Hold Second Annual Meeting of Kohut Memorial Foundation

The second annual meeting of the Alexander Kohut Memorial Foundation was held at the home of Dr. George Alexander Kohut a few days ago.

The Kohut Foundation was established over fifteen years ago and incorporated in 1926. Its purpose is to aid Jewish scholars in the publication of scholarly works of primary importance. Over thirty volumes have already been issued under its auspices, including the great work on “Plant Lore Among the Jews,” by Immanuel Low; “The Greek Index to Philo,” by Professor Hans Leisegang; “The Philosophical Dictionary” of Jacob Klatzkin, and other important books.

Among current publications, just issued from the press, are the photographic reproduction in two hundred copies only of the famous “Kaufman Codex” of the Mishna, preserved in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and representing the oldest known punctuated text of the Mishna in existence. Another distinguished publication is the Memorial Volume in honor of Abraham Solomon Freidus, the late Chief of the Jewish Department of the New York Public Library, entitled ‘Studies in Jewish Bibliography and Related Subjects.” An equally valuable book now ready for distribution is a “Dictionary of the Aramaic Idiom of the Babylonian Talmud,” by Professor Casper Levias, who has just attained his seventieth birthday.

The Kohut Foundation is in substance a Jewish Academy and has earned for itself a great name in the annals of Jewish literature. The officers of the Foundation are; Judge Julian W. Mack, president; Professor Alexander Marx, vice-president; Professor Julius A. Bewer, secretary; and Dr. George A. Kohut, executive director. The members of the advisory council are Professor Louis Ginzberg, Professor Salo Baron, Professor D. S. Blondheim, Professor Julian J. Obermann, and Dr. Stephen S. Wise.