 1889;d.Feb 16
1939.
Communal worker, Newark. • See: NYTimes,
Feb 17 1939, 19:4.
Kaufinan, Ferd M; b. Atlanta, June 8 1875.
BS GA School of Technology. • Mfr, Atlanta;
officer trade assns, Chamber of Commerce;
sponsor Ferd M Kaufman Natl Armory (GA
Tech).· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Kaufman, David Benjamin; b. Minneapolis,
May 141914.
Journalist, Mason City, IA; with UP,
Minneapolis Tribune, Variety. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kaufinan, Frederick;b. Vienna,Sepl3
1919; d. Dec 71985.
To VS 1940. • Vienna Technische
Hochschule, PhD Johns Hopkins. • Chemist,
educator, Pittsburgh; faculty V Pittsburgh;
advisor Natl Academy for the Sciences; author/
editor in field. • See: "WWWIA, 8.
Kaufman (Kaufinann), David E; b. Bradford
Cityrrowanda, PA, May 15 1883; d.
Philadelphia, Sep 1962.
LLB Dickinson School of Law (Carlisle, PA);
Kaufinan, George Simon; b. Pittsburgh,
Nov 161889; d. NYC, June 21961.
Playwright, stage dir, drama critic, NYC; "You
Cant Take It With You." • See: UJE; EJ;
321
A]YB, 24:161; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; NYTimes, June 3
1961, 1:4.
Kaufman, Gerald Lynton; b. NYC, Mar 12
1893; d. Apr 1968.
BA Cornell. • Architect, NYC; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Apr 211968,81:1.
Kaufman, Gustave; b. Allegheny City, PA,
1859.
Civil engineer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:161.
Kaufman, Harry Keva; b. NYC, Sep 6 1893;
d. Beverly Hills, Aug 1961.
CCNY, Inst ofMusical Art, Curtis Inst. •
Accompianist, piano soloist; faculty Curtis Inst;
accompanied Szigeti, Milstein. • See: A]YB,
24:161; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Aug 23 1961,33:4.
Kaufman, Herbert; b. Washington DC,
Mar 6/26 1878; d. Tarrytown, NY, Sep 6
1947.
Johns Hopkins.· Editor, author, NYC; with
Washington News, Washington Times; head
Herbert Kaufman Newspaper Sydicate; WWII
government service. • See: A]YB, 24: 161,
50:518; WWIA], 1928; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2;
NITimes, Sep 71947, 63:3.
Kaufman, Herman Paul; b. NYC, Jan 6
1903.
ME Brooklyn Polytech, George Washington
U Law, LLB, Master of Patent Laws Natl U. •
Geodetic mathematician, lawyer, Washington
DC; author in field; US Reserve Corp service.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, Irving Isaac; b. Mobile, AL, Apr
13 1879.
Insurance agent, Columbus, MS; fdr, Kaufman
Bros; pres United Charities; officer Red Cross,
synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, Irving Robert; b. NYC, June 24
1910.
Fordham Law.· Lawyer, federal judge, NYC;
imposed sentence on the Rosenbergs; active
professional assns. • See: NITimes story, Aug
12 1970.
Kaufman, Isidore; b. Austro-Hungary, Mar
141892; d. NYC, Apr 301978.
To US 1900. • Author, editor; with Brooklyn
Eagle, NYAmerican, Frontpage; officer
professional assns; military service. • See:
A]YB, 80:367; NYTimes, Mar 11978, IT 2:1.
Kaufman, Jacob; b. Cologne, Germany,
1860; d. NYC, Oct 13 1944.
To US 1895. • Physician, gastroenterologist;
faculty Columbia; author in field. • See: A]YB,
24:161;A]YB, 47:526; NITimes, Oct 141944,
13:5.
Kaufman, Jacob L; b. Obergimpem, Baden,
Nov211885.
To Montgomery, AL 1901. • Wimpfen CoIl
(Germany), Massey Business ColI. • Retailer,
Montegomery, AL; chr AL Unemployment
Compensation Commn; trustee synagog. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, Reuben
Kaufman, Jay; b. Cleveland, Sep 191918; d.
Washington DC, Aug 5 1971.
Orgn exec, rabbi, Philadelphia; natl officer
B'nai B'rith; a fdr Conf of Pres ofJewish Orgs;
officer Union of Am Heb Congregations; exec
com Synagog Council of Am; central com
Poale Zion; bd J ewish Welfare Bd. • See:
A]YB, 72:632; NITimes, Aug 7 1971,26:4.
Kaufman, Joel Benjamin; b. ca 1839; d.
Brooklyn, Jan 1919.
Civil War veteran,Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
21:206.
Kaufman, John Heiden; b. NYC, May 20
1919; d. Dec 311972.
BA Swarthmore, MPA, PhD Harvard. •
Economist, government official, Washington
DC; with State Dept; WWII service.•. See:
WWWIA,5.
Kaufman,Joseph;b. Boston,Jan 71898.
BS, MS MIT.· Radio engineer, Washington
DC; dir of education, Natl Radio Inst. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kaufman, Joseph C; b. ca 1870; d. Mar 17
1938.
Merchant, Washington DC.· See:AJYB,
40:387.
Kaufman, Joseph David; b. Washington
DC,June 81889.
CE PA Military ColI. • Merchant, Washington
DC; mem Natl Representation of Citizens of
DC; officer trade assn, Travelers Aid Soc; bd
Washington Commn on Housing, Friendship
House. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Kaufman, Joseph S; b. Pittsburgh, 1856.
Business engineer, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:161.
Kaufman, Joseph W; b. NYC, Mar 27 1899;
d. Feb 14 1981.
AB, LLB, JD Columbia. • Lawyer, judge,
Washington DC; counsel Nuremberg War
Crimes Trials; special master US Court of
Appeals; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kaufman,· Lala Sarah (Mrs Michael J
Kaufman); b. Kiev, May 14 1887; d.
NYC, Dec 24 1964.
To US 1922. • Writer, translator, Yiddish
short stories; daughter & biographer of Sholem
Aleichem.· See:A]YB, 66:577; NITimes, Dec
25 1964, 29:3.
Kaufman, Leonard; b. NYC, Apr 301913;
d. Dec 91981.
CCNY, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, NYC; with
Paramount Pictures; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Kaufman, Lewis R; b. Louisville, Oct 21
1881.
BS MIT, Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris). •
Architect, NYC; officer professional socs. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kaufman, Louis E; b. ca 1849; d. Mar 17
1933.
Cattleraiser, Helena, MT. • See: A]YB,
35:125.
Kaufman, Louis L; b. Cincinnati, Apr 23
1888.
U Cincinnati. • Exec, communal &
philanthropic worker, Cincinnati; officer
United Jewish Social Agencies, Union of Am
Heb Congregations. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Kaufman,Marcus;b.caI891;d.NYC,Apr
1968.
Stockbroker; mem Am Stock Exchange. • See:
NITimes, Apr 24 1968,47:2.
Kaufman, Morris (David Horodok); b.
Minsk, Sep 1884; d. NYC, July 71960.
To US 1902. • Fur worker, labor ldr; pres
Intematl; active Socialist party; convicted of
conspiracy with employers. • See: Fink, 81;
NITimes, July 8 1960,21:3.
Kaufman, Moses; b. ca 1856; d. Great Falls,
MT, reported Jan 61939.
Merchant, pioneer settler, Great Falls, MT. •
See:A]YB,41:425.
Kaufman, Moses Ralph; b. Bessarabia, Oct
5 1900; d. NYC, May 1977.
To US 1925. • MD, CM McGill. • Physician,
psychiatrist, Boston, Cambridge, MA; faculty
Harvard, Mt Sinai; officer professional socs;
author in field; WWII service. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; NITimes, May211977, 20:5.
Kaufman, Murray (Murray the K); b.
Bronx, ca 1922; d. Los Angeles, Feb
1982.
Disc jockey, NYC; helped introd~ce the
Beatles to the US. • See: NITimes, Feb 23
1982.
.
Kaufman, Nathan G; b. ca 1846; d.
Tacoma, WA,Jan 1914.
Councilman, Aberdeen, WA.· See:A]YB,
16(1914-1915~163.
Kaufman, Oscar Anshel; b. Detroit,Jan 19
1898.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, asst prosecuting atty,
asst atty general, MI Public Trust Commr,
Detroit. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, Paul; b. Csengerbagos, Hungary,
Oct 22 1884.
To US 1924. • Royal Med U (Budapest). •
Physician, NYC; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kaufman, Paul D; b. NYC, Apr 29 1899; d.
NYC, Feb 81952.
AB CCNY, JD NYU. • Lawyer, educator;
faculty NYU; author in field; WWII
government service. • See: WWT¥IA, 3;
NITimes, Feb 9 1952,30:8.
Kaufman,Reuben;b.'7yosen,Minsk,June
11890.
To US 1893. • BA Clark, MA Columbia,
DHL, ordained JTS. • Rabbi, composer,
author, Zionist, Paterson, NJ; inventor Heb
Lotto Game; chr Jewish Court of Arbitration;
WWI J ewish Welfare Bd service. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Kaufman, Rhoda
Kaufman, Rhoda; b. Columbus, GA, Oct 26
1888.
BS Vanderbilt, post-grad Emory. • Social work
exec, Atlanta; with GA Dept of Public Welfare,
Family Welfare Soc; mem White House Conf
on Child Welfare; officer professional socs. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, Rosalind Fish (Mrs Elias Raas
Kaufman); b. Nashville, Nov 291889.
Communalldr, Lake Charles, LA; officer City
Clubs Council; supt synagog sabbath school;
bd LA State Fedn of Temple Sisterhoods. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufman, SJay; b. Ridgway, PA, Feb 15?;
d. June 195'7.
NYU. • Journalist, playwright, NYC; with
Evening Telegram; columnist Evening Globe. •
see:A]YB, 24:162; WWIA], 1926; 1928;
NITimes, June 21 1957,25:3.
Kaufman, Samuel Hamilton; b. NYC, Oct
261893/1894; d. May 5' 1960.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, special asst US
atty general, NYC; WWI, Nat! Guard &
reserve corp service. • See:A]YB, 50:643;
WWIA], 1938; WWWL4, 4; NITimes, May 6
1960,31:1.
Kaufman, Saul C; b. NYC, Feb 3 1911; d. St
Thomas, Virgin Islands, Apr 3 1972.
Atty, NYC, Brooklyn; pres synagog, Machzike
Talmud Torah, United Jewish Appeal; active
B'nai B'rith. • See:A]YB, 74:357.
Kaufman, Sidney; b. ca 1910; d. London,
Aug 1983.
Documentary & industrial film producer;
faculty CCNY, New School. • See: NITimes,
Aug 111983.
Kaufman, Sol; b. Suwalki, Poland, Mar 4
1901.
To US 1904. • Nat! Academy of Design. •
Jewelry, novelty designer, NYC; officer Jewish
Center (Kingbridge); active communal orgs. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kaufman, Sue (Mrs Jeremiah A Barondess);
b. LI, NY, Aug 7 1926; d. NYC, June 25'
1977.
Author, Diary ofa Mad Housewife.· See:
WWWL4, 7; NITimes, June 261977, 26:3.
Kaufman, Viola; b. Lexington, KY, Aug 25'
1876.
Hamiltor.. ColI (Lexington), business colI. •
City auditor, Lexington, KY; officer United
Jewish Campaign; dir Crippled Childrens Soc.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
Kaufman, Wdliam S; b. 1896; d. Manhasset,
NY, Oct 26 1976.
Bldr, developer, communalldr, philanthropist,
NYC; fdr Vocational School for Retarded;·a
fdr Albert Einstein ColI ofMed; mem Bd of
Jewish Education; active NY BD of Rabbis,
Nat! Assn for Retarded Children, Israel Bonds,
Jewish Agency. • See: A]YB, 78:542; NITimes,
Oct 27 1976,44:1.
Kaufmann, Albert; b. Russia, Sep 25' 1878;
d. NYC, July 3 1963.
322
To US 1894~ • Physician; an orgr Am Jewish
Cong; bd Heb U; dir Jewish Consumptives
Relief Soc. • See:A]YB, 65:434.
Kaufmann, Basil Lionel; b. StJoseph, MO,
Apr291897.
U MI.· Lawyer, StJoseph, MO; active
synagog; WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufmann, CecilDavid; b. Detroit, Sep 18
1904; d. May 18 1976.
Jeweler, philanthropist, Washington DC;
officer trade assns; bd Jewish Community
Council; active harness racing. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Kaufmann, David; b. Muenstereifel,
Genriany, Oct 8 1875'.
To US 1903. • Dime store owner, Grand
Island & Kearney, NE; officer Chamber of
Commerce. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufmann, David E; see Kaufman, David E.
Kaufmann, Edgar Jonas; b. Pittsburgh, Nov
1 1885'; d. Apr 15 195'5'.
Yale; honorary degree. • Merchant, communal
worker, Pittsburgh; a fdr Arnold School; mem
Citizens Com on City Planning; officer trade
assns; dir Irene Kaufmann Settlement, Fedn of
Jewish"Philanthropies; developed Pittsburgh
Plan to stabilize employment; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA,3;NITimes,Apr161955, 19:3.
Kaufmann, Edmund I; b. Detroit, June 6
1886; d. Washington DC,July 17195'0.
Merchant, Zionist, Jewish communalldr,
Washington DC; pres Zionist Org of Am,
Jewish Fund for Research; a fdr Am Palestine
Trading Corp, United Jewish Appeal; trustee
Jewish Inst of Religion. • See:A]YB, 53:525;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 181950,
29:3.
Kaufmann, Edward; b. NYC, Sep 17185'6;
d. NYC, Sep 1924.
Lawyer, county clerk, Tax Commr, Brooklyn;
active Democratic politics, charities, Heb
Orphan Asylum, Peoples Reb Inst. • See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):127-28;NITimes, Sep 16
1924,23:4.
Kaufmann,Eugene; b. Hainstadt,
Germany, Sep 12 1907; d. Baltimore,
Dec 1964.
To US 1934. • Jurist, communal worker,
Baltimore; special interest, immigration,
German restitution; bd Am Fedn ofJews from
Central Europe; dir Heb Immigrant Aid Soc;
author in field. • See:A]YB, 66:577.
Kaufmann, Helen Loeb (Mrs Mortimer J
Kaufman); b. NYC, Feb 2 1887.
AB Barnard. • Author, Hampton, NJ"; bd
Henry St Music School; dir Am Com for
Emigre Scholars; active music orgs. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Kaufmann, Henrietta (Mrs); b. ca 185'5'; d.
Larchmont, NY, Mar 3 1938.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,
40:387.
Kaufmann, Henry; b. Viernheim, Germany,
July 12 1860; d. NYC, Mar 195'5'.
To US 1876. • Merchant, philanthropist,
Pittsburgh, NYC; fdr, dir Irene Kauffman
Settlement; contributor auditorium, 92nd
Street Y (NYC). • See: UJE; A]YB, 57:607;
WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 14 1955,
23:5.
Kaufmann, Henry Hans; b. Hanau,
Germany, June 5' 1919; d.Jan 211980.
To US 1939;· BS U MN. • Grain research
mgr, author, patent holder, Minneapolis;
author in field; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Kaufmann, Herbert Moses; b. Philadelphia,
1870; d. Mar 195'0.
BS UPA, PhDU Basel. • Chemist, NYC;
officerJewish Inst of Religion; trustee Free
Synagogue. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NITimes, Mar 21 1950,29:3.
Kaufmann, Irma Heiden; b. NYC, Dec 26
1889.
AB Barnard, MA Columbia. • Educator, camp
dir, NYC; officer professional socs; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaufmann, Isaac; b. Vierheim, HesseDarmstadt, May 15 185'1; d. Pittsburgh,
July 18 1921.
To US 1869. • Dept store exec, communal
worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB, 24:101;
NITimes,July 191921,15:6.
Kaufmann, Maurice; b. ca 185'8; d. Aug 6
1917.
Communal worker, Lancaster, PA. • See:
A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.
Kaufmann, Nathan;b. ca 185'4;d.Aug14
1912.
Communal worker, merchant, Toledo, OH.·
See: A]YB, 15(1913-1914):271.
Kaufmann, Nathan; b. ca 1874; d. Aix-lesBains, France, Aug 3 1938.
Merchant, Pittsburgh. • See:A]YB, 41:425;
NITimes, Aug 51938,17:4.
Kaufmann, Felix; b. Vienna, 1895'; d. Dec
1949.
To US 1938.· Philosopher, methodologist,
author, NYC; faculty New School; interested
in differing methods of social & physical
sciences. • See: E]; NITimes, Dec 25 1949,
26:6.
Kaufmann, Oliver Morris; b. Pittsburgh,
May 25' 1898.
U Pittsburgh. • Merchant, Pittsburgh; with
Better Traffic Commn, Community Fund,
Chamber of Commerce; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kaufmann, Fritz; b. Leipzig, 1891; d. 195'8.
Philosopher, phenomenologist; faculty
Northwestern, U Buffalo; author in field. •
See:E].
Kaufmann, Raymond M; b. Pittsburgh, Aug
81879.
Real estate exec, Pittsburgh. • See: WWIA],
1938.
323
Kaufmann, Theodore; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,
Feb 261938.
Merchant, philanthropist, civic worker,
Pittsburgh. • See:AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Feb
271938, IT 9:2.
Kaufmann, Victor Rossman; b. Brooklyn,
Mar 15 1896; d. Feb 1943.
Cornell Law, US Naval Academy. • Lawyer,
legislator, deputy atty general, NYC; dir Nat!
Desertion Soc; active Fedn of] ewish
Philanthropies, Republican politics; WWI
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 6
1943,13:4.
Kaufmann, Walter; b. Freiburg, Germany,
July 1 1921; d. Sep 41980.
To US 1939.· BA Williams, MA, PhD
Harvard. • Philosopher, Princeton; faculty
Princeton; author in field. • See: EJ; WWWIA,
7.
Kaun, Alexander; b. Chemigov, Ukraine,
Nov 11 1889; d. Berkeley, CA, June 23
1944.
To US 1909. • U St Petersburg, Lewis Inst
(Chicago), PhB U Chicago, MA, PhD U CA. •
Slavic language specialist, Berkeley, CA; faculty
U CA (Berkeley); advisor Roerich Museum
(NYC); author in field, magazine contributor.
• See: UJE; A]YB, 24:162,46:340; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 241944,
13:5.
Kaun,Hugo;b.Munich, 1863;d. 1932.
To Milwaukee 1887, to Berlin 1900.·
Composer, conductor, Berlin. • See: UJE.
Kauvar,CharlesEliezerF.fillel{.Kauvar,C
F.fillel); b. Vilna, Aug 14 1879; d. Aug 23
1971.
To US 1892.· BA CCNY, MAColumbia,
LHD, ordained JTS. • Conservative rabbi,
author, Denver; faculty U Denver; pres United
Synagogue of Am; orgr Denver Heb School;
officer Jewish Welfare Bd. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68,24:162; WWIA],
1926,1928, 1938;BEOA];~, 5.
Kava, Harry Louis; b. Russia, Aug 10 1898.
NYU, MD NYU, post-grad NYC, Berlin. •
Gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC; active med
soc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kavaler, David; b. Solotwina, Austria, Dec
25 1895.
To US 1904.· DDS U1N.· Dentist,
Brooklyn; officer professional assns; active
United Palestine Appeal, synagog. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kavaler, Max; b. Poland, Feb 6 1883.
LI CoIl ofMed. • Physician, NYC; faculty
Columbia; owner Woodstock Hospital. • See:
BEOA}.
Kavinoky, Edward Harold; b.Buffalo, May
291903; d.Jan 22 1977.
AB, LLB Harvard; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
playwright, Buffalo; pres Jewish Fedn, Jewish
Welfare Soc, Council of Social Agencies; nat!
bd Community Chests; officer bar assn; mem
"White House Conf on Aging; active interfaith
Keiser, Morris
harmony.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, Jan 25 1977,38:2.
Kavinoky, Nahum; b. ca 1875; d. Aug 4
1938.
Physician, communalldr, Los Angeles. • See:
A]YB, 41:425.
Kavitski, Israel D; b. ca 1856; d. Chicago,
Sep 211914.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):220.
Kawin, Ethel; b. Peoria, IL,Jan 22 1890.
PhB, MA U Chicago. • Psychologist, Chicago;
with U Chicago Lab School; author in field. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Kay, Abraham S; b. Vilna, Feb 15 1899; d.
Washington DC, July 101963.
To US 1909. • Bldr, philanthropist, Zionist
ldr; a fdr State ofIsrae1 Bond Org; nat! cabinet
United Jewish Appeal; bdJTS, Am Technion
Soc, Am Com for Weizmann Inst, Am Friends
ofHeb U.· See:A]YB, 65:434; NYTimes,July
111963,29:3.
Kay, Alice Odenheimer; b. New Orleans,
Mar 111902.
AB Tulane, MA Columbia. • Communalldr,
NYC; officer Nat! Council of]ewish Women.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaye, Danny; b. Brooklyn, Jan 18 1913.
Actor, entertainer, philanthropist, Emmy
award winner; supporter UNICEF. • See: E].
Kaye, Nora; b. 1920.
Ballerina, NYC; known for dramatic roles. •
See:E].
Kaye, Solomon Aaron; b. NYC.
Editor, NYC; fdr, Consolidate Reporting Co
Gewish org reports); co-editor WWIA], 1926,
1928.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kaye, Sydney Milton; b. NYC, Feb 3 1900;
d. Aug 271979.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; specialty
copyright. • See: ~, 7.
Kayfetz, Isidore; b. Alexandrovsk, Russia,
Dec 29 1886; d. 1947.
To US 1892. • LLB, LLM Brooklyn Law, BS,
PdM, PhD NYU. • Lawyer, publisher,
Brooklyn; mem School Bd; faculty Brooklyn
Law School; author in field, on English
composition. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
NITimes, May 2 .1947, 21:3.
Kaylin, Samuel; b. Russia.
Motion picture music dir, composer,
Hollywood. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kaysen, Carl; b. Philadelphia, Mar 5 1920.
U PA, MA, PhD Harvard. • Political
economist, authority on disarmament,
government advisor; dir Inst of Advance Study
(Princeton); faculty Harvard; WWII service. •
See: NYTimes story, Feb 14 1966.
Kayser, Max; b. ca 1842; d. NYC, May 29
1933.
Civil War veteran, NYc. • See:A]YB, 35:125.
Kayser, Rudolf; b. Parchim, Mecklenburg,
Nov281889; d. NYC, Feb 1964.
To US 1935. • U Berlin, PhD U Munich. •
Author, editor, scholar, educator, literary
journalist, biographer; faculty Hunter CoIl,
Brandeis. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 66:577-78;
NITimes, Feb 71964,32:3.
Kazdan, Hayyim Solomon (Shlomo); b.
1883.
To US 1941. • Yiddish educator, writer; tchr
Workmen's Circle, JTS; dir Yiddish schools
(Warsaw); active Jewish socialist circles. • See:
E].
Kazin, Alfred; b. Brooklyn, 1915.
Author, critic, NYC; an editor New Republic;
faculty SUNY, Stony Brook. • See: E].
Kazin, Michael (Mike); b. *
Ldr, Harvard Students for Democratic Soc
group. • See: Wall Street Journal story, May 9
1969,1:1.
Kazmann, Boris; b. Russia, 1874; d.
Rehovoth, Palestine, 1933.
U Vienna, Cornell. • To US 1900, to Palestine
1923. • Zionist theoretician, chemist, author,
CO, Battle Creek, MI. • See: UJE.
Kehlmann, Leopold; b. ca 1869; d. July 11
1932.
Zionist worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 35:125.
Keidan, Harry B; b. Detroit, 1882; d. Aug
1943.
LLB Detroit ColI of Law. • Lawyer, Circuit
court judge, Zionist, prosecuting atty, Detroit;
interested in labor, public interest & probation
issues; officer synagog; active OrthodoxJewish
community,JTS.· See: UJE;A]YB, 24:162;
NYTimes, Aug 17 1943, 17:3.
Keiffer, Julius; b. ca 1843; d. New Orleans,
Jan 261913.
Merchant, Civil War veteran, New Orleans. •
See~A]YB,
15(1913-1914):271.
KeiI,Max; b. Beicz, Austrla,July 23 1878.
To US 1896. • Motor co pres, merchant, exec,
Wilmington, DE; officer B'nai B'rith,Jewish
Welfare Assn; dir Travelers Aid Assn. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Keiser, August; b. Buffalo, NY, June 24
1858; d. Buffalo, NY, -Nov 20 1937.
Business exec, philanthropist, civic &
communal worker, Buffalo; officer synagog; dir
Jewish Fedn, Jewish Fresh Air Camp,Jewish
Orphan Asylum of West NY, Eli D Hoffellew
Found. • See:A]YB, 40:387; WWIA], 1938.
Keiser, Leopold; b. Bisenz, Moravia, June
161826.
JuvenileCourt officer, communalldr, Buffalo,
NY; a fdr, officer synagog, Heb Benevolent
Soc; early supporter Heb Union ColI. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):74.
Keiser, Morris; b. Kovno, Oct 10 1897.
EE Polytech Inst (Brooklyn). • Geophysicist,
Ponca City, OK; earlier electrical engineer,
with US Bureau of Standards. • See: WWIA],
1928.
324
Kelen, Imre (Emery, Emerich)
Kelen, Imre (Emery, Emerich); b. Gyor,
Hungary, ·1895.
To US 1938. • Cartoonist, childrens author,
biographer; collaborated with Aloysius Derso;
advisor UN Television Service; WWI
Hungarian army service. • See: E].
Keller, Alexander S; b. 1905?; d. West
Hartford, CT, May 171958.
Industrialist; a fdr Hartford U, HartfordJewish
Fedn; chr Natl Refugee Service; advisor
Netherlands Economic Cooperation Admn;
advisor War Production Bd, Dept of
Commerce. • See:A]YB, 60:356; NYTimes,
May 181958,87:1.
Keller, Carolyn W; b. NYC, Aug 14 1910;
d. Hartford, July 30 1968.
Public relations counselor, communal & civic
worker; officer Am Jewish Com, Citizens Com
for CT Med & Dental Schools. • See: A]YB,
70:522.
Keller, Henry; b. Cracow, Dec 1877; d.
Jerusalem, Nov 1944.
To US 1893, to Palestine 1932. • JTS, MD
NYU, post-grad abroad. • Orthopedic
surgeon, NYC; faculty NY School of Clinical
Med; fdr Harlem Forum for Dessemination of
Jewish Knowledge, Palestine Soc for Crippled
Children; an orgr Mizrachi (London,
Palestine); pres, Jewish Academy of Sciences;
active Provisional Zionist Com of Am; author
in field, on Jewish subjects. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Nov23 1944,31:2.
Keller, Henry G; b. Cleveland, ca 1870; d.
San Diego, Aug 2 1949.
Cleveland School of Design, Cincinnati Art
School, Paris, Munich, Dusseldorf; specialty:
animals. • Artist, Cleveland, San Diego;
faculty, dean Cleveland School of Art. • See:
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Aug 4 1949, 23:2.
Rabbinical Assembly; tchr JTS; WWII
Canadian service. • See: E].
To US ca 1854. • TX pioneer financier,
merchant, wholesale grocer, railroad bldr,
Galveston; Confederate volunteer. • See: UJE;
Kelsen, Hans; b. Prague, 1881; d. Apr 1973.
E].
To US 1940. • U Vienna, U Heidelberg, U
Berlin. • Legal philosopher, author, Austrian
supreme court judge; faculty U Vienna, U
Cologne, U Prague, U Geneva, U CA
(Berkeley); drafted Austrian constitution. • See:
E]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 201973,36:1.
Kelsey, Morris Herman; b. Vtlna, Mar 7
1881; d. before 1938.
RIETS. • Communal worker, Easton, PA; pres
Heb Sheltering Home, synagog; bd United
Synagogue of Am. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Kelter, Arthur; b. NYC, Mar 31869.
Athlete, gymnast, wire walker, San Francisco,
NYC; mgr Manhattan Athletic Club,
Education Alliance Gym. • See: ]E.
Kempner, Isaac Herbert; b. Cincinnati, Jan
14/171873; d. Galveston, July 311967.
Washington & Lee U. • Banker, civic official,
businessman, cotton factor, mayor, Galveston;
helped originate commn form of municipal
government; officer trade assns. • See: UJE; E]
(sub Kempner, Harris); A]YB, 6(19041905):128; WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 5; AI, Aug 10 1967.
Kempner, Isaac HerbertJr; b. Galveston,
Oct 11906; d. Oct 201953.
BS Harvard. • Business exec, Galveston;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes,
Oct211953,29:5.
Kemeny, John; b. Budapest, ca 1927.
Kempner, Otto; b. Austro-Hungary, ca
1858; d. Brooklyn, Oct 81914.
To US 1940. • Princeton. • ColI pres,
mathematician, philosopher; pres, Dartmouth
ColI; faculty Princeton, Dartmouth. • See:
NYTimes story, Mar 2 1970.
Cooper Union. • Municipal judge, legislator, .
Commr of Public Works, Brooklyn; active
anti-Tammany politics. • See:A]YB, 17(19151916):220;NYTimes, Oct 10 1914, 11:6.
Kemins, Charles J; see Kaminsky, Charles
Kempner, Robert Lee; b. Galveston, Jan 21
1883.
J.
Kemper, Isaac L; b. ca 1862; d. Baltimore,
Feb 5 1913.
Merchant, Baltimore. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-
U VA. • Banker, civic official, city treas,
Galveston; trustee synagog. • See: UJE (sub
Kempner, Harris); WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
1914):271.
Kempner, Robert Max Wasili; b. Freiburg,
Germany, 1899.
Kempner, Adolph; b. ca 1870; d. Chicago,
Jan 3 1939.
Broker, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 41:425.
To US ca 1939. • Lawyer, historian; faculty U
PA; assocd with Manhattan project; prosecutor,
Nuremberg trials; consult Israeli government.
• See:E].
Kempner, Alan Horace; b. Little Rock, AK,
July 41897; d. Purchase, NY, Dec 1985.
Kendis, James; b. St Paul, Mar 91883; d.
Jamaica, NY, Nov 15 1946.
AB Columbia.· Stockbroker, publisher,
philanthropist, NYC; officer Irvington House;
bd Hospital for Joint Diseases; donated book!
manuscript collections to Columbia. • See:
WWL4.], 1938; NYTimes, Dec 191985.
Songwriter, NYC; pres Kendis Music Corp;
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles." • See:A]YB,
49:613; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Nov 16 1946,
19:3.
12(1910-1911):109.
Kempner, Aubrey John; b. London, Sep 22
1880.
Kenin, Harry Marvin; b. Philadelphia, Dec
261898.
Keller, Joseph F; b. NYC, July 2 1871; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 1961.
U Berlin, PhD U Gottingen. • Mathematician,
educator; faculty U CO; officer professional
socs; editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.
AB, MA U WA. • Lawyer, public servant,
Portland, OR; mem Bd of Education; orgr
Aleph Zadik Aleph chapters; officer B'nai
B'rith, synagog; exec dir B'nai B'rith
Community Center. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Keller, Jacob; b. ca 1838; d. Kendallville,
IN, Oct 4 1909.
Councilman, Kendallville, IN. • See: A]YB,
CCNY. • Engineer, consult, amateur sculptor,
inventor, author, consult, Brooklyn. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes, Mar 23 1961,
33:1.
Kellman, Harry T; b. Russia, Oct 4 1884.
LLB U MD.· Lawyer, Zionist, Baltimore;
officer synagog; exec com Zionist Org of Am;
dir Heb Home for Incurables. • See: WWL4.],
1928.
Kellner, Charles H; b. Kasa,
Czechoslovakia, Sep 13 1890.
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago Art
Inst, Am Art Schools (Paris, Coblenz). •
Landscape & portrait artist, Chicago;
illustrator, B'nai B'rith magazine. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kempner, Daniel Webster; b. Galveston,
Mar 28 1877; d. Oct 1956.
BA U VA. • Financial exec, Galveston; officer
Sons of Confederate Veterans; trustee synagog,
Galveston Orphans Home, Rosenberg Old
Womans Home; dir Agricultural &
Mechanical ColI; WWI Red Cross field dir. •
See: UJE (sub Kempner, Harris); WWL4.],
1928, 1938;NYTimes, Oct 171956,35:4.
Kempner, Fanny (Mrs Isidore Kempner);
b. NYC, Feb 15 1871; d. Mar 28 1952.
Communal worker; editor Duryea Inst (NYC),
Columbia; active Welfare Island, synagogs,
Natl Council ofJewish Women. • See:A]YB,
54:539; WWL4.], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 29 1952,
15:2.
Kelman,WoHe;b. "ienna, 1923.
JTS. • Conservative rabbi, author; officer
Kempner, Harris; b. Kosepitz, Russia,
1837; d. Galveston, 1894.
Kenin, Herman David; b. "ineland, NJ,
Oct 261901; d. NYC, July 211970.
Reed ColI, Northwestern ColI of Law
(Portland, OR); honorary degree. • Lawyer,
musician; pres Internatl Fedn ofMusicians;
officer Am Fedn ofMusicians; helped estNatl
Endowment for the Arts & Humanities. • See:
Fink, 187-88; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 22
1970,41:3.
Kenin, Lena Nemerovsky; b. Portland, OR,
Nov 51897.
BS U WA, MD U OR. • Surgeon, Portland,
OR; lecturer U OR; state chr, Natl Birth
Control League; officer Com on Child
Welfare, League of Professional Women. •
See: WWL4.], 1938.
325
Kennan, Ben A; b. ca 1904; d. Brooklyn
Nov261938.
Social worker, NYC; exec dir Jewish
Sanitarium, Hospital for Chronic Diseases. •
See:AJYB, 41:425;NYTimes, Nov271938,
48:6.
Kepecs, Jacob; b. Czechoslovakia, Jan 15
1882; d. Chicago, July 10 1947.
To US 1906. • BS NYU. • Social work admr,
Chicago; authority on child care; pres Child
Welfare League of Am; suptJewish Home
Finding Soc; with Soc for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children (PA), Fellowship House
(NYC), Jewish Childrens Soc (Baltimore). •
See:AJYB, 50:518; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
July 12 1947, 13:3.
Keppler, Joseph; b. St Louis, Apr 4 1872.
Academy of Arts (Munich). • Cartoonist,
NYC. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Kern, Hymen Theodore; b. Lynchburg,
VA, May 141896.
AB, LLB U TN. • Lawyer, juvenile &
domestic court judge, Knoxville, TN; officer
B'nai B'rith; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kestnbaum, Meyer
Kertzer, Morris N; b. Cochrane, Ontario,
Oct 18 1910; d. Scottsdale, AZ, Dec 29
1983.
service. • See:
1972,67:1.
To US 1930.· UToronto, UIL, ordained
JTS; honorary degree. • Rabbi, author, ldr in
interfaith relations, NYC; faculty U IA, U AL;
pres Nat! Assn of]ewish Chaplains; bd, Union
of Am Heb Congregations; active Synagogue
Council of Am, Central Conf of Am Rabbis,
Am Jewish Com, NY Bd of Rabbis. • See:
AJYB, 85:417;NYTimes, Dec 311983.
Kessler, Daniel; b. Brooklyn, ca 1926; d.
Boston, Mar 1969.
U VA. ,. Mens retail clothing exec; active' civic
& c~arltable orgs (Essex County, NJ); WWII
service. • See: NYTimes, Mar 11 1969, 47:3.
Keschner, Moses; b. Dobromil, Austria,
Sep 301876; d. Aug 311956.
To NYC 1890.· Yiddish actor, mgr, NYC.•
See: EJ; AJYB, 22:166; NYTimes, May 15 1920,
15:4.
To US 1890.· CCNY,MD Columbia, LLB
NY Law. • Neurologist, neuropsychiatrist,
NYC; faculty Columbia; active med assns;
consult Pride ofJudea Orphan Asylum; author
in field.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Sep 11956, 15:6.
Kesner, Jacob Levi; b. London, Dec 30
1865.
To US 1869. • Commercial Business ColI
(Chicago). • Dept store exec, Chicago; pres
Kesner Realty Trust. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938.
NY ColI ofMusic, Berlin. • Musical comedy
composer, NYC, Hollywood; "Show Boat,"
"Roberta"; collector of rare books. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 24:162,48:492; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3;
NYTimes, Nov 12 1945,21:1.
Kern, Maximilian; b. Stanislau, Austria, Jan
161890; d.July 311964.
To US 1907. • MD LI ColI Hospital, MD
Chicago Med, post-grad Vienna. • Physician,
Chicago; specialty endocrinology; faculty
General Med Found ColI; officer med soc;
author in field; WWI service. • See: UJE;
WWIA), 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Aug 1 1964, 21 :4.
Kerngood, Marcus William; b. ca 1835; d.
Baltimore, May 22 1914.
Merchant, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 16(19141915):163.
Kerstein, Solomon; b. Antwerp, Sep 7
1901; d. Nov 2 1969.
To NYC 1904, 1921. • Communal worker,
publisher, editor, NYC; with Bloch Publishing;
officer Mizrachi, Mizrachi Youth Org; active
Jewish Nat! Fund, United GalicianJews of Am.
• See:AJYB, 71:605; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Nov 3 1969,47:1.
Kessler, Henry Howard; b. Newark, Apr 10
1896; d.Jan 1978.
AB, MD Cornell, MA, PhD Columbia.•
Surgeon, NJ; med dir NJ Rehabilitation
Commn; active med soc; author/editor in field.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 19 1978,
IV 19:4.
Kessler, Irving K; b. Philadelphia, ca 1919.
Temple. • Exec, Camden, NJ, NYC; with
RCA. • See: NYTimes story, Dec 13 1970, 5: 1.
To NYC 1940. • French writer, peripaletic,
novelist; WWI Russian service. • See: UJE; EJ.
Actor, theatre owner, NYC; specialty
Shakespearean roles. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Kessel, Laura; b. ca 1887; d. Kansas City,
MO, Mar 14 1940..
Communal worker, Kansas City. • See: AJYB,
Kessler, Leopold; Tamowice, Upper
SilesialEngland, 1864; d. NYC, Jan 3
1944.
42:480.
To US 1939. • Engineer, Zionist, author,
Herzl & Weizmann aide; bd London Jewish
Chronicle; active Freeland League. • See: EJ;
Kessel, Max Harry; b. Kremenchug,
Russia, May 15 1893.
AJYB,46:340;NYTimes,Jan51944,17:2.
To US 1906. • BS CCNY, Columbia. •
Publisher, textbook author, NYC; fdr Oxford
Book Co. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kessler, Ruth Rosalyne; b. NYC, Feb 9
1910.
Kessel, Reuben A; b. Chicago, Apr 2 1923;
d.June 201975.
BS, LLB NYU, • Lawyer, NYC; asst counsel
Railroad Retirement Bd; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
MBA, PhD U Chicago. • Economist, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago; author in field; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 21
1975,30:2.
Kessler, Samuel]; b. NYC, Aug 10 1886.
BS Cooper Union, LLB NY Law. • Architect,
NYC; officer professional soc. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Kesselman, Louis Coleridge; b. Columbus,
Nov 12 1919; d. Aug 201974.
Kesten, Hermann; b. 1927.
AB, MA, PhD OH State U. • Political
scientist, arbitrator, Louisville; faculty U
Louisville; officer professional socs; author/
editor in field; WWII Natl War Labor Bd. •
See: WWWIA, 6.
To US during WWII. • German writer,
novelist, biographer; active refugee circles.··
Kesselman, Louis M; b. NYC, Aug 7 1888.
To US 1939.· MD UVienna.·
Ophthalmologist, Zionist, NYC; developed
surgical procedures; faculty NYU; officer med
socs; author in field. • See: NITimes, July 18
1961,29:3.
Banker, insurance agent, Milwaukee;dirFedn
ofJewish Charities; active synagog. • See:
WWIAJ,1938,
Kert, Max H; b. Montreal, Jan 41905.
BA U Manitoba, JTS, Heb Theological ColI
(Chicago). • Rabbi, Los Angeles; mem Santa
MonicaJuvenile Commn.· See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kessler, Adolph; b. .ca 1833; d. NYC, Oct
191915.
Physician, NYC.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-
Kertesz, Andre; b. Budapest, July 2 1894; d.
NYC, Sep 1985.
Kessler, Bernard; b. NYC, Jan 2 1922; d.
Apr 211972.
BS NYU, Dartmouth. • Mens retail clothing
To NYC 1938.· Academy of Commerce
(Budapest). • Pioneer in photography. • See:
NYTimes, Sep 301985.
Kessler, David; b. Kishinev, 1860; d. NYC,
May 141920.
Kessler, Joseph; b. Oct 15 1881.
Kessel, Joseph; b. Clara, Argentina, 1898.
Kern, Jerome David; b. NYC, Jan 27 1885;
d. NYC, Nov 111945.
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Apr 23
1917):108.
exec, NYC; trustee Jewish Community Center,
Pleasant Valley Home for Aged; WWII
See:EJ.
Kestenbaum, Alfred; b. Vienna, ca 1890; d.
Monroe, NY,July 1961.
Kestenbaum, Jacob; b. Tarnow, Poland, Jan
301893/1894; d. NYC,Jan 16 1980.
To US 1914. • Business exec, fur importerexporter, NYC; active rescues ofJews from
Nazis, Jewish education (Flatbush). • See:
AJYB, 82:368-69; BEOAJ.
Kestnbaum, Meyer; b. NYC, Oct 31 1896;
d. Chicago, Dec 14 1960.
BS, MBA Harvard. • Business exec, public
Kettner, Frederick
servant, Chicago; special asst to Pres
Eisenhower; chr Presidential Com on
Intergovernmental Relations, Com for
Economic Development; pres Hart, Schaffner
& Marx; bd Harvard; WWI service. • See:
A]YB, 63:560; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 16
1960,43:4.
Kettner, Frederick; b. Austria, Jan 24 1886.
PhD Austria Universities. • Biosophy fdr,
author, NYC; tchr CCNY; orgr Spinoza
Center; officer Roerich Soc; editor Biosophical
Review. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEGA].
Keyfitz, Isadore; b. Poltava, Ukraine, Apr
17 1896/1897.
To US 1919. • AM U Toronto, PhD U
Chicago. • Semitic language & history
specialist, Columbia, MO; faculty Bible ColI of
MO, U MO, Oriental Inst (Chicago), ColI of
Jewish Studies; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEGA].
Keyser, Ephraim; b. Baltimore, Oct 6 1850;
d. Baltimore, Jan 26 1937.
MD Academy ofArt, Royal Academy (Munich,
Berlin). • Sculptor, Rome, NYC, Baltimore;
tchr MD Inst School ofArt. • See: ]E; UJE;
A]YB; 6(1904-1905):128,24:162; 39:593;
WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes,Jan281937,25:4.
Keyser, Ernest Wise; b. Baltimore, Dec 10
1874/1875/1876; d. Sep 25 1959.
MD Inst ofArts & Sciences, Art Students
League, Paris. • Sculptor, architect, Atlantic
Beach, FL; specialty public memorials; officer
professional soc, NY Natl Guard. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):128, 24:162; WWWIA, 3.
326
MD, U Chicago; helped develop journals in
field; pioneer free radical chemistry; consult
Chemical War Service; author in field; WWI
service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,
3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Oct 11 1957, 27:4.
Kiefer, CarlJ; b. Cincinnati, Oct 14 1882;
d. May 1961.
BS, MS, EE Rose Polytech Inst. • Production
management exec, inventor, Cincinnati... See:
WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, May 14 1961, 86:6.
Kiefer, Jack Carl; b. Cincinnati, Jan 25
1924.
BS, MS MIT, PhD Columbia. •
Mathematician, Ithaca; faculty Cornell, U CA
(Berkeley); author/editor in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Kieferstein, Alex; b. Adanta, GA, Sep 19
1888.
Stockbroker, Chicago; active Republican
politics, synagog; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Kiesler, Adolph; b. Botosany, Rumania, ca
1880; d. Denver, Dec 1967.
Alloy co fdr; philanthropist; gave millions to
charity. • See: NatlJewish Post, Dec 29 1967.
Kiesler, Frederick; b. Vienna, Sep 22 1890/
1896; d. NYC, Dec 271965.
To US 1926. • Technische Hoc:lschule, MA
Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna).· Architect,
sculptor, painter, NYC; scenic designer,
Juilliard; architect lab dir, Columbia; author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 28
1965,27:1.
Keyser, Stanley Samuel; b. NYC, June 15
1900; d. Sep 61974.
Cigar mfg exec, NYC; trustee Polyclinic Med
School. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Sep 9
1974,38:4.
Kiev, Isaac Edward; b. NYC, Feb 28IMar
211905; d.NYC, Nov 3 1975.
CCNY, Columbia, MHL, ordained Jewish Inst
of Religion; honorary degree. • Rabbi,
librarian, hospital chaplain, author, NYC,
manuscript cUrator, librarian, Heb Union
ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion; officer
professional orgn, Jewish Cultural
Reconstruction; trustee Jewish charities,
founds.· See:A]YB, 77:596; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 5 1975,46:2.
Keyserling, Mary Dublin (Mrs Leon H
Keyserling); b. 1900.
Economist; with US government agencies. •
See: E] (sub Keyserling, Leon H).
Kieval, Herman; b. Baltimore, 1920.
JTS. • Conservative rabbi, Albany, NY; faculty
JTS; advisor NY Dept of Health; WWII
chaplain. • See: E].
Keyserling, Leon H; b. Charleston, SC,
1908.
Economist, author, government consult; chr
Pres Council of Economic Advisors; consult
Israeli government. • See: E].
Kieval, Howard;b. NYC, Apr 4 1918; d.
NYC, Sep 20 1984.
CCNY, Case Western. • Communal org admr;
officer Alumni Assn of CCNY; dir Jewish Fedn
of Raritan Valley, Big Bros, Am Soc for
Technion-Israel. • See: A]YB, 86:440.
Keyser, Jacob; b. Russia, Nov 23 1885.
To US 1891.· MD U PA.· Physician,
Wilmington, DE; WWI med examiner. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Keyserling, William; b. Russia, ca 1867; d.
NYC, Oct 28 1951.
To US 1888. • Businessman, communalldr,
Beaufort, SCi active Jewish orgs,Jewish
fundraising. • See: A]YB, 54:539; NYTimes,
Oct 29 1951, 17:2.
Kharasch, Morris Selig; b. Kremenitz,
Ukraine, Aug24 1895; d. Copenhagen,
Oct 91957.
To US 1907. • BS, PhD U Chicago. • Organic
chemist, patent holder, Chicago; faculty U
Kimberg, Daniel Victor; b. NYC, May 31
1933; d. London, Nov 261978.
BA Washington & Jefferson ColI, MD
Columbia. • Physician; faculty Harvard, U
Rochester, Columbia; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Nov 28 1978, IV 19:1.
Kimmelman, Milton A; b. NYC, Apr 7
1909; d. NYC, Apr 1984.
BS NYU. • Realtor, philanthropist, hotel
owner, NYC. • See: BEGA]; NYTimes, Apr 9
1984.
Kiminelstiel, Paul; b. Hamburg, Mar 21
1900; d. Oct 7 1970.
To US 1934. • MD U Tubingen. • Physician,
Hamburg; faculty U VA (Richmond),
Marquette, U OK (Oklahoma City);
discovered Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Kind, Frank; b. ca 1873; d.July 61934.
Jeweler, civic & communal worker,
philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
37:258.
King, Alexander (Konig); b. Vienna, Nov 13
1900; d. NYC, Nov 1965.
To US 1913. • Cooper Union?, Sorbonne? •
Author, illustrator, television conversationalist,
memoirist; editor Americana; assoc editor Lift.
• See: DAB, 7; NYTimes, Nov 17 1965,47:1.
King, Carol Weiss; b. NYC, Aug 24 1895;
d. NYC,Jan 22 1952.
Barnard,JD NYU. • Lawyer, civil libertarian;
specialty immigration law; fdr Internatl
Juridical Assn Bulletin; active Internatl Labor
Defense. • See:NAW: modern; DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Jan 23 1952,27:1.
King, Gladys Ascher; b. Jackson, MS, Jan
161894.
Brenau ColI (Gainesville, FL). • Civic welfare
& communalldr, Jackson, MS; mem State Bd
of Charity Admn; pres MS Fedn of Temple
Sisterhoods; officer maternity centers. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
King, Louise Berliner (Mrs Milton King);
b. Washington DC, Apr 171894; d.
Washington DC, Apr 24 1967.
Civic & communalldr; officer Friendship
House Assn, Jewish Social Service Agency; bd,
United Givers Fedn. • See: A]YB, 69:609;
NYTimes, Apr 261967,35:3.
King, Nl~.thaniel; b. ca 1867; d. East
Orange, NJ, Apr 241937.
Communal worker, Newark; mem Bd of
Education.· See:A]YB, 39:593; NYTimes, Apr
251937,118:4.
Kingman, Eugene; b. Providence, Nov 10
1909; d. Feb 201975.
BA, BFA Yale; honorary degree. • Museum
official, consult, mural artist, Omaha, NE,
Lubbock, TX; officer professional assn. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Kingsbaker, Sol; b. Quincy, IL, 1872.
Textile mfr, Oshkosh, WI; officer Chamber of
Commerce.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Kingsberg, Malcolm; b. Springfield; MA,
Oct 10 1900; d. NYC, Oct 261970.
Motion picture exec, NYC; active United
Jewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.
• See:A]YB, 72:542.
Kingsley (Kirschner), Sidney S; b. NYC,
Oct 18 1906/190711908.
BA Cornell. • Playwright, scriptwriter, actor,
Pulitzer Prize winner; "Men In White," "Dead
End"; WWII service-. • See: UJE; E]; WWIA],
1938; BEGA].
Kiser,]ulian]acob
327
Kinovsky, Benn; b. Russia, Sep 1 1899.
To US 1907. • Advertising dir, Milwaukee;
with Sentinel News. • See: WWIA], 1938.
KinsDlan,~urJ;b.~C, 1887;d.~C,
June 12 1964.
Mfr, philanthropist; a fdr Purepac Corp,
United Jewish Appeal; officer Jewish Memorial
Hospital; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 66:578;
NITimes, June 13 1964,23:2.
Kinzler, Jacob; b. LeDlberg, Austria, Mar
15 1883; d. ~C, Dec 211966.
To US 1897. • Mfr, communalldr; pres Heb
Home for Aged, synagog; officer B'nai B'rith;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, United
Jewish Appeal. • See: A]YB, 68:529; NITimes,
Dec 23 1966,25:5.
Kipness, Joseph; b. Odessa, Apr 5 1911; d.
~C, Nov 1982.
To US 1923.· Theatrical producer,
restaurateur, NYC; WWII service. • See:
NITimes, Nov 191982.
Kipnis, Alexander; b. Zhitotnir, Ukraine,
Feb 11891; d. May 141978.
To US 1922. • Warsaw Conservatory, Berlin
Conservatory. • Noted opera singer; specialty,
Wagner, Mozart. • See: U]E; WWIA], 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 7;NITimes, May 161978,
38:1.
Kirchheitner, Otto; b. Heilbronn,
Gertnany, 1905; d. Alexandria, VA, Nov
1965.
To US 1937.· U Munster, Cologne, Berlin,
JD U Bonn. • Political scientist, lawyer, Social
Democrat; faculty Columbia; with State Dept;
author in field; WWII government service. •
See: E]; NITimes, Nov 231965,45:1.
Kirchner, Leon;b. Brooklyn, 1910.
U CA (Berkeley & Los Angeles). • Composer,
pianist; faculty Mills, Harvard; WWII service.
• See:E]:1973-1982.
Kirjassoff, Max; b. Russia, 1888; d.
Yokohatna,Japan, Sep 1923.
Acting US Consul inJapan, Waterbury, CT
(US residence). • See:A]YB, 24:162,26:155.
Kirk, Frank C; b. Zitotnir, Russia, May 11
1889; d. Oct 1963.
PA Academy of Fine Arts. • Artist, NYC;
fellow PA Academy of Fine Arts. • See:
BEOAJ; NITimes, Oct 301963,39:1.
Mfr, civic & communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See:A]YB, 40:387.
See: E]; WWL4], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes
story, Mar 301966.
Kirschberg, Julius I; b. *; d. Port Angeles,
WA, Nov 1935.
Pioneer merchant, Port Angeles, WA; pres
Chamber of Commerce. • See:AJYB, 38:430.
Kirstein, Louis Edward; b. Rochester, ~,
July 9 1867; d. Boston, Dec 10 1942.
Rochester business colI; honorary degrees.Dept store exec, philanthropist, communal &
civic ldr, Rochester, Boston; pres Grad School
for Jewish Social Work; officer AssocdJewish
Charities (Boston), Boston Public Library,
Boston Port Authority, trade assns, Am Jewish
Cong; natl dir J ewish Welfare Bd; exec com
Am Jewish Com; dir Legal Aid Soc. • See:
U]E; AJYB, 24:162,45:35-46,388-89;
WWL4J, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;
DAB, 3; NYTimes, Dec 111942,23:1.
Kirschenbautn, Jacob; b. Dolina, Galicia,
Oct 28 1884IFeb 28 1885; d. ~C, Oct
251946.
To US 1900. • Yiddish journalist, NYC;
editorial staff Kibitzer, Jewish Morning Journal;
officer Fedn of GalicianJews in Am; WWI
with Jewish Welfare Bd social dir. • See: A]YB,
49:613; WWL4], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Oct 26 1946, 17:4.
Kirsh, Sadie Marcuse (Mrs Myer Kirsh); b.
Richtnond, VA, Mar 51866.
Social welfare worker, Richmond, VA; officer
sisterhood; bd Ladies Heb Benevolent Assn,
synagog; dir Travelers Protective Aid Assn. •
See: WWL4J, 1928.
Kirshbautn, Raphael; b. *; d. Indianpolis,
Dec 121916.
Communal worker, Indianapolis. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):266.
5.
Kisber, Louis; b. ca 1877;d.Jackson, TN,
Mar 171939.
Merchant, communal ldr, Jackson, TN.· See:
A]YB, 41:425.
Kisch, Bruno Zacharias; b. Prague, Aug 28
1890; d. Bad Nauheitn, Gennany, Aug 12
1966~
KirshbluDl, I Usher; b. Bialystok, Nov 25
1911; d. Hollywood, FL, Feb 5 1983.
To US as child. • Rabbi, communal worker,
Zionist, Queens; pres Rabbinical Assembly;
officer Interfaith Clergy Council; bd Council
for Social Welfare, Public Library; mem NYC
Am Bicentennial Com, NYC Council on
Aging. • See: A]YB, 85 :417.
To US 1938. • MD U Prague, U Naples, U
Cologne, Frankfurt Inst. • Physiologist,
physician, Jewish scholar; faculty U Cologne,
Yeshiva U; fdr, pres Am ColI of Cardiology;
author/editor in field; WWI German army
service (winner 5 medals); autobiography. •
See: U]E; EJ; A]YB, 68:529; NYTimes, Aug 13
1960,25:4.
KirshbluDl, Maurice; b. Bialystok, 1910.
To US 1923, to Jerusalem 1968.· REITS.·
Orthodox rabbi, Zionist ldr, Brooklyn; pres
Mizrachi Org of Am; mem Jewish Agency. •
See: E]. • *See entry below.
Kisch, Egon Erwin; b. Prague, 1885; d.
1948.
To US 1939, to Mexico by 1942. • Author,
journalist, leftist; honorary head, Prague Jewish
community (post WWII). • See: U]E; E].
KirshbluDl, Max; b. Bialystok, Mar 15 1908.
Ordained Yeshiva ColI, post-grad CCNY. •
Rabbi, instructor, communalldr, NYC; faculty
Yeshiva ColI; exec secy Mizrachi Org of Am;
tchr Young Israel; bdJewish Natl Fund of Am;
active internatl Mizrachi. • See: WWL4], 1938.
• *See entry above.
Kisch, Eugen; b. Sablonz, Bohetnia, 1885.
To US 1930s. • U Berlin. • Surgeon, NYC;
faculty U Berlin; author in field. • See: U]E.
Kirshner, Raphael; b. ca 1876; d. ~C, Aug
21917.
Portrait painter, NYC. • See: A]YB, 20(19181919):229.
Kirsch, Robert; b. Coney Island, NY, Oct
181922; d. Aug 161980.
BA, MA, CPhil UCLA; honorary degree. •
Author, critic, Santa Barbara; lecturer UCLA;
literary editor Los Angeles Times; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kirstein, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, June 2 1893;
d. Dec 51959.
BCS NYU. • Business exec, insurance broker,
NYC; trustee Nat! Found, Georgian Warm
Springs Found; WWI service. • See: WWWIA,
KirschbauDl, Arthur; b. NYC, Oct 15 1910;
d. May 28 19$8.
BS NYU, MA,PhD, MD U MN. • Anatomist,
Houston; faculty U IL, Baylor; consult US
Public Health Service, Veterans Admn. • See:
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, May 30 1958,22:1.
.Kirstein, Henry; b. ca 1865; d. Rochester,
~,Dec 71940.
Optical goods mfr. • See: A]YB, 43 :360.
KirschbauDl, David; b. ca 1866; d.
Philadelphia, June 10 1938.
Kirstein, Max; b. Poland, 1897; d. June 2
1969.
Corp exec, Swampscott, MA. • See: WWWIA,
4.
Kirstein, Lincoln Edward; b. Rochester,
May41907.
AB, AM Harvard. • Impresario, writer; co-fdr
NYC Ballet; admr dir School of the Am Ballet;
fdr dance magazines, books; WWII serVice.·
Kisch, Guido; b. Prague, Bohetnia, Jan 22
1889.
To US 1934/1935. • D Juris U Prague. •
Jurisit, legal historian; faculty U Leipzig, U
Halle, U Prague, JTS (Breslau), U Basle,
Jewish Inst of Religion; author/editor in field.
• See: U]E; EJ; WWL4], 1938.
Kisch-Arndt, Ruth (Mrs Bruno Kisch); b.
Goldberg,Silesia, 1906.
To US 1938.· Famous lieder singer. • See:
U]E (sub Kisch, Bruno).
Kiser, Edgar Fayette; b. Union City, IN,
Apr 161880.
Med CoIl of IN, post-grad Harvard. •
Physician, Indianapolis; specialty, internal med,
cardiology. • See: WWL4J, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kiser, Julian Jacob; b. Indianapolis, July 16
1890.
AB, LLB IN U. • Investment banker,
Indianapolis; officer synagog; dir Jewish
Welfare Fund; active Am Jewish Com.· See:
WWL4],1938.
Kiser, Sol S
Kiser, Sol S; b. Ft Recovery, OH, Jan 23
1858; d. Indianapolis, Nov 12 1935.
Banker, civic & communal worker,
Indianapolis; mem IN Park Commn; officer
B'nai B'rith, synagog; bd Chamber of
Commerce, Jewish Fedn; fundraiser Am War
Relief Com, Hoover campaign.·· See: AJYB
7(1905-1906):74-75,38:430; WWIAJ,1926.
Kislak, Julius Isadore; b. Kaminitz,
Padolsk,June 41887.
To US 1891. • Realtor, communal worker,
Hoboken; officer Jewish Center; dir Heb
Orphan Home, Heb Home for Aged, synagog;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kisling, Maurice (Moise); b. Cracow, 1891;
d. Bandol, France, Apr 1953.
In US 1941-1946. • French painter. • See:
UJE; E}; NYTimes, Apr 30 1953, 31 :1.
Kiss, Max; b. Hungary, Nov 9 1882; d.
Adantic Beach, NY, June 22 1967.
To US 1898.· PhG Columbia. • Business
exec, pharmacist, communalldr; fdr Ex-Lax
Co; a fdr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies
(Brooklyn); active United Jewish Appeal,
synagog, HilleL • See: A]YB, 69:609; DAB, 8;
NYTimes, June 23 1967,39:1.
Kissin, I (pseud ofJekuthiel Gornitzki); b.
Kovno, Aug 5 1886; d. Dayton, OH, June
25 1950.
To US 1904. • Yiddish poet, essayist,
translator; assoc with Di Yunge; staff Forward.
• See: UJE; A]YB, 52:502 (sub Kissin,
Yekuthiel); NYTimes, June 26 1950, 27:5.
Kissin, Wolf; b. ca 1874; d. Chicago, June 5
1945.
Rabbi, Chicago; supt, Jewish Home for Aged. •
See:AJYB, 48:492.
Kissinger, Henry Alfred; b. Fuerth,
Gennany, 1923.
To US 1938. • Secy of State, political scientist,
presidential advisor, Nobel Prize winner, Nat!
Security Advisor; with Rockefeller Inst,
Harvard; consult US Arms Control Agency. •
See:EJ:1973-1982.
.Kissman, Joseph; b. Paltinoasa, Poland,
July 13 1889; d. Flushing, NY, Dec 31
1967.
To US 1937.· Lawyer, journalist, NYC; pres
Jewish Labor Bund of Rumania; staffJewish
Labor Com (NY).• See:AJYB, 70:522;
NYTimes, Jan 2 1968, 37:2.
Kitsee, IsidorlIsador; b. Vienna, 1845; d.
Philadelphia, Apr 26 1931.
To US ca 1866. • Inyentor, Philadelphia;
invented trolley car, railroad signals, wireless,
motion picture devices. • See: UJE; AJYB,
33:127.
Kittay, Sol; b. ca 1911; d. NYC,June 1982.
To US 1925.· Apparel exec, philanthropist,
NYC; fdr BVD Co, Kittay Found, Kittay
Scientific Found; active Am Jewish Com, Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: NYTimes, June
12 1982.
328
Kittner, Violet; b. Defiance, OH; d.
Cleveland, July 22 1940.
Fdr, first mental hygiene clinic (Cleveland);
exec dir Jewish Social Service Bureau. • See:
AJYB, 43:360; NYTimes, July 23 1940, 19:6.
Klaber, Eugene Henry; b. NYC, Oct 1
1883; d. Nov 61971.
BS Columbia, Beaux-Arts (Paris). • Architect,
NYC, Chicago, Washington DC; with Public
Works Admn, Federal Housing Admn; author
in field; WWI service.· See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Nov 81971,42:4, Nov 91971,50:2.
Klafter, David Saul; b. Cincinnati, Nov 14
1885/1886.
Art Inst (Chicago), Lewis Inst. • Architect,
Chicago; mem advisory com to mayor; active
early zoning movement. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ.
Klapennan, Libby; b. Minsk, 1922;d.
Lawrence, NY,June 19 1982.
Writer, communal worker, NYC; faculty Stern
Coll for Women; nat! officer Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations; active
Mizrachi Women.· See:AJYB, 84:334-35.
Klapp, William; b. NYC, Aug 23 1888.
NYU Law. • Lawyer, city magistrate, Bronx;
dir Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active bar
assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Klapper, Paul; b. Jassy, Rumania, July 17
1885; d. Flushing, NY, Mar 25 1952.
To NYC 1892. • AB CCNY, MA, PhD NYU;
honorary degrees. • University president,
educator, NYC; pres Queens Colli faculty,
dean CCNY; consult Ford Found; mem NY
Council of Commn Against Discrimination;
advocate of flexible methods of education;
author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; A]YB, 24:162,
54:538; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 261952,29:1.
Klar, Zoltan; b. Nyiregyhaza, Hungary, Apr
11894; d. NYC,Jan 41966.
To US 1953. • Physician, educator, outspoken
opponent of anti-Semitism, totalitarianism; fdr
orgn to help fellow concentration camp
survivors (Budapest); editor Az Ember. • See:
AJYB, 68:529; NYTimes, Jan 5 1966,31:1.
Klarfeld, Peter; b.*; d. West Roxbury, MA,
Feb 41939.
Educator, communal worker, West Roxbury,
MA. • See:AJYB, 41:426.
Klarmann, Adolf D; b. Austria, Sep 18
1904; d. Aug 27 1895.
U Berlin, AB, MA NYU, post-grad U Munich,
PhD U PA; honorary degrees. • Educator, prof
of German literature; faculty U PA; literary
executor for Franz Werfel; author/editor in
field. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Klasstomer, Samuel; b. Chicago, Nov 25
1895.
To US 1912. • Art Inst (Chicago). • Sculptor,
Chicago; military service. • See: WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938.
Klatzkin, Jacob; b. Kortuzkaya Bereza!
Bereza Kartuskaya, White Russia, 1882;
d. Switzerland, Mar 26 1948.
To US 1941, to Switzerland 1947.· PhD U
Berne. • Heb philosopher, publicist, author,
editor; specialty Spinoza; editor Die Welt;
faculty ColI ofJewish Studies (Chicago). • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 50:518; NYTimes, Mar 28
1948,49:1.
Klau, David W; b. NYC, Oct 2 1894; d.
NYC, Mar 12 1961.
Window shade mfr, philanthropist, civic ldr;
bd Heb Union Coll-Jewish Inst of Religion,
NY Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; supporter
archaeological expeditions in IsraeL • See:
AJYB, 63:560; AI, Mar 16 1961; NYTimes, Mar
13 1961,29:1.
Klau, Nathan; b. Theilheim, Gennany, Dec
261862; d. NYC, Feb 161938.
To US 1882. • Window shade mfr, communal
worker, NYC; active Jewish Fedn, synagog. •
See: AJYB, 40:387; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 17
1938,21:4.
Klauber, Adolph; b. Louisville, Apr 29
1869; d. Louisville, Dec 7 1933.
Drama critic, theatrical producer, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 36:283; NYTimes, Dec 81933,23:5.
Klauber, Edward; b. Louisville, Feb 24
1887; d. Sep 23 1954.
U Louisville, U PA. • Newspaperman,
business exec, NYC; with NYTimes; exec CBS;
WWII government service. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 24 1954, 23:1.
Klauber, Laurence Monroe; b. San Diego,
CA, Dec 211883; d. May 81968.
AB Stanford, Westinghouse Grad
Apprenticeship SchooL • Electrical·engineer,
zoologist, San Diego; reptile curator, SD
Zoological Soc; officer trade assns, zoological
assn; author on snakes. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5.
Klauber, Ruth; b. Chicago, Sep 25 1892.
Pianist, composer, Chicago. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Klauber, SimonJ; b. ca 1849; d. Orange,
NJ,June 41910.
Lawyer, Orange, NJ.· See:AJYB, 12(19101911):111.
Klaus, Irving Goncer; b. NYC, Oct 15
1900; d. May 171969.
Urologist, NYC, Morristown, PA; WWII
service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Klaus, Samuel; b. Brooklyn, Aug 29 1904;
d. Washington, DC, 1963.
JTS Tchrs, AB CCNY, LLB Columbia. •
Lawyer, Brigadier General, Brooklyn; with US
Treasury Dept, State Dept; active Jewish
Agency, Citizens Union; author/editor in field;
WWII service, US government consult in
Germany. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug
3 1963,17:5.
Klausner, Bertram; b. Newark, Nov 18
1908.
AB NYU, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,
Morgantown, W VA; rur HilleL • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
329
Klausner, David; b. NYC, Aug 20 1896.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NJ Supreme
Court Commr, Jersey City; pres Heb Home
for Orphans & Aged; officer Anti-Defamation
League, synagog; active bar assns; military
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Klausner, Gustave K; b. Vilna, Aug 71875.
To St Louis 1907. • BCS, Master Commercial
Sci St Louis U. • Business & accounting
educator, Zionist, St Louis; faculty St Louis U;
officer Assocd Heb Schools, Jewish Student
Found (U MO), Jewish Orthodox Old Folks
Home; active professional orgs. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Klavan, Israel; b. Zazkevich, Lithuania,
June 91915; d. Queens, NY, Mar 71980.
To US 1921/1924. • BA Yeshiva U, ordained
RIETS; honorary degree. • Orthodox rabbi,
communalldr, editor, author, Mt Vernon, NY;
exec secy, officer Rabbinical Council of Am;
officer NY Bd of Rabbis; active nadJewish
Welfare Bd, yeshivas. • See: E]; A]YB, 82:369;
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Mar 9 1980.
Klavan, Joshua; b. Janishki, Lithuania, Aug
1884; d. Mt Vernon, NY,July 1953.
Rabbi, Burlington, VT, Washington DC; fdr
Baltimore Ner Israel Rabbinical CoIl. • See:
A]YB, 56:570; NITimes, July 29 1953,23:2.
Klaw, Marc; b. Paducah, KY, May 29 1858;
d. Sussex, England, June 14 1936.
To England 1927. • LLB Louisville Law. •
Theatrical booking agent, mgr, producer,
NYC; co-fdr Klaw-Erlanger theatrical
syndicate. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(19041905):129,24:162; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, l;DAB, 2; NITimes, June 15 1936,
21:1.
Klawans, Arthur Herman; b. Chicago, Aug
14 1902; d. Sep 28 1973.
BS U Chica.go, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago; faculty U
IL, Rush Med ColI. • See: ~, 6.
Klebanoff, Harry Erwin; b. Mohilev,
Russia, July 161901.
To New Haven 1906. • AB, MD Yale. •
Physician, Baltimore, New Haven; lecturer
Yale; officer Jewish Physicians Club; bd Jewish
Welfare Soc; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; BEOA].
Klebanov, Moses M; b.*; d. Detroit, Dec 2
1940.
Rabbi. • See:A]YB, 43:360.
Klebenov, Louis H; b. 1901; d. Feb 25
1974.
Harvard, Clark U.• Food co exec, Boston. •
See:·~, 6; NITimes, feb 27 1974,42:2.
Klebanow, Leo; b. ca 1896; d.Jan 11936.
Printer, NYC; awarded Distinguished Service
Cross, Oak Leaf Cluster, WWI. • See: A]YB,
38:430.
Klee, Sigmund; b. Pittsburgh, Sep 28 1865;
d. NYC, Dec 1952.
BA PA ColI (pittsburgh). • Banker, realty exec,
Klein, David
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec 23
1952,23:3.
Klee, William B; b. Pittsburgh, Mar 28
1864.
Iron City ColI. • Business exec, metallurgist,
Pittsburgh; pres Irene Kaufmann Setdement,
Gusky Orphanage, YM-YWHA, Falk Found. •
See: WWIA], 1926,1938; BEOA].
Kleeberg, Levi; b. Hofgeismar, Germany,
July 14 1832; d. Adantic City, Sep 1
1906.
Rabbi, Easton, PA; earlier Louisville, New
Haven.· See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68,9(19071908):504.
Kleeberg, Minna Cohen (Mrs Levi
Kleeberg); b. Elmshorn, Holstein,
Germany, July 211841; d. New Haven,
CT, Dec 311878.
To US 1866. • Poet, used public & patriotic
themes. • See: ]E.
Kleegman, Sophia Josephine (Mrs John H
Sillman); b. Kiev, July 81901; d. NYC,
Sep 261971.
To US 1906. • MD NYU. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, NYC; faculty NYU; pioneer
student of infertility; advocate of birth control,
sexual education; med dir NYS Planned
Parenthood Assn; active professional assns;
author in fields. • See: WWWIA, 5; NA W:
modern;NITimes, Sep 27 1971,38:2.
Kleeman,ArthurS;b.Shelbyville,IL,June
7 1889; d. May 1965.
.
U IL. • Investment banker, NYC; officer Mfrs
Trust; dir Morris Plan Bank of NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, May 3
1965,33:3.
Kleeman, Rita Sulzhacher Halle (Mrs
Arthur S Kleeman); b. Chillicothe, OH,
May 23 1887; d. May 1971.
AB Wellesley. • Writer, biographer; active
professional org, Nad Council ofJewish
Women.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8;
NITimes, May 17 1971, 38:4.
Kleeman,Wllhelm;b.Forchheim,
Germany, Dec 17 1869; d. NYC, Mar 10
1969.
To US 1934. • Orgn exec; a fdr, officer World
ORT Union; officer Berlin Jewish
Community; bd Am ORT. • See: A]YB,
71:605.
Klegerman, Morris Herman; b. Novograd
Volynsk, Russia, May 301906.
To US 1913.· Engineer, consult, NYC;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kleiman, Schmarya; b. Baranovka, Russia,
Dec 191892.
U Berlin, MD Donskoy U. • Physician, author,
Detroit; exec commn Detroit Labor Conf
Against Facism; active socialist, labor & Jewish
cultural orgs. • See: BEOA].
Klein, Abraham Albert; b. Syracuse, NY,
May61889.
BS U MI. • Ceramist, research engineer,
Worcester, MA; with US Bureau of Standards;
officer United Jewish Charities, synagog, Boy
Scouts; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938;BEOA].
Klein, Alexander; b. NYC, Feb 141901.
BS CCNY, EE Brooklyn Polytech. • Bldg
maintenance supply mfr, NYC • See: WWIA],
1938.
Klein, Alfred; b. Wolozin, Poland, Sep 28
1887.
To US 1898.· LLB N~d U.· Lawyer,
journalist, government official, Washington
DC; chief legal officer Civil Service Commn;
with The Day. • See: ~, 8.
Klein, Arthur George; b. NYC, Aug 8 1904;
d. NYC, Feb 201968.
NYU Law. • Congressman, NY Supreme
Court justice, NYC; active Jewish instIlS,
Tammany politics. • See:A]YB, 47:629,
50:643, 70:522;]TA-DNB, Feb 23 1968;
NITimes, Feb 22 1968,31:1.
Klein, Arthur Louis; b. Los Angeles, Apr 10
1898.
BS, MS, PhD Cal Tech.· Physicist,
aeronautical engineer, Pasadena, CA; faculty
Cal Tech.· See: BEOA].
Klein, Baruch Meyer; b. Nagy Karoli,
Hungary, Apr 9 1862; d. NYC, Nov 10
1931.
Rabbi, author, NYC; officer Union of
Orthodox Rabbis, Rabbinical Bd of NY. • See:
A]YB, 34:111; WWIA], 1926,1928.
Klein, Benjamin; b. Budapest, Sep 4 1898.
Cooper Union, NY Evening School of
Industrial Art, Nad Academy of Design. •
Artist, illustrator, NYC • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928.
Klein, Carrol Aaron; b. Washington, IA,
Mar 241894.
BS U IL. • Architect, Davenport, IA; military
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Klein, Charles; b. London, Jan 71867; d.
on Lusitania, May 7 1915.
To US 1883. • Natl London Collegiate
School. • Playwright, actor, NYC; used themes
of contemporary life. • See: ]E; UJE; A]YB,
17(1915-1916):220; WWWIA, 1; DAB.
Klein, Charles; b. Adantic City, Sep 16
1900.
LLB Temple. • Lawyer, Orphans Court judge,
deputy atty general, Philadelphia; dir Jewish
Welfare Soc, Big Bros, Prison Welfare Soc. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Klein;D Emil; b. Wodman, Bohemia, Aug
41868; d.Jan 1956.
To US 1882.· Cigar mfr, NYC; trustee
synagog; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.
• See: WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;NITimes,
Jan 171956, 33:2.
Klein, David; b. Hethars, Hungary, 1868; d.
1926.
PhB, MA OH State U. • Rabbi, author,
Columbus, OH. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):68;
CCARYB.
Klein, David
Klein, David; b. Iglintz, Hungary, May 22
1880.
To NYC 1885.· AB CCNY, MA Columbia,
PhD NYU. • Professor of English Literature,
NYC; faculty CCNY; officer B'nai B'rith,
Anti-Defamation League; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Klein, David; b. Chicago, Oct 22 1884.
AB, MA U IL, PhD U WI. • Biochemist, IL
state chemist, Chicago; faculty U WI, Johns
Hopkins; active child relief work (Yugoslavia);
WWI service. • See: AJYB, 24: 162; WWIAJ,
1928,1938; BEOAJ.
Klein, David Ballin; b. NYC, Apr 14/15
1897.
AB CCNY, Army Med School, AM, PhD
Columbia, post-grad Vienna. • Prof of
psychology, Austin, TX; faculty U TX; author
in field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928;
BEOAJ.
Klein, Edward E; b. Newark, May 251913;
d. NYC,July 13 1985.
NYU, DD, ordained Heb Union ColI-Jewish
Inst of Religion. • Reform rabbi, communal &
civil rights worker, NYC; with Free
Synagogue, Com of Higher Education; mem
NYC Fair Housing Practices Panel; active
Central Conf of Am Rabbis, NY Bd of Rabbis,
Union ofAm Heb Congregations; early
supporter ofMartin Luther King Jr. • See: EJ;
AJYB, 87:440.
Klein, Edward L; b. Peoria, IL, Dec 27
1887; d. NYC, Jan 13 1945.
Milwaukee State Normal, Marquette U. •
Motion picture exec, NYC; with World-Wide
Pictures, Assocd Motion Picture Advertisers of
Am.· See:AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
NYrimes, Jan 151945,19:3.
Klein, Elias Lazarus; b. Wtlno, Jan 11 1890.
To US 1902. • BS, BCE Valparaiso U, PhD
Yale. • Physicist, Washington DC; earlier
lawyer (Louisville); with Lehigh U, then US
Naval Research Lab; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Klein, Elmer; b. Egerbakta, Hungary, Feb
141896.
To US 1910. • BS OH State U, MD IN U. •
Psychiatrist, Washington DC. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Klein, Ernest Leopold; b. Chicago, Dec 29
1893.
DDS Berlin U, MD Heidelberg U. • German
language newspapers publisher, Chicago, IL;
pres Am Foreign Language Press Bureau; bd
WPA; active anti-Nazi; military service. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Klein, Eugene; b. Hungary, ca 1879; d.
Philadelphia, Apr 1944~
Pres, Am Philatelic Soc. • See: AJYB, 46:340;
NYTimes, May 11944,15:4.
Klein, Eugene S; b. St Louis, Mar 11 1876.
AB, BS Harvard. • Architect, St Louis; mem
Public Recreation Commn. • See: WWWIA, 2.
330
Klein, Fannie J Lichtblau (Mrs Albert
Klein, Mrs Sol Tunick); b. NYC, ca
1905; d. NYC, Sep 1984.
Lawyer, expert on court reform; faculty NYU;
officer Inst ofjudicial Admn. • See: NYrimes,
Sep 15 1984.
Klein, Israel; b. Zanesville, OH, July 19
1877; d. NYC, Oct 201939.
BA U Cincinnati, ordained, BHL Heb Union
ColI. • Rabbi, Evansville, IN, Grand Rapids,
IA. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):69, 7(19051906):122,42:480.
Klein, George G; b. ca 1884; d. Denver,
Aug281919.
Detective. • See:AJYB, 22:166.
Klein, Jacob; b. ca 1840; d. Aug 171917.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: AJYB, 20(19181919):229.
Klein, Harry; b. Austro-Hungary, Oct 24
1883.
Clothing merchant, Peoria, IL; dir synagog. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Klein, Jacob; b. Nagy-Ida, Hungary, May
121870.
Rabbi, Chicago, Statesville, NC; supt Chicago
Home for the Jewish Friendless. • See:AJYB,
5(1903-1904):69,6(1904-1905):219.
Klein, Harry; b. Chicago,June 41887.
BS, MD U MN. • Surgeon, Duluth; officer
med soc.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Klein, Henry; b. Hethars, Hungary, June
251859.
Rabbi, Altoona, PA.· See:A]YB, 5(19031904):68-69. • *See entry below.
Klein, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Apr 13
1912.
Rabbi.· See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):127.· *See
entry above.
Klein, Henry; b. NYC, Apr 14 1918; d.
NYC, Aug 51969.
AB Cornell, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
philanthropist, NYC; bd Lexington School for
the Deaf; trustee Fedn ofjewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYrimes,
Aug 61969.
Klein, Henry H; b. Nudmehal, Hungary,
Apr 10 1879; d. NYC, July 1955.
To NYC 1881. • CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law.
• Reporter, lawyer, author, NYC; investigator
for Aldermanic Street Cleaning Commn, State
Civil Service Commn; active politics. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYrimes, July 18
1955,21:3.
Klein, Hennan(n) (Leo); b. Norwich,
England, July 23 1856; d; Mar 21 1966.
To US 1901/1902. • Music critic, singing tchr,
composer, NYC, London, OshKosh, WI;
faculty Guildhall School ofMusic (London). •
See:JE;AJYB, 24:162; WWWIA,4.
Klein, Hugo Herbert; b. Ungvar, Hungary,
Oct 3 1903.
To US 1925. • U Frankfort. • Rabbi,
Cleveland; bdJewish Community Council;
mem, Cleveland Parole Bd. • See:WWIAJ,
1938.
Klein, Jacob; b. Austria, ca 1886; d.
Cleveland, Apr 13 1948.
To US 1907. • Rabbi, Cleveland, Philadelphia.
• See:A]YB, 50:518; NYrimes, Apr 15 1948,
25:5.
Klein, Jacob A; b~ Minsk, Jan 6 1882; d.
NYC, Feb 241971.
To US 1903.· Business exec, philanthropist; a
fdr Bar-TIan U; bd Beth Medrash Govoha
(Lakewood, NJ); patron Yeshiva U. • See:
AJYB, 72:632.
Klein, Jacob B; b. Bridgeport, CT, Feb 28
1862.
LLB Yale. • Lawyer, civic official, Bridgeport,
CT; nat! officer B'nai B'rith. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):75.
Klein, Jacob M; b. NYC, ca 1890; d. Perth
Amboy, Feb 61946.
Lawyer, Perth Amboy, Raritan; officer bar
assn; active civic affairs;WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 48:492; NYrimes, Feb 81946,19:3.
Klem, Joseph Archibald; b. NYC, Jan 30
1890.
B Engr, CE Cooper Union. • Insurance agent,
financier, Newark; active nat! B'nai Abraham. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Klein,]osephJerome; b. NYC,Apr41884;
d. NYC, Aug 161975.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD NYU, LLB, Fordham
CPA. • CPA, tax specialist, lawyer, NYC;
.faculty CCNY, NYU, Fordham; officer
professional assns; memBd of Higher
Education; trustee NY Fedn ofjewish
Philanthropies; WWI & WWII government
service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:162; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYrimes,
Aug 17 1975, 43:~.
Klein, I; b. ca 1880; d. Nashville, May 21
1939.
Merchant, civic & communal worker,
Nashville. • See:AJYB, 41:426.
Klein, Joseph John; b. Austro-Hungary,
Nov 3 1877.
To Cleveland 1884.· LLB Cleveland Law.·
Lawyer, deputy sheriff, Cleveland. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Klein, Isaac; b. Ruthenia, Hungary, Sep 5
1905; d. CA,Jan 23 1979.
To US 1921. • JTS. • Conservative rabbi,
author, Buffalo; earlier Springfield, MA; pres
Rabbinical Assembly; WWII chaplain. • See:
EJ; AJYB, 81:368.
Klein, Julius; b. ca 1887; d. San Francisco,
June 1961.
PhD Harvard. • Economist, Asst Secy of
Commerce (Hoover Admn); faculty Harvard;
dir ¥oreign & Domestic Commerce Bureau. •
See: NYrimes, June 16 1961, 33:2.
331
Klein,Julius; b. Chicago, Sep 5 1895/1901;
d. Chicago, Apr 6 1984.
U VA. • Brigadier General, publicist,
journalist, author, playwright; natl commander
Jewish War Veterans; helped settle claims of
Holocaust victims against West Germany;
active Republican politics, publicist for the
creation of Israel; wwn service. • See: E];
A]YB, 86:440; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8;
NYTimes, Apr 9 1984.
Klein, Karl; b. NYC, 1884.
Violinist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 24:162.
Klein, Lawrence; b. Chicago, June 4 1889.
Investment broker, Chicago; mem Chicago Bd
of Trade; military service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Klein, Lawrence Robert; b. Omaha, 1920.
PhD MIT. • Economist, Nobel Prize winner;
faculty U Chicago, U MI, UPA; assoc
Brookings Inst. • See: E]: 1973-1982.
Klein, Mamie N (Mrs); b. ca 1871; d. Los
Angeles,Jan 1933.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,
35:125.
Klein, Manuel; b. London, Dec 6 1876; d.
June 11919.
ColI of Preceptors (London). • Composer,
musical dir, NY Hippodrome. • See: WWWIA.,
I;NYTimes,]une2 1919,15:6.
Klein, Martin; b. Cracow, Feb 61909; d.
NYC, Feb 23 1973.
To US 1938. • Business exec, philanthropist;
officer United]ewish Appeal; active]ewish
education.· See:A]YB, 75:655; NYTimes, Feb
26 1973, 34:2.
Klein, Max (Marx); b. Hatten, Alsace, Feb 2
1853.
"Minister," Donaldsville, LA, St Francisville,
LA.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):219, 7(19051906):122.
Klein, Max D; b.*
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 24:162.
Klein, Millard Alschuler; b. Corydon, lA,
Aug251886.
BSc U NE, PhD Cornell. • Consult
agricultural engineer, Stockton, CA, San
Francisco; faculty Cornell, U CA; dir
agricultural experiment station; author in field.
• See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Klein, Morris; b. ca 1841; d. Cleveland, Jan
241912.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 14(19121913):125.
Klein, Moses; b. ca 1882; d. NYC, Mar 17
1948.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 50:518.
Klein, Mrs Judah; b. ca 1871; d.Cleveland,
May71939.
Communal worker.· See:A]YB, 41:426.
Klein, Nathan; b.*
BJeUnbard,~anin
Rabbi, Louisville. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):122.
To US 1909.· Newspaper editor Boise 10·
with United Press IntematI.• Se;:
5.
Klein, Nathan; b. NYC, Jan 281902.
N atl Academy of Design, Grand Central
School of Art~ Art Students League. •
Landscape artist, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA],
1928.
Klein, Siegmund; b. Thorn Germany Apr
101902.
"
To US 1902. • Physical culture tchr NYC·
specialty, weight lifting; author in fi~ld.• S'ee:
WWIA],1938.
Klein, Philip (Hillel); b. Baracska, Hungary,
May 22 1848/1849; d. NYC, Mar 21
1926.
To US 1890. • Heidesheimer Rabbinical
Seminary (Berlin), PhD U Berlin, U]ena, U
Vienna. • Rabbi, scholar, communal
worker,NYC; a fdr WWI war relief movement;
officer Agudath Israel; honorary pres Union of
Orthodox Rabbis. • See: ]E; U]E; A]YB,
5(1903-1904):69; 28:151; Eisenstadt, 89-90;
Gottlieb, 304 (sub G Klein).
Klein, Sim B; b. Russia, May 291874.
Business colI. • Civic & communal worker
Syracuse; officer YMHA; trustee]ewish '
Orphan Home ofWestern NY; active charity
fundraising. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Klein, Philip; b. ca 1889; d. Hollywood, CA,
June 91935.
Pioneer screenwriter, producer, Hollywood,
CA; WWI service.· See:A]YB, 37:258.
Klein, Philip; b. Hungary, May 181889.
To NYC 1902. • AB CCNY, PhD Columbia,
NY School of Social Work. • Social work
admr, researcher, NYC; exec dir Am Assn of
Social Workers; faculty NY School of Social
Work; consult US pres,]oint Distribution
Com, Israel, PA State Dept ofWelfare. • See:
E]j WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOAj.
Klein, Roger H; b. Antwerp, ca 1937; d.
NYC, July 1968.
To US 1941. • Harvard. • Editor, E P Dutton;
earlier with Harper & Row. • See: NYTimes,
July 111968,37:3.
Klein, Rosalie Heller; b. Knightstown, IN,
Dec 22 1859.
ColI ofMusic (Cincinnati). • Concert pianist,
accompanist; fdr Womens Music Club of
Cincinnati; fdr, pres NY Matinee Musicale
Soc; officer NatlCouncil of]ewish Women;
dir Jewish Settlement Concerts. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Klein, S; b. Brisk, Poland, ca 1886; d. NYC,
Nov 1942.
To US ca 1891. • Womens clothing merchant,
philanthropist, NYC. • See: WWIA.], 1938;
NYTimes, Nov 161942,19:3.
Klein, Samuel; b. Hungary, 1878; d. NYC,
Apr21956.
Exec; NYC; dir Industrial Council of Cloak,
Suit & Skirt Mfrs, Education Found for the
Apparel Trades; trustee NY Refugee Relief
Fund; active]ewish fundraising. • See:A]YB,
58:477; NYTimes, Apr 3 1956,35:1.
Klein, Samuel; b. Austro-Hungary, Mar 3
1884.
BS, CE Armour Inst. • Construction engineer,
Chicago; specialty reinforced concrete. • See:
WWIA], 1928; BEOA].
Klein, Sandor Sidney; b. Szerencs,
Hungary, June 211906; d.June 41970.
wwivrA,
Klein, Simon Robert; b. Teplicz, Hungary,
Dec 23 1868; d. Astoria, NY, Aug 18
1939.
To US 1903.· AB Ungvar Roman Catholic
ColI, MD, PhD U Budapest, MD U Vienna,
MD, Dr Chem, DSc U Tubingen, Dr PH
NYU; honorary degrees. • Pathologist,
Nobelist, NYC; faculty Fordham;. active grand
juries, civic work; author in field; AustroHungarian military service. • See: A]YB,
42:480; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 20 1939,
32:5.
Klein, Stanley; b. Cincinnati, Nov 16 1879.
Leather & luggage exec, Cincinnati; officer
NRA Code Authority, synagog; bd Home for
] ewish Aged; active communal affairs. • See:
BEOA].
Klein, Stephen; b. Austria, 1907; d. NYC,
Dec 171978.
To US 1938. • Business exec, philanthropist;
fdr Barton Candy; a fdr Torah Schools for
Israel; advisor NY Bd of Rabbis; active Vaad
Hatzala refugee work, ] ewish education instns.
• See:A]YB, 80:367; NYTimes, Dec 18 1978,
IV 17:2.
Klein, William; b. NYC, 1876?; d. Yonkers,
Jan 161966.
NYU. • Lawyer, communal worker, labor
expert; authority on copyright, censorship; a
fdr United]ewish Appeal; active]TS, Alliance
Israelite Universalle; est, scholarships. • See:
A]YB, 68:529; NYTimes,]an 181966,37:2.
Klein, William; b. Briezani, Russia, July 12
1883.
To NYC 1900. • MD NYU. • Surgeon,
Bronx; officer professional socs. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Klein, WilliamJ; b.*; d. Cincinnati, May 26
1920.
Legislator, Cincinnati; mem BdofEducation,
City Council. • See: A]YB, 22:166.
Klein, William M; b. Chicago, July 3 1878;
d. Jan 11 1965.
LLB Lake Forest U. • Lawyer, Chicago; active
state bar assn. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Kleinbard, Martin; b. NYC, Oct 26 1919; d.
NYC, Dec 161978.
Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; officer Fedn of
] ewish Philanthropies; bd Rye Country Day
School; military service. • See: A]YB, 80:367;
NYTimes, Dec 19 1978, IV 21 :4.
332
Kleinberg, Henry
Kleinberg, Henry; b. ca 1860; d. Seattle,
Jan 16 1932.
Communal & civic worker, Seattle. • See:
AJYB,34:111.
Kleinberg, Maurice Selig; b. Louisville, KY,
Dec 11907.
AB U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI.· Rabbi, Ventnor, NJ; sponsor Am
Friends of Spanish Democracy; dir Travelers
Aid, Jewish Community Center (Atlantic City).
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kleinberg, Samuel; b. Kiev, Apr 201885; d.
NYC, Sep 1957.
To US 1892.· CCNY, MD Columbia.·
Orthopedic surgeon; NYC; authority on
scoliosis; author in field; military service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 71957,19:2.
Kleinberger, Alfred John; b. NYC, June 3
1904.
EE Cornell. • Electrical engineer, NYC; natl
officer Tau Epsilon Phi; with NYC Bd of
Transportation. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kleinberger, F; b. Hungary.
Art dealer, NYC.· See:AJYB, 24:163.
Kleinberger, Ray; b. Denver, Nov 81898.
Health Commr, Los Angeles; chr, Civic
League. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kleiner, Israel Simon; b. New Haven, Apr 8
1885; d.June 10 1966.
PhB, PhD Yale, abroad. • Physiologist, NYC;
faculty, dean, NY Med ColI, NY Homeopathic
Med ColI; with Rockefeller Inst; officer
professional assns; active Jewish FeOO
(Brooklyn), synagog; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, June 12 1966,
86:6.
Kleiner, Moses; b. ca 1867; d. Boston, Nov
241938.
Physician, Denver; faculty U CO. • See: AJYB,
41:426.
Kleiner, Simon B; b. New Haven, Apr 5
1892; d.July 1962.
PhB, MD Yale.· Surgeon, proctologist, New
Haven; bd Northeast Religious Conf; trustee
synagog; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, July 13 1962,23:3.
Kleinert, Isaac B; b. ca 1830; d. Apr 18
1913.
Rubber mfr, NYc. • See: AJYB, 15(19131914):271.
Kleinfeld; Alexander S; b. Pressburg,
Hungary,Jan 141878.
To US 1893. • JTS, AB Columbia, post.:.grad
Atianta School ofMed. • Rabbi, pianist,
composer, cantor, Easton, PA, Daytona Beach,
FL; contributor to press. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):219; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kleinfeld, Edward I; b. Lublin, Poland, Dec
251885; d. Oct 1960.
To US 1890. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, writer,
NYC; assocd FeOO ofJewish Philanthropies,
Mayors Com for Better Municipal
Government. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Oct 20 1960,35:4.
Chicago; faculty U Chicago; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kleinfeld, Louis; b. NYC, July 21 1896.
CCNY, MD Columbia. •
Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Klemperer, Georg; b. Landsberg,
Germany, May 10 1865; d. Boston, Dec
1946.
To US 1930s. • UBreslau, U Halle, MD U
Berlin. • Cancer specialist; faculty U Berlin; dir
Inst for Cancer Research; consultant on Lenins
condition; left Jewish faith. • See: JE; UJE;
NYTimes, Dec 261946, 25:4.
Kleinfeld, Philip M; b. NYC, June 19 1894;
d. NYC, Jan 111971.
LLB NY Law School. • Lawyer, legislator, NY
Supreme Court justice, NYC; trustee B'nai
B'rith; dir United Israel Zion Hospital; military
service. • See: UJE; AJYB, 72:632; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; NYTimes,Jan 12 1971,38:1.
Kleinfeld, Solomon; b. Austria, Nov 12
1869.
Stern Conservatory ofMusic (Berlin). •
Cantor, preacher, New Haven. • See: AJYB,
6(1904-1905):219.
Kleinlerer, Davide; b. Warsaw, 1899.
To NYC 1939.· UWarsaw, Cracow, Paris,
PhD U Rome. • Lawyer, journalist; assocd
Italian prime minister, League of Nations;
ordered out ofItaly in 1938; contributor UJE.
• See: UJE.
Kleinmaier, S G; b. Syracuse, Apr 2 1860.
Merchant, civic worker, Marion, OH; officer
B'nai B'rith, trade soc; bd YMCA. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Kleinman, Abraham Morris; b.NYC, May
301907; d. Aug 22 1978.
BS CCNY, MD U MD. • Physician, Bronx;
with Veterans Admn; faculty Mt Sinai School
ofMed; pres Kingsbridge HgtsJewish Center;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Kleinman, M; b. ca 1848; d. Mar 221919.
Rabbi, Dallas.· See:AJYB, 22:166.
Kleinman, Philip; b. Nisko, Poland, Apr 15
1890.
To US 1900. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Milwaukee; dir Fedn of
Jewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Klemperer, Otto; b. Breslau, Germany,
1885; d. July 6 1973.
To US 1933. • Noted conductor, concert
pianist; dir Berlin State Orchestra, Los Angeles
Symphony. • See: UJE; EJ; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes,July81973,1:1.
Klemperer, Paul; b. Vienna, Aug 2 1887/
1897; d. NYC, Mar 31964.
To US 1921. • MD U Vienna, NY Post-Grad
School. • Pathologist, NYC; pioneer in
treatment of kidney, liver diseases; faculty
Columbia, Mt Sinai; consult US Public Health
Service; officer med soc; author in field. • See:
EJ; AJYB, 66:578; BEOAJ; NYT'imes, Mar 4
1964,37:1.
Klepner, Samuel; b.Jarislaw, Austria, Sep
23 1869.
To US 1887. • Communal worker, furrier,
NYC; active synagog, Talmud Torah,Jewish
orphan homes. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Klepper, Julius I; b.Jassy, Rumania, Apr 11
1881; d. NYC, June 15 1955.
To US 1899. • NY ColI of Pharmacy, PhC
Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital, post-grad
NYC, Vienna. • Physician, NYC; specialty,
nose & throat; faculty NY Polytechnic Med
School; pres FeOO of Roumanian Jews in Am;
aUthorin field. • See:AJYB, 57:607; WWIAJ,
1928,1938; NYTimes, June 16 1955,31:5.
Klepper, Max Francis; b. Zietz, Germany,
Mar 11861; d. May 1907.
To US 1876. • Art Students League, Royal
Academy (Munich), Munich Veterinary ColI. •
Artist, illustrator; specialty horse subjects. •
See: WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May 6 1907,9:2.
Kleinman, Samuel H; b. NYC, Sep 15 1886;
d.June 10 1934.
AB Baldwin Wallace, LLB Cleveland Law.·
Lawyer, real estate operator, Cleveland; officer
Jewish Welfare FeOO, synagog; active Jewish
orgs.· See:AJYB, 36:283;BEOAJ.
Klibanow, WilliamJ; b. Russia, July 11
1900; d. Apr 161969.
To US 1905. • Realtor, Chicago; dir Mt Sinai
Hospital. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Kleinman, Schmarya; b. Baranovka, Poland,
Dec 191892.
To US 1923. • U Berlin, MD N Caucasian
State U. • Physician, Detroit; dir ORT; author
in field, politics & fiction; Russian military
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Klibansky, Samuel Haim; b. Grodno, May
181880.
To US 1923. • Rabbi, author, St Louis; fdr,
or-gr, Heb schools; exec mem, Union of
Orthodox Rabbis; active Mizrachi. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kleinman, William W; b. ca 1904; d. NYC,
Apr 23 1969.
Brooklyn Law. • Criminal lawyer, asst district
atty, Brooklyn; faculty Brooklyn Law. • See:
NYTimes, Apr 24 1969,47:3.
Kliegman, David; b. ca 1883; d. Brooklyn,
Oct 21937.
Social worker, philanthropist, Brooklyn. • See:
AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Oct 3 1937, II 9:2.
Kleitman, Nathaniel; b. Kishinev,
Bessarabia, Apr 26 1895.
To US 1915.· BS CCNY,MAColumbia,
PhD U Chicago. • Physiologist, researcher,
Kligler, Israel Jacob; b. KamenetsPodolski, Ukraine, Apr 24 1889; d. 1944.
To US 1900/1901, to Palestine 1920. • BS
CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Bacteriologist,
public health officer; faculty Heb U
333
aerusalem); with Hadassah Med Org, Joint
Distribution Com; author in field. • See: EJ;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kligsberg, Moyshe; b. Warsaw, 1902; d.
NYC,June 251975.
To US 1941. • Orgn exec, editor, author; with
Yiddish Inst; consult Weinrich Center for
Advanced Jewish Studies; editor Yiddish Inst
Ne71Js. • See:AJYB, 77:596.
Kline, Alexander Stanley; b. Budapest, June
18 1902; d. Mar 29 1982.
To tIs 1921. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union Coll. • Rabbi, Asheville, NC,
Lubbock, TX. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; CCARYB.
Kline, Benjamin Schoenbrun; b.
Philadelphia, May 4 1886.
AB Swarthmore, MD Johns Hopkins. •
Physician, pathologist, Cleveland; faculty
Western Reserve; officer med soc; W'WI
service.· See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938.
Kline, Charles; b. NYC, Sep 12 1872.
Communal worker, Allentown, PA; officer
Jewish Community Center, B'nai B'rith
Orphanage (Erie, PA); dir Leo N Levi
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Kline, FranzJosef; b. Wtlkes-Barre, PA,
May 231910; d. NYC, May 13 1962.
Girard Coll (Philadelphia), Boston U, London.
• Painter, NYC; noted abstract expressionist. •
See: EJ: 1973-1982; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;
NITimes, May 15 1962,39:1.
Kline, Harry D; b. Cleveland, ca 1879; d.
Dallas, TX, 1959.
Theatre mgr, NYC; with Chanin orgn. • See:
NITimes,July41959,15:2.
Kline, Henry; b. ca 1834; d. Chicago, Mar
12 1914.
Civil War veteran, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):163.
Kline, Henry Solomon; b. NYC, June 1
1871/1872.
Merchant, Atlantic City; officer Fedn ofJewish
Charities, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Kline, Nathan Schellenberg; b.
Philadelphia, Mar 22 1916; d. Feb 11
1983.
AB Swarthmore, MD NY Coll of Med, Clark
U, post-grad Princeton, Rutgers, Harvard,
New School. • Psychopharmacologist, research
psychiatrist; faculty Columbia; dir Psychiatric
Services; author in field. • See: EJ:1973-1982;
WWWIA,8.
Kline, Paul Robert; b. Trenton, NJ, Apr 1
1907; d.July 111970.
Physician, dermatologist, Princeton; author in
field; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Kline, Sol; b. Denver, 1870; d. St Louis, Jan
31945.
Womens apparel chain merchant,
philanthropist, Chicago; pres Jewish Charities;
co-chr Roundtable of Christians & Jews. • See:
Knipe, Jay Clarence
AJYB, 24:163,47:526; NITimes,Jan 5 1945,
19:1.
W'WII War Bonds. • See: NITimes, Nov 29
1958,21:1.
Klineman, Julia S (Mrs Emory Klineman);
b. Cleveland, Mar 11 1904; d. Santa
Lucia, West Indies, Jan 25 1971.
Communal worker, Cleveland; officer
Sisterhood, Fed of]ewish Wornens Orgs; chr
Jewish Welfare Fedn; active natl Natl Council
ofJewish Women, Joint Distribution Com,
Am Jewish Com.· See:AJYB, 73:632-33;
NITimes, Jan 27 1971,40:2.
Klots, Ephraim D; b.*
Physician, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24:163.
Klotz, Arthur A; b. ca 1910; d. NYC, Nov
301971.
NYU, Brooklyn Law. • Civil Court judge,
municipal court justice, NYC; active
Democratic politics. • See: NITimes, Dec 2
1971,50:3.
Kling, Leopold; b. Dauendorf, AlsaceLorraine, Mar 20 1878.
To US 1894. • Wholesale apparel exec,
Chicago; officer Mt Sinai; active communal
affairs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Klotz, Henrietta Stein; b. Austria, Mar 1
1901.
To US as infant. • Aide to Henry Morgenthau
Jr, realtor, Washington DC; with Federal Farm
Bd, US Treas.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kling, Samuel Grover; b. NYC, Feb 41910;
d. Mar 291974.
Baltimore Community Coll, U Baltimore Law.
• Lawyer, author, book reviewer, Baltimore;
natl column, "Your Marriage"; withNITimes,
Saturday Revie71J ofLiterature. • See: WWWIA,
7.
Klotz, Nathan; b. Slv.tsk, Russia, Aug 28
1882; d. NYC, Dec 221949.
Rabbi, educator, writer; faculty Yeshiva U. •
See:AJYB, 52:502; NITimes, Dec 23 1949,
21:4.
Klingenstein, Esther A (Mrs Joseph
Klingenstein); b. NYC, Oct 25 1899; d.
Jan 211974.
Communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr,
sponsor Mt Sinai Med School; officer Jewish
Home for the Aged; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies.· See:AJYB, 76:514-15;
NITimes, Jan 23 1974,40:3.
Klingenstein, Florence Buttenweiser; b.
NYC, Mar 13 1897.
Civic & communal worker, NYC; officer
Stuyvesant Neighborhood House; dir
Lakeview Home; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • see: WWIAJ, 1938.
Klingenstein, Joseph; b. NYC, June 4 1891;
d. NYC, Nov 111976.
Honorary degree. • Investment banker,
philanthropist, NYC; governor, NY Stock
Exchange; a fdr, officer Mt Sinai School of
Med; pres Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •
See: AJYB, 78:542; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov
121976,IV15:3.
Klinghoffer, Isaac; b. ca 1872; d. Jersey
City, Dec 22 1934.
Communal worker, Jersey City. • See:AJYB,
37:258.
Klopfer, Donald Simon; b. NYC, Jan 23
1902.
Williams ColI. • Publisher, NYC; with
Modem Library, Random House. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Klopper, Zan D (Zanwill David); b. Russia,
1870; d. Feb 3 1934.
Physician, artist, med textbook illustrator,
Chicago. • See:AJYB, 24:163, 36:283.
Klorfein, Julius; b. Grodno, Poland, ca
1879; d. NYC, Nov 1958.
To US ca 1892. • Cigar mfr, realtor,
stockbroker, NYC; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; bought large amounts of
Klubock, Abraham Herbert; b. Wtlkowishk,
Lithuania, Feb 12 1889; d. Washington
DC, Nov 22 1944.
To NYC 1895.· Burdet Coll, LLB Boston U.
• Lawyer, exec, Boston; pres Controllers Assn,
Natl Assn ofApparel Chains; active Jewish
affairs; head, Army School of the Services of
Supply.· See:AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Nov241944, 23:3.
Kluckman, Revone W; b. Mound City, SD,
Feb 281929; d.July 181983.
Corporation exec, Glenview, IL; with Arthur
Anderson & Co, Zenith; army service. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Kluger, Samuel B; b. NYC, Nov61907; d.
1982.
Mfg exec; with Eagle Electric Mfg Co (LI
City). • See: WWWIA, 8.
Klugman, Herbert A; b. 1895; d. NYC, Oct
1969.
Realtor, communalldr, NYC; officer YMYWHA; bd Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
Jewish Guild for the Blind. • See: AJYB,
71:605; NYTimes, Oct 28 1969,47:1.
Klutznick, Philip Morris; b. Kansas City,
July 91907.
U KS, U NE, LLB Creighton. • Secy of
Commerce, Federal Housing Commr,
Ambassador to UN, author, lawyer,
community planner; admr Natl Housing
Agency; officer Internatl B'nai B'rith, Jewish
Welfare Bd, United Jewish Appeal. • See: EJi
EJ:1973-1982; WWIAJ, 1938.
Knefler, Frederick; b. Hungary, 1833; d. ca
1901.
To US 1859. • Union brigadier-general,
brevet major-general, US pension agent,
Indianapolis. • See: JEi UJE.
Knipe, Jay Clarence; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
Sep 21934.
Physician, ophthalmologist, Philadelphia;
faculty Jefferson Med Coll. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Knopf, Alfred A
Knopf, Alfred A; b. NYC, Sep 12 1892; d.
1984.
AB Columbia. • Publisher, NYC; fdr, noted
Am publishing house. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:19831985;AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ.
Knopf, Blanche Wolf; b. NYC, July 30
1894; d. NYC, June 4 1966.
Editor, publisher, NYC; introduced European
authors to VS. • See: WWWIA, 4,5; NAW:
modem; DAB, 8; NYTimes, June 5 1966, 86: 1.
Knopf, Samuel; b. Poland, 1862; d.
Mamaronek, NY, June 11 1932.
Banker, financier, publishing exec, NYc. •
See: UJE (sub Knopf, Alfred); AJYB, 34:111.
334
Fraternity; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities; active
civic affairs, synagogs. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kobler, AlbertJ; b. ca 1876; d.Dec 31
1936.
Publisher, The Mirror, NYC. • See: AJYB,
39:593; NYTimes, Jan 41937,29:2.
Kobre, Hirshel; b. ca 1835; d. NYC, Mar 6
1910.
Rabbi,NYC.· See:AJYB, 12(1910-1911):110.
Kobrin, Leon; b. Vitebsk, Russia, Mar 15
1872/1873; d. Brooklyn, Mar 31 1946.
To US 1892.· Yiddish novelist, playwright,
literary critic, NYC; pioneer of Yiddish
literature in US; assocd Forward, The Day. •
See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):129,24:163,
48:492; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ;
Eisenstadt, 85; NYTimes, Apr 1 1946,28:2.
Kochenthal, Etta Rothschild (Mrs); b. ca
1885; d. Rochester, NY,June 13 1938.
Communal worker, Rochester. • See: A]YB,
40:387.
Kochin, Elihu Wolf (Elijah Zev Wolf); b.
Rumsisock, Lithuania, 1871/1872; d.
Pittsburgh, Nov 26 1946.
To VS ca 1906. • Rabbi, Pittsburgh; fdr
Pittsburgh Heb Sem.it1.ary. • See: AJYB,
49:613; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; Gottlieb,
312.
Kochin, Louis Mordecai; b. Russia, Oct 18
1898; d. Mar 91971.
MD Northwestern, MS V WVA, post-grad V
Vienna, U Berlin. • Physician, pediatrician,
rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See: Gottlieb, 312;
WWWIA, 5.
Knortz, Karl; b. Wetzlar, Prussia, Aug 28
1841; d. Tarrytown, NY, July 1918.
To VS 1863. • PhD V Heidelberg. • Author,
North Tarrytown, NY; works on literature,
folklore. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, July 28
1918,19:4.
Koch, Edward Irving; b. Bronx, 1924.
NYU Law. • Mayor, NYC; active Democratic
politics. • See: EJ:1973-1982.
Knox, Israel; b. Rogachev, Russia, 1906.
To VS ca 1913.· CCNY, PhD Columbia.·
Author on the philosophy of art; active Yiddish
cultural affairs. • See: UJE.
Koch, Isse; b.ca 1873; d. NYC, May 10
1934.
Merchant, communal worker, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 36:283.
Koback, Alfred Julian; b. Chicago, Sep 23
1898; d. Dec 271972.
MD, MSc V IL. • Physician, obstetrician,
Chicago; faculty U IL, Cook County Postgrad
School; author/inventor in field; WWI service.
• See: WWWIA, 6.
Koch, Isidore Martin; b. Philadelphia, June
13 1871.
MD Medico Chirurgical (Philadelphia). •
Textile mfr, Germantown, PA; earlier,
physician. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Koenig, Charles Wachtel; b. Brooklyn, Dec
111912.
AB LI U. • Editor, Ridgewood, NY; with LI
Daily Advocate; co-fdr milk station
(Williamsburg); sponsor free concerts. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Koch, Joseph; b. NYC, 1844; d. NYC, Apr
1902.
Public official, Civil War veteran, NY
Supreme Court clerk, legislator, NYC;commr,
NYC District Court; active nad B'nai B'rith. •
See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 291902,9:5.
Koenig, M(arshall) Glenn; b. NYC, Sep 20
1931; d. Nov 13 1972.
MD Cornell. • Physician, Nashville, TN;
specialty infectious diseases; consult Veterans
Admn, Nad Academy of Sciences; author/
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Koch, Lawrence Lewis; b. Louisville, Apr
18 1908.
LLB U Louisville. • Lawyer, communal admr,
Louisville; general secy YMHA; trustee
synagog. • See: .WWIAJ, 1938.
Koenig, Morris; b. Erlau, Hungary, Mar 13
1883; d. NYC, 1939.
To VS 1884. • CCNY, NYU Law. • Lawyer,
municipal & court of general sessions judge,
asst district atty, NYC; active Republican
politics. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:163,42:480;
NYTimes, Dec 2 1939, 17:4.
Kobacker, Alfred J; b. Neustadt, Lithuania,
ca 1887;d. NYC, Jan 291945.
Merchant, civic ldr, Columbus, OH; officer
War Service Bd; dir OH Chamber of
Commerce, OH Retail Merchants Assn. • See:
AJYB, 47:526.
Kober, Adolf; b. Beuthen, Upper Silesia,
Sep 3 1879; d. NYC, Dec 29 1958.
To US 1939. • PhD V Breslau, ordainedJTS
(Breslau). • Reform rabbi, historian, NYC,
Cologne, Wiesbaden; specialtyJewish history
in the Rhineland; orgr congregation of
German emigrants; author in field. • See: UJE;
EJ;AJYB, 61:418;NYTimes, Dec 311958,
19:1.
Kober, Arthur; b. Brody, Galicia, Aug 25
1900; d. NYC,June 1975.
To US ca 1902/1904. • Playwright, author;
humorist, press agent, NYC. • See: UJE;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 13 1975,40:1.
Kober, Leo;b. Brunn, Austro-Hungary,
Sep 24 1881; d. Larchmont, NY, Sep 17
1931.
To VS 1920. • Art Academy (Vienna &
Munich), AcademyJulien (paris). • Artist,
author, musician, NYC; staff artist NY World;
WWI Hungarian army service. • See: AJYB,
34:111; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Koblentz,Ahe Jack; b. Chattanooga, Aug
301899.
West TN Normal School (Memphis). •
Merchant, Chattanooga; nad pres Hai Resh
Koehler, MaxJ; b.*; d. Long Lake, NY,July
241934.
Communalldr, jurist, author, champion of
Jewish rights. • See:AJYB, 37:258.
Koen,Justine Bauer; b.*; d.Jan 41935.
Communal worker, Austin, TX. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Koch, Samuel; b. Denver, Oct 141874; d.
Seattle, Apr 10 1944.
AB, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Vnion
ColI. • Rabbi, Seattle; officer Public Library,
Charity Org; dir Anti-Tuberculosis League,
Conf for the Promotion of Goodwill Between
Racial Groups; active Chamber of Commerce,
Union of Am Heb Congregations, Central
Conf of Am Rabbis. • See: AJYB, 5(19031904):69,46:340; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Koenig, Samuel; b. Monastyriska, Ukraine,
Mar 29 1899; d. NYC, Dec 29 1972.
To US 192'1. • Sociologist, educator, author;
faculty Brooklyn ColI; bd Yiddish lost; active
Federal Writers Project, Am Friends ofHeb
V, Conf on Jewish Social Studies; author/
editorin field. • See: AJYB, 74:557; NYTimes,
Dec 31 1972,37:1.
Koch, Sumner Leibnitz; b. Cavalier, ND,
July 15 1888; d. Nov 11976.
AB Hamline V, MA, MD Northwestern;
honorary degree. • Surgeon, Chicago; specialty
bums; faculty Northwestern; a fdr professional
socs; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, Nov 2 1976, 32:1.
Koenig, Samuel Spencer; b. Eger, Hungary,
Sep 71872; d. Mar 1955.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public official, Secy of
State, NYC; counsel NY Lunacy Commn; .
active Republican party; WWI fundraiser. •
See:AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
NYTimes, Mar 18 1955,27:1.
Kochanski, Paul; b. Warsaw, 1888; d. NYC,
Jan 121934.
To VS 1921. • Brussels Conservatory. •
Violinist, tchr, NYC; faculty Juilliard, Warsaw
& Petrograd conservatories. • See: AJYB,
36:283; NYTimes, Jan 13 1934,13:4.
Koenigsberg, Benjamin;.b. Limanow,
Austria, June 3 1884.
To VS 1889. • CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
.communal worker, NYC; orgr Young Israel;
officer Rabbi Solomon Kluger School, Union
of OrthodoxJewish Congregations, Rabbi
335
Kohlmar, Lee
JacobJoseph School, Chamber of Commerce;
dir Heb Training School for Girls; active
Mizrachi. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEGAJ.
Koenigsberg, Herman; b. NYC, Mar 8
1896.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC;
officer Am Legion, Jewish Veterans Relief; bd
Jewish Big Bros, Jewish Sabbath Alliance,
Rabbi Solomon Kluger Yeshiva. • See: BEGAJ.
Koenigsberg, ] ehuda; b. Suwalki province,
1843.
To US 1893. • Heb tchr, writer. • See:
Eisenstadt, 90.
Koffsky, Samuel; b. Kiev, Oct 171902; d.
Albany,]an 1953.
KoWer, Kau:6nann; b. Fiirth, Bavaria, May
101843; d. NYC,]an 281926.
To US 1902. • CE Rensselaer Polytechnic
Inst. • Civil engineer, Albany, NY; active
professional soc. • See: "WWIA.J, 1926, 1938;
NYTimes, Jan 17 1953,15:2.
To US 1869. • U Munich, U Berlin,U
Leipzig, PhD U Erlangen. • Reform Idr, rabbi,
theologian, scholar, prolific author, Detroit,
Chicago, NYC; pres, Heb Union CoIl
(Cincinnati); editor Jewish Publication Service
Bible translation; interested inJewish
Chautauqua; helped draft Pittsburgh platform.
• See:JE; UJE; EJ;AJYB, 5(1903-1904):69-70,
24:163,28:151,235-60; Eisenstadt, 87; PAJHS,
31:268-71; WWWIA, 1; DAB.
Kogan, Leonard S; b. Easton, PA, Apr 22
1919; d. NYC,]une 1976.
BA, MA Lafayette CoIl, PhD U Rochester. •
Psychologist, NYC; faculty CUNY; pioneer in
statistical research methods; analyzed welfare
recipients; author in field. • See: NYTimes,
June 301976,40:2.
Kogan, Zuce; b. Odessa, Aug 22 1900.
Koenigsberg, Moses; b. New Orleans, Apr
161878; d. NYC, Sep 211945.
Newspaper editor, publisher, journalist, NYC;
fdr King Features; pres Internatl News Service,
Universal Service; delegate to League of
Nations conf on the press; Spanish-Am War
service; autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
48:492-93; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ;
WWWIA, 2; DAB; 3; NYTimes, Sep 22 1945,
17:4.
Koenigsberger, Irene Caroline Diner; b.
NYC, Sep 211896; d. Chevy Chase, MD,
Aug 121985.
AB Hunter, MA Columbia, PhD NYU. •
Chemist, communal worker, NYC,
Washington DC; specialty rubber; bd Natl
Council ofJewish Women (Washington DC);
support Home for Emotionally Disturbed
Children Gerusalem}. • See: AJYB, 87:440;
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Aug 181985.
Koenigsberger, Lawrence;b. VVashWngton
DC, Oct 291892; d. 1951.
Kogos, Eli; b. Ekaterinoslav, Russia, Feb 20
1898.
honorary degree. • Lawyer, jurist, historian,
author, NYC; specialty immigration &
naturalization law; a fdr Am Jewish Historical
Soc; opposed restriction of immigration,
attacked MI alien registration act; mem
Commn on Ellis Island & Immigrant Relief;
bd Union of Am Heb Congregations; exec
com, Am Jewish Com.· See:JE; UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):129,24:163,37:2126,258; WWIAJ, 1926,1928; PAJHS,
34:165ff,295-302; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1;
NYTimes, July 25 1934, 17:1.
To US 1913. • AAHarvard.· Social work
admr, New Haven; earlier Denver, Boston;
exec dir Jewish Community Center. • See:
WWIA.J,1938.
KoWer, Mrs Kaufmann; b. ca 1848; d. Mar
13 1932.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
To Chicago 1923. • ME Paris, U Montreal. •
Construction engineer, Chicago; author in
field. • See: WWIA.J, 1938.
Kogel, Marcus David; b. Austria, Sep 28
1903.
To US 1912. • MD NYMed CoIl & Flower
Hospital • Physician, Jamaica, NY; military
service. • See:WWIA.J, 1938.
34:111.
Kohanski, Alexander Sissel; b. Vilkavishkis,
Lithuania,July 4 1902~
To US 1923. • AB Southwestern U, MA, PhD
Vanderbilt, Grad School for]ewish Social
Work.· Communal adr, author, NYC; natl
secy League for Labor Palestine; instructor,
Grad School for Jewish Social Work. • See:
WWIA.J,1938.
LLB, LLM Georgetown. • Lawyer,
Washington DC; dir Jewish Social Service
Agency, J ewish Foster Home; military service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Dec41951,
33:4.
Kohen, Nathan; b. ca 1891; d. Baltimore,
Oct 13 1938.
Rabbi, Baltimore. • See:AJYB, 41:426.
Koeppel, Max L; b. Brooklyn, ca 1899; d.
Manhasset, NY, Sep 1985.
KoWberg, Alfred; b. San Francisco,]an 27
1887; d. NYC, Apr 71960.
Realtor, investor; pres Brooklyn Philharmonic
Orchestra; officer Union of Am Heb
Congregations, Heb Union ColI. • See:
NYTimes, Sep 301985.
U CA • Importer, publisher, political orgr,
author, editor, San Francisco, NYC; led fight
against Inst of Pacific Relations; fdr journal;
active crusader against communism, support of
"nationalist China." • See: DAB, 6; NYTimes,
Apr 8 1960, 31:2.
Koesder, Morris; b. ca 1850; d. Elizabeth,
NJ,]an 241936.
Communal worker, Elizabeth, NJ.
AJYB,38:430.
• See:
Koffka, Kurt; b. Berlin, Mar 18 1886; d.
Nov 22 1941.
To US 1924. • PhD U Berlin, U Edinburgh. •
Psychologist, Frankfort, Giessen; a fdr Gestalt
psychology, journal; faculty Smith CoIl; author
in field. • See: EJ; WWWL4, 1; DAB, 3;
NYTiines, Nov 23 1941,52:1.
Koffman, Abraham]; b. Russia,]une 20
1880.
Business colI. • Real estate owner-operator,
Zionist, writer, Detroit; advisory bdJewish
Open Forum; exec com, Zionist Org of Am. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Kf;lWer, Max] Games); b. Detroit, May 22
1871; d. Long Lake,NY,]uly 241934.
BS (BA?) CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia;
KoWberg, Herbert S; b. EI Paso, Sep 19
1886.
BS, EM Columbia. • Mining engineer, NYC;
with mining cos. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
KoWenberg,Arthur;b. NYC, ca 1924;d.
Boston, July 1970.
Columbia, PhD Harvard. • Data processing co
exec, Cambridge, MA; faculty Boston U, MIT;
WWII service. • See: NYTimes, July 24 1970,
31:1.
KoWer, Rose; b. Chicago, Mar 211873; d.
NYC,Oct41947.
Normal CoIl (NYC), Cincinnati Art Academy,
Art Students League. • Painter, sculptor, NYC;
natl chr Religious School (Natl Council of
Jewish Women); bd Heb Technical School for
Girls. • See: UJE (sub Kohler, Kaufmann);
AJYB, 50:518; "WWIA.J, 1926,1928,1938;
BEGAJ; NYTimes, Oct 6 1947, 21: 1.
KoWer, Winifred L (Mrs Max] KoWer); b.
ca 1880; &. NYC, Dec 211922.
Communal worker, kindergarten tchr, NYC;
mem District School Bd; mem Com on
Immigrant Aid; active charitable work, Guild
for Jewish Blind. • See: AJYB, 25:139;
NYTimes, Dec23 1922,13:6.
KoWman, Francis L; b. New Orleans, Sep
291879.
AB Tulane, LLB Harvard.· Noted trial
lawyer, NYC; active bar assns, urging US to
appoint more judges; WWI counsel draft bds.
• See: "WWIA.J, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ.
KoWman, Louis; b. ca 1865; d. New
Orleans,]uly 20 1915.
Mfr, New Orleans. • See:AJYB, 18(19161917):108.
KoWman, Sigmund; b. ca 1856; d. Mobile,
AL, Apr 19 1913.
Merchant, Mobile, AL. • See: AJYB, 15(19131914):271.
KoWer, Edgar]; b. Chicago, Mar 28 1875;
d. NYC, Oct 10 1941.
BA CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst
corporation counsel, NYC; officer Jewish Bd of
Guardians. • See: AJYB, 44:337; "WWIA.J,
1928;NYTimes, Oct 111941,17:4.
KoWmar, Lee; b. Forth (Furth?), Germany,
Feb 271873.
U Erlangen. • Actor, vaudevillian, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 24:163; WWIAJ, 1928.
KohlmerlKohlmar, Fred
336
KohlmerlKohlmar, Fred; b. NYC, Aug 10
1905; d. Hollywood, Oct 12 1969.
• See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes, May 24
1941,15:2.
Motion picture producer, Los Angeles; "Solid
Gold Cadillac," "Picnic." • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Oct 14 1969,47:1.
Kohn, Esther L (Mrs Alfred Kohn); b.*
Kohn, Aaron; b. ca 1839; d. NYC, Jan 10
1934.
Merchant, NYC. • See:A]YB, 36:283.
Kohn, Aaron; b. ca 1855; d. Louisville, Jan
291916.
Lawyer, Louisville. • See: A]YB, 18(19161917):108.
Kohn, Abraham; b. Bachau, Wurtemberg,
1843; d. Philadelphia, Nov 301918.
To US 1851. • Communal worker,
Philadelphia; dir Orphans Guardian Soc. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):75;A]YB, 21:206.
Kohn, Achilles H; b. NYC, ca 1880; d.
NYC, Apr 1965.
Columbia, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
pres William] Wollman Found; officer
Lexington School for the Deaf. • See:
NYTimes, Apr 281965,45:5.
Kohn, Albert;'b. ca 1870; d.Jan 211918.
Diagnostician, Mt Sinai Hospital, NYc. • See:
A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.
Kohn, Alfred D; b.*; d. Chicago, Dec 2
1909.
Physician, Chicago; mem Bd of Education. See: A]YB, 12(1910-1911):109.
Kohn, Annette; b. NYC.
Poet, writer, traveler, NYc. - See: UJE (sub
Kohn, Hezekiah);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):129,
24:163.
Kohn, Arnold; b. Buchau, Wurttembul'g,
Aug 14 1838; d. Philadelphia, Feb 13
1916.
To US 1851. • Merchant, communalldr,
Philadelphia; active civic & charitable orgs. •
See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):75,18(19161917):108.
Kohn, August; b. Orangeburg, SC, Feb 25
1868; d. before 1938.
SC ColI, AB Columbia. • Exec, author,
Columbia, SCi trustee USC, Heb Orphans
Home (Atlanta, GA), Am]ewish Cong, • See:
A]YB, 24:163; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1.
Kohn, Augusta Hirsch (Mrs Jacob Kohn);
b.*; d. Los Angeles, Sep 2 1955.
Communalldr, Los Angeles; a fdr N atl
Womens League of United Synagogue ofAm.
• See:A]YB, 58:477;NYTimes, Sep 31955,
15:5.
Kohn, Belle Grauman; b.*; d. Hollywood,
CA, reported Oct 71938.
Civic & communal worker, Indianapolis. - See:
A]YB,41:426.
Kohn, Bernard; b. Philadelphia, Mar 12
1876; d. Philadelphia, May 1941.
BS, MS, MD U PA. • Physician, cardiologist,
Philadelphia; with]ewish charities, health dept.
Social worker, Chicago; with Hull House; pres
Jewish Social Services Bureau; officer IL
League of Women Voters, IL Child Labor
Com; chr of social services, hospitals; advisory
com IL Minimum Wage Bd; bd Immigrants
Protective League. • See: BEOA].
Kohn, Eugene; b. Newark, Jan 261887;d.
New Hyde Park, Queens, Apr 11977.
Ordained]TS, AB NYU. • Reconstructionist
rabbi, editor, author, educator; pres Rabbinical
Assn ofAm; mgr editor Reconstructionistj staff
Young]udea.· See: UJEj E]jA]YB, 24:163,
79:369; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 2 1977,
22:3.
Kohn, Florence Frank (Mrs Louis Kohn);
b. NYC, Sep 29 1890.
AB Hunter. - Communal worker, religious
school tchr, New Castle, PA, Philadelphia,
Hoboken, NYC; officerJewish Ladies Relief;
mgr Youngstown Jewish Times. • See: WWlA],
1938.
Kohn, Gabriel; b. Philadelphia, June 12
1910; d. May 211975.
Cooper Union, Beaux Art (NYC), Paris. Sculptor; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, May 23 1975, 40:1.
Riverside, NY; a fdr Heb Orphan Home &
Public Kitchen (Safed), Immigrant (Emigrant?)
Sheltering Home (Haifa); officer United Gallil
Aid Soc, Fedn of Orthodox Heb Rabbis ofAm.
• See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
Kohn, Hezekiah; b. Monchsroth, Bavaria,
July 31822; d. NYC, Mar 231912.
To US ca 1836. - Merchant, communal
worker, NYC; fdr Heb Free Schools; officer
synagog, Am Relief for Indigent]ews in
Palestine. • See: UJEj AjYB, 7(1905-1906):7576,14(1912-1913):126; NYTimes, Mar 25
1912, 11:5.
Kohn, Irma; b. Rock Island, IL.
Chicago Art Inst, abroad. • Artist, Chicago. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kohn, Irving H; b. Baltimore, Dec 3 1885;
d. Baltimore, Nov 111945.
Merchant, Civic ldr, Baltimore; officer Assn of
Commerce; mem Commn for Revision of City
Charter; active civic & communal orgs. • See:
A]YB, 48:493; NYTimes, Nov 12 1945,21:3.
Kohn, Isaac; b.*; d. Apr 1915.
Financier, San Francisco. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):220.
Kohn, Isaac; b. ca 1812; d. NYC, Dec 3
1909.
Civil War veteran. - See:A]YB, 12(19101911):110.
Kohn, Hans; b. Prague, Sep 15 1891; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 16 1971.
To US 1931/1933. • PhD U Prague. •
Historian, author, political scientist; faculty
Smith ColI, CCNY; officer Comite des
Delegations]uives (paris); staffKeren
Hayesod; author in field; WWI Austrian army
service. • See: UJEj E]j A]YB, 72:633;
NITimes, Mar 17 1971,48:1.
Kohn, Harry; b. Springfield, OH, Feb 16
1886.
AB, LLB OH State U. • Lawyer, Columbus,
OH; dir United]ewish Fund.- See: WWlA],
1928.
Kohn, Harry D; b. Chicago, Apr 11865.
PhB Yale. • Wholesale clothier, business exec,
NYC. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kohn, Henry; b. Chicago, Nov 91902; d.
Chicago, Dec 301976.
Civic & communalldr, lawyer, Chicago;
officer Am Jewish Com; mem IL Commn on
Human Relations; bd Bureau of]ewish
Employment Problems; active]oint Action Bd,
synagog; contributor Negro ColI Fund. • See:
A]YB, 79:369.
Kohn, Henry H; b. Germany, Nov 13 1864;
d. Albany, Dec 1944.
Banker, NYC, Albany, NY; pres Morris Plan
Insurance Soc, Morris Plan banks; mem Baptist
Church. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Dec
271944,20:2.
Kohn, Jacob; b. Newark, Sep 15 1881; d.
Los Angeles, Sep 10 1968.
PhB NYU, ordained, DHL ]TS. •
Conservative rabbi, Zionist, author, Los
Angeles, Syracuse, NYC; faculty, dean U of
Judaism; a fdr, officer United Synagogue of
Am; WWI]ewish service. • See: UJEj E]j
A]YB, 24:163, 70:522; WWIA], 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 11 1968, 51: 1.
Kohn, Jerome; b. NYC, Jan 161900; d.
Philadelphia, July 12 1948.
] ewish community ldr, Hartford, CT; active
natl United]ewish Appeal, Joint Distribution
Com, Democratic politics. - See: A]YB,
51:522; NITimes,]uly 13 1948,6:5.
Kohn,Jerome Ludwig; h. NYC, Mar 18
1893; d. NYC, Jan 1964.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Pediatrician,
NYC; measles research, early user of sulpha;
author in field; military service. - See:
NYTimes,]an 191964,76:5.
Kohn, John S Van E; b. ca 1906; d. White
Plains, NY, Dec 1976.
Williams, MA Harvard. • Book collector, book
store owner; collector of the works of Edna St
Vincent Millay, Edwin A Robinson, Robert
Frost. - See: NITimes, Dec 20 1976, IT 12:6.
Kohn, Joseph; b.*; d.Jan 311921.
Communal worker, Civil War veteran, New
Orleans; :mem School Bd. • See: A]YB, 23:132.
Kohn, Hersch; b. Jerusalem, Feb 25 1898.
Kohn, Leo; b.*; d. Vienna, Feb 1917.
To NYC 1921. • Jewish Orthodox Rabbinincal
ColI, Torath Chaim, ColI Etz Chaim. • Rabbi,
author, lecturer, Kashruth authority, NYC,
Philanthropist, communal worker, Seattle. •
See:A]YB,19(1917-1918):266.
Kolar, Victor
337
Kohn, Louis A; b. Hayti, MO, Mar 8 1870;
d. Oct 9 1971.
AB U MO, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Chicago;
commr Nad Conf of Uniform State Laws;
officer bar assns; active Democratic politics. •
See: WWWIA, 6.
co pres, Denver; officer Community Chest,
synagog, trade assn; dir Nad]ewish Hospital,
Denver Art Museum, Nad Farm School; active
Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Columbia Law. • Lawyer, communal worker,
NYC; officer Heb Home for Aged. • See: UJE
(sub Kohn, Hezekiah).
Columbia, BS CCNY, MA Clark, PhD
Stanford. • Social worker, psychologist;
specialty envirotunental factors on intelligence;
faculty Reed ColI, U OR, Grad School for
Social Work; fdr Oakland (CA) Placement &
Guidance Service; mem]ewish Commn for
Personal Service in CA State Instns; exec dir
Brooklyn Fedn of Charities; author/editor in
field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:164, 86:440-41;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kohn, Sol H; b. ca 1846; d. NYC, Nov 17
1920.
Kohut, Alexander; b. Felegyhaza, Hungary,
Apr 22 1842; d. NYC, May 25 1894.
Mayor, steel co pres, Wichita, KS; moved to
NYc.. See:A]YB, 23:132;NYTimes, Nov 18
1920,15:4.
To NYC 1885. • PhD U Leipzig. • Rabbi,
conservative theologian, Talmudic scholar,
orientalist, lexicographer, NYC; a fdr ]TS;
faculty ]TS; life work, talmudic lexicon; ] ewish
representative, Hungarian parliament. • See:
]E; UJE; E] (sub Kohut); A]YB, 44:73-80;
Eisenstadt, 85; PA]HS, 4:225-26; DAB.
Kohn, Sol; b. NYC, 1854; d. NYC, 1931.
Kohn, Louis Wtnfield (L Wtttfield); b.
NYC, Nov 26 1888; d. Aug 1956.
MD U MD, post-grad]ohns Hopkins. •
Physician, gastroenterologist, NYC; officer
Baltimore Med Club; active]ewish
community; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Aug 17 1956,
19:4.
Kohn, Max; b.*; d. Chicago, Oct 15 1912.
Communal worker, Pueblo, CO. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):271.
Kohn, Simon I; b. Meadville, P A, Jan 8
1851; d. Adantic City, July 15 1920.
Kohn, Morris; b. ca 1864; d. Manuet, NY,
Feb 201935.
Textile wholesaler, litterateur, civic &
communalldr, Philadelphia; officer Bamberger
Seashore Home (Adantic City). • See: PA]HS,
28:288-90.
Pioneer motion picture exhibitor, Manuet, NY.
• See:A]YB, 24:164, 37:258.
Kohn, Pauline Redlich; b. Poland, 1896; d.
Far Rockaway, Mar 13 1977.
To US 1903. • Business exec, humanitarian;
officer Womens League for Israel; active AntiDefamation League, support of refugees. • See:
A]YB, 79:369-70; NYTimes, Mar 15 1977,40:4.
Kohn, Ralph Arthur; b. Chicago, Mar 11
1890; d. Mar 1945.
Kohn, Sylvan Hiram; b. Newark, Mar 10
1892.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Zionist, Newark;
officer Heb Educational Soc, synagog; active
Soc of Christians &]ews, United Synagogue of
Am. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kohn, Tobias; b. Prague; d. Hartford,
1895/1898.
To US 1848/1849. • Merchant, silk mfr,
Hartford; pioneer in silk weaving in US,
devised machines & methods; his invention
helped start Paterson, NJ silk industry. • See:
BS NYU, NYU Law. • Motion picture exec,
Hollywood; earlier lawyer; with Paramount
Pictures. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar
5 1945, 19:5.
]E; UJE.
Kohn, Robert David; b. NYC, May 12 1870;
d.June 1953.
Kohn, Walter Abraham; b. Philadelphia,
Feb 191879.
CCNY, PhB Columbia, Ecole des Beaux Arts
(Paris). • Architect, NYC; pres Soc for Ethical
Culture; officer nad professional assns; housing
dir PWA. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:163; WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3; NYTimes, June 17
1953,27:3.
BS, EE UPA. • Engineer, merchant, mfr,
Philadelphia; officer Alliance Israelite
Universelle, Mastbaum Loan Soc; author in
field.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
.
Kohn, S Joshua; b. Vilkomir, Lithuania,
June 17 1899.
To US 1908. • Gratz Coll,AB, AM Columbia,
ordained ]TS, Heb U erusalem). • Rabbi,
author, Utica; orgr jewish Community
Council,]ewish Nad Fund; mem Scout
Council. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
a
Kohn, S S; b. ca 1844; d. Boerne, TX, Apr
1916.
Rabbi, lawyer, physician. • See: A]YB,
Kohns, Hermine Straus (Mrs Lazarus
Kohns); b. Otterburg, Bavaria, ca 1845;
d. NYC, Oct 17 1922.
To US 1854. • Philanthropist, NYC; pres
Sisterhood; dir Home for Aged Hebs. • See:
A]YB, 25:139;NYTimes, Oct 191922, 21:5.
Kohns, Lazarus; b. Giebelstadt, Bavaria,
Dec 22 1824; d. Dec 3 1910.
To US 1847.· Merchant, Columbus, GA,
NYC; active civic, religious & charitable work.
• See: A]YB, 13(1911-1912):136; NYTimes,
Dec 41910, 13:4.
18(1916-1917):108.
Kohn, Samuel; b. ca1853; d. Philadelphia,
May261912.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):127.
Kohn, Samuel; b. NYC, Nov 20 1855; d.
NYC, Nov 26 1909.
CCNY, NYU. • Physician, NYC; pres
German Poliklinik. • See:A]YB, 12(19101911):109; NYTimes, Nov 27 1909, 9:4.
Kohn, Samuel E; b. Chicago, July 211871.
Bryant & Stratton Business ColI. • Furniture
Kohns, Lee; b. Coiumbus, GA, Sep 1 1864;
d. NYC, Jan 181927.
BS CCNY. • Business exec, philanthropist,
civic & communalldr, NYC; pres NY Bd of
Trade & Transportation; chr Educational
Alliance; endowed chair, Sorbonne; active
politics, fight for clean municipal government.
• See: UJE;A]YB, 24:164,29:117; WWIA],
1926; PA]HS, 31:271-73; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes,]an 191927,23:3.
Kohs, Samuel Calmen; b. NYC, June 2
1890; d. San Francisco, Jan 23 1984.
Kohut, George Alexander; b.
Szekesfehervar/Stuhlweissenburg,
Hungary, Feb 111874; d. NYC, Dec 31
1933.
To US 1885. • Columbia,]TS, Berlin
Lehranstalt, Rabbinical Seminary (Paris);
honorary degree. • Educator, author, scholar,
bibliographer, editor, rabbi; faculty Kohut
School for Girls; librarian ]TS; fdr Camp
Kohut, Kohut School for Boys; exec dir
Childrens U School, Dalton High School;
owner, dir Columbia Grammar School; est,
Alexander Kohut Memorial Found. • See:]E
(sub Kohut, Alexander); UJE; E] (sub Kohut);
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130, 24:164, 36:5564,283; WWIA], 1926, 1928; Eisenstadt, 85;
PA]HS, 34:303-06; DAB, 1; NYTimes,]an 1
1934,23:1.
Kohut, Heinz; b. Vienna, May 3 1913; d.
Oct 8 1981.
To US 1940. • MD U Vienna; honorary
degree. • Psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago, U Cincinnati; officer
professional assns; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 8; NYTimes, Oct 10 1981.
Kohut, Rebekah 'Bettelheim (Mrs
Alexander Kohut); b. Kaschau, Hungary,
Sep 91864; d. NYC, Aug 111951.
To US 1867. • U CA, Columbia; honorary
degree. • Welfare work ldr, employment
expert, school exec, author, NYC; fdr Kohut
School for Girls; co-fdr, pres Nad Council of
] ewish Women; orgr Employment Bureau
(YWHA), Federal Employment Bureau for
] ewish Girls; pres World Org of] ewish
Women; exec dir Columbia Grammar School,
Alexander Kohut Memorial Fund; advisor
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (while NY
governor), NY Employment Service;
autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Kohut);
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):76,24:164,54:539;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NAW:
modern;NYTimes, Aug 121951, 79:3.
Kolar, Victor; b. Budapest, 1888; d.June
1957.
To US 1904. • Prague Conservatory. •
Violinist, conductor, composer, Detroit; with
Chicago Symphony, NY Symphony Soc. • See:
UJE; NYTimes, June 17 1957,23:5.
Kolb, Leon
Kolb, Leon; b. Czemowitz, Austria, 1890;
d.1977.
To US 1937. • Physician, art collector,
bibliophile, author; faculty Stanford; est Jewish
Museum (San Francisco); WWI Iron Cross
winner. • See: E]:1973-1982.
Kolbrener, l\:iartin M; b. NYC, Aug 14
1902; d. Hewlett Neck, LI,June 1967.
CCNY?, NYU?, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, county
judge, NYC; officer Brooklyn Jewish
Convalescent Home; dir Community Center
(Arvenne, LI); active Democratic politics. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 91967,
45:1.
Kole, Lessing Lawrence; b. Milwaukee,
Aug 28 1894; d. Milwaukee, Apr 3 1969.
Cosmetic mfr, Milwaukee. • See: WWUTlA, 5;
NYTimes, Apr 5 1969,27:3.
Koletsky, Simon; b. New Haven, Dec 3
1910; d. May 161980.
AB, MD Yale. • Pathologist, Cleveland; faculty
CaseWestern; officer Am Heart Assn; author
in field; WWII service. • See: WWUTlA, 7.
Kolish,TheodoreJ;b.1909;d.NYC,June
271978.
Communalldr, NYC; chr NY Metropolitan
Council; active Am Jewish Congo • See: A]YB,
80:367.
Kolkey, Eugene; b. Chicago, Nov 27 1927;
d. Oct 11 1975.
BA U IL. • Advertising exec, Chicago; creator
of "Tony the Tiger." • See: WWUTlA, 6;
NYTimes, Oct 13 1975,32:5.
Koll, Irvin Sunthimer; b. Owensboro, KY,
June 15 1883.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl, post-grad
U Berlin, U Vienna, Paris. • Surgeon,
Chicago; faculty Northwestern; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Koller, Armin Hajman; b. Komjari,
Hungary, Jan 26 1878.
To US 1903. • U Budapest, AB, AM Western
Reserve, PhD Chicago. • German professor,
Urbana,IL; faculty Buder, U IL; interested in
relationship between culture and physical
environment; author in field. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Koller, Carl; b. Schuettenhofen, Austria,
Dec 3 1854/1857; d. NYC, Mar 211944.
To US 1888.· MD UVienna.·
Ophthalmologist, surgeon, NYC; inventor
devices, introduced cocaine as anesthetic;
author in field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 46:340;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWUTlA,.
2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Mar 22 1944,19:1.
Kolliner, Robert S; b. Baraboo, WI, Mar 22
1868; d. before 1938.
U WI, LLB U MN. • Lawyer, judge,
Minneapolis; lecturer U MN; officer B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kolodney, William; b. Minsk, Oct 12 1899;
d. Mamaroneck, NY,Jan 181976.
To US 1903.· Educator, communal worker;
officer professional assn; auditorium dir,
338
Metropolitan Museum ofArt; education dir
92nd StreetY. • See: A]YB, 78:542; NYTimes,
Jan191976,32:4.
Kolodny, Joseph; b. Pinsk, Poland, Dec 1
1898.
To US 1914.· Merchant, wholesale tobacco
distributor, NYC; orgr, active trade assns. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Jewish Congo • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Feb 3 1951, 15:4.
Konheim, Jerome; b. ca 1884; d. NYC, Dec
81960.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Apparel & shoe chain
head, NYC; trustee synagog. • See: NYTimes,
Dec 10 1960,23:6.
Koltanowski, George; b. Belgium, 1903.
Chess master, Belgium, Buenos Aires, San
Francisco. • See: E].
Konikow, Mosesjoseph; b. Vitebsk,
Russia, Mar 271868; d. Boston, May 13
1936.
MD Bern, post-grad Boston, Berlin. •
Physician, Socialist ldr, Boston; officer
Independent Workmen's Circle of Am,
Knights of Pythias, Ethical Culture Soc; author
in field, Anglo-Jewish press. • See: A]YB,
39:593; WWIA], 1928.
Kolthoff, Izaak (Isaac) Maurits; b. Almelo,
Holland, Feb 111894.
To US 1927.· PhD UUtrecht.· Analytic &
physicial chemist, Minneapolis; faculty U MN;
mem US Nat! Research Council; author in
field. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938.
Konoff, Alexander; b. Russia?, 1883?; d.
NYC, Feb 211969.
To US 1909. • Industrialist; pres, Am
Technion Soc; endowedJr Technical Inst
(Israel).· See:A]YB, 71:605-06; NYTimes, Feb
22 1969,29:4.
Komaiko, Solomon Baruch; b. Anyksciai,
Lithuania, Sep 15 1879.
To US 1899. • Insurance underwriter, Zionist,
author, Chicago; earlier journalist (NY,
Chicago); pres Kadimah; bd Jewish Home for
Aged, Am Jewish Cong; WWI IL government
publicitydir.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Kononovitch, Harry (Harry Kaye); b.
Kishinev, Bessarabia, Mar 15 1899.
To US 1905. • Phoenix Conservatory,
Wichita, KS Conservatory. • Violinist, NYC;
dir Nu-Art Music Bureau. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Kolsky, Louis; b. Philadelphia, Apr 14
1891.
Temple U. • Real estate & bank exec,
Philadelphia. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Komar, Borris Marc; b. Russia, Nov 4 1889.
To NYC 1916. • MA, LLB Cambridge U,
barrister, Inner Temple (London). • Lawyer,
NYC; counsel for governments; bd Am Jewish
Cong; active Professional Mens League;
author/editor/publisher in field; WWIJewish
Welfare Bd service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Komarovsky, Mirra; b. Russia, 1906.
Sociologist; faculty Barnard; officer
professional soc; author in field. • See: E].
Kominz, Jacob S (Samuel); b. Kovno, Oct
15 1886.
BS U Rochester, MD Columbia. • Physician,
Rochester, NY; officer Jewish Welfare
Council; bdJewish Home for Aged, Talmud
Torah, Assocd Heb Charities. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938.
Komiss, David Solomon; b. Konigsberg,
Germany, Apr 10 1873; d.June 1947.
Merchant, communal worker, Chicago; mem
Am Ideal Commn; dir synagog, Better Business
Bureau; active B'nai B'rith, Hillel. • See:
WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, June 11 1947,27:5.
Komroff, Manuel; b. NYC, Sep 7 1890; d.
Dec 10 1974.
Editor, author,·critic, novelist; The Voice ofFire,
Waterloo.· See: UJE; WWIA], 1938;
WWUTlA, 6; NYTimes, Dec 111974,48:1.
Kone, Samuel Charles; b. Suwalki, Poland,
Nov 101880; d. 1951.
To US1880.· LLB Yale.· Nat! Oil exec,
Zionist, Hartford; nad officer Modern
Woodmen of Am, B'nai Abraham, B'rith
Shalom; dir Heb Womens Home for Children,
Heb Ladies Old Peoples Home; active Am
Konowitz, Mordecai; b. Berlad, Rumania,
Jan 10 1898; d.NYC,Jan 301969.
To US 1903.· JTS, AB CCNY, LLB Harvard.
• Lawyer, public advisor, NYC; bd 92nd Street
YMHA; trustee Jamaica (NY) Jewish Center;
active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies (Boston,
NYC); author in field, on Jewish topics; WWI
with Jewish Welfare Bd. • See:A]YB, 71:606;
WWIA], 1928, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 11969,
29:4.
Konri, Isidore (Isadore); b. Vienna, July 9
1862; d. Yonkers, Jan 111938.
To US 1890. • Imperial Academy (Rome). •
Sculptor, Yonkers; created fountains, public
sculptures. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:164,40:387;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Jan 12 1938,21:1.
Konvitz, Joseph; b. Kaisedorys, Lithuania,
Apr 15 1878; d. Belmar, NJ,June 61944.
To US 1915. • Rabbi, Zionist, Newark; dean
Yeshivah (Palestine); chaplain NJ State. Prison;
pres Union of Orthodox Rabbis; co-fdr, dean
Palestine Theological Seminary (Safed); officer
Palestine assns; exec com Central Relief Com;
delegate Zionist World Congo • See: A]YB,
46:340; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; NYTimes,
June 7 1944, 19:6.
Konvitz, Milton Ridvas; b. Safed, Palestine,
Mar 121908.
To US 1915.· BS, MA,JD NYU, PhD
Cornell. • Lawyer, legal scholar, author;
faculty Cornell; counsel Am Civil Liberties
Union, NAACP. • See: E]; WWIA], 1938.
Koodlach, Abraham; b. Kiev, Apr 7 1892.
To US 1910. • Kiev Conservatory. • Violinist,
violin maker, repairer, Los Angeles. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
339
Koolish, Abe Leonard; b. Sioux City, IA,
May 161892.
Dakota Wesleyan U.· Merchant, Chicago;
exec, Chicago Musicallfistrument Co. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Koopman, Augustus; b. Charlotte, NC, Jan
2 1869; d. Paris, Jan 311914.
AB Central High School (Philadelphia), PA
Academy of Fine Arts, Beaux Arts (Paris). •
Painter, etcher, Charlotte, NC, Paris. • See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130, 16(1914-1915):163;
WWWIA, 1.
Koopman, Joel; b. ca 1846; d. Brookline,
MA, Dec 271917.
Antiquarian, Brookline, MA. • See: A]YB,
20(1918-1919):229.
Kootz, Samuel Melvin; b. Portsmouth, VA,
Aug 23 1898; d. Aug 7 1982.
LLB UVA.· Art dealer, author, NYC.· See:
WWWIA,8.
Kopald, Louis Joseph; b. Cracow, Apr 25
1885; d. Baltimore, Jan/Feb 41931.
AB, AM U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union
ColI, U CA. • Rabbi, communalldr, Glencoe,
IL, Chicago; earlier Buffalo, NY; officer NY
State Conf of Charities & Corrections; mem
Buffalo Bd of Education, Natl Com of 100 for
Americanization.· See:A]YB, 33:127;
WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1.
Kope, Aron; b. Lodz, Poland, June 3 1903;
d. NYC, Mar 17 1970.
To US 1940. • Zionist ldr, electrical engineer;
ldr revisionist New Zion, Heb Com for Natl
Liberation; editor The AnSWer; with Voice of
Am.· See:A]YB, 72:542;NYTimes, Mar 19
1970,47:2.
Kopelman, Barnett E; b. Odessa, Dec 21
1885; d. NYC, Mar 23 1955.
Lawyer; officer United Synagogue ofAm. •
See:A]YB, 57:607; NYTimes, Mar 241955,
31:5.
Kopelman, Frank; b. Boston, May 141909.
LLB, LLM Boston U. • Lawyer; Boston;
judge, MA District Court (Barnstaple); with
US Securities Exchange Commn. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Kopeloff, I (Yisroel Yekhiel); b. Bobruisk,
Minsk, 1858; d. NYC, Sep 271933.
To US 1882. • Yiddish journalist, memoirist,
NYC; influenced by Haskalah (enlightenment)
movement. • See: UJE;A]YB, 36:283.
Kopeloff, Nicholas; b. NYC, June 6 1890; d.
Sep 1959.
BS Columbia, BS Cornell, MS, PhD Rutgers. •
Research bacteriologist, NYC; with Psychiatric
Inst (Wards Island, NY); author in field. '. See:
A]YB, 24:164; WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 6 1959, 72:6.
Kopelove, Ben,; b. Russia, Sep 6 1888; d.
Dayton, OH, Dec 71951.
Businessman, communalldr; natl bd Joint
Distribution Com, United Palestine Appeal. •
See:A]YB,54:539.
Koralsky,]acob
Koperlik, Benjamin F; b. St Louis, Jan 29
1876.
LLB Washington U. • Lawyer, city atty,
Pueblo, CO; officer synagog, Elks; active St
Bar, NatlJewish Home for Consumptives. •
See: WWIA], 1926,1928.
Kopetzky, Samuel]oseph; b. NYC, Aug 1
1876; d. NYC, Nov 13 1950.
CCNY, MD ColI of Physicians & Surgeons,
post-grad Berlin, Vienna. •
Otorhinolaryngologist, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic; a fdr Am Jewish Physicians Com,
Am Legion; pres professional assns; author in
field; Spanish-Am War & WWI service. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 53:525; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 14
1950,31:1.
Kopf, Leo; b. Torgovice, Poland, May 17
1888; d. NYC, Mar 1 1953.
Composer, choir conductor; withJewish
Peoples Philharmonic Chorus; faculty Heb
Union ColI.· See:A]YB, 55:457; NYTimes,
Mar 2 1953,23:4.
Kopf, Maxim; b. Vienna, 1892; d. July 1958.
To US after fall of France. • Painter, follower
of German expressionism, mystic. • See: E];
NYTimes, July 8 1958,27:1.
'Kopfstein, Mayer; b. Pressburg, Hungary,
June 15 1866.
Rabbi, NYC; co-editor DerJude. • See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):70,6(1904-1905):219.
Koplar, Sam; b. St Louis, July 4 1888; d.
Dec 1961.
BIdr, hotel & television exec, St Louis;
collector Chinese art. • See: WWWIA., 4.
Kopland, Morris;b. ca 1878; d. Utica, NY,
Apr 21938.
Communal & Zionist worker, Utica, NY. •
See:A]YB, 40:387.
Koplik, Henry; b. NYC, Oct 28 1858; d.
NYC, Apr 301927.
CCNY,MD ColI of Physicians & Surgeons
(NYC), Vienna, Munich, Prague. • Physician,
pediatrician, milk station pioneer, NYC;
described Kopliks sign for measles
identification; est Good Samaritan Dispensary
(NYC); faculty Columbia; author in field. •
See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):130-31,
24:164,30:80; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA.,
1; NYTimes, May 1 1927, II 9:1.
Koplik, Lewis H; b. NYC, ca 1904; d. NYC,
July 22 1945.
Physician, Boston, NYC; faculty Harvard,
Cornell; health official, Yorkville Health
Center. • See: A]YB, 48:493; NYTimes, July 23
1945,19:4.
Koplin, Alexander; b. Chicago, Apr 26
1892; d. before 1938.
BS U PA, LLB Atlanta Law. • Lawyer,
Washington DC, Atlanta; with US Dept of
Justice, US Railroad Admn. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928; BEOA].
Koplowitz, Abraham; b. Arasne, Russia,
Oct 19 1879; d. Brooklyn, Feb 1953.
To US 1887. • MD LI CoIl Hospital. •
Gynecologist, obstetrician, Brooklyn; officer
med soc; bd Heb Maternity Hospital; author in
field. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
Feb 12 1953,27:3.
Koplowitz, Isidore; b. ca 1868; d. Pettoit,
Dec 17 1923.
Rabbi, Detroit. • See: A]YB, 26: 155.
Kopman, Benjamin D; b. Vitebsk, Russia,
Dec 25 1887; d. Teaneck, N], Dec 3
1965.
To US 1903. • Artist, illustrator, NYC. • See:
A]YB, 24:164, 67:538; WWWlA, 4.
Kopp, Harry; b. Brest-Litovsk, Feb 22
1880; d. NYC, Oct 1943.
LLBNY Law. • Defense lawyer, assemblyman,
author, communal charity worker, NYC; active
Republican, anti-socialist politics. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928;NYTimes, Oct281943,
23:3.
Kopp, Mort:im.er Moses; b. NYC, July 24
1900; d.July 1973.
Columbia, MD NYU. • Otolaryngologist,
plastic surgeon, Brooklyn; author in field;
military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, July 26 1973,40:2.
Koppelman, Harris; b. Lublin, Russia, July
221884.
To US 1895.· LLB NYU.• Trial lawyer,
deputy atty general, NYC; delegate Conf on
Minority Rights OfJews (Zurich); author in
field, on minority rights. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kopperl, Moritz; b. Trebitsch, Moravia,
1828; d. Bayreuth, Bavaria, 1883.
To US 1848. • Financier, alderman, legislator,
Galveston, TX. • See: UJE.
Kopplemann, Hennan Paul; b. Odessa,
May 11880; d. Hartford, Aug 111957.
To US 1882. • Congressman, legislator, city
council mem, Zionist, Hartford; honorary
officer United Synagogue ofAm; bdJTS,
Salvation Army; adm com Am Jewish Cong;
active philanthropic causes. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 44:413, 47:629,60:356; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;NYTimes,
Aug 13 1957,27:2.
Kopplemann, Mrs Jessie; b. ca 1855; d.
Hartford, Feb 11942.
Civic, communal & charitable worker. • See:
A]YB, 44:337; NYTimes, Feb 301942,20:2.
Kops, Waldemar; b. ca 1890; d. NYC, Jan
131945.
Mfr, communal worker, NYC; dir NYC Dept
of Helath; trustee Baron de Hirsch Fund &
Fednj lieutenant-colonel US Chemical
Warfare Service. • See:A]YB, 47:526;
NYTimes,Jan 141945,40:3.
Koralsky,Jacob; b. Russia, Mar 251890.
Editor, publisher, Zionist, author, Reading,
PA; with]ewish Voice; earlier with]ewish World
(Philadelphia), Jewish Daily Warheit. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Korda, Alexander (Sir)
Korda, Alexander (Sir); b. Turkeve,
Hungary, Sep 161893; d.Jan 23 1956.
Motion picture producer, Hollywood,
Hungary, Vienna, Berlin; became a Christian.
• See: UJE;E]; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Jan 24
1956, 31:1.
Korff, Jacob I; b. Ukraine, 1883?; d. Boston,
Sep 271952.
Rabbi, US Chassidic movement ldr; dean
Boston Orthodox rabbis. • See: A]YB, 55:457;
NYTimes, Sep 28 1952, 78:7.
Korff, Kurt; b. Jaegersdorf, Silesia, ca 1877;
d. NYC,Jan 301938.
To US 1934. • Noted German journalist,
editor; with Ullstein publishing house; editor
Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung. • See: A]YB,
- 40:387; NYTimes, Jan 311938,19:3.
Korff, Samuel I; b. Zvihil, Russia, Aug
1913; d. Boston, Dec 18 1974.
Rabbi, civic ldr, Newton, MA; fdr Inst for
Religious & Social Studies; chaplain, Boston
Fire Dept; active Assocd Synagog of New
England; interested in housing problems,
Kashruth. • See: A]YB, 76:515; NYTimes, Dec
191974,48:3.
Korman, Ezra; b. Kiev, July 4 1888; d.
Detroit, Oct 251959.
To US 1923. • Yiddish poet, translator. • See:
A]YB, 62:451.
Korman, Murray; b. Russia, ca 1902; d.
NYC, Aug 1961.
To US as child.· Cooper Union.·
Photographer, NYC; specialty, celebrity
portraits. • See: NYTimes, Aug 10 1961, 27:3.
Kom, Arthur; b. Breslau, 1870; d.Jersey
City, Dec 211945.
To US 1939. • Electro-physicist; specialty
radio photography; faculty Inst of Technology
(Berlin), Stevens Inst of Technology
(Hoboken); author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB,
48:493; NYTimes, Dec 23 1945, 18:4.
Kom, Bertram Wallace; b. Philadelphia,
Oct.6 1918; d. New Orleans, Dec 11
1979.
Ordained, DHL Heb Union ColI. • Reform
rabbi, historian, Mobile, Mansfield, OH,
Philadelphia; officer Am Jewish Historical Soc;
active Central Conf of Am Rabbis, Jewish
Welfare Bd, Gratz ColI; author in field; wwn
service. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982;A]YB,
69:506-08,81:368-69; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes,
Dec 15 1979.
Kom, Harold; b. Far Rockaway, NY, July
10/111881/1882; d. NYC,]uly 71969.
AB, AM Columbia, PhD NYU. • Publicist,
investor, author on Am Jewish history, NYC;
officer Heb Assn of the Deaf; exec council Am
Jewish Historical Soc; active Republican
politics; WWI government service, WWII Red
Cross service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 71 :606;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
July 9 1969,43:1.
340
Kom, Louis; b. NYC, Mar 191869.
PhB Columbia. • Architect, consult engineer,
NYc.. See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):131, 24:164.
Kom, Louis Lehman; b. Germany, 1863.
Mayor, US army judge advocate, San
Francisco.· See:A]YB, 24:164.
Kom, Richard; b. NYC; d. Apr 271981.
AB Princeton, LLB Yale, Juilliard. •
Symphony conductor, NYC; faculty NY Coll
ofMusic; musical dir Orchestra of Am; active
Henry Street Settlement, Natl Music Council,
synagog; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7,8.
Kom, Samuel Milton; b. NYC, May 30
1900.
Columbia, LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,
Brooklyn; assocd Home of Sons & Daughters
ofIsraei. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kornfeld, Joseph Saul; b. Aranyos Marot,
Hungary, Feb 121876; d. Toronto?,
June 1943.
To US as child. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union Coll, post-grad McGill, U
Chicago. • Rabbi, diplomat, NYC; envoy to
Persia; with Federal Office of Education;
officer B'nai B'rith; mem Bd of Education
(Columbus, OH); active civic affairs. • See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 5(1903-1904):70,6(19041905):219,24:164,44:413,47:629; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 241943,
21:2.
Komfeld, Max; b. St Louis, Sep 30 1903.
Kom, Walter Cowen; b. NYC, Feb 8 1883.
Realtor, philanthropist, NYC; trustee
Montefiore Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.
DDS, post-grad Washington U.· Dental
surgeon, St Louis; lecturer Washington U. •
See: WWIA], 1928.
Komberg, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, 1918.
Komfeld, Sam; b. Ely, MN, Feb 221900.
Nobel Prize winning bio-chemist; with US
Public Health Service, Natl Inst of Health;
faculty Washington U (St Louis), Stanford. •
See:E].
U Pittsburgh. • Petroleum engineer, geologist,
Tulsa, OK. • See: WWIA], 1926.
Komblith, Howard G; b. Chicago, Apr 10
1884.
Insurance agent, Chicago; officer professional
assns. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Komblith, Rachmil; b. Warsaw, Oct 10
1878; d. NYC, Nov 24 1959.
To US 1910. • Rabbi; active Heb Immigrant
Aid Soc. • See: A]YB, 62:450; NYTimes, Nov
25 1959,29:2.
Komblith, Zisha; b. ca 1872; d. May 1
1929.
Journalist, playwright, NYC. • See: A]YB,
Komgold, Erich Wolfgang; b. BrunnIBmo,
May 291897; d. Hollywood, CA, Nov 29
1957.
To US 1934/1935. • Composer, conductor;
faculty Vienna State Academy; came to
Hollywood with Max Reinhardt; active
composer, movie scores. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
24:164; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Nov 30
1957,21:2.
Komgold, Julius; b. Bruenn, Austria, 1860;
d. Hollywood, CA, Sep 251945.
Music critic, author, Vienna. • See: A]YB,
48:493; NYTimes, Sep 271945,21:5.
Kornhauser, David E; b. Philadelphia.
32:154.
Painter. • See:A]YB, 24:164.
Kornblum, Daniel; b. ca 1909; d. NYC,· Sep
81979.
Kornhauser, Sidney Isaac; b. Cleveland,
Nov 3 1887; d.Jan 11959.
Columbia, Brooklyn Law. • Labor arbitrator,
NYC; helped draft "Little Wagner Act"; with
Division of Labor Relations. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 10 1979.
AB U Pittsburgh, AM, PhD Harvard, U Halle,
U Wurzberg. • Anatomist, Louisville; faculty
U Louisville; author in field; WWI service. •
See:A]YB, 24:164; WWIA], 1926, 1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.
Kombluth, Samuel Harry; b. Chicago, Mar
71894.
Pace Inst. • Auditor, attache, Court of General
Sessions (NYC); with IRS, NYC & NY St
audits; officer Veterans of Foreign Wars; active
Disabled Veterans; military service. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Kornfeld, Albert; b. Pine Bluff, AK, June 8
1901; d. Freudenstadt, Germany, Aug 16
1962.
AB OH State U, AM Harvard. • Investment
banker, novelist, public relations exec,
Chicago, NYC, Washington DC; editor House
and Garden; a fdr Natl Trust for Historic
Preservation. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Aug 18 1962, 19:2.
Kom, Henry; b. ca 1844; d. Oct 251912.
Merchant, real estate operator, NYc. • See:
A]YB,15(1913-1914):271.
CCNY, Columbia. • Engineer; mgr,
Engineering News; fdr Central Jewish Inst;
officer synagog; active Boy Scouts. • See:
A]YB, 46:340; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 9
1944,34:2.
Kornfeld, Alfred Ephraim; b. NYC, Oct 24
1869; d. NYC, Apr 8 1944.
Kornhauser, SamuelJ; b. Parma, OH, Dec
4 1879; d. Aug 1956.
AB Harvard, Harvard Law. • Lawyer, author,
Cleveland; officer B'nai B'rith; bd Public
Library; active bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Aug 301956,25:1.
Komstein, Arthur; b. Woonsocket, RI, Sep
241894.
Civic & communal worker, Woonsocket, RI;
officer Civic Assn, Chautauqua Assn, Affiliated
Jewish Orgs; bd Zionist Org of Am. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Korol, Ephraim; b. Stavistshe, Russia, Aug
15 1894.
To US 1912. • MD Loyola. • Physician,
Lincoln, NE; with US Public Health Service,
341
US Veterans Admn; author in field; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOAJ.
Korshak, Max Mordecai; b. Chicago, Apr
15 1884.
LLB, LLMJohn Marshall Law. • Lawyer,
Master-at-Chancery, Chicago; an orgr Com
for the Defense of Human Rights Against
Naziism; a fdr Mt Sinai, Fedn of Orthodox
Jewish Charities; officer Zionist Org of Am; dir
Mark Nathan Home. • See: WWIA], 1938;
REOA].
Kortner, Fritz;b. Vienna, 1892;d.M~ch,
July. 1970.
To US after 1933, to Munich 1948.· Actor,
playwright; anti-Nazi themes. • See: UJE; EJ;
NYTimes,July241970, 31:3.
Kory, Roscoe Conklin; b. New Orleans,
Oct 15 1884.
BA, MD Tulane, post-grad NY Post-Grad
Med School, NY Eye & Ear Infirmary. •
Physician, ophthalmologist,
otorhinolaryngologist, Little Rock, AI<; faculty
U AK. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Kory, Solomon Lysander; b. Nov 21 1879;
d. Vicksburg, MS, Sep 141936.
BA U Cincinnati, BHL, BD, ordained Heb
Union CoIl. • Rabbi, Vicksburg, MS. • See:
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):70,40:387.
Korzenik, Sidney Sylvester; b. Brooklyn,
Jan 121909.
AB Harvard, MA Columbia. • Trade assn exec,
NYC; exec secy Knitted Outerwear Assn;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Koshetz, Herbert; b. Cleveland, ca 1907; d.
NYC, Oct 1977.
Business reporter; with NYTimes. • See:
NITimes, Oct 15 1977,26:4.
Koshland, Daniel Edward; b. San Francisco,
Mar 16 1892; d. San Mateo, CA, Dec 10
1979.
BS U CA (Berkeley); honorary degrees. •
Business exec, philanthropist, San Francisco;
fdr San Francisco Found, United Negro CoIl
Fund, Community Chest; trustee Union of Am
Heb Congregations; active J ewish Welfare
Fedn;WWIservice.• See:~, 7;
NITimes, Dec 12 1979.
Koshland, Robert Joseph; b. San Francisco,
Apr 301893.
BS U CA. • Realtor, San Francisco; earlier
businessman (Boston); officer Fedn ofJewish
Charities; chr San Mateo (CA) Emergency
Relief Admn; exec com Western Regular
Council ofJewish Fedns; bd CA Conf of Social
Work; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kosinski,Jerzy; b. Lodz, 1933.
To US 1957. • PhD Columbia. • Novelist, The
Painted Bird; spent WWII hiding in Polish
countryside. • See: EJ:1983-1985.
Koskoff, Yale D; b. New Haven, Nov 5
1905.
AB, MS, PhD, MD Yale. • Neurosurgeon,
Pittsburgh. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Koussevitzky, Sergei (Alexandrovitch)
Koslofsky, Irving; b. ca 1914; d. New
Orleans, Oct 171940.
Rabbi, New Orleans; earlier Kingstown, NY. •
See:AJYB, 43:360;NYTimes, Oct 191940,
17:3.
Koslowsky, Aaron Jacob; b. Poland, 1864?;
d. Woodmere, LI, NY, May 26 1964.
To US 1910.· Rabbi, talmudic scholar; fdr
Ezras Torah Natl Soc; exec dir Yeshiva; officer
Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: A]YB,
66:578; NYTimes, May 30 1964, 17:3.
Koslowsky, Nota; b. Porozowa, Russia, Apr
201906.
To US 1926.· Natl Academy of Design, Art
Students League. • Artist, tchr, illustrator,
NYC; with Sholem Aleichem schools;
contributor Young Israel. • See: UTWIA], 1938.
Kosofsky, Vladimir; see Kossovski,
Vladimir.
Kosover, Mordecai; b. Vilna, Sep 161908;
d. Elmhurst, NY, Dec 31969.
To US 1938. • Jewish scholar, educator;
faculty Brooklyn CoIl, Jewish Tchrs Seminary;
editor The Day; natl exec com, Farband;
consult Am Jewish Com; bd Yiddish Inst;
author in field. • See:AJYB, 71:606.
Koss, Stephen E; b. NYC, ca 1940; d. NYC,
Oct 1984.
BA, MA, PhD Columbia. • Historian; specialty
British politics; faculty Barnard, Columbia. •
See: NYTimes, Oct 27 1984.
Kossovski (Kosofsky), Vladimir (pseud of
Nahum Mendel Levinsohn); b. Dvinsk,
Lithuania, 1867; d. NYC, Oct 191941.
To US 1941.· Outstanding Bund theorist,
socialist; a fdr Polish Socialist Bund; mem
Russian-terrorist org, Jewish Social Democrats;
assocd with Zunkunft. • See: EJj A]YB, 44:339.
Kostelanetz, Andre; b. Leningrad; d. Jan 13
1980.
To US 1922. • St Petersburg Conservatory;
honorary degrees. • Orchestra conducator;
commissioned many works. • See: ~, 7.
Kostrynski, Sholym; b. ca 1840; d.
Springfield, MA, Aug 161937.
Chief rabbi, talmudist, Grodno. • See: AJYB,
40:387.
Kotinsky, Jacob; b. Poltava, Ukraine, July
22 1873; d. before 1938.
Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School
(Woodbine, NJ), BS Rutgers. • Entomologist,
scientist, realtor, Washington Dc; with Dept of
Agriculture, HI Bd of Agriculture; author in
field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1-904-1905):131,
24:165; UTWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Kotkins, AbeJ; b. ca 1887; d. Seattle, June
13 1936.
Mfr, communal worker, Seattle. • See: A]YB,
38:430.
Kotkov, Wilfred Phineas; b. ca 1885; d.
Woodhaven, LI, Feb 26 1921.
Rabbi; instuctorJTS.· See:AJYB, 23:132;
NYTimes, Feb 281921,11:4.
Koder, Aaron; b. Poland, 1891; d. NYC,
Nov291962.
To US 1941. • Rabbi, scholar; fdr, dir Beth
Medrash Govoha (Lakewood, NJ); a fdr Israeli
independent Orthodox educational system; chr
Council ofTorah Sages ofAgudat:h Israel
World Org, Torah Umesorah.· See:A]YB,
65:434; NYTimes, Nov 301962,33:1.
Koder, Shneur; b. Slutsk, Russia, 1918; d.
Boston, June 241982.
To US 1946. • Rabbi, noted Talmudic scholar,
Orthodox ldr, Lakewood, NJ; active many
Jewish groups.· See:A]YB, 84:335; Detroit
Jewish News, July 2 1982.
Kotok, Edward I (K); b. Russia, Sep 20
1988.
To US 1897. • BS CCNY, MS U MI. • Dir,
CA Forest & Range Experiment Station
(Berkeley); with US Forest Service; consult U
CA; author in field. • See: UTWIA], 1938;
REOA].
Kotz, Jacob; b. Russia, Dec 25 1895.
MD George Washington U.· Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Washington DC; faculty George
Washington U; orgr Jacobi Med Soc; bd Heb
Home for Aged, Jewish Community Center. •
See:REOA].
Kotzen, Barnet; b. ca 1868; d. Bayonne, NJ,
reported Apr 22 1938.
Communal worker, Bayonne, NJ. • See: AJYB,
40:387.
Kotzen, Earl Louis; b. Pompian, Lithuania,
July 12 1892. .
To US 1893. • Exec, textile mfr,Reading, PA;
officer trade assn, synagog; bd Reading
Hospital. • See: UTWIA], 1928, 1938.
Koufax, Sanford (Sandy); b. Brooklyn, 1935.
Record setting baseball player, broadcaster;
mem Brooklyn Dodgers, Baseball Hall of
Fame; autobiography. • See: EJ; E]:1973-1982.
Kourcik, Leon; b. Moscow, Sep 20 1878; d.
Brooklyn, June 1967.
Cantor, rabbi, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 5(19031904):70; NYTimes, June 201967,39:3.
Koussevitsky, Alexander; b. 1927.
Cantor. • See: E] (sub Koussevitsky, Moshe).
Koussevitsky, David; b. 1911.
To US 1949.· Cantor, London, Brooklyn;
lecturer Jews CoIl (London). • See: EJ (sub
Koussevitsky, Moshe).
Koussevitsky, Jacob; b. 1903; d. 1959.
Cantor, Lvov (Poland), London, Winnipeg,
NYC. • See: EJ (sub Koussevitsky, Moshe).
Koussevitsky (Kusevitsky), Moshe; b.
Smorgon, near Vilna, June 9 1899; d.
Kings PT, LI, Aug 231966.
To US 1947/1948. • Cantor, concert singer,
Brooklyn; bdJewish Ministers Cantors Assn;
dir Yeshiva Etz Chaim. • See: EJ; A]YB,
68:529; NYTimes, Aug 241966,45:1.
Koussevitzky, Sergei (Alexandrovitch); b.
Vishny Volotchok, Tver, Russia, July 26
Kove, Moses L
1814; d. Boston, June 41951.
To US 1924.· MAMoscowConservatory,
Moscow Philharmonic School; honorary
degrees. • Noted conductor, composer, Paris,
Boston; faculty Moscow Conservatory; fdr
Koussevitzky Orchestra; with Boston
Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; est
Berkshire Music Center (Tanglewood), • See:
UYE; E]; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3;
342
Kracauer, Siegfried; b. Frankfort, Feb 8
1889; d. Nov 26 1966.
To US 1941. • PhD Berlin-Charlottenburg
Technische Hochschule. • Architect,
sociologist, writer; editor Frankfurter Zeitung;
with Museum ofModern Art film library;
consult, US Founds. • See: E]; WWWIA, 4;
DAB, 8;NITimes, Nov281966, 39:1.
service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; NITimes, May 12 1961,29:3.
Kraker, David Aron; b. NYC, Jan 2 1881; d.
Apr 1954.
CCNY, Bellevue Hospital, MD U Baltimore. •
Physician, Newark; specialty proctology; fdr
Am Coll of Physicians; chr Training School for
Nurses (Newark City Hospital); author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;
NITimes, Apr 15 1954,87:1.
DAB, 5;NITimes,June51951, 1:2.
Krackowizer, Ernest; b. Styria, Austria,
1821; d. Ossining, NY, Sep 1875.
Kove, Moses L; b. ca 1909; d. Hackensack,
NJ,June 271980.
Lawyer, asst atty general, NYC; head NYC
Taxi-Limousine Commn; war crime
prosecutor, Nuremberg, Germany. • See:
NYTimes, June 28 1980.
To US after 1848. • UVienna,U Padua. •
Physician, student revolutionary, antiTammany, NYC; introduced laryngoscope to
US; fdr German Dispensary; officer med soc;
author in field. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Sep 25
1875,4:5.
U Pittsburgh, MB, MD Detroit Call ofMed &
Surgery. • Deputy Health Commr, Columbus,
OH. • See: BEOA].
Koveleski, Emanuel; b. London, Jan 27
1874; d. Rochester, Nov 1950.
Kraditor, Abraham; b. Vlodimierz, Poland,
Sep 7 1896; d. 1970.
Kramarsky, Siegfried; b. Lubeck, Germany,
Apr 14 1893; d. NYC, Dec 25 1961.
To US 1879. • Labor Idr, Rochester, NY;
general orgr AFL;pres NYS Fed of Labor,
NYS Culinary Alliance; orgr Heb Charities of
Rochester. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Nov 5 1950,92:5.
To NYC1905.· Pace Inst, LLB Brooklyn
Law. • Lawyer, CPA, NYC; commander in
chief, Jewish War Veterans; military service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 3 1970,
42:3.
Koven, Israel George; b. Bialystok, Poland,
Sep 251892.
Kraemer, Jacob; b.*; d. Newark, Dec 1935.
To US 1940. • Banker, Zionist, NYC; Idr
GermanJewish refugee operations
(Netherlands); Idr United Jewish Appeal; chr
Hadassah; bd Am Com for Weizmann Instof
Science, Am Jewish League for Israel, Am
Friends ofHeb U. • See:A]YB, 64:494;
NITimes, Dec 261961,25:4.
Krakoff, Morris Alan; b. Washington, P A,
July 41907.
Communal & Zionist worker, Newark. • See:
Business coll, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, Union
City, NJ; counsel Secaucus Bd of Education;
military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
A]YB, 38:430.
Kramer, Adolph Ferdinand; b. Chicago,
Oct 11 1870; d. Oct 1944.
Kraemer, Joseph; b. Kamenetz-Podolsk,
Russia, Apr 181889.
Kovner, B; see Adler, Jacob.
To Newark 1893. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
Supreme Court Commr, Zionist, Newark;
active Democratic politics, Am Jewish Com,
Jewish Agency, World Zionist Congo • See:
Chicago Manual Training School. • Real
estate exec, mortgage broker, Chicago; pres
trade assns; officer Am Kennel Club. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Oct
16 1944, 19:6.
Kovner, Louis; b. Russia, 1876?; d. Miami
Beach, Feb 6 1951.
Realtor, NYC; pres Park East, West Hospitals;
active Jewish Charities.· See:A]YB, 53:525.
Kowalski, Benjamin; b. New Orleans, Sep
111854; d. Houston, Oct 251923.
Public official, postmaster, mayor, city council
pres, Brownsville, TX; commr Bd of Health;
orgr Bd ofTrade. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):76; 26:155.
Kowalski, Louis; b. ca 1849; d. July 19
1917.
Clerk of District Court, Brownsville, TX. •
See:A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229.
Kowalsky, Chaim Nachman; b. Warsaw,
1893; d. Baltimore, Jan 3 1978.
To US 1927. • Rabbi; fundraiser Mea Shearim
Yeshivah, Nev Israel Rabbinical ColI. • See:
A]YB, 80:367.
Kowalsky, Ichel Meyer; b. Zagarow,
Poland, Nov 15 1890.
To US 1908. • Rabbi, NYC; earlier
Springfield, MA; with Joint Distribution Com
relief overseas; officer nat! Mizrachi, Jewish
Natl Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Koyre, Alexandre; b. Taganrog, Russia,
Aug 291892; d. 1964.
PhD U Paris. • To US during WWII. •
Philosopher, intellectual historian, author; dir
of studies Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
(paris); faculty New School, Ecole Libre, U
Chicago, Johns Hopkins, U WI, Inst for
Advanced Study (Princeton). • See: E];
WWWIA,5.
WWIA],1938.
Kramer, Alex; b. Russia, May 11912; d.
Dec 121980.
Kraemer, Nathan; b. Elizavetgrad, Russia,
May301888.
To US 1912. • Vending co exec, Detroit; pres
Interstate United Corp; active trade assn;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
CCNY, Schechters Seminary, MD Bellevue
Hospital Med ColI. • Obstetrician, Bronx; dir
Concourse Center ofIsrael; active New Heb
School. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Kraemer, Otto Julius; b. Portland, OR, Oct
251874.
LLB U OR. • Lawyer, district court judge,
Portland, OR; pres Humane Soc; dir, officer
Fed of]ewish Sacs, Heb BenevolentSoc. • See:
Kramer, Arthur Lee; b. Louisville, Dec 17
1880; d. Los Angeles, Feb 17 1950.
LLB U TX. • Lawyer, dept store exec, author,
Dallas; officer trade assn, Chamber of
Commerce, Art Assn, Symphony Soc, synagog,
B'nai B'rith; active Dallas music culture. • See:
BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 18 1950, 15:1.
WWIA],1938.
Kram~r,
Kraft, Louis; b. Moscow, Jan 2 1891; d.
NYC, July 111975.
Wayne State, PhB Montieth Call. • Publishing
co exec, Detroit; pres Motor City Music,
Creem Magazine. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Barry David; b. Detroit, Feb 25
1943; d.Jan 291981.
To US ca 1895.· BS CCNY.· Communal
worker, author, Jewish Community Center
movement Idr; a fdr YM-YWHA Oerusalem),
Jerusalem School of Social Work; • exec dir
Jewish Welfare Bd, YM-YWHA(Bronx);
officer professional assns, World Fedn of
YMHAs & Jewish Community Centers; bd US
Orgs for Natl Defense; WWI with Jewish
Welfare Bd, WWII bd USO. • See: UYE; E];
A]YB, 77:596; WWWIA, 6,7; NYTimes, July 12
1975,28:5.
To US 1895.· MD NYU; honorary degree. •
Physician, pediatrician, Brooklyn; faculty U IA,
Johns Hopkins, LI Coll Hospital; researcher,
Cornell; med dir Heb Orphan Asylum. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 24:165; WWIA], 1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 6;NITimes, Sep 301972,
34:4.
Krakauer, Jay Frank; b. NYC, Mar 2 1894;
d.May 1961.
Kramer, Charles Philip; b. NYC, Mar 25
1891; d. NYC, Aug 71961.
BS, CE, SCM NYU. • Civil engineer, poet,
Brooklyn; assocd Public Service Commn, NY
Edison Co; a fdr Menorah Alumni of NYC;
active friends of Heb U; author in field; WWI .
NYU Law. • Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; a
fdr, pres Natl Fedn of Temple Brotherhoods;
officer Synagogue Council of Am; active
Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 64:494; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Aug 8
1961,30:1.
Kramer, Benjamin; b. Chatin, Bessarabia,
Aug 15 1888/1889; d. Sep 291972.
343
Kramer, Henry; b. ca 1848; d. Dec 14 1913.
Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):163.
Kramer, Herman; b. Castel-on-the-Rhine,
Germany, Oct 51864; d. Chicago, June
1942.
To US 1880. • Insurance executor, broker,
Chicago. • See: WU'IA], 1938; NYTimes, June
241942,19:5.
Krasnow, Frances (Mrs Marcus Thau)
Kramer,MorrisJ;b.}(urenitz, "ilna,Jan
15 1890.
Exec, cominunal worker, Detroit; officer
Merchants Protective Assn, B'nai B'rith
Community House, Fedn of Ukrainian Jews in
Am.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Kramer, Moses; b. ca 1849; d. Pittsburgh,
June 281918.
Rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB, 21 :206.
Kramer, Joseph; b. Kamenetz, Podolsk,
Apr 181889.
.
LLB NYU.• Lawyer, Newark; officer Order
of the Sons of Zion, synagog; active Am Jewish
Cong, Am League for the DefeIlSe of] ewish
Rights, Zionist Org ofAm, Council of]ewish
Agency. • See: BEOA].
Kramer, Samuel; b. "ilna, Nov 101894.
To US 1898.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, asst atty
general, NYC; officer synagog; chr United
Palestine Appeal, United Jewish Campaign
(Bensonhurst, Brooklyn); dir ] ewish
Community Home, Reb Inst of Brooklyn;
military service. • See: WlIVIA], 1928, 1938.
Kramer, Joseph; b. Hungary, June 191901.
BCS, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, public accountant,
auditor, NYC; officer Adolf Ullman Aid Soc,
Bereg Nunkacser Sick & Benevolent Soc;
active Astoria Civic Improvement Assn, Am
Jewish Congo • See: BEOA].
Kramer, Samuel Noah; b. Russia, 1897.
To US 1906. • Dropsie, PhD UPA.· Leading
Sumerologist; faculty U PA; popularized
knowledge of Sumer. • See: E].
Kramer, Leon M; b. Poland, ca 1866; d.
Stamford, CT,Jan 251943.
Cantor, composer, NYC; dir Halevy Singing
Soc. • See:A]YB, 45:389.
Kramer, Louis; b. Russia, Sep 22 1876.
Actor, play & skit writer, Bronx. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Kramer, Martin S; b. Pittsburgh, 1920; d.
Boca Raton, FL, Oct 25 1983.
BS U Pittsburgh. • Retail store exec, NYC,
Tampa; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NYTimes, Oct 27 1983, 18:1.
Kramer, MaxJ; b. Poland, Oct 17 1877; d.
NYC, June 1946.
To US ca 1891. • Bldr, hotel operator, NYc. •
See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, June 18 1946,
25:2.
Kramer, MiltonJoseph; b. NYC, Aug 6
1904; d. NYC, Mar 17 1977.
Bldr, hotel owner & mgr, NYc. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 241977, IV 18:4.
Kramer, Milton Lurie; b. Hoboken, N],
Nov23 1906; d. NYC, Mat' 81965.
Cardiac specialist, NYC; studied results of
Hiroshima; officer Hadassah Med Unit
Gerusalem), med socs; active Physicians Loan
& Relief Com. • See:A]YB, 67:538; NYTimes,
Mar 10 1965,41:2.
Kramer, Morris; b. Tlurnnacz, Poland, Nov
27 1890; d. Long Beach, NY, Apr 6 1967.
To US 1905. • Realto, communal worker,
Zionist; pres American-Hungarian Zionist
group; contributor Day; author on life
insurance. • See: A]YB, 69:609; NYTimes, Apr
8 1967,31:4.
Kramer, Morris I; b. Newark, Mar 29 1886.
NYU School of]ournalism. • Exec, writer,
NYC; officer,]ewish Aid Soc (Brooklyn);
editorial staff]ewish Daily News; WWI]ewish
Welfare Bd service. • See: WU'IA], 1928,
1938.
Kramer, Shestel; b. Russia; d. Cleveland,
Jan 201942.
To US 1930. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,
Cleveland; dean Cleveland Talmudical CoIL •
See: A]YB, 44:340.
Kramer, Sidney; b. NYC, ca 1912; d.
Washington DC, Apr 1961.
Roanoke CoIl (VA), CCNY, BS Columbia,
PhD U Chicago. • Noted bookseller,
publisher, bibliographer, Washington DC;
curator rare books, Columbia. • See: NYTimes,
Apr 26 1961, 39:2.
Kramer, Simon Gad; b. Bukowina, Austria,
Jan 291903; d. Rochester, MN, Feb 17
1970.
To US 1913. • BA, MA U Chicago, ordained
Heb Theological CoIl (Chicago), PhD NYU. •
Rabbi, Zionist, author, Chicago, NYC; pres
Synagogue Council ofAm, NY Bd of Rabbis;
head Heb Theological CoIl (Chicago); officer
Mizrachi; exec com]ewish Welfare Bd; Jewish
liaison with US military government in
Germany. • See: A]YB, 72:542; WWIA.], 1926;
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Feb 18 1970,47:2.
Kramer, Simon Pendleton; b. Cincinnati,
Jan 1 1868; d. Washington DC, Apr 12
1940.
MD Med ColI ofOH, post-grad U Gottingen,
U Berlin, U ColI (London). • Surgeon,
Cincinnati; faculty U Cincinnati; officer med
socs; author in field; Spanish-Am War & WWI
service. • See: A]YB, 42:480; WWIA.], 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Apr 13
1940, 17:6.
Kramer, Stanley E; b. NYC, 1913.
Movie producer, dir, film writer, editor; "The
Defiant Ones," "On the Beach," "High Noon."
• See: E].
Kramer, "ictor Albert; b. Boston, Nov 1
1896; d. NYC, Apr 1972.
AB Harvard. • Laundry exec, Zionist, NYC;
officer Bd of Education (Queens), trade assn;
fundraiser United Palestine Appeal; exec
council Menorah Assn; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 15 1972,34:6.
Kranitz, Louis; b. Buffalo NY Dec23
1897.
..' .••• '
LLB StJoseph Law.· Lawyer, Zionist, St
Joseph, MO; faculty StJoseph Law School.
officer B'nai B'rith, Zionist District; .••• '
represented city at MS Valley Flood Waterway
Conf. • See: WWlA], 1928, 1938.
Krantz, Philip; see Rombro, Jacob.
Krantzman, Manashe; b. ca 1863; d.
Boston, Sep 301917.
Communal worker, Boston. • See: A]YB
20(1918-1919):229.
'
Kranzberg, Samuel;b. Russia,July 101880.
Merchant, communal worker, St Louis· officer
Jewish Orthodox Home for Aged; acti;e
communal hospitals, orphans, schools. • See:
WWIA], 1926.
Kranzer, Herbert C; b. 1905; d. Athens,
Greece, Sep 20 1964.
Exec, communalldr; officer Heb Immigrant
Aid Soc; ldt, United Jewish Appeal,Joint
Distribution Com, CARE. • See: A]YB,
66:578; NITimes, Sep 25 1964,41:1.
Krasik, Sidney; b. Brownsville, PA, Mar 26
1911; d. Oct 1965.
BS Carnegie Tech, PhD CornelL • Physicist,
mfg co exec, Pittsburgh; with Westinghouse. •
See: WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 18 1965, 35:5.
Krasna, Norman; b. LI, NY, Nov 7 1909; d.
Los Angeles, Nov 1 1984.
NYU, Columbia, St]ohns Law.· Author,
playwright, screenwriter, Academy Award
winner, Hollywood. • See: E]:1983-1985;
WWIA.], 1938; WWWIA,8;NITimes,Nov7
1984.
Krasne, Abraham; b. Russia, Dec 25 1885;
d. Rye, NY, Dec 191973.
Wholesale & retail grocer, NYC; officer trade
assns; dir ] ewish Fedn, YMHA, Am]ewish
Cong, ] oint Distribution Com, Zionist Org of
Am.· See:A]YB, 75:655; BEOA]; NITimes,
Dec 20 1973,42:4.
Krasner, Lee (Krassner, Lenore) (Mrs
Jackson Pollock); b. Brooklyn Oct 27
1908; d. NYC, June 19 1984.
Cooper Union, Natl Academy of Design;
honorary degree. • Noted abstract
expressionist painter. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NITimes,]une 211984.
Krasnick, Samuel; b. "itebsk, Russia, Apr
261887.
To Sheboygan, WI, 1906. • Clothing
merchant, Sheboygan; orgr, officer B'nai
B'rith; orgr Fedn ofJewish Charities;dir
Milwaukee Jewish Orphans Home.· See:
WWI4],1938.
Krasnow, Frances (Mrs Marcus Thau); b.
NYC.
Educational Alliance, JTS, BS Barnard, MA,
PhD Columbia. • Biochemist, bacteriologist,
NYC; with Guggenheim Dental Clinic School;
researcher/author/editor in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Krasnow, Peter
Krasnow, Peter; b. Russia, 1887.
Artist, wood carver, Los Angeles; contributor
Menorah Journal.· See:AJYB, 24:165;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Krass, Nathan; b. Odessa, Aug 1 1880; d.
NYC, Nov 22 1949.
BL, MA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb U,
post-grad Harvard, U Chicago; hononiry
degrees. • Rabbi, Reform ldr, NYC; faculty
Jewish Inst of Religion; investigator, Joint
Distribution Com; fundraiser Liberty Bonds,
Heb Union CoIl; adm com Jewish Agency;
active civic & communal affairs. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 5(1903-1904):70 (sub Krasnowetz),
24:165,52:502-03; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 23 1949,
29:1.
Kraus, Adolf; b. Blowitz, Bohemia, Feb 26
1850; d. Chicago, Oct 22 1928.
To US 1865. • Lawyer, communal & civicldr,
Chicago; mem Bd of Education; internatl pres,
B'nai B'rith; pres Civil Service Commn; orgr
Anti-Defamation League; bd Union of Am
Heb Congregations; memoirs. • See: JE; UJE;
EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):131-32,24:165, 31:93;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Oct 23 1928,29:5.
Kraus, Michael; b. NYC,June 191901.
BS CCNY, PhD Columbia, London. •
Historian, NYC; faculty CCNY; author in
field. • See: BEOAJ.
Kraus, Milton; b. Kokomo, IN, June 26
1866.
U MI Law. • Lawyer, congressman, Peru, IN;
active Republican party; Spanish-Am war
service. • See: UJE; AJYB, 24:165; WWIAJ,
1926,1928; WWWIA,4.
Kraus, Mortimer; b. NYC, June 19 1891; d.
Apr 1969.
NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer synagog,
Metropolitan Conf of Temple Brotherhoods;
exec com YM-YWHA, Union ofAm Heb
Congregations; active Jewish Community
Center (White Plains, NY), political affairs. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 14
1969,45:3.
Kraus, Philip Ellis; b. NYC, Feb 11908.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia, PhD candidate
NYU. • Psychologist, instructor, NYC; assocd
Yeshiva ColI, Religious School. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kraus, Solomon C; b. Philadelphia, Oct 18
1865; d.July 291928.
Communal worker, Philadelphia; grandmaster,
officer Internatl Order ofB'rith Sholom;
officer Am Jewish Cong; active charities. • See:
AJYB, 31:93; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Kraus, Walter Max; b. NYC, Aug 25 1889;
d. NYC, Aug 22 1944.
AB Harvard, MD Johns Hopkins, AM
Columbia, post-grad U Paris. • Neurologist,
psychiatrist, genealogist, NYC; with Hecksher
Found for Children; editor, genealogy
magazine; author in field; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 47:526; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Aug 23 1944, 19:6.
344
Krause, Arthur; b. Austria, Feb 12 1898.
To Cleveland 1901. • Western Reserve, OH
State U, LLB Baldwin-Wallace. • Lawyer, asst
atty general, municipal judge, Cleveland;
military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kraushaar, Meyer; b. NYC, Oct 19 1891; d.
1961.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel Cong
Investigating Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; NYTimes, Apr 41961,37:2.
Kraushar, Edwin Eber; b. Weretzka,
Czechoslovakia, Aug 18 1868.
To US 1906. • Candy mfr, realtor, Zionist,
Brooklyn; officer synagog, Talmud Torah. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Krauskopf, Joseph; b. Ostrowo, Germany,
Jan 211858; d. Atlantic City/
Philadelphia,June 12 1923.
To US 1872.· Ordained Heb Union ColI
(first class); honorary degree. • Reform rabbi,
anti-Zionist, Philadelphia; fdr, Natl Farm
School; pres Central Conf of Am Rabbis;
helped draft Pittsburgh platform; orgr Free
Labor Bureau (Kansas City), Bd ofJewish
Ministers (Philadelphia); a fdr Jewish
Publication Soc; mem Bd ofNatl Charities &
Corrections. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 5(1903-
1904):71,24:165,26:156,420-47;AJHQ,
67:342-62,75:48-60; WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, June 13 1923,19:5.
Krauskopf, Marcus; b. Merklin, Bohemia,
Jan 201848.
Rabbi, NYC; officer Order Free Sons ofIsraei.
• See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):71.
Krauss, Alois; b. Cerhenic, Bohemia, 1863.
To Bryn Mawr, PA between 1938-1942. •
German U (Prague), Humboldt U (Berlin). •
Economist, geographer, writer; faculty Goethe
U; aided Jewish emigration. • See: UJE.
Krauss, Ignatz; b. ca 1841; d. Denver, Mar
81917.
Communal worker, Denver. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Krauss, Max; b. Kolozsvar, Hungary, Nov
141891.
To US 1921. • Med U of Kolozsvar. •
Gynecologist, NYC; pres Hungarian Zionist
Assn of Am; officer Zionist orgs; active Hakoah
athletics; author in field; WWI Hungarian
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Krauss, Moses; b. ca 1841; d.Jan 1914.
Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Krauss, Sally Oram; b. Pittsburgh, Apr 27
1902.
U MI, Sargent ColI of Physical Education,
New Haven Normal School. • Communal
worker, Mt Vernon, NY; volunteer social
worker, Mt Sinai Hospital (NYC); officer Natl
Council ofJewish Women.· See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kravitz, Julius; b. Cleveland, Oct 22 1911;
d. Cleveland, May 2 1979.
Business exec, philanthropist, Cleveland;
officer Jewish Community Center,Jewish
Community Fedn, synagog, MidwestJewish
Natl Welfare Bd; benefactor Israel Bonds,
Brandeis U. • See:AJYB, 81:369.
Kravitz, Philip; b. Bazar, Russia, Mar 25
1889.
To US 1913. • Exec, Dayton, OH; officer
synagog, Dr Herzel Soc, Burial Soc, Jewish
Fedn for Social Service, United Heb Inst, B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Krech, David; b. Russia, Mar 27 1909; d.
July 141977.
To US 1913. • BS, MA NYU, PhD U CA
(Berkeley); honorary degree. • Psychologist,
educator, Berkeley, CA; faculty U CA
(Berkeley); officer professional socs; author in
field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, July 161977,24:3.
Kreeger, Morris Harold; b. NYC, Aug 17
1910; d. Nov 3 1975.
AB Rutgers, MD Jefferson, post-grad U PA. •
Hospital admr consult, Chicago; exec dir
Michael Reese; bd Blue Cross. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Kreielsheimer, Max; b. ca 1870; d. Seattle,
Nov 13 1935.
Pioneer settler, merchant, Seattle. • See: AJYB,
38:430.
Kreindler, Charles; b. Austria?, 1890?; d.
Bethesda, MD, Sep 23 1969.
To US 1910. • Union official, NYC; pres
ILGWU; a fdr, Jewish League Against
Communism, Am Labor aRT; natl officer Am
ORT.· See:AJYB, 71:606; NYTimes, $ep 25
1969,47:2.
Kreindler, Doris Barsky; b. Passaic, N],
Aug 12 1901; d. 1974.
NY School fo Applied Design for Women,
Natl Academy of Design, CCNY. • Painter,
etcher, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, May41974, 44:5.
Kreindler, I Robert; b. NYC, Mar 251914;
d. Westhampton Beach, NY, Aug 15
1974.
Honorary degree. • Restaurateur,
philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Mt Sinai School for
Med; bd Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
Damon Runyon Memorial Fund, US Com for
Refugees. • See: AJYB, 76:515.
Kreiner, Marion Sarah; b. Biddeford, ME,
July 10 1897.
ColI Business Inst (Minneapolis), U MN. •
Civic & welfare worker, Minneapolis; assocd
Legal Aid Soc, Family Welfare Assn; officer
Jewish Family Welfare Assn; active State
League of Women Voters, professional assns. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926,1938.
Kreisler, Fritz; b. Vienna, Feb 2 1875; d.
NYC, Jan 291962.
Vienna Conservatory, Paris Conservatory. •
To US WWII. • Noted concert violinist,
composer; WWI Austrian service; Catholic. •
See: UJE;AJYB, 24:165; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7;
NYTimes, Jan 301962, 1:4.
345
Krock, Arthur
Krellenstein, Irving Bernard; b. Warsaw,
Mar 141892.
To US 1893. • MD Cornell. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Bronx. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
degrees. • Urologist, Chicago; pres Am Bd of
Urology; officer professional socs; author!
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
Sep 241951,27:3.
Kremer, David; b. Philadelphia, Mar 28
1890.
MD U PA. • Physician, Philadelphia; faculty U
PA; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Krevsky, Solomon; b. Smargon, Poland,
Dec 10 1880; d. Apr 1954.
To US 1915. • Chief rabbi, Allentown, PA;
supt Talmud Torah; est Heb Sheltering Home;
active Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938;NITimes, Apr 111954, 87:1.
Kremer, Isa; b. Beltzi, Bessarabia, Oct 21
1892; d.July 1956.
To US 1922. • Operatic soprano, composer,
author, folk singer, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938; BEGAJ; NITimes, July 9
1956,23:4.
Krensky, A Morris; b. Auburn, lA, Oct 2
1887.
Mortgage banker, Chicago; officer synagog,
NatlJewish Hospital. • See: BEGAJ.
Krensky, Louis Joseph; b. Calhoun County,
IA, Apr 22 1898.
Exec, author, Chicago; dir Big Bros; active
synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kreplak, Jacob; b. Zabludowo, Poland,
1885; d. NYC, Sep 21 1945.
To NYC 1915. • Yiddish short story writer,
editor, novelist, playwright; proofreader
Forward; active Jewish fraternal & literary orgs;
Russian army service. • See: UJE; AJYB,
48:493; NITimes, Sep 22 1945, 17:6.
Kres, Adolph; b. Lemberg, Austria, May 24
1860.
Communal worker, NYC, Baltimore; specialty
immigration matter; orgr, officer Heb
Emigrant Aid Soc, Heb Friendly Inn, Jewish
Home for Incurables; orgr B'nai B'rith lodges;
officer United Heb Charities, B'rith Sholom. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Kresel, Isidor Jacob; b. Austria, Nov 17
1878; d.July 91957.
To US 1890. • LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, asst
district atty, NYC; investigator of ambulance
chasing. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Kreshover, Jacob Siegfried; b. Odessa, Feb
22 1882; d. Apr 1971.
To US 1892. • CCNY, MD Columbia. •
Gastroenterologist, NYC; WWI mem
exemption bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,
Apr 13 1971,42:3.
Kreshtool, Isadore; b. Volhynia, Russia,
Dec 15 1889.
To US 1906. • DDS Baltimore Med ColI. •
Dentist, Wilmington, DE; inventor Xray
device. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kretchmer, Herman Gabriel (Lilliput)
Liliput; b. Riga, May 15 1883; d.June 5
1938.
To NYC 1907. • Yiddish journalist, poet,
writer, editor, NYC; With Forward; active
Jewish labor movement, Latvian Relief Soc. •
See:AJYB, 40:387; WWIAJ, 1938.
Kretschmer, Herman Louis; b. Chicago,
Apr 22 1879; d. Sep 23 1951.
MD, MCL, PhG Northwestern; honorary
Kreymborg, Alfred; b. ca 1884; d. Milford,
CT, Aug 1966.
Poet, chess player, Italy, NYC; judge Pultizer
Prize poetry jury. • See:AJYB, 24:165;
NITimes, Aug 15 1966, 27:2.
Krimsky, John; b. ca 1906; d. New Haven,
Oct 1980.
To US 1933. • Film & cabaret producer,
public relations counsel; a dir NY Worlds Fair;
WWII OSS service. • See: NITimes, Oct 9
1980.
Krimsky, Joseph; b. Uman, Kiev, Jan 4
1883; d. Daytona Beach, FL, Aug 1971.
NYU, Bellevue Med ColI, post-grad Vienna,
Berlin, London. • Physician, Brooklyn; an orgr
Am Jewish Cong; to Palestine with 1st
Hadassah Med Unit; orgr Fedn of Ukrainian
Jews ofAm; pres Jewish Natl Fund; officer
Matz lIeb Scholar Fund; endowed scholarship
Heb U; dir Am Jewish Physicians Com; author
in field. • See: AJYB, 72:633; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928.
Krich, Maxwell; b. Novgorodseversk,
Chernigov, Mar 171890.
To US 1906. • Temple. • Mfr, communal
worker, Zionist, Vineland, NJ; delegate Am
Jewish Cong; mem natl council, Keren
Hayesod; est colonies for Russian peasants,
built railroads in Russia. • See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Krinkin, David Z; b. Stalingrad, ca 1890; d.
Moscow, Oct 1959.
To NYC 1914. • JD U Rome. • Editor, NYC;
with Russky Golos; called before Un-American
Activities Com. • See: NITimes, Oct 28 1959,
37:5.
Kridel, Alexander Hayes; b. NYC, Feb 14
1877; d. Aug 1950.
BS CCNY. • Factory, commn merchant,
NYC; fdr Pi Lambda Phi fraternity; WWI
draft bd work. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
NITimes, Aug 6 1950, 72:6.
Krinsky, Simon Raphael; b. Horodok,
Poland, Jan 1 1899.
To US 1923. • Tchr, principal, author, editor,
Wilmington, DE; with Heb schools; • dir
YMHA; active Jewish Natl Fund.· See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Kridel, Samuel; b. NYC, Jan 20 1868; d.
NYC, Aug 1952.
CCNY. • Factory, commn merchant, leading
silk importer, France, NYC; officer Montefiore
Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Aug
15 1952, 16:5.
Krisoff,Jacob; b. ca 1855; d. Brooklyn, Jan
181932.
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 34:111.
Krieger, Louis; b. ca 1864; d. NYC,June 26
1934.
Magician, entertainer, NYC. • See: AJYB,
36:283.
Kriegshaber,StellaWeiner;b. Tipton,
MO, Jan 31 1879.
Organist, pianist, St Louis. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Kriegshaber, Victor H; b. ca 1859; d. Nov
10 1934.
Merchant, communalldr, Atlanta. • See:
AJYB,37:258.
Kriendler, Maxwell Arnold; b. NYC, Feb 16
1908; d. Aug 71973.
LLB StJohns. • Beverage co exec, NYC;
fundraiser Albert Einstein Med ColI; bd Boys
Town (Italy), air force founds; WWII service.
• See: WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Aug 8 1973,
40:3.
Krim, Abba Isidore; b. Lithuania, July
1890/1893.
MA U Cincinnati, BHL, ordained Heb Union
ColI, Dropsie, U PA, Berlin Lehranstalt, PhD
U Berlin. • Reform rabbi, author, translator,
editor, Newark, NYC; faculty Jewish Tchrs
Seminary, Peoples U; contributing editor
Talmud Magazine, Jewish Voice; orgr, pres,
editor Jewish Classical r/:r Philosophical Soc
Magazine. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Kriss, Max; b. Ostropol, Russia, May 2/15/
18 1889; d. State College, PA, Nov 16
1941.
To US 1910. • BS, MS PA State ColI, PhD
Yale. • Agricultural chemist, biochemist, State
College, PA; faculty PA State ColI; authority
on animal nutrition; author in field. • See:
AJYB, 24:165, 44:340; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; NITimes, Nov 17 1941, 19:3.
Kristeller, Lionel Paul; b. Newark, Oct.30
1891; d.June 1956.
Lawyer, Supreme Court Commr, Newark;
active bar assns; military service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes,June 281956,29:3.
Kristeller, Paul Oskar; b. Berlin, 1905.
To US ca 1939. • Renaissance scholar; faculty
Columbia; author in field. • See: EJ.
Kritchevsky, Wolf; b. Russia, Sep 16 1886.
U Bern, U Geneva, D Sc U Grenoble. •
Consult chemist, patent holder, Chicago; with
Rit Products Co, Sherwin-Williams. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Kritzman, William; b. Catskill, NY, Apr 9
1868.
Bldg & loan dir, Hudson, NY.• See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Krock, Arthur; b. Glasgow, KY, Nov 16
1886/1887; d. Apr 12 1974.
AA Lewis Inst (Chicago), AM Princeton;
honorary degrees. • Journalist, newspaper
editor, Pulitzer prize winner; with Louisville
papers, NITimes; mem Pulitzer Prize Bd. •
Kroeber, Alfred Louis
See: EJ; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Apr 13 1974,
1:5.
Kroeber, Alfred Louis; b. Hoboken, June
111876; d. Oct 5 1960.
BA, MA, PhD Columbia; honorary degrees. •
Noted Am anthropologist; interests, Eskimos,
Indians; faculty U CA (Berkeley); author in
field. • See: WWWIA, 4; DAB, 6; NITimes,
Oct 6 1960, 41: 1.
Krohn, Abraham Lincoln; b. Montclair, NJ,
Jan 61893; d. Nov 1958.
Ordained, MHL Jewish Inst of Religion. •
Rabbi, Albuquerque, NM; faculty U NM; fdr
Community Chest Assn; pres Public Library,
Bd of Education; dir NM Tuberculosis Assn. •
See: WWlAJ, 1938; NITimes, Nov 241958,
29:4.
Krohn, Irwin Moses; b. Saugerties, NY,
Apr 5 1869; d. Dec 1948.
Shoe mfr, civic worker, Cincinnati; officer
Zoning Bd; mem Park Commn, City Planning
Commn; bd Heb Union ColI; WWI service. •
See: WWlAJ, 1926, 1938; NITimes, Dec 13
1948,23:4.
Krohn, Israel; b. NYC, Sep 41895; d.June
1952.
PhB Lafayette ColI, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
Zionist, Easton, PA; natl council Joint
Distribution Com; officer Easton War
Memorial Assn, Jewish Community Center,
Am Legion, Jewish War Veterans, PA Fed of
YM- YWHA, Civic League; WWI service. •
See: WWlAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NITimes, June 14
1952,15:4.
Krohn, Louis; b. Germany, 1837; d.
Cincinnati, 1929.
Merchant, banker, Cincinnati; pioneer in
tobacco industry; officer Union ofAm Heb
Congregations. • See: UJE.
Krohn, Rose Fink; b. Utica, NY, Aug 14
1894.
Cornell. • Civic & communal worker, music
tchr, Utica, NY; officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women, League of Women Voters; fundraiser
Community Chest; acitve peace work, Civic
Chorus. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Krohn, S; b. *
Rabbi, Kansas City, MO.· See:AJYB, 6(19041905):219. • *See entry below.
Krohn, Samuel; b. ca 1847; d. July 4 1921.
Rabbi, Denver.· See:AJYB, 24:102. • *See
entry above.
Krol, Hayim; b. Lodz, Poland, 1892.
To NYC 1922. • JTS. • Yiddish poet, textile
worker, Paterson, NJ, NYC; contributor
Yiddish magazines. • See: UJE.
Krolik, Julian Henry; b. Detroit, Apr 9
1885/1886; d. Detroit,Jan 81956.
Merchant, Detroit; active Jewish charities. •
See:AJYB, 58:477; WWlAJ, 1938.
Kroll, Abraham; b.-NYC, ca 1893; d. NYC,
Oct 1964.
BS Columbia, PhD Fordham.· Business,
346
industrial arts educator, NYC; chr NYC Bd of
Examiners, Bd of Education; WWI service. •
See: NITimes, Oct 15 1964, 39:1.
Kroll, John Jacob crack); b. London, June
101885; d. Cincinnati, May 261971.
To US 1886. • Labor ldr; orgr Amalgamated
Clothing Workers; regional dir CIa-PAC; codir AFL-CIO; mem Histadrut. • See: Fink,
193-94; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May 28 1971,
36:2.
Kroll, Leon; b. NYC, Dec 6 1884; d. Oct 25
1974.
Natl Academy of Design, Art Students League,
Paris. • Painter, muralist, tchr; painted murals
injustice Dept (Washington DC), Worcester,
MA War Memorial Hall. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:165; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWlA, 6; NITimes,
Oct261974,34:3.
Kroll, William; b. NYC, Jan 301901; d.
Mar 10 1980.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Violinist, chamber music
player, composer, NYC, Boston; faculty
Mannes ColI, Peabody Conservatory,
Cleveland Conservatory, Queens ColI, Boston
U.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7,8.
Kronheim, Sylvan; b. BrooWyn, Dec 5
1885; d. Oct 1943.
Clothing, retail merchant, fabric mfr, New
Orleans, Pittsburgh, NYC; officer trade assns;
lecturer on style for men. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Oct 5 1943, 25:4.
Kronish, Fred; b. Rumania, May 15 1879;
d. Miami, Sep 41963.
To US 1898. • Banker, philanthropist; active
Jewish orgs (Brooklyn); honorary trustee NY
Jewish Child Care Assn. • See: AJYB, 65:434;
NITimes, Sep 61963,30:1.
Kronold, Hans; b. ca 1871; d.]an 10 1922.
Cellist, composer, NYc. • See:AJYB, 24:102;
NITimes, Jan 111922,21:6.
Kronthal, Leon H; b. San Francisco, Feb 8
1873; d. before 1938.
U CA. • Banker, broker, NYc. • See: WWIAJ,
1926.
Krooth, David Louis; b. Chicago, July 15
1907; d. Dec 71978.
Crane J r ColI, PhB, JD U Chicago. •
Government lawyer, Washington DC; with
Housing Authority; active bar assns. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Krombach, Beatrice de Lack; b; NYC, Apr
91874.
School of Philanthropy. • Communal admr,
worker, editor, NYC; supt YMHA; editor Am
Jewess.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):76.
Kron, Gabriel; b. Nagybanya, Hungary,
July 23 1901.
To US 1921. • BS U MI; honorary degree. •
Electrical engineer, Schenectady, NY; with
GE; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kronberg, Louis; b. Boston, Dec 201872;
d.1965.
Museum of Fine Art (Boston), Art Students
League, Paris. • Artist, Boston, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):132, 24:165; WWIAJ,
1938; WWWIA, 4.
Kronenberger, Louis; b. Cincinnati, Dec 9
1904; d. Apr 301980.
U Cincinnati. • Dramatist, literary critic,
author; faculty Brandeis; staff Fortune; drama
critic Time. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 7; NITimes, May 2 1980.
Kroner, Richard; b.1884.
To US after Hitler's rise.· Philosopher,
author; interest, Hegel; faculty U Dresden, U
Kiel, U Frankfurt, Union Theological
Seminary, Temple.· See: EJ.
Kronfeld, Rudolf (Rudolph); b. Vienna,
1901; d. NYC, Feb 1940.
To US 1929. • MD U Vienna, DDS, BS
Loyola U (IL). • Dental histologist, researcher;
faculty Loyola; officer dental soc; authorleditor
in field. • See: UJE; NITimes, Feb 14 1940,
21:6.
Kronheim, Milton Stanley; b. Washington
DC, Oct 2 1888.
Corp exec, Washington DC. • See:
WWWIA, 8.
Kross, Anna Moscowitz (Mrs Isidor Kross);
b. Nishwez, Russia, July 17 1889/1890.
To US 1893. • LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer,
judge, penologist, penal admr, Commr of
Corrections, NYC; orgr Home Term Court;
initiated psychiatric & guidance services,
fought unjust bail system; a fdr, Rikers Island
complex; natl bd, Hadassah, Zionist Org of
Am. • See: EJ; WWlAJ, 1928, 1938.
Krotoshinsky, Abraham; b. Poltsk, Russian
Poland, 1892; d. Nov 1953.
To US 1911. • WWI hero, barber, NYC; mem
"Lost Battalion," awarded DSC; clerk, NYC
post office. • See: UJE; NITimes, Nov 5 1953,
31:4.
Krow, Eugene; b. Beregszasz, Hungary,
Sep 7 1877; d. Sep 14 1935.
Civic & communal worker, McKeesport, PA;
orgr, officer synagog. • See: AJYB; 38:430;
WWIAJ, 1928.
Kroyt, Boris; b. Odessa, June 23 1897; d.
Nov 151969.
To US 1936. • Violinist, Washington DC;
with Budapest Quartet. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NITimes, Nov 17 1969,47:1.
Krueger, Samuel; b. Austria, Oct 12 1869.
Banker, Trenton, N]; officer synagog;dir
YMHA. • See: WWlAJ,1928.
Kruger, Albert; b. Minsk, July 9 1868; d.
NYC, Aug 1925.
To US 1899. • Supt, Home of the Daughters
ofJacob, NYC; active communal & civic
charities, philanthropic work. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):77; NITimes, Aug 13 1925, 19:6.
Kruger, Joseph; b. Newark, Aug 231904.
AB U MI. • Newspaper publisher, NYC; with
Elizabeth Jewish Record; fdr, dir boys camp; exec
secy Phi Sigma Delta. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.
347
Kruger, Minna Nicola; b. Jelgava, Latvia; d.
May 161975.
To US 1938.· MD UKharkov.· Physician,
NYC; staff Heb Home; specialty: geriatrics. •
See: WWWL4, 6.
Kruger, Solomon; b. Russia, 1864; d.
Baltimore, Nov 71919.
To US 1904.· Orthodox rabbi, Baltimore. •
See: A]YB, 22 :166; NITimes, Nov 9 1919,
22:3.
Krulewitch, Melvin L (General); b. NYC,
Nov 111895; d. NYC, May 251978.
LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, communalldr,
major general; consult Public Utility Commrs,
NJ, NY; chr NYS Athletic Commn; benefactor
scholarships, Columbia, Israel Bonds, Girl
Scouts, United Jewish Appeal; active
Republican politics, USO; WWI, WWII
service. • See:A]YB, 80:368; NITimes, May 26
1978, II 2:4.
Krulewitz, Elias; b.*; d.June 61938.
Hazzan, Passaic, NY.• See:A]YB, 40:387.
Kuhn, Marshall
Feb 181944.
Normal ColI (NYC). • Communal & civic
worker, NYC; mem NY State, NYC Charity &
Correction Bds; chr of publicity Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Fedn ofJewish Womens Orgs
of Greater NY; bd YWHA, Jewish Big Sisters.
• See: UJE; A]YB, 46:340; WWIA], 1938;
BEGA]; NITimes, Feb 19 1944, 13 :4.
Kubie, Samuel; b. ca 1858; d. Far
Rockaway, NY, Feb 251934.
Communal worker, Far Rockaway, NY. • See:
A]YB, 36:283.
Kublin, Hyman; b. Boston, 1919.
Historian; specialtyJapanese history; faculty
Brooklyn ColI; asst dean, CUNY; chr Am
Student Program to Israel. • See: E].
Kubovy (Kubowitzki), Aryeh (Arieh) Leon;
b. Kurshany, Lithuania, 1896; ~. May
1966.
To US 1940, to Israel 1948. • Zionist ldr,
Israeli diplomat, writer, anti-Nazi Idr; directed
rescue work for World Jewish Campaign. •
See: E]; NITimes, May 18 1966, 47:2.
Krumbein, Abraham; b. Bolechow, Galicia,
Mar241892.
To US 1895.· Undergarmentmfr, NYC; chr
Am Palestine Campaign; officer Downtown
Talmud Torah; exec bdJewish Education
Assn, Yeshiva Coll,JTS.· See: WWIA], 1938;
BEGA].
Kudish (Kudisch), Clarence P; b. Boston,
July 71903; d. Newton, MA, Aug 51965.
Lawyer, Boston; fdr Reform temples of
Northeast; officer Union of Am Heb
Congregations, synagog.· See:A]YB, 67:538;
NITimes, Aug 71965,21:3.
Krumgold, Joseph; b.Jersey City, Apr 9
1908; d.July 10 1980.
BA NYU. • Film producer, childrens book
author; mem Bd of Education (Frelinghufsen
Township, Warren County, NJ); WWII
service. • See: WWWL4, 7.
Kugel, Maurice A; b.*; d. Mianii Beach,
Mar91946.
Yale, Vienna, Prague. • Physician, cardiologist,
NYC, Miami Beach; author in field; WWI
service. • See: A]YB, 48:493; NITimes, Mar 11
1946,25:4.
Krupp, Haymon; b. Kovno, Mar 141874.
Merchant, oil well operator, philanthropist, El
Paso; officer Jewish Relief Soc, synagog,
Assocd Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Kugel, Simon H; b. Minsk, Mar 26 1878; d.
Jan 1947.
Yale Law. • Lawyer, NYC; officer East NY
Dispensary; trustee synagog; bd Brooklyn
Jewish Center; dir numerous charitable &
educational orgs. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928;
NITimes, Jan 91947, 23:5.
Krupsaw, David Loeb; b.Washington DC,
Nov 25 1911; d.Jan 211960.
Lawyer, corp exec, Washington DC; chr
Arlington County Bd. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Kruttschnitt, Julius; b. New Orleans, 1854;
d. NYC, June 1925.
CE Washington & Lee U.· Railway magnate,
helped industrialize post-Civil War Southwest.
• See: UJE; NITimes, June 16 1925, 21 :4.
Kubert, Joseph Mandel; b. Chicago, June
141917; d. Sep 11974.
BS, MS IL Inst of Technology. • Exec,
educator, Chicago; faculty U Chicago, • See:
WWWIA,6.
Kubie, Lawrence Schlesinger; b. NYC, Mar
171896; d. Oct 261973.
AB Harvard, Columbia, MD Johns Hopkins;
honorary degree. • Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst,
NYC; officer professional socs; author in field;
military service. • See: E]:1973~1982; WWIA],
1938; WWWL4, 6; NITimes, Oct 28 1973,
61:1.
Kubie, Matilda Steinam (Mrs Isaac Kubie);
b. La Crosse, WI, Sep 13 1869; d. NYC,
Kugelman,Julius;b.caI852;d.NYC,June
12 1936.
Merchant, NYC; mem Commn on Municipal
Statistics; "dean of 42nd Street." • See: A]YB,
38:430.
Kugelmass, Isaac Newton;b. NYC, June 28
1896.
BS CCNY, AM Columbia, PhD Johns
Hopkins, ScD U Brussels, MD Yale. •
Biochemist, pediatrician, NYC; specialty
growth & nutrition; dir Heckscher Inst for
Child Health; officer professional assns; author
in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.
Kuh, Abraham; b. ca 1833; d. Chicago, Feb
191917.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Kuh,Anton;b.Vienna, 1891; d. NYC, Jan
1941.
To US 1937.· Writer, elocutionist, satirist,
essayist; contributor Aufbau. • See: UJE;
NITimes, Jan 19 1941,40:1.
Kuh, EdwinJames; b. NYC,June 201858;
d. Dec 1940.
MD U Heidelberg; honorary degree. •
Physician, Chicago; with Michael Reese
Hospital.· See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 1
1941,23:2.
Kuh, Frederick Robert; b. Chicago, Oct 29
1895; d. Rockville, MD, 1978.
PhB U Chicago. • Newspaperman, diplomatic
correspondent, London; with Chicago Sun
Times.· See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 4
1978,22:5.
Kuh, Sydney; b. NYC, Mar 6 1866; d. Dec
271934.
Chicago Med ColI, MD U Heidelberg, U
Vienna, post-grad Paris, London. • Alienist,
neurologist, Chicago; faculty U Chicago,
Chicago Polyclinic; officer med soc; dir IL Soc
for Mental Hygiene; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1928; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1.
Kuhn, Abe; b. Bavaria, 1837; d. Salt Lake
City,1928.
To New Orleans ca 1851.· UT pioneer,
merchant, Salt Lake City, Ogden, UT;
obtained land for Jewish cemetery (Salt Lake
City). • See: UJE.
Kuhn, Abraham; b. 1819; d.1892.
Co-fdr, Kuhn-Loeb, NYc. • See: E] (sub
Kuhn-Loeb).
Kuhn, Arthur K; b. Philadelphia, Nov 11
1876; d. July 8 1954.
AB, AM, LLB, PhD Columbia, post-grad
Zurich, Ecole de Droit (Paris). • Lawyer,
NYC; specialty internatllaw; faculty
Columbia; officer professional assns; attended
Paris Peace Conf; dir Judaeans; author/editor
in field; WWI Red Cross service. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA]; NITimes,
July91954,17:5.
Kuhn, Clarence W; b. ca 1870; d. Feb 1
1912.
Banker, Cincinnati; active Assn for the Welfare
of the Blind, charities. • See: A]YB, 14(19121913):126; NITimes, Feb 2 1912,9:5.
Kuhn, FerdinandJr; b. NYC, Apr 10 1905;
d. Oct 17 1978.
AB Columbia. • Journalist, author, London,
Washington DC; pres Assn of Am
Correspondents in London. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Oct 19 1978.
Kuhn, Isaac; b. Champaign, IL, Sep 11
1866.
Civic & communal worker, Champaign; officer
synagog; helped est Hillel; dir Family Welfare
Soc; active welfare work. • See: WWlA], 1928.
Kuhn, Joseph; b. ca 1837; d. Dec 28 1915.
Civil War veteran, Champaign, IL. • See:
A]YB, 18(1916-1917):108.
Kuhn, Louis; b. ca 1856; d.July 17 1910.
Banker, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB, 13(19111912):135.
Kuhn, Marshall; b. San Francisco, 1916; d.
San Francisco, May 181978.
Kuhn, Thomas
Communalldr; orgr Golden Gate Park Nature
Trail; exec dir Jewish Community Center,
Jewish Welfare Fedn community endowment
fund.· See:A]YB, 80:368.
](uhn,1Uhon1as;b.CincLrnnati,1922.
Historian of science; faculty Harvard, U CA
(Berkeley), Princeton; author in field. • See:
348
researcher, Princeton, N]; specialty: enzymes;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes,
Apr 22 1978,22:4.
](unitz, Stanley Jasspon; b. Worcester, MA,
1905.
NYU, MD LI Med Coli. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Brooklyn; faculty LI Med Coli;
author in field.· See: WWIA], 1938; REOA];
NYTimes, Oct 20 1954,29:2.
](upfern1an, Lawrence Edward; b. Boston,
Mar251909.
E].
Harvard. • Poet, editor, Pulitzer prize winner;
faculty New School, Brandeis, Columbia. •
See: E]; E]:1973-1982.
](ulberg, Osias; b. Austria, Aug 15 1834.
Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-
Physician, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:165.
Kupfern1an, Murray; b. Brooklyn, Mar 10
1897.
](unstadter, Albert; b. Chicago, Mar 19
1872; d. Chicago, Nov 23 1965.
Pratt Inst, Natl Academy of Design, Beaux Arts
Inst. • Mural & landscape painter, tchr,
Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1926,1928,1938.
](unitier, Robert; b. Hungary, 1866.
1904):71.
](ulick, Paul Abrahan1; b. Wheeling, W VA,
Aug 311911.
AB U Pittsburgh, Grad School for Jewish
Social Work. • Communal social worker,
Schenectady; exec secyJewish Community
Center; exec council Boy Scouts; active
professional assns, B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA],
1938.
](ulischer, Eugene M; b. ](iev, Sep 4 1881;
d. Washington DC, Apr 21956.
To US ca 1940. • Lawyer, demographer;
expert/author on population, migration; with
Library of Cong; faculty U Berlin; chief
counsel, Russian Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. • See: A]YB, 58:477; NYTimes, Apr 4
1956,29:1.
Kulp, Benjan1in; b. Clinton, IA, Mar 15
1890.
Paper mfr, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA,8.
](wnmel, Florence M; b. Paterson, N], May
171895; d. Morristown, N],June 21
1978.
Communal worker; pres Deborah
Consumptive Relief League; fdr Assn of
Reform Zionists of Am; benefactor NY
Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera; active
Brandeis, Natl Council ofJewish Women,
Hadassah. • See: A]YB, 80:368; NYTimes, June
231978,IV13:5.
](un, Joseph Lorenz; b. Ungvar, Hungary,
Nov 27 1882; d. Philadelphia, June 16
1961.
To US 1886. • BS Central High School
(Philadelphia), LLB U PA. • Lawyer,
Common Pleas judge, communalldr, deputy
atty general, Philadelphia; orgr, officer
Kehillah; officer B'nai B'rith; exec bd Natl
Fedn of Temple Brotherhoods, B'rith Sholom;
active Am Jewish Com; author on Jewish
topics. • See: UJE;A]YB, 34:237; WWIA],
1928, 1938; REOA]; NYTimes, June 17 1961,
21:3.
](unin, Madeleine; b. Zurich, 1933.
To US 1940. • Democratic politician,
legislator, governor, VT.· See: E]:1985-1987.
](unis, Fredel; b. ca 1857; d. Philadelphia,
Apr 111938.
Merchant, philanthropic & ·communal worker,
Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 40:387.
](unitz, Moses; b. Slonim., Russia, Dec 19
1887; d. Philadelphia, Apr 1978.
BS Cooper Union, PhD Columbia. • Scientific
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), BS MA School
of Art. • Artist, tchr, Boston; faculty MA Coli
of Art. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Apparel mfr, Chicago; active communal
charities. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Nov 25
1965, 35:6.
](unstadter, Ralph Hess; b. Chicago, Oct 6
1905; d. Nov 1965.
BS, MD U IL. • Pediatrician, Chicago; officer
med socs; active, advisor med charities; author
in field.· See: WWWIA, 4.
](unstadter, Sigmund; b. Chicago, Aug 31
1901; d. Sep 291977.
AB U MI. • Apparel co exec, Chicago; trustee
Monmouth ColI.· See: WWliVlA, 7; NYTimes,
Oct 1 1977,22:2.
](untsler, Monroe Bradford; b. NYC, Feb
201889.
BS, MD Columbia. • Physician, NYC; author
in field; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
](untsler, Willian1 Moses; b. NYC, July 7
1919.
Yale. • Controversial trial lawyer, NYC;
involved with civil rights, ACLU & Chicago 7
cases. • See: Wall Street Journal story, Nov 28
1969, 1:1; NYTimes story, Sep 7 1968.
](unz, Josef Ooseph) Laurenz; b. Vienna,
1890; d. Toledo, Aug 1970.
To US ca 1932. • U Paris, U London, LLD,
Dr Political Science U Vienna; honorary
degree. • Internatllawyer; faculty U Vienna, U
Toledo; author in field. • See: E]; WWliVlA, 5;
NITimes, Aug 7 1970, 33:5.
](upchan, S Morris; b. NYC, Nov 101922;
d. Oct 19 1976.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia; honorary
degree. • Chemist, educator, Charlottesville,
NC; faculty Harvard, UWI, UVA; consult
Natl Inst of Health; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Oct 20 1976,48:5.
Kupchik, Abrahan1; b. Brest-Litovsk, 1892;
d. Nov 1970.
To NYC 1913. • Chess master, NYS.· See:
UJE; A]YB, 24:165; NITimes, Nov 28 1970,
30:5.
Kuper, Theodore Fred; b. Moscow, ca
1886; d. Whittier, CA, 1981.
To US ca 1891.· LLB NYU.• Lawyer, .
Jefferson scholar, NYC; law secy, Bd of
Education; a fdr Fashion Inst of Technology. •
See: NITimes, June 3 1981.
Kuperstein, David; b. NYC, Jan 81901; d.
Brooklyn, Oct 1954.
Kuppenhein1er, Albert B; b. Chicago, 1866;
d. Chicago, 1931.
Clothing merchant, Chicago; benefactor
Jewish Home for Friendless, U Chicago,
Jewish & non-Jewish orgs & instns. • See: UJE
(sub Kuppenheimer, Louis B).
Kuppenhein1er, Louis B; b. Terre Haute,
IN, 1857; d. Hubbard Woods, IL, Feb 1
1936.
Merchant, industrialist, philanthropist,
Chicago; benefactor ophthalmology clinic (U
Chicago), Jewish Home for Friendless,Jewish
orphan home. • See: UJE; A]YB, 38:430.
](uppin, Louis; b. Poland, Nov 211881; d.
Chicago, 1967.
Ordained Heb Union Coli, AB U Cincinnati,
U Cincinnati Conservatory ofMusic. • Rabbi,
singer, Quincy, IL; earlier vocal tchr, soloist
(Chicago); officer Salvation Army; author on
vocal therapy. • See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.
Kurland, Aaron; b. Luninetz, Russia, May
151898.
To US 1912. • LLB Detroit Coli of Law. •
Lawyer, Detroit; radio dir, lecturer Let the
People Speak, Jewish Radio Forum; editor
Detroit Jewish Advocate. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Kurland, Willian1; b. ](iev, Sep 15 1904.
To US 1906. • B Pharm, PhG Philadelphia
ColI of Pharmacy. • Bacteriologist, chemist,
Atlantic City, N]; discover, arthritis remedies.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
](urn1an, Mandel; b. ca 1860; d. Atlantic
City, Aug 171935.
Rabbi, Atlantic City. • See: A]YB, 38:430.
Kurnitz, Harry; b. NYC, Jan 51908; d. Los
Angeles, Mar 1968.
U PA. • Playwright, screenwriter, Hollywood,
Paris; earlier journalist. • See: NYTimes, Mar
19 1968,44:1.
Kursheedt, Asher; b. NYC, 1808; d. NYC,
1893.
Mfr, NYC; officer synagog; mem Bd of
Delegates of Am Israelites; active Mortara
affair protests. • See: UJE (sub Kursheedt,
Israel Baer).
Kursheedt, Edwin I; b. *
Civil War Confederate soldier, synagog
functionary, New Orleans. • See: UJE (sub
Kursheedt, Israel Baer).
349
Kursheedt, Gershom; b. Richmond, VA,
1815; d. London, 1862.
Newspaper publisher, communalldr,
philanthropist, New Orleans; an execJudah
Touro Estate; library collector. • See: UJE
(sub Kursheedt, Israel Baer); PAJHS, 37:21320.
Kursheedt, Israel Baer; b. Gennany, 1766;
d. NYC, 1852.
To US 1769. • Broker, communal worker,
Boston, Richmond, VA, NYC; army supplier,
Prussia; pres synagogs, Heb Mutual Benefit
Soc; est, soc for poor relief in Palestine; active
Damascus affair protests.•. See: UJE; EJ.
Kursheedt, Manuel Augustus; b. NYC, Aug
14 1840;d. Bronxville, NY, Oct 30 1923.
BA, MA CCNY. • Lawyer, communalldr,
NYC; mgy secy Heb Emigrant Aid Soc; officer
Aquilar Free Library, YMHA, Heb Technical
lnst; dir United Heb Charities, Education
Alliance. • See: UJE (sub Kursheedt, Israel
Baer);A]YB, 6(1904-1905):132; PAJHS,
31:273-75.
Kursheedt, Serena; b. ca 1850; d. Mar 3
1935.
Communal worker, "W'hite Plains, NY; mem
Daughters of the Am Revolution. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Kursky, Franz (pseud of Samuel Kahan!
Shmul Cohen); b. Boysk, Russia, Sep
1874/1876; d. NYC,Jan 17 1950.
To US ca 1941. • Bundist; supervisor Bund
archives (Geneva, NYC); contributor to
socialist press; dir of Bund conspiracies in
Russia from abroad. • See: EJ; AJYB, 52:501
(sub Cohen, Shmul).
Kurtz, Aaron Samuel (Aharon Shmuel)
(pseud=Asrael); b. Osue, Vitebsk, July 28
1891; d. Long Beach, NY, May 30 1964.
To US 1911. • Yiddish poet, literary critic,
editor; hairdresser for circus, theatre (Russia);
l,lsed proletarian, urban themes. • See: UJE;
EJ; AJYB, 66:578; NYTimes, May 31 1964,
76:5.
Kurtz, Gustave E; b. ca 1857; d. Roxbury,
MA, Mar 1.5 1911.
Heb scholar, Roxbury, MA. • See: AJYB,
13(1911-1912):137.
Kurtz, Irwin; b. NYC, Mar 26 1-884; d.
NYC, Aug 311965.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, Referee in
Bankruptcy, NY Deputy Atty; counsel Hudson
River Bridge Commn of NY & NJ; exec com
Young Folks League for Aid ofHeb Infants;
active bar assns; fundraiser, WWI. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, Sep 11965,
37:5.
Kurtz, Jack I; b. ca 1887; d. Minneapolis,
Nov 151939.
Optometrist, Minneapolis; co-editor Am
Journal ofOptometry. • See: AJYB, 42 :480.
Kurtzman, David Harold; b. Russia, Jan 11
1904; d. Feb 22 1977.
To US 1921. • BS Temple U, MA, PhD U PA;
honorary degrees. • Educator, economist,
Kutcher, Ben
government advisor; chancellor, faculty U
Pittsburgh. • See: WWWL4, 7.
Kurtzon, Morris; b. Russia, Mar 15 1878; d.
July 1958.
To US 1889.· Commercial hardware mfr,
Chicago; pres Mt Sinai Hospital. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,July261958, 15:7.
Kurz, Aaron; b. NYC, Dec 141903; d.
NYC, Dec 1969.
BS, MBA CCNY, LLB, CPA NY Law. •
Lawyer, CPA, NYC; facUItyCCNY, Fieldston
School; active professional orgs. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 91969,75:5.
Kurz, Adolph; b. ca 1868; d.Jan 1935.
Communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Kurz, Harry; b. NYC, Mar 23 1889; d.
NYC,May 1973.
AB CCNY, AM, PhD Columbia. • Modern
language specialist, NYC; faculty Knox ColI, U
NE, Queens ColI; author/editor in field. • See:
WWIAJ,.1928, 1938; REOAJ; NYTimes, May
141973,34:3.
Kurzman, Ferdinand; b. ca 1844; d.
Elmhurst, LI, Dec 1917.
Lawyer, communal worker, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Dec 25
1917,15:3.
Kurzman, Harold Philip; b. NYC, Feb 2
1902; d. Sep 30 1972.
Clothing mfg exec, NYC; officer trade assns. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Oct 2 1972, 40: 1.
Kurzman, Julius C; b. ca 1881; d. Feb 20
1922.
Ladies costumer, mfr, NYC; active trade assns;
WWI government service. • See: AJYB,
24:102;NYTimes, Feb211922, 17:3.
Kurzrok, Raphael; b. Kozowa, Austria, Mar
311895; d. Nov 1961.
To US 1906. • AB, MA, PhD, MD Columbia.
• Physician, gynecologist, obstetrician, NYC;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
Nov 26 1961,88:7.
Kurzweil, Fredric; b. Vienna, ca 1913; d.
Queens, Aug 1970.
To US 1938.· PhD UVienna.· Conductor,
pianist, composer, educator; fdr Vienna Youth
Chorus; faculty Queensborough Community
Center (Bayside). • See: NYTimes, Aug 13
1970,33:5.
Kuschner, Beatrice.Barbara Katz (Mrs
Joseph P Kuschner); b. NYC, May 12
1913; d. Feb 19 1969.
UCLA. • Civic & communalldr, Los Angeles;
local, state, nat! officer Council of Pioneer
Women; active Red Cross, United Jewish
Welfare Fund. • See: WWWL4, 5.
Kusevitsky, David; b. Smorgon, Russia,
1911; d. NYC,July 311985.
To US 1948. • Cantor, Brooklyn; one of four .
brothers, all cantors; mem Polish army chorus;
faculty Jews ColI (London),JTS. • See:AJYB,
87:440.
Kushner, Alazar; b. Starokonstantinoff,
Russia, Mar 141894.
To US 1916. • LLB Fordham. • Lawyer,
Zionist, NYC; officer synagog; dir Kashruth
Assn of Greater NY; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies (Bronx). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kushner, Daniel Stephen; b. Philadelphia,
July 241922; d.Jan 61974.
AB, MD U PA. • Hospital admr, NY, Chicago,
Miami Beach; dean Chicago Med School;
faculty Cook County Med School,
Northwestern, Mt Sinai (Miami); author in
field; military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Kussman, Leon; b. Alexanderhoff, near
MUtau, Latvia, 1884.
To US 1913. • U Bern, U Geneva. • Yiddish
writer, playwright, impressionist poet; wrote
symbolic short stories, plays, poetry. • See:
UJE.
Kussy, Gustave; b. ca 1824; d. Dec 271907.
Communal worker, Newark.· See:AJYB,
10(1908-1909):128.
Kussy, Nathan; b. Newark, July 13 1872; d.
Dec 1956.
LLB NY Law. • Author, lawyer, playwright,
Newark; mem Bd of Education; active B'nai
B'rith, Zionist Org of Am. • See: AJYB,
24:165; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REOAJ;
NYTimes, Dec 15 1956,25:2.
Kussy, Sarah; b. Newark, June 271869; d.
Newark, Oct 21956.
JTS Tchrs Training School, NYU. • Zionist &
communalldr, author, editor; fdr, honorary
officer Hadassah; honorary officer United
Synagogue of Am; deputy memJewish Agency;
delegate Am Jewish Conf; forest named for her
in Israel. • See:AJYB, 59:475; WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 3 1956,33:3.
Kussy, Tennie U (Mrs Nathan Kussy); b. ca
1876; d. Newark, Dec 26 1935.
Civic & communal worker.· See:AJYB,
38:430.
Kuswonn, Sidney Grover; b. Dayton, OH,
Feb 28 1885; d. Miami, Oct 4 1969.
LLB Cincinnati Law School. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Dayton; nat! officer B'nai
B'rith; officer Jewish Community Center,
Jewish Fedn for Social Service, bar assn; active
Republican politics, work for handicapped,
Nat! Citizenship Conf. • See:AJYB, 71:606;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; REOAJ; WWWL4,
5; NYTimes, Oct 61969,37:4.
Kutash, Samuel B; b. Brooklyn, May 12
1912; d. Summit, NJ,July 141979.
Psychologist; with NY Bd of Education; faculty
Brooklyn ColI, Rutgers, Kean ColI, Newark
State ColI; chr NJ State Bd of Examiners
(Psychology); officer professional assns; consult
Peace Corps; Jerusalem counseling center
named for him; author/editor in field. • See:
AJYB,81:369.
Kutcher, Ben; b. Kiev, Aug 15 1895.
To US 1902. • PA Academy of Fine Arts,
abroad. • lllustrator, mural painter, movie
Kutisker, Meyer]
theatre decorator, Hollywood; with Colliers;
military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Kutisker, Meyer J; b. Russia, Aug 23 1893;
d.1964.
To US 1906. • NYU, MD Bellevue Hospital
Med ColI, post-grad NYU. • Physician,
surgeon, NYC; faculty Bellevue Hospital Med
ColI; military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Mar 2 1964,27:2.
Kutner, Sidney Daniel; b. NYC, Feb 2
1890.
BS CCNY, ME Cornell. • Engineer, NYC;
active professional orgs; author in field;
military service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.
Kutscher, Harry; b. Staten Island, May 20
1890;d.NYC, 1941.
LLB, LL.M NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; specialties,
tax, corporate & estate law; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, bar assns; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, May 2
1941,21:2.
Kutscher, Martin; b. Stapleton, Staten
Island, ca 1883; d. NYC, Oct 311947.
CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,
endocrinologist, cardiologist, NYC; faculty
350
Polyclinic Hospital; officer med soc; author in
field.· See:AJYB, 50:518-19; NITimes, Nov 1
1947,15:3.
Kuttner; Theodore; b. Germany, ca 1877;
d. Flushing, NY,July 71947.
To US as child. • Physician, NYC; inventor,
device for blood analysis. • See: AJYB, 50:519;
NYTimes, July 8 1947,23:2.
Kutz, Abraham; b. ca 1885; d. Far
Rockaway, LI, Sep 211937.
NYU, Columbia Law. • Lawyer, civic worker,
Far Rockaway, LI; active Democratic politics,
synagog. • See: AJYB, 40:387; NYTimes, Sep
231937,27:5.
Kutz, Hattie (Mrs Milton Kutz); b. 1890; d.
Wtlmington, DE, Mar 11965.
Philanthropist; benefactor United Jewish
Appeal, Home for Aged Jewish People,
Brandeis, Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of
Religion, Union of Am Heb Congregations
camp. • See: AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, Mar 4
1965,31:3.
Kuznets, Simon Smith; b. Kharkov, Russia,
Apr 301901; d. Cambridge, MA,July 9
1985.
To US 1922. • BS, MA, PhD Columbia;
honorary degrees. • Economist, Nobel prize
winner, government advisor, author; faculty U
PA,Johns Hopkins, Harvard; staff, Nat!
Bureau of Economic Research; fdr research
orgs; officer professional orgs; pioneer
methods of measuring nat! incom~ &
economic growth. • See: EJ; AJYB, 87:440-41;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 8; NITimes,
July 11 1985.
KwaIwasser, Jacob; b. NYC, Feb 27 1894;
d. Aug 71977.
BA, BE U Pittsburgh, MA, PhD State U of IA.
• Music educator, concert pianist, Syracuse;
faculty Syracuse; pioneer research into musical
education, tests; officer professional socs;
author/editorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 7.
Kwartin, SaveVZavel (Zebulon); b. NovoArchangelsk, Russia, Mar 251874; d.
NYC, Sep 1952.
To US 1920. • Cantor, composer, Europe,
Palestine, Brooklyn, Newark. • See: UJE; E];
WWIAJ, 1926;NITimes, Sep23 1952,33:2.