Background
Levy, Joseph Leonard was born on November 24, 1865 in London, England. Son of Review Solomon and Elizabeth (Cohen) Levy.
Levy, Joseph Leonard was born on November 24, 1865 in London, England. Son of Review Solomon and Elizabeth (Cohen) Levy.
Bachelor of Arts (with honors), University of London, 1884. University of Bristol, England, 1885-1886. Came to America, 1889.
Doctor of Divinity, Western University of Pennsylvania, 1902.
Ordained rabbi, 1885. Pastor Bristol, England, 1885-1889, Sacramento, California, 1889-1893, Temple Keneseth Israel, Philadelphia, 1893-1901, Rodeph Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, since 1901. Belonged to radical wing of Jewish Church.
Appeared on lecture platform in nearly every state of the Union, as well as in England, Scotland and France, 1909.
Introduced the interdenominational Thanksgiving Service at Pittsburgh, 1908. Founded Philadelphia Sterilized Milk, Ice and Coal Society, 1894, and the “Home of Delight” (social settlement), 1895.
Founder Pittsburgh Peace Society, 1905. Chaplain Keegan’s Brigade, Philadelphia, 1898.
Trustee Hebrew Union College (Cincinnati), National Hospital for Consumptives (Denver), Universal Peace Union, University of Pittsburgh, Penna.
Peace Society, Tuberculosis League.
Married Henrietta Platnauer, December 26, 1888.