San Francisco (continued)

Treasurer, Lewis Gerstle; Secretary, Leo Eloesser; As-
sistant Secretary, Meyer H. Levy, 113 Stockton. Trus-
tees: A. Anspacher, Joseph Brandenstein, Jacob Greene-
baum, Sig. Greenebaum, L. Meyerstein, J. H. Neustad-
ter, Juda Newman, S. W. Rosenstock, Daniel Roth, B.
Sheideman, Jacob Stern, S. I. Wormser. Superintendent
and Matron of Orphanage, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mauser.
Matron of Home, Mrs. Johanna Levy. Members, 1756.
Income of last fiscal year, $30,197.53. Board meets
second Sunday of the month; organization meets in
September.

*PASTORS' AID SOCIETY (AUXILIARY TO CONGREGATION BETH
ISRAEL). President, Miss Emma Fischer; Secretary.
Miss Essie Henry. Assists prisoners of the Jewish faith
after liberation.

[CHEVRA] ROFA CHOLIM, 121 Eddy. Founded December 1, 1892. President, Levi Bahr; Vice-President, Theo. Van Noorden; Treasurer, H. Simon; Secretary, J. Goldstein, 806 Elizabeth. Trustees: L. Goldberg, H. Rosenbaum, S. Schein. Members, 65. Income of last fiscal year, $900. Organization meets first Wednesday of the month. Furnishes medicines and physician, buries the dead and assists the needy.

D.

[CEMETERY] SALEM. See CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL.
[CHEVRA] SHAARE REFOOAH, 120 O'Farrell. Founded Febru-
ary 2, 1890. President, M. Raphael; Vice-President, A.
Sugerman; Treasurer, B. Wacholder; Secretary,
Lande, 4444 Clementina. Trustees: Chas. A. Berliner,
A. Jacobowitz, I. Levy, Chas. Levy. Members, 136.
Organization meets second and fourth Sundays of the
month. Pays sick benefits to members.

[CONGREGATION] SHAARI ZEDEK, California and Stockton.
Founded October, 1870. Cantor, A. Brown, 977 Golden
Gate Av. President, I. Friedman; Vice-President, N. H.
Lichtenstein; Treasurer, Solomon Levy; Secretary,
Samuel Folack, 405 Kearny. Trustees: S. M. Cohn, I.
Cohn, B. Kaskell, I. Harris, H. Gilbert. Members, 35;
Seatholders, 100. Income of last fiscal year, $2433.05,
including about $1300 net proceeds of a fair. Congre-
gation meets in October. Services: Friday at sunset;
Saturday, 9 a. m., 4 p. m.; Monday, Thursday, Rosh
Hachodesh and intermediate holidays, 6.30 a. m.
[CONGREGATION] SHERITH ISRAEL, Post and Taylor. Founded
April 13, 1850. Rabbi, Jacob Nieto, 1719 Bush; Cantor,

California

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D. S. Davis. President, Louis Brown; Vice-President, Chas. Harris; Treasurer, Judah Boas; Secretary, Alexander L. Badt, Post and Taylor. Trustees: Philip N. Aronson, Meyer Davidson, Marks Green, Hy. I. Kowalsky, Barron Mish, Herman Roman, Moses Samuel, Nathan Schlesinger, Bahr Sheideman, Morris Spiro. Members, 250. Income of last fiscal year, $33,000; expenditures, $25,000. Congregation meets in October. Services: Friday, 5.30 p. m.; Saturday, 10 a. m.; extra service Friday, 8 p. m., from November to April. Religious School: Two sessions weekly; pupils, 150. Cemetery, Hills of Eternity" (Giboth Olom), San Mateo County. Auxiliary Societies: Bible Class for Adults; Post Graduate Class. Erection of new synagogue contemplated.

*[CHEBRA] THILIM, 1036 Folsom. Founded 1891. Rabbi, Moses Liberman. President, D. Markowitch; Vice-President, Julius Levi; Treasurer, M. Marks; Secretary, M. Liberman, 1032 Folsom. Board meeting first Sunday of the month. Members, 55. Services: 6.30 a. m. and 6 p. m.; Saturday, 8 a. m. Annual income, $850.

San José

[CONGREGATION] BIKUR CHOLIM, Third and San Antonia. Rabbi, H. Rich. President, P. S. Hirsch; Vice-President, L. Hart; Treasurer, J. Adelsohn; Secretary, I. Reiser, 32 S. Second. Trustees: B. Meyers, M. Isaacs, M. Stern. Members and Seatholders 35. Religious School: One session weekly; pupils, 18; classes, 2; teachers, 2. Cemetery, Home of Peace.

San Pedro

JEWISH RESIDENTS attend holiday services at Los Angeles.

Stockton

[CONGREGATION] RYHIM AHOOVIM, Hunter St. Founded July, 1855. President, Jacob Glick; Vice-President, Jacob Marks; Treasurer, Louis H. Frankenheimer; Secretary, M. Menasses, 15 N. El Dorado. Trustees: H. Marks, Julius Cohn, M. S. Arndt, Max Levy. Members and Seatholders, 68. Congregation meets last Sunday in October. Religious School: One session weekly; pupils, 42; classes, 3: teachers, 3. Cemetery on East St. Auxiliary Societies: Ladies' Benevolent Society; Hebrew Burial Ground Society.

COLORADO

Colorado

Central City

HOLIDAY SERVICES.

Colorado Springs

HEBREW BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. Founded October 1,
1898. President, L. J. Pelta; Vice-President, M. K. Mash-
kowitz; Treasurer, P. Ottenheimer; Secretary, D. P.
Ottenheimer, 10 P. O. Building. Members, 20. Income
of last fiscal year, $60. Organization meets first Sunday
of the month.

HOLIDAY SERVICES.

Cripple Creek

[TEMPLE] BRITH ABRAHAM, Masonic Temple. Founded February, 1899. President, M. Brown: Vice-President, Joseph Segil; Treasurer, Jacob Goodstein; Secretary, H. J. Goodstein, 137 S. 3d. Trustees: Simon Segil, Louis Vandel, Max Bass. Members, 50. Services daily. Intends to erect a synagogue.

Denver

*[CONGREGATION] BETH ABRAHAM.

[CONGREGATION] BETH MIDRASH HAGODOL, 24th and Curtis. Founded June 12, 1898. Rabbi, R. Farber, Ph. D., 2 Smith's Terrace, 26th and Curtis. President, H. Plonsky; Vice-President, S. Solomon; Treasurer, Louis Levy; Secretary, H. Hepner, 24th and Lincoln. Trustees: S. Minowitz, M. Ameter, B. Russok, N. Bloch. Members and Seatholders, 150. Income of last fiscal year, about $3000. Congregation meets Sunday after Pesach and Sunday after Sukkoth; board meets first Sunday of the month. Services: Friday, 7.45 p. m.; Saturday, 9 a. m.; week days, 7 a. m. and 6.30 p. m. Religious School: Five sessions weekly: Saturday, 8.30 to 9.30 a. m.: Sunday, 10 a. m. to 12 m.; Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 4 to 6 p. m.: 72 hours weekly devoted to Hebrew; pupils, 165; classes, 8; 9 teachers and the Rabbi have charge of the school on Sunday; during the week Hebrew teachers instruct the classes. Auxiliary Societies: Ladies' Auxiliary Society; Jewish Literary and Historical Society: Confirmation Society, Dorshe Daath. CHESED SHEL EMMETH BURIAL ASSOCIATION. Founded January 28, 1896. President, M. Kirshstein; Vice-President, J. Jacobs; Treasurer, L. Levy; Secretary, Arnold Wolff, 1603 Larimer. Trustees: S. Kirshstein, M. Cassell, M.

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Ameter. Members, 200. Income of last fiscal year, $448; expenditures, $360; balance on hand, $280. Organization meets monthly. Number of burials, 26. [CONGREGATION] EMANUEL, 16th and Pearl. Founded October 11, 1874. Rabbi, William S. Friedman, 1432 Grant Av. President, Henry Frankle; Vice-President, William Weil; Treasurer, David Kline; Secretary, Jos. H. Harrison, P. O. Box 503. Trustees: Solomon L. Holzman, Simon Appel, David May, Simon Guggenheim, L. H. Guldman. Members and Contributors, about 180. Income of last fiscal year, $8200. Congregation meets third Sunday in April. Services: Friday, 7.45 p. m.; Saturday, 10.30 a. m. Religious School: One session weekly; pupils, about 150; classes, 8; teachers, 8. Riverside Cemetery. Ladies' Auxiliary.

JEWISH RELIEF SOCIETY. Founded 1876. President, (Mrs. Edward) Seraphine Pisko; Vice-President, (Mrs. S. L.) Pauline Holzman; Treasurer, (Mrs. Wm.) Hattie Dreyfuss; Secretary, (Mrs. M. D.) Irma Barnett, Clarkson and 18th Av.; Corresponding Secretary, (Mrs. Alfred) Bertha S. Muller, 2147 Gilpin. Trustees: Dr. Kleiner, D. Kline, and Mesdames A. Z. Solomon, M. Jarecki, Wm. Weil, Lee Weil, S. Friedenthal, S. Appel, M. S. Appel. Members, 142. Income of last fiscal year, $1925. Organization meets first Friday of the month. Affiliated with the Associated Charities of Denver.

NATIONAL JEWISH HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES, Jackson and Colfax. Building begun by citizens of Denver, 1890; opened December 10, 1899, having been recognized as a national institution by District Grand Lodge No. 2, Independent Order B'nai B'rith, in Louisville, in 1899, and placed by it under a provisional board of control, consisting of seven members. Hitherto supported by voluntary subscriptions; $20,492.72 collected from September, 1899, to May, 1900. Accepted by the Constitutional Convention of the Order B'nai B'rith, held at Chicago in 1900, and a per capita annual tax of its members ordered, with the recommendation that a corporation be formed under the laws of the State of Colorado. This recommendation and the plan of the provisional board was adopted as follows by District Grand Lodge No. 2:

That a corporation be formed under the laws of the State of Colorado, not for pecuniary profit, which shall take charge and control of this institution on the 1st

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day of January, 1901. That the corporation be con-
trolled by thirty-five national trustees, of which seven
are to be elected by the seven districts of the Order
of B'nai B'rith of the United States, being one for
each district, eight additional from District Grand
Lodge No. 2, of which three shall be residents of Den-
ver, and twenty national members-at-large from all
parts of the United States, to be selected by the sev-
eral cities, societies, bodies and individuals who will
have contributed to the support of the Institution.
These thirty-five are to make the laws for the govern-
ment of this Institution, as well as to provide in these
laws for membership and for the election of trustees
thereafter. Besides the National Board, there is in
charge for the management of the Institution a com-
mittee of eleven residents of the city of Denver, called
the Board of Managers, and which board is composed
as follows:

Chairman, Alfred Muller; Vice-Chairman, Louis An-
fenger; E. Monash; Meyer Friedman; Henry Frankel;
Lesser Levy; David May; L. H. Guldman; Mesdames E.
Pisko; M. S. Appel; A. W. Weil.

Besides these, there are outside directors in differ-
ent cities of the United States as follows: Mrs. B.
Silver, Aspen, Colo.; Gus. Marx, Huntsville, Ala.; Rabbi
Louis Wolsey, Little Rock, Ark.; Philip Schaul, Butler,
Pa.; Dr. Adolf Guttmacher, Dr. W. Rosenau, Alex.
Frank, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. J. Bergheim, Boulder,
Colo.; Leo A. Loeb, Chicago, Ill.; G. Steinhauser,
Columbus, O.; Mrs. S. E. Davis, Pueblo, Colo.; Rabbi L.
Freudenthal, Trinidad, Colo.; Julius Gottburg, Mrs.
Wm. Wacker, Cripple Creek, Colo.; Mrs. I. Rothschild,
Greeley, Colo.; Alfred Rothschild, Detroit, Mich.; Hon.
Simon Wolf, Washington, D. C.; Philip W. Frey, Evans-
ville, Ind.; Isidore Lehman, Fort Wayne, Ind.; Morris
Baldauf, Henderson, Ky.; N. Lorrie, Kansas City, Mo.;
Joseph L. Friedman, Paducah, Ky.; Henry L. Mayer,
Lincoln, Neb.; Joseph Goetz, Newark, N. J.; Nathan
Fleisher, Paterson, N. J.; Lee K. Frankel, Isaac Wal-
lach, Mrs. David Heyman, New York City, N. Y.; M.
Oppenheimer, A. Lippman, Pittsburg, Pa.; Rev. Dr. L.
Mayer, Allegheny City, Pa.; F. L. Wormser, Scranton,
Pa.; Solomon Goldsmith, Scranton, Pa.; Louis Gerstley,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Max Herzberg, Philadelphia, Pa.;
Morris May, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rabbi Edward M.
Calish, Richmond, Va.

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