Bernard Louis Levinthal

Background

Levinthal, Bernard Louis was born on May 12, 1865 in Vilna, Russia. Son of Rabbi Abraham and Sarah Levinthal.

Education

Educated in Russian schools. Graduate High Rabbinical Institutions of Kovno and Wilna. Russia, 1888; honorary Doctor of Divinity Yeshivah U., 1942.

Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary) Jewish Institute Religion, 1948.

Career

Minister United Orthodox Hebrew Congregations of Philadelphia, 1891-1848, retired Founder Hebrew Free Schools, Free Burial Society, Kohsher Meat Association, and other Hebrew associations of Philadelphia. Founder and now president Orthodox Rabbinical Association of America, Hebrew Talmudic Institute, Philadelphia. Founder and principal Hebrew High School, Philadelphia.

Member American Jewish Committee. Honorary vice president Federation of America Zionists. Member of the board of delegates of civil and religious rights of Jews.

Organized Council of Jewish Clubs of Philadelphia. Member delegation of America Jewish Congress to Peace Conference, Paris.

Membership

Member American Jewish Committee. Member of the board of delegates of civil and religious rights of Jews. Member delegation of America Jewish Congress to Peace Conference, Paris.

Member faculty, Rabbinical College of America, New New York.

Connections

Married Minna Kleinberg, March 1886 (died 1929). Married second, Sarah B. Zizling, 1935. Children: Israel H., Louis E., Abraham A. Came to the United States, 1891.

Father:

Rabbi Abraham

Mother:

Sarah Levinthal

Spouse:

Minna Kleinberg

Spouse:

Sarah B. Zizling

child:

Louis E. Levinthal

child:

1891 Levinthal

child:

Israel H. Levinthal

child:

Abraham A. Came to the United States Levinthal