J. Leonard Levy
Joseph Leonard Levy (November 24, 1865 – April 26, 1917) was an English-American rabbi who ministered in England and America.
Life
Levy was born on November 24, 1865, the son of Rabbi Solomon Levy and Elizabeth Cohen.[1]
Levy
Levy died at home of pneumonia on April 26, 1917.[2] His funeral was held at Rodef Shalom, where Rabbi Stephen S. Wise delivered the eulogy. The funeral was attended by, among other people, Rodef Shalom's president Judge Josiah Cohen, Rabbi Joseph Silverman of New York City, Rabbi Isadore Philo of Youngstown, Ohio, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Wheeling, West Virginia, Rabbi Moses J. Abels of Altoona, Rabbi Solomon Michael Neches of Congregation B'nai Israel, Rabbi Morris Mazure of the Tree of Life Congregation, Rabbi George Zepin of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Rabbi Schuman of Yonkers, New York. He was buried in West View Cemetery.[3]
References
- ^ Malone, Dumas, ed. (1933). Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 11. New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 201–202 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Dr. J. Leonard Levy, Stricken Suddenly, Dies of Pneumonia". The Jewish Criterion. Vol. XLVIII, no. 10. Pittsburgh, P.A. 27 April 1927. pp. 6–7 – via Carnegie Mellon University Digital Collections.
- ^ "Temple Linked with Memory of Rabbi Levy". The Jewish Criterion. Vol. XLVIII, no. 11. Pittsburgh, P.A. 4 May 1917. p. 7 – via Carnegie Mellon University Digital Collections.
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