The Denver Jewish news., 1918-10-24
THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
WAR RECORD.

Tie departure of Professor Solo
mon b. Freehof of the Faculty of the
Hebrew Union College for the Chap
lain Training School at Camp Tay-
lor. Kentucky, adds another star to
tile service flag of the college. Re-
spu.iding generously to the call of the
lew sl Welfare Board for his services.
the Hoard of Governors Of the He
hrrw Union College granted Professor
Frcchof leave of absence for the dura-
ton of the war at his full salary.
] Professor Frcchof will complete his
course of training at the Chaplain
school in five weeks. and then Will
sail for France for service at the
/ front with the rank of list. Licuten.
ant Professor Frcehof is graduate
of the College of the class of 1915.
With him at the Chaplain Training
Israel I,cttm. ~. Harry w. Ettel-
son. 'Oi. James q. Heller. '16. Abram
/ Hirschbcrg. '9S and Morris $. LaZarOn,
/ II. Abroad they will join their fcl-
low-alumni of tie college. who are al.
ready serving as chaplains. Rabbis
Elkan G. NOorsangcr. II. Jacob IL.
Krohhgold. 16, Lee ]. Levingcr. IA.
and Bcnjamin Friedman, II. Rabbi
I Israel j. Sarasohn is likewise serving
as chaplain in the United States Army
at Camp Pike. Ark. In addition Rabbi
II. G. Enelow. DS. of the Temple Eman-
mel. New York City. is now in France
as n special cmissary doing religious
work for the Jewish Welfare Board.
Quite n number of alumni of the Col
lcge have rendered their applications
to the L. s. Government thru the
Jewish Welfare Board. and will un-
dCrbicdly receive appointment as
chaplains in the near future. Among
them are Rabbis Nathan Marasch. rs,
Raphael L. GOldenstein, '1G. Julius
Icibcrt '1G. Emil W. Leipziger. 90.
Joseph Rauch, '05. Harry X. Rich
mond. II (at present serving as n
soldier in the L. s. Army. Jerome
Roser. II. Leonard ]. Rothstein. O4
and George Solomon, %.
Furthermore considerable number
of alumni of the College have devoted
all their time for periods varying from
two months to one year. to welfare
work for Jewish soldiers in the camps
under the auspices of the Jewish Wei
fare Board and the B'nai Birth.
Among these are Rabbis Morris Cahan.
'O3. Solomon Foster, '02. George Fox.
'OS. Charles J. Freund, 90, Ephraim
Frisch O4 Abraham G., Holtzberg. 1G.
jacob H. Kaplan. '02. Louis J. Kopald.
'09. Isaac Landman. '06, Horace j.
Wolfe. 'O9. The following alumni are
permanently engaged in Welfare Work.
Rabhis David Fichman. '13. Jacob
Turner. rs, Felix S. Mcndelsohn. II.
Maxwell Silver. '16.
In addition to these. Rabbi Abram
Simon. ~ of Washington is II Red
Cross official in France for the dura.
ton of the war. He holds the rank
of ajor. Rabbi Martin \. Meyer 'O1
of San Francisco is also II Red Cross
representative in France. Rabbi Solo
mon G. Lowenstein. 'O1 of New York
City. is "A member of the commission
to investigate war conditions in Pal
estine. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. 10.
has just returned from an important
mission to France. upon which he was
sent by the United States government.
During the past summer several of
the alumni of the College devoted their
vacations to lccturing before the jew
ish soldiers in the various camps un-
der the auspices of the Jewish Wei
fare Board. In addition to several
rabbis mentioned above in other ca
pacities. were Rabbis Leo NJ. Frank
lin. D2 of Detroit and VIM. :. Fried.
man. 80 of Denver. Moreover quite
II number of rabbs are doing sys-
tcmatic religious .and welfare work
in camps and environments located near
their homes.
Among the undergraduate students