American Jewish Year Book Volume 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...There are 61 societies, 31 reporting an income of $648,198.34, and 1 affiliated with the National Conference of Jewish Charities. They include 4 Homes for the Aged (1 in Yonkers, and 1 connected with a Friendly Inn); 1 Friendly Inn; 3 Orphan and Infant Asylums; 3 Hospitals; and the Home for Chronic Invalids, the Home for Working Girls, the Jewish Working Girls' Vacation Home, and the Sanitarium for Hebrew Children enumerated above. Some of the charitable societies of New York City have their offices in the Hebrew Charities Building. Mutual benefit, loan, and social organizations: There are 15 mutual benefit societies, 11 with an income of $17,161.72; 2 loan associations; 8 clubs, 2 with an income of $47,000; a Young Men's Hebrew Association, with an income of $11,666.87; and the 2 protective associations; the Hebrew Singing Society; and the 2 Veterans' Associations enumerated above. National: There are a branch of the Alliance Israelite Unlverselle; a Section of the Council of Jewish Women; 16 Zionist societies; and 254 lodges. NORTH CAROLINA In the State of North Carolina, there are 9 towns with one or more Jewish institutions. Of these, 7 have each a regularly organized congregation, and in 2 no communal religious life exists. Of the 7 congregations, 6 report on the subject of services as follows: 4 hold Sabbath and holiday services, and 2 holiday services only. 6 congregations report a membership of 138, and 4 an income of $3660. 2 congregations are affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations; 5 report cemeteries, and besides there is 1 cemetery not attached to an organized congregation; 3 report schools, with 98 pupils; 1 of the schools is affiliated with the Hebrew Sabbath School Union of America. There are 6 charitable...