Who is Who in Central & East Europe 1933


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Issac Alcalay, Belgrade, Yugoslavia ->
In 1911 he became Chief Rabbi of Serbia and in 1923 Chief Rabbi of Yugoslavia. During the war he worked on behalf of the government in England and the U.S.A. After the war as Chief Rabbi of the country he worked in order to strengthen reliability for the King and the State. He speaks Yugoslav, French, English, German, Spanish and Hebrew.

Joachim Aszkenazy, Kolomyja, Poland ->
is president of the Eggs-Exporters of Little Poland in Lwów and of the Jewish Orphan Asylum in Kolomyja.

Majer, Samuel Balaban, Warsaw, Poland ->
During the World War he was a military rabbi for the jewish soldiers in the Polish Army.

Chajim Bloch, Vienna, Austria ->
During the World War he was an Austrian Military Rabbi.

Mayer Ebner, Cernauti, Romania ->
At the beginning of the war he was sent to Siberia as a hostage and in 1917 in a prisoner exchange he was called home. He is a member of municipality of Cernauti and is in charge of the Jewish community of Cernauti. Four times he was elected to the Chairman and the Senate of Rumania; he is President of the Jewish Parliamental Club, is the founder of the Jewish National Party, and is the President of the Bukowina Zionist Provincial Government.

Jehudo Epstein, Vienna, Austria ->
is a painter of portraits and Genre-pictures: "Saul and David", "Mathatuas"; "Jews playing chess".

Moses Gaster, London, England ->
was the Chief Rabbi of the Sephardim in Great Britain. For more information look up in "Who's Who in Britain".

Arnold Kiss, Budapest, Hungary ->
Since 1901 he is High Rabbi in charge in Budapest; a member of Committee in charge of the Rabbi-School in Hungaria; and a Professor at the Franz Joseph State Rabbi-School in Budapest.

Aleksander Steinhardt, Przemysl, Poland ->
was assistant physician in the Wilhelms Hospital in Vienna up to 1913 and since 1924 he is the Director and Chief Physician of the Jewish Hospital in Przemysl.

Major Szapira, Lublin, Poland ->
From 1911-1918 Rabbi in Gliniany, 1918-1920 Rabbi in Sanok, 1920-1928 Rabbi of Pietskan, 1928 Rabbi of the city of Lublin.

Leon Tannenbaum, Drohobycz, U.S.S.R. ->
Since 1924 he is President of the Jewish community of Drohobycz and since 1928 he is Vice President of the city.

Imre Tieberger, Budapest, Hungary ->
has business connections with the syndicate of diamond-dealers in Antwerpen, Belgium, London, Paris, Amsterdam.

Julius Wolfsohn, Vienna, Austria ->
studied in Paris with Raoul Pugno and in Vienna with Leschetitzky. He gave concerts as a child; made concert tours in Europe and America and lectured on Jewish music. He founded an association furthering Jewish music and is the author of 45 compositions of Jewish concert music, all published by Universal Edition and Doblinger in Vienna.