With the growth and development of American Jewry, the problem of Jewish education has become more and more intense. The things already accomplished in the field of Jewish education and the important problems still to be worked out are presented forcefully by the Reverend Doctor Julius H. Greenstone in his article on the subject of Jewish Education in America, published in this volume. Dr. Greenstone has analyzed the responsibilities of American Jewry and its opportunities for familiarizing the younger generation "with events that have made Israel a great people and with the literature wherein Israel's greatness is embodied." The memoir on the Jewish population in the United States, by Dr. Joseph Jacobs, Director of the Bureau of Statistics of the American Jewish Committee, will doubtless attract much attention. His new estimate fixes the Jewish population of the United States on July 1, 1914, at 2,933,374, and according to Dr. Jacobs, " by January 1, 1915, the Jews of the United States will reach the three million mark, or, in other words, at that date, one out of every thirty Americans, and in the urban districts one out of every sixteen, will be a Jew." I wish to express my profound gratitude to Miss Henrietta Szold, Doctor Cyrus Adler, Louis Marshall, Esq., and Judge Mayer Sulzberger, for their important aid and most helpful suggestions in connection with this issue of the YEAR Book. I also wish to make acknowledgment to Miss Rose A. Herzog and Mr. Harry Schneiderman for their painstaking and valuable assistance in the preparation of this volume. HERMAN BERNSTEIN. New York, August 10, 1914. SPECIAL ARTICLES IN PREVIOUS ISSUES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH YEAR BOOK THE ALLIANCE ISRAELITE UNIVERSELLE, 5661, pp. 45-65. THE JEWS OF ROUMANIA (two articles), 5662, pp. 25-87. THE AMERICAN PASSPORT IN RUSSIA, 5665, pp. 283-305. THE PASSPORT QUESTION IN CONGRESS, 5670, pp. 21-43. DIRECTORIES OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, 5661, pp. 67495; 5668, pp. 21-430; 5669, pp. 19-64; 5670, pp. 146-189; 5671, pp. 229-253; 5672, pp. 217-265; 5673, pp. 217-263; 5674, pp. 361-413. STATISTICAL SUMMARY BY STATES (JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES), 5662, pp. 126-156. THE JEWISH POPULATION OF MARYLAND, 5663, pp. 46-62. A LIST OF JEWISH PERIODICALS IN THE UNITED STATES, 5660, pp. 271-282; and in subsequent issues. PRELIMINARY LIST OF JEWISH SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO SERVED IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, 5661, pp. 525-622. THE HUNDRED BEST AVAILABLE BOOKS IN ENGLISH ON JEWISH SUBJECTS, 5665, pp. 309-317. ONE HUNDRED AVAILABLE BOOKS IN ENGLISH ON PALESTINE, 5666, pp. 153-162. A LIST OF AVAILABLE STORIES OF JEWISH INTEREST IN ENGLISH, 5667, pp. 130-142. A SYLLABUS OF JEWISH HISTORY, 5666, pp. 163-170. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF RABBIS AND CANTORS OFFICIATING IN THE UNITED STATES, 5664, pp. 40-108; 5665, pp. 214-225; 5666, pp. 119-125. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWS PROMINENT IN THE PROFESSIONS, ETC., IN THE UNITED STATES, 5665, pp. 52-213. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWISH COMMUNAL WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES, 5666, pp. 32-118. URIAH P. LEVY, 5663, pp. 42-45. GERSHOM MENDEZ SEIXAS, 5665, pp. 40-51. PENINA MOÏSE, 5666, pp. 17-31. FROM KISHINEFF TO BIALYSTOK. A TABLE OF POGROMS FROM 1903 TO 1906, 5667, pp. 34-89. SUNDAY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS HAV. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF NEW YORK CITY, 5670, pp. 44-54. THE PASSPORT QUESTION, 5672, pp. 19-128. THE JEW AND AGRICULTURE, 5673, pp. 21-115. THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 1888-1913, 5674, pp. 19-187. CONTENTS PAGE Jewish National Organizations in the United States..... New Jewish Local Organizations in the United States. JEWISH PERIODICALS APPEARING IN THE UNITED STATES.. B. Jewish Population of the United States, Memoir of 1* |