The Denver Jewish news., 1920-07-21
Martyrs Bodies Being
Brought to Warsaw
American Jews will Commemorate Muir
dered Relief Worker.
CAREERS OF PROFESSOR ISRAEL
FRIEDI.AENDER AND DR. BIER
NARD CANTOR.

q. c. B.fSeryice.)
Paris. July 1I.-The bodies of Pro
fessor Friedlaender End Rabbi Cantor.
the American reliefjwOrkers who were
murdered in Ukr;Ania. are being
brought from .IarHplincc 10 Warsaw.
he Jewish community of Warsaw
held special mourning serric" for the
murdered workers ol july 10Th.
New York-Mr. Ielix NJ. Wnrburs,
chairman of the .loint Distribution
Committee. last Fridfy, callei II special
meeting of leading Jews u this city in
order to consider ways and means for
hOnoring the memdry Of Professor
Israel Friedlaender iand Dr. Jernard
Cantor. two American relief workers
who were killed in Ukramia while try
ing to bring relief to tll,, Jewish po-
grom victims there. 1t was the sug-
eestiOn of Mr.. Warburg that perma-
nent memorabilia raised to the remory
of these brave Jews who gave up posi-
tions of leadership and responsibility
in order to answer the call Of suffer
ing Jewry abroad. All those present
at the meeting paid tribute to the cohr
age and sacrifice of these two victims
of IIkrainian lawlessnes' A commit
tee composed of DIR. Cyrus Adler. Judge
Otto \. Rosalsliy. DIR. ]. l.. MaSnes
and SholOm Ash has lcen appointed 10
formulate plans and maxi all nec..i
sary arrangements for memorial meet
ings, to be held thruout the country.
Mr.. Warburg read messages of con
dolence received from a numlcr of
prominent Jews. including one from
Rabbi Meyer Berlin who speaks in the
name of the "Mizrachi.' and Judge
Julian w Mack. who writes in the
name of the Zionist ORGANIZATIONS.
Dr, Friedlaentlers Career.
The Rev. DIR. Israel Friedlaender was
In service the second oldesr member
Of the faculty of tho jewish Theciosi-
cal Seminary in America. the oldest
being DIR. Cyrus Adler. and had been
connected with the seminary for .sev-
enteen years. He was Professor of
Biblical Literature and Exesesis. He
was also member of the faculty OF
the Teachers Institute of the Jewish
Theological Seminary being instructor
i'm history.
DIR. Friedlaender leave, u wife and
six small children. Mrs. rrietilarnder
was Miss Lillian Ruth Bcntwici; of
London. Eng. They w-re married
Sept. 2G. 1905. There are three sons
and three daughters Mrs Fried
laender and the children We're spend
ing the summer at Belmar. MI.
Professor Friedlaender started on
January 10 last on his fatal mission
fully aware of the peril he would he
likely to encounter. In March the
State Department Grantcd permission
to the Joint Distribution Committee
for all Jewish Relief Funds. Of which
Dr. Friedlaender was member. to
send its Ikrainian Commission into
Soviet Russia at its own risk. H.
Friedlaender and the other members
of the commission. Judge Harry Fish
er of Chicago. Max Pine and Mar"icc
Kass. were then in Poland
Professor Friedlacnder was recog-
niZed as one of the foremost Jewish
scholars of this generation. He was
likewise IA leading American Zionist
He was the author and translator OF
many Hebrew books and documents.
Born in Russia forty-threc years
ago. he was educated in Berlin Uni
versity. the Rabbiner Seminary and the
University of Strassberg. He was at
mitted as privattd0zent for Semitic
languages in 1902. Since 1908 he has
been at the seminary in New York.
manager of his theatre for the coming
season man. formerly the leader OF