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Melville E. Abrams (1912-1966) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
14, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
secretary to U.S. Rep. Isidore
Dollinger; member of New York
state assembly, 1955-66 (Bronx County 5th District 1955-65, 90th
District 1966); died in office 1966.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; Urban
League; NAACP.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., October
10, 1966 (age 54 years, 238
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ann Soffrin. |
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Robert Abrams (b. 1938) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 4,
1938.
Son of Benjamin Abrams and Dorothy (Kaplan) Abrams.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1966-69 (89th District 1966, 81st District
1967-69); borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1970-78; resigned 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972,
1976,
1980,
1984;
New
York state attorney general, 1979-93; Presidential Elector for
New York, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Sigma Delta; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2000.
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Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned
1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Arbitration Association; Zionist Organization of America.
Still living as of 1961.
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Abraham Bernstein (1918-1990) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New York
state senate, 1961-90 (28th District 1961-65, 36th District 1966,
32nd District 1967-90); died in office 1990.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
One leg
was amputated in 1977 due to phlebitis.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Albert Einstein Medical
Center, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March 4,
1990 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at New
Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Iselin, N.J.
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Relatives:
Married to Ruth Schub and Gretchen Diamond. |
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Herman Bernstein (1876-1935) —
Born in Russia,
September
21, 1876.
Son of David Bernstein and Marie (Elsohn) Bernstein.
Author;
translator;
journalist;
founder and editor of The Day, Jewish daily newspaper;
published the "Willy-Nicky Correspondence," secret telegrams between
the Kaiser and the Czar, 1918; sued Henry
Ford for libel over anti-Semitic statements published in the
Dearborn Independent newspaper, and won a retraction; author of book
The History of a Lie (1921) which exposed "The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion" as fraudulent; U.S. Minister to Albania, 1930-33.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Committee; Zionist Organization of America.
Died in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
31, 1935 (age 58 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Bonom (1912-1962) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 7,
1912.
Son of David Bonom (born 1887) and Lena (Jackel) Bonom (1887-1974).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 2nd District, 1956-62; died in
office 1962.
Jewish.
Member, Federal
Bar Association; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist Organization of America.
Died December
13, 1962 (age 50 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Clarice Juliet Goldberg (1910-1998). |
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Bernard S. Deutsch (b. 1884) —
of Riverdale, Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Maryland, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eliot Lanze Engel (b. 1947) —
also known as Eliot L. Engel —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
18, 1947.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1972
(alternate), 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly 81st District, 1977-88; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1989-2003 (19th District 1989-93,
17th District 1993-2003).
Jewish.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers; Americans
for Democratic Action; Zionist Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias.
Still living as of 2009.
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Julius J. Gans (1896-1973) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1896.
Son of Nathan Gans and Ida (Lowenthal) Gans.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly, 1936-37, 1939-54 (Bronx County 5th District
1936-37, 1939-44, Bronx County 6th District 1945-54); defeated, 1937;
civil court judge in New York, 1961-67.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Zionist Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, in Doctors Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 24,
1973 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Sylvia (Kugel) Tisch. |
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Jacob H. Gilbert (1920-1981) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 17,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1951-54; member of
New
York state senate 27th District, 1955-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1960-71 (23rd District 1960-63,
22nd District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1964.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; Lions; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., February
27, 1981 (age 60 years, 255
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, N.Y.
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Nathaniel Lawrence Goldstein (1896-1981) —
also known as Nathaniel L. Goldstein —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 9,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
partner of Charles
C. Lockwood during the 1920s; accountant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940,
1944,
1948;
New
York state attorney general, 1943-54.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American
Jewish Committee; Freemasons;
Elks;
Zionist Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 24,
1981 (age 84 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Philip Halpern (1902-1963) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
12, 1902.
Son of Samuel M. Halpern and Rebecca L. (Yatzkan) Halpern.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1948-63; died in office
1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died
in office 1963.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Mu; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
25, 1963 (age 60 years, 286
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gustave Hartman (1880-1936) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hungary,
August
12, 1880.
Son of Kalman Hartman and Sarah 'Sallie' (Luchs) Hartman.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 16th District, 1905-06;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1908; municipal judge
in New York, 1913-17, 1921-29; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1924, 1929; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America; American
Arbitration Association; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Founder and president, Israel Orphan Asylum, New York City.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
12, 1936 (age 56 years, 92
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.; memorial monument at Hartman
Triangle, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Moses Hartmann (b. 1872) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born November
26, 1872.
Son of Ignatz Hartmann and Anna (Kohn) Hartmann.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1919-37.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; B'nai
B'rith; Zionist Organization of America; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nathaniel T. Helman (b. 1905) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1950-60 (26th District 1950-54, 28th District
1955-60); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960
(alternate); Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1968.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Zionist Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ivan Itkin (b. 1936) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., March 29,
1936.
Son of Abraham Aaron Itkin and Eda (Kreger) Itkin.
Democrat. Nuclear
engineer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1973-81;
Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1992,
1996;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996.
Jewish.
Member, Zionist Organization of America.
Still living as of 1996.
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Son of William Jacob Mack and Rebecca (Tandler) Mack.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1903-11; Judge, Illinois
Appellate Court, 1908-10; Judge of
U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died in 1943
(age about
76 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social
worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Still living as of 1975.
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William Rosenblatt —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 16th District, 1945-70.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith; Knights
of Pythias; Zionist Organization of America.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Shapiro (1906-1981) —
of Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pereyaslov, Russia,
May 1,
1906.
Son of Max Shapiro and Fannie (Bernstein) Shapiro.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1953-55.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Jewish
War Veterans; Zionist Organization of America; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in May, 1981
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert I. Sorin (b. 1900) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August 1,
1900.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1949-59.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ben Werbel (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Poland,
November
23, 1898.
Democrat. Advertising
business; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1949-54.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Zionist Organization of America; B'nai
B'rith.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mollie Katz. |
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