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The Southern Israelite
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—KEEL VS. MAIN FLOOR
In The Limelight
NATHAN CAYTON, Jewish judge
in the Municipal Court of Washing
ton, brought down upon his head a
veritable wave of Jewish indignation
as a result of an address which he
delivered charging that there existed
a Jewish crime wave, and that Jews
of America have produced far more
than their share of criminals, thus
failing to perform their duty as Jews
and Americans.
LOUIS S. GIMBEL, vice-president
and co-founder with his brother,
Isaac, of the Gimbel Brothers Depart
ment Store, died recently in New
York City at the age of sixty-three.
Mr. Gimbel was bom in Philadelphia,
and graduated from the University
there. Arriving in New York in 1910,
he founded the store which later de
veloped into one of the largest de
partment stores in the country. He
is survived by his widow and two
sons.
RABBI ALKALAY, of Belgrade,
was highly honored by King Alex
ander, of Jugo-Slavia, in receiving
the Kara George Star. The King is
a persistent patron of cultural insti
tutions, and the honor was conferred
in connection with the publication of
the recent Jugo-Slavian Jewish Com
munities law.
MRS. EGAR J. KAUFMAN, «f
Pittsburgh, wife of Egar J. Kaufman,
who recently gave $150,000 to the Y.
M. and Y. W. H. A. presented the new
Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh
with $50,000 in honor of her father,
Isaac Kaufman. The money will be
used to establish a health center for
group diagnosis where needy patients
will receive the benefits of consulta
tions and advices from all the physi
cians on the hospital’s staff.
Mr. JOSEPH SCHONTIIAL, who
died December 15th at Columbus,
Ohio, left the sum of $20,000 to or
ganizations and activities in which
the Union of American Hebrew Con
gregations is interested. Mr. Schon-
thal was a member of the board of
managers of the department of
Synagogue and School Extention of
the Union, and was also the founder
of the Jewish Infants’ Home, all in
or near Columbus, Ohio.
PROF. ALBERT MICHELSON,
world famous physicist and Nobel
Prize winner, resigned from the fac
ulty of the University of Chicago
where for years he had been head
of the department of physics. In his
letter of resignation Professor Mich-
elson called attention to his recent
illness and said his health forbade a
continuance of his faculty duties.
ALIAS M. EPSTEIN, general sec
retary of the Jewish National Fund,
while in New York recently declared
that the Jews, by their purchase of
land in Palestine, had paved the way
not only for a Jewish renaissance but
also for the emancipation of the Arab
serf.
PROF. JOSEPH REDLICH, noted
Jewish scholar and at present an in
structor at Harvard University, was
given the unusual honor of being „
an honorary citizen of \
cently Prof. Redlich published a biog
raphy of “Francis Joseph, Emperor
of Austria.”
MISS PEARL GINSBERG of \ ew
York, who at one time acto
movies, is soon to marry Prince Mo
hammed Ali Ibrahim, nephew of King
Fuad of Egypt, according to a well-
confirmed report.
ABRAHAM E. PINANSKI of
Brookline, noted Boston lawyer, has
been named to succeed the late Judge
Lourie on the Superior Court Bench.
JUDGE MORRIS EIDER, Con
gressman Samuel Dickstein, ex-Con-
gressman Nathan D. Perlman, A. H
Weisman, Dr. Leon N. Adler and oth
er active workers are the newiv-elect-
ed officials of the Jewish Court of
Arbitration, the only chartered Jewish
arbitration court in the state of New
York. The purpose of the court is to
settle civil disputes involving Jewish
litigants.
ASSEMBLYMAN IRWIN STEIN-
GUT of Brooklyn has been elected
minority leader of the New York State
Assembly by a caucus of the Demo
cratic members. The past was held un
til recently by the late Maurice Bloch
of New York.
MENDEL BEILIS, victim of the
famous blood libel case in pre-war
Russia, is now confined to his bed be
cause of paralysis of one leg. Maxim
Gorky, noted Russian author, an
nounced recently that he would pub
lish shortly some amazing documents
bearing on the Beilis case.
JUDGE DAVID A. LOURIE.
known as “faithful and honest Lou
rie,” superior court judge, civic work
er, Zionist leader and distinguished
public figure, died in Boston at the
age of 51. He was appointed to the
bench in 1922 by Governor Cox and
in 1924 was elevated to the Superior
Court, the first Jew to be so honored.
RABBI ABRAM SIMON of Wash
ington, D. C., has been appointed >
the District Supreme Court to fill t c
vacancy on the District School B° ar
created by the recent resignation o
Isaac Gans. Among other offices e
by Rabbi Simon, he served with t e
American Red Cross during the or
War when he was commended >
government for meritorious ^ er \, ic ^
and is a former president of
tral Conference of American Ra
MRS. JOSEPH FRIEND of New
Orleans, was elected President o
National Council of Jewish 0 .
for the next year during the
Triennial Convention of the
held in Los Angeles recently-
ALBERT KAHN, architect of De
troit, Mich., has been awarded
contract for building fact
other structures whose value ■' **
ceed two million dollars by
Government.