Background
Halpern, Harry was born on February 4, 1899 in New York City. Son of David and Dora (Saratchek) Halpern.
Halpern, Harry was born on February 4, 1899 in New York City. Son of David and Dora (Saratchek) Halpern.
Bachelor of Arts, College City New York, 1919. Student Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Seminary, 1920-1924. Bachelor of Laws, Brooklyn Law School, 1925, Juris Doctor, 1926.
Master of Arts, Columbia, 1925.
M.H.L., Jewish Theological Seminary, American, 1929, Doctor of Hebrew Literature, 1951, Doctor of Divinity, 1958.
Married second, Jean Rosenhaus, June 19, 1967. Rabbi, 1929; rabbi Jewish Communal Center of Flatbush, 1919-1929, East Midwood Jewish Center, 1929-1977. Visiting professor homiletics Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1957, now Adjunct Professor pastoral psychiatry.
President New York Board Rabbis, 1961-1962.
Chairman board education Yeshivah of Flatbush. Kings County advisory council New York State Commision on Discrimination.
Commissioner New York City Commision on Human Rights. Chairman Brooklyn division State of Israel Bonds.
Executive Committee Brooklyn Cancer Society Trustee Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital, Pride of Judea Children’s Home, Federation Jewish Philanthropies.
Company-chairman national planning committee Jewish Theological Seminary.
Fellow Herbert Lehman Institute Ethics. Member Zionist Organisation American (Executive Committee), Rabbinical Assembly American (president).
Married Mollie Singer, March 27, 1941 (deceased). Married second, Jean Rosenhaus, June 19, 1967.