NATIONAL  JEWISH  ORGANIZATIONS






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Civic Defense, Political and Cultural pre-1952

                               UNITED  STATES

                    CIVIC  DEFENSE,  POLITICAL

NEW YORK CITY

1)    American Committee of Jewish Writers, Artists and Scientists,
Inc.(1941)
 119 W. 57 Street, New York, New York.

2)   American Council for Judaism, Inc.(1943)
201 E. 57 st. N.Y.C. 
President: Lessing J. Rosenwald; 
Exec. Dir: Elmer Berger.
                                   Purpose

Seeks to advance the universal principles of a Judaism free of nationalism,
and the national, civic, cultural and social integration of Americans of
Jewish faith.

3)  American Jewish Committee (1906)
386 Fourth Ave., N.Y.C.  
President: Jacob Blaustein;  
Exec. V.P. John Slawson.
                                 Purpose

 Seeks to prevent infraction of the civil and religious rights of Jews in
any part of the world and to secure equality of economic, social, and
educational opportunity through education and civic action.

4)  American Jewish Congress (1917; re-org. 1922, 1938)
 15 E. 84 St., N.Y.C.  
President:  Irving Miller;  
Exec.Dir.  David Petegorsky.
                                 Purpose

Seeks to protect the rights of Jews in all lands; to strengthen the bonds
between American Jewry and Israel; to promote the democratic organization of
Jewish communal life in the United States; to foster the affirmation of
Jewish religious, cultural, and historic identity, and to contribute to the
preservation and extension of the democratic way of life.

5)  _____________Women's Division of (1933).
15 E. 84 St., N.Y.C. 
President. Justine Wise Polier;  
Dir. Mrs. Newton S. Arnold.

6)   American Jewish Labor Council  (1946)
 22 E. 17 Street N.Y.C.  
President:  Ben Gold;  
Dir. William Levner.
                                   Purpose

Seeks to mobilize working men and women and their organizations in defense
of Jewish equality and security in the U.S. and abroad.

7)   American Jewish League Against Communism, Inc.  (1948)
220 W. 42  Street  N.Y.C.  
President: Alfred Kohlberg;  
Exec. Dir. Benjamin Schultz.
                                   Purpose:

Seeks to publicize Communist enmity toward Jewry and Judaism and the
American Jew's enmity to Communism; fights Communist infiltration 
in Jewish life.

8)   Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith  (1913)
 212 Fifth Ave., N.Y.C.  
Nat. Chmn:  Meier Steinbrink;  
Nat. Dir. Benjamin R. Epstein.
                                    Purpose

Seeks to eliminate defamation of Jews, counteract un-American and
anti-democratic propaganda, and promote better group relations.

9)   Consultative Council of Jewish Organizations (1946).
386 Fourth Ave., N.Y.C.  
Co-chmn.  Jacob Blaustein (American Jewish Committee),  
Ewen E.S. Montagu (Anglo-Jewish Association), 
Rene Cassin (Alliance Israelite Universelle);  
Sec. Moses Moskowitz.

                                    Purpose:

Cooperates and consults with advises and renders assistance to, 
United Nations Economic and Social Council on all problems relating 
to human rights and economic, social cultural, educational and related 
matters pertaining to Jews.

10)  Jewish Labor Committee (1933)
175 E. Broadway, N.Y.C.  
Chairman:  Adolph Held;  
Exec. Sec. Jacob Pat.
                                  Purpose:

Aids Jewish and non-Jewish labor institutions overseas: aids victims of
oppression and persecution; seeks to combat anti-Semitism and racial and
religious intolerance abroad and in the U.S. in co-operation with organized
labor and other groups.

11)  ______________Women's Division of (1947)
175 E. Broadway, N.Y.C.  
Nat. Chmn.  May Vladeck Bromberg;  
Exec. Sec. Edith Kroll.

12)  Jewish Socialist Verband of America  (1921)
175 E. Broadway, N.Y.C.  
Chmn: Admin. Com. Nathan Chanin;  
Nat. Sec.  I. Levin-Shatzkes.
                                 Purpose:

Seeks to spread democratic socialism among Jewish workers in the U.S.

13)  Joint Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith (1941).
220  West 42 St., N.Y.C.  
Exec. Dir. Victor Larner.
                                Purpose:

Raises funds for the activities of the constituent organizations.

14)  National Community Relations Advisory Council  (1944)
9 E. 38 St., N.Y.C.   
Chmn. Irving Kane;  
Exec. Dir.  Isaiah M. Minkoff.
                                Purpose:

Formulates policy in the field of community relations in the U.S.;
co-ordinates the work of national and local Jewish agencies engaged in
community relations activities.

15)  World Jewish Congress (1936) org. in U.S. 1939)
15 E. 84 St., N.Y.C.  
President:  Nahum Goldmann;  
Co-ordinator: Maurice L. Perlzweig.
                                  Purpose:

Seeks to secure and defend the rights status, and interests of Jews and
Jewish communities; represents its affiliated organizations before
governmental, inter-governmental and other international authorities on
matters which affect the Jewish people as a whole.

OTHER  STATES

1)  Coordinating Board of Jewish Organizations (1946).
1003 K St.  N.W.  Washington 1, D.C.  
Co.-Chairman:  Frank Goldman  (Bnai B'rith), 
Barnett Janner (Board of Deputies of British Jews), 
B. Arthur Ettlinger (South African Board of Jewish Deputies);  
Secs.-Gen.  Maurice Bisgyer (U.S.), 
A. G. Brotman (U.K.), 
J.M. Rich (S.A.).
                                   Purpose:

Represents three constituent organizations before the United Nations
Economic and Social Council on behalf of the civil status, rights, and
interests of Jews.

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                                     CULTURAL

1)     Alexander Kohut Foundation (1915)
3080 Broadway, N.Y.C.  
President:  Alexander Marx;  
Sec. Shalom Spiegel.
                                   Purpose:

Publishes works mainly in the fields of Jewish grammar, lexicography, and
archeology.

2)    American Academy for Jewish Research, Inc. (1920)
3080 Broadway, N.Y.C.  
President:  Saul Lieberman;  
Secretary:  A.S. Halkin.

                                Purpose:

Encourages research by aiding scholars in need and by giving grants for the
publication of scholarly works.

3)    American Biblical Encyclopedia Society, Inc.  Torah Shelemah (1939)
114 Liberty St., N.Y.C.  
President:  Lazarus Joseph;  
Sec. William Mazer.
                               Purpose:

Aims to spread knowledge of the Bible through publication of the
Talmudic-Midrashic Biblical Encyclopedia.

4)    American Jewish Historical Society  (1892)
(sponsored by National Jewish Welfare Board),  3080 Broadway, N.Y.
President:  Lee M. Friedman;  
Librarian, Ed:  Isidore S. Meyer.
                               Purpose:

Collects and publishes material on the history of the Jews in America.

5)    American Memorial Committee for the Hanged Martyrs of Eretz Israel
(1949).
602 Troy Avenue  Brooklyn, N.Y.  
Chairman:  Samuel Bookspan;  
Sec:  Israel Baratz.
                                Purpose:

Publishes material on the lives, struggles, and achievements of the hanged
martyrs in their fight for the creation of a Jewish state; plans to erect a
living memorial in Israel.

6)    American Memorial to Six Million Jews of Europe, Inc. (1947)
165 W. 46 St.,  N.Y.C.  
President and Admin. Chmn:  A. R. Lerner;  
Sec:James H. Sheldon.
                                  Purpose:

Seeks to erect a memorial in New York City to six million Jews slain by the
Nazis and to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto battle.

7)    Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists  (1947)
3 West 16 Street  N.Y.C.

8)    Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO), Inc. (1938)
67 Lexington Avenue N.Y.C.  
Chairman:  N. Chanin;  
Exec. Sec.: Charles Pupko.
                                   Purpose:

Seeks to stimulate, promote, and develop Jewish cultural life.

9)   Col. David Marcus Memorial Foundation, Inc. (1948)
19 E. 70 Street N.Y.C.  
President:  Arthur H. Schwartz,  
Sec.: Mrs. Emma Marcus.
                                Purpose:

Dignifies and properly recognizes only worthwhile projects formed in memory
of David Marcus.

10)   Conference on Jewish Relations, Inc. (1935)
1841 Broadway  N.Y.C.  
President:  Salo W. Baron  
Secretary: Bernard H. Goldstein.
                                  Purpose:

Engages in and supervises scientific studies and factual research with
respect to sociological problems involving contemporary Jewish life.

11)   Congress for Jewish Culture, Inc.  (1948)
175 E. Broadway, N.Y.C.  
Chairman: World Council: S. Niger,  
Exec. Sec: P. Schwartz.
                                  Purpose:

Seeks to centralize and promote Jewish culture and cultural activities
throughout the world and to unify fund raising for these activities.

12)   David Ignatoff Literature Foundation (1945)
4700 Broadway  N.Y.C.  
President:  David Pinski,  
Secretary:  Moshe Starkman
                                  Purpose:

Gives financial assistance for the publication of Yiddish books by living
and deceased writers; receives funds from voluntary contributions by Yiddish
readers.

13)   Hebrew Literary Foundation, Inc.  (1940)
1141 Broadway, N.Y.C.  
President:  Irving Finkel,  
Sec:  Maurice E. Chernowitz.
                                  Purpose:

Renders moral and financial assistance to Hebrew scholars and writers in the
U.S. and abroad; disseminates Hebrew letters and learning through the Hebrew
Monthly of America, through books, pamphlets, lectures, and forums; fosters
and supports creative research in Hebrew scholarship.

14)  Histadruth Ivrith of America (1916; re-org. 1922)
165 W. 46 Street  N.Y.C.  
President:  Samuel J. Borowsky.
                                Purpose:

Seeks to promote Hebrew language and literature in the United States and to
strengthen the cultural relations between the United States and Israel.

15) ________Hanoar Haivri-Hebrew Youth Organization (1936)
165 W. 46 Street N.Y.C.  
President:  Gideon Shachnai,  
Exec. Sec.  Reuven Bar-Levav.
                              Purpose:

Encourages identification with the culture of Israel and emigration to
Israel through organization of Hebrew-speaking and reading youth.

16) ________Hebrew Arts Foundation  (1939)
165 W. 46 Street  N.Y.C.  
Co-Chairman:  Bernard Mandelbaum, Victor M. Ratner,  
Exec. Sec:  Mrs. Lucy D. Manoff
                               Purpose:

Spreads knowledge and seeks to gain appreciation of the Hebrew language and
Hebrew arts in the American Jewish community.

17)   Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Inc. (1927)
46 W. 83 Street  N.Y.C.  
President:  Leo Jung,  
Sec:  Abraham Burstein.
                                Purpose:

Honors Jews distinguished in the arts and professions; encourages and
publishes Jewish achievement in scholarship and the arts.

18)   Jewish Book Council of America  (1940)
(sponsored by National Jewish Welfare Board)
145 E. 32 Street  N.Y.C. 
President:  Mortimer J. Cohen,  
Exec. Sec.  Philip Goodman.
                                Purpose:

Seeks to spread knowledge of Jewish books.

19)   Jewish  Information Bureau  (1932)
103 Park Avenue  N.Y.C.  
Chairman:  Bernard G. Richards,  
Sec:  Herman W. Bernstein.
                               Purpose:

Serves as a clearing house of information on Jewish subjects.

20)   Jewish Librarians Association  (1946)
40 W. 68 Street  N.Y.C.  
President:  I Edward Kiev,  
Corr. Sec:  Harry J. Alderman.
                               Purpose:

Advances the interests of Jewish libraries and the professional status of
Jewish librarians; promotes publications of Jewish bibliographical interest.

21)   Jewish Museum  (1947)
(sponsored by Jewish Theological Seminary of America).
1109  Fifth Ave.  N.Y.C.  
Curator:  Stephen S. Kayser,  
Research:  Fellow Guido Schoenberger.
                                 Purpose:

Displays Jewish art treasures and temporary exhibits of Jewish artists;
conducts educational activities in connection with exhibits.

22)   Jewish Music Forum___Society for the Advancement of Jewish Musical
Culture (1939)
1776 Broadway  N.Y.C.  
President:  Josef Freudenthal,  
Corr. Sec:  Leah M. Jaffa.
                               Purpose:

Presents, evaluates, promotes, and advances Jewish music; facilitates,
sponsors, and conducts research pertaining  to Jewish music; publishes
bulletins dedicated to the knowledge of Jewish music; gives young composers
and performers the opportunity of being heard.

23)   Jewish Statistical Bureau (1932)
320 Broadway  N.Y.C.  
President:  Albert M. Greenfield,  
Exec. Dir:  H.S. Linfield
                                Purpose:

Prepares statistics of Jews in the United States and maintains registries
and directories of synagogues and other Jewish Organizations, rabbis and
other religious functionaries.

24) Menorah Association, Inc. (1929)
20 E. 69 Street  N.Y.C.  
Chanc. Henry Hurwitz;  
Sec. Harry Starr.
                                Purpose:

Seeks to advance Jewish culture and ideals. Menorah Journal.

25)  National Haym Salomon Memorial Committee, Inc. (1950)
140 W. 42 St., N.Y.C.  
Exec. Dir.  Gabriel A. Wechsler.
                                Purpose:

Carries out provisions of Joint Resolution of 74th Congress authorizing
construction of memorial in Washington, D.C. to Haym Salomon; educates and
publicizes contributions of American Jewish heroes.

26)  National Jewish Music Council (1944)
(sponsored by National Jewish Welfare Board).  145 E. 32 street., N.Y.C.
Chairman:  Emanuel Green:  
Exec. Sec:  Leah M. Jaffa.
                                 Purpose:

Promotes Jewish music activities nationally and encourages participation on
a community basis.

27)  Office for Jewish Population Research  (1949)
386 Fourth Avenue  N.Y.C.  
President:  Salo W. Baron;  
Sec-Treas:  Morris Fine.
                                   Purpose:

Aims to gather population and other statistical data on the Jews of U.S.; to
provide such data to Jewish agencies and the general public and to stimulate
national interest in Jewish population research through publication and
other media.

(28)  United Fund for Jewish Culture (1950)
175 E. Broadway, N.Y.C.  
Chairman:  B. Tabachinsky;  
Exec. Sec:  P. Schwartz.
                                      Purpose:

Centralizes fund raising of the constituent organizations (World Congress
for Jewish Culture, Yiddish Encyclopedia,  CYCO and Zukinft), which are
devoted mainly to the promotion of Yiddish culture, education and
literature.

29)  Yiddish Scientific Institute___YIVO  (1925)
535 W. 123 St.  N.Y.C.  
Chairman Board of Directors:  Louis H. Sobel;  
Exec. Sec. Mark J. Uveeler.
                                     Purpose:

Collects and preserves materials pertaining to Jewish life; studies Jewish
life; trains Jewish scholars.

30)  Yiddisher Kultur Farband____YKUF  (1937)
189 Second Ave., N.Y.C.
                                     Purpose:

Seeks to advance Jewish culture; publishes and exhibits works of
contemporary Jewish writers and artists.

OTHER  STATES:

1)   American Association of English Jewish Newspapers (1943)
708 David Stott Bldg.,  Detroit 26, Mich.  
President: Philip Slomovitz;
Rec. Sec.: Elias R. Jacobs.
                                Purpose:

Seeks to raise and maintain the standards of Jewish professional journalism.

2)  Jewish Publication Society of America  (1888)
222 N. 15 Street  Philadelphia 2, Pa.  
President:  Louis E. Levinthal, 
Exec. Sec:  Lesser Zussman. 
Publishes religious, historical works of Jewish content in English. 
American Jewish Year Book.
                                Purpose:

Publishes religious, historical works of Jewish content in English.

3)   Louis La Med Literary Foundation for the Advancement of Hebrew and
Yiddish Literature (1939).
6405 Michigan Ave., Detroit 10, Mich. Fdr. Louis La med;  
Pres. S. Niger (Charney).
                                 Purpose:

Seeks to bring about co-operation between Yiddish and Hebrew writers and
readers.

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Source:  American Jewish Year Book
Prepared by: The American Jewish Committee-New York
                     The Jewish Publication Society of America
Publisher:  American Book-Stratford Press, Inc., New York
Copyright:  1952      Volume 53


Transcribed by Miriam Medina

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