Background
Berkowitz, Henry was born on March 18, 1857 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Henrietta (Jaroslawski) Berkowitz.
Berkowitz, Henry was born on March 18, 1857 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Louis and Henrietta (Jaroslawski) Berkowitz.
Student Cornell Univercity, 1872-1873. Studied law in office of Brown & Lambie, Pittsburgh, 1874-1877. B Little, Cincinnati University, 1881.
Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1883 (Doctor of Divinity, 1887).
Rabbi, Shaara-Shamayim Congregation, Mobile, Alabama, 1883-1888, B’nai Jehuda Congregation. Kansas City, Missoury, 1888-1892, Rodeph Shalom Congregation, Philadelphia, 1892-1921 (emeritus).
Member Board of Governors Hebrew Union College, since 1884. Member publication committee Jewish Publication Society America.
Married Flora Brunn, of Fraustadt, Germany, October 28, 1883.