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T Tabachinsky, Benjamin; b. Bialystok, Mar 311895; d. Amityville, NY, Aug 6 1967. To US 1938/1939. • Communal exec; mem Bialystok Municipal Council; exec dirJewish Labor Com; active cbmmunal education, Polish ORT, Jewish Socialist Bund;contribu- tor Yiddish press. • See:AJYB, 69:613;JTA- DNB, Aug 8 1967; NYTimes, Aug 8 1967, 39:2. Tabachnik, Abraham Ber (Avrohom); b. Nizhne Olitchedayer, Podalia, Aug 22 19011190211903; d. NYC, June 13 1970. To NYC 1921. • Yiddish neo-impressionist poet & essayist, critic, tchr; staffJewish Telegraphic Agency; co-editor Vogshol. See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 72:545; NYTimes, June 16 1970,47:3. Tabak, Israel; b. Bukovina, Rumania, Dec 7 1904. To US 1924. • RIETS, NYU, PhD candidate Johns Hopkins.· Rabbi, author, Baltimore; earlier NYC, Union City, N]; specialty: Hassidic literature & mysticism; natl officer Mizrachi; officer Rabbinical Council of Am. See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ. Tachau, William G; b. Louisville, Apr 27 1875; d.Jan 1969. PhB Columbia, diplome Beaux Arts (paris). • Architect, author, NYC; bd Inst for Deaf Mutes. • See: AJYB, 24:208; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 191969,73:1. Tachna, Max; b. NYC, Aug 15 1886. AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; mem Queens School Bd; officer Am Zionist Commonwealth, Allied Civic League (Rockaways), Consumers League. • See: WWIAJ,1938. Taeubler, Eugen (Eugene); b. Gostyn, Poland, 1879; d. Cincinnati, Aug 13 1953. To US 1938. • U Berlin. • Historian, classical & biblical scholar, Cincinnati; fdr Gesamtarchiv der deutschenJuden; faculty U Berlin, U Zurich, U Heidelberg, Heb Union CoIl; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 56:572; NYTimes, Aug 141953,19:4. Tager, Samuel W; b. ca 1890; d. July 23 1936. Noveltymaker, Zionist worker, Holyoke, MA; military service. • See: AJYB, 39:598. Taishoff, Isadore; Minsk, 1891; d. Washington DC, Sep 111980. To US 1908. • Newspaperman, Washington DC; assoc Forward; active Workmen's Circle, Yiddish Socialist Party, promoting Yiddish culture. • See:AJYB, 82:374. Taishoff,Jerome; b. Russia, ca 1900; d. NYC, Dec 1964. To Washington DC 1907. • Investment banker, developer of mica, philanthropist, art collector, NYC; fdrJerome TaishoffFound; governor LI U; officer Air Force Historical Found.· See: NYTimes, Dec 211964, 29:1. Taishoff, Sol Joseph; b. Minsk, Oct 81904; d. Aug 15 1982. To Washington DC 1906. • Newspaperman, Washington DC; co-fdr Broadcasting Magazine; staff US Daily; bd WashingtonJournalism Center.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8. Talalay, Joseph A; b. Russia, ca 1892; d. New Haven, Oct 1961. To US 1940. • PhD U St Petersburg, engineering degree Imperial Inst of Technology (Moscow). • Rubber technologist, invented process to make latex foam; benefactor Haifa Technion; author in field. • See: NYTimes, Oct 17 1961, 39:3. Talamo, Haskell; b. Worcester, Apr 15 1896; d. July 10 1938. AB Clark, MD Harvard. • Pediatrician, communalldr, Worcester; bd Child Guidance Clinic; officer UnitedJewish Charities, New England Conf ofJewish Social Service Agencies; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 41:432; WWIAJ,1938. Talamo,Joseph; b. Worcester, Sep 3 1894. AB, MA Clark, Columbia, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Worcester; officerJewish Community Council, Zionist Org of Am, bar assn,War Veterans Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,1938. Talbot, Morris; b. Russia, July 22 1892. BS CCNY, St Lawrence U. • Lawyer, CPA, tchr, communal worker, NYC; worked with aliens for Bd of Education. • See: BEGAJ. Talimer, Bernard; b. ca 1869; d. Atlantic City, Aug 5 1938. Newspaper exec; Philadelphia; earlier lawyer, realtor; with Philadelphia Ledger. See: AJYB, 41:432; NYTimes, Aug 6 1938, 13:4. Talisman, Simon Z; b. ca 1881; d. Cleveland, Jan 15 1934. Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 36:287. Talmadge, Harry S; b. Philadelphia, 1872. Newspaper publisher, NYc.. See:AJYB, 24:208. Talmey, Max; b. Tauroggen, Russia, Aug 23 1869; d. NYC, Nov 6 1941. To US 1895.· MD U Munich.· Ophthalmologist, philologist, author, NYC; instructor & friend of Albert Einstein; inventor surgical device; authority on cataract removal, Esperanto & other internatllanguages; popularized theory of relativity. • See: UJE; AJYB, 44:344; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 7 1941,24:2. Tamiris, Helen Becker; b. NYC, Apr 23/24 190211903/1905; d. NYC, Aug 41966. Dancer, choreographer, pioneer of modern dance; fdr School of Am Dance; co-fdr Dance Repertory Theater; chiefchoreographer Federal Dance Theater; performer Salzburg Festival. • See: EJ; NAW:modern; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Aug 5 1966, 31: 1. Tamkin, Hayward; b. Koretz, Russia, Sep 121908. To Boston 1912. • BS, LLB Boston.U. • Lawyer, Boston; dir Boston U Legal Aid Bureau; active Center for Adult Education, Curry School of Expression. • See: WWIAJ, 1938. Tananbaum, Alfred A; b. NYC, Mar 29 1909; d.NYC, May 171971. Fordham Law. • Textile business exec; exec Yonkers Raceway; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl of Med, Heb Inst (White Plains), Garment Center Cong; ldr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:AJYB, 73:636; NYTimes, May 181971,42:1. Tananbaum, Martin; b. Mt Vernon, NY, Jan 81916; d. NYC, Mar 241970. Fordham, Brooklyn Law. • Textile business exec, philanthropist; exec Yonkers Raceway; a fdr, benefactor Bar-Han; pres Garment Center Cong; bd JTS; interested in retarded children, City of Hope.· See: AJYB, -72 :546; NITimes, Mar 25 1970,47:1. Tanchester, David; b. Lodz, Oct 3 1896; d. NYC, Sep 61975. To US 1898, to NYC 1899.· DDS NYU.• Dentist, NYC; fdr, chiefMontefiore Hospital dental dept; faculty NYU, Columbia; officer professional orgs; author in field; military service.· See:AJYB, 77:600-01; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1975, 34:4. Tanenbaum, Jerome; b. NYC, Oct 171885; d. NYC, Nov 1947. AB Harvard. • Realtor, NYC; officer Heb Technical School for Girls. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Nov 1947, 17:4. Tanenbaum,Leon; b. ca 1860; d. NYC, Mar281923. Real estate operator, philanthropist, NYc. See:AJYB, 25:141; NYTimes, Mar 301923, 17:5. Tanenbaum, Moses; b. NYC, May 14 1858; d. Irvington, NY, Oct 1937. Insurance broker, NYC; active Republican politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct 111937,21:4. Tankel, Stanley B; b. Mt Vernon, NY, ca 1923; d. NYC, Mar 1968. Yale, BA, MA Harvard. • Home designer; dir Regiorial Plan Assn; active landmark preservation, parks, beautification. • See: NYTimes, Apr 11968,45:3. Tankus, Morris; b.*; d. Chicago, Mar 15 1938. Workmen's Circle ldr, communal worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB, 40:393. Tannen, Julius;b. Chicago, ca 1881; d. Hollywood, CA,Jan 1965. Actor, vaudeville & film monologist, Forest Hills, LI, Los Angeles; raised in Heb Orphan Asylum (NYC). • See: AJYB, 24:209; NITimes, Jan 51965,33:2.

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Page 1: T | The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish …media.americanjewisharchives.org/docs/concise/t.pdfT Tabachinsky, Benjamin;b. Bialystok, Mar 311895; d. Amityville, NY, Aug6 1967

TTabachinsky, Benjamin; b. Bialystok, Mar

311895; d. Amityville, NY, Aug 6 1967.To US 1938/1939. • Communal exec; memBialystok Municipal Council; exec dir JewishLabor Com; active cbmmunal education,Polish ORT, Jewish Socialist Bund;contribu­tor Yiddish press. • See:AJYB, 69:613;JTA­DNB, Aug 8 1967; NYTimes, Aug 8 1967, 39:2.

Tabachnik, Abraham Ber (Avrohom); b.Nizhne Olitchedayer, Podalia, Aug 2219011190211903; d. NYC, June 13 1970.

To NYC 1921. • Yiddish neo-impressionistpoet & essayist, critic, tchr; staffJewishTelegraphic Agency; co-editor Vogshol. • See:UJE; EJ; AJYB, 72:545; NYTimes, June 161970,47:3.

Tabak, Israel; b. Bukovina, Rumania, Dec 71904.

To US 1924. • RIETS, NYU, PhD candidateJohns Hopkins.· Rabbi, author, Baltimore;earlier NYC, Union City, N]; specialty:Hassidic literature & mysticism; natl officerMizrachi; officer Rabbinical Council ofAm. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEGAJ.

Tachau, William G; b. Louisville, Apr 271875; d.Jan 1969.

PhB Columbia, diplome Beaux Arts (paris). •Architect, author, NYC; bd Inst for DeafMutes. • See: AJYB, 24:208; WWIAJ, 1926,1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 191969,73:1.

Tachna, Max; b. NYC, Aug 15 1886.AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; memQueens School Bd; officer Am ZionistCommonwealth, Allied Civic League(Rockaways), Consumers League. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Taeubler, Eugen (Eugene); b. Gostyn,Poland, 1879; d. Cincinnati, Aug 131953.

To US 1938. • U Berlin. • Historian, classical& biblical scholar, Cincinnati; fdrGesamtarchiv der deutschenJuden; faculty UBerlin, U Zurich, U Heidelberg, Heb UnionCoIl; author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,56:572; NYTimes, Aug 141953,19:4.

Tager, Samuel W; b. ca 1890; d. July 231936.

Noveltymaker, Zionist worker, Holyoke, MA;military service. • See: AJYB, 39:598.

Taishoff, Isadore; b~ Minsk, 1891; d.Washington DC, Sep 111980.

To US 1908. • Newspaperman, WashingtonDC; assoc Forward; active Workmen's Circle,Yiddish Socialist Party, promoting Yiddishculture. • See:AJYB, 82:374.

Taishoff,Jerome; b. Russia, ca 1900; d.NYC, Dec 1964.

To Washington DC 1907. • Investment

banker, developer ofmica, philanthropist, artcollector, NYC; fdr Jerome TaishoffFound;governor LI U; officer Air Force HistoricalFound.· See: NYTimes, Dec 211964, 29:1.

Taishoff, SolJoseph; b. Minsk, Oct 81904;d. Aug 15 1982.

To Washington DC 1906. • Newspaperman,Washington DC; co-fdr Broadcasting Magazine;staff US Daily; bd WashingtonJournalismCenter.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Talalay, Joseph A; b. Russia, ca 1892; d.New Haven, Oct 1961.

To US 1940. • PhD U St Petersburg,engineering degree Imperial Inst ofTechnology (Moscow). • Rubber technologist,invented process to make latex foam;benefactor Haifa Technion; author in field. •See: NYTimes, Oct 17 1961, 39:3.

Talamo, Haskell; b. Worcester, Apr 151896; d. July 10 1938.

AB Clark, MD Harvard. • Pediatrician,communalldr, Worcester; bd Child GuidanceClinic; officer UnitedJewish Charities, NewEngland Conf ofJewish Social ServiceAgencies; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 41:432;WWIAJ,1938.

Talamo, Joseph; b. Worcester, Sep 3 1894.AB, MA Clark, Columbia, LLB Harvard. •Lawyer, Worcester; officerJewish CommunityCouncil, Zionist Org ofAm, bar assn,WarVeterans Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,1928,1938.

Talbot, Morris; b. Russia, July 22 1892.BS CCNY, St Lawrence U. • Lawyer, CPA,tchr, communal worker, NYC; worked withaliens for Bd of Education. • See: BEGAJ.

Talimer, Bernard; b. ca 1869; d. AtlanticCity, Aug 5 1938.

Newspaper exec; Philadelphia; earlier lawyer,realtor; with Philadelphia Ledger. • See: AJYB,41:432; NYTimes, Aug 6 1938, 13:4.

Talisman, Simon Z; b. ca 1881; d.Cleveland, Jan 15 1934.

Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 36:287.

Talmadge, Harry S; b. Philadelphia, 1872.Newspaper publisher, NYc.. See:AJYB,24:208.

Talmey, Max; b. Tauroggen, Russia, Aug23 1869; d. NYC, Nov 6 1941.

To US 1895.· MD U Munich.·Ophthalmologist, philologist, author, NYC;instructor & friend ofAlbert Einstein; inventorsurgical device; authority on cataract removal,Esperanto & other internatllanguages;popularized theory of relativity. • See: UJE;AJYB, 44:344; WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 71941,24:2.

Tamiris, Helen Becker; b. NYC, Apr 23/24190211903/1905; d. NYC, Aug 41966.

Dancer, choreographer, pioneer ofmoderndance; fdr School ofAm Dance; co-fdr DanceRepertory Theater; chief choreographerFederal Dance Theater; performer Salzburg

Festival. • See: EJ; NAW:modern; DAB, 8;NYTimes, Aug 5 1966, 31:1.

Tamkin, Hayward; b. Koretz, Russia, Sep121908.

To Boston 1912. • BS, LLB Boston.U. •Lawyer, Boston; dir Boston U Legal AidBureau; active Center for Adult Education,Curry School of Expression. • See: WWIAJ,1938.

Tananbaum, Alfred A; b. NYC, Mar 291909; d.NYC, May 171971.

Fordham Law. • Textile business exec; execYonkers Raceway; a fdr Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, Heb Inst (White Plains), GarmentCenter Cong; ldr Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies. • See:AJYB, 73:636; NYTimes,May 181971,42:1.

Tananbaum, Martin; b. Mt Vernon, NY,Jan 81916; d. NYC, Mar 241970.

Fordham, Brooklyn Law. • Textile businessexec, philanthropist; exec Yonkers Raceway; afdr, benefactor Bar-Han; pres Garment CenterCong; bdJTS; interested in retarded children,City ofHope.· See: AJYB, -72 :546; NITimes,Mar 25 1970,47:1.

Tanchester, David; b. Lodz, Oct 3 1896; d.NYC, Sep 61975.

To US 1898, to NYC 1899.· DDS NYU.•Dentist, NYC; fdr, chiefMontefiore Hospitaldental dept; faculty NYU, Columbia; officerprofessional orgs; author in field; militaryservice.· See:AJYB, 77:600-01; WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1975, 34:4.

Tanenbaum, Jerome; b. NYC, Oct 171885;d. NYC, Nov 1947.

AB Harvard. • Realtor, NYC; officer HebTechnical School for Girls. • See: WWIAJ,1938; NITimes, Nov ~ 1947, 17:4.

Tanenbaum,Leon; b. ca 1860; d. NYC,Mar281923.

Real estate operator, philanthropist, NYc. •See:AJYB, 25:141; NYTimes, Mar 301923,17:5.

Tanenbaum, Moses; b. NYC, May 14 1858;d. Irvington, NY, Oct 1937.

Insurance broker, NYC; active Republicanpolitics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Oct111937,21:4.

Tankel, Stanley B; b. Mt Vernon, NY, ca1923; d. NYC, Mar 1968.

Yale, BA, MA Harvard. • Home designer; dirRegiorial Plan Assn; active landmarkpreservation, parks, beautification. • See:NYTimes, Apr 11968,45:3.

Tankus, Morris; b.*; d. Chicago, Mar 151938.

Workmen's Circle ldr, communal worker,Chicago. • See: AJYB, 40:393.

Tannen, Julius;b. Chicago, ca 1881; d.Hollywood, CA,Jan 1965.

Actor, vaudeville & film monologist, ForestHills, LI, Los Angeles; raised in Heb OrphanAsylum (NYC). • See: AJYB, 24:209; NITimes,Jan 51965,33:2.

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Tannenbaum, Abner

Tannenbaum, Ahner; b. Shirwint, Russia,Mar 11848; d.]uly 1913.

To NYC 1887. • Yiddish & Reb journalist,translator, novelist, NYC; translated JulesVerne into Yiddish; contributor DerMorgenstern, Tageblatt. • See: A]YB, 6(1904­1905):200, 16(1914~1915):166; Eisenstadt, 53;NYTimes, July 20 1913, II 11:4.

Tannenbaum, Albert; b. Chicago; d. Sep 141980.

MD Rush Med School. • Physician, cancerspecialist, Chicago, La Jolla, CA; WWII memManhattan Project. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Tannenbaum, Frank; b. Austria, Mar 41893;d.~C, 1969.

To US 1905.· AB Columbia, New School,PhD Robert Brookings Grad School forPolitics & Economics. • Penologist,economist, author; newspaper correspondentMexico; research staff Inst of Economics(Washington DC); faculty Columbia;conducted surveys ofprisons, economics ofMexico. • See: UJE; WWL4.], 1926, 1928,1938; REOA]; NYTimes,June 2 1969,45:1.

Tannenbaum, Jacob; b. ca 1856; d. reportedOct 11937.

Pioneer Zionist, Hewlett, LI. • See: A]YB,40:393.

Tannenbaum, Morris; b. ca 1866; d.Brooldyn, July 271936.

Rabbi, Brooklyn; earlier chief rabbi Hungary. •See:A]YB,39:598.

Tannenbaum, Samuel Aaron; b. Hungary,May 11874; d. Oct 311948.

To US 1886.· CCNY, MD Columbia. •Psychotherapist; author/editor/bibliographerin field & English literature. • See: UJE;WWL4.], 1928, 1938; REOA]; WWWIA, 2;NITimes, Nov 11948, 23:3.

Tannenbaum, Samuel William; b. ~C,Mar 31890.

AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, copyrightconsult, NYC; advisor UNESCO; officer barassns; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Tannenbaum, Simon; b. ca 1873;d. Mar 11937.

Physician, NYC; with Health Dept; med dirSydenham Hospital. • See: A]YB, 39:598;NITimes, Mar 2 1937,21:3.

Tannenbaum, Wtlliam Marcus; b. Odessa,Nov271887.

To US 1892.· LLB Kent ColI of Law. •Lawyer, Chicago; active synagog. • See:WWL4.],1938.

Tanney, JosefAbeles; b. Wtlkes-Barre, Nov17 1896.

Business exec, NYC; pres Internatl TheatreAccessories Corp; officer YMHA, Soc for theAdvancement ofJudaism; WWI service. • See:WWL4.], 1938.

Tansman, Alexander (Alexandre); b. Lodz,1897.

In US 1941-1946. • Conservatories (Lodz,Warsaw). • Composer, pianist, conductor,

author; composed film music, US. • See:UJE;E].

Tanzer, Arnold; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Dec291911.

Assoc editor, The Nation, NYC. • See: A]YB,14(1912-1913):125.

Tanzer, Helen H; b. ~C, 1876; d. Dec1961.

Columbia, Am School of Classical Studies(Rome), PhD Johns Hopkins. • Archaeologist;faculty Hunter, Brooklyn ColI; honoraryattache, Belgian Embassy to US; author infield. • See: UJE; NITimes, Dec 24 1961, 36:6.

Tanzer, Laurence Arnold; b. ~C, Nov 261874; d. Rye, ~,July91963.

AB Harvard, LLB Columbia. • Constitutional,tax & corporate lawyer, NYC; a fdr CitizensUnion; exec com Natl Municipal League; bdJewish Family Service. • See: UJE; WWIA],1926,1928, 1938; WWWIA,4;NITime~July10 1963, 35:1.

Tapolslcy, Max; b. ca 1850; d. Pittsburgh,Nov 191917.

Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,20(1918-1919):231.

Tarachow, Sidney; b. Ekaterinoslav,Jan 61908; d. NYC, Dec 5 1965.

To US in childhood. • MD Marquette, MDColumbia. • Psychotherapist, psychoanalyst,cellist, IA, Brooklyn; faculty IA State,Downstate Med Center; officer med socs;authorleditorin field. • See:A]YB, 67:543-44;NITimes, Dec 6 1965,37:4.

Tarcher, Jack David; b. ~C,July31896;d. ~C, Sep 5 1960.

Advertising exec, NYC; mem publishing comCommentary; trustee J oint Distribution Com,Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:A]YB,63:562; WWWIA,4;NITimes, Sep 61960,33:6, correction, Sep 71960,41:2.

Taresky, Herman; b. ca 1831; d. ~C, Feb1922.

Rabbi, composer, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:103.

Tarica, Harry S; b. Island of Rhodes, Sep171888.

To US 1911. • Ecole Alliance IsraeliteUniverselle (Rhodes),. Agricultural School(Smyrna), PhC Am ColI of Chiropractic. •Chiropractor, Seattle; fdr Sephardic TalmudTorah; trustee Jewish Welfare Soc; officerprofessional assns.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Tarlau, Jacob; b. ca 1867; d. Flushing, NY,Oct 2 1942.

Rabbi, NYC; chaplain Peoples Synagogue ofEducational Alliance. • See: A]YB, 45:395;NITimes, Oct 4 1942, 52:2.

Tarrson, John Elias; b. Russia, June 111881.

To US 1890. • Wholesale tobacco jobber &importer, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Tarshish, Allan; b. Baltimore, Oct 12 1907;d.1982.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI, •

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Rabbi, Hazelton, PA; officer Anti-DefamationLeague; bd Anthracite Reciprocal TradeCommn, Community Chest, Salvation Army;active Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See:WWL4.],·1938; CCARYB.

Tarshish, Jacob; b. Kovno province, Dec 81892; d. White Plains, Dec 1960.

To US 1894.· AB U Cincinnati, Heb UnionColI, MA Lehigh, post-grad Columbia, OHState. • Rabbi, radio speaker, debater,Columbus, OH, NYC; exec bd ColumbusJewish Charities, Public Library, UrbanLeague; editorial staff OH]ewish Chronicle. •See: WWL4.], 1926,1938; NITimes, Dec 241960, 15:5.

Tarshish, Perez; b. Lithuania, ca 1869; d.Baltimore, Oct 18 1941.

Heb school tchr & principal, scholar,Baltimore; officer Mizrachi; lecturer onTalmud, Bible, Jewish education. • See:A]YB,44:345.

Tarski, Alfred; b. Warsaw, Jan 141902.To US 1939. • PhD U Warsaw; honorarydegree. • Logician; fdr logical semantics;faculty U Warsaw, U CA (Berkeley); author infield. • See: E]; WWWIA, 8.

Tart, Aaron B; b. Warsaw, Mar 311903; d.Staten Island, Oct 22 1951.

Lawyer, communalldr; officer Am ORT; UScoordinator for Economic CooperationAdmin Indo-China. • See:A]YB, 54:541; NITimes,Oct 23 1951,29:4.

Tartakoff, Joseph; b. Stoughton, MA, Jan171907; d.June 23 1974.

MD Tufts. • Physician, surgeon, Boston;faculty Tufts. • See: WWWIA, 6.

Tartakower, Arich; b. Brody, Poland, 1897.JD U Vienna. • Communal historian &sociologist, expert onJewish emigration; staffInst ofJewish Sciences (Warsaw); pres JewishEmigrant Aid Soc (Poland); author in field. •See: UJE.

Tash, Irving; b. ca 1909; d. WashingtonDC,July 3 1939.

Lawyer, communal worker, Washington DC;orgr AZA Or B'nai B'rith). • See:A]YB,42:484.

Tashman, Lilyan; b. ca 1900; d. ~C,Mar211934.

Movie actress, NYc. • See:A]YB, 36:287;NITimes, Mar 22 1934,21:4.

Tashrak; See Zevin, Israel Joseph.

Tassman, Isaac Samuel; b. Philadelphia, Jan10 1892; d. June 1966.

MD Medico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •Ophthalmologist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; NITimes, June 12 1966, 86:6.

Tatsch, J Gacob) Hugo; b. Milwaukee, Jan291888; d. London, July 171939.

G;eorge Washington, Army Finance School,Coe ColI (Cedar Rapids), Command &General Staff School, MA Atlantic U, D Litt

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Theosophical U (Point Lorna, CA). • Masonicauthor, banker, Spokane, Boston. • See:WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, July 19 1939, 19:3.

Tattlebaum, Jacob; b. ca 1830; d. Paterson,June 201913.

Cantor, journalist, Paterson. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):275.

Taub, Abraham; b. NYC, Sep 211901.NYU, BS, MA, PhG, PhCh Columbia. •Consult & research chemist, NYC; facultyColumbia; active revision of USPharmacopoeia; author in field. • See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.

Taub, Edward Allen; b. NYC, Nov 241907;d. Sep 30 1969.

Corrugated paper co exec, NY, NJ. • See:WWWIA,5.

Taub, Harry; b. Riga, Mar 15 1899; d.NYC, Dec 201945.

To US 1900. • PhG, PhCh, BSC, CoIl ofPharmacy (NYC), AM Columbia. •Pharmacologist, NYC; faculty Columbia; withNY Dept of Health; officer Bayside JewishCenter. • See:AJYB, 48:501; WWIAJ, 1928;NYTimes, Dec 211945, 22:2.

Taub, Mary Marcus (Mrs Isidor Taub); b.Kalvery, Lithuania, Nov 27 1884.

To US 1892. • Business school. • Communalldr, Flatbush, NY; officer Hadassah, Daughtersof Solomon Benevolent Soc; active Sisterhood.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Taub, Samuel]ames; b. Chicago, Nov 181894.

MD U IL, post-grad Cornell. • Allergist,Chicago; faculty Northwestern, Rush MedCoIl; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Taub, Siegfried; b. Moravia, ca 1876; d.NYC, May 1 1946.

To US 1941. • Statesman; officerCzechoslovakian parliament; ldr Anti-NaziSocialist Democratic Party (Sudetenland). •See: AJYB, 49:619; NYTimes, May 2 1946,21:4.

Taube, Mortimer;b. Jersey City, Dec 61910; d. Annapolis, Sep 3 1966.

Rutgers, U Chicago, Harvard, PhD U CA. •Librarian, documentalist, data techniquesspecialist; with Mills ColI, Rutgers, Duke,Library of Congress, Atomic Energy Commn,UNESCO; faculty Columbia. • See: WWWIA,4; NYTimes, Sep 7 1965, 39:4.

Taubenblatt, Sam; b. Memphis, Feb 261896.

LLB U Memphis. • Lawyer, acting countyjudge, Memphis; trustee synagog; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Taubenhaus, Carrie; b. NYC, Feb 171866.Communal worker, tchr, Brooklyn; active Nat!Council ofJewish Women, Sisterhood, LadiesAuxiliary, Heb Education Soc. • See: AJYB,7(1905-1906):108.

Taubenhaus, Godfrey; b. ca 1855; d.Brooklyn, June 11 1919.

Rabbi, author, Brooklyn. • See:AJYB, 22:168.

Taubenhaus, Jacob Joseph; b. Safed, Oct 201884; d. Bryan, TX, Dec 13 1937.

To US 1902. • Agricultural School (Palestine),Nat! Farm School, BS, MS Cornell, PhD UPA. • Plant pathologist; with DE ExperimentStation, TX Agricultural Experiment Station;faculty TX A&M; author in field. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:209,40:393; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Dec 151937,25:4.

Taubenhaus, Leon Jair; b. Newark, DE,Dec291912; d. Nov41973.

Rice, MD Tulane, MPH Harvard; honorarydegree. • Physician, university lecturer,Brookline, MA;assoc MA Dept of PublicHealth; active health groups; editor in field. •See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Nov 6 1973,40:3.

Taubenschlag, Raphael (Rafael); b. Galicia,1881; d. 1958.

To US ca 1940, to Poland 1947.·Papyrologist, legal historian; faculty UCracow, U Warsaw, New School, Columbia;fdr, editor Journal o/Juristic Papyrology; authorin field. • See: UJE; EJ.

Tauber, Elmore B; b. Cincinnati, May 41880; d. Cincinnati,June 211941.

Oxford, MD U Cincinnati. • Internationallyknown dermatologist, Cincinnati; faculty UCincinnati.· See:AJYB, 43:364; WWIAJ,1938.

Tauber, Maurice F; b. Norfolk, ca 1905; d.NYC, Sep 1980.

BS, M Ed Temple, BS Columbia, PhD UChicago. • Authority on library science,cataloguing, NYC; faculty Columbia; author infield. • See: NYTimes, Sep 26 1980.

Taubman, Herman P; b. ca 1892; d. Tulsa,Sep 141960.

Industrialist, communalldr, philanthropist;officer Am Com for Weizmann Inst, AmJewish Cong; nat! campaign cabinet UnitedJewish Appeal; nat! com Nat! Conf ofChristians & Jews. • See:AJYB, 63:562;NYTimes, Sep 16 1960,28:5.

Taubman, Howard; b. NYC, 1907.Cornell. • Music critic, author; with NITimes.• See: UJE.

Taubman, Tom; b. Cedar Falls, Apr 181865.

IA State Normal School. • Editor, publisher,US marshal, postmaster, mayor, Plankinton,SD; mem Democratic State Com. • See:WWWIA,4.

Taurog, Norman Rae; b. Chicago, Feb 231899; d. Apr 7 1981.

Actor, motion picture dir, Hollywood, CA;Oscar winner. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;WWWIA, 7.

Taussig, Albert Ernst; b. St Louis, May 61871.

AB Harvard, MD Washington U (St Louis),post-grad U Berlin. • Physician, physiologist,St Louis; faculty Washington U. • See:WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Taussig, William

Taussig, Charles William; b. NYC, Aug 91896; d. Bay Shore, NY, May 9/10 1948.

Sugar mfr, public servant, author, NYC; FDR"braintruster"; chr nacl advisory com, Nat!Youth Adm. • See: UJE;AJYB, 50:524;WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, May 111948,25:1.

Taussig, Edward David; b. St Louis, Nov 201847; d.Jan 291921.

US Naval Academy. • Rear admiral, US Navy;raised as Unitarian; Civil War service. • See:JE; EJ (sub Taussig); WWWIA, 1; NITimes,Jan 301921,22:4.

Taussig, Frances; b. Chicago, June 23 1883;d. NYC, Oct 211981.

Armour Inst, PhB U Chicago. • Social workexec, NYC; exec dir Jewish Social Service Assn,Jewish Family Services; officer Am Assn ofSocial Workers, Family Welfare Assn, Nat!Conf Social Service. • See: AJYB, 83 :363;WWIAJ, 1928,1938; WWWIA, 7.

Taussig, Francis Brewster; b. Yonkers, May2 1900; d. May 251970.

BS Harvard. • Publisher, NYC; exec GrolierPress; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5;NITimes, May 26 1970, 41:1.

Taussig, Frank William; b. St Louis, Dec28 1859; d. Cambridge, MA, Nov 111940.

Washington U (St Louis), AB, MA, LLB, PhDHarvard; honorary degrees. • Economist,public servant; chr US Tariff Commn; facultyHarvard; author/editor in field. • See: UJE; EJ;WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Nov 12 1940,23:1.

Taussig, FrederickJoseph; b. Brooklyn,Oct 26 1872; d. Bar Harbor, ME, Aug 211943.

AB Harvard, MD Washington U (St Louis),post-grad Vienna, Berlin. • Gynecologist, StLouis; faculty Washington U; a fdr Am ColI ofSurgeons; officer professional assns; activesupporter birth control. • See: UJE; DAB, 3;NITimes, Aug 23 1943, 15:4.

Taussig, GarfieldJoseph; b. St Louis, June271881.

Harvard. • Investment dealer, statistician,business exec, St Louis. • See: WWWIA, 7.

Taussig, Joseph Knefler; b. Dresden, Aug30 1877; d. Bethesda, Oct 29 1947.

US Naval Academy, Naval War ColI. • Viceadmiral, US Navy; involved in controversywith FDR, WWI; Spanish-Am War, WWI,WWII service; mem Unitarian church. • See:EJ (sub Taussig); AJYB, 24:208; DAB, 4;NITimes, Oct 301947,25:5.

Taussig, RudolphJulius; b. NYC, Feb 11861; d.Jan 241922.

CCNY. • Merchant, civic ldr, book collector,San Francisco; regent U CA; pres MechanicsInst; author on history. • See:AJYB, 24:103,209.

Taussig, William; b. Prague, Feb 281826;d. StLouis,July 101913.

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To NYC ca 1847. • U Prague, MD St LouisMed CoIl. • Physician, businessman, countyjudge, Internal Revenue collector, civic ldr, StLouis; pres Bd of Education; IdrEthicalCulture; distinguished himself during choleraepidemic; active liberal Republican politics. •See: A]YB, 16(1914-1915):166; WWWIA, 1;DAB; NITimes, July 111913,9:5.

Tavel, Henry; b. Cincinnati, Nov 51905; d.Houston, Apr 241969.

Reform rabbi, author, Houston; militarychaplain. • See: AlYB, 71 :610; NYTimes,Apr 281969,41:4, correction May 141969,47:3.

Tax, Morris Paul; b. ca 1883; d. Milwaukee,July 91936.

Zionist worker, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,39:598.

Tax, Sol;b. 1907.Anthropologist, Chicago; specialty; North AmIndians; faculty U Chicago; editor in field. •See:E].

Taxay,J Marshall; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 81903; d. Miami, 1976.

AB U Cincinnati, U Pittsburgh, U Chicago,Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, author, TerreHaute; officer Peace Soc, Soc for OrganizingCharity; bd Good Will Industries, Boy ScoutCouncil. • See: WWIA], 1938; CCARYB.

Taxon, Morris Nathan; b. Edwabna,Lomze, Poland, ca 1892; d. Memphis,Feb 241942. .

RIETS, CCNY, OH State, Omaha U. • Rabbi,communal fundraiser, Memphis; earlierColumbus, OH, Omaha, Dallas; pres TexasZionist Assn; bd Jewish Fedn for SocialServices (Dallas). • See: A]YB, 44:345;WWIA], 1926.

Taylor, Henry Keller; b. NYC, May 9 1894.MD NYU. • Physician, radiologist, NYC;faculty NYU, Columbia; officer professionalassns; author in field; WWI service. • See:UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Taylor, Maurice; b. "Wigan, England, June 11895; d. Pittsburgh, Apr 15 1955.

To Boston 1904. • AB, MA, PhD Harvard. •Social work exec, Pittsburgh; with dir Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Jewish Welfare Fedn(Columbus, OH),Jewish Family Welfare Assn(Boston); pres Natl Conf ofJewish SocialWelfare; author in field. • See:A]YB, 57:608;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3.

Taylor, Reuben; b. ca 1890; d. Hartford,May61939.

Communal worker, Zionist, Hartford. • See:A]YB, 41:432.

Tcherikower, Elias (Eliahu); b. Poltava,1881; d. Palenville, NY, Aug 281943.

To NYC 1915, to NYC 1940.· Art School(Odessa), U St Petersburg. • Historian; fdtYiddish Inst; co-fdr Ostjiidisches HistorischesArchives; active Jewish Cong movement; introuble for Socialist-Zionist, Social­Democratic activities; author in field. • See:E]; A]YB, 46:346.

Tcherikower, Rebecca (Mrs EliasTcherikower); b. Poltava, 1884; d. NYC,July71963.

To US 1940. • Archivist, Yiddish ·Inst. • See:E] (sub Tcherikower, Elias); A]YB, 65:438;NITimes, July 9 1963, 31:1.

Tchemowitz, Chaim (pseud=Rav Za'ir); b.Sebesh/Sebej, Vitebsk, Nov 25 1871; d.NYC, May 15 1949.

To NYC 1923. • U Berlin, U Halle, U Berne,ordained Berlin, PhD U Wiirzberg; honorarydegrees. • Talmudic scholar, Heb author,Zionist; fdr rabbinical seminary (Odessa);facultyJewish Inst of Religion; fdr, editorBitzaron. - See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 51:524;WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, May 16 1949,21:3.

Tchnerowitz, Samuel; b. 1880; d. 1929.Journalist, publicist, author; editor Hebmonthly Moznaim. • See: UJE (subTchnerowitz, Chaim).

Tedesche, Leon Greenfield; b. Cincinnati,Sep 281878; d. Apr 291956.

AB, MD U Cincinnati. • Physician,bacteriologist, Cincinnati; assoc Water Works,Med Milk Commn, Bd of Health (St Louis);faculty Eclectic Med CoIl, CoIl of DentalSurgery; officer Am Philately Soc; WWIservice. • See: A]YB, 24:209; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; NITimes,May 11956, 33:4.

Tedesche, Sidney Saul; b. Elmwood Place,OH, Apr 9 1890; d. Hollywood, FL, May181962.

AB U Cincinnati, BHL Heb Union CoIl, PhDYale, LLB StJohns. • Rabbi, author, NewHaven, Brooklyn; orgr Fedn of]ewishCharities (San Antonio); mem Com forUnemployed (Springfield, IL); bdCentralConf of Am Rabbis. • See: UJE; A]YB, 64:496;WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,8; NITimes, May 191962,27:3.

Teichman, Sabina; b. NYC.BA, MA Columbia.- Artist, NYC. • See:WWWIA,8.

Teichner, William Isaiah; b. Vienna, Jan 301895; d. Sep 1960.

To NYC 1913. • EE Brooklyn Polytech,CCNY, Heb Union CoIl Tchrs. • Engineer,NYC; assoc Bd ofTransportation. • See:WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Sep 6 1960, 35:1.

Teicholz, Bruce B; b. Rzeszow, Poland,1914.

To US 1952. • Businessman, communalworker; officer Zionist Org ofAm; activePolish Rescue Com, aiding camp survivors,ORT. - See: E]: 1973-1982.

Teiser, Sidney; b. Williamsburg, VA, Aug301882.

LLB UVA.· Lawyer, mfr, Portland, OR,Norfolk; commr OR uniform state laws; officerprofessional orgs, Wnai B'rith;exec com UVA.• See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.

Teitelbaum, Aaron; b. Jerusalem, Oct 101890; d. Aug 1950.

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To US 1912. • Rabbi, communalldr,Brooklyn, Jerusalem; an'orgr Central ReliefCom, Joint Distribution Com; secy Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; Joint Defense Comappointee to Hoover Near East Commn;officer Mizrachi; exec com Keren Hayesod. ­See: E]:1973-1982; WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes, Aug 17 1950,27:2.

Teitelbaum, Abraham; b. ca 1889; d. NYC,Oct 161947.

Yiddish actor, theatre & art critic, author. •See:A]YB, 50:524; NITimes, Oct 171947,21:3.

Teitelbaum, Isidor; b. Letnoba, Austria,Nov 15 1885/1887; d. Long Beach, LI,July 311968.

To NYC 1892. • Furniture merchant, author;business mgr of NY Secy of State; fdr, presNatl Citizens League for Economic Recovery;co-chr • United Palestine Appeal, JointDistribution Com; delegate World JewishCongo • See:A]YB, 70:526; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; NITimes, Aug 2 1968,33:4.

Teitelbaum, Joel; b. Sigut, Rumania, Jan 131887;d. NYC, Aug 191979.

To US 1946. • Ultra-Orthodox ldr, rabbi,educator, Brooklyn; fdr Satmar yeshivamovement (Rumania); ldr Satmar Hassidiccommunity (Brooklyn); pres CentralRabbinical Cong of the US & Canada. • See:A]YB,81:373.

Teitelbaum, Louis Jerome; b. NYC, June28 1891.

Spencerian Commercial School (Cleveland). •Automobile jobbing exec, Marion, OH; officerB'nai B'rith; dir NatlJewish Hospital; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Teitelbaum, Samuel; b. Felstzyn, Galicia,Apr 281901.

To US 1908. • Washington U (St Louis), ABHarvard, MHL, ordainedJewish Inst ofReligion. • Rabbi, Ft Smith, AR; fdr U ARHillel, ARJewish Assembly; active CentralConf ofAm Rabbis. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Teitlebaum, Leib; b. ca 1887; d. NYC, Feb261941.

Rabbi, Bronx.· See:A]YB, 43:364.

Teitlebaum, Marcus; b. ca 1849; d. NYC,Sep 161914.

Merchant, Nashville.· See:A]YB, 17(1915­1916):223.

Teitlebaum,. Simcha A; b. Jerusalem, 1931;d. NYC, Aug 13 1975.

To US 1947.· Rabbi, educator; fdr, deanYeshiva High School (Queens); principal HillelAcademy (Pittsburgh); bd Samuel A FryerEducational Research Found, N atl Assn ofHeb Day Schools. • See: A]YB, 77:601;NITimes, Aug 15 1975,38:1.

Teitz, Pinchas Mordecai; b. Riga, 1908.To US 1934. • Rabbi, newspaper editor, radiolecturer, Latvia, Elizabeth; ldr UnitedOrthodox Community; officer Union ofOrthodox Rabbis. • See: E].

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Tekulski, Carrie G; b. Syracuse, ca 1863; d.NYC, Jan 301943.

Communal worker, NYC; a fdr Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; dir Home of the Daughters ofIsrael, Heb Convalescent Home. • See: A]YB,45:395; NITimes, Feb 11943, 15:5.

Tell, Jack; b. NYC, Sep 291909; d. LasVegas, Aug 261979.

Publisher, editor, Las Vegas; fdr Las VegasIsraelite; earlier with Billboard, NITimes. • See:A]YB, 81:376.

Teller, AlbertJ; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 1911.Communal worker, bookkeeper, debater,NYC; active YMHA, youth work. • See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):138; NITimes, Mar 16 1911,9:3.

Teller, Benjamin Franklin; b. Philadelphia,1853; d. Frankfurt, July 15 1904.

Realtor, communalldr, Philadelphia; presJewish Exponent Publishing Co; officer JewishFoster Home, Jewish Maternity Hospital Assn,synagog.· See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):374.

Teller, David; b. ca 1824; d. Philadelphia,Oct 10 1905.

Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,8(1906-1907):224.

Teller, Edward; b. Budapest, 1908.To US 1935. • Controversial nuclear physicist;faculty Washington U (St Louis), U CA(Berkeley); with Manhattan project; dirLivermore Laboratories. • See: E]:1973-1982.

Teller, Judd L; b. Tamopol, Poland, May 51912; d. NYC, May 3 1972.

To US 1921. • Communal org ldr, author;with Inst for Policy Planning & Research(Synagogue Council ofAm), B'nai B'rith,Jewish Agency for Palestine; officer WorldZionist Org, Conf of Presidents ofMajorJewish Orgs. • See: A]YB, 74:560; NITimes,May 5 1972,44:2.

Teller, Ludwig; b. NYC,June 221911; d.NYC, Oct 4 1965.

LLB, LLM, JSD NYU. • Congressman,legislator, lawyer, author; faculty NY Law; presCentral Library for the Blind (Israel); consultLabor Relations Bd, War Dept;.WWII service.• See:A]YB, 67:544; WWWIA,4.

Teller, Michael; b.*; d. Philadelphia, Dec25 1914.

Civil War veteran, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,17(1915-1916):223.

Teller, Morris; b. Gorlice, Austria, Aug 21890; d. Chicago, Nov 26 1966.

To US 1896/1897. • Central High School(Philadelphia), Gratz, BS U PA, ordainedJTS,Dropsie, U Chicago. • Rabbi, communalldr,Chicago; earlier Tulsa; contributing editorJewish Monitor (Dallas); delegate Am JewishCongo • See: A]YB, 68:534; WWIA], 1928,1938;NITimes, Nov281966, 39:5.

Teller, Oscar B; b. Philadelphia, Nov 101860; d. Philadelphia, July 26 1919.

Central High School (Philadelphia), LLB UPA. • Lawyer, communalworker, Philadelphia;officer Mt Sinai Cemetery Assn; bd Dropsie;

active Alliance Israelite Universelle. • See:A]YB, 22:168; PA]HS, 28:310-311.

Teller, Sidney A; b. Chicago, Apr 41883.Armour Inst, Chicago School of Civics &Philosophy. • Social work admr, writer,Pittsburgh; with Stanford Park, Irene .Kaufmann Settlement, Farm Assn; officer NatlPlant, Flower & Fruit Guild; bd Heb FreeLoan, Jewish Big Bros, Citizens League, Confon Immigration Policy; advisor Urban League.• See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA, 7.

Teller, William H; b. Philadelphia, 1867.Surgeon, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 24:208.

Telsey, Samuel Abraham; b. Warsaw, Feb13 1881;d. Port Chester, NY, July 291960.

To NYC 1883. • AB, LLB Columbia. •Lawyer, banker, NYC; officer Heb ImmigrantAid Soc; dir Heb Education Soc; trusteeBrooklynJewish Center. • See:A]YB, 63:562;WWIA], 1938; NITimes, July 301960, 17:4.

Telson, David; b. NYC,July 271895.Yale, MD NYU. • Orthopedist, NYC,Brooklyn; radio talks about care of crippledchildren; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Telushkin, Nissen; b. Bobruisk, Minsk,Nov 16 1880IJan 3 1882; d. Brooklyn,Mar 281970.

To US 1924. • Orthodox rabbi, scholar,Halakhic authority, Brooklyn; withLubavitcher movement; editor Halakha,Hamesilah; exec com Union of OrthodoxRabbis; officer Mizrachi. • See: A]YB, 72:546;WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Apr 3 1970,37:4.

Temin, Annette (Mrs Henry Temin); b.NYC, Apr 8 1908.

AB Wellesley, MA U PA. • Communalworker, Philadelphia; pres Heb Sunday SchoolSociety; dir clearing house for womenvolunteers Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:WWIA],1938.

Temkin, Ascher Mark; b. Chicago, Feb 91938; d. Nov 23 1982.

MusB Northwestern, MusM.Butler. • Violist,symphony conductor; fdr NY FestivalAdvanced Conductor Training Program;faculty SUNY (Brockport); music dirBrockport Symphony, NY Festival Symphony.• See: WWWIA, 8.

Temkin, Samuel; b. near Lubitch, Russia,Nov 191897; d. 1963.

To US 1904. • Brown, LLB Georgetown U. •Lawyer, Providence; mem RIJudicial Council;officer Miriam Hospital; trustee Brown. • See:WWWIA,·4.

Tendler, Isaac; b. Kaminitzer, Lithuania,Dec 1895; d. Suffern, NY, Mar 71980.

To US 1919. • Rabbi, NYC; tchr RabbiJacobJoseph School; active Union of OrthodoxRabbis. • See:A]YB, 82:374.

Tendler, Lew; b. Philadelphia, Sep 281898;d. Nov 1970.

Tepp, Louis Eugene

Boxer, realtor, restaurateur, Philadelphia;fought for world lightweight title; labor scoutWWI.· See: WWIA], 1938;NITimes, Nov 81970,86:1.

Tendler, Moses D; b. 1926.RIETS. • Rabbi, bacteriologist, Monsey, NY;co-discoverer of anthromycin; faculty YeshivaU; pres Assn of OrthodoxJewish Scientists~ •See:E].

Tenenbaum, Joseph L; b. Sasov/Sassow,Poland, May 22 1887; d. Brooklyn, Dec101961.

To US 1920. • U Vienna, MD U Lemberg,post-grad Paris, Vienna, Budapest. • Urologist,communal, Zionist & anti-Nazi ldr, author,NYC; faculty Columbia; officer Am JewishCong, WorldJewish Cong; mem Council ofJewish Minority Rights (Geneva); delegateParis Peace Conf; WWI Austrian army service.• See:E];A]YB, 64:496; WWIA], 1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Dec 11 1961,31:2.

Tenenbaum, Joshua (Shia); b. near Lublin,1910.

To US 1934. • Yiddish writer, poet,memoirist. • See: E].

Tenny, Jacob Legion; b. Chicago, Sep 161893.

LLB Kent ColI of Law. • Lawyer, expert onnaturalization, Chicago; chr Service MensCampaign Com; author in field; WWI service.• See: WWIA], 1938.

Tenzer, Herbert; b. NYC, Nov 11905.LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; pres YeshivaTalmud Torah; active University Settlement. •See:BEOA].

Tepfer, John Jay; b. London, Mar 251898.To US 1921. • AB U London, MA U PA,MHL, ordained Jewish Inst of Religion. •Rabbi, author, NYC; earlier Selma, AL,Scranton; faculty Jewish Inst of Religion, HebUnion ColI; editor Jewish Instructors Quarterly;active Central Conf ofAm Rabbis. • See:WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Tepfer, Samuel; b. ca 1856; d. Brooklyn,July 25 1913.

Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):166.

Teplitz, Abraham Joseph; b. Boston, Feb13 1901.

BS U KS. • Research chemist, Pittsburgh; withMellon Inst, Gulf Research & DevelopmentCo. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Teplitz, Israel B; b. ca 1899; d.Philadelphia, Jan 51940.

Yiddish journalist & editor, Philadelphia. •See:A]YB, 42:484.

Teplitz, Israel Selig; b. Kovno, 1848.To Duluth, MN 1908. • Rabbi, merchant,Russia, Duluth, MN. • See: Gottlieb, 299.

Tepp, Louis Eugene; b. Brooklyn, Feb 221892.

NYU, NYU Law. • Newspaper publisher,

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White Plains; orgr Elmsford Relief Com;district chr Nad Recovery Adm; officerDemocratic County Com; exec com Boy ScoutCouncil; military service. • See: WWIA], 1938;BEOA].

Tepper, Abram Samuel; b. Philadelphia,Jan 13 1892; d. Apr 1959.

Pediatrician, Far Rockaway; with HebKindergarten & Infants Home; officer medsoc, Am Legion; active Boy Scouts; WWIservice. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 151959,33:4.

Tepper, Joseph L; b. Sep 1 188t.Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School, LLBGeorgetown U. • Lawyer, banker, author,Washington DC; officer United Heb ReliefAssn, Jewish Fed Societies; exec com AmJewish Cong.· See: WWIA], 1926,1928.

Tepper, Joseph Meir; b. Meseritz, Russia,Feb 281886.

To US 1926. • School of Fine Arts (Odessa),Beaux Arts (Paris). • Portrait & landscapepainter, Boston. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938.

Tepper, Jules Edward; b. Brooklyn, June 71894; d. Dec 1972.

LLB NJ Law.· Lawyer, corp counsel, Newark;commr County Bd ofTaxation; dir Conf ofJewish Charities; active Veterans of ForeignWars, Jewish War Veterans; WWI service. •See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Dec 201972,46:3.

Tepper, Kolya; b. Odessa?, 1879; d. after1925.

In US 1907-1917. • Yiddish author, translator;influenced Di Yunge movement; known fordebate about Zionism. • See: E].

Tepper, Saul; b. NYC, Dec 25 1899.Illustrator, NYC; with Saturday Evening Post,Colliers; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Terrrerr, Jacob Halevi; b. Russia, Oct 301851; d. NYC, Oct 30 1935.

To NYC 1890. • Yiddish playwright,litterateur, NYc. • See: A]YB, 38:436;Eisenstadt, 54-55.

Terte, Ben; b. Kansas City, Feb 1 189l.LLB Kansas City School of Law. • Lawyer,circuit court judge, Jackson County, MO; bdYMHA.• See: WWIA], 1928.

Teschner, Jacob; b. NYC, 1858; d. NYC,1927.

MD Columbia. • Orthopedic surgeon, pioneerin orthopedic procedures, cardiac treatment,endrocrinology; faculty West Side School ofClinical Med; author in field. • See: UJE.

TetehDan, Alan Stephen; b. NYC, May 91936; d. Sep 25 1978.

Yale, PhD Yale. • Engineering consult, LosAngeles; faculty UCLA; mem Nad MaterialsAdvisory Bd; officer professional org. • See:WWWIA., 7.

Tetelman, Louis L; b. NYC, Oct 31 1894;d.Aug 1952.

EE Cooper Union, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,engineer; with NY Public Service Commn, USNavy. • See: WWIA], 1926; NYTimes, Aug 261952,25:4.

Thal, Aaron; b. ca 1843; d. Dayton, OH,Aug241918.

Rabbi, Dayton, OH. • See:A]YB, 21:207.

Thal, Max; b. Austria, 1905; d. NYC, Dec1964.

To US ca 1922. • Knitting mill owner,industry ldr; pres Inst of Retarded Children ofthe Shield of David; active Travelers Aid. •See: NYTimes, Dec 18 1964,33:4.

Thalberg, Irving Grant; b. Brooklyn, May30 1899; d. Santa Monica, CA, Sep 141936.

Motion picture producer, exec; "The GoodEarth." • See: UJE;E]; A]YB, 39:598;WWIA], 1928; BEOA]; WWWIA., 4; DAB, 2;NYTimes, Sep 15 1936,29:3.

Thalberg, Marian; b. Russia, 1877.Pianist, Cincinnati. • See: A]YB, 24:208.

Thaler, Seymour R; b. Bronx, Aug 311919;d. Forest Hills, NY, Feb 1976.

Brooklyn ColI, Brooklyn Law. • Legislator,art collector & gallery owner, NY; opponentof mismanagement; found guilty of stockconspiracy. • See: NYTimes, Feb 61976,32:3.

Thalheimer, Alvin; b. Baltimore, July 13/181894; d. Baltimore, July 91965.

Baltimore City ColI, AB Harvard, PhD JohnsHopkins. • Business exec, philanthropist, civic& conmmunalldr, author, Baltimore; chr MDWelfare Bd; pres Bd ofJewish Education; bdHeb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: A]YB, 67:544;WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 4; NYTimes,July 101965,25:4.

Thalheimer, Fanny B; b. Baltimore, Jan 121895; d. Baltimore, May 281957.

Civic ldr, communal worker, Baltimore; memMD Bd of Education; active JewishEducational Alliance, Assn ofJewish Charities.• See:A]YB, 59:477.

Thalheimer, Gates; b. Syracuse, Aug 1185l.

Ames Business CoIL • City official, wholesalegrocer, Syracuse; officer synagog, trade assn;dir Chamber of Commerce, United JewishCharities. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-1906):108-9;WWIA],1928.

Thalhimer, Morton Gustavus; b.Richmond, Oct 171888/1889.

Wharton. • Realtor, theatre operator,Richmond; officer trade assns, synagogendowment fund; author in field; WWIservice.· See: WWJA], 1928,1938.

Thalmann, Ernst; b. Mannheim, June 91851; d. Feb 26 1912.

To US 1867. • Internad banker, communal &civic philanthropist, NYC; assocd with majorGerman banks; trustee Heb Orphans Home. •See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):126;NYTimes, Feb27 1912,9:2.

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Thalmessinger, Meyer; b. Wiirttemberg,1829; d. Kaaterskill, NY, Apr 1906.

To US ca 1849. • Merchant, banker, pioneerUS lithography business, NYC; bd parkcommn; a fdr Maimonides Library, Home forAged & Infirm. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 281906,11:6.

Thalsheimer, Henry; b. ca 1853; d. NewOrleans, Nov 171912.

Merchant, New Orleans. • See: A]YB,15(1913-1914):275.

Thanhouser, Samuel; b.*; d. Milwaukee,Nov 171911.

US Land Agent, Milwaukee. • See: A]YB,14(1912-1913):125.

Thanhouser, Solomon; b. ca 1836; d.Philadelphia, Apr 23 1933.

Importer, mfr, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,35:129.

Thannhauser, SiegfriedJosef; b. Munich,June 281885; d. Dec 181962.

To US 1934. • MD, PhD U Munich; honorarydegree. • Physician; faculty U Munich, UHeidelberg, U Freiburg, Tufts; author in field.• See: WWWIA., 4.

Thau, Sigmund; b. Zoblotow, Galicia, Mar13 1877; d. May 1946.

To US 1898. • Merchant, communal worker; afdr Fedn of Galician & BukowinianJews ofAm; fundraiser to aid Galician Jewish refugees;active Am Jewish Cong.· See: WWIA], 1926;NYTimes, May 27 1946, 23:5.

Thieberg, Joseph; b. Lodz, Mar 11902.To Paterson 1907. • BS, LLB NYU, CPA. •Accountant, Paterson, NYC; specialty:investing public money; auditor NJ WaterCommn; active professional assn, synagog. •See: WWJA], 1938.

Thomashefsky, Bessie Baumfield-Kaufman(Mrs Boris Thomashefsky); b. Tarastche,Ukraine, 1873; d. Hollywood, CA, July 61962.

To US 1883. • Yiddish actress, theatreproducer, NYC, Hollywood, CA. • See: UJE(sub Thomashefsky, Boris); E] (subThomashefsky, Boris);A]YB, 65:438;NYTimes, July 8 1962,65:2.

Thomashefsky, Boris/Bores (BorachAaron); b. Kiev, May 30 1866/May 121868; d. NYC,July91939.

To US 1881. • Noted theatre actor/mgr, stagedir, Yiddish theatre pioneer in US, NYC;autobiography. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,6(1904-1905):200-01,24:209,42:484; WWJA],1926, 1928; NYTimes, July 10 1939, 19:3.

Thomashefsky, Max; b. ca 1872; d. NYC,July 24 1932.

Theatrical producer, NYC. • See: A]YB,35:130.

Thomashefsky, Pincus; b. TaIna, Ukraine,1842; d. Fallsburg, NY, 1914.

To US 1881. • Yiddish playwright, actor; memAm Olam; father of Boris Thomashefsky. •See: UJE. • *See Tomaschefsky, Philip.

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Thon, Joseph; b. Zurawno, Poland, 1898?;d. NYC, Jan 1959.

To US 1941.,· Chemist, Zionist ldr, educator,author; officer Zionist Org ofAm, GeneralZionist Org (poland); dir Geneva Office forRefugees; contributing editor UJE. • See: UJE;NYTimes,Jan 91959, 27:3.

Thorek, Max; b. Hungary, Mar 10 1880; d.Chicago, Jan 251960.

To US 1900.· MD RushMed ColI; honorarydegree. • Surgeon, pioneer endrocrinologist,Chicago; fdr Internatl ColI of Surgeons; facultyCook County Grad School ofMed, Loyola,Michael Reese; author/editor in field;autobiography. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6;NYTimes, Jan 27 1960.

Thorman, Blanche Stein; b. Philadelphia,Apr 31882.

Philadelphia Normal School. • Communalworker, NYC; orgr Service Center; activeHarlem Fedn, Jewish Vacation Assn. • See:WWIA], 1938.

Thome, Ahrne; b. Lodz, Dec 26 1904; d.NYC, Dec 13 1985.

To US 1940. • Author, editor, translator ofYiddish, English, French, German, anarchist,NYC; editor Freie Arbeiter Stimme. • See:A]YB,87:444.

Thorner, Henry; b. ca 1831; d. Toledo,June 61911.

Civil War veteran, Toledo. • See: A]YB,13(1911-1912):138.

Thorner, Maurice; b. NYC, ca 1874; d.Jersey City, May 61943.

Rabbi, Jersey City; officer Natl Assn of ReformRabbis. • See:AJYB, 45:395.

Threlkeld, C H; b.*; d. Memphis, Mar 211916.

Educator, Memphis. • See: A]YB, 18(1916­1917):111.

Thumin, Joseph; b. Wielkieoczy, Austria,Jan 141878.

To US 1914. • Orthodox rabbi, Detroit;established orgs for study ofTalmud, Jewishlore.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.

Thurman, Aaron; b. Boston, Nov 161897;d. Mar 211974;

MD Harvard. • Physician, surgeon, Boston;faculty Tufts; pres Big Brother Assn. • See:WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 6.

Thurman, Archie I; b. Worcester, Nov 61894; d. NYC, Aug 141973.

Business exec, NYC; officerJewish EducationCom, synagog. • See: A]YB, 75:657.

Thurman, Israel Noah; b. Sosnitsa, Russia,Apr 19 1884; d. Bronx, Dec 111982.

To US 1892.· AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,communalldr, NYC; a fdr Intercoll MensAssn, Jewish Inst of Religion, Free Synagogue;pres Bd ofEducation (Long Beach, LI); officerAm Jewish Congo • See:A]YB, 84:340-341;WWIAJ,1938.

Thurman, Mordecai Manuel; b. Toledo,May 171908.

AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •Rabbi, Wilmington, DE; officer B'nai B'rith. •See: WWIA], 1938.

Thurman, Samuel; b. Tchernigov, Russia,Oct 241882; d. 1963.

Harvard, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,St Louis; contributor local press. • See:WWIA], 1928; CCARYB.

Tick, Irving;b. 1904?;d.Brooklyn,AprI31951.

Lawyer, asst US atty; trustee Union ofOrthodoxJewish Congregations. • See: A]YB,53:526; NYTimes, Apr 141951,15:5.

Tiefeld, Sarah (Mrs); b.*; d. Newark, Dec191938.

Communal worker, Newark. • See: A]YB,41:432.

Tieger, Pincus; b. ca 1869; d. Elizabeth,Nov 161934.

Authority on Heb, bibiliophile, Elizabeth. •See:A]YB, 37:262.

Tiep, William; b. Russia, Sep 15 1884.Philanthropist, Cedar Rapids; pres JewishPhilanthropies; officer B'nai B'rith, synagog;natl dir Ex-Patients Tubercular Home. • See:WWIA], 1928.

Tierkel, David B; b. Russia; d. Philadelphia,May281948.

To US ca 1895. • Heb scholar, Zionist, author;contributor Yiddish weeklies, The Day;collector talmudic & post-talmudic literature.• See: A]YB, 50:524; NYTimes, May 30 1948,35:1.

Tietz, Esther Bogen (Mrs Julius B Tietz);b. Woodbine, N], Mar 61901.

MD, MS, PhD U Cincinnati.· Physician,Cincinnati; author in field. • See: WWIA],1938.

Tietz, Julius Bernhardt; b. Cincinnati, June12 1900.

AB Earlham, LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer,Cincinnati; mem Bd of Education (Madeira,OH); orgr Rural Taxpayers Fedn, State Assn ofBds of Education. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Tietze, Hans; b. Praha, Austria, 1880; d.Apr 1954.

To US 1938. • UVienna. • Art historian; withInst of the History of Fine Arts, U Vienna,Zentralkommission flir Denkmalpflege,Library of the Metropolitan Museum ofArt;author in field. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Apr 131954,31:4.

Tietzer, Aaron; b.*; d. Baltimore, Dec 191941.

Rabbi, Baltimore. • See: A]YB, 44:345.

Tilzer, Harry Von; see Von Tilzer, Harry.

Tim, Louis B; b. Troy, NY, July 6 1878; d.Jan 1954.

Banker, NYC; with Salomon Bros; dir Heb

Tishman, Charles

Orphan Asylum, Corner House. • See:WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Jan 111954,25:2.

Tintner, Benjamin Abner; b. Newark, June71881/1884; d.Jan 1959.

AB, MA, PhD Columbia, ordained JTS. •Rabbi, author, NYC; natl officer ReserveOfficers Assn; officer NY Bd ofJewishMinisters, Assn of Reform Rabbis ofNY;WWIJ ewish Welfare Bd, US MilitaryAcademy, US Marine Academy chaplain.•'See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 121959,39:3.

Tintner, Moritz; b. Austerlitz, Moravia.PhD U Munich. • Rabbi, NYC; earlierEurope, Brooklyn, Cleveland; authority onTalmud. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):103.

Tisch, AbrahamAl; b. NYC, ca 1897; d.Houston, 1960.

Hotel chain exec, NYC; all-Am basketballplayer. • See: NYTimes, Feb 3 1960, 33:3.

Tisch, Lawrence Alan; b. N], Mar 51923.NYU, MA Wharton, MBA Harvard. • Hotel,theatre chain exec, NYC. • See: NYTimes story,Sep 6 1968; see also Feb 3 1960,33:3 (subTisch, Abraham AI).

Tischler, F (Fishel) Wtlliam; b. NYC, Nov61890.

CCNY. • Merchant, NYC; mem GrandJury;exec com Grand Jurors Assn; bd B'nai B'rithHome for Aged; active Republican politics,Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Tischler,James Eugene; b. Hajdu,Szoboszlo, Hungary, Nov 20 1886.

To NYC 1895. • Internatl Business ColI (FtWayne). • Railroad specialist, agent, NYC;pres Young Petofi Sick & Benevolent Society;active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies. • See:WWIA],1938.

Tischler,Victor;b.Vienna, 1890; d. Feb1951.

To US 1941. • Academy of Fine Arts (Vienna).• Artist; works removed from Germanmuseums.· See: UJE; NYTimes, Feb 271951,28:2.

Tischler, William; b. Syobosylo, Hungary,Dec 15 1883.

Communal worker, Bridgeport, CT; officerUnited Jewish Campaign; dir Talmud Torah. •See: WWIA], 1928.

Tishler, Harold; b. Odessa, Dec 15 1895.To NYC 1913. • Ecole d'Art (paris), NatlAcademy of Design, Leonardo Da VinciSchool ofArt, Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna). •Craftsman, potter, artist, metal worker,enameler, NYC; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Tishman, Charles; b. Poland, Sep 15 1884;d. NYC, Nov 111967.

To US as boy. • Realtor, philanthropist, NYC;fdr Beth Abraham Hospital; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, United Jewish Appeal,East Side Heb Inst. • See:A]YB, 69:613;NYTimes, Nov 13 1967,47:3.

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Tishman, David; h. NYC, Apr 22 1889.LLB, LLM NYU; honorary degree. • BIdr,NYC; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies,Jewish Communal Survey ofNYC,professional assn. • See: WWIA], 1928(addenda), 1938; WWWIA, 8.

Tishman, Jack A; b. NYC, ca 1900; d. NYC,Apr 1966.

MIT. • Real estate developer, philatelist, artcollector, Queens. • See: NITimes, Apr 211966,40:1.

Tishman, Julius; b. ca 1864; d. Miami,Jan 91935.

Realtor, communal worker, NYC. • See:A]YB, 37:262.

Tishman, Nonnan; b. NYC, Jan 81902; d.NYC, Feb 271967.

Harvard. • Realtor, business exec, civic ldr,philanthropist, NYC, Los Angeles; bd Anti­Defamation League; active Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies, United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 69:613; NITimes, Feb 28 1967,37:1.

Tishman, Phyllis; b. ca 1920; d.July 1985.Philanthropist, NYC; ldr Fedn ofJewishPhilanthropies; bd Council ofJewish Fedns. •See: ]TA-DNB, July 30 1985.

Tobani, Theodore Moses; b. Hamburg,May 2 1855; d. Jackson Heights, NY,Dec 121933.

To NYC as child, again in 1870. • Violinist,composer, NYC; "Hearts and Flowers."· See:DAB; NITimes, Dec 13 1933,23:3.

Tobenkin, Elias; b. Slutsk, Feb 10 1882; d.NYC, Oct 19/20 1963.

To US 1899. • BA, MA U WI, New School. •Journalist, writer, expert on Russia, Hollis, NY;with Chicago Tribune, NY Evening Post;Tobenkin Collections on 20th century politicalmovements, U TX; WWI mem US Com onPublic Information. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:209,65:438; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEGA];WWWIA, 4; NITimes, Oct 211963,31:3.

Tobias, Abraham; b. Charleston, SC, July30 1793; d. Charleston, SC, June 261856.

Businessman, auctioneer, commissionmerchant, accountant, Commr ofPilotage,Charleston, SCi mem City Bd of Health;supporter States Rights, John C Calhoun;trustee synagog. • See: E]; BDEA].

Tobias, Charles; b. NYC, Aug 15 1897; d.Manhasset, July 1970.

Author, composer, NYC; a fdr Am Guild ofAuthors & Composers; "Lazy, Hazy, CrazyDays of Summer"; active professional socs. •See: WWIA], 1928; NITimes, July 8 1970,43:2.

Tobias, George; h. NYC, ca 1898; d.Hollywood, CA, Feb 1980.

Character actor, stage, screen, & television. •See: NITimes, Feb 29 1980.

Tobias, Harry; b~ NYC, Sep 191895.Songwriter, Hollywood, CA; "I'll Have the

Last Waltz with Mother." • See: WWIA],1938.

Tobias, Joseph; b. 1684; d. Charlestown,SC, Jan 29 1761.

Colonial South Carolinian; naturalized 1741;Spanish interpreter; fdr, parnas Beth Elohim. •See: E]; PA]HS, 49:33-38; BDEA].

Tobias, Michel; b. ca 1865; d.Donaldsonville, LA, May 61910.

Alderman, Donaldsonville, LA. • See: A]YB,12(1910-1911):111.

Tobias, Nettie; b. ca 1873; d. NYC, July 31933.

Yiddish actress, NYC. • See:A]YB, 36:287.

Tobias, Nonnan; b. Elmira, NY, June 261898; d. May 81974.

MD NYU. • Physician, St Louis; faculty StLouis U.· See: WWWIA, 6.

Tobias, Philip; b. Posen, ca 1836; d. Nov1913.

To US 1851.· Merchant, Galveston, NYC;Confederate veteran. • See: A]YB, 16(1914­1915):166; NYTimes, Nov 291913,13:5.

Tobias, Thomas Jefferson; b. Charleston,SC, Nov 12 1906; d. Aug 311970.

ColI of Charleston; honorary degree. •Journalist, merchandise broker, communalhistorian, Charleston, SC. • See: A]HQ,60:304-305.

Tobolsky, Arthur Victor; b. NYC, May 161919; d. Sep 71972.

BA Columbia, PhD Princeton. • Chemist,Princeton; faculty Princeton; author in field. •See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 81972,27:1.

Tobriner, Mathew Oscar; b. San Francisco,Apr 2 1904; d. San Francisco, Apr 1982.

AB, MA Stanford, LLB Harvard, SJD U CA. •Lawyer, CA supreme court judge, liberaljudicial activist, San Francisco; chief atty Officeof Solicitor, US Dept ofAgriculture. • See:WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 91982, 16:1.

Tobriner, Mel; b. ca 1875; d. Oakland,reported Nov 25 1938.

Civic worker, Oakland. • See:A]YB, 41:432.

Toch, Dora Magnus (Mrs Henry M Toch);b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Mar261937.

Communal worker, NYC; active YMHA,Union ofAm Heb Congregations, Nat!Council ofJewish Women, synagog. • See:A]YB, 39:598; NYTimes, Mar 28 1937, II 8:7.

Toch, Ernst; b. Vienna, Dec 7 1887; d. Oct11964.

To US 1934. • U Vienna, PhD U Heidelberg;honorary degree. • Noted composer, "Cantataof the Bitter Herbs"; WWI Austrian armyservice.· See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938;WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Oct 2 1964, 37:1.

Toch, Henry M; b. Aug 41862; d.July 21933.

CCNY, Cooper Inst. • Exec, paint mfr, civic &communal worker, NYC; officer synagog;active Union ofAm Heb Congregations. • See:

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A]YB, 36:287; WWIA], J 928; NYTimes, July 31933,11:1.

Toch, Maximilian; b. NYC, July 171864; d.NYC, May 26/28 1946.

BS NYU/Columbia, LLB NYU, Chem ECooper Union; honorary degrees. • Chemist,camouflage specialist, author, NYC; facultyColumbia, CCNY, Cooper Union, U Peking,Nat! Academy of Design; chr Standard VarnishWorks; author in field; WWI developedsystem of camouflage. • See: UJE; A]YB,24:209,49:619; WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEGA];WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, May 311946,23:3.

Todd, Michael (born Avrom HirschGoldbogen); b. Minneapolis, June 21909; d. Grants, NM, Mar 221958.

Theatrical & motion picture producer,Cinerama developer, bldr, writer; AcademyAward: "Around the World in 80 Days";WWII civilian consul. • See: WWWIA, 3;DAB, 6; NYTimes, Mar 23 1958,1:6.

Todman, William Selden; b. NYC, July 311916; d.July 29 1979.

Johns Hopkins, NYU. • Television producer,exec, programmer, writer, NYC; developed"What's My Line," "I've Got a Secret"; activeUnited Jewish Appeal. • See: WWWIA, 7, 8.

Toepfer, Bertha Heller (Mrs SolomonToepfer); b. ca 1878; d. New Rochelle,June 24 1964.

Philanthropist, communalldr; a fdr JewishMemorial Hospital (NYC); pioneer Hadassah.• See: A]YB, 66:582; NYTimes, June 24 1964,37:4.

Tokatyan, Annand; b. Plovdin, Bulgaria,1898; d.June 1960.

To US early 1920s. • Noted tenor; withMetropolitan Opera. • See: UJE; NYTimes,June 13 1960,27:4.

Toldas, Alice Babette; b. San Francisco,Apr 301877; d. Mar 71967.

U Washington Conservatory. • Expatriate,companion of Gertrude Stein; authorcookbooks, memoirs; convert to Catholicism. •See: DAB, 8; NAW:modern; NYTimes, Mar 81967,45:1.

Toledando, Phineas H; b. ca 1856; d. NYC,June 30 1936.

Import!export businessman, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:436.

Toller, Ernst; b. Samotschin, Poland, 1893;d. NYC, May 21939.

To US 1936. • German playwright, Socialistleader, revolutionary; ldr Bavarian SovietRepublic of 1919; supported anti-Francoforces; WWI German? army service. • See:UJE; E];A]YB, 41:432.

Tolson, Julius Henry; b. Philadelphia, Apr111904.

BS, MA U PA, Temple Law, Oxford. •Lawyer, Philadelphia, Harrisburg; dir PARural Rehabilitation Corp; faculty LaSalleColI; advisor Emergency Relief Bd. • See:WWIA],1938.

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Tomaschefsky, Philip; b. ca 1844; d.Centerville, NY, Dec 201913.

Theatrical mgr, Centerville, NY. - See: A]YB,16(1914-1915):166. - *See Thomashefsky,Pincus.

Tomashefsky, Anna; b. 1885?; d. NYC,June 18 1950.

Yiddish actress, NYc. - See:AJYB, 52:505.

Tomashoff, Morris Benjamin; b. Slutzk,Mar 3/7 1878; d. Brooklyn, Jan 61960.

To US 1912/1913. - Rabbi, editor, authorityon Jewish law; Brooklyn; mgr Union ofOrthodox Rabbis; exec bd Keren Hayesod,Vaad Harabonim. - See: AJYB, 62:452-453;WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 71960,29:3.

Tomson, Bernard; b. NYC, Sep 281909; d.May61978.

CCNY, LLB Columbia. - Lawyer, statesupreme court judge, NYC; mem NassauCounty Mental Health Bd; dir United HebImmigrant Aid Soc Services. -See: "WWWIA.,7; NYTimes, May 111978, IV 14:4.

Topchevsky, Morris; b. Bialystok, Oct 151898/1899.

To US 1910. - Hull House, Chicago Art Inst,San Carlos Academy (Mexico City). - Artist,Chicago; officer professional assn. - See:WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.

Topkis, Charles; b. Philadelphia, May 111882.

Civic & communalldr, Wilmington, DE; chrCouncil ofNatl Defense of DE, UnitedPalestine Appeal, Zion Commonwealth. - See:WWIAJ,I928.

Topkis, Louis; b. Odessa, Nov 29 1872; d.Mar 23 1930.

Mfr, merchant, communal & Zionist ldr,Wilmington, DE; pres Heb Charity Assn &General Jewish Com; advisory com ZionistOrg ofAm; trustee B'nai B'rith. - See: AJYB,32:155; WWIAJ, 1926.

Toplitzky, Joe; b. New Haven, Dec 251888; 'd. Sep 2 1935.

Realtor, Los Angeles. - See: "WWWIA., 1.

Topper, Isadore; b. Toledo, Nov 141903.AB U Toledo, LLB OH State. - Lawyer, asstatty general, counsel government agencies,Toledo, Columbus, OH. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Torberg, Friedrich (Kantor); b. Vienna,1908.

To US 1940. - U Vienna, U Prague. ­Novelist, poet; WWI with Czech Legion inFrance. - See: UJE.

Torberg, Phineas Ha-Kohen; b. Lomza,Jan 41875.

To US 1898. - Maskil, Yiddish author. - See:Eisenstadt, 54.

Torczyner, Jacques; b. Antwerp, 1914.To US 1940. - Zionist ldr, Antwerp, US; presZionist Org ofAm, World Union of GeneralZionists; author in field. - See: EJ:1973-1982.

Torczyner, Numa; b. Brody, Poland, Oct 91885; d. Amsterdam, Oct 8 1948.

To US 1940. - Diamond merchant,industrialist, Zionist & communalldr; natl bdUnited Jewish Appeal, United PalestineAppeal, Jewish Natl Fund. - See: AJYB,51:524-25; NYTimes, Oct 9 1948, 19:1.

Torok, Ervin; b. Hungary; d. NYC, Nov 41947.

To US ca 1908. - Ophthalmologist, NYC;faculty U Berlin, NY Polyclinic. - See: AJYB,50:524; NYTimes, Nov 5 1947,28:3.

Torres, Henry; b. Les Andelys, France,1891; d. 1966.

To US 1941. - U Bordeaux, Dr of Law UParis. - Important French politician, lawyer,defender of]ews; editor-in-chiefLa Voix deFrance; WWI French army service. - See: UJE;EJ; NYTimes, Jan 4 1966, 31:4.

Touff, Gustave; b. ca 1839; d. Cincinnati,Oct 71913.

Scholar, educator, Cincinnati; pres TalmudicalAssn.- See: AJYB, 16(1914-1915):166;NYTimes, Oct 8 1913, 11:5.

Tour, Reuben Simkin; b. Troy, 1889; d.1952.

U MI. - Chemical engineer; faculty U CA, UCincinnati; WWI service. - See: UJE;NYTimes, Aug 2 1952, 15:7.

Tourel, Jennie (born Davidson); b. Vitehsk,June 22 1900?; d. NYC, Nov 23 1973.

To US 1941. - Opera singer, NYC; tchrJuilliard, Rubin Academy ofMusic (Israel);with major opera houses. - See: "WWWIA., 6;NAW:modern; NYTimes, Nov 28 1973, 84:5.

Touro, Abraham; b. Newport, ca 1777; d.Boston, Oct 18 1822.

Merchant, philanthropist; left money tomaintain synagog, cemetery. - See: UJE;BDEAJ.

Touro, Isaac; b. Holland, ca 1737; d.Kingston, Jamaica, Dec 81783/1784.

To Am 1760; to Jamaica after Revolution. ­Rabbinical Seminary (Amsterdam). - Rabbi,colonial Am merchant, Loyalist, Newport. ­See: UJE; BDEAJ.

Touro, Judah; b. Newport, Apr 281775; d.New Orleans, Jan 3 1854.

Philanthropist, businessman, New Orleans;legacies to congregations, socs, hospitals,Jewish & Christian; Battle of New Orleansservice. - See:JE; UJE; EJ; PAJHS, 13:93-111;BDEAJ.

Touroff, Eleanor; see Glueck, EleanorTouroff.

Touroff, Nisson (Nisan, Nissan); b.Nieswiege, Minsk, Aug 15 1877; d. NYC,Mar291953.

To US 1919/1920. - School of Fine Arts(Moscow), Tchrs Inst (Vilna), U Berlin, ULeipsig, U Jena, PhD U Lausanne. - Jewisheducator, writer, NYC, Palestine; editor StybelHeb Publishing House; fdr, dean Heb TchrsColl (Boston); facultyJewish Inst of Religion;

1Lrager,IIernaan

active Soc for the Propagation of Cultureamong the Jews of Poland; author in field. ­See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:209, 55:460; WWIAJ,1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 31 1953,31:5.

Touster, Ben; b. NYC, Apr 8/9 1893; -d.NYC, Sep 25 1979.

Hat mfr, communalldr, philanthropist, NYC;pres Heb Immigrant Aid Soc; trustee Home ofHeb Aged, Fedn of]ewish Philanthropies; dirCouncil of Fedns & Welfare Funds, Am JewishCom. - See:AJYB, 81:376-377; "WWWIA., 7.

Tovi, David; b.*; d. Los Angeles, Dec 191940.

Sephardic rabbi, Los Angeles. - See: AJYB,43:364.

Tow, Abraham; b. NYC, May 12 1899; d.Feb 1975.

MD Tulane. - Pediatrician, NYC; faculty NYPolyclinic; author in field; WWI service. - See:WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 111975,42:2.

Trace, Isador Michael; b. Vilna, June 151881; d. May 1955.

To Chicago 1899. - MD Northwestern, post­grad London, Edinburgh, Vienna. - Physician,Chicago; faculty Loyola; consult Jewish Homefor the Aged. - See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 51955,33:2.

Trachtenberg, Joshua; b. London, July 111904; d. Teaneck, Sep 14 1959.

To US 1907. - BS CCNY, ordained HebUnion Coll, PhD Columbia. - Reform rabbi,scholar & author, Zionist, Teaneck,N}. - See:EJ; UJE; AJYB, 62:453; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Sep 15 1959,39:5.

Trachtenberg, Louis; b. Birzen, Kovno,Nov 191874.

Communal worker, Coatesville, PA; officerB'rith Shalom, synagog; active JointDistribution Com, Keren Hayesod, JewishNatl Fund. - See: WWIAJ, 1928.

Tracy, Abba Arthur (The Street Singer); b.Philadelphia, June 25 1903.

AB Central High School (Philadelphia), Gratz,U PA, Curtis. - Singer in radio, movies,salesman, Philadelphia. - See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Trager, Abraham Isaac; b. ca 1808; d.Columbia, SC, Mar 5 1913.

Rabbi, NYc. - See:AJYB, 15(1913-1914):275.

Trager, Frank Newton; b. NYC, Oct 9/191905; d. Carmel, CA, Aug 261984.

BS, AM, PhD NYU, post-grad Johns Hopkins.- Political scientist, internatl affairs specialist,consult; faculty NYU, Navy Postgrad School,Natl War Coll; with Resettlement Adm,Natl Conf of Christians & Jews, Anti­Defamation League, Agency for InternatlDevelopment; prolific author. - See: AJYB,86:444; "WWWIA., 8. .

Trager, Herman; b. Russia, July 16 1886.MD U PA, post-grad U GA. - Physician,Philadelphia; WWI service. - See: WWIAJ,1926.

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Trager, I Newton; b. Adanta, Apr 2 1878;d. June 10 1940.

Mfr, communal worker, Cincinnati; pressynagog; bd Union ofAni Heb Congregations;officer trade assn. • See: A]YB, 42:484;WWIA], 1926; BEOA].

Trainin, Boruch Sholom; b. Latvia, ca 1883;d. Brooklyn, Mar 1946.

To US 1921.· Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB,48:501; NYTimes, Mar 21 1946,25:3.

Traitel, Benjamin D; b. ca 1850; d. NYC,June 10 1935.

Ldr, structural marble industry, NYC. • See:A]YB, 37:262.

Trattner, Ernest Robert; b. Denver, Nov 41898; d. May 281963.

Heb Union ColI, OH State, Allegheny ColI, UChicago, AB U Southern CA, Columbia ColI;honorary degrees. • Motion picture exec,rabbi, author, NYC, Los Angeles; fdr JewishCommunity News (San Diego), CA JewishReview; exec First National Motion Pictures. •See: UJE; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];WWWIA,4.

Trattner, Harry Robert; b. Denver, Nov 41896.

AB U CO, MD, MA Western Reserve. •Genito-urinary surgeon, Cleveland; facultyWestern Reserve; developed methods; authorin field.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].

Traub, David Isaac; b. Utyan, Lithuania,May 301890.

To US 1926. • Rabbi, New London, CT; headseminary (Vilkomir); mem Union of OrthodoxRabbis. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Traubel, Horace; b. Camden, Dec 191858;d. Bon Echo, Ontario, Sep 8 1919.

Editor, Socialist, Philadelphia; fdr Ethical Soc,Contemporary Club; with The Artsman, TheConservator; literary executor for WaltWhitman; supporter Eugene V Debs. • See:]E; UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):201; WWWIA,1; DAB; NYTimes, Sep 10 1919,8:6.

Traubman, Michael; b. ca 1852; d. Newark,Oct 71938.

Rabbi, hazzan, Newark. • See:A]YB, 41:432;NYTimes, Oct 8 1938, 17:4.

Traugott, Abraham; b. London, Apr 61861; d. Mar 11914.

Rabbi, Springfield, IL, St Louis; mem LincolnLibrary Bd, Sangamon County Bd ofSupervisors. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):103,16(1914-1915):166.

Traum, Jacob; b. Austria, 1882.Veterinary scientist; faculty U CA (Berkeley). •See: A]YB, 24:209.

Traurig, "William; b. Gorlice, Austria, Dec151870.

To US 1886. • Banker, communal & civicworker, Waterbury, CT; natl dir JewishConsumptive Relief Soc, Heb Immigrant AidSoc; bd Heb Free Loan Assn, Jewish Home forChildren.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938.

Trautman, David; b. ca 1868; d.Beachwood, NJ, Aug 291939.

Lawyer, Beachwood, N); officer Fedn ofPolishJews in Am. • See:A]YB, 42:484.

Trebitsch-Lincoln (Ignatius Timothy); b.Paks, Hungary, 1879; d. Oct 1943.

Internatl adventurer, convert to Christianity;charged as German spy in Canada, deportedfrom US during WWI. • See: UJE; E];NYTimes, Oct 9 1943, 13:1.

Treiger, Baruch Israel; b. Demidovka,Volhynia, Aug 12 1895; d. Nov 1954.

To US 1914. • BA Reed, MA, PhD candidateColumbia, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Portland,OR, Tacoma; principal Heb School; Hebinstructor U OR; officer Zionist Org ofAm;contributorto Jewish press. • See: WWIA],1938; NYTimes, Nov 141954, 89:2.

Treiman, Israel; b. Odessa, June 2 1900.To US 1905.· AB, MA, LLB Washington U(St Louis), Rhodes Scholar, PhD Oxford U. •Lawyer, St Louis; faculty Washington U;active Civil Liberty League, SommersChildrens Bureau, Jewish Fedn of Charities;author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Tremblatt, I; b. Kovno.Rabbi, West Superior, WI. • See: A]YB,5(1903-1904):103.

Trencher, Bernard; b. NYC, May 2 1896; d.Mar 1977.

LLB NYU.• Lawyer, NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, YM-YWHA, Am JewishCong, J oint Distribution Com. • See: WWIA],1938;NYTimes, Mar 141977, 32:4.

Tress, Michael G; b. NYC, Sep 23 1909; d.NYC,July91967.

Business exec, Orthodox Idr; with UNRRA,refugee relief; pres Agudath Israel ofAm;active Agudath Israel World Org. • See: A]YB,69:613; ]TA-DNB, July 11 1967; NYTimes, July121967,43:3.

Treuhaft, Wtlliam C; b. Cleveland, Oct 211892.

Adelbert ColI, Western Reserve, Case SchoolofApplied Science. • Mfr, civic servant,Cleveland; pres Council Educational Alliance;officer Camp Wise Assn; trustee JewishWelfare Fund; WWI service. • See: WWIA],1938; BEOA].

Treusch, Herbert Louis; b. Grand Rapids,Apr 31900.

BS, MD Emory. • Physician, Atlanta; facultyEmory; reserve service. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Treves, Norman; b. Crawfordsville, IN, Jan2 1894; d. May 171964.

Wabash ColI, MD Johns Hopkins. • Surgeon;faculty Cornell; consult Sloan Kettering;trustee Wabash ColI. • See: WWWIA, 4;NYTimes, May 19 1964,38:1.

Trieber, Jacob; b. Raschkow, Germany,Oct 6 1853; d. Little Rode/Scarsdale, Sep171927.

To US as child. • Lawyer, US district judge,

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Helena & Little Rock, AR; nominated for USsenator; pres State Bar Assn; officer B'naiB'rith, Masons. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:209,30:81; WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,Sep 18 1927,27:1.

Triest, Maier; b. NYC, July 261901.BS Columbia. • Realtor, insurance broker,Charleston, SCi mem Bd of Education, ZoningAdjustment Bd; officer Heb Benevolent Soc,synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.

Triest, Montague; b. Charleston, SC, Sep 21871; d. before 1938.

CoIl of Charleston, Columbia. • Civic &welfare worker, businessman, Charleston, SCiofficer Bd of School Commrs, Charleston CoIlBd ofTrustees; pres Heb Orphan Soc, HebBenevolent Soc. • See: A]YB, 7(1905­1906):109; WWIA], 1926.

Trietsch, Davis; b. Dresden, 1870; d. 1935.In NYC 1893-1899. • Zionist Idr, author;wanted to settleJews in Cyprus; broke withHerzl. • See:E].

Trilling, Diana Rubin (Mrs LionelTrilling); b. 1905. .

Literary critic, author; editor works ofD HLawrence; officer Am Com for CulturalFreedom. • See: E] (sub Trilling, Lionel).

Trilling, Ilia;b.Poland,ca 1896;d.NYC,Mar 21945.

To US 1929. • Composer, NYC; wrote scoresfor Yiddish musical comedies, ballads. • See:A]YB, 47:533; NYTimes, Mar 5 1945, 19:5.

Trilling, Lionel; b. NYC,July41905; d.NYC, Nov 51975.

Columbia, PhD Columbia; honorary degrees.• Noted literary critic, author, NYC; facultyColumbia, Harvard, Oxford. • See: E]; A]YB,77:601; WWWIA, 6, 7; NYTimes, Nov 7 1975,1:5.

Trimble, Harold Guyon; b. Oakland, CA,Feb 241896.

MS, MD U CA. • Physician, lung specialist,Oakland, CA; with Oakland Health Center;active Jewish Fedn, Jewish Community Center;WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.

Tripp, Samuel Seymour; b. Austria, Mar 141903.

To US 1912. • BS CCNY,JD NYU. •Lawyer, NYC; opinion clerk NY SupremeCourt (Queens). • See: WWIA], 1938.

Trivas, Victor; b. Russia, ca 1896; d. NYC,Apr 1970.

To US late 1930s. • Screenwriter, artist,author, Oscar winner; art dir for SergeiEisenstein; anti-war film destroyed by Nazis. •See: NYTimes, Apr 13 1970,41:2.

Trivers, Nathan; b. Aleksot, Russia, May 241878.

To US ca 1891. • Clothing merchant, businessexec, Mt Vernon, NY; bd synagog,Community Chest. • See:WWIA], 1926.

Trolin, HenryJ; b. NYC, Mar 261907; d.Harrison, NY,Jan 261971.

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Business exec, Harrison, NY; officer UnitedJewish Appeal, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,Jewish Community Center. • See:AJYB,73:636.

Trommer, Lazarus (Elhert Aidline); h.Kremenchug, Russia, Apr 14 1888; d.Queens, Aug 81957.

To US 1905. • BS, B Engineering, CE CooperUnion, Columbia, CCNY, Brooklyn Polytech.• Civil engineer, editor, author, NYC; withPublic Service Commn, Bd ofTransportation,Am Reb, Jewish Tribune, Jewish ImmigrationBulletin. • See:AJYB, 60:358; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; NYTimes, Aug 10 1957,15:3.

Trommer, Marie; h. Kremenchug, Sep 291901.

To Brooklyn 1905. • Cooper Inst, Art StudentsLeague, Womans Art SchooL • Art critic,artist, poet, writer, Brooklyn; with JewishTribune, Jewish Daily News. • See: WWIAJ,1926,1928,1938.

Trommer, Sarah Sussman (Mrs LazarusTrommer); h. NYC, Nov 1 1893.

AB Hunter, MA Co.lumbia. • Social workadmr, NYC; with Fellowship House; delegateNatl Conf of Social Work, Jewish Conf ofSocial Work; contributor FOnJJard. • See:WWIAJ, 1928,1938.

Troostwyk, Isidore; h. Holland, 1862.Violinist, professor, New Haven. • See: AJYB,24:209.

Troper, Morris Carleton; h. Brooklyn, Nov181892; d. Nov 171962.

AB CCNY, BCS, JD, Master of CommercialLaw NYU. • Brigadier General, lawyer,accountant, communal fundraiser, NYC; withJoint Distribution Com, Am Soc for JewishFarm Settlements; active inJewish refugeework; WWII service. • See: UJE; AJYB,65:438; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 4;JTA­DNB, Nov 191962;NYTimes, Nov 181962,87:1.

Trost, Jacoh; h. ca 1842; d. Cincinnati, Dec5 1913.

Civil War veteran, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,16(1914-1915):166.

Trost, Milton Samuel; h. Louisville, June111894.

AB U MI. • Broker, Louisville; dir synagog. •See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.

Trost, Pearl Cohn (Mrs Philip Trost); h.Cincinnati,June 141884.

Exec, communal worker, Toledo; with CurtisPublishing Co; dir City Mgr League; pres Socfor Crippled Children; bd synagog. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Trost, Samuel W; h. Cincinnati, Dec 251849.

Communal & civic ldr, mfr, Cincinnati; presBd of Health; dir Jewish Orphan Asylum, CityWorkhouse; aide to governor.· See:AJYB,7(1905-1906):109-110.

Trotzkey, Elias; h. Struchin, Russia, Aug 201881; d. Chicago, Apr 22 1941.

ToU5 1912. • Social worker, Chicago;supervisor Marks NathanJewish OrphanHome; bd Natl Conf ofJewish Social Service;author in field. • See:AJYB, 43:365.

Trotzky, Daniel; h. New Bedford, MA, Dec251903; d. NYC, Aug 271970.

Lawyer, educator, communalldr; a fdrRoosevelt School (Stamford, CT), YoungIsrael, Heb U; officer Keren Yaldenu (Israel);bd Anti-Defamation League; mem Israel BondCabinet. • See: AJYB, 72:546; NYTimes, Aug291970,25:4.

Trounstine, Samuel H; h. ca 1854; d.Cincinnati, Nov 13 1937.

Clothing mfr, communal worker, Cincinnati;pres United Jewish Charities. • See:AJYB,40:393; NYTimes, Nov 141937, II 10:7.

Truman, P; h.*Rabbi, Trenton. • See: AJYB, 7(1905­1906):125.

Trunk, Isaiah; h. Kutne, Poland, July 21905; d. NYC, Mar 281981.

To US 1954. • Hebraic HumahisticsGymnasium (Lodz), MA U Warsaw. • Jewishhistorian, archivist, Poland, Israel, Canada,NYC; with Yiddish Inst; co-editor Bieter;prolific author in field. • See: AJYB, 83:363;NYTimes, Apr 11981, 10:1.

Trunk,J J crehiel Isaiah); h. Osmolsk!Lovitch, Poland, Mar 15 1887; d. NYC,July 71961.

To US 1941. • Yiddish author, poet, NYC;with Day-Jewish Journal; presJewish Pen Club(Poland); active Jewish Labor Bund;autobiography. • See: UJE; AJYB, 64:496-97;NYTimes, July 9 1961, 77:1.

Trustin, Harry; h. Chicago, Sep 15 1893.Educational Bureau of the Union PacificRailroad, civil engineering certificates City ofOmaha. • Engineer, city commr, Omaha; withUnion Pacific Railroad, City of Omaha; officerAleph Zadik Aleph; active in communalfundraising, Boy Scouts, Red Cross; WWIservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Tschachasov, Nahum; h. Baku, Russia, Aug311899; d. Feh 1984.

To US 1907. • Lewis Inst, Armour Inst,Columbia. • Artist, poet, author; tchr AmArtists School, Art Students League,Tschacbasov School of Fine Arts; WWIservice; autobiography. • See: WWWIA, 8.

Tuch, Michael; h. Germany, 1876?; d.Brooklyn, Sep 2 1950.

Coal dealer, philanthropist; est chr of Hebliterature, Brandeis. • See: AJYB, 53 :526;NYTimes, Sep 3 1950, 38:6.

Tuchman, Barhara; h. NYC, 1912.Author, journalist, philanthropist, PulitzerPrize winner; popularizer ofhistory. • See:EJ:1973-1982.

Tuchman, Joseph; h. Akron, Oct 20 1920;d. Feh 201981.

B Arch Carnegie Tech. • Architect, Akron;

Tulipan, Louis

.officer professional assns; WWII service. • See:WWWIA,8.

Tuchmann, Leon; h. ca 1860; d. Brooklyn,Aug41938.

Communal worker, merchant, philanthropist,NYc.. See:A]YB, 41:432; NITimes, Aug 51938,17:5.

Tuck, Isaac; h. ca 1858; d. Brooklyn, Apr 101913.

Publisher, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 15(1913­1914):275.

Tucker, Milton Henry; h. Duquoin, IL,June 12 1896.

AB, LLB Washington U (St Louis). • Lawyer,St Louis; dir Jewish Fedn; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.

Tucker, Richard; h. NYC, Aug 281914; d.Kalamazoo, MI, Jan 8 1975.

Honorary degrees. • Operatic tenor, cantor;with Metropolitan Opera; a fdr Am-IsraelCultural Found; bd Lincoln Center, InternatlJewish Music Library. • See: AJYB, 77:601;WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 91975,1:3.

Tucker, Sophie Ahuza Kalish; h. Boston!Russia, Jan 13 1884/1887/1888; d. NYC,Feh 91966.

To US as infant. • Singer, musical comedyperformer, philanthropist; "Last of the Red­Hot Mamas"; endowed chair at Brandeis;autobiography. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 68:534;WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 4; DAB,8; NAW:modem; NYTimes, Feb 10 1966, 1:8.

Tuholske, Herman; h. Meseritz, Poland,Mar 271848; d.June 19 1922.

MD MO Med ColI; honorary degree. •Physician, St Louis; faculty Washington U. •See:AJYB, 25:141; WWWIA, 1.

Tuholske, M C; h.*; d. Akron, Apr 1936.Physician, communal worker, Akron. • See:AJYB,38:437.

Tulin, Ahraham; h. Besdej, Russia, Aug 141883; d. NYC,Jan 23 1973.

To US 1890.· Honorary degree. • Lawyer,Zionist ldr, author; chiefAm Mission to SovietRussia & Armenia; asst Herbert Hoover ReliefAdm; exec com Zionist Org ofAm, Am ZionEmergency Council; chief counsel Zionist orgsat UN. • See:AJYB, 75:657; NYTimes, Jan 241973,44:2.

Tulin, Justine Wise Polier; see Polier,Justine Wise.

Tulin, Leon Arthur; h. Hartford, Mar 21901; d. New Haven, Dec 12 1932.

BA, LLB Yale.· Lawyer, New Haven; facultyYale, Columbia. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; AJYB,35:130.

Tulin, Shaia D; h. ca 1848; d. Hartford,Aug251938.

Merchant, communal & philanthropic worker,Hartford.· See:AJYB, 41:432.

Tulipan, Louis; h. NYC, Dec 24/25 1884; d.Nov 1963.

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MD Columbia. • Dermatologist, communalworker, NYC; mem District Health Adm;faculty NYU; officer med socs; author in field.• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Nov28 1963,39:2.

Tumin, Melvin Marvin; b. Newark, 1919,Sociologist; faculty Wayne, Princeton; consultAnti-Defamation League; author in field. •See:EJ.

Tumpeer, Isidor Harrison; b. Schwirwindt,Prussia, Jan 23 1893.

To US 1895. • BS, MS U Chicago, MD RushMed ColI, post-grad Europe, NY hospitals. •Pediatrician, allergist, Chicago; WWI service.• See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Tunick, Isidor S; b. Stolpze, Russia, Dec 51880; d. Bronx, Dec 22 1949.

Orthopedic surgeon, NYC; authority onvascular diseases; pioneer in study ofvaricoseveins. • See:AJYB, 52:505; NITimes, Dec 231949,22:2.

Tunick, Stanley Bloch; b. NYC, Mar 61900.

AB, MBA CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law, CPANYS. • CPA, lawyer, NYC; faculty CCNY;officer professional assns; WWI service. • See:WWIAJ,1938.

Tunkel, Joseph (Der Tunkeler); b.Bobruisk, 1881; d. NYC, Aug 10 1949.

To US 1906-1910, to US 1940.· Yiddishhumorist, author, cartoonist; fdr, editor DerKibitzer, Der Groyse Kundes; staffFO'T71Jard. •See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 52:505.

Turell, Abraham M; b. NYC, Nov 21 1884;d. before 1938.

Banker, textile mfr; dir Home of the DaughtersofIsrael; active philandrropies, synagog. • See:WWIAJ,1928.

Turitz, Morris; b. Kovno, Aug 251871; d.Bridgeport, CT, Dec 25 1957.

Businessman, NYC; a fdr FO'T71Jard, Fedn ofJewish Philandrropies; active Workmen'sCircle. • See: AJYB, 60:358; NYTimes, Dec 261957, 19:3.

Turk, Harold Lester; b. NYC, Sep 21 1893;d.May 1968.

LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, author,Brooklyn;with NY State Tax Commn, NYState Constitutional Convention; mem StateRepublican Com; officer United Synagogue ofAm, Am Jewish Cong; active bar assn. • See:WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 291968,39:2.

Turk, Melvin (Mervyn) Russell; b.Baltimore, Nov 26 1892.

Pierce Business ColI, LLB U PA. • Lawyer,Chester, PA; author in field; WWI & reserveservice. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.

Turkow, Jonas; b.*To US 1958, to Israel 1966. • Actor, archivist;with Yiddish Inst; survivor of the Warsawghetto. • See: E].

Turman, Pincus; b.*; d. Chicago, July 111913.

Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 16(1914­1915):166.

Turner, Carroll Davis; b. Birmingham,June 14 1902.

Merchant, Mariana, FL; officer Red Cross,Better Business Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.

Turner, Justin George; b. Chicago, Nov 51898; d. June 16 1976.

U Chicago, LLB De Paul; honorary degrees. •Lawyer, investment exec, author, Chicago;officer Nat! Lincoln Civil War Council; bdHeb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion;active U Judaism; WWI service. • See:WWWL4, 7.

Turner, Lesser; b. ca 1878; d. MiamiBeach, Mar 301940.

Merchant, communal worker, Chicago~ • See:AJYB, 42:484;~NYTimes,Apr 11940,19:2

Turner, Sol; b. Kobryn, Russia, Dec 251905; d. Oct 81979.

De Paul Music School, Chicago Music ColI,Am Conservatory. • Violinist, musician;concertmaster Chicago Civic Orchestra; ldrSol Turner and His Continentals. • See:WWWL4, 7.

Turover, Isador S; b. Sochachov, Poland,July 81892; d. Washington DC, Oct 161978.

To US 1912. • Business exec, philanthropist,Zionist; nat! officer Zionist Org ofAm; officerUnited Givers Fund; dir US Chess Fedn;delegate W orId Jewish Cong; WWII service. •See:AJYB, 80:373.

Tuschman, Sidney; b. 1905; d. Toledo, July291951.

Lawyer,communalldr, Toledo; pres JewishCommunity Assn; active Jewish WelfareBureau. • See: AJYB, 54:541.

Tuska, Benjamin; b. Memphis, July 311866/1867; d. NYC, Mar 22 1933.

AB Johns Hopkins, LLB, MA Columbia. •Lawyer, communalworker,NYC;presEducational Alliance; dir Heb Infant Asylum;donated Heb, Judaic works to Library ofCongress. • See: UJE; AJYB, 7(1905­1906):110,35:130.

Tuska, Gustave Robisher; b. NYC, July 151869; d. May 281931.

BS, MS CCNY, CE Columbia. • Consultengineer, government advisor, NYC; dir HebTechnical Inst; author in field. • See: AJYB,6(1904-1905):201,24:209; WWWL4, 1.

Tuska, Mordecai; b. Germany; d.Rochester, NY, 1871.

To Rochester, NY 1849. • Rabbi, Rochester,NY. • See: UJE (sub Tuska).

Tuska, Morris; b. Vesprim, Hungary, ca1831; d. Feb 3 1903.

To NYC 1844. • Communal worker, 4ger,wholesale merchant, NYC; fdr United HebCharity Org, Heb Technical Inst; officer Heb

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Benevolent & Orphan Asylum. • See: AJYB,5(1903-1904):216; NYTimes, Feb 41903, 9:5.

Tuska, Samuel A; b. NYC, Jan 5 1865; d.Meran, Austria, Nov 1907.

Merchant,communalworker,NYC;trusteeAguilar Free Library, Soc for Ethical Culture.• See:AJYB, 10(1908-1909):128;NYTimes,Nov 21 1907, 9:6.

Tuska, Simon; b. Vesprim, Hungary, 1835;d.Memphis, 1870/1871.

To US 1849. • U Rochester, RochesterTheological Seminary, JTS (Breslau). •Reform rabbi, author, Memphis; friend of! MWise. • See: UJE (sub Tuska); EJ; PAJHS,50:79-97.

Tuteur, Julius; b. Wtnnweiler, Germany,Nov 261862; d.June 1950.

To Fremont, OH 1881. • Mfr, apparelmerchant, Cleveland. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, June 17 1950, 15:4.

Tuvim, Abe; b. NYC, May 10 1894; d.NYC, Jan 15 1958.

Communal exec; withJewish Nat! Fund, AmZionist Council, Israel Corp ofAm. • See:AJYB, 60:358; NYTimes, Jan 161958,29:2.

Tuvim, Joseph; b. Brooklyn, ca 1896; d.NYC, Dec 1967.

Labor union officer, NYC; with ILGWUj chrBrooklyn Wornens Hospital; bd CentralTrades & Labor Council; active Am LaborParty, Liberal Party. • See: NYTimes, Dec 191967,47:3.

Tuvim, Judith; see Holliday, Judy.

Tuwim, Julian; b. Lodz, 1894; d. Zakopane,Poland, Dec 271953.

To US 1939, to Poland after WWII. • ULodz. • Noted Polish poet; contributor DailyWorker. • See: UJE; EJ; NYTimes, Jan 5 1954,27:4.

Twerski, Jacob Israel; b. Hornistopoli,Russia, 1899; d. 1973.

To US 1927. • Hassidic rabbi, Milwaukee. •See: EJ:1973-1982.

Twersky, Bernard; b.Lublin, Oct 15 1913;d. NYC, Dec 31 1980.

In US by 1950. • Rabbi, Lublin, NYC; fdrTradition, Beth Din ofAm; served as liaison,advisor to governments; active RabbinicalCouncil ofAm.· See:AJYB, 82:374.

Twersky, Isadore; b. Boston, 1930.Ordained RIETS, Harvard. • Heb literature &philosophy scholar, author; faculty Harvard. •See:EJ.

Twersky, Jacob I; b. Russia, ca 1902; d.Chicago, May 14 1945.

To US 1925. • Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB,47:533; NYTimes, May 15 1945, 19:4.

Twersky, Jacob J; b. Skvira, Ukraine, 1900;d. NYC, Mar 31 1968.

To US 1948. • Rabbi, hassidic ldr, Brooklyn;fdr hassidic village (New Square, Rockland

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County); to Rumania with followers duringWWII. • See: A]YB, 70:526; NYTimes, Apr 11968,45:4.

Twersky, Solomon Samuel; b. ca 1865; d.Brooklyn, Apr 2 1935.

Rassidic rabbi, Brooklyn.· See:A]YB, 37:262.

Twersky, Yohanan Q"ohanan); h. Shpikov,Ukraine, May 241900/1902; d. 1967.

To US 1926, to Israel 1947. • U Berlin,Russian Scientific Inst. • Reb novelist,journalist, Bronx; faculty Heb ColI (Boston),JTS. • See: E]; WWIA], 1928.

Tworkov,]ack; h. Biala, Poland, 1900; d.Mar41982.

To US 1913. • Columbia, Natl Academy ofDesign, Art Students League; honorarydegrees. • Artist; faculty Yale; widely exhibited.• See: "WWWIA, 8.

Tworoger, Philip; h. NYC, Sep 16 1869.LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, police judge, Boston,Seattle; officer synagog; active DemocraticParty, Republican Progressive Party, veteransorgs; Spanish-Am War service. • See: WWIA],1938.

Tyge1, Zelig; h. Warsaw, July 30 1890; d.NYC, Mar 12 1947.

To US 1920. • ColI ofWarsaw, U Warsaw. •Journalist, communalldr, author, NYC; execdir Fedn of PolishJews in America; editor Der

Tyre, Ben

Verband, NJ Star; active Jewish Council,memorial to Haym Solomon, Am Jewish Congo• See: UJE;A]YB, 49:619; WWIA], 1926,1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar 15 1947, 13:4.

Tykociner,]oseph T; h. Poland; d.Champaign, IL,]une 1969.

Invented talking process for movies; faculty UIL. • See: NYTimes, June 12 1969,47:2.

Tyre, Ben; h. Skopiskis, Russia, Dec 151891.

To Los Angeles 1907. • Glass & paint mfr,Los Angeles; pres Mt Sinai Home forIncurables; dir Fedn ofJewish Welfare Orgs. •See: WWIA], 1938.