Aranow was born on May 19, 1883, in
Minsk,
Minsk Governorate,
Russian Empire, son of Max Aranow and Pauline Slepien. Aranow immigrated to America and lived in
New York City. He attended P.S. 70,
DeWitt Clinton High School, and
New York Law School. He was a lawyer and part of the law firm Koenig, Goldsmith & Sittenfield, which
Secretary of State of New York Samuel S. Koenig was the senior member of. He also taught at the Emmanuel Brotherhood in the
Lower East Side, helped raise funds for the
Lebanon Hospital building, and served as an organizer of the Darrach Home for Crippled Children. In 1914, Aranow was elected to the
New York State Assembly as a
Democrat, representing the
New York County 20th District. He served in the Assembly in
1915, and
1917. While in the Assembly, he was a member of the legislative committee to revise the Code of Civil Procedure and enact the Civil Practice Act. Starting in 1927, he practiced law with Harris Berlack. He received the Croix de Valour from Portugal in 1932. In 1941, he was the
Betty Compton's attorney in her divorce from former New York City mayor
Jimmy Walker. In 1915, Aranow married Blanche Bodenheimer, daughter of Max Bodenheimer. They had one son, Richard Frank. == References ==