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Labatt, Abraham Cohen; b. Charleston, SC,
1802; d. Galveston, Aug 16 1899.
Merchant, TX, Charleston, SC, New Orleans,
San Francisco; alderman (San Francisco); fdr
synagogs. • See: JE; UJE.
Labov, Benjamin; b. Russia, Nov 24 1896;
d. West Palm Beach, Jan 111972.
Industrialist, philanthropist, Jersey City; officer
Jewish Welfare Council, Heb Home &
Hospital; chr NJ United Jewish Appeal. • See:
AJYB, 74:557; NYTimes, Jan 141972, 36:2.
Labovitz, Margaret; b. Minneapolis, Dec 29
1898.
LLB U MN. • Lawyer, communalldr,
Minneapolis; officer Hadassah. • See: WWIAJ,
1928,1938.
Labowitch, David; b. Mogyoraska,
Hungary, July 10 1897.
To US 1903.· Merchant, civic & communal
worker, Chicago; WWI US Shipping Bd
. service. • See: WWIAJ,.1926.
Laby, Irving Earl; b. en route to US (Am
parents), Aug 12 1896.
DDS Loyola. • Dentist, Chicago; faculty
Loyola; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lachman, Arthur; b. San Francisco, Dec 4
1873; d. Berkeley, Nov 1957.
BS U CA (Berkeley), PhD U Munich. •
Chemist, mfr, consult engineer, patent holder,
Berkeley; faculty U MI, U OR, U CA; author
in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):132,
24:165; WWIAJ, 1926 (addenda), 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Dec 1 1957,
88:7, correction Dec 2 1957,27:6.
Lachman, George Sydney; b. Baltimore,
Oct 11898.
AB, MD Johns Hopkins. • Ophthalmologist,
San Francisco. • See: BEOAJ.
Lachman, Harry; b. LaSalle, IL,June 29
1886; d. Nice, Mar 191975.
U MI, Paris. • Painter, cinema dir, illustrator,
tchr, Paris; illustrator Saturday Evening POsti
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 6, 7; NYTimes, Mar211975, 40:3.
Lachman, Henry;b. ca 1860; d. San
Francisco, July 10 1915.
Chevalier, French Legion of Honor, San
Francisco.· See:AJYB, 18(1916-1917):108.
Theatre & movie publicity dir, Universal City,
CA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Apr 23
1941,21:3.
Lachmann-Mosse, John Hans; b. Berlin,
1885; d. Oakland, CA, Apr 181944.
To Los Angeles 1940. • Editor, publisher
Berliner Tageblatt; art & book collector. • See:
UJE (sub Mosse); AJYB, 46:340-41; NYTimes,
Apr 191944,23:3.
Ladejinski, WolfIsaac; b. Russia, 1899; d.
July 1975.
To US 1922. • Agronomist; with Dept of
Agriculture; specialty: Asia; donated Asian art
to Israel Museum. • See: EJ:1973-1982;
NYTimes,July41975,26:1.
Laderman, Isidor; b. Bodzanow, Plotsk,
May 20 1887; d. Dec 1952.
To NYC 1907.·· Union official & orgr, NYC;
with Knit Goods Workers, Bag Makers &
Portfolio Workers; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Dec 7 1952, 88:6.
Ladin, Louis]ulius; b. Kovno, Oct 15 1862;
d. Sep 15 1951.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia. • Physician,
gynecologist, consult, NYC; faculty NY
Polyclinic: • author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Sep 16 1975,85:1.
Laemmle, Carl; b. Laupheim,
Wiirttemberg,Jan 17 1867; d.
Hollywood, CA, Sep 241939.
To US 1884. • Motion picture pioneer, exec,
Hollywood, CA; pres Universal Pictures;
discovered Mary Pickford, Rudolph Valentino;
aided refugees from Nazis. • See: UJEi EJi
AJYB, 24:166,42:480; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA; 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes,
Sep 25 1939,19:1.
Laemmle, Carl Jr; b. Chicago, Apr 28 1908.
Motion picture producer, scriptwriter, Beverly
Hills; exec Universal Pictures; "All Quiet on
the Western Front."· See: BEOAJ.
Laemmle, Edward; b. Chicago, Oct 25
1887; d. 1937.
Armour Inst. • Motion picture dir, Universal
City, CA; South Seas explorer; fdr synagog;
soldier in China. • See:WWIAJ, 1928;
NYTimes, Apr 41937, II 11:1.
Lafair, IsadoreC; b. Kreslavaka, Russia,
Nov271896.
Central High School (Philadelphia), Temple
U, Dropsie. • Mfr, importer, Zionist worker,
Philadelphia; mem Keren Hayesod Council;
author on Zionism. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Lachman, Samson; b. NYC, May 2 1885; d.
NYC, Dec 28 1931.
CCNY, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, district
court judge, communal worker, NYc. •. See:
UJE;AJYB, 6(1904-1905):133,24:166,34:111;
WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Dec 291931, 21:3.
La Guardia, Fiorello Henry (Enrico); b.
.NYC, Dec 11 1882; d. Bronx, Sep 20
1947.
LLB NYU; honorary degrees. • Congressman,
mayor, NYC; supporter progressive causes,
legislation benefiting urban poor; one parent
Jewish. • See: UJE; EJi WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4;
NYTimes, Sep 21 1947, 1:1.
Lachmann, Marc; b. Chicago, Mar 191897;
d.Apr 1941.
Lahm, Mortimer; b. NYC, Feb 4 1893; d.
NYC,Mar271967.
Business exec, civic worker, NYC; officer
Child Development Center, Jewish Bd of
Guardians; active mental health concerns. •
See:AJYB, 69:609; NYTimes, Mar 291967,
45:1.
Lahn, Louis; b. Norwich, CT, Aug 22 1895;
d. Oct 1958.
AB NYU, MD Fordham. • Physician,
gynecologist, NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJi NITimes, Nov 1
1958,19:5.
Lahr, Bert; b. NYC, Aug 13 1875; d. NYC,
Dec41967.
Musical comedy & motion picture actor; best
known for Cowardly Lion in "Wizard of Oz."
• See: AJYB, 69:609; WWWIA, 4; DAB, 8;
NYTimes, Dec 5 1967, 1:5.
Lainer, Fannie Hoffner (Mrs Samuel
Lainer); b. ca 1865; d. Worcester,July 3
1937.
Communal worker, Worcester.· See:AJYB,
40:388.
Lait, Jacquin Leonard crack Lait}; b. NYC!
Chicago, Mar 12/13 1882/1883; d. 1954.
Lewis Inst. • Author, editor, critic, reporter,
war correspondent, scriptwriter, NYC; with
Hearst papers, Daily Mirror. • See: AJYB,
24:166; WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Apr 2 1954,27:1.
Lakman, Max; b.*; d. Cleveland, Nov 29
1911.
Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:AJYB, 14(19121913):125.
Lambert, Alexander; b. ca 1864; d. NYC,
Dec 311929.
Vienna Con~ervatory. • Concert pianist,
composer, tchr, NYC; staff Curtis; fdr NY ColI
ofMusic. • See:AJYB, 32:154; NYTimes,]an 1
1930, 19:3.
Lambert, Henry Lewis; b. NYC, Aug 23
1903; d. Dec 311982.
Jeweler, NYC; pres NY BdofTrade; officer
Boy Scouts; bd NY Lighthouse. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Lambert, Robert K; b. NYC, ca 1900; d.
NYC, Oct 3 1946.
Ophthalmologist, NYC; faculty Columbia;
specialty: glaucoma research; WWI & WWII
service. • See: AJYB, 49:613; NYTimes, Oct 4
1946,23:3.
Lamfrom, Leon Benedict; b. Milwaukee,
Sep 191883.
AB U WI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
Milwaukee; officer Civic Alliance; dir
FederatedJewish Charities. • See: WWIAJ,
1928,1938.
Lamm, Norman; b. Brooklyn, 1927.
RIETS. • Orthodox rabbi, university official,
author, NYC; faculty, president Yeshiva U; fdr,
editor Tradition. • See: EJ.
Lampe, David; b. Baltimore, June 8 1896.
Advertising exec, communal worker,
Baltimore; active Jewish Social Service, Am
352
Lampert, Jacob
Jewish Cong; WVVI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
NYC.· See:AJYB, 38:431; Cong Biweekly
story, Nov 23 1964.
Lampert,Jacob; b. ca 1857; d. St Louis, Feb
19 1921.
Communal worker, St Louis. • See: AJYB,
23:132.
Lance, Saul; b. NYC, Nov 10 1899; d. NYC,
July 171965.
Lawyer, communal educational & fundraising
ldr, NYC.· See:AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, July
181965,68:5.
Lampert, JuliusJ; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Nov
101921.
Merchant, communal worker, NYC; pres
undertakers supplies firm; active synagog. •
See:AJYB, 24:102;NYTimes, Nov 12 1921,
13:5.
Lampl, Henry; b. NYC, May 31 1881.
AB Friends U (Wichita), JD U Chicago. •
Lawyer, Wichita; officer Kiwanis; trustee
synagog; WVVI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lamport, Arthur Matthew; b. Franklin
Falls, NY, Nov 211883; d. NYC, Nov 8
1940.
BS CCNY. • Investment banker, economist,
government advisor, businessman,
philanthropist, communal worker, art
collector, music patron, NYC; orgr Jewish
colonization (Dominican Republic). • See:
AJYB, 43:360; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Nov91940, 17:1.
Lamport, Harold; b. NYC, Feb 161908; d.
Dec 271975.
BS Harvard, post-grad U Gottingen, MD
Columbia. • Biophysicist, investment
management exec, inventor, NYC; faculty
CCNY; fdr Found; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 6, 7; NYTimes, Dec 29 1975,28:3.
Lamport, Miriam Dworsky (Mrs Samuel C
Lamport); b. NYC, 1886?; d. NYC, Oct 4
1951.
Communal & Zionist worker, philanthropist,
NYC; a fdr Soc for the Advancement of
Judaism,JTS, Yeshiva U.· See:AJYB, 54:539;
NYTimes, Oct 5 1951,27:2.
Lamport, Nathan N; b. Poland, 1854; d.
Dobbs Ferry, NY, Aug 13 1928.
Merchant, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Jewish
community (Burlington, vr). • See: UJE;
AJYB, 31:93.
Lamport, Samuel Charles; b. Marienpol,
Poland, Apr 4 1880; d. New Rochelle,
Sep 13 1941.
To US as infant. • CCNY, Brown. • Cotton
merchant, communalldr, philanthropist, NYC;
trustee Jewish Publication Soc;dir Am Jewish
Com; active promoting US foreign trade
relations; WVVI fundraiser. • See: UJE; AJYB,
44:340; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Sep 14 1941, 49: 1.
Lamport, Sarah Payson (Mrs Arthur M
Lamport); b. ca 1885; d. NYC, June 24
1939.
Philanthropic & communal worker, NYC;
officer Palestine Lighthouse. • See: AJYB,
41:426; NYTimes, June 25 1939,37:3.
Lamport, Solomon; b. ca 1871; d. Jan 25
1936.
Communal & Zionist worker, philanthropist,
Land, Edwin H; b. Bridgeport, CT, 1909.
Harvard. • Inventor Polaroid camera, many
military devices, wwn. • See: EJ.
Landau, Abraham; b. NYC, Feb 16 1885; d.
Palm Beach, Feb 1960.
AB CCNY, LLB NY Law. • Clothing mfr,
lawyer, investment exec, NYC; fundraiser Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies, Joint Distribution
Com; active Republican politics. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes, Feb 111960,35:3.
Landau, Edmund Alderman; b. Hamilton,
Ontario, Dec 17 1875; d. Albany, GA,
May 141945.
Ordained Heb Union Coli, U Cincinnati. •
Rabbi, Albany, GA; active communal & civic
affairs, Boy Scouts. • See: AJYB, 5(19031904):71,47:526; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Landau, Emil; b.*; d. Aug 81972.
Rabbi, communalldr, Long Beach, CA; fdr
Heb Academy Mesivta; • benefactor Yeshiva
U, yeshivahs.· See:AJYB, 74:557.
Landau, Ezekiel; b. Nowy Sacz, Poland,
Feb 51888; d. NYC, Aug 191965.
To US 1940. • Rabbi, communalldr, NYC;
fdr Jewish Friends Soc; active Israel Bonds. •
See: AJYB, 67:538; NYTimes, Aug 201965,
29:3.
Landau, Gustave Joseph; b. Dukla, Austria,
Aug 71899.
To US 1900. • DDS ColI of Dental & Oral
Surgeons, post-grad abroad. • Dentist, oral
surgeon, furniture co exec, NYC; active
Republican politics; concerned with
immigration problems. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Landau, H Sidney; b. Warsaw, June 8 1898;
d. NYC, Nov 18 1965.
To US 1905. • Lawyer, communalldr,
philanthropist, Brooklyn; trustee Midwood
Jewish Center, Jewish Hospital. • See:AJYB,
67:538; NYTimes, Nov 19 1965, 39:1.
Landau, Hyman Jacob; b. Chedrin, Russia,
Dec 51895.
To US 1908. • AB, MA NYU, ordainedJTS,
LLB NJ Law, JSD NYU, PhD Drew. • Rabbi,
Orange, NJ; mem Academy ofJewish
Research. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Landau, Jacob; b. Vienna,July 2 1892; d.
NYC,Jan 311952.
U Vienna. • Journalist, publisher, NYC; fdr
Jewish Telegraph Agency; fdr, editor BlauWeiss (Austria); correspondent, memJewish
delegation Paris Peace Conference. • See:
UJE; EJ; A]YB, 54:540; WWIAJ, ·1926, 1928;
BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 11952,21:3.
Landau, Jacob; b. Warsaw, May 51900; d.
Sep 1966.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, laundry co exec, NYC;
pres Consolidated Laundries Corp. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Landau, Jacob Henry; b. ca 1865; d. NYC,
Mar251920.
Rabbi, Sydney, Australia. • See: AJYB, 22:166.
Landau, Louis (pseud=A Wohliner); b.
Starokonstantinoff, Volhynia, Nov 10
1877; d. NYC, Apr 1942.
To US 1902. • Yiddish writer, journalist,
editor, Boston, NYC; with Boston Daily
Advocate, Der Zeit, Jewish Am Family Magazine.
• See: A]YB, 44:340; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Apr 211942,23:1.
Landau, Samuel David (Lev); b. Warsaw,
Apr 171895; d. NYC,Jan 71979.
To US 1909. • Artist, author, Yiddish poet,
NYC.· See:AJYB, 81:369-370.
Landau, Sara; b. Philadelphia, Nov 4 1890.
AB, MA U Louisville, UPA. • Economist,
Louisville; faculty U Louisville, Wheaton;
active Natl Council ofJewish Women; WVVI
with Red Cross. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Landau, Saul Raphael; b. Cracow, 1870; d.
1943.
To US 1938. • Lawyer, pioneer Labor Zionist;
aide to Herzl; editor Neue Nationalzeitung;
memoirs. • See: EJ.
Landau, Wolf; b. near Konigsberg, Apr 3
1841; d. Bay City, MI, Aug 25 1903.
Rabbi, Schenectady, Honesdale & Titusville,
PA, Zanesville, OH, Hamilton, Ontario, Bay
City. MI. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):71,216.
Landau, Zisho (Zishe, Zisha;
pseud=Yehudoh); b. Plotzk, 1888; d.
NYC,Jan 161937.
To US 1906. • Yiddish poet, author, social
worker, NYC; co-editor Literatur im Leben. •
See: UJE; EJj AJYB, 39:593; NYTimes, Jan 18
1937,17:3.
Landauer, Carl; b. Munich, Oct 15 1891.
To Berkeley 1933. • PhD U Heidelberg, U
Munich, U Berlin. • Economist, journalist,
Berkeley; faculty U Berlin, U CA (Berkeley). •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Landauer, Elias; b.*; d. New Orleans, Aug
161912.
Merchant, communal worker, New Orleans. •
See:AJYB, 15(1913-1914):271.
Landauer, Jacob; b.Albion, NY, Nov 9
1867; d. Albion, NY, Oct 251946.
Public official, mayor, Albion, NY. • See:
AJYB, 49:613; NYTimes, Oct 27 1946,62:4.
Landauer, Jerry Gerd; b. Stuttgart,Jan 16
1932; d. Washington DC, Feb 271981.
To US 1938. • Journalist, Washington DC;
with Washington Post, Wall StreetJournal. •
See:WWWIA, 7,8.
Landauer, Max; b. Bavaria, Nov 1837.
To US 1857.· Businessman, communal
worker, Milwaukee; pres Mt Sinai; trustee Heb
Landsman, Isidore Joseph
353
Relief Assn, synagog.· See:A]YB, 7(19051906):77.
Landauer, Moritz; d. Diedelsheim, Baden,
July 161867. .
To US 1884. • Merchant, Davenport; officer
Jewish Fedn of Charities. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Landauer, Robert Stem; b. Chicago, Mar
271897.
BS, PhD U Chicago. • Physicist, consult,
Highland Pa,rk, IL; with Standard X-Ray, then
private practice. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lande, Louis; b. Kiev, Mar 15 1878.
TO US 1892. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;
consult municipal agencies; active Am]ewish
Cong; • WWI chr draft bd. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Landes, David Saul; b. NYC, 1924.
Economic historian, NYC, Berkeley,
Cambridge, MA; faculty Columbia, U CA
(Berkeley), Harvard; specialty: modern Europe;
active communal orgs. • See: E].
Landes, Lewis; b. FL, Dec 12 1890.
CCNY, NYU. • Lawyer, military officer,
NYC; FL & NY Nat! Guard, WWI & reserve
service. • See: BEOA]; WWIA], 1938.
Landes, Ruth; b. NYC, 1908.
Cultural anthropologist, researcher; faculty
McMaster; specialty: minorities; with Inter-Am
& Presidents Fair Employment Practices
Commn, Am]ewish Cong; dir Geriatric
Health Program (Los Angeles); author in field.
• See: EJ.
Landesberg, Jacques; b. Brooklyn, July 4
1900.
BS, MD Columbia, post-grad NY Eye & Ear
Infirmary. • Ophthalmologist, Brooklyn;
WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Landesco, Alexander A; b. Neamtz,
Rumania, Aug 101880; d. New Rochelle,
Sep 1963.
To US 1900. • U Zurich, LLB U WI. •
Banker, org exec, public official, Cincinnati,
NYC; with Lazard Freres,]oint Distribution
Com (Europe); a fdr CARE. • See: UJE; A]YB,
65:434; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Sep 51963,
31:4.
Landesman, Alter F; b. Lithuania, Dec 13
1895.
To US 1906. • AB Western Reserve, MA
Columbia, ordained]TS. • Rabbi, social
worker,. Brooklyn; officer Rabbinical Assn; supt
Heb Educational Soc; exec council United
Synagogue ofAm; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Landesman, Henry Mayor; b. Odessa,
1886; d. Boston, May 22 1946.
To US 1888. • Harvard, Brooklyn ColI of
Pharmacy, BS U MI, U MI Med School, ColI
of Physicians & Surgeons (Boston), post-grad
Harvard, U AL,]ohqs Hopkins. • Urologist,
lecturer, author, Boston; advocate of premarital blood tests; active Republican politics;
WWI service. • See: A]YB, 49:613; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, May 23 1946,21:1.
Landesman, Isadore A; b. ca 1888; d.
Boston, Feb 10 1934.
Lawyer, communal worker, Boston. • See:
A]YB, 36:283.
pianist, tchr; fdr school (France); parents
converted to Catholicism. • See: UJE; E];
WWWIA, 3; DAB,.6; NYTimes, Aug 17 1959,
23:2.
Landman, Eva;b. 1877; d. CincUunati, June
201933.
Educator, Cincinnati; specialty: kindergarten
methods for]ewish religious education. • See:
UJE(sub Landman, Isaac);A]YB, 35:125.
Landsberg, Emil M; b. Rochester, NY, Nov
23 1871.
U Rochester. • Librarian, editor, NYC;
librarian with State Bureau of Statistics, Buffalo
Public Library; index editor NYTimes. • See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):133,24:166.
Landman Isaac; b. Sudilkov, Russia, Oct 24
1880; d. Starlake, NY, Sep 3 1946.
To US 1889. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained
Reb Union ColI, post-grad McGill, U PA. •
Rabbi, author, editor, NYC; chief editor UJE;
editor Am Heb, Jewish Leader; a fdr ] ewish
agricultural colony (Utah); active interfaith
work, Union of Am Heb Congregations,
Central Conf ofAm Rabbis;WWI]ewish
Welfare Bd service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
24:166,49:613; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Sep 51946,
27:1.
Landman Jacob Henry; b. Philadelphia,
May 18 1898; d. Jan 18 1961.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia,]D,]SD, PhD
NYU. • Tax lawyer, NYC; faculty NYU; active
local, state & nat! bar assns; author/editor in
field; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Jan 19 1961,29:2.
Landman, Louis Hyamson; b. Russia, 1858;
d. Cairo, Jan 1922.
To US 1887? • Tinware peddler, eye
specialist, Cincinnati; opened free trachoma
clinic (palestine). • See: UJE (sub Landman,
Isaac);A]YB, 24:102; NYTimes,]an 261922,
17:4.
Landman, Louis W; b. Waynetown, IN,
1869; d. Indianapolis, Aug 15 1952.
Taxi co exec, Chicago, NYC; pres Parmalee
Transportation Co. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Aug 16 1952, 15:6.
Landman, Michael Louis; b. 1883; d. 1932.
Physician, playwright; co-author (with brother)
of plays; "A Man of Honor." • See: UJE (sub
Landman, Isaac),
Landman, Solomon; b. CincUunati, Dec 17
1895; d. Kew Gardens, NY, May 20
1951.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, author, Forest Hills & Kew Gardens,
NY; active Central Conf of Am Rabbis, Hillel
Found (UWI),]ewish Welfare Bd,]oint
Distribution Com. • See:A]YB, 53:525;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, May 21 1951,27:4.
Landon, Hyman Robert; b. Odessa, Jan 1
1896.
To US 1908. • .MD NYU, post-grad abroad. •
Surgeon, otolaryngologist, NYC, Laurelton,
LI; faculty NYU; officer med soc. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Landowska, Wanda; b. Warsaw, July 5
1877/1879; d. Lakeville, CT, Aug 16
1959.
To US 1941. • Warsaw Conservatory, Berlin;
honorary degree. • Concert harpsicordist &
Landsberg, Leon; b. Feb 1853.
Editor, language tchr, NYC; with NY Tribune;
editor Anzeiger des Suedens (Birmingham, AL);
specialty: Vedanta philosophy. • See:A]YB,
6(1904-1905):133.
Landsberg, Max; b. Berlin, Feb 26 1845; d.
Rochester, NY, Dec 8/9 1927.
To US 1871. • U Gottingen, U Breslau,
ordained]TS (Breslau), PhD U Halle. • Rabbi,
Rochester, NY; bd Heb Union ColI; active
communal & civic affairs; author in field. •
See: ]E; UJE; A]YB, 5(1903-1904):71-72,
14(1912-1913):127; 24:166; 30:80; WWIA],
1926; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Dec 10 1927,
17:5.
Landsberg, Miriam (Mrs Max Landsberg);
b.*; d. Rochester, NY, Apr 151912.
Communal worker, Rochester, NY. • See:
A]YB, 14(1912-1913):127; WWWIA, 1 (sub
Landsberg, Max).
Landsberger, Benno; b. Frydek, Austria,
Apr 20 1890; d. Chicago, Apr 26 1968.
To US 1948. • U Leipzig. • Assyriologist,
Chicago; faculty U Leipzig, U Ankara, U
Chicago; author in field. • See: E]; The Times
(London), May 7 1968.
Landsberger, FranzlHans; b. Katowice,
Poland, June 141883; d. CincUunati, Mar
171964.
To US 1939. • Art historian, Cincinnati;
faculty U Breslau, Heb Union ColI; curator
] ewish Museum (Berlin); author in field. • See:
UJEj A]YB, 66:578; NYTimes, Mar 18 1964,
41:3.
Landshoff, Ludwig; b.*; d. NYC, Sep 20
1941.
To US 1941.· Conductor, musicologist,
editor, NYC; conductor Bach Soc (Munich);
dir Radio Berlin. • See: A]YB, 44:340.
Landsman, Charles M; b. Austria, Jan 14
1882.
To US 1885.· AB CCNY, LLB NYU, postgrad NYU, Columbia. • Public school
mathematics tchr, principal, Brooklyn. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Landsman, Herbert Samuel; b. NYC, Nov
171918; d. CincUunati, May 281979.
BA Dartmouth, MA Harvard. • Dept store
exec, Cincinnati; with Federated Dept Stores;
active Red Cross, United Appeal; WWII
service. • See: WWUTlA, 7.
Landsman, Isidore Joseph; b. NYC, July 10
1883; d. Dec 1963.
AB CCNY, MA, MD Columbia. • Physician,
354
Landsteiner, Karl
roentgenologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad
Med School; dirJacob H Schiff Center; officer
med socs. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
NYimes, Dec 13 1963,36:3.
Landsteiner, Karl; b. Vienna, June 14 1868;
d. NYC, June 261943.
To US 1922.· MD UVienna, DSc U
Chicago; honorary degrees. • Pathologist,
immunologist, hematologist, med researcher,
Nobel laureate, NYC; faculty U Vienna,
Rockefeller Inst; Austrian army service;
Christian.· See: UJE; E]; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, June
27 1943, 32:1.
Landy, Jacob; b. ca 1850; d. Cleveland,July
191916.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 19(19171918):266.
Landy, Rae D; b. Cleveland, ca 1886; d.
Cleveland, Mar 61952.
US army lieutenant colonel, nurse; pioneer
Hadassah nurse (Palestine). • See: A]YB,
54:540; NYTimes, Mar 71952,23:4.
Lane, Abel; b. ca 1842; d. Cleveland, Sep 6
1919.
Rabbi, Cleveland. • See:A]YB, 22:166.
Lane, AvIi; b. Kovno province, 1846.
To US 1876. • Author, translator, Chicago;
contributor Der Teglicher Kurie; friend ofJudah
Leib Gordon. • See: Eisenstadt, 67.
Lane, Levin Cooper; b. near Somerville,
OH, May 9 1830; d. Feb 18 1902.
Farmers ColI (Cincinnati), Union,Jefferson
Med School. • US naval surgeon, NYC; faculty
Cooper Med ColI. • See: WWWIA, 1; DAB.
Laner, Sydney; b. Montreal, Jan 51901.
To US 1908. • Merchant, Chicago; owner
billiard supply co. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lang, Eugene J; b.*
Architect, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:166.
Lang, Fritz; b. Vienna, Dec 5 1890; d.
Beverly Hills, Aug 2 1976.
To US 1934. • Academy of Graphic Art
(Munich). • Film dir, producer, screenwriter,
Austria, US; with MGM; "Dr Mabuse,"
"Metropolis." • See: E]; WWWIA, 7;
NYTimes, Aug 3 1976, 32:1.
Lang,Harry;b.Shkud,Li~uania,1888;d.
Los Angeles, June 1970.
To US 1904. • Yiddish journalist, author,
NYC; earlier factory worker; with Forward;
active labor movement. • See: UJE; NYTimes,
June 23 1970,43:4.
Lang, Julius C; b. Weaverville, CA,Jan 27
1872; d. before 1938.
Wholesale grocery chain exec, Seattle; officer
synagog, B'nai B'rith; active trade assns. • See:
WWIA],1926.
Lang, Leon Solomon; b. Rishon Ie-Zion,
Palestine, May 9 1898; d. Philadelphia,
Apr251956.
To US 1898. • OrdainedJTS, AB, MA
Columbia. • Rabbi, Newark;· nat! pres Young
Judea; pres Rabbinical Assembly; exec dir Soc
for the Advancement ofJudaism (NYC); bd
Reconstructionist; editor Conservative Judaism. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 58:477; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, Apr 271956,27:2.
Lang, Lucy Fox Robins (Mrs Harry Lang);
b. Kiev, Mar 30 1884; d. Los Angeles, Jan
25 1962.
To US 1893/1899. • Labor activist, author;
earlier radical anarchist; secured release of
political prisoners. • See: A]YB, 64:494; DAB,
7; NYTimes, Jan 26 1962,31:2.
Lang, Richard EIsinger; b. Seattle, Sep 19
1906.
AB, JD Stanford. • Wholesale grocery exec,
Seattle; chr Federated Jewish Fund; trustee
synagog.· See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Lang, Sylvan; b. Des Moines, June 7 1891.
BA U PA, LLB, LLM U TX. • Lawyer,
communalldr, San Antonio; pres Reserve
Officers Assn; officer synagog; colonel on
governors staff; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Langendorf, Stanley S; b. Chicago, July 30
1890.
San Francisco Business ColI. • Bakery co exec,
San Francisco; with Langendorf United
Bakeries.· See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Langer, Herbert Leonard; b. NYC, Apr 17
1891; d. Feb 1966.
MD U MD. • Physician, pediatrician, Arverne,
NY; pres med bd Rockaway Beach Hospital;
active med soc; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTlmes, Feb 26 1966,25:4.
Langer, Samuel; b. NYC; d. Pittsburgh,
July/Aug 1943.
Social worker, rabbi, San Francisco; supt Heb
Orphan Asylum. • See:A]YB, 46:341.
Langerman, William; b. Floss, Bavaria,
1826; d. NYC, 1869.
To US 1848.· CApioneer, '4ger;mem
vigilantes (San Francisco). • See: UJE.
Langfeld, Abraham M; b. ca 1845; d~
Atlantic City, Apr 7 1916.
Mfr, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 18(19161917):108.
Langfeld, Millard; b. Glasgow, MO, Oct 7
1872; d. before 1938.
AB, MD Johns Hopkins. • City bacteriologist,
Dir of Public Health, Omaha; faculty
Creighton; laboratory supt Cudahy Packing
Co; author in field.· See:A]YB, 24:1.66;
WWIA], 1928; BEOA].
Langh, Philip A; b. Hungary, Jan 20/30
1895; d. Oakland, CA, Dec 22 1946.
To US as infant. • AB CCNY, post-grad
Columbia, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, author,
Chicago, Boston, Seattle; active Rabbinical
Assn of Am, Zionist Org of Am. • See: A]YB,
49:613; WWIA], 1938.
Langman, Harry; b. NYC, Nov 7 1889; d.
Hartsdale, NY, Dec 1963.
BA CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Chemist, mfr,
statistician, mathematician, Brooklyn; faculty
CCNY, Cooper Union; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938;.NYTimes, Dec 19
1963,33:4.
Langner, Lawrence; b. Swansea, Wales,
May 30 1890; d. NYC, Dec 26 1962.
To US 1910.· LondonPolytech.· Patent
agent, lawyer, playwright, NYC; a fdr Internat!
Patent Agency, Theatre Guild movement,
Washington Square Players. • S·ee: UJE;
WWIA],1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA,4;DAB,
7;NYTimes, Dec 28 1962,8:5.
Langnt?r, Ru~ (Mrs Herbert Langner); b.
NYC, Apr 61898; d. NYC, Apr 3 1959.
Translator, communal worker, NYC; advisor
Theatre Guild; active Nat! Council ofJewish
Women, AmJewish Com. • See: A]YB,
61:418;NYTimes, Apr41959, 19:4.
Langsdorf, Alexander Suss; b. St Louis, Aug
311877.
BS Washington U (St Louis), MA Cornell. •
Engineer, St Louis; mem city & state planning
commns; faculty, dean Washington U; officer
professional orgs; author in field. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:166; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]j WWWIA, 5.
Langsdorf, Isidore;b. Philadelphia, Aug 14
1856; d. Philadelphia, Mar 211914.
Communal worker, Philadelphia; officer
Jewish Hospital Assn, Heb Educational Soc;
dir United Heb Charities, synagog. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):77; 16(1914-1915):164.
Langsdorf, Jacob Loeb; b. Philadelphia,
Nov 11884.
BS U PA. • Travel agent, Philadelphia; earlier
cigar maker; dir Jewish Foster Home, Mt Sinai
Cemetery Assn; WWI welfare & volunteer
work. • See: WWlA], 1938.
Langsdorf, Louise Teller (Mrs Jacob Loeb
Langsdorf); b. 1886?; d. Elkins Park, PA,
Feb 251956.
Communalldr, Philadelphia; nat! officer Nat!
Council ofJewish Women. • See: A]YB,
58:477.
Langsdorf, Morris K; b. ca 1851; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 25 1936.
Mfr, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:
A]YB, 38:431.
Langsner, Isidor; b. Monasterzysk, Galicia,
Jan 13 1888~
To US 1903. • Dr Chiropractic ColI of
Chiropractic Physicians (Los Angeles). •
Chiropractor, communal worker, Los Angeles;
head Paradise Health Resort (Ontario, CA). •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Langstadter, Isaiah B; b. ca 1847; d.
Philadelphia, June 12 1914.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Lania, Leo; b. Kharkov, ca 1896; d. Munich,
Nov91961.
Journalist, author, Italy, Germany,France;
foreign correspondent Chicago Daily Tribune;
355
withJoint Distribution Com after wwn in
Europe. • See: NITimes, Nov 10 1961, 36:1.
Lans, Arthur L; b. NYC, Mar 17 1886; d.
Miami Beach, Feb 24 1969.
Antique dealer, communal worker, NYC;
provided furniture for Hollywood movie sets. •
See:NITimes, Feb 261969, 47:3.
Laser, DanL
Hospital. • Orthopedic & trauma surgeon;
Odessa, Rumania, NYC; WWI Russian army
service. • See:WWIA], 1938.
Lapin, Berl; b. Wolkowysk, Grodno, 1888;
d.1952.
To US 1909-1911, to US 1917.· Yiddish poet,
translator of Russian & English poetry. • See:
UJE;E].
Communal exec & fundraiser, NYC; with
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, natlJewish
Welfare Bd.· See:A]YB, 57:607; NITimes,
Dec 2 1954,31:4.
Larric, Ivy Shennan (Mrs Jack Burnett
Larric, Mrs James C Kevlin); b. NYC,
Jan 17 1901; d. Feb 1968.
Lapin, Shmuel; b. NYC, Aug 11 1930; d.
NYC, Feb41973.
Hunter, Washington Square Players School. •
Actress, NYC; owner Larric Theatre Party
Bureau, arranger of theatre benefits. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 22 1968, 32:7.
Lansburgh, Gustave Albert; b. Panama
City, Jan 7 1876.
Jewish historian, org exec, NYC; exec secy
Yiddish Inst; earlier with Farband, Canadian
Labor Zionist movement. • See:A]YB, 75:
655; d. NITimes, Feb 61973,40:3.
Larric, Jack Burnett; d. London, Dec 25
1887; d. Aug 1941.
To US 1888. • NYU. • Newspaper reporter,
To US 1881. • Beaux Arts (Paris). • Architect,
San Francisco; designed theatres, auditoria,
libraries, schools throughout US. • See:
Lapowski, Boleslaw; b.*
Physician, NYc.. See:A]YB, 24:166.
Lansburgh, Gustave; b.*; d. Washington
DC, Apr 231911.
Merchant, Washington DC. • See:A]YB,
13(1911-1912):138.
WWIA],1938.
Lansburgh, Mark; b. Marshall, MO, Apr 2
1889.
BS UPA. • Dept store exec, Washington DC;
officer trade assp.s; dir Visiting Nurses Soc. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Lansburgh,Monis;b.caI919;d.Miami
Beach, Feb 10 1977.
Hotel owner & operator, Miami Beach; helped
popularize Miami Beach; a fdr Assocd Hotels.
• See: NITimes, Feb 111977,25:3.
Lansburgh, Sidney; b. Baltimore, Feb 18
1878.
Baltimore City ColI. • Business & real estate
exec, communalldr, Baltimore; exec Am
Wholesale Corp; pres Assoc Jewish Charities;
trustee YMHA; active Am Jewish Com. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lansky, Meyer; b. Grodno, 1902; ·d. Miami
Beach, Jan 15 1983.
To US 1911. • Underworld figure noted for
financial acumen, NYC, Miami. • See:
NITimes, Jan 161983,21:1.
Lapides, Max; b. Rochester, NY, 1904; d.
New Haven, Aug 29 1981.
Lawyer, communal worker, Zionist; assocd
with Nuremberg Trials, Jewish Agency for
Israel; wwn service. • See: A]YB, 83:357358.
Lapidus, Harry; b. ca 1882; d. Omaha, Dec
221931.
Communalldr, Omaha.· See:A]YB, 34:111.
Lapidus, Henry Clay; b. Woodbine, N}, Sep
141905.
Newspaperman, justice of the peace, police
recorder, Wildwood, NJ; editor Wildwood
Leader. • See: ~VWIA], 1938.
Lapidus, Leon; b. Syracuse, Sep 26 1924; d.
Princeton, May 5 1977.
BS Syracuse U, MS, PhD U MN, post-grad
MIT. • Chemical engineer; faculty Princeton;
pres NJ Tennis Assn; author in field. • See:
WWWIA, 7;NITimes,May71977,28:4.
Lapidus, Paul Waldemar; b. Melitopol,
Crimea, Dec 27 1893.
To NYC 1923. • MD U Odessa, MD LI ColI
Lapowski, Eleanor Klein (Mrs Errold B
Lapowski); b. Enid, OK, Oct 27 1903.
Goucher, AB Washington U. • Communalldr,
El Paso; pres N atl Council ofJewish Women.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Lappin, Mrs A C; b. ca 1889; d. Detroit,
Feb 251938.
Opera singer, communal worker, Detroit. •
See: A]YB, 40:388.
Lapson, Dvora (born Weinberg); b. NYC,
1907.
Hunter, Isadore Duncan School, HabiI11a
(Moscow). • Dancer, choreographer, tchr,
NYC; with Yiddish Art Theatre; author in
field. • See: UJE.
Lapson, Judah; b. Vinnitsa, Russia,Oct 16
1901; d. NYC, Dec 271985.
To US 1911. • NYU, JTS Tchrs Inst. •
Communal & Heb educator, NYC; With
Jewish Education Com; fdr, pres N~tl Heb
Culture Council, Natl Council forJewish
Education; officer professional socs, natl
Avukah, Am Veterans of the Jewish Legion;
author in field; WWI Jewish Legion service. •
See:A]YB, 87:441.
Laqueur, Walter Ze'ev; b. Breslau, 1921.
Historian, political scientist, novelist, Palestine,
England, US; faculty Brandeis; specialty: Middle
East, Holocaust; author in field. • See: EJ.
Lara (Larah), Isaac Cohen de; b.*
Merchant, NYC, ca 1699.· See:]E; BDEA].
Largeman, Morris; b. Brechan, Bessarabia,
Aug 12 1872;d. 1956.
To US 1892.· School of Pharmacy
(Czernowitz, Bucovina). • Insurance exec,
Brooklyn; dir Jewish Hospital Training School,
Fedn ofJewish Charities; WWI fundraiser. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes, Dec 4
1956,39:4.
Larkey, CharlesJ; b. Newark, ca 1883; d.
Bayonne, Feb 181946.
Physician, Bayonne; faculty Columbia; fdr
Civic League. • See: A]YB, 48:493; NITimes,
Feb 19 1946,25:5.
Lamer, Victor; b. St Louis, 1911;d. NYC,
Dec 11954.
playwright, scriptwriter, producer, NYC; with
NY Herald, magazines, comic weeklies; WWI
US govt publicity agent. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938;NITimes, Aug 191941,21:4.
Larrimore, Francine (Fraticine Laramee);
b. Verdun, 1898; d. Mar 1975.
Actress, NYC; memJacob Adler theatrical
family.· See: UJE;A]YB, 24:166; WWWIA, 6;
NITimes, Mar 8 1975,28:4.
Lasansky, Mauricio; b. Buenos Aires, 1913.
To US 1943. • Academy ofArt (Buenos Aires).
• Printmaker; faculty Free Fine Arts School
(Buenos Aires), IA State; developer color
printing method. • See: E].
Lascoff, Frederick Dudley; b. NYC, Sep 21
1900; d. Aug 1970.
AB, BS, PhG Columbia. • Pharmacist,
businessman, NYC; faculty Columbia; author
in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; NITimes,
Aug 18 1970,35:1.
Lascoff,J Leon; b. Vilna, Aug 281867; d.
NYC, May 41943.
To US 1892.· PharmD Rutgers. • Chemist,
pharmacologist, businessman, government
advisor, civic & communal worker, NYC;
faculty NJ ColI of Pharmacy; officer
professional socs; dir NY Bd of Trade; active
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Red Cross,
Salvation Army; author in field. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 45:389; WWIA], 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]; NITimes, May 6 1943, 19:3.
Lasdon, Jacob S; b. Russia, ca 1895; d.
NYC, Mar 3 1971.
Business exec, philanthropist, NYC; dir
chemical co; benefactor JTS, medical research.
• See:NITimes, Mar41971, 38:5.
Lasdon, Milton S; b. Brooklyn, Nov 13
1906; d. Miami,June 11978.
Pharmaceuticals exec, philanthropist; bd JTS; a
fdr Heb U; benefactor cultural insts, NY
Hospital. • See: A]YB, 80:368.
Lasdon, William Stanley; b. Brooklyn, Mar
14 1896; d. NYC, Dec 9 1984.
Honorary degrees. • Pharmaceutical exec,
philanthropist, NYC; pres Lasdon Found for
med research; bd Albert Einstein ColI ofMed.
• See: WWWIA, 8; NITimes, Dec 10 1984.
Laser, Dan L; b. Walnut Ridge, AR, Aug 5
1895.
356
Laserson, Lazar
Stockbroker, Chicago; earlier with wholesale
stationers, New Orleans. • See: W'WlA], 1938.
W'WlA], 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 4;
NYTimes, Sep 10 1965, 32:4.
Laserson, Lazar; b. ca 1844; d. NYC, Oct 3
Lasker, David; b. Boston, Apr 12 1898.
LLB Suffolk Law. • Lawyer, asst district atty,
Boston; civilian aide to governor; chr Finance
Commn; active civic politics; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
1911.
Civil War veteran, NYc. • See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):124.
Laserson, Max; b. Mitau, Latvia, 1887?; d.
NYC, Nov 29 1951.
To NYC 1939. • U Petersburg, U Heidelberg,
U Berlin. • Jurist, economist, Labor Zionist,
Russian public official, author, NYC; faculty U
St Petersburg, Grad School of Economics
(Riga), Columbia; deputy Latvian parliament;
mem Kerensky government; a fdr School of
Law & Economics (Tel Aviv). • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 54:540; NYTimes, Dec 1 1951, 13 :6.
Lashanska, Hulda (Mrs Harold A
Rosenbaum); b. NYC, Mar 15 1893.
Normal School (NYC), Hunter, abroad. •
Concert singer, NYC; specialty: German
lieder.· See:A]YB, 24:166; WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Lashinsky, Herbert; b. NYC, Dec 141921;
d. Bethesda, Apr 2 1980.
BSc CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Educator,
inventor, College Park, MD; faculty U MD;
patent holder in plasma physics. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Lasbkowitz, Harry; b. Kamenetz, Podolsk,
May 11889.
To US 1897. • Brooklyn Law, NYU. •
Lawyer, Fargo, ND; faculty ND State
Agricultural ColI; active communal & civic
affairs; contributor Jewish press. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Laska, Edward; b. NYC, Jan 3 1884; d. Apr
Lasker, Edward; b. Kempen, Germany, Dec
3 1885; d. NYC, Mar 23 1981.
To US 1914. • EE Charlottenburg Technical
Inst (Berlin). • Chess champion, engineer,
businessman, Chicago, NYC; inventor med
devices; introduced Japanese game "Go" into
Europe, US; author chess books. • See: E];
A]YB, 24:166; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Mar 26, 1981,
26:3.
Lasker, Emanuel; b. Berlin, Dec 24 1868; d.
NYC,Jan 111941.
To US 1893, moved to and from US many
times. • Chess master, NYC; publisher Lasker's
Chess Magazine; author in field, mathematics. •
See:]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 43:360; NYTimes, Jan
12 1941,45:1.
Lasker, Flora Warner (Mrs Albert Warner);
b. ca 1880; d. NYC, Dec 191936.
Philanthropic worker, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
39:593.
Lasker, Florina;b. Galveston, Apr 1 1884;
d. NYC, Sep 11949.
U TX, NY School of Social Work. •
Communal & civic worker, author, NYC;
specialty: immigrants, education of
immigrants; active Nat! Council ofjewish
Women, Am Civil Liberties Union. • See:
UJE; E] (sub Lasker); A]YB, 52:503; NYTimes,
Sep 2 1949, 17:3.
1959.
CCNY. • Dramatist, song composer,
advertising exec, NYC; active professional soc.
• See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
Apr 291959,33:3.
Lasker, Adolph Joseph; b. ca 1900; d.
Lynbrook, NY, Dec 12 1933.
Rabbi, state chaplain, Lynbrook, NY. • See:
A]YB, 36:283.
Lasker, Albert Davis; b. Freiburg, May 1
1880 (of Am parents); d. NYC, May 30
1952.
To US as infant. • Advertising & baseball exec,
philanthropist, communalldr, Chicago; pres
Lord & Thomas; part owner Chicago Cubs,
devised Lasker Plan for re-org baseball after
scandals; chr US Shipping Bd, Lasker Found;
benefactor U Chicago, Heb Union ColI,
cancer research. • See: UJE; E] (sub Lasker);
A]YB, 24:166, 54:540; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA., 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes,
May311952,1:2.
Lasker, Bruno; b. Hamburg, July 26 1880;
d. Sep 9 1965.
To NYC 1914. • Social worker, editor; with
Inst of Pacific Relations; • mem UN Ad Hoc
Commn on Slavery; author on sociaVpoliticaV
economic questions. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:166;
Lasker, Henry; b. Dubie, Lithuania, July 15
1878; d. Springfield, MA, Dec 1953.
To Springfield, MA, 1887.· AB, LLB NYU.•
Lawyer, alderman, acting mayor, communal
worker, Springfield, MA; pres United Heb
Charities; fdr B'nai B'rith, YMHA; fundraiser
WWI. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes,
Dec 12 1953, 19:2.
Lasker, Hyman Max; b. Lomza, Mar 8
1864; d. Troy, Aug 29 1932.
To US 1889. • Rabbi, prison chaplain, Troy; a
fdr United Heb Charities, Heb School. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):72, 35:125; WWIA],
1926,1928.
Lasker, Loula Davis; b.Galveston, Feb 7
1888; d. NYC, Jan 281961.
AB Vassar, NY School of Social Work. •
Social worker, author, editor, NYC; officer
Hadassah, Nat! Council ofJewish Women;
advisor US Commr General of Immigration;
bd Am Civil Liberties Union; editorial staff
The Survey, editor Hadassah Newsletter; active
urban housing, race relations. • See: UJE; E]
(sub Lasker); A]YB, 24:166, 63:561; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Jan 30 1961,23:3.
Lasker, Meir; b. Kiev, Dec 25 1903.
To US 1905.· AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI, post-grad Am School of
Oriental Research (Jerusalem), Heb U. •
Rabbi, Havana; pres League for Labor
Palestine (Cuba); with World Union for
Progressive Judaism; contributor to press. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Lasker, Morris; b. Prussia, 1840; d.
Galveston, Feb 1916.
To US 1856. • Pioneer TX settler, legislator,
merchant, banker, Galveston; fdr Lasker Home
for Homeless Children; Indian wars &
Confederate army service. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Lasker); A]YB, 18(1916-1917):108; NYTimes,
Feb 291916,11:6.
Lasker, Raphael; b. Zirke, Posen, Feb 19
1838; d. NYC, Sep 121904.
To US 1858.· U Giessen.· Rabbi,
Portsmouth, OH, NYC, Brooklyn, Boston;
mem Public School Bd (Boston); editor New
Era Magazine. ·See:]E; UJE;A]YB, 5(19031904):72, 7(1905-1906):216; NYTimes, Sep 13
1904,9:7.
Laskey, Harris; b.*; d. Haverhill, MA, Mar
181933.
Pioneer settler, communal worker, Haverhill,
MA. • See:A]YB, 35:125.
Lasky, Bessy Gainess (Mrs Jesse L Lasky);
b. Boston.
Notre Dame Academy. • Painter, poet, art
gallery owner, Beverly Hills. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Lasky, Henry; b. Brooklyn, Nov 16 1892; d.
before 1938.
Automobile dealer, realtor, communal
supporter, Brooklyn. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Lasky, Jesse Louis; b. San Francisco/San
jose, Sep 13 1880; d. Beverly Hills, Jan
13 1958.
Motion picture exec, producer, NYC,
Hollywood, CA; earlier reporter, theatrical
agent, cornetist; participant Alaska Gold Rush;
fdr Jess Lasky Feature Play Co (later Famous
Players); autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
24:167; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA., 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Jan 141958,
33:1.
Lasky,jessejr; b. 1910.
Writer of fiction, plays, screenplays. • See: E]
(sub Lasky, Jesse).
Lasky, Max; b. Russian Poland, ca 1863; d.
NYC, Feb 11915.
To US as child. • Police lieutenant, NYC;
Indian wars service. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):220; NYTimes, Feb 2 1915, 7:6.
Lasky, Moses; b. Denver, Nov 2 1907.
AB, LLB U CO, LLM Harvard. • Lawyer, San
Francisco; faculty Golden Gate ColI of Law. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Lasky, Samuel Grossman; b. Denver, July
221901.
Mining Eng CO School ofMines, MS Yale. •
Mining geologist, Washington DC, Socorro,
NM; with US Geological Survey; earlier with
357
NM Bur ofMines; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Lasky, Solomon Sabesan; b. Lomza, Feb 9
1894.
To US 1906.· BS CCNY,MD Cornell.·
Allergist, consult, Brooklyn; active med soc;
WWIservice.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Lasner, Elias; b. Jezierzany, Austria, Oct 14
1884.
To NYC 1903.· Furniture co exec, NYC; fdr
Jezierzaner Assn, synagog. • See: WU7IA],
1938.
Lauterbach, Edward H
Last, Matias; b. Austria; d. Jersey City, July
19 1941.
Realtor, communal worker, NYC; estJewish
Community Center, Heb schools Gersey City);
dir Yeshiva ColI. • See: A]YB, 44:340;
NYTimes,July211941,15:4.
Lastfogel, Abe; h. NYC, May 17 1898; d.
Aug 25 1984.
Talent agent, Beverly Hills; pres William
Morris Talent Agency; bd USO, StJude
Hospital, NatlJewish Welfare Bd. • See:
WWWIA.,8.
Lateimer, Joseph; see Latteiner, Joseph.
Lass, Eme.st William; b. Roselle, NJ, Jan 7
1907; d. Interlaken, NJ, Sep 81980.
LittB Rutgers; honorary degree. • Newspaper,
radio exec, NJ; with Asbury Park Press; active
interfaith harmony. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Lass, Samuel A; b.*; d. Minneapolis, Mar 21
1913.
Rabbi, Minneapolis. • See:A]YB, 15(19131914):271.
Lass, Zvi; b. Kovno, Dec 3 1850.
To US 1884. • Rabbi,kashrut supervisor, Heb
author, NYc. • See: Eisenstadt, 62.
Lassaw, Ibram; b. Alexandria, Egypt, 1913.
To US 1921. • Sculptor, LI; a fdr Am Abstract
Artists; faculty LI U. • See: EJ.
Lassen, Abraham L; b. Kiev, Feb 19 1883;
d.Mar 1957.
To US 1899. • MANorthwestern, DHLJTS.
• Rabbi, Chicago; officer B'nai B'rith, Council
of Conservative Rabbis, Rabbinical Assembly;
active United Synagogue of Am. • See:
WU7IA], 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 211957,
31:5.
Lasser, Aaron; b. Newark, Aug 8 1895; d.
Springfield, NJ, Sep 1970.
Cornell, LLB NJ Law.· Lawyer, Newark;
dean U Newark (Rutgers); official YWYMHA; dir Heb Orphan Sheltering Home. •
See:BEOA];NYTimes, Sep 13 1970,85:1.
Lasser, David; b. Baltimore, Mar 201902.
BS MIT. • Engineer, technical writer, editor,
Washington DC; pres Workers Alliance of
Am; WWI service. • See: WU7IA], 1938.
Lasser, Jacob Kay; b. Newark, Oct 71896;
d. NYC, May 111954.
BS, MS PA State. • Accountant, tax expert,
NYC; faculty NYU; author laypersons guide to
taxes. • See: WWWIA, 3; DAB, 5; NYTimes,
May 12 1954,31:1.
Lasser, MauriceE; b. ca 1893; d. White
Plains, Oct 181937.
Communal worker, White Plains. • See: A]YB,
40:388.
Lassner, Albert; b. NYC, Sep 26 1874; d.
before 1938.
CCNY. • Importer, mfr, communal worker,
NYC; specialty: textile novelties. • See:
WWIA], 19i8.
Latteiner (Lateiner, Lateimer), Joseph; b.
Jassy, 1853; d. NYC, Feb 23 1935.
To NYC 1884. • Yiddish playwright, NYC; a
fdr Yiddish theatre in US. • See: ]E; UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:167, 37:258; Eisenstadt, 61-62.
Lattman, Isidore; b. Russia, May 16 1894;
d.July 1971.
To US 1906. • PhG Columbia, An, MD
George Washington. • Physician,
roentgenologist, Washington DC; faculty
Georgetown U.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938;
NYTimes, July 21 1971, 38:1.
Lattman, Jacob; b. Megibosh, Russia, Oct
21 1889; d. NYC, Dec 181945.
To US 1903.· BS CCNY,MD Columbia.·
Physician, tuberculosis specialist, NYC; chief
Bellevue Tuberculosis Clinic; faculty
Columbia; lecturer on Hassidism; author in
both fields. • See: A]YB, 48:493; WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Dec 19 1945,25:3.
Latz, C/G Irving; b. Baltimore, July 31
1888; d. Ann Arbor, Feb 1947.
Dept store owner, civic & communal worker,
Ft Wayne; fdr Childrens Free Health Clinic;
chr Phyllis Wheatley Soc Center. • See:
WWIA], 1928;NYTimes, Feb 141947,21:1.
Latz, Joseph; b. ca 1848; d. NYC, Feb 26
1923.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 25:139.
Latzko, William; b. Vienna, ca 1864; d.
NYC, Feb 111945.
To US 1938. • Physician, gynecologist, NYC;
faculty U Vienna; author in field. • See: A]YB,
47:527;NYTimes, Feb 13 1945,23:3.
Lauchheimer, Charles Henry; b. Baltimore,
Sep 22 1859; d. Washington DC, Jan 14
1920.
Baltimore City ColI, US Naval Academy, LLB
George Washington. • Brigadier general
(Marine Corps), lawyer, author,Baltimore. •
See: ]E; UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):133,22:166;
WWWIA., I;PA]HS, 31:193-196;NYTimes,
Jan 16 1920,9:5.
Lauchheimer, Robert M; b. ca 1864; d.
Baltimore, Feb 18 1938.
Mfr, civic & communal worker, Baltimore. •
See:A]YB, 40:38;NYTimes, Feb 191938, 15:1.
Lauchheimer, Sylvan Hayes; b. Baltimore,
Jan 221870.
Baltimore City ColI, An Johns Hopkins, LLB
U MD.· Lawyer, Baltimore; with city
solicitor; pres .state bar assn; faculty U MD. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Laucks, Irving Fink; b. Akron, OH, July 3
1882.
Chemist, laboratory owner, Buffalo,
Vancouver, Seattle; inventor chemical
processes; author in field. • See: WWWlA., 7.
Lauer, Edgar Jacob Oay); b. NYC, Nov 10
1871; d. Nov 1948.
Columbia, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, state
supreme court & municipal judge, NYC;
specialty: labor conciliation; officer
Educational Alliance; active natl Boy Scouts;
author in field. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov 10 1948,
29:1.
Lauer, Leon; b. ca 1856; d. Baltimore, Nov
181910.
Communal worker, Baltimore. 0 See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):136.
Laufer, Berthold; b. Cologne, Oct 111874;
d. Chicago, Sep 13 1934.
To US ca 1904. • U Berlin, PhD U Leipzig. •
Anthropologist, Orientalist, Chicago; with Am
Museum of Natural History (NYC), Field
Museum; mem expedition to Siberia, China;
author in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:167;
WWIA], 1926; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 1.
Lauff, Charles; b. ca 1888; d.July 241917.
Captain, Marin County, CA. • See: A]YB,
20(1018-1919):229.
Laurence, William Leonard; b. Salautai,
Russia, Mar 71888; d. NYC, Mar 1977.
To NYC 1905. • BS Harvard, LLB Boston,
post-grad U Besanc;on. • Science reporter,
NYC; with Pulitzer papers, NYTimes; officer
professional assns; playwright; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes,
Mar 191977,1:5.
Laurie, Israel; b. ca 1869; d. New
Brunswick, NJ, Oct 2 1938.
Merchant, communalldr, philanthropist, New
Brunswick, NJ. • See:A]YB, 41:426.
Laurie,]osephJr; b. NYC, Feb 241893; d.
Apr 1954.
Actor, comedian, author, NYC; with vaudeville
team Laurie & Bronson; officer professional
assns; columnist Variety • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Apr 301954,23:1.
Laurin, Arne; b. near Prague, Feb 24 1889;
d. NYC, Feb 181945.
To US 1939. • Journalist, Prague, NYC;
editor-in-chief Prager Presse; with
Czechoslovak Information Service (NYC);
actively opposed Nazis. • See: A]YB, 47:527;
NYTimes, Feb 191945, 17:5.
Lauterbach, Edward H; b. NYC, Aug 12/13
1844; d. NYC, Mar 3/4 1923.
An, MA CCNY; honorary degree. • Lawyer,
business exec, politician, NYC; officer
Republican County Com, Heb Emigrant Aid
Soc, Ethical Culture Soc; dir Heb Benevolent
& Orphan Asylum. • See: ]E; E]; A]YB,
Lauterbach, Jacob 0akob) Zalle1
6(1904-1905);133-134,24:167,25:140;
PA]HS, 29:173-175; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Mar 5 1923, 15:1.
Lauterbach, Jacob Oakob) ZaIIel; b.
Monasterzyska, Galicia, Jan 6 1873; d.
Cincinnati, Mar 211942.
To NYC 1903.· U Berlin, PhD U Gottingen,
Rabbinerseminar (Berlin). • Rabbi, talmudic
scholar, Cincinnati; faculty Heb Union ColI; •
editor ]Ei co-editor Heb encyclopedia Ozar
Yisraeli special interest: Jewish folklorei author
in field. • See: V]Ei E]i A]YB, 6(19041905):134,24:167,44:340; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938;BEOA]i ~,2;NYTime~
Apr 15 1942,21:2.
Lauterbach, Richard Edward; b. NYC, June
18 1914; d. NYC, Sep 20 1950.
BA Dartmouth, Harvard. • Journalist, NYC;
editor, foreign correspondent Time, Lifei
speciality: Russia, Far East; active Democratic
politics; author in field. • See: ~, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 211950,31:5.
Lauterstein, Leon; b. Weimar, TX, Sep 24
1882; d. Booth Bay Harbor, ME, Aug 30
1967.
Lawyer, communalldr, LI; counsel Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; active human relations
issues. • See: A]YB, 69:609; NYTimes, Sep 1
1967,31:1, correction Sep 2 1967,25:4.
Lautmann, Herbert Moses; b. Hammond,
IN, MarlMay 311891; d. Cathedral City,
CA, Nov 1970.
LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Chicago; officer bar
assn,Jewish Welfare Fund; trustee
Northwestern. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
WWWIA,5.
Lavanburg, Amelia (Mrs); b.*; d. NYC, May
191915.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):220.
Lavanburg, Frederick L; b. NYC, 1863; d.
NYC, Nov 5 1927.
Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; built, endowed
modest-income housing; • benefactor Clara de
Hirsch Home for Immigrant Girls. • See: UJEi
A]YB, 30:80; NYTimes, Nov 6 1927,29:1.
LaventaII, Julius; b. Bavenden, Hannover,
Mar 10 1832.
Banker, communal worker, Albany, NY; officer
synagog, B'nai B'rith, Free Sons ofIsrael. •
See:A]YB,7(1905-1906):77.
Lavine, Emanuel Henry; b. NYC, Dec 27
1886.
Journalist, author, NYC; staff NY Evening
Journal, NY American.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Lavine, Irvin; b. Mir, Minsk, Dec 61902.
To US 1905. • BS, PhD U MN.• Chemical
engineer, public servant, Grand Forks, ND;
chr ND State Commn to study regulation of
public utilities, other public commns; facility U
ND; nat! pres Tau Delta Phi; officer synagog;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA].
Lavine, Maurice; b. ca 1870;d. Mt Rainier,
MD,June 71935.
358
Rabbi, hazzan, Mt Rainier, MD. • See: A]YB,
37:258.
gynecologist, Los Angeles; faculty ColI ofMed
Evangelists. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lawn, Jerome M; b. NYC, May 26 1890.
BA, CCNY, NYU, Columbia, Jewish Inst
Religion. • Rabbi, communal worker, NYC,
Brighton, Washington Rgts, NY; contributor
Jewish Tribune. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Lazard, Elie; b.*
Co-fdr Lazard Freres, San Francisco. • See: E]
(sub Lazard).
Lawrence, David; b. Philadelphia, Dec 25
1888; d. Feb 111973.
BA Princeton. • Reporter, editor, news exec,
Washington DC; pres US News Publishing
Co, Consolidated Press Assn • See: UJEi E]i
A]YB, 24:167; WWIA], 1928, 1938; ~,
5; NYTimes, Feb 12 1973, 30:1.
Lawson, John Howard; b. NYC, Sep 25
1895; d. Aug 1977.
Williams. • Playwright, scriptwriter, NYC,
Hollywood, CA.· See: UJEi WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]i NYTimes, Aug 14 1977, 46:3.
Lawton, Samuel Tilden; b. Peoria, Apr 1
1884; d.Jan 1961.
Brigadier general (II Natl Guard), lawyer,
communal & civic worker, Chicago; .advisor
Planning Comnin, IL Parole Bd; served
Mexican border; WWI & army ofoccupation.
• See: UJEi WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 23
1961,23:5.
Laxon, L; b. ca 1872; d. NYC, Sep 171923.
Journalist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 26:156.
Layman, Joseph; b. Nashville, ca 1873; d.
NYC, Nov211938.
Clothing mfr, communal worker,
philanthropist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 41 :426;
NYTimes, Nov 22 1938,24:8.
Lazan, Benjamin Joseph; b. NYC, Apr 20
1917; d.June 291966.
BS Rutgers, MS Harvard, PhD PA State. •
Engineer, Minneapolis; faculty, dean U MN;
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
July 51966,27:2.
Lazansky, Edward; b. Brooklyn, Dec 9
1872; d. Southampton, LI, Sep 12 1955.
AB, LLB Columbia. • NY Secy of State,
lawyer, state supreme court judge, communal
ldr, NYC, BrooklYn; pres Fedn ofJewish
Charities; a fdr Joint Distribution Com; bd
Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; active Am
Jewish Com. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:167,
58:477; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; •
NYTimes, Sep 13 1955,31:1.
Lazar, BenedictJoseph; b. Feb 241884; d.
Dec41955.
Am Inst of Banking (St Louis). • Banker,
Cincinnati; with Fed Reserve Bank. • See:
WWWIA,3.
Lazard, Alexandre; b. Lorraine, France,
early 1800s.
To US 1847. • Banker, 4ger, San Francisco;
earlier dry goods merchant (New Orleans); cofdr Lazard Freres.· See: E] (sub Lazard).
Lazard, Edmond Myer; b. Los Angeles,
Mar 201876.
MD U Southern CA. • Obstetrician,
Lazard, Ida Schwab (Mrs Edmond Myer
Schwab); b. Watertown, WI, June 16
1884.
AB Western Reserve. • Civic & communal
welfare ldr, Los Angeles; pres League of
Women Voters, Nat! Council ofJewish
Women; active refugee work. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928,1938.
Lazard, Jules; b. ca 1876; d. New Orleans,
Mar41910.
Physician, professor of physiology, New
Orleans.· See:AJYB, 12(1910-1911):110.
Lazard, Simon; b.*
Co-fdr Lazard Freres, San Francisco. • See: E]
(sub Lazard).
Lazare, Louis; b. Bototian, Rumania, Jan 7
1893.
To NYC 1900.· "Wholesale & silk merchant,
NYC; pres trade assn; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lazare, Marie (Mrs Max Lazare); b. 1889;
d. NYC, May 6 1971.
Communal educastion ldr, NYC; pres Ivriah;
her family est Marie Lazare Inst to foster more
creative tchg in Jewish nursery schools..• See:
A]YB, 73:633; NYTimes, May 8 1971,32:4.
Lazaron, Alice Z (Mrs Samuel L Lazaron);
b. New Orleans, Mar 29 1859.
Clubwoman, New Orleans; officer Ladies Heb
Benevolent Soc, Natl Council ofJewish
Women.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):77.
Lazaron, Morris Samuel; b. Savannah, Apr
161888.
AB, MA U Cincinnati, ordained Reb Union
ColI; honorary degree. • Rabbi, ldr in
interfaith relations, author, Baltimore; fdr, pres
Am Council for Judaism; exec com Na,tl Conf
of Christians & Jews; chaplain WWI. • See:
UJEi E]iA]YB, 24:167; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]i • ~,8.
Lazaron, Pauline Horkheimer (Mrs Morris
Samuel Lazaron); b.*; d. Baltimore, Apr
241933.
Communal worker, Baltimore. • See: A]YB,
35:125.
Lazarow, Arnold; b. Detroit, Aug 31916; d.
June 25 1975.
BA, MD, PhD U Chicago. • Anatomist, St
Paul; faculty U MN; consult Nat! Inst of
Health, US Public Health Service; officer med
socs; author/editor in field. • See: ~, 6.
Lazarsfeld, Paul Felix; b. Vienna, Feb 13
1901; d. NYC, Aug 30 1976.
To US 1933. • PhD U Vienna; honorary
degrees. • Sociologist, NYC; faculty Columbia,
U Pittsburgh; dir Office of Radio Research
(Princeton); author in field. • See: UJEi EJi
A]YB, 78:542; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Sep 1
1976,38:2.
359
Lazarus, Aaron; b. Charleston, SC, August
261777; d. Petersburg, VA, Oct 21841.
Early settler, Wilmington, NC; dir railroad co;
husband of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus
(correspondent ofMaria Edgeworth). • See:
UJE;BDEAJ.
Lazarus, Aaron; b. ca 1841; d. Philadelphia,
July 15 1911.
Civil War veteran, Philadelphia; US volunteer,
brevet captain. • See:AJYB, 14(19121913):123.
Lazarus, Bertha (Mrs Paul Lazarus); b.
New Haven, Jan 27 1864; d. Berkeley,
Oct 1919.
Communal worker, Brooklyn; matron Heb
Orphan Asylum; governess for private families.
• See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):77-78;NYTimes,
Oct 13 1919,13:5.
Lazarus, David; b. NYC, August 6 1858; d.
Queens, 1940.
Tammany Hall politician, NYC; earlier
cigarmaker. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes,
August 3 1940, 15:5.
Lazarus, Edgar M; b. Baltimore, June 6
1868.
Maryland Inst Art School. • Architect,
Pordand, OR. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905): 1~4,
24:167.
Lazarus, Eldon Spencer; b. New Orleans,
Jan 271883; d.June 1955.
AB, LLB Tulane, AB Harvard. • Lawyer,
communalldr, New Orleans; officer Touro
Infirmary, Hospital Service Assn; active nat!
Chamber of Commerce, Union of Am Heb
Congregations, Red Cross.· See: WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; NYTimes, June 15 1955,
31:5.
Lazarus, Eleazar S; b. Feb 21788; d. NYC,
Mar281844.
City official, assessor, NYC; editor first Heb
prayer book published in North Am. • See:
UJE;BDEAJ.
Lazarus, Elizabeth; b. ca 1822; d.
Philadelphia, Jan 15 1912.
Philanthropist, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):125.
Lazarus, Emma; b. NYC, July 22 1849; d.
NYC, Nov 19 1887.
Poet, essayist, translator, NYC; "New
Colossus" on Statue of Liberty; helped found
Heb Technical Inst. • See: JE; UJE; EJ;
PAJHS, 37:17-29, 38:261-287,45:248-257;
NAW; • DAB; NYTimes, Nov 201887, 16:2.
Lazarus, Frank L; b. ca 1901; d. NYC, Sep
161977.
US Military Academy. • Real Estate Commr,
NYC; brigader general US Army. • See:
NYTimes, Sep 17 1977, 26:5.
Lazarus, Fred L; b. ca 1850; d. Columbus,
OH, Mar 23 1917.
Dept store owner, communal worker,
Columbus, OH. • See: EJ (sub Lazarus); A]YB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Lazarus, Simon
Lazarus, Fred RJr; b. Columbus, OH, Oct
291884; d. Cincinnati, May 271973.
OH State. • Dept store exec, communal &
civic worker, Columbus, OH, Cincinnati; pres
Federated Dept Stores; honorary bd Heb
Union ColI-Jewish Inst of Religion; dir nad
Chamber of Commerce. • See: EJ (sub
Lazarus);AJYB, 75:655; WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, May 28 1973,
18:1.
Lazarus, Henry; b. ca 1844; d. Camden,
AR, Mar 201913.
Confederate veteran, Camden, AR. • See:
AJYB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Lazarus, Henry L; b. ca 1853; d. New
Orleans, Nov 21917.
Judge, New Orleans. • See: AJYB, 20(19181919):229.
Lazarus, Jeffrey Louis; b. Columbus, OH,
June 201894; d. Cincinnati, July 91976.
AB OH State; honorary degree. • Dept store
exec, communal & civic worker, Cincinnati;
benefactor local & nat! Boy Scouts; WWI
service. • See: EJ (sub Lazarus);WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, July 13 1976, 36:4.
Lazarus, Joseph; b. Lewisburg, TN, Nov 8
1891.
LLB Jefferson School of Law. • Lawyer,
legislator, communal worker, Louisville;
majority ldr KY House; officer Fedn ofJewish
Charities; bd Conf ofJewish Orgs; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lazarus, Joseph Arthur; b. Rochester, NY,
April 17 1893; d. NYC, Feb 5 1965.
BS U Rochester, MD Columbia, post-grad
Berlin, Budapest. • Physician, urologist, NYC;
authorin field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 61965,25:4.
Lazarus, Josephine; b. NYC, Mar 23 1846;
d. NYC, Feb 4 1910.
Author, essayist, Zionist, NYC; specialty:
biographical sketches, including one about her
sister Emma. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB, 6(19041905):134, 12(1910-1911):110.
Lazarus, Lester; b. NYC, Jan 3 1890; d. Sep
1974.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, asst district attorney,
municipal judge, communalldr, NYC. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 9
1974,38:1.
Lazarus, Marksj b. Charleston, SC, Feb 22
1757; d. Charleston, SC, Nov 11835.
Revolutionary War veteran, sergeant major,
merchant, Charleston, sc. • See: BDEAJ.
Lazanis, Marvin Paul; b. Albany, NY, June
11918.
BA Union, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, asst state
atty general, photographer, book illustrator,
Albany, NY. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Lazarus, Michael; b.*
Early setder, businessman, Charleston, SCi
active Beth Elohim; • contributor Brown ColI.
• See: UJE; BDEAJ.
Lazarus, Michael; b. Dec 19 1786; d.
Charleston, SC, Sep 8 1862.
A ldr Reformed Soc of Israelites, Charleston,
SCi officer Palmetto Soc; opened steam
navigation between Charleston & Augusta. •
See: UJE; BDEAJ.
Lazarus, Moses; b. NYC, June 291813; d.
NYC, Mar 9 1885.
Sugar refiner, merchant, NYC; a fdr
Knickerbocker Club; father of Emma. • See:
JE; PAJHS; NYTimes, Mar 10 1885,2:3.
Lazarus, Paul; b. Wittenburg,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, July 30 1849.
Communal worker, Brooklyn; earlier
businessman; supt Heb Orphan Asylum. • See:
A]YB,7(1905-1906):78.
Lazarus, Ralph; b.*; d. Columbus, OH,July
1903.
Dept store owner, philanthropist, Columbus,
OH; active Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland).
• See: EJ (sub Lazarus); NYTimes, July 28
1903,7:6.
Lazarus,Ralphj b. 1914.
Dept store owner, exec. • See: E] (sub
Lazarus).
Lazarus, Reuben Avis; b. NYC, Feb 2 1895;
d. NYC, July 111971.
CCNY, LLB Albany Law. • Lawyer, legislative
counsel, public commn service, NYC; mem Bd
of Higher Education; asst to Mayor La
Guardia; counsel NY Charter Commn;
specialty: city legal status, home rule; author in
field.· See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, July 12
1971,30:4.
Lazarus, Robert; b. Columbus, OH, Sep 20
1890; d. Feb 5 1973.
OH State. • Dept store exec, Columbus, OH.
• See: EJ (sub Lazarus); WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,
Feb 6 1973,40:3.
Lazarus, Samuel L; b. Syracuse, 1855j d.
NYC, Mar 1926.
Industrialist, live stock businessman, civic
official, St Louis; mem City Council; active
Democratic party. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Mar
261926,15:3.
Lazarus, Sidney Frank; b. Shelbyville, KY,
August 14 1880.
Author, playwright, scriptwriter, Hollywood,
CA; newspaperman, Birmingham, AL • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Lazarus, Simon; b. Columbus, OH, August
191882j d. Columbus, OH, Dec 21
1947.
Dept store exec, Columbus, OH, Cincinnati;
bd Heb Union ColI, Union Am Heb
Congregations; officer philanthropic orgs;
active nad Joint Distribution Coni; dir Better
Business Bureau, trade assn. • See: EJ (sub
Lazarus);AJYB, 50:519; WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Dec 22 1947,21:2.
Lazarus, Simon; b. Germany; d. 1877.
Dept store fdr, owner, Columbus, OH;
sometime religious functionary. • See: E] (sub
Lazarus).
360
Lazerow, Louis
Lazerow, Louis; b. Vilna, Apr 211868; d.
Paterson,July 22 1939.
To US 1901. • Rabbi, author, editor, NYC,
then Paterson; prolific author on Jewish topics.
• See: AJYB, 42:480; NITimes, July 23 1939,
29:2.
Lazerowitz, Morris; b. Lodz, 1907.
To US 1914. • Philosopher, author; specialty:
metaphysics, philosophical discourse or
explanation; faculty Smith ColI. • See: EJ.
Lazlo, Daniel; b. Kassa, Hungary, Aug 27
1902; d. NYC, June '1 1958.
To US 1938. • Physician, scientist, cancer
researcher, NYC; author in field. • See: AJYB,
60:356.
Lazrus, Oscar Morris; b.Jassy,July 12
1887/1888; d. NYC, June 5 1981.
To US 1890. • LLB Brooklyn Law.· Lawyer,
exec, NYC; with Benrus; natl seey Natl Conf of
Christians & Jews; exec com Am Jewish Com;
officer trade assn; bd Union Am Heb
Congregations; est Center for Interreligious
Affairs. • See:AJYB, 83:358; WWIAJ, 1928
(addenda), 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Lazrus, S Ralph; b. NYC, July 251898; d.
NYC, Sep 4 1959.
Industrialist, philanthropist, NYC; natl bd
United Jewish Appeal; bd Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies; helped est Brandeis. • See:
AJYB, 62:451; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Sep 6
1959, 73:1.
Leaf, Hayim (Lifshitz); b. Russia, 1914.
To US in childhood. • Heb educator, editor,
essayist, NYC; faculty Herzliah Academy,
Yeshiva U; editor Hadoar, Bitzaron; columnist
The Day. • See: EJ.
Leaf, Reuben; b. Kremenchug, Poltava,
Aug271889.
To NYC 1916. • Imperial Art Academy
(Vilna), Bezalel Art School Gerusalem),
National Academy of Design, Arts Decoratifs
(Paris). • Artist, cartoonist, tchr, NYC;
specialty: Heb lettering, synagog furnishings;
art reviewer Heb journals. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Leaf, Samuel; b. Minsk, May 7 1898.
Innovative candy mfr, NYC; officer
Consumptive Relief League; active communal,
philanthropic & trade orgs. • See: BEOAJ.
Leaf, Wtlliam B; b. ca 1875; d. Dec 14
1938.
Zionist Idr, publisher, Philadelphia; co-fdr
Jewish World. • See: AJYB, 41 :426; NITimes,
Dec 15 1938,27:4.
Lear, Maxwell; b. Elizabethgrad, Aug 2
1888.
To New Haven 1900. • MS, MD Yale. •
Surgeon, New Haven; faculty Yale; dir YMHA,
Jewish Welfare Soc; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Learsi, Rufus (born. Israel Goldberg); b.
near Bialystok, 1889/1893; d. NYC, Aug
11964.
To US as child. • AB CCNY. • Educator,
author, journalist, NYC; specialty: Jewish
history; author Passover seder prayer
memorializing Warsaw Ghetto. • See:
WWWIA,4;JTA-DNB,Aug41964;NITimes,
Aug 41964,29:2.
Leavin, Benjamin; b. NYC, Sep 23 1892.
CCNY, Columbia, NY Mechanics Inst. • Bldr,
architect, NYC; specialty: public bldgs, piers,
subway stations; trustee synagog. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Leavitt, Ezekiel; b. Tolotchin, Russia, May
2 1878/1880.
To US 1902. • PhD Columbia. • Rabbi, Heb
educator, author, poet, Washington DC,
Boston, Brooklyn; orgr, principal Heb Tchrs
ColI (Boston); editor Jewish Voice. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 24:167; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ; Eisenstadt, 64-65.
Leavitt, Henry Levi; b.*; d. Los Angeles,
Apr 191939.
Merchant, pioneer Pacific Coast settler, Los
Angeles. • See:AJYB, 41:426.
.
Leavitt, Julian; b. Russia.
Writer on sociological subjects, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 24:167. • *See entry below.
Leavitt,Julian; b. Russia, ca 1878; d.
Alexandria, VA, Dec 101939.
Armour Inst, U Chicago. • Librarian, research
consult, NYC, Washington DC; with Library
of Cong, Temporary Natl Economic Com,
Joint Distribution Com, Am Jewish Congo •
See: AJYB, 42:481. • *See entry above.
Leavitt, Louis; b. ca 1858; d. Pine Brook,
NJ, Aug 3 1935.
Rabbi, Pine Brook, NJ. • See:AJYB, 38:431.
Leavitt, Michael; b. ca 1843; d. Miami, June
251935.
Veteran showman, orgr nationwide theatre
chain, Miami; co-fdr Elks. • See: AJYB,
37:258.
Leavitt, Moses Aaron; b. NYC, Aug 6 1894;
d. Geneva, June 211965.
BS Cornell; honorary degrees. • Chemist,
communalldr, government advisor, refugee
worker; ldr Joint Distribution Com; bd Heb
Union ColI, Heb U; signatoryJewish Material
Claims Against Germany. • See: EJ; AJYB,
67:538-59; WWIAJ, 1938; NatlJewish Post &'
Opinion, July 2 1965; NITimes, June 22 1965,
35:1.
Leavitt, Nathan Raymond; b. NYC, Oct 31
1880/1881; d. Elizabeth, Nov 1966.
LLB NY Law. • Banker, law;rer, county
treasurer, Elizabeth; bd General Hospital. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NITimes, Nov 15
1966,47:2.
Leavitt, Thomas Wtlliam; b. Simno,
Poland, Oct 26 1892.
To US 1902. • BS Webster U (Decatur, GA),
LLB Southern Law School (Athens, GA), MD
ColI of Physicians and Surgeons (Boston). •
Physician, alderman, Malden, MA; pres drug
co (Boston); active Democratic politics; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Leavitt, Wtlliam; b. Augustovo,Poland, Feb
11887; d. Stamford, CT,Jan 1974.
To US 1895.· MD NYU.•
Neuropsychiatrist, NYC; with state hospitals,
Dept bf Public Welfare, Domestic Relations
Court.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 12
1974, 36:3.
Leavy, CharlesM;b.ca 1839; d. San
Francisco, Aug 261910.
Civil War veteran, mem Civil Service Commn,
San Francisco. • See:AJYB, 13(19111912):135.
Leavy, Leonard S; b. ca 1876; d. San
Francisco, June 12 1937.
City, county controller, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 39:593; NITimes, June 13 1937, II 7:2.
Lebair, Harold Am.old; b. Philadelphia, Jan
18 1890; d. July 1967.
U PA. • Advertising agent, NYC; natl
advertising representative NITimes; active
local, natl trade orgus; WWI government
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, July 19
1967,39:1.
Lebau, Harry; b. NYC, May 26 1896; d. Feb
1974.
BS, MA Cornell. • Communal admr,
Elizabeth; exec dir YMHA; officer Community
Chest; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 141974,44: 1.
Lebedeff, Aaron; b. Russia, 1883; d. NYC,
Nov81960.
To US 1920. • Yiddish actor, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 63:561;NITimes, Nov91960, 35:2.
Lebendiger, Israel; b. Drohitchen, Russia,
Apr 15 1886.
To US 1904. • BA Columbia, ordainedJTS;
honorary degree. • Rabbi, prison chaplain,
Liberty, NY; officer United Synagogue of Am;
active Boy Scouts. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938.
Lebensbaum, Rose (pseud=Ann Margolin);
b. Brest-Litovsk, 1887.
To US as child. • Yiddish poet, journalist,
NYC; staff Der Tog. • See:·UJE.
Lebensohn, James Elzar; b. Chicago, Nov 5
1893.
BS, MS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI, PhD
·Northwestern. • Ophthalmologist, Chicago;
faculty Northwestern; devised test; author in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lebensohn, Mayer Harris; b. ca 1864; d.
Chicago,June 27 1936.
Physician, communal worker, Chicago. • See:
AJYB, 38:431.
Lebenstein, Joseph; b. Brooklyn, Aug 11
1877.
MD NYU. • Syphilologist, NYC; chief of
clinic Hospital for Joint Dieases. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Lebenthal, Louis S; b. Bridgeport, CT,
May 15 1899; d. Dec 1951.
BS Columbia, LLB Fordham. • Investment
banker, economist, NYC; natl officer Tau
Epsilon Phi; active Fedn of]ewish
361
Philanthropies; author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,
Dec 15 1951, 31:2.
Leber, Samuel F; b. ca 1878; d. Nov 11939.
NY Law. • Lawyer, civic & communal worker,
South Orange, N]; pres Conf of] ewish
Charities (Newark); dir Community Chest. •
See: AJYB, 42:481; NYTimes, Nov 2 1939,
23~.
.
Lebeson, Anita Libman; b.*
Author, Chicago; specialty: Am Jewish history.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Leblang, Joseph; b. Budapest, June 29
1879; ·d. NYC, Apr 17 1931.
To US ca 1890. • Theatrical producer,
communal worker, philanthropist, NYC;
owner theatre chain; orgr cut-rate tickets; dir
Lebanon Hospital. • See: UJE; A]YB, 33:127;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Leblang, Tillie (Mrs Joseph Leblang, Mrs
Wtlliam Jasie); b. NYC, Apr 25 1881.
Entertainment exec, NYC; pres Leblang
Central Agency for Amusements; active Ivriah,
Jewish Settlement House; WWI Red Cross
service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lebold, Foreman M; b. Chicago, Jan 7
1895.
Mfr, Chicago; pres Morris Paper Mills. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lebolt, I C; b. ca 1859; d. Sep 201938.
Merchant, communal worker, Memphis. • See:
AJYB, 41 :426.
Lebolt, Matthew Irving; b. Moghelov,
Russia, May 24 1885.
To US 1889. • CCNY, DDS NYU, NYU
Med. • Dentist, NYC. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lebovitz, .Bernard; b. Bucharest, Aug 19
1867; d. Brooklyn, Sep 1955.
To US 1883/1886.· Communal exec, NYC,
Brooklyn; an orgr Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; exec dir Jewish Chronic
Disease Hospital; officer Jewish Sanitarium. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 13
1955,31:4.
Lebovitz, Leo Bernard; b. Brooklyn, Feb 24
1901; d. NYC, June 1955.
CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
active synagogs, Democratic politics; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, June
10 1955,25:1.
Lebow, Morris Rumler; b. Friedrichstadt,
Latvia,Jan 12 1887.
To Providence 1900.· DDS U MD, post-grad
Tufts, Harvard, Columbia.• Orthodontist,
Providence; pres state professional org. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Lebowitz, Joseph Joessel; b. NYC, July 21
1890.
MD Northwestern. • Surgeon, Chicago;
officer med soc; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Lebson, Abram Allen; b. Tver, Russia, May
111902.
Lederman, Moses David
LLB NY Law. • To US 1902.· Lawyer,
county judge, Englewood, N]; counsel for
many cities; officer bar & music assns; active
Democratic politics, Community Chest,
Englewood Hospital. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Ledeen, Hyman; b. 19umen, Russia, Sep 10
1894.
To US 1903. • BS, ME U CO. • Mechanical
engineer, inventor, Los Angeles; pres
engineering firm; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lederberg, Joshua; b. Montclair, NJ, 1925.
Yale. • Geneticist, Nobel laureate, syndicated
columnist; pres Rockefeller U; faculty U WI,
Stanford.· See:EJ; EJ:1973-1982.
Lederer, Charles; b. Chicago,Apr 221877;
d. Apr 30 1954.
PhB U Chicago, LLB Northwestern. •
Lawyer, legislator, Chicago; counsel for Sears,
Roebuck. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, May 11954,15:6.
Lederer, Emanuel; b. Budapest, ca 1841; d.
NYC, Aug 1917.
To US 1860. • Civil War Union captain,
journalist, actor, mfr, NYc. • See: AJYB,
20(1918-1919):227; NITimes, Aug 21 1917,
7:2.
Lederer, Emil; b. ca 1878; d. Vienna, Oct
171935.
Steamship arbiter, NYc. • See:AJYB, 38:431.
Lederer, Emil; b. Pilsen, Bohemia, 1882; d.
NYC,May291939.
ToJapan 1933, then NYc. • DrJuris U
Vienna. • Economist, sociologist, NYC;
specialty: Japan; faculty U Heidelberg, New
School; author!editor in field. • See: UJE;
AJYB, 41:426; NITimes, May 301939,17:1.
Lederer, Emil L; b. Chicago, May 291892.
Insurance broker, Chicago; began as office boy.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lederer, Emy; b.*; d. NYC, May 22 1934.
Authority on culture, art of Far East, NYC;
exile from Germany. • See:AJYB, 36:283.
Lederer, Ephraim; b. Philadelphia, Jan 24
1862; d. Philadelphia, Sep 111925.
Lawyer, Collector of Revenue, educator,
writer, communalldr, Philadelphia; officer
Jewish Publication Soc, Jewish Hospital Assn;
dir YHMA; active Kehillah. • See: UJE; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):134,24:167,28:151,273-85; •
PAJHS, 31:275-78.
Lederer, Esther Pauline Friedman
(pseud=Ann Landers); b. Sioux City,
1918.
Syndicated advice columnist. • See: EJ.
Lederer, Francis; b. Prague, Nov 6 1906.
Prague Conservatory. • Motion picture actor,
Hollywood, CA; with Columbia Pictures. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lederer, Francis Loeffler; b. Chicago, Sep
18 1898; d. Apr 3 1973.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI, post-grad
U Berlin, U Vienna. • Ear, nose & throat
specialist, Chicago; faculty U IL; officer med
socs; bd Judeans; active United Charities;
author/editor in field; WWI service, WWII
consult.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA,5.
Lederer, George W; b. Wdkes-Barre, 1861;
d. Oct 8 1938.
Theatrical mgr, producer, NYC, Jackson Hgts,
Queens; vaudeville, variety, revues. • See:
AJYB, 41:426; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Oct 9
1938,44:8.
Lederer, Grace Myrtilla (Mrs Ephraim
Lederer); b. WaverlyHgts, PA; d.
Philadelphia, Jan 1942.
Communalldr, Philadelphia; pres Female Heb
Benevolent Soc; officer Nad Council ofJewish
Women, Heb Sunday School Soc, Southern
Sunday School; mem Juvenile Aid Com; active
Democratic politics. • See: AJYB, 7(19051906):78; NITimes, Jan 81942,21:4.
Lederer, Jerome F; b. NYC, 1902.
Aeronautical engineer, government servant;
with NASA; head Flight Safety Found; WWII
government service. • See: EJ.
Lederer,Joseph; b. ca 1891; d. Beaumont,
TX, Mar 1936.
Communal worker, Beaumont, TX. • See:
AJYB, 38:431.
Lederer, Leon; b. Louisville, Jan 17 1877.
Business ColI, U Cincinnati. • Furniture store
exec, Cincinnati; officer trade assn, B'nai
B'rith, Retail Code Authority; bd Heb Union
ColI; active synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Lederer, Ludwig G; b. Budapest, 1910; d.
Mar 171960.
To US 1938. 41 UVienna.· Scientist, dairy
farmer, columnist, Hillsdale, N]; specialty:
navigation & astrophysics; WWII government
service. • See: NITimes, Mar 18 1960,25:2.
Lederer, Max; b. NYC, July 211885; d.
Brooklyn, Sep 1952.
MI;> Columbia, post-grad NYC, Vienna. •
Physician, pathologist, Brooklyn; faculty LI
ColI Hospital; Dir of Laboratories Jewish
Hospital; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938;NITimes, Sep 141952,87:1.
Lederer, Pauline Esther (pseud=Abigaii van
Buren); b. Sioux City, 1918.
Syndicated advice columnist. • See: EJ;
EJ: 1973-1982 (sub Lederer, Esther Pauline).
Lederer, Richard M; b. Chicago, 1887; d.
July 241952.
CCNY, Packard Business ColI, Am Inst of
Banking. • Banker, businessman, autograph
collector, NYC; officer United Jewish Appeal,
Anti-Defamation League, Am Jewish Com.·
See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, July 26 1952, 13:3.
Lederman, Moses David; b. NYC, Oct
1868; d. Sep 1952.
MD U P A. • Physician, otorhinolaryngologist,
NYC; faculty NY Polyclinic, NYU; author/
362
Lee, David Aaron
editor in field; WWI service. • See: AJYB,
24:167; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes,
skyscrapers. • See: UJEiAJYB, 35:125;
NYTimes; Nov 141932,17:1.
WWIAJ,1938.
Sep 81952,21:2.
Lee, David Aaron; b. Boston, July 191932;
d. Oct 12.1974.
MD Boston U. • Physician, Los Angeles;
officer synagog; bd Heb High School, United
Jewish Welfare Fund; military service. • See:
Leff, Frank; b. Brest-Litvosk, Feb 121906;
d. NYC, ~ov 291963.
Communal exec, NYC; with Am Jewish Com.
• See:AJYB, 65:434; NYTimes, Nov 301963,
27:2.
WWWIA,6.
Leff, Max; b. ca 1889; d. Brooklyn, Aug 2
1933.
Lee, Harvey; b. NYC, Aug 24 1893.
Lawyer, Zionist, communal worker, Brooklyn.
NJ Law, LLB NY Law, 'BS, MS, LLM NYU,
JSD St Lawrence. • Lawyer, educator,
Brooklyn; principal Boro Hall Academy; est &
conducted 24 private schools; active Am Jewish
Com; served US Army at age 13 (Philippines).
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lee, Malke (Malke Leopold-Rappaport); b.
Monasterzisko, Galicia, 1904.
To US 1921/192 3. • Yiddish poet, NYC;
.
contributor Freiheit, Hammer. • See: UJEi EJ.
Lee, Manfred B (Lepofsky); b. Brooklyn,
1906;d. VVaterbury,<:r, 1971.
Co-author "Ellery Queen" mystery series,
NYC; sold over 100 million volumes. • See:
NYTimes, Apr41971, 68:2.
• See:AJYB, 36:283.
Leff, Meyer Isaac; b. Bialystok, May 14
1888/1889; d. Miami, Mar 121982.
PhB U Chicago, LLB Northwestern. •
Lawyer, Chicago; active bar assn. • See:
Stock broker, exec, NYC; securities specialist
NY Stock Exchange. • See: NYTimes, Jan 2
1968,37:1.
Leeds, Pauline; b.*; d. Rochester, MN, Nov
1937.
Social service worker, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
CCNY, LLB Fordham. • Lawyer, legislator,
municipal judge, NYC; active Republican
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Textile & yarnmfr, realtor, philanthropist,
Brooklyn; a fdr United Jewish Appeal, Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed, Anti-Defamation
League; benefactor Brandeis. • See: AJYB,
80:368; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
BS CCNY, post-grad NY School of
Philanthropy, U Chicago. • Communal exec,
NYC; with Jewish Welfare Bd; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Leffmann, Henry; b. Philadelphia, Sep 9
1847; d. Dec 25 1930.
MD Jefferson Med ColI, PhD Wagner Free
Inst of Science, DDS PA ColI of Dental
Surgery; honorary degree. • Chemist,
Philadelphia; faculty Wornens Med ColI;
known for expert testimony in court; author in
field, popular works; memoir. • See: WWWIA,
1; DAB.
CCNY, LLM Brooklyn Law, CPA. • Talent
agency exec, NYC; pres William Morris
Agency; active United Jewish Appeal, Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Lefkowitz, Sadie Braham (Mrs David
Lefkowitz); b. Cincinnati, July 211877.
Cincinnati ColI ofMusic. • Communalldr,
Dallas; nat! officer Nat! Fedn of Temple
Sisterhoods; pres Visiting Nurse Assn; bd
Union of Am Heb Congregations, Nat!
Council ofJewish Women. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Lefkowitz, Samuel S; b. VVelyopolya,
Czechoslovakia, Oct 11885; d.
Hackensack, NJ, Sep 1957.
WWWIA, 1938.
Lefkowitch, Henry; b. VVarsaw, May 15
1891; d. NYC,Jan 311959.
Lefkowitz, Sidney Martin; b. NYC, Sep 11
1908.
To NYC 1907.· Music publisher, composer,
conductor, NYC; composed settings for
prayer; compiler Yiddish, Jewish songs; active
professional soc. • See:AJYB, 61:418; WWIAJ,
1938;NYTimes, Feb 11959,85:1.
BA U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb Union
ColI. • Rabbi, civic & communal worker,
Richmond, Jacksonville, FL; active Boy Scouts,
Red Cross, interfaith work. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Lefkowitz, Aaron Henry; b. NYC, June 21
1904.
Lefrak, Harry; b. Bobroisk, Russia, Apr 14
1885; d. Queens, July 11963.
BSCCNY, MHL, ordained Jewish Inst of
Religion. • Rabbi, Cumberland, MD; orgr
CCNY Zionist Soc; active Anti-Defamation
League.· See: WWlAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
To US 1903. • Bldr, philanthropist, NYC;
specialty: middle income apartments; est
Found; active Religious Zionists of Am. • See:
AJYB, 65 :434; NYTimes, July 2 1963,29:2.
Lefkowitz, Abraham; b. Revitch, Hungary,
October 271884.
To US 1886. • AB CCNY, MA, PhD NYU. •
Lefrak, SamuelJ; b. Brooklyn, 1918.
Leerburger, Hannah (Mrs Benjamin
Leerburger); b.*; d. Oct 271937.
To US 1899. • PhD U Bern, U Marburg, U
Berlin, ordained Heb Union ColI. • Insurance
agent, Minneapolis; earlier rabbi, Las Vegas,
NM, Duluth; active Anti-Nazi Com, Am
JewishCong.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):72;
To US 1906. • CCNY, BS Brooklyn Polytech,
DDS NYU. • Orthodontist, NYC; faculty
NYU; specialty: chemical orthodontia; author
in field; US military service. • See: WWIAJ,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Feb 18 1969,41:4.
Lefkowitz, ~at; b. Brooklyn, July 241905;
d. Sep 41983.
To US 1902. • Theological seminary
(Hungary), registered pharmacist (NJ), Dr of
Naturopathy (Am School of Naturopathy), Dr
of Chiropractic (ColI of Chiropractic), Master
of Chiropractic (Chiropractic U ofNY). •
Chiropractor, county coroner, Leonia &
Hackensack, NJ; officer United Synagogue of
Am, professional socs; active Republican
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 241957,35:5.
Lefkovits, Maurice Hirsch; b. Sator-Alja
Ujhely, Hungary, Feb 15 1875.
Lees, Abraham; b. Elizabethgrad, Dec 2
1886; d. Miami Beach, Feb 1969.
CCARYB.
Leff, Phillip; b. NYC, Oct 191895; d. NYC,
Apr 13 1978.
40:388.
Communal worker, NYC; bd Free Synagogue;
active Fedn ofJewish Womens Orgs. • See:
AJYB, 40:388; NYTimes, Oct 30 1937, 19:4.
To US 1881/1882. • BS CCNY, BL, MA U
Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI;
honorary degrees. • Rabbi, Dayton, OH,
Dallas; pres Central Conf of Am Rabbis;
officer World Union for Progressive Judaism,
Union of Am Heb Congregations, Community
Chest, Civic Fedn; bd Heb Union ColI,
Southern Methodist U; editor Southwestern
Israelite, Jewish Am. • See: UJEi AJYB, 5(19031904):72; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJi
Lefkowitz, Louis Jacob; b. NYC, July 3
1904.
WWIAJ,1938.
Leeds, Laurence; b. Paterson, July 26 1896;
d. Palm Beach, Dec 311967.
Lefkowitz, David; b. Eperies, Hungary, Apr
111875; d. 1955.
To US 1907/1908. • MD LI ColI Hospital. •
Physician, Glendale & Phoenix, AZ, Israel; dir
overseas unit Joint Distribution Com. • See:
AJYB, 84:335; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Leff, Samuel; b. NYC, Aug 10 1890.
Lee, Sylvanus George; b. Chicago, Feb 16
1880.
Experimental School; active tchrs unions,
Farmer-Labor Party; author in field. • See:
Leeser,Isaac;b.~euenkirchen,GerEnany,
Dec 12 1806; d. Philadelphia, Feb 1
1868.
To US 1824. • Nat! communalldr, rabbi,
hazzan, editor, publisher, author, translator,
Philadelphia; pres Maimonides ColI; fdr Jewish
press in Am; editor The Occident. • See: JEi
UJEi EJi PAJHS, 48:207-244;AJHQ, 58:118135; DAB.
Lefcourt, AbrahamE; b. NYC, 1877; d.
NYC, ~ov 13 1932.
Realtor, bldr, NYC; bldr Times Square area,
Labor educator, NYC; with StateFedn of
Labor; dir Brookwood ColI, Manumit
Bldr, landlord, philanthropist, NYC, Lefrak
City, Queens; dir NY Worlds Fair Corp; US
delegate Internat! Conf on Housing & Urban
Development. • See: EJ.
363
Lehman, Leo
Lefrak, Sarah (Mrs Harry Lefrak); b. Kiev,
Nov 15 1888; d. Queens, Nov 191962.
Lehman, Bella (Mrs); b.*; d. Sep 211938.
To US 1905.· Philanthropist, NYC; est
Found; active charitable, educational &
religious orgus. • See:A]YB, 65:434; NYTimes,
Nov 20 1962, 35:1.
See:A]YB,41:426.
Lefschetz, Solomon; b. Moscow, Sep 3
1884; d. Princeton, Oct 1972.
To US 1905. • ME Ecole Centrale (Paris),
PhD Clark; honorary degree. • Mathematician,
Princeton; faculty Princeton, earlier U NE, U
KS, Natl U (Mexico); author/editor in field. •
See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:167; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938;BEOA]; • WWWIA, 5;NYTimes,
Oct 7 1972, 36:4.
Leftoff, Michael; b. Brooklyn, Mar 25 1894;
d. Far Rockaway, Oct 1962.
Columbia, Dr Optometry PA CoIl of Optics. •
Optometrist, Far Rockaway; town treasurer,
Hempstead, LI; earlier with Associated Press;
active professional,. trade orgs, Republican
politics, AmJewish Cong; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 241962,39:1.
Lehman, Adele Lewisohn (Mrs Arthur
Lehman); b .. NYC, Aug 11 1882; d. NYC,
Aug 111965.
Barnard. • Social service worker,
philanthropist, (art collector, NYC; with NY Bd
of Charities; pres East Side Free School for
Crippled Children; bd Heb Sheltering
Guardian Soc. • See:A]YB, 67:539; WWIA],
1938; DAB, 7; NYTimes, Aug 12 1965,27:1.
Lehman, Albert Carl; b. Pittsburgh, Oct 14
1878; d.July 241935.
BS Harvard. • Exec, civic & communal worker,
Pittsburgh; fdr, pres Blaw-Knox; fdr Bureau of
Preventive & Corrective Work, Jewish Big
Bros; trustee synagog; WWI fundraiser. • See:
A]YB, 38:431; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
WWWIA, 1.
.
Lehman,Alexander;b. Talladega,AUL;d.
NYC, Dec 18 1932.
NYU. • District atty, childrens court counsel,
charity investigator, NYc. • See: A]YB,
35:125;NYTimes, Dec 191932, 15:3.
Lehman, Allan S; b. NYC, Jan 7 1885; d.
Nov81952.
AB Cornell. • Investment banker, communal
ldr, NYC; with Lehman Bros; active Joint
Distribution Com; WWI service. • See: E]
(sub Lehman); WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov 10
1952,25:1.
Lehman, Arthur; b. NYC, June 11873; d.
NYC, May 15 1936.
AB Harvard. • Investment banker, civic &
Relative of Heinrich Heine, Hollywood, CA. •
Lehman, Benjamin Harrison; b. Mullan,
ID, Oct 20 1889.
.AB, MA, PhD Harvard. • English literature
specialist, novelist, essayist, Berkeley; faculty U
CA (Berkeley); earlier U ID, WA State,
Harvard; contributor Saturday Review. • See:
A]YB, 24:167; WWIA], 1926,1928; BEOA];
WWWIA,8.
Lehman, Cecile Seligman (Mrs Harold M
Lehman);b. WestEnd,N],July311893.
Barnard. • Communal worker, NYC; trustee
Montefiore Hospital; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Red Cross. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Lehman,Chester Hamilton; b. Pittsburgh,
1886; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 1959.
Harvard. • Business exec, Pittsburgh; with
Blaw-Knox. • See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Oct
23 1959,17:5.
Lehman, David S; b. ca 1865; d. Denver,
Apr 221915.
Communal worker, philanthropist, Denver. •
See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):220; NYTimes, Apr
23 1915,13:4.
Lehman, Edith Altschul (Mrs Herbert H
Lehman); b. San Francisco, 1890; d.
NYC, Mar 81976.
Communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr
Heb U; benefactor Henry Street Settlement,
Mt Sinai Med School; active Am Jewish Com,
United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 78:543;
NYTimes, Mar 9 1976,36:1.
Lehman, Emanuel; b. Bavaria, 1827; d.
NYC, Jan 10 1907.
'
To US 1847.· Co-fdr Lehman Bros,
Montgomery, AL,then NYC; trustee Heb
Benevolent & Orphan Asylum, Baron de
Hirsch Fund, synagog. • See: UJE; E] (sub
Lehman);A]YB, 7(1905-1906):78,9(19071908):505; NYTimes, Jan 111907,9:5.
Lehman, Eugene Heider; b. Pueblo, CO,
Sep 5 1878/1879; d. West Long Beach,
N], Aug 211972.
BA, MA Yale, U Berlin, Tchrs Co11?, post-grad
Columbia. • Educator, mayor, author, editor,
Tarrytown, NY; mem Planning Commn; fdr,
pres Monmouth CoIl; earlier dir Highland
Manor School; active girls schools & camps;
pres Community Chest. • See: UJE; A]YB,
24:167; WWIA], 1926,1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 5; NITimes, Aug 23 1972,44:5.
Wildroot Hair Tonic Co; officer YMCA; bd
Jewish Fedn for Social Service;.active Council
of Social Agencies. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 31 1959,23:2.
Lehman, Henry; b. 1821; d. 1851.
Partner Lehman Bros, Montgomery, AL. •
See: E] (sub Lehman).
Lehman, Herbert Henry; b. NYC, Mar 28
1878; d. NYC, Dec 51963.
BA Williams; honorary degrees. • Senator,
governor, investment broker, philanthropist,
NYC; with Lehman Bros; orgr Palestine Loan
Bank, Palestine Economic Corp; dir UNRRA;
active Joint Distribution Com, United Jewish
Appeal, Democratic politics. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 24:168, 65:434-35, 66:3-20; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; A]HQ, 54:113-18;
WWWIA, 4; DAB, 7; The]ewish Digest, Feb
1964; NYTimes, Dec 6 1963, 1:6.
Lehman, I Howard; b. NYC, June 26 1880;
d. NYC, Mar 21 1969.
NY Law. • Lawyer, child welfare ldr, NYC;
officer Jewish Child Care Assn, Heb Orphans
Asylum, professional soc; trustee Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies. • See: A]YB,71:606;
NYTimes, Mar 22 1969,33:2.
Lehman, Irvin Frank; b. Pittsburgh;Mar 10
1877; d. Hebron, CT, Aug 5 1936.
Park Inst (Pittsburgh). • Exec, civic ldr,
PittSburgh; with Blaw-Knox; a fdr Jewish Fedn;
dir Community Fund, Housing Assn, Public
Charity. • See:A]YB, 39:593; WWIA], 1926;
BEOA].
Lehman, Irving; b. NYC, Jan 28 1876; d.
Port Chester, NY, Sep 221945.
AB, AM, LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. •
State supreme court & court of appeals judge,
legal philosopher, NYC, Albany, NY; officer
Jewish Welfare Bd, Good-Will Union; bd
Union of Am Heb Congregations; exec coin
Am Jewish Com. • See: UJE; EJ; A]YB,
24:168,48:85-92,493-94; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3;
NYTimes, Sep 23 1945,1:2.
Lehman, Irving George; b. Russia, Jan 1
1900; d. Sep 18 1983.
Painter, sculptor, East Chatham, NY. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Lehman, Isidore; b. Jackson, MS, Dec 13
1879.
Business exec, Jackson, MS; mem Bd of
Education; pres synagog; officer Home
Finding Service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
communalldr, philanthropist, NYC; with
Lehman Bros; officer Joint Distribution Com;
bd New School, Museum of City of NY; an
orgr Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; benefactor
Harvard. • See: UJE; E] (sub Lehman); A]YB,
24:167, 38:431; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, May 16 1936,
15:3.
Lehman, Harold; b. NYC, Oct 2 1913.
Lehman, IsraelJ; b. StJoseph, Oct 291859.
Architect, Cleveland. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-
Painter, sculptor, Los Angeles, LI City. • See:
1905):135,24:168.
36:283.
Lehman, John; b. Memphis, ca 1869; d.
Bronx, July 25 1937.
U TN. • Lawyer, NYC; with Am Law Book
Co; author in field. • See:A]YB, 40:388;
NYTimes, July 26 1937, 19:5.
Lehman, B L; b. ca 1861; d. St Louis, Feb
211924.
Rabbi, St Louis. • See:A]YB, 26:156.
Lehman, Harry James; b. Bradford, PA, Sep
3 1883; d. Buffalo, Oct 1959.
Lehman, Leo; b. Indianapolis, Sep 7 1880;
d. Pittsburgh, Sep 1948.
Exec, communal worker, Buffalo; pres
Dept store exec, Pittsburgh; mem Planning
WWIA],1938.
Lehman, Harold M; b. ca 1889; d. NYC,
Nov 141933.
Banker, NYC; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
Lehman, Leser
Commn, Federal Housing Authority; officer
Montefiore Hospital,] M Gusky Heb
Orphanage. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Sep 241948, 25:2.
Lehman, Leser; b. ca 1855; d. Newark, Dec
311910.
Wholesale & retail grocer, communal worker,
Newark; mem Bd of Education; officer
synagog; active Heb Benevolent Soc. • See:
AJYB, 13(1911-1912):137;NYTimes,]an 1
1911, 11:2.
Lehman, Linwood; b. Suffolk, VA, Mar 9
1885; d.Jan 22 1953.
AB, AM, PhD UVA. • Latin language scholar,
Charlottesville, VA; faculty U VA; author/
editor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA,3.
364
Lehman, Warren Louis; b. Chicago, Oct 9
1886.
Lehnnan, Daniel Sanford; b. NYC, June 1
1919; d. Santa Fe, Aug 291972.
Armour Inst, CO School ofMines. • Corset
mfr, Chicago; W\VI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
BS CCNY, PHD NYU. • Psychologist; faculty
Rutgers; mem Nat! Academy of Science; dir
Inst of Animal Behavior (Rutgers); author in
field. • See: EJ:1973-1982; WWWIA, 5;
NITimes, Aug 311972, 36:1.
Lehman, William Charles; b. Cannelton,
IN, May 30 1897.
Exec, bank dir, Cannelton, IN; pres Bd of
Education. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lehmann, Gustave; b.*; d. New Orleans,
Oct 311907.
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB, 10(1908-1909):127.
Lehmann, Karl; b. Rostock, Gennany,
1894; d. Basel, Dec 1960.
Physician, journalist, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB, 14(1912-1913):126.
To US 1935/1936. • UTiibingen, U Munich,
U Gottingen, PhD U Berlin. • Classical
archaeologist, NYC; faculty NYU; excavated
hand of "Victory of Samothrace," donated to
Louvre; author in field. • See: EJ; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Dec 19 1960, 27: 1.
Lehman, Max; b. ca 1826; d. Gloversville,
NY, Sep 211911.
Lehmayer, Martin; b. Baltimore, July 17
1861; d. Atlantic City, Sep 5 1936.
Captain, Civil War veteran, Gloversville, NY.
Baltimore City Coll, U MD. • Lawyer,
legislator, municipal judge, Baltimore; bd
Spring Grove Street Hospital; dir MD
Hospital for the Insane; W\VI draft bd service.
• See:AJYB, 24:168, 39:593; WWIAJ, 1928;
Lehman,MarkJ;b. ca 1854; d. New
Orleans, Apr 7 1912.
• See:AJYB, 14(1912-1913):124.
Lehman, Maxwell; b. Trenton, June 2
1909; d. NYC, Sep 1982.
Rutgers, PhD NYU. • Public admr, expert on
municipal adm, NYC; editor The Civil Service
Ldr; faculty LI U, Fairfield U. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 141982.
Lehman,Mayer;b.Bav~a,1830;d.NYC,
1897.
To US after 1848. • Banker, cotton exec,
Montgomery, AL, NYC; a fdr NY Cotton
Exchange, Lehman Bros. • See: UJE; EJ (sub
Lehman); PAJHS, 20:154-57.
Lehman,P~p;b.caI891;d.Brooklyn,
July 10 1929.
Major, Brooklyn.· See:AJYB, 32:154.
Banker, philanthropist, art collector, NYC;
with Lehman Bros; pres Emanuel Lehman
Found; honorary dir Heb Orphan Asylum. •
See: EJ; AJYB, 49:613; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 2;NYTimes, Mar 22 1947,
13:1.
Lehman, Robert; b. NYC, Sep 29 1891/
1892; d. Sands Point, LI, Aug 91969.
AB Yale. • Investment banker, art collector,
philanthropist, horse breeder, NYC; with
Lehman Bros; chr bd Metropolitan Museum. •
See: EJ (sub Lehman);AJYB, 71:606; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Aug 10 1969,
1:3.
Lehman, Sissie Straus (Mrs Irving
Lehman);b.NYC, 1880?; d.NYC, Feb
171950.
Social worker, NYC; active communal &
philanthropic affairs, Nat! Council of]ewish
Women,Jewish Education Assn. • See: AJYB,
52:503; NYTimes, Feb 18 1950, 15:1.
To US 1908. • Motion picture producer, dir,
Hollywood, CA.· See:AJYB, 49:613;
NITimes, Nov 9 1946, 17:4.
Lehnnan, Irving; b. Poland, 1912.
To US 1921. • Ordained Jewish Inst of
Religion. • Rabbi, Miami Beach; officer
Travelers Aid; mem District Welfare Bd,
Presidents Com on Obscenity & Pornography;
active Nat! Conf of Christians & Jews. • See:
EJ.
Lehnnan, P~p Raphael; b. Plissa, Vtlna,
Oct 12 1895; d. Feb 1958.
MD Fordham, U Vienna (with Freud). • To
NYC 1905. • Physician, psychiatrist,
psychoanalyst, NYC; faculty Post-Grad Med
School, Columbia, NY Psychoanalytic Inst;
officer professional orgs; author in field;
reserve service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Feb 5 1958,27:3.
BEOAJ.
Leibert, Julius A; b. Keydani, Lithuania,
Mar 20 1888.
Lehr, Walter; b. Bronx, Nov 15 1928; d.
Dobbs Ferry, NY, May 22 1983.
To US 1904. • U Cincinnati, ordained Heb
Union ColI. • Rabbi, Spokane, Los Angeles;
chaplain Civilian Conservation Corps
(Vancouver, WA); W\VI chaplain. • See:
Businessman, Labor Zionist ldr & fundraiser,
philanthropist; nat! bd]ewish Nat! Fund; bd
Am Com for Oranim & Kibbutz Education. •
See:AJYB, 85:417.
Lehrer, Leibush (pseud=L. Magister); b.
Warsaw, Apr 6 1887; d. NYC, Sep 17
1964.
To US 1909.· Psychologist, Yiddish writer,
poet, NYC; supported folk education, Sholem
AIeichem Schools; assoc Yiddish Inst. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 66:578.
Lehman, P~p; b. NYC, Nov 9 1861; d.
NYC, Mar 211947.
Lehnnan, Henry; b. Austria, ca 1886; d.
Hollywood, CA, Nov 7 1946.
Lehrer, Lipa; b. Warsaw, Mar 20 1890; d.
NYC, Aug 16 1963.
To US 1910.· Yiddish author, publisher,
educator, NYC; a fdr Sholem AIeichem Folk
Inst; editor Kinder Journal. • See: AJYB,
65:435.
Lehrfield, Louis Judah; b. Chicago, Mar 15
1902.
BS? Lewis Inst, BS, MA U Chicago, ordained
Heb Theological ColI. • Rabbi, Chicago;
officer Heb Theological Coll, Rabbinical Assn.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Lehnnan, Abraham; b.*; d. Brooklyn, July
12 1945.
Rabbi, NYC; with congregation for 40 years. •
See: AJYB, 48:494.
Lehnnan, Alexander; b. Brooklyn, Aug 31
1896.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Chemist,
NYC; faculty CCNY; author in field; W\VI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
WWIAJ, 1938.
Leibowitz, David; b. ca 1887; d. Brooklyn,
Dec 51941.
Rabbi, talumudic scholar, Brooklyn; fdr, dean
Rabbinical Seminary of Am. • See: AJYB,
44:340; NYTimes, Dec 6 1941, 17:4.
Leibowitz, Jacob; b. Kobrin, Poland, Dec
191901; d.Jan 1974.
To US 1920. • Ordained Yeshiva ColI. •
Rabbi, Brooklyn; exec dir Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations; exec com Mizrachi;
active Rabbinical Council of Am. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 1 1974, 32:2.
Leibowitz, P~p; b. Vilna, Dec 15 1887; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 1940.
To US 1902.· Valparaiso U, MD LI Coll
Hospital, post-grad U Vienna. •
Otorhinolarygnologist, Brooklyn; pres med
soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 31
1940,13:5.
Leibowitz, Reubin; b. ca 1874; d. NYC,
Nov211939.
Rabbi, NYC. • See:AJYB, 42:481.
Leibowitz, Samuel Simon (Samuel S
Lebeau); b. Jassy, Aug 14 1893; d. NYC,
Jan 111978.
To US 1897. • LLB Cornell. • Noted criminal
lawyer, county & state supreme court judge,
NYC; defense counsel Scottsboro case,
defended AI Capone. • See: UJE; EJ; WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes,]an 12 1978, II 2:1.
365
Leivick, HalperlHalpem
Leibowitz, Solomon; b. ca 1869; d.
Brooklyn, Dec 8 1934.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
37:258.
To US 1884. • MD NYU, post-grad Vienna,
London. • Neuropsychiatrist, NYC; faculty
NY Polyclinic; officer med socs. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Leichner, William; b. Rumania, ca 1884; d.
Hartford, Aug 101943.
Surgeon, Hartford; a fdr Mt Sinai; dir Heb
Womens Home for Children. • See: A]YB,
46:341.
Leinsdorf, Erich; b. Vienna, Feb 41912.
To US 1937. • Noted conductor, musical dir;
with Metropolitan Opera, Cleveland
Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Boston
Symphony Orchestra; asst Salzburg Festival. •
See: UJE; NYTimes story, Sep 22 1962.
Leichtentritt, Hugo; b. Pleschen, Poland,
Jan 11874; d. Nov 1951.
To US 1889, Germany 1894, US 1933.· AB
Harvard, Berlin Hochschule ofMusic, PhD U
Berlin. • Musicologist, composer, music critic,
Cambridge, MA; faculty Harvard; editor/
writer/biographer in field; WWI German
service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Nov 181951,91:1.
Leichter, Walter; b. West Hoboken, NJ,
Apr 141903; d. Dec 1971.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Union City, NJ; pres
Jewish Community Center; officer
Weehawken Home Owners Assn; active NJ
Fedn ofYM & YWHAs.• See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Dec 21 1971, 40: 1.
Leichtman, Calvin; b. Hungary, Nov 25
1868/1869.
To US 1884.· Ice cream mfr, Hazletown, PA;
mem Unemployment Relief Commn; officer
Community Chest, B'nai B'rith, trade assns. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Leichtman, Jacob; b. Stoki, Poland, Sep 10
1896; d. NYC, May 241975.
To NYC 1913.· Commercial ColI (Vienna). •
Banker, NYC; officer Am Jewish Cong, Fedn
of Polish Jews; dir Keren Hayesod. • See:
A]YB, 77:596; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, May 25 1975,
49:3.
Leider; Ben; b. ca 1901; d. near Valencia,
Feb 191937.
Newspaperman, aviator, NYC; Spanish Civil
War service. • See:A]YB, 39:593.
Leiderman, Hyman; b. ca 1875; d. Chicago,
Jan 201938.
Fdr, publisher The Call, Chicago. • See: A]YB,
40:388; NYTimes, Jan 22 1938, 18:2.
Leidesdorf, Samuel David; b. NYC, Sep 25
1881; d. NYC, Sep 20/211968.
CPA NY School of Accountants; honorary
degrees. • CPA, business exec, communalldr,
NYC; mem State Council on Accountancy;
pres Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; bd Inst for
Advanced Study (Princeton); dir Joint
Distribution Com, Nat! Conf of Christians &
Jews; active Am Jewish Congo • See: E]; A]YB,
70:522; WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Sep 22 1968, 89:1.
Leidesdorff, William; b. Szathmar,
Hungary(?), ca 1802; d. San Francisco,
May 181848.
Pioneer, alderman, city treasurer, San
Francisco. • See: ]E; UJE.
Leiner, Joshua Harry; b. Jassy, Sep 9 1883.
Leipzig, Nate (born Leipziger); b.
Stockholm (of Am. parents), May 13
1873; d. Oct 13 1939.
To Detroit ca 1883. • Magician, toured US,
Europe.· See: DAB, 2;NYTimes, Oct 141939,
19:3.
Leipziger, Emil William; b. Stockholm,
Dec 181877; d. Houston, Mar 1963.
To US 1881. • BA U Cincinnati, ordained,
BHL Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, New Orleans,
earlier Terre Haute; pres IN, LA State Conf of
Charities, Bd of Public Welfare (New
Orleans), Central Conf of Am Rabbis; officer
Nat! Conf of Social Work.· See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):72,65:435; WWIA],
1928, 1938.
Leipziger, Henry Marcus; b. Manchester,
England, Dec 29 1854; d. NYC, Dec 1
1917.
To.NYC 1865. • AB (BS?), MA CCNY, LLB,
PhD Columbia; honorary degree. • Educator,
NYC; tchr, asst supt of schools, with Bd of
Education; pres NY Public Library; officer
Manual Training Dept, Nat! Education Assn;
orgr, dir Heb Technical Inst; author in field. •
See:]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 6(1904-1905):135,
20(1918-1919):229; • WWWIA, 1; DAB;
NYTimes, Dec 2 1917,5:3.
Leipziger, Jacob; b. Germany, 1869; d.
Hartford, 1944.
To US ca 1883. • BIdr, civic & communal
worker, Hartford; trustee B'nai B'rith, Mt
Sinai; dir YMHA; active Republican politics. •
See: WWIA], 1928; NYTimes, Mar 3 1944,
15:3.
Leipziger, Leo E; b. Springfield, MO, Sep
27 1872; d. Mar 1955.
CCNY. • Mens clothing mfr, NYC. • See:
WWIA],1938;NYTimes,Mar251955,21:3.
Leipziger, Pauline; b. England.
Librarian, NYC; chief librarian Aguilar Free
Library.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):135.
Leiser, Joseph; b. Canadaigua, NY, Aug 2
1873/84.
AB U Chicago, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, writer, Helena, AR, Kingston, NY,
Augusta, GA; author, poems, novels, childrens
plays, contributor Jewish newspapers. • See:
A]YB, 5(1903-1904):72-73; WWIA], 1926,
1938.
Leiser, Oscar M; b.*; d. NYC, Dec 81917.
Asst dir Bureau of Public Health Education,
NYC; captain US Marine Reserve. • See:
A]YB, 20(1918-1919):229; NYTimes, Dec 9
1917,23:1.
Leiserowitz, Rachel Leah (Mrs Max
Leiserowitz); b. Brest-Litovsk, July 10
1880; d. Aug 1955.
To US 1911.· Nat! officer Mizrachi Womens
Org ofAm, Brooklyn; a fdr, pres Heb Nat!
School. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 6
1955,15:1.
Leisersohn, George W; b. NYC, Nov 24
1870.
AB CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Brooklyn;
officer Machpelah Cemetery Assn, B'rith
Abraham. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Leiserson, William Morris; b. Reval,
Estonia, Apr 15 1883; d. Washington
DC, Feb 12 1957.
To NYC 1890.· BAUWI, PhD Columbia;
honorary degree. • Economist, government
official, arbitrator; specialty: industrial
relations; secy Nat! Labor Bd; faculty Antioch
ColI, Johns Hopkins; with WI Industrial
Commn, US Commn on Industrial Relations;
author in field. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:168;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
3; DAB, 6; NYTimes, Feb 13 1957,35:5.
Leishman, Morton Samuel; b. Hungary,
Sep 15 1883.
To US 1902, to Mexico 1919.· Banker,
broker, automobile distributor, Mexico City;
earlier Tampico, IL; officer B'nai B'rith, Keren
Hayesod. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Leiter, Louis; b. Falticeni, Rumania, Oct 24
1898.
To US 1916. • BS, MS, PhD U Chicago, MD
Rush Med ColI. • Physician, Chicago; faculty
U Chicago; specialty: clinical research into
Brights Disease; officer med soc. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Leiter, Wolfe; b. Zawalow, Poland, Dec 21
1895.
To US 1922.· UVienna.· Rabbi, scholarly
author, Poland, Amsterdam, Pittsburgh. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Leitner, Emil; b. Austria, 1885;d. NYC,
Dec 1941.
To US 1891.· Realtor, exec, NYC, Bronx;
authority on value appraisals; active YM &
YWHA, Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies.•.See:
WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Dec 13 1941,21:3.
Leitner, Jacob; b.*; d. NYC,Jan 10 1933.
Realtor, philanthropist, NYC. • See: A]YB,
35:125.
Leivick, Daniel; b. 1919; d. Washington
DC, Sep 13 1976.
Labor Zionist ldr, communal worker,
Washington DC; nat! bd Am Jewish Com,
Yiddish Inst; military service. • See: A]YB,
78:543.
Leivick, HalperlHalpern (pseud of Halper/
Halpern Leivick); b. Igumen, near
Minsk, Dec 25 1888; d. NYC, Dec 23
1962.
To NYC 1913. • Yiddish poet, playwright,
journalist, Bundist, NYC; staff DaY-]e7JJish
Journal, Zukunft; mem di Yunge; officer
professional orgs. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
366
Leiwant, Sidney E
65:435; WWIAJ, 1938; News o/the Yiddish Inst,
Feb 1963.
Leiwant, Sidney E; b. Austria, Nov 18 1912;
d. NYC, Dec 51983.
To US as child. • Businessman, communalldr,
philanthropist; officer United Way (Essex
County, NJ); exec com Joint Distribution
Com, World ORT; bd Fedn ofCommlUlity
Relations Com; chr Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. •
See:A]YB,85:417-18.
Lelewer, Selig Seward;b. Indianapolis, Oct
11872.
Business ColI. • Merchant, hat store exec,
Chicago; officer Jewish Home Finding Soc. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lelyveld,AJihurJoseph; b. NYC, 1913.
Ordained Heb Union ColI. • Reform rabbi,
communal & civil rights ldr, Cleveland; pres
Synagogue Council of Am, Am Jewish Cong;
natl dir Hillel; a ldr NAACP. • See: EJ;
EJ:1973-1982.
Leman, Moses H; b. NYC, ca 1833; d. New
Brighton, Staten Island, Sep 71913.
Union Civil War veteran, pen mfr, New
Brighton; orgr, officer Grand Army of the
Republic. • See: AJYB, 16(1914-1915):164;
NYTimes, Sep 81913,7:4.
Lemann, Isaac Ivan; b. Donaldsonville, LA,
Feb 81877; d. New Orleans, Sep 1938.
AB Harvard?, AB?, MD Tulane, post-grad U
Strasbourg, U Berlin, U Vienna. • Physician,
New Orleans; faculty Tulane; chiefmed
services Touro Infirmary; WWI service. • See:
AJYB, 24:168; WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ;
WWWIA, 1.
Lemann, Monte M; b. Donaldsonville, LA,
Apr 3 1884; d. Sep 1959.
AB, LLB Tulane, AB?, LLB Harvard. •
Lawyer, New Orleans; faculty Tulane; pres bar
assn; dir Community Chest; trustee Child
Welfare Soc.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:168;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; REGAJ; NYTimes,
Sep 231959, 39:2.
Lembeck, Harvey; b. NYC, Apr 15 1923; d.
Jan 61982.
U AL, Muhlenberg ColI, BA NYU. • Stage,
screen & TV actor, scriptwriter, Beverly Hills;
in "Stalag 17," "Mr Roberts"; mem B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Lemberger, Jacob; b. Urush, East Galicia,
Dec 29 1904; d. NYC, Nov 3 1968.
To US 1922.· Communal worker &
fundraiser; with]ewish Natl Fund; a fdr
Habonim; active Farband Labor Zionist
Movement, Poale Zion. • See: AJYB, 70:522.
Lemchen, Barnet; b. Zagare, Lithuania,
May 221871.
To US 1891. • MD St Louis U .•
Neuropsychiatrist, Chicago; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Le Mesnaber, Georges; b. ca 1844; d.
France, Oct 1923.
Lieutenant, Los Angeles; Franco-Prussian war,
WWIservice.· See:AJYB, 26:156.
Lemkin, Raphael; b. Bezwodene, Poland,
June 241901; d. NYC, Aug 281959.
To US 1941. • JD U Lwow. • Legal scholar;
specialty: internatllaw; faculty Yale; advisor
Nuremberg Trials, coined word "genocide". •
See:AJYB, 62:451; WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Aug
30 1959,82:3.
tuberculosis, cholera; a fdr, pres YMHA;
assocd with Home for Aged & Infirm
Hebrews.· See:AJYB, 25:140; NITimes, Mar
10 1923, 13:4.
Lempert, Julius; b. LublinlWarsaw, Poland,
July41891; d. Yonkers, Dec 1968.
To NYC 1905. • MD LI ColI Hospital. • Eye
& ear surgeon, hospital fdr, art collector, NYC;
faculty NY Polyclinic; specialty: methods for
relieving deafness. • See: U].E; WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Dec 18 1968,47:1.
Leon, David Camden De; see De Leon,
David Camden.
Lengfeld Felix; b. San Francisco, Feb 18
1863; d. 1938.
San Francisco ColI of Pharmacy; PhG U CA,
PhD Johns Hopkins. • Chemist, Chicago;
faculty U Chicago. • See: JE; UJE.
Lengyel, Emil;b. Budapest, Apr 261895; d.
NYC, Feb 121985.
To US 1921/1922.· LLD aD) Royal
Hungarian U. • Journalist, author, linguist,
translator, Astoria, LI; faculty NYU, Fairleigh
Dickinson; Am correspohdent European
newspapers. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 8; REGAJ; NITimes, Feb 151985.
Lengyel, Hilda Lampe (Mrs Josef S
Lengyel); b. Hamburg, Mar 161906; d.
Woonsocket, RI, Feb 17 1951.
Opera singer; recorded]ewish folk songs with
cantor husband. • See:AJYB, 53:525.
Lengyel, Menyhert (Melchoir); b.
Balmazujavaros, Hungary, 1880; d. Oct
1974.
To US 1937, spent later years in Rome. •
Popular playwright, scriptwriter; "Ninotchka."
• See: UJE; EJ; NITimes, Oct 27 1974, 65:4.
Lentz, Maxwell Jacob; b. Newark, Sep 19
1898.
DDS NYU. • Dentist, oral surgeon, Passaic &
Clifton, NJ; pres Bd of Education (Clifton);
mem State Bd of Registration & Examination
in Dentistry. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lenz, Maurice; b. Kovno, Mar 23 1890; d.
Jan41974.
To US 1906. • NY ColI ofMed, MD
Columbia, post-grad Curie Inst (Paris), U
Freiburg. • Radiotherapist, consult, NYC;
officer professional soc; author in field;WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ,- 1938; WWWIA, 6;
NITimes, Jan 6 1974,59:1.
Leon, Abraham De; see De Leon,
Abraham.
Leon, Edwin De; see De Leon, Edwin.
Leon, Elsa; b. Cambridge, OH, May 8
1885.
Dennison Conservatory, Lemperti School
(Berlin). • Singer, mezzo soprano, song
composer, tchr, NYC; fdr school. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Leon, HarryJoshua; b. Worcester, Sep 4
1896; d. Austin, Dec 41967.
AB, AM, PhD Harvard. • Classicist, Austin;
specialty: Jewish antiquities;. faculty TX;
officer professional orgs, synagog; author in
field. • See: EJ; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
WWWIA,5.
:u
Leon, Jacob De; see De Leon, Jacob.
Leon, Maurice; b. Beirut, June 29 1880; d.
Oct 91952.
.
To US 1894.· Lawyer, NYC; orgr US
observance of Lafayette birth, Battle of the
Marne; active Republican politics; author on
foreign affairs; WWI fundraiser for France. •
See: AJYB, 24:168; WWIA], 1938; REGAJ;
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Oct 11 1952, 19:3.
Leon, Moses; b. Jerusalem, Jan 25 1878.
To US 1903.· UWiirzburg, MDU Berlin,
post-grad U Munich, U Paris, U Heidelberg. •
Physician, St Louis; author in field, on
philosophy; reserve service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Leon, Thomas Cooper De; see De Leon,
Thomas Cooper.
Leonard, Benny (Benjamin Leiner); b.
NYC, Apr 7 1896; d. NYC, Apr 18 1947.
World lightweight boxing champion, boxing
tchr, referee, journalist, sports commentator,
realtor, vaudevillian, NYC; fought 190
matches, retired undefeated; WWI, WWII
service. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:168,49:613;
WWIAJ, 1938; REGAJ; NYTimes, Apr 19
1947,15:1.
Leo, Richard Leopold; b. NYC, Sep 7 1872.
PhB Columbia. • Architect, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 6(1904-1905):135-36, 24:168.
Leonard, Oscar; b.Jassy, May 21881.
To US 1900. • Leclarie ColI, Washington U
(St Louis). • Journalist, social work admr,
probation officer, author, lecturer, playwright;
officer MO Conf of Social Work; exec dir
communal charitable & educational assns (St
Louis, Washington DC); with Am Assn of
Social Service, J oint Distribution Com
(Rumania), B'nai B'rith; natl dir Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Leo, Simeon Newton; b. ca 1848; d. NYC,
Mar 91923.
Physician, communal worker, NYC; specialty:
Leonid (Leonid Bennan); b. St Petersburg,
June 61896; d.Oct 11976.
Became US citizen in 1951. • U St Petersburg,
Lenz, Sidney Samuel; b. Chicago, July 12/
21 1873; d. NYC, Apr 12 1960.
Bridge & whist champion, publisher, owner
travel bureau, NYC; officer Judge Publishing
Co; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
REGAJ; DAR, 6; NITimes, Apr 13 1960, 39:1.
Leslau, Wolf
367
Academy Ranson (Paris). • Painter, NYC;
well-known culture & arts figure. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Oct 61976,46:3.
CT; mem Bd of Health Science InstMed (Nat!
Academy of Science); advisor Nat! Inst of
Health. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Leonidoff, Leon; b. Russia, Jan 22 1894.
U Geneva. • Stage dir, NYC; with Radio City
Music Hall. • See: REOAJ.
Lepow, RaymondJeremiah; b. NYC, Apr
141904.
Importer of leopard skins, NYC. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Leopold, Charles Stein; b. Philadelphia,
May 8 1896; d. Nov 24 1960.
BS U PA. • Consult engineer, Philadelphia;
officer professional soc; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA,4;NYTimes,Nov26
1960,21:5.
Leopold, Eugene Joseph; b. Baltimore, Dec
11879.
Baltimore City CoIl, AB, MD Johns Hopkins,
post-grad Berlin, Munich, London. •
Physician, Baltimore; faculty Johns Hopkins;
bdJewish Social Service Bureau; WWI service.
• See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Leopold, Harry Gerard; b. IA.
Lieutenant commander, US Navy.· See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):136.
Leopold, Howard Freudenthal; b. Lake
Linden, MI, June 27 1890.
Mfr, Chicago; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Leopold, Jerome S; b. Chicago, Aug 18
1881; d. Apr 1968.
AB, MD Harvard. • Pediatrician, NYC; dir
Corner House.· See:A]YB, 24:168; WWIA],
1926, 1928; REOA]; NYTimes, Apr 5 1968,
47:1.
Leopold, Morton F; b. Duluth, Apr 25
1889.
U PA, US Submarine Defense School, US
Engineering School. • Safety engineer,
Washington DC; earlier with US Bureau of
Mines; military service. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Leopold, Nathan F; b. 1905; d. Sanjuan,
Puerto Rico, Aug 29 1971.
MA U Puerto Rico. • With Richard Loeb
convicted of kidnapping & murder, defended
by Clarence Darrow; model prisoner, set up
prison library, paroled. • See: E]; NYTimes,
Aug 311971,36:2.
Leopold, Samuel; b. Philadelphia, 1879.
BA, MD UPA. • Neurologist, psychiatrist,
neuropathologist, Philadelphia; faculty U PA;
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1926,1938.
Lepman, David; b. ca 1841; d. Chicago,
Nov 11932.
Mfr, Civil War veteran, Chicago.· See:A]YB,
35:125.
Lepow, Benjamin; b. NYC, Aug 51901.
African game hunter, NYC; importer leopard
skins. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lepow, Irwin Harold; b. NYC, Sep 21923.
BA PA State, PhD, MD Case Western. •
Research immunologist, Albany, NY; exec
research cos; earlier faculty Case Western, U
Lerman,Abraham;b.caI885;d.Rock
Island, IL, May 151923.
Rabbi, Rock Island, IL.· See:A]YB, 26:156.
Lemar, Isaac; b.*; d. May 15 1944.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See: A]YB, 46:341.
Lerner, Louis Abraham; b. Chicago, June
12 1935; d. Chicago, Nov 141984.
BA Roosevelt. • Newspaper publisher,
diplomat, Chicago; ambassador to Norway; bd
Lyric Opera Guild, Public Library; trustee
Planned Parenthood; active interfaith relations.
• See: WWWIA, 8;NYTimes, Nov 151984.
Lerner, Max; b. Minsk, Dec 20 1902.
To NYC 1907. • AB Yale, Yale Law, AM
Washington U (St Louis), PhD Robert
Brookings Grad School of Economics. •
Editor, writer, NYC; editor The Nation; faculty
Sarah Lawrence, Harvard, Brandeis; author/
editor Encyclopedia ofSocial Sciences. • See: UJE;
E]; WWIA], 1938.
Lerner, Abba Petachja; b. Bessarabia, 1903;
d. Oct 271982.
To US 1937.· BS, PhD London School of
Economics. • Economist, NYC; faculty New
School, MI State, Roosevelt, U CA (Berkeley);
advisor Israeli govt; officer professional assns;
author in field. • See: E]; WWWIA, 8.
Lerner, Michael; b. Philadelphia, Sep 5
1891; d.Apr 16 1978.
Honorary degree. • Fdr Lerner Stores, NYC;
orgr, ldr scientific expeditions; collector for
Am Museum of Nat! History. • See: WWWIA,
7; NYTimes, Apr 18 1978, 77:3.
Lerner, Alan Jay; b. NYC"Aug 311918.
Harvard. • Lyricist, Broadway musical
playwright, NYC; with Frederick Loewe;
"Gigi," "My Fair Lady," "Camelot," "Paint
Your Wagon." • See: E].
Lerner, Moses Harry; b. Brandon,
Manitoba, Dec 271897.
To US 1925. • Grain merchant, Riverside, CA;
officer B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Lerner, Daniel; b. NYC, Nov 3 1917; d.
May 11980.
AB, MA, PhD NYU. • Sociologist,
Cambridge, MA; faculty MIT; author/editor in
field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7,8.
Lerner, SamuelA; b. Philadelphia, ca 1884;
d. Los Angeles, Dec 1956.
A fdr Lerner Stores, Lerner Found, NYC; real
estate developer, Mt Vernon, NY, Los
Angeles. • See: WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Dec 6
1956,37:4.
Lerner, Eugene; b. Budapest, ca 1901; d.
NYC, Sep 21 1944.
Psychologist, consult, NYC; faculty Sarah
Lawrence; author in field. • See: A]YB, 47:527.
Lerner, I Michael; b. Harbin, Manchuria,
May 15 1910;d.June 13 1977.
BSA U BC, PhD U CA; honorary degrees. •
Geneticist, Berkeley; faculty U CA (Berkeley);
officer professional socs; author/translator/
editor in field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Lerner, Israel M; b. Russia, Apr 271880; b.
Brooklyn, 1963.
Cooper Union, NYU. • Lawyer, deputy atty
general, NYC; resigned over prohibition;
active Republican politics. • See: WWIA], ,
1926, 1928; NITimes, July 2 1963,28:8.
Lerner, Joseph Jay; b. Philadelphia, Jan 23
1887; d. July 1954.
PA Dental ColI. • Businessman, NYC; earlier
dentist; a fdr Lerner Stores. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes,July 191954,19:5.
Lerner, Joseph S; b. 1898; d. Apr 211971.
Pres Mid-Continent Stores, Kansas City. •
See: WWWIA, 5.
Lerner, Leo Alfred; b. Chicago, Sep 20
1907; d. Mar 61965.
Northwestern. • Editor, newspaper publisher,
Chicago; mem IL State Parole & Pardon
Commn; nat! officer Americans for
Democratic Action; active Democratic politics,
co-chr nat! Stevenson presidential campaign. •
See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Mar 8 1965,29:3.
Lerner, Tina; b. Russia, 1890.
Pianist, San Francisco. • See: A]YB, 24:168.
Lesem, Isaac H; b. Hopkinsville, KY, Sep
25 1847;d. before 1938.
Wholesale dry goods store mgr, Quincy, IL;
active charitable & civic orgs. • See: WWIA],
1926.
Lesh, Harry William; b. NYC, May 6 1895.
CE Columbia. • Engineer, exec, bldr, NYC;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Leshner, Nathan; b. ca 1887; d. Jan 13
1934.
Merchant, fdr Jewish library, Hamilton, OH. •
See:A]YB, 36:283.
Lesiger, Morris; b. Russia, ca 1874; d.
Rochester, MN, Mar 13 1944.
To US 1905. • Rabbi, Buffalo.· See:A]YB,
46:341.
Leskes, Theodore; b. NYC, Dec 11 1908;
d. NYC, Feb 191964.
Civil rights lawyer, NYC; with Am Jewish
Com; earlier tchr; author in field; WWII
government service. • See: A]YB, 66:578;
NYTimes, Feb 211964, 27:2.
Leslau, Wolf; b. Krzepice, Poland, 1906.
To US 1942. • Semitics scholar, philologist,
r..o~Angeles; speci~lty: EthiopianJewry; faculty
Ecole des Hautes Etudes (Paris), UCLA. • See:
E].
368
Leslie, Robert L
Leslie, Robert L; b. 1886.
Typographer, graphic arts specialist, NYC; cofdr The Composing Room. • See: EJ.
Lesser, Albert; b. Newark.
AB Rutgers, MD NY Med ColI. • Physician,
surgeon, NYC, Jamaica, NY; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lesser, Alexander; b. NYC, Oct 4 1902.
AB, PhD Columbia. • Anthropologist, NYC;
specialty: Am Indian languages; faculty
Columbia; officer professional orgs; author in
field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lesser, Charles Block; b. Duncan, MS, Apr
111909.
Southwestern Presbyterian, AB U Cincinnati,
ordained Heb Union ColI, post-grad Southern
Methodist. • Rabbi, Jackson, MI; faculty
Temple Beth-EI ColI of]ewish Studies
(Detroit); dir Salvation Army. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Lesser, Fannie B (Mrs); b.*; d. Sep 91937.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. • See: AJYB,
40:388.
Lesser, Henry; b. ca 1872; d. Morristown,
NJ, Oct 3 1936.
Bankruptcy expert, communal worker, NYC. •
See: AJYB, 39:593.
Lesser, Jacob; b.*; d. San Francisco,
reported Dec 21938.
Merchant, communal worker, San Francisco. •
See:AJYB,41:426.
Lesser, Jacob Joseph; b. Bobruisk, Russia,
Apr 251879; d. NYC, Feb 1948.
To US 1883/1885.· BS CCNY, LLBNYU.·
Lawyer, NYC; specialty:: commercial litigation,
bankruptcy; mem Bd of Assessors; a fdr Bull
Moose Party; active Heb Immigrant Aid Soc,
Zionist Org of Am. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 27 1948,22:3.
Lesser, Joseph; b.*
Rabbi, Richmond. • See: AJYB, 7(19051906):122.
Lesser, Laurence Stanley; b. NYC, Feb 16
1907; d.June 201979.
AB Yale, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, NYC;
special counsel Securities & Exchange
Commn, Treasury Dept; asst exec dir War
Refugee Bd, • See: WWWIA, 7.
Lesser, Lee James; b. Russia, Dec 25 1880.
To US ca 1882. • John Marshall Law. •
Realtor, exec, Chicago; dir synagog. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928
Lesser, Nathan; b. Omaha, May 211895.
BA U CA. • Engineer, Moline, IL; faculty
Armour Inst; withJohn Deere; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Lesser, Rose N (Mrs Lazarus Lesser); b.
NYC, Sep 30 1861; d. NYC, Nov 1908.
Communal worker, NYC; a fdr Bloomington
Aid Soc; officer Heb Sheltering House,
Montefiore Talmud Torah; dir United Heb
Charities. • See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):78,
11(1909-1910):107;NITimes, Nov 13 1908,9:3.
army chaplain. • See: AJYB, 77:596; NITimes,
May 3 1975, 34:4.
Lesser, Sol (Solomon); b. Spokane, Feb 17
1890; d. Sep 1980.
Honorary degree. • Motion picture producer,
distributor, Culver City, CA; "Tarzan"; est
cinema circuits. • See:AJYB, 24:168; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Sep 21
1980,44:4.
Lev, Bernard; b.*
Cantor, Worcester. • See:AJYB, 7(19051906):122.
Lesser, William; b. ca 1852; d. reported
July 16 1937.
Chemist, Albany, NY; fdr General Aniline
Works. • See:AJYB, 40:388.
Lessing, Bruno (Rudolph Block); b. NYC,
Dec 61870; d. Tucson, Apr 291940.
CCNY. • Journalist, NYC; with Hearst papers;
syndicated columnist "Vagabondia"; collector
ofwalking sticks. • See: UJE;AJYB, 24:122,
42:477; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, I; NITimes, Apr 301940,21:3.
Lessler, Montague; b. NYC, Jan 1 1869; d.
Tompkinsville, Staten Island, Feb 17
1939.
BS CCNY, Columbia Law. • Congressman,
lawyer, Brooklyn; active Republican party. •
See: UJE; AJYB, 4(1902-1903): 173, 6(19041905):136,24:168,41:426; WWIAJ,5;
NITimes, Feb 18 1939, 15:6.
Lestschinsky (Leszczynski), Jacob; b.
Horodicz, Ukraine, 1876; d. Jerusalem,
1966.
To US 1938, to Israel 1959. • Pioneer on
sociology, economics & demography ofJewish
life, Zionist worker, NYC; Berlin
correspondent Forward; with Yiddish Inst. •
See: UJE; BJ.
Lester, Sidney; b. ca 1839; d. Bensonhurst,
LI, Nov 13 1914.
Civil War veteran, Bensonhurst, LI. • See:
AJYB, 17(1915-1916):220.
Lett, Isador; b. ca 1875; d. Brookline, MA,
Aug 20 1916.
Dental surgeon, Brookline, MA. • See:AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Leucht, Isaac L; b. ca 1844; d. New
Orleans, June 11 1914.
Rabbi, New Orleans; exec com Natl Conf of
Jewish Charities.· See:AJYB, 5(19031904):73, 16(1914-1915):164.
Leucht, Joseph; b. Darmstadt, Mar 15
1840; d. Mar 6 1920.
Rabbi, cantor, Newark; earlier Baltimore. •
See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):73,22:166; NITimes,
Mar 8 1920, 9:6.
Leucht, Mathilda K (Mrs); b. ca 1848; d.
New Orleans, Dec 111922.
Communal worker, New Orleans. • See:
AJYB,25:140.
Lev, Aryeh; b. Jerusalem, June 6 1912; d.
May 21975.
To US 1917.· Rabbi; bdJewishFamily
Service; active J ewish Welfare Bd, Boy Scouts;
Lev, Eliezer; b. Brest-Litovsk, ca 1895; d.
NYC, Oct 3 1941.
To US 1912.· Editor, author, NYC; with
Jewish Telegraphic Agency. • See: AJYB,
44:340.
Lev, Ray; b. Rostov-on-Don, Russia, 1912;
d. May 1968.
Music School Settlement. • Concert &
chamber music pianist, NYC; bd professional
soc. • See: UJE; WWWIA, 5; NITimes, May
211968,47:1.
Lev, Saul Nathan; b. Philadelphia, May 7
1910; d. Nov 13 1974.
BS, MA U PA. • Electrical engineer,
electronics exec, Camden, N]; mem County
Council; with RCA; officer Chamber of
Commerce, Boy Scouts, synagog. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Levadi, Solomon Schoenberg; b. Slonim,
Poland, Feb 2 1898.
To Chicago 1921. • Tchrs Training ColI
Gerusalem), Lewis Inst, DDS Chicago ColI of
Dental Surgery. • Oral surgeon, Chicago;
active med soc, drama socs; WWI Turkish, US
army service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Levand, Max M; b. Cincinnati, May 28
1892; d. Wichita, Mar 1960.
Newspaper publisher, Wichita; with Wichita
Beacon. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Mar 22
1960,37:1.
Levant, Oscar; b. Pittsburgh, Dec 27 1906;
d. Beverly Hills, Aug 141972.
Pianist, composer, humorist, actor, Hollywood,
CA; composed film scores; radio program
panelist "Information Please." • See: UJE;
WWWIA, 5;NITimes, Aug 151972,38:1.
Levee, Michael Charles; b. Baltimore, Jan
181892.
Motion picture producer, agent, Los Angeles;
pres United Studios; officer Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928,1938.
Levenberg, Judah Heschel; b. Pilton,
Kurland, 1885; d.Jan 15 1938.
To US 1910. • Rabbi, Jersey City, New
Haven, Cleveland; fdr, dean Orthodox
Rabbinical Seminary (New Haven, later
Cleveland); ldr Agudath Israel in Am; exec com
Union of Orthodox Rabbis. • See: AJYB,
40:388; WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Jan 17 1938,
19:5.
Levene, Abraham; b. Russia, July 18 1868.
Heb Technical Inst. • Exec, Baltimore. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Levene, David; b. Binghamton, NY, June
201904.
LLB Syracuse U. • Lawyer, Binghamton, NY;
369
counsel for NY Supt of Banks; active
communal affairs. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levene, George; b. NYC, Aug 10 1897; d.
Apr 191976.
MD Boston U. • Roentgenologist, consult,
Boston; faculty Boston U; author/movie maker
in field. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA,7.
Levene, John Nonnan; b. NYC, Apr 4
1887.
Heb Technical Inst. • Underwear mfr, NYC;
trustee Heb Orphan Asylum (in which he grew
up); active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies, Natl
Home for Jewish Children. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Levene, Phoebus Aaron Theodor(e) (born
Fishel Aaronovich Levin); b. Sagor/St
Petersburg, Feb 251869; d. NYC, Sep 6
1940.
To US 1892/1893.· U Bern,U Marburg, U
Munich, MD Imperial Military Med Academy
(St Petersburg), Columbia. • Noted
biochemist, NYC; specialty: chemistry of
proteins; with Rockefeller Inst; author in field.
• See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:169,43:360;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Sep 71940,15:6.
Levene, Sam; b. Russia, Aug 281905; d.
NYC, Dec 28 1980.
To US 1907. • Am Academy of Dramatic Arts.
• Stage & screen actor, NYC; best known for
portrayal of Damon Runyon characters. • See:
WWWIA, 7; Cincinnati Post, Dec 29 1980.
Levens, Alexander Sander; b. Minneapolis,
Feb 12 1900.
BS, MS, CE U MN. • Descriptive geometer,
engineer, Minneapolis; faculty U MN; active
Jewish Family Welfare, professional soc,
synagog; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1938.
Levensohn, Lotta; b. Syracuse, NY.
InJerusalem 1942. • Zionistldr, author,
translator; natl pres Hadassah. • See: UJE.
Levenson, Boris; b. Ackennan, Bessarabia,
Mar 101884; d. NYC, Mar 111947.
To NYC 1921.· Mus D StPetersburg
Conservatory. • Composer, conductor, Russia,
NYC; "Heb suite," "Palestine." • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:169, 49:613; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar 12 1947,25:4.
Levenson, James Harte; b. Russia, Jan 8
1905.
To NYC 1905. • LLB NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;
dir Yeshiva Talmud Torah (Crown Hgts);
active FednofJewish Charities, synagog, Am
Jewish Cong; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Levenson, Joseph; b. NYC, Feb 9 1873; d.
NYC, Nov 1946.
Cooper Union. • Book mfr, Republican Party
worker, Inheritance Tax Commr, State Motion
Picture Commr, NYC; bd Beth Israel Hospital;
author on Jewish, socialist topics. • See:
WWIA], 1928,1938; NYTimes, Nov 301946,
16:1.
Levey, Irving L
Levenson, Joseph Mayer; b. Boston, Mar
241881.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, legislator, theatre
mgr, Boston; mem Bd of Education (Chelsea,
MA); dir Home for Jewish Children. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Leventhal, Murray Jerome; b. Sep 19 1899;
d. June 1954.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Mathematician,
NYC; with public school system; author
textbooks in field. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes,June 301954,27:5.
Levenson, Joseph Richmond; b. Boston,
June 10 1920; d. near Guerneville, CA,
Apr61969.
BA, MA, PhD Harvard. • Noted historian,
Berkeley; faculty U CA (Berkeley); specialty:
China; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Apr 8 1969,47:1.
Leventritt, David; b. Wmnsboro, SC, Jan
311845; d. NYC, Jan 1926.
AB Free Academy (CCNY), LLB NY Law. •
Lawyer, state supreme court judge, NYC;
officer Aguilar Free Library. • See: ]E; UJE;
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):136, 24:169, 28:151;
WWWIA, 1;PA]HS, 31:278-80; NYTimes,Jan
9 1926, 17:3.
Levenson, Julius; b. Bronx, Oct 16 1890; d.
NYC,June 51969.
Business exec, communal fundraiser, NYC;
active Am Jewish Com, United Jewish Appeal,
Israel Bonds. • See:A]YB, 71:606.
Levenson, Lizzie Davis (Mrs Max L
Levenson); b. NYC, June 28 1860; d. Apr
1944.
Communal worker, NYC; officer Fedn of
Jewish Womens Orgs; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Jewish Social Service Assn;
WWI canteen work.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Apr 23 1944,41:2.
Levenson, Myer J; b. ca 1871; d. Aug 30
1939.
Rabbi, Providence. • See:A]YB, 42:481.
Levenson, Sam; b. NYC, Dec 11 1911; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 271980.
BA Brooklyn ColI, MA Columbia; honorary
degrees. • Humorist, NYC; host CBS TV;
author many books of humor. • See: WWWIA,
7; NYTimes, Aug 291980,37:1.
Levenson, Walter S; b. Roxbury, MA, Dec
18 1897.
AB, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, Boston; faculty
Tufts, Harvard. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Leventhal, Albert Rice; b.NYC, Oct 30
1907;d.Jan 6 1976.
AB U MI. • Publisher, NYC; exec Simon &
Schuster, Golden Press; author non-fiction,
articles. • See: WWWL4, 6,7; NYTimes,Jan 8
1976,34:4.
Leventh~,
Harold; b. NYC,Jan 51915; d.
Nov 20 1979.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, US court of
appeals judge, Washington DC; with
government agencies, Office of Price Adm,
Nuremberg Trials staff; counsel Democratic
Natl Com; author in field; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 7.
Leventhal, Julius H; b. Jan 10 1888.
U Pittsburgh, Dr Optometry Northern IL
ColI. • Optometrist, inventor, Yiddish
journalist, Los Angeles; pres Assn of Am Jews
of Lithuanian Descent; author in field. • See:
BEOA].
Leventhal, Louis; b. Russia, 1881; d.
Cleveland, Sep 161955.
Businessman, communal worker, Cleveland; bd
Rabbinical ColI. • See:A]YB, 58:477;
NYTimes, Sep 17 1955, 15:2.
Leventritt, Edgar M; b. San Francisco, Oct
18 1873; d. 1939.
AB U CA?, LLB NY Law. • ~awyer,
philanthropic worker, NYC; active Jewish
Mental Health Soc. • See: BEOA]; NYTimes,
June 2 1939,23:3.
Leventritt, Martha (Mrs David Leventritt);
b.*; d. Mirror Lake, NY,July 31909.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
12(1910-1911):108; NYTimes, July 5 1909, 7:5.
Levey, Edgar Coleman; b. San Francisco,
Aug 4 1881; d. Oct 8 1962.
AB U CA, LLB Hastings. • Lawyer, legislator,
San Francisco; speaker GA Assembly; regent U
CA; active natl Hillel. • See: UJE; WWIA],
1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.
Levey, Edgar J; b. ca 1863; d. NYC, Apr 26
1912.
Deputy comptroller, municipal officer, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):127; NYTimes, Apr
301912,11:4.
Levey, Ethel (Mrs George M Cohan, Mrs
Claude Grahame-White); b. San
Francisco, ca 1883; d. NYC, Feb 1955.
Actress in revues, musicals, NYC. • See: A]YB,
24:169; NYTimes, Feb 28 1955, 19:3.
Levey, Harold Albert; b. NYC, June 17
1895; d. NYC,June 1967.
Natl Conservatory ofMusic, CCNY; honorary
degree. • Composer, conductor, NYC, Miami;
composer musical comedies, operettas, motion
picture & radio scores; clarinetist. • See:
WWIA], 1938;NYTimes,June 161967,43:4.
Levey, Harold Alvin; b. New Orleans, Oct
141889.
BE, ME Tulane, BS, MS, U IL. • Consulting
chemical engineer, exec, New Orleans; WWI
government service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levey, Harry; b. ca 1877; d. Uniondale, LI,
Feb 1972.
Educational motion picture producer, then real
estate developer, NYC; active communal
affairs.· See:A]YB, 24:169; NYTimes, Feb 29
1972,38:4.
Levey, Irving L; b. ca 1899; d.
Montecantini, Italy, Aug 101970.
Lawyer, state supreme court judge, NYC. •
See:NYTimes,Aug 111970, 33:3.
Levey, James
Levey, James; b. London, Feb 10 1887; d.
Toronto, May 1955.
To US 1927, to Toronto 1935. • Violinist,
NYC, Toronto; mem Royal Philharmonic,
Beecham Orchestra; faculty U 'IX (one year). •
See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, May 13 1955,
25:2.
Levey, M C; b. ca 1836; d. Halletsville, TX,
Mar41923.
Civil War veteran, mayor, Hallettsville, 'IX. •
See:A]YB, 25:140.
Levey, Martin; b. Philadelphia, May 18
1913; d. Aug 22 1970.
AB Temple, U PA, PhD Dropsie. • Chemist,
historian of science, Albany, NY; mem Inst for
Advanced Study (Princeton); faculty SUNY
(Albany); specialty: medieval Arab science;
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Levey, Samson Harper; b. Benton Harbor,
MI, Dec 191909.
AA Crane CoIl, BS Lewis Inst, BHL, ordained
Heb Union ColI.· Rabbi, Jackson, TN, Los
Angeles; faculty Heb Union ColI (Los
Angeles); officer B'nai B'rith; lecturer on
Judaism.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Levey, Sidney Philip; b. NYC, Aug 24 1892.
CCNY, MD NYU. • Ophthalmologist,
otorhinolaryngologist, NYC; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levi, Albert L; b. Philadephia, May 20
1858; d. Brooklyn, Apr 1945.
Dept store fdr, exec, Brooklyn; pres Jewish
Hospital; active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Apr 22 1945,35:1.
Levi, Anthony BaroJt; b. ca 1881; d. NYC,
Apr 301944.
To US 1939. • Pioneer developer oflow cost
housing. • See: A]YB, 46:341; NYTimes, May 1
1944,15:3.
Levi, Arturo; b. Trieste, Aug 26 1886.
Industrial school (Trieste), Konigliche
Bayerische Akademie der Kunst (Munich),
Regio Inst di Belle Arti (Rome). • Sculptor,
tchr, NYC.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Levi, Carl; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, May 13
1937.
Movie theatre mgr, NYC; with Loews, went
from doorman to mgr. • See:A]YB, 39:593;
NYTimes, May 141937, 23:2.
Levi, Charles Sampson; b. London, May 20
1868; d. Milwaukee,Jan 17 1939.
To US 1872. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union CoIl; honorary degree. • Rabbi,
Cincinnati, Peoria, Milwaukee; mem Bd of
Education (Peoria); officer Central Conf of Am
Rabbis, Palestine Development Council;
faculty Heb Union CoIl; editor Central Conf
of Am Rabbis publications. • See: U]E; A]YB;
5(1903-1904):73,41:426; WWIA], 1928,1938.
Levi, DavidA; b. ca 1872; d.June 191936.
Fire dept battalion chief, Rochester, NY. • See:
A]YB, 38:431.
370
Levi, Edward Hirsch; b. Chicago, June 26
1911.
PhB, JD U Chicago, post-grad Yale. • US Atty
General, legal scholar, university admr,
Chicago; pres U Chicago. • See: E]; E]:19731982; WWIA], 1938.
Levi, Ezio; b. Mantua, 1884; d. Boston,
1941.
To US 1939. • UFlorence, UNaples.·
Romance languages scholar; specialty: Spanish
& Italian literature; faculty Naval Academy
(Livorno); author in field. • See: U]E.
Levi, Gerson Baruch; b. Glasgow, Scodandl
Russia, Jan 23 1878; d. Feb 14 1939.
AB, PhD U PA, ordainedJTS. • Rabbi,
Helena, AR, Chicago; bd Central Conf of Am
Rabbis, Jewish Inst of Religion; editor Reform
Advocate; active Union of Am Heb
Congregations. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):219-20,24:169,41:426; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes,
Feb 161939,21:2.
Levi, GodchauxA; b. ca 1851; d. Dallas,
Oct 51911.
Communal worker, Dallas. • See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):124.
Levi, Harry; b. Cincinnati, Aug 7 1875; d.
Brookline, MA, June 13 1944.
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI;
honorary degree. • Rabbi, civic & communal
ldr, author, Wheeling, WVA, Boston. • See:
U]E; A]YB; 5(1903-1904):73, 24:169, 46:341;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA,
5; NYTimes, June 14 1944, 19:4.
Levi, Irwin Palmer; b. Mt Vernon, IN, Aug
281887.
MD UPA. • Roentgenologist, Anniston, AL;
officer synagog; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Levi, Joseph C; b. Cincinnati, 1839; d. Jan
1925.
Lawyer, NYC; specialty: real estate law;
benefactor Am Jewish Historical Soc; Civil
War Union service. • See: PA]HS, 31:280-81;
NYTimes,Jan 191925,17:1.
Levi, Joseph A; b. Sarajevo, Mar 9 1915; d.
LI, Mar 311982.
Sephardic ldr, hospital admr, consult, LI; exec
LI Jewish Med Center; officer professional
socs, Assn of Yugoslavian Jews in Am; served
WWII with RomanJewish underground, then
Joint Distribution Com work in Italy after war.
e See:A]YB, 84:335-36.
PA Academy of Art, Italy. • Painter, critic,
Philadelphia, NYC; faculty PA Academy of
Fine Art; officer Natl Inst of Arts & Letters;
with Federal Arts Project. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Mar 2 1982.
Levi, Leo Napoleon; b. Victoria, TX, Sep
15 1856; d. NYC,Jan 13 1904.
LLB UVA.· Lawyer, natl communalldr,
NYC; internatl pres B'nai B'rith. • See:]E;
U]E; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):373; NYTimes, Jan
141904,9:5.
Levi, Louis; b. Baltimore, Dec 291868.
Baltimore City ColI, MIT. • Architect,
Baltimore. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905): 136,
24:169.
Levi, Louis E; b. Buffalo, Jan 12 1862; d.
before 1938.
StJosephs ColI, Cornell, U Berlin, Technische
Hochschule • (Charlottenburg), AM, PhD U
Gottingeri. • Chemist, Buffalo, Milwaukee. •
See:A]YB, 24:169; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Levi, Louis S; b. Cincinnati, Nov 29 1857;
d. Adantic City, Jan 19 1920.
Businessman, communal worker, Cincinnati;
officer Jewish Orphan Asylum, United Jewish
Charities, synagog; bd Heb Union CoIl,
General Hospital. • See: A]YB, 22:166;
PA]HS, 28:289-90.
Levi, Max; b. ca 1857; d. Chicago, Jan 24
1934.
Banker, communal worker, Chicago. • See:
A]YB, 36:283.
Levi, Melvin Lyons; b. Philadelphia, Aug 30
1897; d. June 1952.
BS U PA. • Furniture merchant, NYC;
communalldr, Mt Vernon, NY; natl officer
Phi Sigma Delta.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, June 5 1952,31:2.
Levi, Moritz; b. Sachsenhausen, Germany,
Nov 23 1857.
To US 1875. • AB U MI, Sorbonne.·
Romance language specialist, Ann Arbor;
facuIty U MI; editor in field. • See: ]E; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):136-37,24:169; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA,4.
Levi, Nathaniel Hawthorne; b.
Philadelphia, Aug 20 1863; d. NYC, Mar
211942.
U PA. • Dept store merchant, civic &
comrnunalworker, Brooklyn, NYC; earlier
jeweler, merchant (various cities); officer Heb
Orphan Asylum; fdr Heb Education Soc, Fedn
ofJewish Charities; active trade assns. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):78-79,44:340; WWIA],
1926,1938;NYTimes,Mar221942,48:7.
Levi, Julian Clarence; b. NYC, Dec 8 1874;
d. Aug 211971.
AB Columbia, post-grad Columbia, Beaux Arts
(Paris). • Architect, painter, NYC; officer
professional orgs; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Joint Distribution Com; WWI
government & Red Cross service. • See: A]YB,
24:169; WWIA], 1938; BEGA]; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, Aug 25 1971,40:1.
Levi, Nino; b. Venice, 1894; d. NYC, Mar
251941.
To US 1938. • Jurist, criminologist, authority
on penal law, Socialist ldr, NYC; faculty New
School, U Genoa; author in field. • See: U]E;
A]YB, 43:360.
Levi, Julian E; b. NYC, June 20 1900; d.
NYC, Feb 281982.
Levi, Rudolph; b. Bingen, Germany, Mar
25 1853; d. Aug 23 1921.
Levin,]ack
371
To Newark ca 1870. • Bldg & loan & thrift
assn exec, Newark; officer synagog; tchr
religious school. • See: PAJHS, 29:175-76.
Levi, Solomon W; b. Cincinnati, July 4
1860; d. Cincinnati, Feb 41908.
Communal & philanthropic worker,
Cincinnati; nad officer NadJewish Hospital. •
See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):79,10(19081909):129; PAJHS, 17:222-23.
Levi, Wendell Mitchell; b. Sumter, SC, Sep
281891.
AB ColI of Charleston, PhB, JD U Chicago. •
Lawyer, naturalist, Sumter, SCi pres pigeon
breeder org, synagog; active Union of Am Heb
Congregations; an editor Am Pigeon Journal;
WWI orgr Pigeon Corps. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 7.
Levi-Montalecini, Rita; b. Italy, 1911.
MD UTurin.· To US 1947. • Developmental
biologist, Nobel laureate, St Louis; faculty
Washington U; dual Italian/Am citizen. • See:
EJ: 1986-1987.
Levias, Caspar; b. Zhagory, Russia, Feb 13
1860; d. Newark, Feb 181934.
BA, MA Columbia, post-grad Johns Hopkins.
.• Orientalist, Heb scholar, Cincinnati; faculty
Heb Union ColI; author in field. • See: JE;
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):137,24:169,
36:283; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Levick, Maurice E; b. Philadelphia, Nov 1
1889; d. Feb 1945.
LLB U PA. • Lawyer, Philadelphia; mem City
Council; pres Downtown Jewish Orphan
Home. ·See: WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Feb 21
1945,19:5.
Levien, A Mark; b. Minsk, July 191899.
BA CCNY, MA Columbia, LLB Brooklyn
Law. • To US 1905. • Lawyer, NYC; counsel
NY Tchrs Guild; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Levien, Sonya (Mrs Carl Hovey); b. Russia,
Dec 25 1890; d. Mar 1960.
LLB NYU. • Playwright, short story author,
Culver City, CA. • See:AJYB, 24:169;
WWIAJ, 1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Mar
20 1960, 86:8.
Levin,ALeo; b. NYC, 1919.
BA Yeshiva U, LLB U PA.· Lawyer, consult,
Philadelphia; specialty: judicial adm; dir
FederalJudicial Center (Washington, DC);
faculty U PA; served on public commns; author
in field. • See: EJ:1986-1987.
Levin, Aaron; b. 1866; d. Pittsburgh, Oct
301918.
Rabbi, Pittsburgh.· See:AJYB, 21:206.
Levin, Aaron; b. Detroit, May 26 1902.
BS, MS, PhD U MI. • Optical engineer,
Rochester, NY; with Bausch & Lomb; officer
professional soc; author in field. • See:
. WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Abraham; b. NYC, July 4 1881.
Communal worker, St Louis; active Jewish
Orphan Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Levin, .Abraham Isaac; b. St Paul, Feb 16
1892.
AB U MN, LLB St Paul ColI of Law. •
Lawyer,St Paul; officer B'nai B'rith; active
synagog; WWI service.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
LLB U MD.· Lawyer, legislator, public
servant, Baltimore; chr State Tax Commn;
mem State Bd of Welfare, State Public Service
Commn; dir Heb Home for the Aged; active
natl bar assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Levin, Abraham J; b. New Haven, Jan 10
1897.
Lawyer, Detroit; pres Jewish
AB,JD U
Child Placement Bureau; bd J ewish Welfare
Fedn; author on taxation. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ.
Levin, Herschel; b. Baltimore, July 19
1916;d. Flushing, NY, Feb 61978.
Ordained HebUnion ColI. • Rabbi, NYC;
officer NY Bd of Rabbis; bd Central Conf of
Am Rabbis; author in field. • See: AJYB,
80:368-69; NYTimes, Feb 7 1978, 28:4.
Levin, Abraham Louis; b. Poland, Dec 16
1878; d. Sep 15 1940.
.
MD Tulane.· Gastroenterologist, New
Orleans; faculty LA State; inventor stomach
tube; author in field, Jewish subjects; WWI
service. • See: AJYB, 43:360; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Sep 16 1940, 19:4.
Levin, Hyman Loeb; b. Buffalo, Apr 6 1885.
MD U Buffalo. • Psychiatrist, Buffalo; bd
Jewish Fedn for Social Service; dir Bureau of
Jewish Education; author/editor in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Mi:·
Levin, Bertha Szold (Mrs Louis H Levin);
b. Baltimore, Dec 211873.
AB Bryn Mawr. • School Bd Commr,
Baltimore; bd Hadassah, Jewish Childrens Soc;
active synagog.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin,.Charles; b. Burlington, VT, Aug 28
1886.
Merchant, civic & communal worker,
Burlington, VT; dir Free Aid Soc, Talmud
Torah. • See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Levin, David; b. ca 1859; d. Tacoma, Aug
1911.
Legislator, Tacoma.· See:AJYB, 14(19121913):124.
Levin, Eph (Ephraim?); b. Newport, PA,
Dec 111875; d. Indianapolis, July 1
1944.
Communal worker, Indianapolis; active
fraternity, Masons, B'nai B'rith. • See: AJYB,
47:527.
Levin, George; b. NYC, Feb 221903; d.
NYC, Mar 8 1978.
Real estate exec, philanthropist, NYC; officer
United Jewish Appeal (Essex County, NJ);
benefactor Albert Einstein ColI of Med, Heb
U, Brandeis. • See: AJYB, 80:368; NYTimes,
Mar 10 1978, II 2:1.
Levin Gustav; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, July 1
1923.
Civil War veteran, NYc.. See:AJYB, 2'6:156.
Levin, Harold H; b. NYC, Sep 11 1899; d.
NYC, Aug 1973.
Lawyer, communalldr, NYC; officer World
Fedn ofYMHAs & Jewish Community
Centers; active Jewish WelfareBd. • See:
AJYB, 75:655; NYTimes; Aug 27 1973,32:5.
Levin, Harry Maurice; b. Omaha, June 25
1896.
BS, MD Creighton. • Surgeon, communal
worker & fundraiser, Sioux City; officer
Zionist Org ofAm; regional officer B'nai
B'rith; bd Visiting Nurses Assn; WWI service.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Harry Oscar; b. Baltimore, June 28
1888.
Levin, Ida Levin (Mrs Hyman Levin); b.
Chicago, Sep 25 1896.
Chicago School of Civics & Philanthropy,
Chicago School of Expression, Recreation
Training School of Chicago. • Tchr, social
worker, Buffalo; instructor U Louisville, Case
Western, School of Education & Social Work
(Buffalo). See: WWIAJ,1938.
Levin, Isaac; b. Sagor, Russia, Nov 1 1866;
d. NYC,June 191945.
To US 1891. • MD Imperial Military
Academy (St Petersburg). • Cancer specialist,
NYC; faculty Columbia, NYU; author in field.
• See: UJE; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):137,24:169,
48:494; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2;
NYTimes, June 21 1945, 19:2.
Levin, Isaac Aaron; b. Werballen, Poland,
Sep 261870.
To Baltimore 1880. • Clothing mfr, insurance
agent, communalldr, Baltimore; orgr United
Heb Charities; officer Heb Childrens
ShelterL.'1g Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Isadore; b. New Haven, Apr 18
1894.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Detroit; legal
advisor Zionist delegation Paris Peace Con£;
author 5 vol official AEF Manual ofArtillery;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
Levin, Israel Herman; b. Gi-aievo, Poland,
Jan 11880; d. Washington DC,July
1969.
To US 1897.· Yeshiva Coll,JTS, MD Tulane.
• Neuropsychiatrist, Brooklyn; pres Heb Med
Soc; officer Keren Hayesod; exec com
Histadruth Ivrith; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 1
1969,33:4.
Levin, J M; b. Konwalishka, Poland.
Rabbi, Wilkes-Barre; earlier MA, NJ. • See:
AJYB,5(1903-1904):73-74.
Levin, Jack; b. Portland, OR, June 23 1898;
d.June 141974.
AB Reed, LLB Northwestern, PhD American
U, post-grad U OR, U WA, Columbia.·
Public utility expert, financial advisor,
community planner, Washington DC; with
Rural Electrification Adm, Natl Recovery
Levin, Jack H
Adm; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEGAJ; WWWIA, 6.
Levin, Jack H; b. NYC, Aug 19 1899.
Heb Technical Inst. • Motion picture industry
exec, NYC; orgr Copyright Protection Bureau,
League for Crippled Children. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levin, Jacob; b. Tolchin, Russia, Aug 16
1884; d. Bronx, Dec 6 1958.
To US 1915/1916. • MA Tchts CoIl
(Columbia). • Tchr, Yiddish author, NYC;
with Workmen's Circle; specialty: Yiddish
literature, language, biblical studies; exec bd
Yiddish Inst. • See:AJYB, 61:418; NYTimes,
Dec 8 1958,31:5.
Levin, Joseph; b. ca 1873; d. Sep 81937.
Tobacco expert, Canada, Detroit. • See:AJYB,
40:388.
Levin, Joseph B; b. Oshmane, Vilna, Oct
1866; d. Newark, Dec 121946.
Rabbi, talmudic scholar, NYC; faculty RIETS;
author in field. • See:AJYB, 49:614; WWIAJ,
1928; NYTimes, Dec 14 1946, 15:5.
Levin, Joseph Jay; b. Chicago,Jari 71897;
d. Mar 181972.
PhB U Chicago. • Investment banker,
Chicago; officer Bureau on Jewish
Unemployment Problems; exec com Am
Jewish Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA,
5.
Levin, Judah Leib; b. Trab, Vilna, 1862.
To US 1891. • Rabbi, communal & Zionist
worker, Detroit; an orgr Union of Orthodox
Rabbis, Mizrachi; a fdr Jewish schools &
asylums. • See: UJE; AJYB, 5(1903-1904):74;
Eisenstadt, 65-66; Gottlieb, 299.
Levin,Julius;b.caI834;d.AJexandria,LA,
Jan 251910.
Civil War veteran, Alexandria, LA. • See:
AJYB, 12(1910-1911):110.
Levin, Lawrence Meyer; b. Boston, Mar 7
1898; d. Aug 1968.
AB Harvard, PhD U Chicago/Columbia? •
Language tchr, NYC; specialty: French,
Spanish; faculty Columbia; author/editor/
translator in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938;NYTimes,Aug61968,37:2.
Levin, Leonard Samuel; b. Pittsburgh, July
201874; d. Mar 271952.
Duffs CoIl, Duquesne, U Pittsburgh Law. •
Lawyer, communalldr, Pittsburgh; pres Jewish
Welfare Bd; officer Natl Fedn ofTemple
Brotherhoods; trustee Irene Kaufmann
Settlement House. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEGAJ; WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Mar 28
1952,23:3.
Levin, Lewis Charles; b. Charleston, SC,
Nov 10 1808; d. Philadelphia, Mar 14
1860.
Congressman, lawyer, duelist, author, MD,
KY, LA, PA; editor Philadelphia Sun,
Temperance Advocate; fdr Native-American
party. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 2(19001901):519-20; DAB.
372
Levin, Lippa; b. 'Wisinta, Lithuania, Aug 15
1871.
Merchant, Indiana Harbor, IN. • See: WWIAJ,
1926.
Levin, Mordecai; b. ca 1848; d. Milwaukee,
Mar 2 1923.
Communal worker, Milwaukee. • See: AJYB,
25:140.
Levin, Louis; b. *
Cantor, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 7(19051906):122.
Levin, Nathan Ralph; b. Chicago, July 11
1890.
PhB U Chicago, BLS NY State Library
School. • Librarian, Chicago; with public
library system; officer library assns; W"WI
military base librarian. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Louis Hiram; b. Charleston, SC, Jan
13 1866; d. Apr 21 1923.
LLB Baltimore U. • Merchant, lawyer,
communal exec, editor, author, Zionist,
Baltimore; pres Natl Conf ofJewish Charities;
officer AssocdJewish Charities; editor Jewish
Comment.· See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):137,
24:169,26:156; PAJHS, 29:176-78; NYTimes,
Apr 241923,21:5.
Levin, Lucy; b. Russia, ca 1906; d. Sep 4
1939.
Yiddish musical comedy actress, coloratura
soprano, NYC.· See:AJYB, 42:481;NYTimes,
Sep 5 1939,23:6.
Levin, Maurice; b. Lowell, MA, Sep 15
1888/1889; d. Miami Beach, Jan 1968.
Dept store exec, NYC; a fdr Brandeis, Albert
Einstein CoIl ofMed; bd Am Friends ofHeb
U; benefactor Heb U Dental Clinic; active
Jewish Natl Fund. • See: UJE; AJYB, 70:522;
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 23 1968,43:5.
Levin, Nathan Wtllis; b.Joliet, IL, Oct 10
1904.
PhB U Chicago. • CPA, Chicago; executor
Julius Rosenwald estate; auditor Museum of
Science & Industry. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Oscar L; b. NYC, Apr 27 1888.
CCNY, MD Columbia. • Dermatologist,
communal worker, NYC; active Joint
Distribution Com, med socs; author in field. •
See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926, 1938; BEGAJ.
Levin, PhilipJ; b. NYC, Feb 22 1909; d.
NYC, Aug 3 1971.
Real estate exec, communal worker, NYC; bd
Albert Einstein CoIl ofMed, NJ Home for the
Aged; fundraiser United Jewish Appeal, AntiDefamation League. • See: AJYB, 73:633;
NYTimes, Aug41971, 36:1.
Levin, Max; b. Minsk.
Cantor, Portland, OR, earlier NYC, Canada. •
See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):74.
Levin, Rubin; b. Warsaw, Aug 21902; d.
Jan 291981.
To US 1904. • BA U"WI. • Newspaper editor,
Washington DC; writer/mgr/editor Labor
Newspaper. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Levin, Max; b. Krustpils, Latvia, May 10
1901.
To US 1904. • MA, MD Johns Hopkins. •
Psychiatrist, Harrisburg, PA; clinical dir
Harrisburg State Hospital; author in field. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Samuel; b. Lithuania, Apr 15 1890.
Wharton, LLB Dickinson Law. • US Commr,
Harrisburg, PA; pres Natl Assoc of US
Commrs.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Levin, Max; b. Vilna, Mar 15 1890.
To US 1907.· CCNY, LLB NY Law. •
Lawyer, NYC; faculty Peoples U, Jewish
Workers U; specialty: economics, labor
problems; bd Am Com for Settlement ofJews
in: Birobidjan; natl com Assn for Jewish
Colonization in the Soviet Union. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin, Meyer; b. Chicago, Oct 8/101905;
d. Jerusalem, July 91981.
PhB U Chicago. • Journalist, critic, novelist,
playwright, Chicago; war correspondent
Chicago Daily News, Jewish Telegraphic
,Agency. • UJE; EJ; AJYB, 83:358; WWIAJ,
1938; BEGAJ; NYTimes,July 111981.
Levin, Michael; b. Paselva, Kovno, July 15
1887.
To US 1888.· LLB George Washington, U
"WI. • Labor lawyer, Milwaukee; dean
Milwaukee CoIl of Law. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938.
Levin, Milton H; b. ca 1906; d. Elizabeth,
Jan 71960.
NJ Law. • Lawyer, Elizabeth; chr Mayors Com
on Human Relations; pres CountyJewish
Council; bd NJ Natl Conf of Christians &
Jews. • See: NYTimes, Jan 9 1960, 21:2.
Levin, Samuel; b. Boston, Dec 23 1886.
U IL, Naval Officers School (Princeton), LLB
Northwestern. • Lawyer, Chicago; asst state
atty, Vermillion City, IL. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Levin, Samuel; b. ca 1872; d. Nov 25 1939.
Merchant, Orthodox ldr, communal worker,
Chicago.· See:AJYB, 42:481; NYTimes, Nov
26 1939,42:4.
Levin, Samuel; b. ca 1839; d. Pittsburgh,
Oct 181913.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Levin, Samuel Mordecai; b. Liskovo,
Poland, June 7 1888.
To US 1893.· BA UMI,MA UChicago.·
Social scientist, economist, Detroit; mem
Mayors Com on Unemployment; faculty
Wayne City CoIl; officer Jewish Social Service
Bureau; active Community Fund, MI Academy
of Science. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
BEGAJ; WWWIA, 8.
Levin, Saul R; b. Chicago, 1898; d. 1960.
LLB U Detroit. • Lawyer, consul for Cuba,
Mexico, Honduras in MI. • See: UJE;
NYTimes, May41960, 45:2.
373
Levin, Shmarya (Shemaryahu); b. Svisloch,
Belorussia, 1867; d. Haifa, 1935.
In US during WWI. • Zionist ldr, Heb &
Yiddish author, orator, NYC; autobiography. •
See: UJE; EJ.
Levin, Simon; b. Wensberg, Sweden, May 8
1877.
To US 1881.· MD U MI.· Surgeon,
Houghton, MI. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938.
Levin, Solomon;b. ca 1879; d. NYC, Apr 5
1932.
Rabbi, NYC. • See: AJYB, 34:111.
Levin, Solomon I; b. Koleliszki, Poland,
Oct 26 1886; d. Minneapolis, July 11
1984.
To US 1910. • Rabbi, long-time Orthodox ldr,
Minneapolis; officer Mizrachi; supervisor
kashruth; active sponsor child welfare, animal
protection laws; author responsa. • See: AJYB,
86:441.
Levin, Theodore; b. Chicago, Feb 18 1897;
d. Detroit, Dec 311970.
LLB, LLM U Detroit; honorary degrees. •
Chief justice US district court, lawyer,
communalldr, Detroit; active Jewish Welfare
Bd, Heb Immigrant Aid· Soc, J oint Distribution
Com, ORT. • See: UJE (sub Saul R Levin); EJ;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 5; Detroit
Jewish News, Jan 8 1971; NYTimes, Jan 5 1971,
38:2.
Levin, William; b. Kovno, Nov 141890.
To US 1900. • AB Harvard, MS, Dr PH U
MI. • Laboratory dir, Portland, OR; with State
Bd of Health; faculty U OR; officer OR Social
Workers Assn; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levin, Zebulon (Zvulun); b. Kelem
(Chelm?), Kovno, 1877; d. NYC, 1935.
To US ca 1894. • Yiddish short story writer,
NYC. • See: UJE.
Levin-Rubin, Melba (Mrs Samuel H
Rubin); b. Slonim, Russia, Dec 5 1906.
To Detroit 1914. • LLB Detroit ColI of Law,
LLM U Detroit, BS Wayne. • Lawyer, asst
state atty general, public admr, Detroit; mem
State Welfare & Relief Study Commn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Levin-Shatzkes, Icchok (Yizhak); b.
Dwinsk, Aug 10 1892; d. NYC, Dec 15
1963.
To US 1936. • Yiddish journalist, NYC; natl
secyJewish Socialist Verband of Am; officer
Jewish Labor Com; editor Der Wecker. • See:
EJ;AJYB, 65:435;NYTimes, Dec 161963,
33:4, correction Dec 17 1963,39:4.
Levine, Israel Iser
fdr Albert Einstein ColI of Med; active Israel
Bonds. • See: AJYB, 68:529; NYTimes, Mar 30
1966,45:1.
Levine, AlbertJ; b. Minsk,Jan 71883/
1885.
To US 1898. • AB CCNY, PhD NYU. •
Psychologist, public school tchr, NYC,
Brooklyn; with Psychiatric Guidance Inst;
author/editor in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Levine, Alma Mendes (Mrs Edmund J
Levine); b. NYC, ca 1879; d. New
Rochelle, Mar 111945.
Social welfare worker, NYC?; mem Daughters
of the Am Revolution. • See:AJYB, 47:527;
NYTimes, Mar 13 1945,23:2.
LeVine, Arthur Isidore; b. London, Aug 24
1884; d. NYC,Jan 13 1958.
City of London School. • To NYC 1903. •
Publisher, printer, NYC; officer Heb Free
Loan Soc, Union of OrthodoxJewish
Congregations; orgr Boys Town (Haifa); Boer
War British service. • See:AJYB, 60:356;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Jan 151958,
29:3.
Levine, Benjamin Samuel; b. Russia, 1887.
Chemist, Washington DC.· See:AJYB,
24:169.
Natl Fund.·· See:JTA-DNB, Nov 5 1976;
NYTimes, Nov 3 1976,46:1.
Levine, Harry; b. NYC, 1896;d.
Cambridge, MA, May 1 1977.
Business exec, philanthropist, Cambridge, MA;
fdr New England Novelty Co; active
Weizmann ~t; WWI service. • See: AJYB,
79:370; NYTimes, May 2 1977,36:4.
Levine, Harry Harvey; b. Brooklyn, Apr 6
1919; d. Feb 3 1969.
MD Middlesex U, MPH Columbia. •
Physician, NYC; exec Health Insurance Plan of
Greater NY; bd La Guardia Hospital; wwn
service.· See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Feb 5
1969,45:3.
Levine, Herman; b. Wtlkes-Barre, Sep 15
1898.
Merchant, communal worker, McKeesport,
PA; with Union Clothing Co; exec com PA
Old Age Security Assn; natl council Am Jewish
Com,Joint Distribution Com. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levine, Herman Joseph; b. Valkovisk,
Grodno, Aug 18 1893.
To US 1895. • BS Rutgers. • Agriculturalist,
communal & civic ldr, Ellenville, NY; pres Bd
of Education; branch mgr Jewish Agricultural
Soc; officer United Palestine Appeal, Joint
Distribution Com. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levine, David; b. NYC, Oct 5 1876; d.
NYC, June 1926.
Baltimore City ColI, CCNY, PhD Columbia,
ordainedJTS. • Rabbi, Arabic & Heb scholar,
Spokane, Yonkers; pres WA State Parole Assn;
chr WA State Conf of Charities &
Corrections; officer B'nai B'rith; active refugee
resettlement. • See: AJYB, 6(1904-1905):220;
NYTimes, June 28 1926, 17:4.
Levine, I B; b.June 10 1900.
MS MIT. • Electrical, radio engineer,
Camden, NJ; with RCA. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levine,. Dorothy S; b. NYC, July 4 1904; d.
NYC, Dec 13 1981.
Communalldr, NYC; natl bd Am Zionist
Fedn; pres Natl Womens League of Beth Zion;
bdJewishNatl Fund.· See:AJYB, 83:358.
Levine, Irving Abraham; b. Washington
DC, July 101924; d. Oct 21978.
LLB George Washington.· Lawyer, tax court
& court of appeals judge, Bethesda, MD; active
Democratic politics. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Levine, Edward; b. Minsk, Oct 17 1894; d.
NYC, Feb 111972.
To US 1911. • Restaurant exec, communalldr,
NYC; bd LIJewish Hospital, Weizmann Inst;
fundraiser Red Cross, health orgs, United
Jewish Appeal. • See:AJYB, 74:557; NYTimes,
Feb 12 1972,32:3.
Levine, Isaac Don; b. Mozir, Russia, Feb 1
1892; d. Feb 15 1981.
To US 1911. • Journalist, Russian
correspondent, author on Russia, NYC; with
NYTimes; discovered, published "Willi-Nicki"
correspondence (Kaiser Wilhelm I to his
cousin Czar Nicholas). • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:169; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 7.
Levine, Froim; b. Russia, ca 1856; d.
Asbury Park, NJ,Jan 41941.
To US ca 1891. • Rabbi, author Reb works on
Talmud. • See:AJYB, 43:360; NYTimes, Jan 5
1941,44:7.
Levine, Hyman; b. Russia, Sep 10 1894.
BS U CO. • Engineer, Milwaukee; inventor
pneumatic steel punch, sleeve-inserting
machine. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Levine, Isadore; b. Southfork, PA, Feb 26
1910.
Publisher, editor, The Record, Bridgeton, NJ. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levine, Abraham; b.*; d. Hackensack, July
141915.
Philanthropist, Hackensack. • See: AJYB,
18(1916-1917):108.
Levine, Harold; b. Middletown, CT, Dec
301900.
BS Wesleyan, PhD Yale. • Research
biochemist, Milwaukee; specialty: nutrition;
officer B'nai B'rith; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Levine, Israel A; b. Bialystok, ca 1905; d.
Brooklyn, July 25 1941.
Rabbi, Zionist worker, Ozone Park, NY. • See:
AJYB, 44:340.
Levine, Abraham; b. Polonnoe, Ukraine,
May 15 1891; d. Miami Beach, Mar 27
1966.
To US 1905.· Realtor, communal worker; a
Levine, HarrisJ; b. NYC, ca 1900; d. NYC,
Nov 1976.
Zionist ldr, physician, NYC; fdr B'nai Zion
Found, Am Red Magen David; pres Jewish
Levine, Israel Iser; b. Lithuania, ca 1886; d.
StJoseph, Sep 12 1945.
To US 1930. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar, St
Joseph; active Mizrachi, Union of Orthodox
Rabbis. • See: AJYB, 48:494.
374
Levine, Israel Morris
Levine, Israel Morris; b. Birmingham,
England, Jan 211898.
BS, PhD U Chicago, MS U IL. • Research
chemist, Riverside, IL. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Levine,J Sidney; b. 1907?; d. Brooklyn,
Dec 221955.
Lawyer, legislator, communal worker,
Brooklyn. • See: A]YB, 58:477; NYTimes, Dec
23 1955,17:4.
Levine, Jack; b. Boston, 1915.
Social realist painter, NYC; WWII service. •
See: EJ.
Levine, Jacob; b. ca 1871; d. Apr 141939.
Communal worker, Jersey City; Spanish-Am
War veteran. • See:A]YB, 41:426.
Levine, Jacob; b. ca 1878; d. May 12 1940.
Rabbi, Hurleyville, NY. • See:A]YB, 42:481.
Levine, Jacob Louis (Lewis); b. Bessarabia,
Aug 191888/1890.
LLB U Chattanooga. • Lawyer, legislator,
majority floor ldr, Chattanooga; officer
YMHA, synagog; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA].
Levine, Joseph; b. Russia, 1864?; d. NYC,
July 11950.
Woolen merchant, realtor, philanthropic
worker, NYC; charter inem Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; officer synagog. • See: A]YB,
53:525; NYTimes, July 2 J 950,24:7.
Levine, Joseph; b. McKeesport, PA, Dec 18
1907.
Rabbi, Glasgow, Scotland, Plainfield, N];
Palestine correspondent Mckeesport Daily
News.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Joseph M; b. Lithuania, Nov 1
1883; d. NYC, Aug 1963.
To US 1886. • Municipal judge, prominent
Reform ldr, NYC; a fdr, pres Free Synagogue;
bd Heb Union Coll':'Jewish Inst of Religion. •
See:A]YB, 65:435;NYTimes, Aug 171963,
19:4.
Levine, Julius Michael; b. Barbroisk,
Minsk, July 101896.
To US 1914. • Restaurateur; communal
worker, NYC; owner delicatessen, concession
& catering service; bd Israel Orphan Asylum;
wwr service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Laurence Nathan; b. Vilna, Dec 28
1899.
To US 1921. • BS P~trograd Polytech, CE
Zurich Polytech, MS Columbia. • Civil
engineer,Zionist ldr, NYC; officer Am
Technion Soc for Palestine; active Am Jewish
Cong; lecturer in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Lena (Mrs L Ferber); b. Brooklyn,
May 171903; d. NYC, Jan 91965.
Psychiatrist, gynecologist, marriage counselor,
NYC; with Planned Parenthood; pioneer in
marriage counseling, birth control movement;
author in field.· See:A]YB, 67:539; NAW:
modem; NYTimes,Jan 111965,45:3.
Levine, Lipman; b. Molodeczno, Poland,
Dec 51879; d. Brooklyn, Feb 13 1967.
To US 1923.· Rabbi, Orthodoxldr; Brooklyn;
officer Union of Orthodox Rabbis; bd
Mizrachi. • See: A]YB, 69:609; NYTimes, Feb
141967,43:1.
Levine, Michael; b. Russia, 1886; d. Bronx,
Aug 1952.
CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. • Noted
biologist, cytologist, botanist, physiologist,
NYC; specialty: cancer. • See: A]YB, 24: 170;
NYTimes, Aug 271952,27:1.
Levine, Louis; b. 1889; d. NYC, Feb 15
1958.
.
Realtor, communalldr, NYC; bd World
Jewish Cong; officer B'rith Shalom; supporter
Yeshiva U.· See:A]YB, 60:356; NYTimes, Feb
16 1958, 86:2.
Levine, Milton Isra; b. Syracuse, Aug 15
1902.
BS CCNY, MD Cornell. • Pediatrician,
consult, researcher, NYC; faculty Cornell; pres
Union of Young Folks Temple Leagues of NY;
active med soc; author/radio lecturer in field;
reserve service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Levine, Louis; b. Russia, 1883.
Economist, Beloit, WI; faculty Beloit ColI. •
See: AJYB, 24: 170.
Levine, Manuel; b. VIlna, May 25 1881; d.
May 61939.
To US 1897.· LLB Western Reserve. •
Lawyer, state court of appeals chief judge,
Cleveland; introduced probation system. • See:
UJE; A]YB, 41 :426; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWJiVlA, 1; NITimes, May 71939, ill 6:6.
Levine, Manuel W; b. NYC, Mar 26 1898.
Syracuse U, LLB StJoOOs. • Lawyer, police
judge, special district atty, Nassau County, NY;
dir Jewish Council; active Veterans of Foreign
Wars. • See: BEOA].
Levine, Morris; b. Vilna, Aug 17 1882.
Cornell, MD LI ColI Hospital. • To US 1888.
• Physician, NYC; lecturer, consult Palestine;
faculty NY Post-Grad Med School; specialty:
otorhinolaryngology; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Levine, Morris; b. Binningharo, England,
Jan 211898.
To US 1913. • BS, PhD Chicago, MS U IL. •
Chemist, Pampa, TX; with oil refineries;
author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Morris D;b. ca 1881; d. Dec 8
1935.
Rabbi, NYC; faculty JTS; specialty: Heb &
Bible. • See: A]YB, 24:170, 38:431.
Levine, Marks; b. NYC, Aug 191890; d~
May 281971.
BS Cooper Union. • Civil engineer, concert
mgr, lyricist, author, NYC; with NBC, then
Natl Concert & Artist Corp. • See: WWWIA,
5; NITimes, May 29 1971,26:1.
Levine, Morris Lewis; b•. Lithuania, Jan 31
1896.
To US 1907. • AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
NYC; specialty: business law; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Maurice; b. Cincinnati, June 10
1902; d. May 11971.
BA, MA U Cincinnati, PhD Johns Hopkins, U
Vienna, Inst for Psychoanalysis (Chicago). •
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Cincinnati; faculty
U Cincinnati; officer professional socs; bd Inst
for Intercultural Studies (NYC); author in
field.· See: BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
Levine, Moses ben Naphatali
(Naphtalison); b. Ludza, Latvia, June 23
1886.
To US 1905. • BSA, MS, PhD U MN. •
Phytopathologist, Zionist ldr, St Paul; with US
Dept ofAgrieulture; natl com League for
Labor Palestine; active Social Democratic
Party (Russia); author/editor in field. • See:
A]YB, 24:170; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Levine, Max; b.*; d. Chicago, Dec 1915.
Rabbi, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 18(19161917):108.
Levine, Max; b. Poland, Apr 4 1889; d. July
161967.
To US 1891. • BSMIT, PhD IA State;
honorary degree. • Bacteriologist, Ames, IA,
Honolulu; faculty IA State; theh dir Dept of
Health (Honolulu); consult US Public Health
Service; author in field; wwr & WWII
service. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 4.
Levine, Max Edward; b. NYC, Feb 14 1891.
LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer, NYC; a orgr
Bull Moose movement. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Max Samuel; b. Moscow, July 6
1881; d. NYC, Aug 27 1933.
To US ca 1889.· NYU Law. • Lawyer,
municipal & general sessions judge, alderman,
NYC; fdr Grand Street Boys. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 36:283; WWIA],·1928.
Levine, Murray; b. Dombrovska, Poland,
Dec 16 1886; d. Norwalk, CT, Nov 20
1964.
To US 1892. • BA CCNY, NYU Law. •
Lawyer, communal worker, NYC; pres Zeta
Beta Tau, Am ORT Fedn; bd Internatl ORT;
wwr service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Nov211964,29:1.
Levine, Nathan; b.*; d. Nov 25 1937.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,
40:388.
Levine, Philip; b. Kletsk, Russia, Aug 10
1900.
To US 1908.· BS CCNY,MA,MD Cornell.
• Immunologist, bacteriologist, laboratory dir,
Newark; dIscovered Rh factor in blood; WWI
service.· See:B]; WWIA], 1938.
Levine, Sam Michel; b. Jesuit Bend, LA,
Sep 18 1890/1891; d. May 1965.
AB Tulane, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
legislator, Pine Bluff, AR; officer State
375
Tuberculosis Assn, County Bar Assn; WWI
service. • See: WWL4.J, 1938; Jewish Digest,
July 1966.
Levine, Samuel; b.*; d. NYC, Aug 141977.
BA UPA, MA Columbia. • Communal exec,
educator, editor, NYC, Detroit, Cleveland,
Chicago; withJewish Community Centers. •
See: AJYB, 79:370; JTA-DNB, Aug 17 1977.
Levine, Samuel Albert; b. Lomza, Jan 1
1891; d. Mar 311966.
To US 1894. • AB, MD Harvard; honorary
degrees. • Physician, cardiologist, consult,
Boston; faculty Harvard, chair named for him;
pioneer in treatment of coronary thrombosis;
pres New England Heart Assn; author in field;
"WWI service. • See:AJYB, 24:170, 68:530;
WWL4.J, 1926, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Apr 1 1966, 35:4.
Levine, Samuel Zachary; b. NYC, Aug 8
1895; d. NYC,July 1971.
AB CCNY, MD Cornell. • Pediatrician,
consult, NYC; mem Bd of Health; faculty
Cornell; officer med socs; author in field;
"WWI service. • See: WWL4.J, 1938; NYTimes,
July 15 1971,34:3.
Levine, Solon Joel; b. NYC, May 161900.
MD St Louis ColI of Physicians & Surgeons. •
Surgeon, county health officer, Grover, CO. •
See: WWL4.J, 1938.
Levine, Victor; b. Apr 5 1893.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, Syracuse; faculty
Syracuse U; delegate World Jewish Cong;
author in field. • See: WWL4.J, 1938.
Levine, Victor Emanuel; b. Minsk, Aug 4
1891/1892; d. Sep 29 1963.
To US 1898. • BA CCNY, MA, PhD
Columbia, MD Creighton, post-grad Johns
Hopkins, U Toronto, Cornell. • Biochemist;
faculty Columbia, Fordham, Creighton; arctic
explorer, researcher, lived among Eskimos;
officer professional orgs; author in field;
WWllservice.· See: UJE;AJYB, 24:170;
WWL4.J, 1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Sep 30 1963, 29:2.
Levine, William; b. Dec 291881.
AB CCNY, LLB NYU. • Coal & oil cos exec,
Newark. • See: WWL4.J, 1938.
Levine, Wolf; b. ca 1869; d. Pittsburgh, Oct
11936.
Rabbi, Pittsburgh. • See: AJYB, 39:593.
Levine, Z; b. ca 1877; d. NYC, Jan 22 1935.
Yiddish author, newspaperman, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 37:259.
Levinger, David; b. Delta, ID, Aug 27 1887;
d. Dec 91956.
Chicago Technical ColI. • Business exec,
Chicago; with Western Electric; trustee IL mst
of Technology. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Levinger, Elma Ehrlich (Mrs Lee J
Levinger); b. Chicago, Oct 61887; d.Jan
271958.
U Chicago, Radcliffe. • Writer on Jewish
themes, childrens stories, Columbus, OH;
.Levinson, Samuel Azor
active nad Nad Council ofJewish Women; bd
Hadassah. • See: UJE; EJ (sub Levinger, Lee
J);AJYB, 24:170; WWL4.J, 1926, 1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Jan 311958, 21:1.
Levinger, Lee Joseph; b. Burke, ID, Mar 4
1890; d. Albany, NY,July 11966.
PhB U Chicago, MA U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI, PhD U PA. • Rabbi, author,
Paducah, Evansville, IN,Wilmington, DE;
specialty: Jewish history, anti-Semitism; nad
chaplain Am Legion; "WWI service, WWII
Jewish Welfare Bd service. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:170, 68:530; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 4; NY'Times, July 3 1966, 35:2.
Levinsohn, Edmund David; b. Chicago,
Dec 141888.
Bennett Med ColI, MD Loyola. • Physician,
surgeon, Chicago; faculty Chicago Med
School; officer professional socs.· See:
WWL4.J, 1926, 1928, 1938 (Levisohn).
Levinson, Abraham; b. Linkovo, Russia,
Aug/Sep 25 1888; d. Sep 17 1955.
To US 1906. • BS U Chicago, MD U IL, postgrad U Vienna. • Pediatrician, communal
worker, Chicago; faculty Northwestern, Cook
County Grad School ofMed; officer med soc;
author in field. • See: EJ; WWL4.J, 1926, 1928,
1939; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 3; NY'Times, Sep 19
1955,25:3,.
Levinson, Abraham; b. ca 1865; d. July 20
1937.
Pioneer Zionist, communal worker, Los
Angeles. • See:AJYB, 40:388.
Levinson, Abraham Chayim; b. ca 1852; d.
Baltimore, June 8 1912.
To US 1881. • Orthodox rabbi, scholar,
Baltimore; opposed teaching of Talmud in any
language but original. • See: AJYB, 14(19121913):128; NY'Times, June 91912, II 15:6.
Levinson, Abraham F; b. Russia, Aug,1
1883; d. NYC,July 211946.
To US 1888. • Painter, art tchr, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 49:614; NY'Times, July 22 1946, 21:3.
Levinson, Bernard Httsh; b. Austin, TX,
Sep 2 1907; d. Mar 13 1979.
BA U Cincinnati, LLB aD?) Harvard.·
Lawyer, HI supreme court judge, communal &
civic ldr, Seattle, Honolulu; secy Hawaiian
Jewish Welfare Fund; exec bd Nad Fedn of
Temple Brotherhoods'; contributor Jewish
Transcript. • See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Levinson, Charles; b. ca 1891; d. June 21
1938.
Merchant, civic & communal worker, ASbury
Park, NJ.· See:AJYB, 40:388.
Levinson, David; b. Chicago, July 24 1889;
d.June 271973.
PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; bd U
Chicago; dir Wmfield Tuberculosis
Sanitarium. • See: WWL4.J, 1938; WWWIA, 6.
Levinson, David; b. South Philadelphia,
1884?; d. Philadelphia, Dec 4 1964.
Civil rights lawyer, Philadelphia. ~ See: AJYB,
66:578; NY'Times, Dec 6 1964, 88:6.
Levinson, David; b. ca 1865; d. Jan 26 1936.
Mfr, Zionist worker, NYC. • See: AJYB,
38:431.
Levinson, J; b.*
Cantor, Detroit. • See: AJYB, 6(19041905):220.
Levinson, Jacob;' b. Crackinowa, Lithuania,
July11875; d. Brooklyn, June 15 1955.
To US 1906. • Rabbi, talmudic scholar,
author, Chicago, Brooklyn; head Mizrachi
Tchrs mst; pres Mizrachi; officer United
Palestine Appeal, Union of Orthodox Rabbis. •
See:AJYB, 57:607; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ;NY'Times,June 161955,31:2.
Levinson, Leon R; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 18
1937.
Zionist worker, NYc.. See:AJYB, 39:593.
Levinson, Maxymilian; b. ca 1855; d. NYC,
Sep 161915.
Civil engineer, NYC. • See: AJYB, 18(19161917):108.
Levinson, Meyer A; b. Lithuania, ca 1875;
d. Mar 311940.
To US at age 13. • Cantor, rabbi, NYC; active
Guild for Jewish Blind.· See:AJYB, 42:481;
NY'Times, Apr 1 1940, 19:5. • *See entry below.
Levinson, Meyer Abraham; b. Kovno, Jan 4
1870.
Cantor, NYc. • See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):74. •
*See entry above.
Levinson, Moshe Haim; b. Jerusalem, Aug
161898.
To US 1924. • Rabbi, shochet, Palestine,
Greenport, NY, Alexandria, VA, Washington
DC; active Mizrachi. • See: WWL4.J, 1938.
Levinson, Norman; b. Lynn, MA, Aug 11
1912; d. Oct 10 1975.
BS, MS, ScD MIT. • Mathematician,
Cambridge, MA; faculty MIT. • See:
WWWIA, 6; NY'Times, Oct 11 1975,34:5.
Levinson, Robert E; b. Aug 13 1938; d.
June 11980.
BA Pordahd State, MA, PhD U OR. •
Historian ofJewry, cantor, SanJose, CA;
faculty San Jose U.· See:AJH, 70:468-71.
Levinson, Salmon Oliver; b. Noblesville,
IN, Dec 29 1865; d. Chicago, Feb 2 1941.
U Chicago, AB Yale, LLB Lake Forest;
honorary degrees. • Lawyer, peace advocate, ,
Chicago; specialty: reorganization of railroads,
businesses; helped draft Kellogg-Briand Pact;
benefactor U ID (in honor of Senator Borah),
U Chicago. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:170,
43:360; WWL4.J, 1928, 1938;BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 1; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Feb 3 1941,
17:1.
Levinson, Samuel; b. ca 1865; d. Boston,
Jan 261916.
Rabbi, Boston.· See:AJYB, 18(19161917):108.
Levinson, Samuel Azor; b. Chicago, Jan 8
1895.
Levinson, Samuel J
376
BS, MS, MD U IL. • Pathologist, Chicago;
faculty U IL; author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Hadassah; bdJewish Natl Fund; active Zionist
Org of Am, Juvenile Aid Soc. • See: WWlAJ,
1938.
Levinson, SamuelJ; b. Russia, Apr 17 1890;
d. Brooklyn, May 1956.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; specialty:
trial & appellate work; involved in settlement
ofMorro Castle claims. • See: BEOAJi
NYTimes,June 11956,23:5.
Levinthal, Louis Edward; b. Philadelphia,
Apr 51892; d. May 161976.
AB, LLB, LLM U PA; honorary degrees. •
Lawyer, common pleas judge, Zionist ldr,
Philadelphia; natl pres Zionist Org of Am; bd
Heb U; active Jewish Publication Soc; advisor
to Am government post-WWII Europe. • See:
UJEi EJ (sub Levinthal); WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, May 191976,
44:4.
Levinson, Samuel John; b. Brooklyn, June 8
1883; d. Brooklyn, Sep 19 1947.
AB U Cincinnati, AM NYU, ordained
Indianapolis, BHL Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi,
communal admr, Flatbush, Brooklyn; pres NY
Bd ofMinisters, Brooklyn Jewish Ministers
Assn; exec bd Am Jewish Cong; WWI service.
• See:AJYB, 50:519; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOAJi NYTimes, Sep 201947,15:3.
Levinstein, Simon M; b. Tauroggen,
Russia, May 12 1877.
To US 1892. • Merchant, Buckhannon, WV;
dir Chamber of Commerce. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levinstone, Aaron; b. Dretzin, Grodno, Jan
171884.
To US 1904. • NYU. • Lawyer, Newark;
officer Zionist Org of Am; chmn NJ United
Palestine Appeal; speaker on Jewish history. •
See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
Levinthal, Abraham A; b. Philadelphia, May
25 1895.
LLB Temple U. • Lawyer, asst city solicitor,
Philadelphia; pres Chevra Bikor Cholim, B'rith
Achim Beneficial Assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levinthal, Bernhard (Bernard) Louis; b.
VilnaIKo"Vno/Srednick, Lithuania, May
12 1864/1865/1866; d. Adantic City, Sep
23 1952.
To US 1891. • Honorary degrees. • Rabbi,
Philadelphia; officer Union of Orthodox
Rabbis; a fdr communal orgs, RIETS,
Mizrachi; Am, Jewish Com delegate to
Versailles Peace Conf. • See:JE; UJE; EJ (sub
Levinthal);AJYB, 5(1903-1904):74,24:170,
55:457; WWlAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;BEOAJi
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Sep 241952,33:6.
Levinthal, Daniel Harold; b. Chicago, June
18 1893/1895.
MD ValparaisolLoyola? • Physician,
orthopedic surgeon, Chicago; author in field;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Levinthal, Israel Herbert; b. Vilna, Feb 12
1888; d. New Rochelle, Oct 311982.
To US 1891. • BA, MA Columbia,JD NYU,
ordained, DHL JTS; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, communalldr, lawyer, author, NYC;
with BrooklynJewish Center; natl exec com
Zionist Org of Am; fdr Inst ofJewish Studies
for Adults. • See: UJEi EJ (sub Levinthal);
EJ:1973-1982;AJYB, 24:170, 84:336; WWIAJ,
1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 8.
Levinthal, Lenore R (Mrs.Louis E
Levinthal); b. Philadelphia, Apr 17 1893.
Communal worker, Philadelphia; pres
Levisohn, Edmond David; see Levinsohn,
Edmund David.
Levison, Benjamin; b. New Rochelle, July
191872.
Lawyer, police magistrate, Nyack, NY; justice
of the peace, Orangetown, NY. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levison, Charles Gabriel; b. Virginia City,
NV,July 191865.
U CA, MD Stanford, post-grad abroad,John
Hopkins. • Surgeon, San Francisco; faculty U
CA; staff pres Mt Zion Hospital; author in
field; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938.
Levison, Eric; b. Schevetz, Gennany, Jan
261894.
Novelist, Birmingham, AL. • See: AJYB,
24:170; WWIAJ, 1928.
Levison, Jacob Bertha; b. Virginia City,
NV, Oct 3 1862; d. San Francisco, Nov
221947.
Insurance exec, financier, civic ldr, music
patron, San Francisco; authority: marine
insurance; pres Sari Francisco Symphony, Mt
Zion Hospital. • See:AJYB, 24:170, 50:519;
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes,
Nov 241947,23:5.
Levit, Bert William; b. San Francisco, Feb
161903.
AB,JD Stanford U. • Lawyer, civic, local, natl
public education & Republican Party ldr,
Commr of Education, San Francisco; special
asst US atty general, Washington DC; faculty
Stanford; pres State Chamber of Commerce. •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7,8.
Levitan, Abraham; b. Suraz, Poland, Dec 14
1885.
LLB, LLM NYU. • To US 1889. • Lawyer,
Jersey City; officer Jewish Academy of Arts &
Sciences; author/lecturer on Jewish law,
Talmud. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levitan, Michael Tobias; b. Dvinsk, Aug 5
1883.
To US 1896. • MD LI ColI Hospital. •
Physician, Rome, NY; with Bd of Health; natl
dir Jewish Comsumptives Relief Soc; active
med soc, Democratic politics; author in field,
on popular health issues. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Levitan, Mortimer; b. Leavenworth, KS,
Feb 211890.
AB U WI, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, asst state
atty general, Madison; author of short stories. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Levitan, Rosa Weitz (Mrs Abraham
Levitan); b. Brzozow, Austria, Apr 7
1886.
To NYC 1892. • BS, LLB NYU, post-grad
Columbia. • Lawyer, Jersey City; officer
Union of Orthodox Congregations of Am,
Hadassah.· See: WWlAJ, 1938.
Levitan, Solomon; b. Tauroggen, Tilsit,
Nov 1 1862; d. Madison, Feb 27 1940.
To US 1880. • State treasurer, civic ldr,
Madison, earlier New Glarus, WI; peddler
MD, PA, WI; active Republican & Progressive
politics. • See: UJE; EJi AJYB, 42:481;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Feb 28 1940,22:2.
Levison, Jacob JoshuaIL; b. Riga, Jan 24
1883; d. 1961.
To US 1893. • BA CCNY, M Forestry Yale,
post-grad abroad. • Forester, arboriculturalist,
landscape architect, LI; specialty: naturalistic
plantings, development; faculty Yale; officer
professional socs. • See:UJEi AJYB, 24:170;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJi WWWIA,
7; NYTimes, Jan 3 1961,27:5.
Levitas, Arnold; b. Libau, Courland, Apr 6
1879/1883; d. Aug 1934.
BS,MANYU, LLB NY Law. • To US 1893/
1894. • Typographical expert, NYC; specialty:
industrial & printing vocational education;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928; BEOAJi
WWWIA, 1.
Levison, Louis A; b. Toledo, July 16 1880.
U MI, post-grad Vienna, Berlin, London. •
Physician, Toledo; editor in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928.
Levitas, Matthew Samuel; b. Newark, Apr
14 1892; d. Feb 1956.
CCNY, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,
surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColI Hospital;
WWI service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 22 1956,27:1.
Levison, Stanley D; b. NYC, May 2 1912; d.
NYC, Sep 131979.
Lawyer, business exec, real estate investor,
NYC; natl officer Am Jewish Cong; active Natl
Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees;
WWII Coast Guard service. • See: AJYB,
81:370.
Levison, Wallace Goold; b. Brooklyn, 1846;
d•. Brooklyn, Mar 2 1924.
Chemist, scientist, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
24:170,26:156; NYTimes, Mar 11 1924, 19:3.
Levitas, Samuel Morris; b. Kiev, Feb 24
1894; d. NYC,Jan 3 1961.
To US 1922/1923.· Editor, NYC;bdNew
Ldr, Forward; active socialist politics, earlier
Russian revolutionary movement, Social
Democratic Party. • See:AJYB, 63:561;
WWWIA, 4;NYTimes,Jan41961, 33:1.
Levitch, Phil B; b. 1899; d. Louisville, Mar
201967.
Communalldr; pres Conf ofJewish Orgs;
377
officer Bureau ofJewish Education; chr
Combined Jewish Campaigns.· See:A]YB,
69:609.
Levitin, Benjamin; b. Potchep, Russia, Sep
251890; d. Brooklyn, Aug 3 1943.
To US 1906. • AB, EE OR State. • Journalist,
NYC; staff, editor, feature writer Forward;
officer Workmen's Circle. • See: A]YB, 46:341;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Aug 41943, 17:5.
Levitin, Irving Isaac; b. MogiIev, Dec 9
1898.
To US 1920. • Commercial School (Harbin,
China), U Tomsk (Siberia); honorary degree. •
Insurance agent, Seattle; earlier Russian tchr,
Seoul, Osaka; interpreter US Immigration
Station; active B'nai B'rith. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Leviton, Charles; b. NYC, Jan 26 1899.
PhB, JD U Chicago. • Lawyer, Chicago; active
bar assn. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Leviton, IsadorlIsidor; b. Hummel, Russia,
Mar 261886; d. NYC,June 91965.
To US 1904/1906. • Mfr light fixtures &
devices, philanthropist, Brooklyn; officer Fedn
ofJewish Philanthropies; active Fedn ofJewish
Charities, Jewish Hospital; benefactor Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed. • See:A]YB, 67:539;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 101965,35:3.
Levy, Aaron]efferson
NYTimes, Aug 211962,33:4, correction Sep 5
1962,39:2.
Levitt, Alfred S; b. 1912; d. Kings Point, LI,
Feb 1966.
BIdr, NYC, Queens; father built "Levittown."
• See: E] (sub Levitt); NITimes, Feb 11 1966,
33:1.
Levitt, Arthur; b. Brooklyn, June 28 1900;
d. NYC, May 1980.
AB, LLB Columbia; honorary degrees. •
Lawyer, state comptroller, communalldr,
NYC; pres Bd of Education; bd Nat! Conf of
Christians & Jews, JeWish Child Care Assn,
Union of Am Reb Congregations; active
Democratic politics; WWI service. • See:
A]YB, 82:369; WWWIA., 7; NITimes, May 5
1980, B10:1.
Levitt, Benjamin; b. Kovno, May 141892.
To US 1899.· CCNY, Boston U, Harvard.·
Chemist, Philadelphia; officer professional
assn; author in field. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levitt, Charles Howard; b. Posen, Sep 14
1886; d. Sep 1966.
To US 1896. • LLB Cornell.· Lawyer, trade
union counsel, NYC; pres Young Mens
Philanthropic League; dir Home of Daughters
ofIsrael; WWI with Federal Reserve Bank. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Sep 26
1966,47:4.
Leviton, Lina Heymann (Mrs Isodor?
Leviton); b. 1895?; d. Philadelphia, Oct
191964.
Philanthropist; officer Free Nurses Inst;
benefactor Jewish hospitals, Albert Einstein
ColI ofMed.· See:A]YB, 66:58; NYTimes,
Oct 20 1964, 37:3.
Levitt, Ellis Isaac; b. Des Moines, Jan 7
1893.
IA State. • Financier, Des Moines; dir Jewish
Welfare Fund; active B'nai B'rith, synagog. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levitow, Bernhard; b. Yanova, Russia, Feb
141890; d.July 1950.
To US 1893. • Boston U. • Music director,
violinist, NYC; conductor hotel orchestras. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July 21 1950,
19:4.
Levitt, Jennie Davidson (Mrs Thomas I
Levitt); b. Des Moines, Nov 181889.
Highland Park ColI ofMusic (Des Moines),
AB Drake. • Communal & civic worker,
Kansas City; officer Nat! Conf of Christians &
Jews; orgr World Peace Council; bd Jewish
Welfare Assn; active League of Women
Voters.'; See: WWIA], 1938.
Levitsky, Joseph Isaac; b. Choiniki, Minsk,
June 25 1892.
BS Temple U, PhD Dropsie. • To US 1914.·
Educator, Philadelphia; faculty Gratz. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Levitsky, Louis Moses; b. Kremenchug, Jan
41897; d. June 141975.
To Montreal 1904, to US 1916. • AB CCNY,
ordained, DHL JTS, post-grad Harvard,
Columbia; honorary degrees. • Rabbi, WilkesBarre; pres Rabbinical Assembly; author on
Jewish life in Orient, Jewish education,
rabbinate. • See: E]; WWIA], 1928, 1938;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 151975,51:3.
Levitt, Abel; b. Lithuania, Oct 20 1898.
To Canada 1906, to US 1921.· MD, CM
McGill. • Internist, Buffalo; faculty U Buffalo.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Levitt, Abraham; b. Brooklyn, July 1 1880;
d. Manhasset, LI, Aug 20 1962.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, bldr; fdr Levitt & Sons,
bldr of "Levittowns"; active Jewish fundraising.
• See: E] (sub Levitt);A]YB, 65:435; DAB, 7;
Levitt, Joel]ohn; b. Boyarka, Kiev, Feb 1
1875; d. Mar 28 1937.
To US 1914. • School of Fine Arts (Odessa),
Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (Petrograd). •
Artist, NYC; exhibited US, Canada, Russia. •
See:A]YB, 24:170, 39:593; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; NITimes, Mar 29 1937, 19:5.
Levitt, Louis; b. Yanawo, Russia, Aug 26
1885.
To US 1899. • Merchant, Petersburg, VA; pres
Globe Dept Store. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Levitt, Mrs Jacob Sander; b.*; d. Sep 9
1938.
Communal worker, Des Moines. • See: A]YB,
41:426.
Levitt, Thomas I; b. Des Moines, Aug 2
1890; d. 1953.
LLB U IA. • Furniture merchant, communal
worker, Kansas City, Minneapolis. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Feb 2 1953,21:2.
Levitt, Wtlliam Jaird; b. Brooklyn, 1907.
Communal fundraiser, businessman, bldr,
NYC; chr United Jewish Appeal. • See: E] (sub
Levitt); E]: 1973-1982.
Levitzki, Mischa; b. Kremenchug (ofAm
parents), May 25 1898; d. Avon-by-theSea, NJ,Jan 21941.
To US 1907. • Warsaw Conservatory, Inst
Musical Art, Berlin. • Pianist, composer for
piano, NYc. • See: U]E; A]YB, 24:170,
43:361; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Jim 3 1941, 19:1.
Levkowitz, Leopold; b. ca 1855; d. NYC,
July 1918.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:A]YB, 21:206.
Levor, Rachel (Mrs Levi S Levor); b.
Rimbach, Germany, Oct 111864.
To US 1868. • Civic worker, Attica, IN; an
orgr Bd of Childrens Guardians; pres Public
Library; WWI fundraiser. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Levovitz, Reuben; b. Luban, Minsk, May 3
1893.
To US 1922/1923.· Rabbi, Brooklyn; active
Union of Orthodox Rabbis, Rabbinical Bd of
Greater NY, Kashruth Assn; WWI represented
Am relief orgs in Vilna. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1938.
Levow, Irving; b. Irkutsk, Siberia, Jan 23
1903.
To NYC 1903. • Painter, NYC; specialty:
landscapes, portraits, watercolors, pastels. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levussove, Moses S; b. Rossiena, Russia,
Feb 221874.
BS CCNY, LLB NY Law, NYU, Art Students
League. • English literature scholar, NYC;
faculty CCNY; assoc Twentieth Century
Magazine; author on art, contributor to
magazines.· See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):137-38,
24:171.
Levy, Aaron; b. ca 1846; d. Beaumont, TX,
Dec 1931.
Rabbi, Beaumont, TX. • See: A]YB, 34:112.
Levy, Aaron; b. Amsterdam, 1742; d.
Philadelphia, Feb 23 1815.
To US ca 1760. • Revolutionary patriot, fdr
Aaronsburg, PA; loaned money to Continental
Congress; large-scale real estate operator. •
See:]E; U]E; E]; PA]HS, 2:157-63.
Levy, Aaron; b. NYC, 1771; d. NYC, 1852.
Army officer, regimental paymaster, active real
estate Lake George area, NY. • See: U]E; E].
Levy, Aaron Gretzner; b. Galveston, Oct 26
1884; d. Cleveland, Feb 1922.
BE Tulane. • Civil engineer, Cleveland; with
city engineering dept; specialty: hydraulic &
sanitary engineering, waterworks; Christian
Scientist. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb
22 1950,29:1.
Levy, Aaron Jefferson; b. NYC, July 41881;
d. St Petersburg, FL, Nov 1955.
Cooper Union, LLB NYU. • Lawyer,
legislator, municipal & state supreme court
Levy, Aaron William
378
judge, NYC; pres Heb Natl Orphan Home;
active Democratic politics. • See: V]E; A]YB,
24:171; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NITimes,
Nov22 1955,35:5.
Levy, Albert M; b. Moberly, MO, 1882.
Wentworth (MO) Military Academy. •
Advertising representative, Chicago. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Aaron Wtlliam; b. London, June 30
1878; d. Brooklyn, July 1972.
To US 1886.· BS CCNY, LLB Columbia.·
Lawyer, banker, NYC; fdr, pres Flatbush
Neighborhood Assn, Heb Educational Loan
Soc, Fedn ofJewish Charities; pres bar assn. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; REOA];
NITimes, July 111954, 72:5.
Levy, Alexander Oscar; b. Bonn, May 26
1881; d.Jan 211947.
To US 1884.· ColI of Music, Art Academy
(both Cincinnati), NY School of Fine Arts. •
Artist, Buffalo; illustrator Saturday Evening
Post; officer artistic soc. • See: A]YB, 24: 171;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 2.
Levy, Abraham; b. England, ca 1862; d.
NYC, Dec 161920.
Noted triallawyer, NYc. • See:A]YB, 23:132;
NITimes, Dec 18 1920, 13:5.
Levy, Abraham Dimmyr; b. NYC, Aug 13
1904.
Columbia; LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC;
active Republican politics. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Levy, Abraham G; b. ca 1841; d. Mobile,
Mar 121916.
Confederate Civil War veteran, Mobile. • See:
A]YB, 18(1916-1917):108.
Levy, Abraham Joseph; b. Krasna, Russia,
Apr 15 1895.
To US 1905. • BS U Rochester, ordainedJTS,
PhD Dropsie. • Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Alfred; b.*; d. Philadelphia, May 17
1921.
Civil War veteran,· Philadelphia. • See:A]YB,
23:132.
Levy, Alfred Bernhard; b. Philadelphia,
Nov81885.
Life insurance mgr, Philadelphia. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Arnold; b. ca 1829; d. NYC, June 26
1913.
Rabbi,NYC.· See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Levy, Arthur; b. Krushwitz, Germany,
1859.
To US 1867. • Motion picture commr,
volunteer probation officer, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1926.
Levy, Arthur Garfield; b. Marion, IN, June
101881.
Realtor, communal worker, Chicago; engaged
in livestock shipping. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Levy, Abraham M; b. Manchester, England,
1868; d. Brooklyn, July 211942.
To US 1882. • South Bend (IN) ColI of
Optometry. • Optometrist, communal & civic
ldr, alderman, NYC; a fdr Beth Moses
Hospital; pres Natl Heb Home for Girls. •
See:AJYB, 45:389; REOA]; NITimes,July 22
1942,19:2.
Levy, Arthur Joseph; b. NYC, Jan 25 1897.
PhB Brown, LLB Boston U. • Lawyer,
Providence; pres Jewish Family Welfare Soc;
officer Jewish Fedn for Soc Service; active
Community Fund. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Abraham R; b. Germany, Oct 24
1858; d. Apr 24 1915.
Berlin Lehranstalt, PhB U GA. • Rabbi,
Germany, Erie, Waco; fdr Jewish Agricultural
Aid Soc ofAm. • See: A]YB, 5(1903-1904):74,
17(1915-1916):221.
Levy, Asser (Asser Levy van Swellem); b.
Amsterdam?; d. 1680/1681.
Pioneer settler in.New Amsterdam (NYC),
1654, probably refugee from Brazil; litigant in
many cases; opened butcher shop, tanner shop.
• See:]E; UJE; E]; PA]HS, 8:9-24.
Levy, Abram; b.*; d. Augusta, GA, Mar 14
1937.
US Marine Academy/Citadel. • WWI colonel,
Augusta, GA; commander Camp Ogelthorpe,
GA.· See:A]YB, 39:593; NITimes, Mar 16
1937,23:4.
Levy, Austin T; b. NYC, Dec 16 1880; d.
Nov 241951.
Textile industry ldr, "the serge king,"
Harrisville, RI; active Republican politics;
author on social & economic issues. • See:
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Nov 25 1951,86:3.
Levy, Adele Rosenwald (Mrs David M
Levy); b. Chicago, July 191892; d. NYC,
Mar 121960.
Philanthropist, civic ldr, public servant, NYC;
Am delegate to World Health Org (Geneva);
bd Joint Distribution Com; active natl, local
United Jewish Appeal. • See: A]YB, 62 :451;
NITimes, Mar 13 1960, 86:3.
Levy, Beatrice S; b. Chicago, 1892.
Chicago Art Inst. • Artist, printmaker, etcher,
Chicago, Washington DC; Los Angeles. • See:
A]YB, 24:171; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
REOA].
Levy, Adeline R; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Aug 27
1935.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
38:431.
Levy, Belle (Mrs Charles Levy); b. NYC,
Dec 291898.
Detective agency proprietor, NYC. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Benjamin; b. NYC, 1726; d. 1802.
Merchant, Philadelphia & Baltimore; signer
Non-Importation Agreement, bills of credit. •
See: ]E; UJE.
Levy, Benjamin; b.*
Pioneer Jew in NJ, 1702. • See: PA]HS,
16:187.
Levy, Benjamin Franklin; b. Elmira, NY,
Apr 21874.
LLB, LLM Cornell. • Lawyer, Elmira, NY;
pres Fedn of Social Services, Americanization
Assn; active Alliance Israelite Universelle;
author in field.· See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):79;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Levy, Benjamin J (B J); b. NYC, Mar 7
1889; d. NYC, May 1 1982.
Honorary degree. • Investment banker,
philanthropist, NYC; benefactor Albert
Einstein ColI ofMed; active UhitedJewish
Appeal, Am-Israel Cultural Found. • See:
A]YB, 84:336; WWWIA, 8.
Levy, Benjamin M; b. ca 1860; d. Akron,
OH,July41914.
Rabbi, Utica, NY. • See: A]YB, 17(19151916):221.
Levy, Bernard; b. ca 1884; d. Elizabeth, Oct
15 1934.
Merchant, civic worker, Elizabeth. • See:
A]YB, 37:259.
Levy, Bert; b. ca 1871; d. Aug 51934.
Illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist, entertainer,
NYC, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB, 24:171,
37:259.
Levy, Billah Abigail; see Franks, Abigail.
Levy, CeciliaJ (Mrs Phil H Levy);b.
Lithuania, Dec 31 1888.
Communal worker, Sarasota, FL. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Levy, Chapman; b. Camden, SC, 1787; d.
Camden,' SC, 1850.
Colonel, lawyer, legislator, SCi planter, SC &
MS. • See: UJE; E].
Levy, Charles; b. ca 1858; d. Breckenridge,
CO,May221909.
Mayor, Breckenridge, CO. • See:A]YB,
11(1909-1910):109.
Levy, Charles; b. Radoskovicze, Russia,
May 301905.
To US 1907.· UDE,MDJeffersonMed
ColI. • Physician, Wilmington, DE; dir Jewish
Welfare Soc.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Charles Kantor; b. NYC, June 26
1900.
Columbia, MD LI ColI Hospital. • Physician,
obstetrician, Brooklyn; active med soc. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Charles Marion; b. NYC, July 31
1895; d.June 11978.
AB Cornell, U Lyons (France). • Foreign
service officer, org admr; withJoint
Distribution Com, Voice of Am, US
Information Agency; WWI service. • See:
WWWIA, 7.
Levy, Clifton Harby; b. New Orleans, June
211867; d. Mar 171962.
379
AB U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union ColI,
post-grad Johns Hopkins. - Rabbi,Jewish
Science Movement ldr, NYC; fdr Center for
Jewish Science for Spiritual Healing; officer
professional assns; art editor UJE; author on
art, Jewish Science. - See: UJE; E]; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):138,24:171,64:494; WWIA],
1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5;
NITimes, Mar 19 1962,29:3.
Levy, Daniel L; b. ca 1824; d. Memphis,
Nov 181919.
Civil War veteran, Memphis. - See: A]YB,
22:166.
Levy, David; b.*
Rabbi, New Haven. - See: A]YB, 5(19031904):74.
Levy, David; b.*; d. Charleston, SC, 1931.
Rabbi, Bridgeport, CT. - See:A]YB, 34:112.
Levy, David Asher; b. Beebe, AR, Feb 21
1876; d. reported Dec 71939.
Food broker, civic & conununal worker,
Memphis; chr Bd of Mendicants; honorary pres
Fedn ofJewish Welfare. - See: A]YB, 42:481;
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Levy, David Henry; b. Waco, Mar 10 1893.
EE TX A & M. - Electrical engineer, Dallas;
WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, DavidJ; b. Kalamazoo, Feb 8 1881; d.
Detroit, Oct 141942.
AB, MD U MI, post-grad Berlin, Vienna. •
Pediatrician, consult, Detroit; chr exec com
Jewish Child Placement Soc; officer med soc. •
See:A]YB, 45:389; WWIA], 1938.
Levy, David Mordecai; b. Serant9n, Apr 27
1892; d. Mar 11977.
AB Harvard, MD U Chicago. - Psychiatrist,
Chicago, NYC; research faculty Yale; chief of
staff NY Inst of Child Guidance; officer
professional socs; author in field; WWI OSS
consult. • See: WWWIA, 7;NITimes, Mar 4
1977, IV 13:1.
Levy, David Mosley; b. Cincinnati, May 14
1874.
AB Yale, LLB U Ciricinnati. - Lawyer,
Cincinnati. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Edgar Albert; b. NYC, Apr 20 1877;
d. NYC, Jan 1958.
CCNY, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, realtor, NYC;
officer NY Real Estate Bd; co-fdr Am
LaboratoryTheatre. - See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes,Jan 311958, 22:1.
Levy, Edward Benjamin; b. NYC, Nov 5
1883; d. NYC, Mar 1972.
BA CCNY, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
NYC; nat! officer Commercial Law League of
Am; WWI service. - See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; NITimes, Mar 23 1972,46:4.
Levy, Edward Dailey; b. Paris, TX, Oct 16
1879; d. Daytona Beach, Aug 1960.
Railway & business exec,St-Louis, NYC,
Chicopee Falls, MA, Paterson; with Smoking
Pipes, Inc, employer of handicapped & elderly;
Levy, Harry Louis
WWI advisor on transportation. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEAO]; WWWIA,4;
NITimes, Aug 211960,85:1.
Levy, Edward G; b. New Haven, Oct 1898.
LLB Boston U. • Lawyer, New Haven;
counsel, exec motion picture owners assns. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Edward S; b. ca 1854; d. Ft Smith,
AR, Feb 261914.
Rabbi, Selma, AL, Ft Smith, AR. - See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):122, 16(1914-1915):164.
Levy, Edwin Louis; b. Richmond, Aug 15
1886.
Publisher, printer, Richmond; pres Old
Dominion Press; officer Jewish Community
Council, trade assn. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Ellis; b. Indianapolis, Oct 23 1887.
Musician, violinist, composer, St Louis; child
prodigy. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
.Levy, Ephraim B; b. NYC, ca 1856; d.
Lawrence, LI, Oct 71935.
CCNY. • BIdr, realtor, communal worker,
philanthropist, NYC. • See:A]YB, 38:431;
WWIA],1928.
Levy, Emest; b. Berlin, Dec 23 1881.
To US 1936. • U Freiberg, LLD U Berlin. •
Ancient historian, Berlin, NYC; authority:
Roman law; faculty U Frankfurt, U Freiburg,
U Heidelberg; author/lecturer in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Emest Coleman; b. Richmond, Aug
111868; d. Sep 291938.
Richmond ColI, MD Med ColI ofVA,
Columbia, post-grad MIT. - Sanitarian, public
health authority, city health official, Richmond,
Tampa; faculty Med ColI of Va; officer
professional socs; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
24:171,41:426; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Sep 30 1938,
21:2.
Levy, Emest Manuel; b. Gentryville, MD,
May281890.
BS U MO. - Engineer, Joplin, MO; with State
Highway Commn.· See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Levy, Felix Alexander; b. NYC, Oct 20
1884; d. NYC, June 161963.
AB CCNY, post-grad Columbia, ordained Heb
Union ColI, PhD U Chicago; honorary degree.
- Rabbi, author, Chicago; pres Central Conf of
Am Rabbis, ColI ofJudaic Studies; nat! bd
Zionist of Am, Am Jewish Com; editor
]udaism.· See: UJE; E];A]YB, 65:435;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA];A]HQ,
54:465-8; WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 20 1963,
33:3.
Levy, Felix H; b. San Antonio, Sep 2 1869;
d. NYC, Mar 1953.
BA, LLB UVA.· Lawyer, NYC; counsel
Federal Trade Commn, trade assns, cases
against tobacco combine, trusts; trustee
Lexington School for the Deaf; author on
antitrust; WWI draft bd appeal agent. - See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes,Mar251953,
31:5.
Levy, Felix U; b. ca 1835; d. New Orleans,
June 19 1911.
Civil War veteran, New Orleans. - See: A]YB,
13(1911-1912):138.
Levy, Ferdinand; b. Milwaukee, Dec 11
1843; d. NYC, July 11923.
Politician, lawyer, alderman, registrar, Commr
of Taxes, NYC; ldr Democratic Party; Civil
War Union service. -See: UJE; A]YB, 6(19041905):138,26:156; NITimes, July 2 1923, 15:6.
Levy, Florence Nightingale; b. NYC, Aug
13 1870; d. NYC, Nov 15 1947.
Nat! Academy of Design, Louvre. • Art
educator, admr, NYC; fdr/editor/publisher Am
Art Annual; active local & nat! art & art
education assns; author in field. - See: UJE;
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):138, 24:171,50:519;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NAW;
NITimes, Nov 17 1947,22:2.
Levy, Fred; b. Louisville, Apr 18 1877; d.
Miami Beach, Mar 1955.
Clothing merchant, Louisville; mem Bd of
Park Commn; pres nat! trade assn; dir Jewish
Welfare Fund; pioneer motion picture
business, produced, distributed, exhibited
films, owned theatres; WWII consult. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Mar 261955,15:3.
Levy, George Morton; b. Seaford, LI, June
261889; d.June 1977.
LLM NYU. • Harness racing exec, lawyer,
NYC; with Roosevelt Raceway. - See:
WWWIA, 8; NITimes, July 20 1977, 13:2.
Levy, GilbertJoseph; b. Memphis, Jan 4
1893.
MD U TN. • Physician, Memphis; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Levy, Gustav; b.*; d. San Francisco, Mar
1917.
Vice consul of Mexico, San Francisco. - See:
A]YB, 19(1917-1918):266.
Levy, Gustave Lehmann; b. May 10/23
1910; d. NYC, Nov 3 1976.
Tulane, NYU; honorary degrees. • Investment
banker, philanthropist, NYC; officer Inner
City Scholarship Fund; benefactor major
Jewish orgs, Mt Sinai, CUNY. • See: A]YB,
78:543; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Nov 4 1976,
42:1.
Levy, Harriet Mooney (Mrs); b.
Lawrenceburg, IN.
Murdoch School of Elocution (Cincinnati). •
Elocution tchr, Cincinnati, NYC; advertising
mgr, officer Am Heb magazine; trustee
Emanu-EI Sisterhood of Personal Service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Harry; b. Boston, Jan 91902.
AB, MA Harvard, PhD Princeton. •
Mathematician, Urbana, IL; specialty:
differential geometry; faculty U IL; author in
field. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Levy, Harry Louis; b. NYC, Dec 5 1906; d.
Jan 111981.
AB CCNY, AM, PhD Columbia. - Classical
scholar, university admr, NYC; faculty Hunter;
380
Levy, Hayman
faculty, dean CUNY; officer professional sacs;
author in field. • See: E]; E]:1973-1982;
WWWIA,7.
Clothing m&, communal & philanthropic
worker, NYC; officer synagog. • See: A]YB,
22:166;NYTimes, Apr 171920,15:4.
Levy, Hayman; b. Hannover, 1721; d. NYC,
1789.
Colonial merchant, major fur trader, NYC,
then Philadelphia during British occupation; a
fdr Mikveh Israel. • See: ]E; UJE; E].
Levy, Howard Spencer; b. Philadelphia,
Nov 20 1881; d. Philadelphia, Oct 1962.
M&, patent holder, Philadelphia; partner
Repro Art Machinery Co; officer Gratz; bd
Dropsie; active Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, Oct 91962,
41:1.
Levy, Helen Solomon (Mrs Emile Levy); b.
1882?; d. Chicago, Jan 261955.
Communal & civic ldr, Chicago; bd Urban
League, Natl Conf of Christians & Jews;
honorary officer Natl Council ofJewish
Women.· See:A]YB, 57:607; NYTimes, Jan 27
1955,23:4.
Levy, Helen Yeamans (Mrs Joseph LeVY)r
b. NYC, 1887?; d. NYC, May 20 1954.
Philanthropist, NYC; fdr Soc for the
Advancement ofJudaism; benefactor med
research, communal insts (Palestine). • See:
A]YB, 56:570; NYTimes, May 22 1954, 15:2.
Levy, Heniot; b. Warsaw, July 191879; d.
Chicago, June 16 1946.
To US 1890. • Pianist, composer, Chicago;
faculty Am Conservatory for Music. • See:
A]YB, 24:171,49:614; WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes,June 171946,-21:3.
Levy, Henry Levitt; b. Hartford, Oct 6
1868.
Commercial artist, Chicago. • See: WWIA],
1938. • *See Levy, Herman.
Levy, Henry Wollreich; b. NYC, Apr 7
1908.
BCS NYU. • Journalist, publicity dir, NYC;
withJTS, ORT; editor Am Heb. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Herbert; b. Baltimore, July 22 1896.
LLB U MD.· Lawyer, asst atty general,
Baltimore; bd Mt Pleasant Sanitarium,
Baltimore Heb Call; active bar assn, synagog;
WWI service.· See: WWIA], 1926,1938.
Levy, Herbert; b. Chicago, July 281897; d.
Mar 10 1966.
Northwestern, CPA U IL. • Investment
banker, Chicago; officer natl Anti-Defamation
League; WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, Mar 13 1966, 86:6.
Levy, Herman; b. Samotschin, Posen, Dec
251858; d. NYC, Oct 1951.
To US 1874.· Merchant, NYC; fdr Levy
Bros, later Century Ribbon Mills; a fdr Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies; trustee Inst for the
Deaf.· See: WWIA], 1926; NITimes, Oct 15
1951,25:1.
Levy, Herman; b. Hartford, 1868.
Painter, Chicago. • See:A]YB, 24:171. • *See
Levy, Henry Levitt
Levy, Herman; b. NYC, July 4 1885.
Exec, NYC; in fur, shipping & office supply
businesses. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Herman; b. ca 1856; d. NYC, Apr 16
1920.
Levy, Hugo; b. Zempelburg, Germany, Aug
211884; d. Brooklyn, Jan 1940.
To NYC 1889. • CCNY, LLB, LLM NYU. •
Lawyer, NYC; pres Metropolitan Conf of
Temple Bds; natl bd Natl Fedn of Temple Bds;
bd Union of Am Heb Congregations. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Jan 21 1940, 34:5.
Levy, I Harris; b. Neustadt, Poland, Feb 6
1869; d. Syracuse, July 4 1946.
To US 1870. • BA, MA Syracuse U, post-grad
Vienna. • Gastroenterologist, radiologist,
Syracuse; faculty Syracuse U; active communal
affairs; author in field; WWI med advisory bd.
• See:A]YB, 24:171,49:614; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes, July 5 1946,
19:6.
Levy, I Herbert; b. Trenton, Dec 8 1894; d.
Feb 201981.
Temple U Law. • Lawyer, Trenton; mem Bd
of Education; active synagog; WWI service. •
See: WWWIA, 7.
Levy, I Montefiore; b. NYC, Nov 8 1881/
1882/1883; d. NYC, Nov 2 1960.
AB, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, trial counsel,
domestic relations court judge, communal &
civic worker, NYC; Commr Bd of Education;
pres Jewish Forum, NY Guild for the Jewish
Blind; active Democratic politics, legal assn. •
See: UJE; A]YB, 63:561; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; NITimes, Nov 3 1960, 39:1.
Levy, Irma Boskowitz (Mrs Louis Samter
Levy); b. NYC, Apr 22 1881.
Barnard. • Welfare & educational worker,
NYC; memBd of Education; pres Irvington
House for Cardiac Children; dir Public
Education Assn. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Irving; b. NYC, May 1 1892.
Philadelphia Textile School. • Ribbon m&,
NYC; officer Convalescent Home for Heb
Children (Rockaway Park); WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938; BEOA].
Levy, Irving Jacob; b. NYC, July 241904; d.
Feb 161951.
BS CCNY, LLB, LLM Columbia. • Lawyer,
Washington DC; with New Deal agencies;
general counsel United Auto Workers; author
in field. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Levy, Irwin Jesse; b. Scranton.
BS U PA. • Jewelry co exec, Scranton. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Isaac; b. NYC, early 18th century.
Merchant, trader, landowner; his land off GA
coast lost in court battles, GA & England. •
See: UJE; PA]HS, 9:57-62.
Levy, Isaac; b. ca 1839; d. Cleveland, Nov 9
1912.
Merchant, communal worker, Cleveland. •
See:A]YB,15(1913-1914):272.
Levy, Isaac; b. ca 1828; d. New Orleans,
Feb 211914.
Civil War veteran, New Orleans. • See:A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Levy, Isaac C; b. ca 1837; d. Holly Springs,
MS, June 9 1920.
Civil War veteran, Holly Springs, MS. • See:
A]YB, 23:132.
Levy, Isaac D; b. ca 1868; d. Deal, NJ, Sep 9
1934.
Merchant, dept store exec, NYc. • See: A]YB,
37:259.
Levy, Isaac David; b. Philadelphia, Aug 26
1892; d. Nov 291975.
Business exec, Philadelphia; dir Atlantic City
Racing Assn; WWI service. • See: WWWI, 6;
NITimes, Nov 30 1975, 73:2.
Levy, Isaac H; b. Elmira, NY, ca 1880; d.
NYC, Feb 9 1948.
Lawyer, communalldr; specialty: labor law;
active natlJoint Distribution Com; WWI
service. • See: A]YB, 50:519; NYTimes, Feb 11
1948,27:1.
Levy, Isaiah; b. ca 1880; d. NYC, Oct 28
1930.
Rabbi, NYc. • See:A]YB, 33:127.
Levy, Israel; b. ca 1836; d. Cleveland, May
3 1919.
Rabbi, Cleveland.· See:A]YB, 21:206.
Levy,J Aaron; b. Little Rock, Jan 71904.
AB- U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union Call. •
Rabbi, Stockton, CA; officer Natl Council for
Prevention ofWar; chr Jewish Welfare Fund. •
See: WWWIA, 1938.
Levy,J Goseph) Leonard; b. London, Nov
241865; d. Pittsburgh, Apr 26 1917.
To US 1889.· Jews Call, BA University Coli
(both London), U Bristol (England), DD
Western U ofPA.· Rabbi, noted Reform
preacher, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh; SpanishAm War chaplain. • See: ]E; UJE; E]; A]YB,
5(1903-1904):75, 19(1917-1918):266;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Apr 27 1917,
11:5.
Levy, Jacob; b. NYC, July 15 1875; d. NYC,
Sep 1951.
LLB NYU. • Broker, bldr, communal worker,
NYC, Brooklyn; officer Soc for the
Advancement ofJudaism; trustee Fedn of
Jewish Charities,Jewish Conciliation Court;
benefactor Jewish Hospital, scholarships. • See:
A]YB, 54:540; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, Sep 11
1951,29:4.
Levy, Jacob Joshua; b. Elmira, NY, July 12
1879.
BA (PhB?), MD Syracuse U. • Physician,
Syracuse; faculty Syracuse U. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
381
Levy, James; b. ca 1827; d. Cincinnati, July
261911.
Artist, communal worker, Cincinnati. • See:
A]YB, 14(1912-1913):123.
Levy, Jeannette Victor (Mrs Isaac Clarence
Levy); b. NYC, Nov221895.
Communal & civic club woman, Evans, GA;
pres Nad Council ofJewish Women (Augusta,
GA), PTA. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Jefferson Monroe; b. NYC, 1852; d.
NYC, Mar 6 1924.
CCNY?, LLB NYU. • Congressman, lawyer,
NYC; active Democratic politics; owner
Monticello. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 2(19001901):520,6(1904-1905):138-9,24:171,
26:156;A]HQ, 53:219-52; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Mar 7 1924, 15:3~
Levy, John; b. Montreal, Apr 25 1897; d.
Boston, July 111938.
To NYC 1926. • AB McGill, MA Columbia,
MD McGill. • Psychiatrist, NYC; faculty
Columbia; author in field. • See: A]YB, 41 :426;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,July 141938, 21:3.
Levy, John Hezekiah; b. Constantinople,
June 12 1886; d. NYC, Mar 19 1966.
To US 1909. • AB, MA U CA (Berkeley), LLB
Columbia. • Lawyer, Sephardic ldr, NYC; pres
Sephardic Jewish Community of NY; active
synagog; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 68:530;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 21 1966, 33:4.
Levy, Jonas Phillips; b. Philadelphia, 1807;
d. NYC, 1883.
Naval officer, merchant, communalldr,
Washington DC; fdr synagog; active Bd of
Delegates of Am Israelites; Mexican War
service.· See:]E; UJE; E]; PA]HS, 26:213.
Levy, Joseph; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Apr 17 1939.
Rabbi, head Sephardic Bet Din, Brooklyn. •
See:A]YB, 41:427.
Levy,Joseph B; b. ca 1851; d. Philadelphia,
Mar261915.
Inventor photoengraving camera, Philadelphia.
• See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):221.
Levy, Joseph Benjamin; b. Kiel, 1870.
To US 1939. • Cantor, Frankfurt, NYC;
author, compiler prayer book, hymnal, Heb
text book. • See: UJE.
Levy, Joseph Irwin; b. Brooklyn, Jan 8
1900.
CE Columbia. • Civil engineer, real estate
developer, LI, Bayonne.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Levy, Joseph Michael; b. Pensacola, Sep 16
1881.
Broker, Pensacola; trustee synagog. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Jules; b. ca 1835; d. Chicago, Nov 28
1903.
Cornetist, band ldr, Chicago, London, Paris;
active charitable orgs. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):372; NYTimes, Nov 291903,2:1.
Levy, Julia Hartman (Mrs Frederick Levy);
b. Czechoslovakia, July 4 1872; d. Bronx,
Levy, Louis Samter
Feb 201961.
To US 1876. • Communalldr, NYC; nad pres
United Order ofTrue Sisters; a fdr NY
Philanthropic League. • See:A]YB, 63:561;
NYTimes, Feb 261961,92:6.
Levy, Julien; b. NYC, Jan 221906; d. New
Haven, Feb 1981.
Harvard. • Art gallery owner, dealer, authority
on surrealism, NYC. • See: WWIA.], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, Feb 111981, D23:1.
Levy, Julius; b. Baltimore, Feb 21868; d.
Baltimore, Nov 22 1926.
Merchant, straw hat mfr, philanthropist,
Baltimore; a fdr Baltimore Heb ColI, Museum
ofArt; benefactor Jewish Educational Alliance.
• See: UJE;A]YB, 24:171; PA]HS, 31:281-82.
Levy, Kate; b. NYC.
MD Northwestern (Womens Med School). •
Physician, communal worker, Chicago; faculty
Womens Med School; active Heb Inst; author
articles on Judaism, Jewish health. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):79-80.
Levy, Leo Samuel; b. Virginia City, NV,
Apr 171886; d. Apr 221961.
U NV, Stanford. • Managing editor Oakland
(CA) Tribune. • See: WWWIA, 4; NYTimes,
Apr 24 1961,29:4.
Levy, Leon; b. Philadelphia, June 6 1895; d.
Aug91978.
DDS U PA; honorary degrees. • Dentist, then
business exec; with CBS; active horseracing,
thoroughbred breeding; WWI service, WWII
consult. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Levy, Leon Michel; b. Carbondale, PA, Feb
191882.
Princeton, LLB U PA. • Lawyer, federal
receiver, Scranton; bd B'nai B'rith Orphanage;
active Democratic politics, Jewish Fedn. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Levy, Leon Theodore; b. NYC, Feb 24
1891.
Musician, composer, New Rochelle; fdr,
conductor Young Folks Symphony Concerts. •
See: WWIA.], 1928.
Levy, LeonardJ; see Levy,J Leonard.
Levy, Leonard Solon; b. Cleveland, Sep 16
1895.
AB, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer, city treasurer,
communal tchr, Cleveland; active Jewish Big
Bros, Republican politics; WWI Red Cross &
military service. • See: WWIA.], 1938.
Levy, Leonard Wtlliam.; b. Toronto, 1923.
Am constitutional historian, Waltham, MA,
Claremont, CA; faculty, dean Brandeis; faculty
Claremont ColI; active Am Jewish Cong;
author/editor in field. • See: E].
Levy, Leopold; b. Altenstadt, Bavaria, 1828;
d. Richmond, Nov 15 1887.
To VA ca 1848. • Confederate Civil War
veteran, Richmond; his war service described
in wife Rosena's letter. • See: A]HQ, 62:306-
13.
Levy, Leopold; b. Brooklyn, Sep 271866; d.
before 1938.
NY Law. • Lawyer, NYC. • See: WWIA.],
1926.
Levy, Leopold H; b. ca 1840; d. St Louis,
Jan 41920.
Captain, Civil War veteran, St Louis. • See:
A]YB, 20:167.
Levy, Lester L; b. Marlin, TX, Jan 15 1898.
TX A & M. • Ice cream mfr, acting mayor,
Waco, TX; chr Red Cross. • See: WWIA.],
1938.
Levy, Lewis; b. ca 1858; d. Seattle, Apr 18
1938.
Pioneer setder, jeweler, park commr,
legislator, Seatde. • See: A]YB, 40:388.
Levy, Lillian Hendricks Wolff (Mrs L
Napoleon Levy); b. July 1868.
Communal worker, NYC; active Nad Council
ofJewish Women, JTS, Heb Immigrant Aid
Soc; WWI with Red Cross, Jewish Welfare Bd.
• See: WWIA.], 1928, 1938.
Levy, Lionel Faraday; b. Philadelphia, Sep
13 1884.
BS U PA. • Chemical engineer,
photoengraver, exec, Philadelphia; officer Heb
Immigrant Aid Soc; dir Heb Education Soc;
active public radio. • See: WWIA.], 1926, 1928,
1938; WWWIA, 7.
Levy, Lipman; b. Schokken, Germany, Aug
25 1836; d. Cincinnati, Mar 251918.
LLB U Cincinnati. • Merchant, lawyer,
communalldr, Cincinnati; longtime secy
Union of Am Heb Congregations, responsible
for Report; officer B'nai B'rith. • See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):80,20(1918-1919):229.
Levy, Louis; b. Paducah, Feb 7 1889.
MD U TN. • Ophthalmologist,
otorhinolaryngologist, Memphis; fdr Eye, Ear,
Nose & Throat Hospital; pres Council of Soc
Agencies; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:
WWIA.], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Levy, Louis; b. Melville, LA.
Tulane. • Surgeon, New Orleans. • See:
WWIA.],1926.
Levy, Louis Edward; b. Stenowitz,
Bohemia, Oct 12 1846; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 161919.
To US ca 1854. • U MI.· Photochemist,
inventor, civic & communalldr, editor, author,
Philadelphia; inventor "Levy line screen";
editor Evening Post; orgr Assn for the Relief &
Protection ofJewish Immigrants. • See:]E;
UJE; E]; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):139-40,21:206;
WWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes, Feb 18 1919,
11:6.
Levy, Louis Napoleon; b. ca 1859; d. NYC~
Apr 91921.
Communal worker, US Loan Commr, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 23:132; NYTimes, Apr 111921,
11:3.
Levy, Louis Samter; b. Portland, AL, Aug 8
1877; d. NYC, Aug 1952.
382
Levy, Louis Spencer
AB Yale, LLB, MA Columbia.· Lawyer, art
collector, NYC; active art museums; disbarred.
• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
NYTimes, Aug 5 1952, 19:1.
Levy, Louis Spencer; b. Easton, PA, Mar 9
1878.
Heb Technical Inst, Columbia. • Editor,
publisher, NYC; pres Perfumer Publishing
Comp, publisher • Perfumer & Essential Oil
Review. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Levy, M D; b. ca 1837; d. Springfield, OH,
Apr 141913.
Communal worker, Springfield, OH. • See:
AJYB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Levy, Mansfield Goldberg; b. Buffalo, Jan
23 1886.·
MD U Buffalo, post,-grad Harvard. •
Pediatrician, Buffalo; consultJewish
Nutritional Clinic. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levy, Marion Joseph Jr; b. Galveston, 1918.
Sociologist, Princeton; faculty Princeton;
specialty: Far East, family; author in field. •
See: EJ.
Levy, Mark; b. Marion, IN, ~ay 20 1879; d.
Chicago, Apr 1956.
Real estate expert, livestock shipper, Chicago;
specialty: land appraisals; officer local, state,
nat! real estate bds; author in field; WWI
government-service. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Apr 15 1956,88:7.
Levy, Marshall P; b. ca 1840; d. NYC, Sep
1919.
Merchant, Civil War veteran, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 22:167.
Levy, Marx; b. ca 1850; d. New Orleans,
Sep 161910.
Physician, New Orleans. • See: AJYB,
13(1911-1912):135.
Levy, Marx; b. ca 1852; d. Berwick, PA,
Aug 301911.
City Councilman, Berwick, PA. • See: AJYB,
14(1912-1913):124.
Levy, Matthew Malitz; b. Brest-Litovsk,
Mar 11899; d. Bronx, Sep 41971.
To US 1904.. • BS U GA, Harvard Law. •
Lawyer, state supreme court judge, communal
ldr, NYC; niemJewish Conciliation Court; bd
ORT, Council ofJewish Fedns & Welfare
Funds; active bar assns, socialist politics; author
in field; WWI service. • See:AJYB, 73:633;
WWIAJ,1938; WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Sep5
1971,41:1.
Levy, Maurice; b. ca 1845; d. NYC, July
1932.
Banker, politician, KS pioneer, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 35:126.
Levy, Maurice; b. Philadelphia, Aug 6 1890.
MD U Toronto. • Physician, Denver; advisor
Jewish Comsumptives Relief Soc; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levy, Maurice Bert; b. Hazelton, PA, Mar
12 1903.
Lehigh, George Washington. • Metallurgical
engineer, Bethlehem, PA; faculty Lehigh. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Levy, Maurice Jacques; b. NYC, July 12
1890.
AB Amherst CoIl, LLB Harvard. • Lawyer,
Greenfield, MA; WWI service. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levy, Max; b. NYC, Aug 22 1870; d.
Newport, Nov 191941.
District court judge, legislator, Newport. •
See:AJYB, 44:341; WWIAJ, 1928.
Levy, Max; b. NYC, May 9 1886; d. Staten
Island, Jan 2 1966.
LLB, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, communalldr,
Port Richmond, Staten Island, earlier Bayonne;
pres NJ Fedn ofYM & YWHAs,Jewish
Community Center; active Democratic
politics. • See: AJYB, 68:530; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Jan4 1966,27:3.
Levy, Max; b. Detroit, Mar 9 1857; d.
Allenhurst, N],July 311926.
Photoengraver, Baltimore, Philadelphia; coinventor etched screen process; WWI
government service. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):140,24:171; WWWIA, 1; DAB.
Levy, Max; b. Galveston, Oct 6 1868.
EE Cornell. • Electrical engineer,Galveston. •
See:AJYB, 6(1904-1905):140.
Levy, Meyer; b. NYC, Nov 25 1876; d.
Bronx, Feb 1964.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, "Dean of Bronx
Lawyers," NYC; officer Am Jewish Com, bar
assns; active local, nat! Zionist Org ofAm;
WWI mem draft bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Feb 141964,29:2.
Levy, Meyer; b. NYC, May 16 1887; d.
NYC,Jan 1967.
NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, NYC;
represented CA Dept ofMental Health; active
Democratic Party. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, Jan 27 1967, 45: 1.
Levy, Meyer H; b. San Bernardino, CA,
Apr 271865; d. San Francisco, July 21
1944.
Communal welfare worker, pioneer in Jewish
social work, San Francisco; mgr Heb Bd of
Relief; exec com Nat! Conf ofJewish Charities;
orgr relief for immigrants; author in field. •
See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):80,47:527.
Levy, Meyer S; b. London, Jan 161852; d.
San Francisco, Oct 111916.
Jews Free School (London); honorary degree. •
Rabbi, San Francisco, other west coast
synagogs, Honolulu.· See:AJYB, 5(19031904):75,19(1917-1918):266.
Levy, Michael; b. NYC, May 61876.
Publisher, St Louis; publisher Retail Marketing
News; active civic & commercial affairs. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Levy, Michael; b. Chicago,June 3 1877.
Pres, Beth EI Temple, Chicago.•. See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Levy, Michael S; b, ca 1836; d. Baltimore,
May 8 1911.
Mfr, philanthropist, Baltimore. • See:AJYB,
13(1911-1912):138.
Levy, Millie Abrahams (Mrs Abraham
Levy); b. ca 1864; d. NYC, Jan 311940.
Communal worker, NYC; bd Fedn of]ewish
Womens Orgs; active synagog. • See: AJYB,
42:481; NYTimes, Feb 11940,21:2.
Levy, Milton; b. St Louis, July 13 1903; d.
Oct 301976.
BS Washington U (St Louis), PhD St Louis U.
• Biochemist, NYC; faculty NYU. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes, Nov 2
1976,32:3.
Levy, Morris; b. Nashville, Feb 24 1878.
MS Normal School. • Communal worker,
insurance agent, Pensacola; mem Bd of Pilot
Commrs for Port of Pensacola; WWI chr
Jewish Welfare Bd. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Levy, Morris Les; b. London, July 4 1890.
To US 1899. • CCNY, MD NYU, UVienna.
• Surgeon, Brooklyn; author in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Levy, Morton Henry; b. Savannah, Jan 19
1890.
BS GA Tech, post-grad Europe. • Architect,
Savannah; officer professional orgs, B'nai
B'rith; WWI military bldi. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Levy, Moses; b. England, ca 1665; d. NYC,
1728.
To US before 1695.· NY merchant &
landowner. • See: EJ.
Levy,Moses;b.Philadelphia, 1757;d.
Philadelphia, May 91826.
U PA. • Lawyer, district court judge, legislator,
Philadelphia; trustee U PA. • See: JE; UJE; EJ.
Levy, Moses Albert; b.*; d. Matagorda, TX,
after 1848.
To Richmond 1818. • TX patriot, civic
worker, surgeon; volunteer in war for TX
independence, cited for bravery. • See: PAJRS,
46:101-13,49:202-07.
Levy, Moses Elias; b. Mogador, Morocco,
ca 1782.
To US 1821. • Pioneer Jewish settlerin FL;
campaigned to estJewish boarding school;
father of Congressman & Senator David L
Yulee, • See: E]; PAJRS, 25:132-34.
Levy, Myron Benjamin; b. Syracuse, June
281887; d. NYC, Sep 1956.
Cotton converter, NYC; a fdr Fedn of]ewish
Philanthropies; officer trade assn. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 23 1956,84:8.
Levy, Nathan; b. Feb 1704; d. Philadelphia,
Dec 23 1753.
Shipowner, fdr first Jewish cemetery in
Philadelphia; came from NYC, mem Shearith
Israel. • See: JE; UJE; EJ.
Levy; Will I (L)
Levy, Nathan; b. South Bend, Oct 25 1909.
AB, JD U MI. • Lawyer, city atty, South Bend;
active civic fundraising. • See: WWWIA, 6.
BS, MA Armour lost, PhD IL Tech. • Paper
co exec, patent holder, Kalamazoo; author in
field; military service. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Levy, Nathan; b. NYC, Dec 1 1876; d.
NYC, July 1963.
Bldr, communal worker, philanthropist, NYC;
bldrapartment houses, theatres; pres United
Jewish Aid Soc, United Synagogue of Am;
benefactor Yeshiva ColI, Brooklyn Jewish
Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July
71963,53:1.
Levy, Rosena Hutzler (Mrs Leopold Levy);
b. Richmond, May 271840; d.
Richmond, May 28 19J4.
Left letter/memoir of life during Civil War &
of husbands military service, Amelia, VA, then
Richmond. • See:A]HQ, 62:306-13.
.Levy, Neville; b. Aug 14 1892.
BS Tulane, US School ofMilitary Aeronautics
(OH State), US Naval Academy, US
Submarine School (New London, CT). •
Engineer, business exec, New Orleans; bd
Public Library; WWI reserve service. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Levy, Newman; b. NYC, Nov 30 1888; d.
NYC, Mar 22 1966.
BA, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, asst district atty,
NYC; counsel Am Jewish Com; author music
criticism, huinor, poetry; WWI service. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 68:530; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Mar 23
1966,47:1.
Levy, Oscar; b. Honesdale, PA, Feb 81882.
Mfr, millowner, NYc. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, Philip; b. ca 1872; d. Allentown, PA,
Sep 211935.
Newspaper,theatricalmgr,Allentown,PA. •
See:A]YB,38:431.
Levy, Raphael; b. Baltimore, Nov 41900; d.
July 18 1969.
AB, MA, PhD Johns Hopkins, U Paris. •
Romance language tchr, Baltimore; faculty U
Baltimore; author in field. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 5.
Levy, Robert; b. Hamilton, Ontario, May
30 1864; d. Denver, July 1 1945.
To Denver 1879. • AB U Denver, MD
Bellevue, post-grad Germany, Vienna. •
Physician, Denver; faculty U CO; a fdr Nat!
Jewish Hospital, Gross Med Call; author in
field; WWI service. • See: A]YB, 48:494;
WWIA], 1928,1938; BEAD]; WWWIA, 2.
Levy, Robert]; b. New Orleans, Aug 31
1902; d. Mar 111974.
Tulane, AB Harvard. • Business exec, NYC;
honorary bd AltroHealth & Rehabilitation
Services; WWII military & government
service. • See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Mar 13
1974,44:3.
Levy, Robert Louis; b. NYC, Oct 14 1888;
d. Nov 23 1974.
AB Yale, MD Johns Hopkins.· Physician,
cardiologist, NYC; faculty Columbia; officer
med sacs; advisor Irvington House for Cardiac
Children; author/editor in field; WWI service.
• See:A]YB, 24:171; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938;NYTimes, Nov241974, 61:3.
Levy, Robert Michael; b. Chicago, Mar 1
1916; d. Feb 14 1974.
Levy, Rudolph; b. Stettin, 1875.
To US 1935/1937. • Painter, Berlin; specialty:
still life, portraits.·· See: UJE.
Levy, Russell David; b. Indianapolis, May
271903; d. Mar is 1966.
BS U IL. • Engineer, hotel exec, NYC; with
ZeckendorfCorp.· See: WWWIA, 4.
Levy, Samson; b. *
Colonial merchant, famous social orgr,
Philadelphia; a fdr City Dancing Assembly
(1748). • See: ]E.
Levy, Samson; b. ca 1842; d. Newburyport,
MA, Feb 41917.
~ostmaster, legislator, Newburyport, MA' •
See:A]YB, 19(1917-1918):266.
Levy, Samson]r; b. Philadelphia, 1761; d.
Philadelphia, Dec is 1831.
Lawyer, incorporator PAAcademy of Fine
Arts; one of the best-known Philadelphia
lawyers, intelligent, witty; convert to
Christianity. • See: ]E; UJE.
Levy, Samuel; b. NYC, Mar 17 1876; d.
NYC, Mar is 1953.
BS CCNY, LLB NY Law; honorary degree. •
Lawyer, public official, NYC; pres Borough of
Manhattan, Nat! Council for Young Israel;
mem NY Bd of Education; officer Am] ewish
Congo • See: UJE; A]YB, 55:457; WWIA],
1938; BEAO]; NYTimes, Mar 161953,19:1.
J.Jevy, Samuel David; b. Brooklyn,]an 12
1860/1862/1864/1866; d.NYC, Dec
1940.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, inuncicipal, childrens &
domestic relations court judge, communalldr,
NYC; officer HebSheltering Guardian Soc
Orphan Asylum; dir numerous welfare orgs;
active youth, educational work; author/editor
in field. • See: UJE; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):80,
43:361; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEAO];
WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, Dec 261940,19:3.
Levy, Samuel Henry; b. NYC, ca 1861; d.
NYC, Feb 1953.
Packard Business Call, CCNY. • Hat mfr,
NYC; active Fedn of] ewish Philanthropies. •
See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Feb 22 1953,
60:6.
Levy, SamuelJulian; b. St Louis, Aug 18
1881.
LLB U MN. • Lawyer, ·Minneapolis; specialty:
labor relations as representative of employer
assns; active synagog; WWI legal advisor. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Levy, S~uel Kantor; b. NYC, Mar 31
1894.
CCNY, MD LI Call Hospital, post-grad
Austria, Germany. • Physician, Brooklyn;
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1928,1938.
Levy, Samuel Wolff; b. Haegen, AlsaceLorraine, Nov 2 1830.
To US 1846, returned to CA from Panama,
1851.· Communal charity pioneer, San
Francisco; a fdr, pres Pacific Heb Orphan
Asylum, Associated Charities; officer Masons.
• See:A]YB, 7(1905-1906):81.
Levy, Saul; b. Utica, June 25/26 1891; d.
NYC, Feb 241964.
BCS NYU, LLB Brooklyn Law. • Lawyer,
CPA, municipal consult, NYC; officer
professional soCs; active Hadassah; WWI
service; WWII army consult. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Feb 25
1964,32:1.
Levy, Sidney H; b. Rochester, NY, Feb 24
1892.
U Rochester, MD U Buffalo. • Physician,
Buffalo. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Levy Simon; b. ca 1846; d. Cincinnati, May
3 1933.
Cantor, Cincinnati. • See:A]YB, 35:126.
Levy, Simon, M; b.*; d. GA, 1807.
Early (first]ewish) West Point graduate
(1802), engineer. • See:A]HQ, 61:69-73.
Levy, Solomon; b. Tosh, Hungary, 1894; d.
Brooklyn, ] an 17 1981.
To US 1939. • Rabbi, Brooklyn, formerly
Grand Rabbi, Rust, Czechoslovakia. • See:
A]YB, 83:358.
Levy, Sylvan; b. Alsace, Apr 26 1870; d.
NYC, Nov 19 1934.
Exec, insurance expert, civic & communal
worker, NYC; officer Training School for
Nurses; dir BrooklynJewish Hospital. • See:
A]YB, 37:259; WWIA], 1928.
Levy, T Aaron; b. Canton, PA,]une 30
1874.
AB, LLB, PhD Syracuse U, post-grad
Columbia, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge U. •
Lawyer, public official, Syracuse; mem Bd of
Education; faculty Syracuse U; pres Housing
Authority, Americanization League; charter
mem Am Jewish Cong; WWI draft bd service.
• See:A]YB, 24:172; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938; BEAO]; NYTimes,]an 81955,13:4.
Levy, Theodore]; b. ca 1888; d.
Owensboro, KY, Feb 27 1919.
Rabbi, Owensboro, KY.· See:A]YB, 21:206.
Levy, Uriah Phillips; b. Philadelphia, Apr
221792; d. NYC, Mar 22 1862.
US naval officer; controversial figure through 6
court martials; fought anti-Semitism, corporal
punishment; bought, refurbished Monticello. •
See:]E; UJE; E];A]YB, 4(1902-1903):42-45;
PA]HS, 39:1-66,A]HQ, 53:219-252;.DAB.
Levy, Will I (L); b. Paducah, Feb 9 1897; d.
NYC,]an 1959.
BS Dartmouth, MIT, Harvard, Army-Navy
384
Levy, William
ColI. • Banker, dept store exec, NYC; with
Lehman Bros; WWII on staff of Eisenhower. •
See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Jan 31
1959,19:3.
Levy, William; b. England, 1856; d.
Gardiner, ME, July 271931.
Mfr, communal worker, Baltimore. • See:
A]YB, 24:172,34:112.
Levy, William Auerbach; b. Brest-Litovsk,
Feb 141889.
To US 1905.· CCNY, NatlAcademyof
Design, Academie Julien. • Painter, etcher,
tchr, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:172; WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
Levy, William Lester; b. ca 1876; d.
Detroit, May 1934.
Actor, playwright, Detroit. • See: A]YB,
36:283.
Levy, William M; b. New Orleans, Dec 31
1866.
IL CoIl Gacksonville), abroad. • Architect, St
Louis; bldrJewish Hospital, Jewish
Sanatorium. • See: A]YB, 6(1904-1905):140,
24:172; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Levy, William Mallory; b. Isle ofWight,
VA, 1827; d. Saratoga, NY, 1882.
William & Mary. • Congressman, LA;
Mexican War & Confederate Civil War
service. • See: UJE.
Lewi, Isidor; b. Albany, NY, May 9 1850; d.
NYC, Jan 1939.
Journalist, NYC; publisher New Illustrated
Magazine; staff Herald Tribune, Albany papers;
editorial writer NYTimes; active synagog;
WWI war correspondent. • See: ]E; UJE;
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):140,24:172,41:427;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, Jan 3 1939, 17:1.
Lewi, Joseph; b. Radnitz, Bohemia, Aug 17
1820; d. Albany, NY, Dec 191897.
To US 1849. • U Prague, MD U Vienna. •
Physician, Albany, NY. • See: ]E; UJE.
Lewi, MauriceJ; b. Albany, NY, Dec 1
1857; d. 1957.
MD Albany Med CoIl, post-grad U
Heidelberg, U Vienna. • Physician, pioneer
podiatrist, Albany, NY; mem State Bd of
Regents, State Bd ofMed Examiners; faculty
Albany Med ColI; officer med socs; author in
field. • See:]E; UJE; E]; WWlA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Lewi, William Grant; b. Albany, NY, Mar
23 1870.
PhG Albany ColI of Pharmacy, MD Albany
Med ColI. • Physician, NYC; specialty:
asthma, hay fever; author in field; WWI med
examiner. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lewie (Levin), Joseph Mayer; b. Vilna,
1870.
Rabbi, Atlanta. • See: Gottlieb, 293.
Levy, Wolf; b. ca 1890; d. Brooklyn, Dec 17
1940.
Rabbi, Brooklyn; fdr Yeshiva of Flatbush. •
See:A]YB, 43:361;NYTimes, Dec 181940,
25:2.
Lewin, Aaron William; b. NYC, Aug 31
1902.
BS Harvard. • Advertising agent, Newark. •
See: WWlA], 1938.
Levyn, Lester I; b. Buffalo, Dec 28 1887; d.
June 24 1938.
U Buffalo, MD U MD, post-grad Germany,
England, Holland. • Physician, communal
worker, Buffalo; noted X-ray specialist. • See:
A]YB, 40:388; WWIA], 1926.
.
Lewin, Adolph L; b. Wronke, Germany,
Feb 25 1871.
MA Duquesne, MD Western PA Med ColI,
post-grad Johns Hopkins, Frederick William U
(Berlin). • Physician, Pittsburgh. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Lewando, Ralph; b. Boston, Apr 281891.
Vienna Academy. • Violinist, composer, editor,
Pittsburgh; faculty PA CoIl for Women; fdr
Brahms Trio. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lewin, Albert; b. Brooklyn, Sep 22/23
1894; d. NYC, May 1968.
AB NYU, MA Harvard. • Motion picture
writer, producer, exec, Hollywood, CA; with
MGM, Paramount Pictures; "Moon &
Sixpence"; fundraiser Am Jewish Com,Jewish
Welfare Bd, Joint Distribution Com. • See:
WWlA], 1938; NYTimes, May 101968,44:1.
Lewengood, Louis; b. Bavaria, Feb 221822;
d. NYC,Jan 291913.
To US 1842.· Communal worker, dealer in
tailors trimmings, NYC; a fdr Heb Benevolent
& Fuel Assn, United Reb Charities, Heb
Orphan Asylum. • See:A]YB, 15(19131914):272; NYTimes, Jan 301913,11:5.
Lewenthal, Abram; b. Germany; d.
Cleveland Hgts, Apr 171943.
To US as child. • Lawyer, legislator, judge,
communal & philanthropic worker,
Brookhaven, MS, Cleveland; officer B'nai
B'rith, Mt Sinai. • See:A]YB, 45:389.
Lewi, Emita Peninah WolffMay (Mrs
!sidor Lewi); b. La Guayra, Venezuela,
1851; d. NYC, 1931.
Helped found Emanu-EI Sisterhood for
Personal Service, NYC. • See: UJE (sub Lewi,
Isidor).
Lewin, Bertram David; b. Victoria, TX,
Nov 301896; d.Jan 1971.
AB U TX, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad
Berlin Psychoanalytic Inst. • Psychiatrist,
psychoanalyst, NYC; faculty NY
Psychoanalytic Inst; officer professional soc;
author/editor in field.•. See: WWlA], 1938;
BEOA]; NITimes, Jan)2 1971,38:3.
Lewin, Hannah (Mrs); b. ca 1862; d.
Malden, MA,July 301935.
Communal worker, Malden, MA. • See: A]YB,
38:431.
Lewin, Kurt Zadek; b. Mogilno, Posen, Sep
9 1890; d.Newtonville, MA, Feb 12
1947.
To US 1932/1933.· PhD UBerlin.·
Educator, child psychologist; faculty U Berlin,
U IA; dir Inst (MIT); active Am Jewish Cong;
author in field; WWI German army service,
WWII US government service. • See: UJE;
E];A]YB, 49:614; WWIA], 1938; BEOA];
WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4; NYTimes, Feb 13 1947,
23:5.
Lewin, Philip; b. Chicago, June 18 1888; d.
May 1960.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl, post-grad
Sorbonne. • Orthopedic surgeon, Chicago;
mem State Commn on Infantile Paralysis;
faculty Cook County Grad School,
Northwestern; officer med socs; WWI service.
• See: UJE; WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 4;
NITimes, May 14 1960,23:6.
Lewin (Levin?), Samuel; b. Minsk, 1877.
To US 1906. • Rabbi, Manchester, NH,
Hamilton, Ontario. • See: Gottlieb, 300.
Lewin, Samuel; b. Konska Wola, Poland,
Mar 12 1890; d. Bronx, June 3 1959.
To US 1935.· Yiddish author, novelist, poet,
NYc. • See: A]YB, 61 :418; NYTimes, June 5
1959,27:5.
Lewin, Samuel Aaron; b. Kiev, Jan 7 1877;
d. Staten Island,Jan 1953.
Cornell, Eclectic Med CoIl (NYC). •
Physician, dermatologist, Staten Island;
author/lecturer in field, popular. • See:
WWlA], 1926; NITimes, Jan 151953,27:2.
Lewin, Samuel Herz; b. Vtlna, Aug 15
1884; d. Aug 15 1939.
To US 1912. • Composer, cantor, tchr,Jersey
City; faculty Ostpreussisches Konservatorium,
German-Am Conservatory ofMusic;
conductor Royal Playhouse. • See: A]YB,
42:481; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lewin-Epstein, Elias Wolf (Elihu); b.
Vilkovishken, Poland,July 22 1863; d.
Berlin, July 18 1932.
Wine co exec, Zionist, NYC; a fdr Carmel
Wine Co, agricultural colony (Palestine). •
See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):141, 35:126.
Lewine, Jerome; b. Brooklyn, Feb 4 1885;
d. Dec 30 1962.
Banker, broker, communal ldr, NYC; pres
Commodity Exchange; officer NY Guild for
Jewish Blind, Jewish Hospital, trade assn; dir
Dr Simon Baruch Found. • See: WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Dec 31 1962, 4:5.
Lewine, William; b. NYC, Aug 12 1889.
MA Columbia, PhD NYU. • English tchf,
Newark; pioneer in use & research about
educational films; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938.
Lewinski-Corvin, Edward; b. Poland.
Writer, social worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,
24:172.
Lewinsohn, A; b. *
Rabbi, Oklahoma City. • See: A]YB, 7(19051906):122.
Lewis, Theodore N
385
Lewinson, Benno; b. Buk, Germany, Sep 27
1854; d. NYC, Feb 16 1935.
To US 1866. • BS, MS CCNY, LLB
Columbia. • Lawyer, NYC; specialty:
copyright & corporate law; editor Reformer; fdr
professional assn.· See:A]YB, 37:259;
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Lewinson, Ruth; b. NYC, July 1 1895.
AB Hunter, JD NYU. • Lawyer, author, NYC;
specialty: surrogate law; mem Bd of Higher
Education; officer professional assn; trustee
Hunter; active Fedn of Wornens Clubs. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Lewinthal, Isidore; b. Seelow, Germany,
Oct 17 1849; d. May 17 1922.
To US 1870s. • Rabbi, Nashville; earlier Baton
Rouge, San Antonio. • See:A]YB, 5(19031904):75,24:102; WWWIA, 1; NYTimes, May
181922,19:6.
Lewis, Albert; b. Kolno, Poland, Mar 15
1885; d. Beverly Hills, Apr 1978.
To US ca 1888. • Theatrical producer, mgr
vaudeville stars, Hollywood, CA; "The Jazz
Singer."· See: WWIA], 1926, 1928; NYTimes,
Apr 10 1978, IT 2:4.
Lewis, Alvin; b. NYC, Sep 9 i896.
BS CCNY, CE Columbia. • Chemical
engineer, exec, NYC; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Lewis, Bernard; b. London, 1916.
Honorary degrees. • Near East scholar,
Princeton; faculty Inst for Advanced Study
(princeton). • See: E]; E]: 1973-1982.
Lewis, Bernard; b. London, Nov 11899.
To US 1908. • BS MIT, MA Harvard, PhD
Cambridge. • Physical chemist, Pittsburgh;
with Bureau ofMines; author in field. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Lewis, Chayim.; b. ca 1860; d. Scranton,
Nov61910.
Rabbi, Scranton.· See:A]YB, 13(19111912):136.
Lewis, Clarence Martin; b. NYC, Aug 17
1882; d. before 1938.
CCNY, NY Law. • Lawyer, NYc. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Lewis, Dave; b. Louisville, Dec 22 1870.
Stage & vaudeville actor, NYc. • See:
WWWIA,5.
Lewis, David C; b. NYC, Sep 8 1884.
LLB NY Law. • Lawyer, legislator, municipal
judge, NYc.. See: WWIA], 1938.
Lewis, Emanuel; b. Savannah, Aug 3 1904.
LLB U GA. • Lawyer, municipal judge,
Savannah; pres Jewish Educational Alliance;
mem Nat! Council for Palestine; active Am
Jewish Congo • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lewis, Fred Albert; b. Talladega, AL, Apr
13 1895.
AB, MA U AL, PhD OH State. •
Mathematician, Tuscaloosa; faculty U AL;
WWI service. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lewis, HMyron; b. Utica, Jan 41895; d.
Apr 1966.
LLB Syracuse U. • Municipal judge, Utica;
pres Jewish Commuity Council, State
Magistrates Assn. • See: WWIA],. 1926, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, May 11966,87:2.
Lewis, Harry Emerson; b. NYC, Mar 16
1879/1880; d. Saranac Lake, NY, Aug
1948.
District atty, county & state supreme court
(appellate division) judge, Brooklyn; officer
Jewish Hospital; active Republican politics. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 24:172; WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Aug 241948, 2}:1.
Lewis, Harry M; b. NYC, Mar 8 1888; d.
Suffolk, NY, Sep 1957.
Realtor, insurance broker, government
appraiser, Brooklyn; officer YMHA; active
professional assns. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 61957,21:3.
Lewis, Harry Samuel; b. London, July 31
1863; d. Apr 28 1940.
To US 1913. • AB, MA Cambridge U, Dr of
Jewish TheologyJewish Inst of Religion. •
Rabbi, author, prison chaplain, Manchester,
London, NYC; faculty Jewish Inst of Religion;
a fdr Jewish Religious Union (England); officer
NY Vegetarian Soc.· See: UJE; A]YB, 24:172,
42:481; WWIA], 1926,1938.
Lewis, Harry Samuel; b. Washington DC,
Feb 10 1880.
MD George Washington. • Physician,
surgeon, Washington DC; officer Heb Home
for the Aged; author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Lewis, Herbert Leflmvitz; b. Austin, MN,
Oct 161898; d. May 51971.
BA, MA U MN. • Editor, Pioneer Press &
Dispatch, St Paul; active Foreign Policy Assn;
WWI service. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,
May 6 1971,46:3.
Lewis, Israel; b. Lithuania, 1871?; d.
Brooklyn, Dec 301951.
Realtor, communalldr, Brooklyn; pres Talmud
Torah; trustee Fedn of]ewish Charities;
benefactor Maimonides Hospital. • See: A]YB,
54:540; NYTimes, Dec 311951,13:3.
Lewis, Jack; b. Baltimore, Sep 15 1884.
Communal worker, funeral dir, Baltimore;
mem State Bd of Undertakers; officer
professional assns. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lewis, Joseph; b. Montgomery, AL, June
111889.
Author, freethinker; fdr Freethinkers of Am;
active fight for separation of church & state,
nonsectarian schools; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Lewis, Kassel; b. NYC, Nov 211896; d.
Mar 1969.
BS Harvard. • Textile merchant, NYC; bd
Menorah Assn,]ewish Forum; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Mar 19 1969,
47:3.
Lewis, Leon Lawrence; b. Hurley, WI, Sep
5 1888; d. Los Angeles, May 20 1954.
UWI, George Washington, PhB,JD U
Chicago. • Lawyer, realtor, communal exec,
Los Angeles; nat! exec dir Anti-Defamation
League; exec secy B'nai B'rith, Community
Relations Co; a fdr Hillel Founds; fdr, editor
B'nai B'rith Magazine; WWI service. • See:
A]YB, 56:570; WWIA], 1926, 1938; NYTimes,
May22 1954,15:3.
Lewis,MartinJohn;b. Berlin, Mar 12
1906.
To NYC 1926. • U Berlin. • Theatrical mgr,
publicity dir, NYC; orgr Zionist Youth
Movement (Middle Europe). • See: WWlA],
1938.
Lewis, Norman; b. NYC, Dec 301912.
BA CCNY, MA Columbia. • English educator,
author, "Whittier, CA; faculty Rio Hondo COlli
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8.
Lewis, Oscar; b. NYC, Dec 25 1914; d.
NYC, Dec 161970.
BS CCNY, PhD Columbia. • Anthropologist,
Urbana, IL; faculty U IL; author in field;
WWII government service. • See: E];
WWWIA, 5; DAB, 8; NYTimes, Dec 18 1970,
42:1.
Lewis~
Salim L; b. Brookline, MA, Oct 5
1908; d. NYC, Apr 29 1978.
Business exec, communal & civic fundraiser,
philanthropist, NYC; mem Bd of Edcuation; a
fdr, pres Assocd YM-YWHAs; benefactor Mt
Sinai. • See: A]YB, 80:369; NYTimes, May 1
1978, IV 8:4.
Lewis, Sam; b. *
Songwriter, NYc. • See: A]YB, 24:172.
Lewis, Samuel Alexander; b. NYClLondon,
1831; d. Greenwich, CT, May 311913.
To US as infant. • Politician, acting mayor,
philanthropist, NYC; pres Bd of Alderman; a
fdr Mt Sinai; trustee CCNY. • See: ]E; E];
E]:1973-1982; A]YB, 15(1913-1914):272;
NYTimes,]une 11913, IV 7:6.
Lewis, Samuel J; b. Kalamazoo, June 2
1887.
DDS Detroit Coll ofMed, post-grad Angle
School of Orthodontia. • Orthodontist,
consult, Detroit; faculty U Detroit; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 8.
Lewis, Sarah M (Mrs MaxJ Lewis); b.
Paris, Mar 27 1883.
Western Reserve.· Communal worker,
Cleveland; pres Hadassah; secy Young
Womens Zionist Group. • See: WWlA], 1926.
Lewis, Ted (born Theodore L Friedman);
b. Circleville, OH, June 6 1891; d. Aug
1971.
Actor, orchestra ldr, Elberon, NJ; active
communal charities. • See: WWlA], 1938;
BEOA]; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Aug 26 1971,
40:1.
Lewis, Theodore N; b. Russia, July 6 1899.
To US 1905.· AB UCincinnati, ordained,
DD Heb Union ColI. • Rabbi, Sioux City;
386
Lewis, William Mordecai
book review editor Omaha Jewish Press. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lewisohn);AJYB, 56:570; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWL4, 3;NYTimes,]une 151954,1:7.
Otorhinolaryngologist, Chicago. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Lewis, William Mordecai; b. Poneviez,
Lith~ania, Oct 11884; d. Philadelphia,
Jan 301939.
To US 1896. • U PA. • Municipal judge, civic
& Zionist ldr, Philadelphia; mem City Council;
natl officer Zionist Org of Am, United
Palestine Appeal; active communal education.
• See: UJE; AJYB, 24:172,41:67-73,427;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;NYTimes,]an 31
1939,21:1.
Lewisohn, Maurice; b. Suwalki, May 18
1886.
MD Northwestern, post-grad UVienna.·
Diagnostician, Chicago; faculty U IL; author
in field. • See: BEOAJ.
Lewy, Hans; b. Breslau,Oct 201904.
To US 1933. • PhD U Gottingen. •
Mathematician, Berkeley; faculty U CA
(Berkeley). • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lewisohn, Adolph; b. Hamburg, May 27
1849; d. Saranac Lake, NY, Aug 171938.
To US 1867. • Investment banker, civic ldr, art
collector, philanthropist, NYC; fdr Heb
Sheltering Guardian Soc, Am ORT; benefactor
Columbia, Mt Sinai,]ohns Hopkins. • See:
UJE; EJ (sub Lewisohn); AJYB, 6(19041905):141,24:172,41:427; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2;
NYTimes, Aug 181938, 1:2.
Lewisohn, Albert; b. ca 1865; d. NYC, Mar
141911.
Financier, philanthropic worker, NYC; active
Heb Sheltering • Guardian Soc. • See:AJYB,
13(1911-1912):137; NYTimes, Mar 151911,
13:5.
Lewisohn, Frederick; b. NYC, 1882; d.
Monte Carlo, July 1959.
Industrial financier, copper cos exec,
philanthropist. • See: EJ (sub Lewisohn);
NYTimes,]uly 51959,56:2.
Lewisohn, Irene; b. NYC, Sep 5 1892; d.
NYC, Apr 4 1944.
Welfare worker, theatrical & dance patron,
philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Neighborhood
Playhouse, Costume Museum; benefactor &
active worker Henry Street Settlement. • See:
AJYB, 46:341; NAW; NYTimes, Apr 5 1944,
19:3.
Lewisohn, Leonard; b. Hamburg, Oct 10
1847; d. London, Mar 5 1902.
To US 1863. • Merchant, philanthropist,
NYC; leading investor in copper market;
contributor ]TS, Heb Sheltering Guardian
Soc.· See: JE; UJE; EJ (sub Lewisohn); AJYB,
4(1902-1903):196; PAJHS, 11:199-201;
NYTimes, Mar 61902,9:5.
Lewisohn, Ludwig; b. Berlin, May 30 1882/
1883; d. Miami Beach, Dec 311955.
To US 1890.· BA, MA ColI of Charleston,
MA Columbia; honorary degree. • Novelist,
critic, lecturer, Zionist spokesman, translator;
faculty Brandeis; assoc Nation. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 58:477; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,1938;
BEOAJ; AJHQ, 54:296-322; WWWIA, 3;
DAB,5; NYTimes,]an 11956,50:6.
Lewisohn, Margaret Seligman (Mrs. Samuel
A Lewisohn); b. NYC, Feb 14 1895; d.
near Beacon, NY,June 141954.
Inst ofMusical Art. • Educational dir, NYC;
mem Mayors Municipal Art Com; a fdr
Bennington ColI; ldr Parent Education Assn;
bd Little Red Schoolhouse; active Fedn of
]ewish·Philanthropies. • See: EJ (sub
Lewisohn, Richard; b. Hamburg, July 12
1875; d. NYC, Aug 111961.
To US 1906/1907.· UKiel, UBerlin,
Strasbourg, Breslau, MD U Freiburg. •
Surgeon, NYC; discovered method of
preserving blood; consult Heb Orphan Asylum;
author in field. • See: UJE; AJYB, 64:494-95;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 13
1961,89:2.
Lewisohn, Sam Adolph; b. NYC, Mar 21
1884; d. Santa Barbara, CA, Mar 13
1951.
AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Investment
banker, public servant, communalldr,
philanthropist, NYC; trustee Museum of
Modem Art; active Am Assn for Labor
Legislation, problem of unemployment, penal
reform, child welfare. • See: UJE; EJ (sub
Lewisohn);AJYB, 53:525; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928,1938; BEGAJ; WWWL4, 3; DAB, 5;
NYTimes, Mar 15 1951,29:1.
Lewisohn, Thelma Spear (Mrs Ludwig
Lewisohn); b. Burlington, VT, July 9
1903.
U VT. • Concert soprano,author, poet, New
Rochelle; specialty:]ewish music. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lewison, Maurice; b. Poland, May 18 1886;
d. Chicago, June 1942.
To US 1890. • MD Northwestern, post-grad
Europe. • Physician, Chicago; faculty U IL; fdr
Mt Sinai; author in field; WWI med advisory
draft com. • See:AJYB, 24:172; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928, 1938;NYTimes,]une 181942,21:1.
Lewith, Henry F; b. Charleston, SC, 1876;
d. Charleston, SC, 1926.
Fdr "Be Kind to Animals Week." • See: UJE.
Lewittes, Morris; b. ca 1901; d. NYC, Nov
221968.
Mfr, communalldr, NYC; officer synagogs;
active B'nai B'rith, Jewish camps. • See: AJYB,
70:522; NYTimes, Nov 23 1968,47:2.
Lewkowitz; Herman; b. Omaha, Nov 22
1892.
U MS, LLB Kansas City School of Law. •
Lawyer, city atty, Phoenix; chr county, state Bd
of Public Welfare.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Lewman, Gertrude (Mrs Ivor Kallin); b.
Boston.
AB, MA U Southern CA, Scripps Inst of
Oceanography. • Deputy probation officer,
Los Angeles; dir Jewish Day Nursery. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lewy, Alfred; b. Wetumpka, AL, Apr 9
1873.
MD Chicago Homeopathic Med ColI, MD
Rush Med ColI, post-grad U CA, U Berlin. •
Lewy, Harry M; b. ca 1882; d. NYC, May 3
1934.
Social worker, philanthropist, NYC; WWI
service. • See: AJYB, 36:283.
Lewy, Julius; b. Berlin, Feb 16 1895; d.
Cincinnati,June 19 1963.
To US 1934. • U Leipzig, PhD U Berlin.·
Semiticist, Germany, US; facu1ty ] ohns
Hopkins; Heb Union ColI. • See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 65:435; WWIAJ, 1938;NYTimes,]une
211963,29:2.
Leyeless, A; see Glanz, Aaron.
Lhevinne, Isadore; b. Bobruisk, Dec 15
1896; d. before 1938.
AB, AM U Pittsburgh, PhD UPA. • Romance
language tchr, NYC; faculty U DE, Temple U.
• See: WWIAJ, 1926.
Lhevinne, Josef; b. Orel, Russia, Dec 14
1874; d. Kew Gardens, NY, Dec 21944.
Moscow Conservatory. • To US 1919. •
Concert pianist, NYC; faculty ]uilliard. • See:
UJE;AJYB, 24:172, 47:527; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWL4, 2; DAB, 3; NYTimes, Dec 3 1944,
57:1.
Liber, Benzion; b. Jassy, Sep 6 1875; d.
June 1958.
To NYC 1904. • AB, BS, U Bucharest, MD U
Vienna, Dr PH NYU. • Physician, mental
hygienist, NYC; editor Unser Gesund (Yiddish
health magazine); author/lecturer in popular,
med fields. • See:AJYB, 24:172; WWIAJ,
1926,1928,1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes,]une 9
1958,23:6.
Liberman, Alexander; b. Kiev, 1912.
To US ca 1941. • Artist, photographer, writer;
editorial dir Conde Nast Publications. • See:
NYTimes Magazine story, May 13 1979.
Liberman, Isaac; b. Lithuania, ca 1886; d.
NYC, 1983.
Dept store pres, civic ldr, philanthropist, NYC;
with Arnold Constable; pres Bertha & Isaac
Liberman Found; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Boy Scouts. • See: NYTimes,
Aug 3 1983.
Liberman, Maurice; b. Pleshtchenit~,
Minsk, July 25 1890.
To US 1910.· UParis, CCNY,NYU,
Fordham ColI of Pharmacy, MS Boston U,
Boston U Law. • Physician, Boston; staff
Jewish Advocate; principal religious schools,
NYC, Tulsa, Brookline, MA; contributor
Yiddish & Heb press.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Liberman, Meyer; b. Lithuania, ca 1882; d.
NYC, Sep 1970.
To US ca 1899. • Dept store exec, real estate
owner, philanthropist, NYC; with Arnold
Constable; active Fedn ofJewish
387
Lichtenstein, Meyer B
Philanthropies, Jewish Center. • See: NYTimes,
Sep 29 1970, 46:2.
lJbennan,P~p;b.caI877;d.Atiauri
Beach, June 121937.
Merchant, communal & philanthropic worker,
NYc.. See:AJYB, 39:593; NYTimes, June 16
1937,23:4.
Libennan,SanmueIH~pern;b.StJoseph,
Feb 41895; d. Dec 201966.
U UT, LLB U MO. • Lawyer, public official,
St Louis; mem Housing Authority; bd Police
Commn; counsel Bd of Freeholders; officer bar
assn. • See: WWWIA, 5.
Libennan, Sarah (Mrs); b. ca 1861; d. Oct
161935.
Communal worker, Cleveland. • See:AJYB,
38:431.
Libennan, Simon; b. Kiev, ca 1882; d.
NYC,Jan 51946.
To US 1938. • Russian Social Democrat ldr &
government consult on lumber production;
active philanthropic orgs (France, US). • See:
AJYB, 48:494; NYTimes, Jan 6 1946, 40:6.
Libennann, Aaron Sanmuel; b. Luna, Russia,
ca 1845;d. Syracuse, 1880.
To US ca 1879. • St Petersburg Inst of
Technology. • Pioneer socialist writer in Heb,
socialist orgr; jailed in Prussia. • See: UJE.
Liberson, Frank; b. Russia, ca 1889; d.
NYC, Apr 161947.
x-
Physician, roentgenologist, NYC; improved
ray equipment; consult US Public Health
Service; author in field. • See:AJYB, 49:614;
NYTimes, Apr 17 1947, 27:6.
Libin, Solomon (Z~an; pseud of Israel
HurewitzlHurwitz); b. Gorki, Russia,
Nov 15 1872; d. NYC, Apr 141955.
To US 1891, to NYC 1892. • Yiddish short
story writer, dramatist, NYC; wrote several
thousand short stories. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
24:172,57:607; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
Eisenstadt, 64; NYTimes, Apr 15 1955,23:3.
lJbowitz, Sanmuel Nehemiah; b. Kolno,
1862; d.June 13 1939.
To US 1881, to Palestine 1927, then returned
to US. • Gem merchant, printer, scholar,
Brooklyn; specialty: Jewish folklore &
kabbalistic literature. • See: EJ; AJYB, 41 :427;
Eisenstadt, 62-63.
professional assn; author in field. • See: AJYB,
47:527; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 2; NYTimes; Oct4 1944,20:2.
Lichtenberg, Chester; b. NYC, Aug 27
1884.
1906):122.
EE Columbia. • Electrical & mechanical
engineer, Schenectady, Ft Wayne; with
General Electric; officer synagog; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOAJ.
Librescu, Isaac; b. ca 1850; d. Plainfield,
NJ,June 111930.
lJcht.enberg, Joseph S; b. ca 1870; d.
Kansas City, Apr 2 1933.
.
Yiddish actor, producer, playwright, Plainfield,
NJ.· See:AJYB, 32:154.
Ophthalmologist, Kansas City; faculty U KS;
WWI service. • See:AJYB, 35:126.
Lichine (Lichtenstein), David; b. Russia,
1910; d.July 1972.
Lichtenberg, Leo; b. Rostock, Gennany,
Jan 17 1915; d. Cincinnati, Aug 11977.
To US ca 1940.· Noted dancer,
choreographer, tchr, Los Angeles; "The
Prodigal Son." • See: EJ; NYTimes, July 21
1972,34:1.
To US 1935.· Rabbi, Heb tchr, Hillel dir,
communalldr, NYC; faculty Adelphi, Hofstra;
pres Natl Assn of Hillel Dirs; natl chaplain Am
Legion; WWII & Korean War chaplain. • See:
AJYB, 79:370.
Libowitz, Solomon; b.*
Rabbi, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-
lJcht, David; b. Lvov, Mar 7 1904; d. NYC,
July 311975.
To US 1945. • Yiddish actor, dir, author,
NYC, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv. • See: AJYB,
77:596-97; NYTimes, Aug 2 1975,24:4.
lJchtenberg, Leopold; b. San Francisco,
Nov 22 1861; d. May 171935.
Brussels Conservatory. • Concert violinist,
NYC; faculty Natl Conservatory of Music. •
See: WWWIA, 1.
Licht, Frank; b. Providence, 1916.
Brown U. • Governor, legislator, state superior
court judge, communalldr, RI; pres General
Jewish Com ofRI. • See: E].
lJchtenstein, David B; b. St Louis, Mar 12
1901.
LLB St Louis U. • Banker, lawyer, St Louis;
became Baptist. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Licht, Harry; b. Russia, Dec 9·1889.
Bank exec, communal worker, NYC. • See:
WWIAJ,I928.
lJchtenstein, Gaston; b. Tarboro, NC, Dec
171879; d.Jan 1954.
Licht, Atichael (Atichel, Atichi); b. Plisk,
Volhynia, June 30 1893; d. NVC,June 10
1953.
U Cincinnati, BHL Heb Union ColI. • Local
& communal historian, author, Richmond;
officer B'nai B'rith. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928,
1938; NYTimes, Jan 18 1954,23:5.
To US 1913. • Yiddish poet, essayist, NYC;
mem Insikh group; contributor newspapers,
periodicals. • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 55:457.
Licht, Sidney; b. NYC, Apr 18 1907.
Libman, Earl Emanuel; b. Chicago, Jan 21
1874.
BS CCNY, MD NYU. • Physician, NYC, then
staffVeterans Adm Hospital, Boston &
Wallingford, CT; specialty: rehabilitation med,
occupational therapy; officer med socs; author
in field; wwn service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
BS, MS, PhD U IL. • Physicist, Champaign,
IL; faculty U IL; author in field. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Lichtenauer, Joseph Mortimer (J
Mortimer); b. NYC, May 11 1876.
Libman, Emanuel; b. NYC, Aug 22 1872; d.
NYC, June 281946.
Art Students League, France, Italy. • Painter,
muralist, NYC. • See: UJE; AJYB, 6(19041905):141,24:173; WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
lJchtenstein, Herman; b.*; d. Shreveport,
Jan 71923.
Civil War veteran, Shreveport. • See: AJYB,
25:140.
lJchtenstein, Isaac; b. near Warsaw, 1888.,
hi US by WWI. • Painter, Yiddish art critic;
Jewish Legion service; memoir. • See: UJE.
Lichtenstein, Joy; b. San Francisco, Oct 14
1874.
U CA. • Insurance exec, earlier librarian, San
Francisco; officer professional assn; contributor
periodicals. • See: UJE; A]YB, 6(19041905):141-42,24:173; WWIAJ, 1938; •
WWWIA,5.
AB CCNY, MD Columbia, post.;.grad abroad,
Johns Hopkins. • Physician, test deviser, NYC;
faculty Columbia; bd Heb U; author in field;
WWI draft bd med advisor. • See: UJE; AJYB,
24:172,49:81-84,614; WWIAJ, 1926,1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 4; NYTimes,
June 29 1946, 19:1.
Banker, bond expert, NYC; earlier lace
importer; active communal & cultural affairs;
collector modern art. • See: AJYB, 14(19121913):127; NYTimes, May 20 1912,9:5.
Pres Consolidated Cigar Co, NYc. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Libov, Edward; b. 1930; d. NYC, Nov 2
1981.
Lichtenberg, Alexander; see Lichtentag,
Alexander.
Advertising exec, philanthropist, NYC; fdr, bd
Am Friends ofBoys Town Oerusalem);
benefactor Dead Sea Scrolls project, United
Jewish Appeal, Brandeis. • See:AJYB, 83:358.
Lichtenberg, Bernard; b. Stanislav, Austria,
Aug 11 1892; d; NYC, Oct 3 1944.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med Coll, MS
Northwestern; honorary degree. • Surgeon,
Chicago; faculty Northwestern, Cook County
Grad School ofMed; officer med socs; author
in field; WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 7.
To US 1900. • BCS, MCS NYU. •
Advertising dir, public relations counsel, NYC;
officer Better Business Bureau; natl bd
Lichtenstein, Meyer B; b. ca 1884; d.
Atiauri Beach, Mar 11 1941.
Lichtenauer, Joseph M; b. NYC, July 4
1845; d. NYC, May 19 1912.
Lichtenstein, Julius; b.*
Lichtenstein, Manuel E; b. Chicago, Aug
15 1900; d. Dec 3 1977.
Lichtenstein, Morris
Physician, Zionist ldr, Pittsburgh; adm com
Zionist Org of Am. • See: A]YB, 43:361.
Lichtenstein, Morris; b. Bialystok, Jan 3
1889; d. NYC, Nov 6 1938.
To US 1907. • AB U Cincinnati, ordained
Heb Union ColI, MA Columbia. • Rabbi, fdr
Jewish Science Movement, NYC, Athens, GA;
fdr Jewish Science Interpreter; author in field. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 41:427; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Nov 71938,19:3.
Lichtenstein, Perry Maurice; b. NYC, Feb
211887; d.June 1954.
MD Cornell, LLB Fordham. • Physician,
lawyer, NYC; specialty: med jurisprudence,
forensic psychiatry; officer professional socs;
scholarly & popular author in field; WWI
recruiter. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June
151954,29:3.
Lichtenstein, Samuel; b. ca 1891; d. June 20
1937.
WWI veteran, decorated for bravery,
Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 39:593.
Lichtenstein, Walter; b. Braunschweig,
Germany, Apr 13 1880; d. Cambridge,
MA, Mar 13 1964.
To US 1882. • PhB NYU, AB, MA, PhD
Harvard. • Banker, Chicago; faculty
Northwestern; bd Internatl House; editor New
Internatl Encyclopedia; economic advisor to US
military government (Germany), Fed Reserve
System. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:173;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
4; NYTimes, Mar 15 1964,86:2.
Lichtentag, Alexander; b. New Orleans/
Mobile, AL, Mar 13 1868; d. Jan 14 1938.
Royal U (Berlin). • Exec, New Orleans;
inventor Paragon shorthand; author textbooks.
• See:A]YB, 24:173; WWIA], 1926,1928,
1938; BEOA] (sub Lichtenberg); WWWIA, 1.
Lichtin, Aaron; b. Rovno, July 20 1899.
Gratz, Dropsie, PhG Philadelphia ColI of
Pharmacy. • Pharmacist, Philadelphia; author
in field, Jewish topics.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lichtin, Rosa (Mrs Aaron Lichtin); b.
Shavli, Russia, Dec 31 1898.
To US 1910.· PAAcademy of Fine Arts,
Graphic Sketch Club. • Artist, Philadelphia;
painted portraits ofHerzl & other Zionist ldrs.
• See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Lichtman, A; b.*
Motion picture producer, NYc. • See: A]YB,
24:173.
Lichtmann, Maurice Meru (Maru); b.
Ukraine, Dec 13 1885.
To US 1914.· Vienna Royal Conservatory,
Vienna Royal Master School. • Artist,
musician, educator, author, NYC; co-fdr
Roerich Museum; fdr Lichtman Piano Inst. •
See: WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lichtmann, Sina (Mrs Maurice Lichtmann);
b. Russia, Nov 13 1895/1899.
To US 1914. '. ColI of Odessa, Leipzig Royal
Conservatory, Vienna Royal Master School. •
Artist, concert pianist, sculptor, NYC; art
388
instructor Master Inst of United Arts; dir
Roerich Museum; author on arts. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lichtwitz, Leopold; b. Germany, ca 1877;
d. New Rochelle, Mar 18 1943.
To US 1933.· Physician, Hamburg, NYC,
Bronx; dir Hamburg City Hospital; officer med
soc (Germany); faculty Columbia. • See: A]YB,
45:389; NYTimes, Mar 191943,19:3.
Lidman, David Louis; b. Norfolk, July 11
1905; d. Southbury, CT, Sep 1982.
Newspaperman, columnist, NYC; specialty:
makeup editor; with NYTimes. • See: WWIA],
1938; NYTimes, Sep 20 1982.
Lieban, EAlan; b. NYC,June 21889.
Columbia, DDS NYU. • Dentist, NYC; active
dental socs; author/lecturer in field; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Liebenberg, Jacob Josephus; b. Milwaukee,
July41892.
BS U MN, MS Harvard. • Architect,
Minneapolis; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Lieber, Eugene; b. Philadelphia, July 15
1907; d. Sep 10 1965.
BS U PA, PhD Brooklyn Polytech. • Chemist,
Chicago; with US Naval Ordnance; faculty
Roosevelt; officer professional soc. • See:
WWWIA,4.
Lieber, Hugo; b. Germany, 1867.
Chemist, author, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:173.
Lieber, Lillian Rosanoff (Mrs Hugh Gray
Lieber); b. Nicolaiev, Russia, July 26
1886.
To US 1891. • AB Barnard, MA Columbia,
PhD Clark. • Mathematician, Brooklyn; dir
Galois Inst (LI U); author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Lieber, Marie Louis (Mrs); b. ca 1855; d.
Philadelphia, Nov 24 1934.
Social worker, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
37:259.
Lieber, Nathan; b. ca 1851; d. Pittsburgh,
May81914.
.
Communal worker, Pittsburgh. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Lieberman, Abraham; b. Union City, NJ,
Aug281899.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Union City, NJ; police
court judge, Weehawken, NJ; officer NJ Fedn
ofYM-YWHAs.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Lieberman, Albert H; b. Vilna, May 25
1886/1887; d. Philadelphia, July 30 1967.
To US 1889/1892. • U PA. • Real estate
operator, philanthropist, communalldr,
Philadelphia; pres Jewish Welfare Soc;
fundraiser United Jewish Campaign; active
Heb Immigrant Aid Soc. • See: A]YB, 69:609;
WWIA], 1926, 1938; BEOA]; ]TA-DNB, Aug
8 1967; NYTimes, Aug 5 1967,23:2.
Lieberman, Bernhardt; b.*; d. Washington
DC,June 1918.
Cantor, Trenton. • See:A]YB, 21:206.
Lieberman, Chaim (Herman); b. Kolk,
Volhynia,Jan 10 1889/1890; d. NYC,
May 161963.
To US 1902/1905. • CCNY, AB Columbia.·
Yiddish journalist, critic, essayist, NYC; a fdr
Yiddish Tchrs Seminary; with Forward. • See:
UJE; E]; A]YB, 65:435;]TA-DNB, May 17
1963; NITimes, May 17 1963,33:2.
Lieberman, David H; b.*; d. NYC, Mar 29
1913.
Communal worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):272.
Lieberman, Elias; b. St Petersburg, Oct 30
1883; d.July 13 1969.
To US 1891. • AB CCNY, AM, PhD NYU. •
Author, poet, public & religious school
educator, Brooklyn; principal public school;
editor Am Heb; pres Jewish High School
Principals Assn; officer Am ORT; active Boy
Scouts. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 24:173;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; WWWIA, 5;
NYTimes, July 141969,35:3.
Lieberman, George B; b. Wysoke-Litovsk,
Poland, Feb 19 1910; d. Southampton,
NY, July 23 1984.
To US 1925. • Western Reserve, Heb Union
ColI; honorary degrees. • Rabbi, Wheeling, W
VA, Canton, OH, Rockville Centre, NY; pres
Assn of Reform Rabbis of NY; active Central
Conf of Am Rabbis; concerned with Soviet
Jewry. • See: AJYB, 86:440; ]TA-DNB, July 26
1984.
Lieberman, H B; b.*; d. Houston, June 20
1940.
Rabbi, communalldr, Houston. • See: A]YB,
42:481.
Lieberman, Harry; b. Gnieveshev, Poland,
Nov 1876; d. Manhasset, June 1983.
Confectioner, painter, sculptor. • See:
NYTimes,June 51983.
Lieberman, J Ben; b. Champaign, IL, ca
1915; d. New Rochelle, Sep 1984.
U IL, PhD Stanford. • Authority on printing
& typography, NYC; faculty Columbia; WWII
service. • See: NYTimes, Sep 21 1984.
Lieberman, Jacob Julius; b. Palvagas,
CzechoslovakialHungary, June 20 1887;
d. Los Angeles, June 61974.
To US 1891. • LLB U Denver. • Lawyer,
communal worker, Denver, Los Angeles;
editor Jewish Outlook; natl chr B'nai B'rith
Youth Commn; officer United Jewish
Community, Zionist Org of Am (both Los
Angeles).· See:A]YB, 76:515; WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Lieberman, Joseph; b. Hungary, Apr 7
1856; d. Los Angeles, Apr 15 1942.
To US 1891.· Rabbi, Denver.· See:A]YB,
44:341.
Lieberman, Joshua; b. Minsk, Nov 11 1895.
To US 1907.· Camp & orgn admr,
Sturbridge, MA; with Madison House, Pioneer
Youth of Am, Camp Robinson Crusoe; author/
389
lecturer on camping, education. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Lieberman, Judith; b. Mosheik, Latvia, Aug
15 1903; d. NYC, Dec 211978.
To US 1940. • Educator, author; principal
Shulamith School for Girls; bd Mizrachi. •
See:A]YB, 80:369.
Lieberman, Max; b. Brest-Litovsk, Sep 14
1867; d. Kansas City, Mar 15 1933.
To US 1891. • Cantor, composer, Baltimore,
Kansas City. • See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):75,
35:126.
Lieberman, Myron; b. St Paul, 1919.
Educator; faculty U IL, U OK, Yeshiva ColI,
RI ColI; special interest: raising status of tchrs;
author in field. • See: E].
Liebe~an,~athan;b.caI888;d.NYC,
Mar 121939.
State legislator, NYc. • See:A]YB, 41:427.
Lieberman, Saul; b. Motili, near Pinsk, May
281898; d. Mar 231983.
To US 1940. • U Kiev, MA Heb U; honorary
degrees. • Hebraist, talmudic scholar, rabbi,
NYC; faculty, deanJTS; author/lecturer in
field. • See: U]E; E]; E]:1973-1982; A]YB,
85:418; WWWIA, 8.
Liebermann, Charles H; b. Riga, 1813; d.
Washington DC, 1886.
To US 1840. • U Dorpat, MD U Berlin. •
Physician, eye surgeon, Washington DC;
faculty Georgetown U; present a Lincoln
death; Jewishness uncertain. • See: U]E.
Liebermann, Gustav; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Feb
281910.
Heb scholar, Brooklyn. • See:A]YB, 12(19101911):110.
Liebermann, Wtlliam; b. Szentes, AustriaHungary, Dec 25 1872; d. Queens, Aug
1954.
To US 1878. • AB CCNY, LLB NY Law. •
Lawyer, US census supervisor, Brooklyn; active
Kehillah, Am Jewish Com, bar assn, local, nat!,
internat! Chamber of Commerce, Republican
politics; interested in immigration issues, antiKlan. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
BEOA] (sub Lieberman); NYTimes, Aug 10
1954,19:6.
Lieberson, Goddard; b. Hanley, England,
Apr 51911; d. May 291977.
To US 1915. • UWA, Eastman School of
Music; honorary degrees. • Composer, critic,
novelist, popular historian, business exec; pres
Columbia Records; exec CBS; bd Metropolitan
Opera Assn. • See: WWWIA, 7; NITimes, May
301977,1:2.
Liebmann, Harry
active civic politics, Pelham, NY; WWI draft
bd chr. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938; NITimes,
May 3 1955,31:1.
Lieblich, Joseph Tomas; b. Passaic, July 18
1884.
LLB LincolnJefferson U. • Lawyer, Paterson;
dir Heb Free Loan Soc, bar assns; active
politics. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lieblich, ~eil Merrill; b. NYC, ~ov 9 1899;
d.July 1965.
Fordham, LLB Fordham, LLM StJohns. •
Lawyer, Brooklyn; pres Young Israel; officer
League for Jewish Education, Fedn ofJewish
Charities; exec dir Council of Zionists; active
bar assns. • See: WWIA], 1938; NITimes, July
71965,37:3.
Liebling, AJ (Abbott Joseph); b. NYC, Oct
181904; d. NYC, Dec 281963.
Dartmouth, B Litt Columbia, Sorbonne. •
Noted essayist, journalist, NYC; with New
Yorker; wrote on a variety of subjects. • See:
"WWWIA., 4; DAB, 7; NITimes, Dec 29 1963,
42:2.
Liebling, Emil; b. Pless, Germany, Apr 12
1851; d.Jan 201914.
To US 1867.· Concert pianist, tchr,
composer; author in field. • See: "WWWIA., 1;
DAB; NITimes, Jan 211914,9:4.
Liebling, Estelle; b. NYC, Apr 211880; d.
NYC, Sep 25 1970.
Soprano, voice tchr, composer, NYC; many
famous pupils including Beverly Sills. • See:
DAB, 8; NITimes, Sep 261970,33:2.
Liebling, Georg(e); b. Berlin, Jan 22 1865.
Conservatory (Berlin); honorary degree. •
Concert pianist, composer, Hollywood, CA;
earlier tchr London, Munich; Roman Catholic.
• See: U]E; WWIA], 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,
4.
Liebling, Joel; b. Galicia, 1853.
To US 1887. • Yiddish editor, Chicago; editor
Di ]udische Presse. • See: Eisenstadt, 66-67.
Liebling, Leonard; b. NYC, Feb 7 1874; d.
NYC, Oct 28 1945.
Pianist, musicologist, editor, critic, tchr, NYC;
editor The Musical Courier; critic NY American.
• See:A]YB, 48:494; WWWIA, 2; NITimes,
Oct291945,19:3.
Liebling, Max; b. Silesia, Sep 22 1846; d.
NYC, Sep 241927.
Royal Conservatory of Music (Berlin). •
Pianist, music dir, educator, composer, NYC. •
See:A]YB, 6(1904-1905):142, 30:80.
Liebeskind, Sam; b. ca 1870; d. Buffalo, Feb
161940.
Merchant, communal worker, Buffalo. • See:
A]YB, 42:481.
Liebling, Wtlliam; b. Poland, Oct 24 1894;
d. NYC, Dec 1969.
To US ca 1901. • Theatrical agent, NYC;
represented Marlon Brando, Tennessee
Williams; WWI service. • See: NITimes, Dec
301969,33:1.
Liebeskind, SolonJay;b. NYC, Apr 29
1878; d. 1955.
LLB Columbia, LLM NYU. • Lawyer, NYC;
officer Am Jewish Cong, Free Sons ofIsrael;
Liebman,CharlesJoseph;b.Brooklyn,Mar
13 1877; d. NYC, Sep 1957.
AB Harvard. • Business exec, civic, communal,
prison & social welfare ldr, art collector, NYC;
pres Hudson Guild; mgr State Reformatories;
officer Refugee Economic Corp, Emigre
Charitable Fund; bdJoint Distribution Com;
dir Nat! Com on Prisons & Prison Labor,
Palestine Economic Corp; aided displaced
persons, gave loans to refugees. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938; BEOA] (sub Liebmann); NITimes,
Sep 17 1957,35:3.
Liebman, Joshua Loth; b. Hamilton, OH,
Apr 71907; d. Boston, June 91948.
Ordained Heb Union ColI, AB U Cincinnati,
Harvard, Columbia; honorary degrees. •
Rabbi, radio preacher, Zionist, tchr, author;
faculty Heb Union ColI, U Cincinnati, Boston
U, Jewish Inst of Religion; exec bd Central
Conf of Am Rabbis. • See: E]; A]YB, 51:522;
"WWWIA., 2; DAB, 4; NITimes, June 10 1948,
25:1.
Liebman,Julius;b.Mil~aukee;d.
Mil~aukee, Jan 311937.
Editor, Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee. • See:
WWIA], 1938; "WWWIA., 1; NITimes, Feb 1
1937,19:4.
Liebman, Lippman; b. ca 1832; d.
Hamilton, OH,Jan 201918.
Rabbi, Hamilton, OH.· See:A]YB, 20(19181919):229.
Liebman, Max; b. Vienna, Aug 2/5 1902; d.
NYC,July 211981.
Television producer, dir, NYC; "Your Show of
Shows." • See: "WWWIA., 8; NYTimes, July 24
1981.
Liebman, Walter H; b. Brooklyn, ~ov 19
1874; d. NYC,Jan 2 1931.
AB, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer, legislator,
NYC; chr Jewish Social Service Assn. • See:
A]YB, 33:127; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Liebman, Walter Henry; b. Long Branch,
NJ,June 11906; d. NYC, ~ov61963.
AB Princeton, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
brewery exec, NYC; pres Nat! Desertion
Bureau; counsel Beth Israel Hospital. • See:
A]YB, 65:435; WWIA], 1938;NYTimes, Nov 7
1963,37:2.
Liebman, William; b. Russia, July 14 1884.
MD Yale. • Physician, ophthalmic surgeon,
Boston; active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Liebmann, AlfredJ; b. Zurich, Aug 4 1885;
d. NYC, Oct 1957.
To US 1912. • CE Federal Polytech (Zurich),
PhD U Zurich. • Chemical engineer, NYC;
with GE, Schenley Distillers; donated
collection on distilling to NY Public Library;
author in field; WWII government service. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, Oct 12 1957,19:4.
Liebmann, Harry; b. Baltimore, July 21
1868; d. Oct 2 1937.
Wool merchant, Boston; pres United Heb
Benevolent Assn; trustee Baron de Hirsch
Fund, AssocdJewish Philanthropies. • See:
A]YB, 40:388; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Oct 4
1937,21:3.
Liebovitz, Abraham L
390
Liebovitz, Abraham L; b. NYC, Oct 25
1878; d. NYC, Aug 7 1964.
Composer, author, librettist, NYC. • See:
AJYB, 47:527; NYTimes, Dec 23 1944, 13:6.
Communal & educational worker,
Minneapolis. • See:AJYB, 37:259.
Mfr, communal fundraiser, philanthropist,
NYC; a fdr Soc for the Advancement of
Judaism, Jewish Reconstruction Found; officer
Jewish Natl Fund, United Jewish Appeal. •
See: AJYB, 66:578; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Aug 8
1964, 19:3.
Lieferant, Henry; b. Poland, Jan 301892.
To US 1910. • Editor, author, novelist, NYC;
WWI service. • See: WWWIA., 8.
Lifton, Harold A; b. ca 1897; d. New
Haven, Aug 1966.
Liebovitz, David; b. NYC, June 27 1892;d.
NYC, Feb 1968.
AB Columbia, abroad. • Novelist, playwright,
NYC; WWI service. • See: BEOAJ; NYTimes,
Feb 5 1968,35:4.
Liepmann, Heinz; b. Hamburg, Aug 27
1905.
CCNY. • Business exec; fdr trade assn;
benefactor CCNY, musical comedy composer
E Y Rarburg. • See: NYTimes, Aug 16 1966,
39:3.
To US 1920, 1937.· UFrankfurt.· Author,
motion picture writer & dir, NYC: Wanderers
in the Mist, Nights ofan Old Child. • See: UJE;
Liggett, Harold; b. NYC, Sep 20 1896; d.
Flushing, 1964.
WWIAJ,1938.
Liessin, Abraham; see Walt, Abraham.
Liebovitz, Hannah Weinberg (Mrs
Abraham Leibovitz); b. 1884?; d. NYC,
Nov241953.
Communalldr, NYC; fdr Soc for the
Advancement ofJudaism; early mem Hadassah;
WWI, WWII war relief & Red Cross service.
• See: AJYB, 56:570; NYTimes, Nov 25 1953,
23:2~
Liebovitz, Harry Hyman; b. NYC, Dec 29
1882.
Mens clothing mfg exec, NYC; pres Jewish
Education Assn; bd Soc for the Advancement
ofJudaism. • See:WWIAJ, 1938.
Liebovitz, Sidney; b. NYC, 1887.
Chemist, NYc. • See: AJYB, 24: 173.
Liebow, LauraJeanette (Mrs Isidor
Liebow); b. Vilna, Dec 26 1892.
NYU, MD NYU, post-grad U Paris, U
Vienna. • Physician, otolaryngologist, NYC;
faculty NYU; active med soc. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; NYTimes, Mar 3 1964,35:3.
Liever, Hyman; b. Latvia, May 51871.
Realtor, banker, communal worker, Reading,
PA.· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Light, Albert A; b. Philadelphia, Mar 3
1889; d. Philadelphia, Oct 1948.
Lifchitz, Jacob; b.*;d. Oakland, CA, Mar 26
1932.
Heb tchr, scholar, Oakland, CA. • See: AJYB,
34:112.
Pharm D Philadelphia ColI of Pharmacy. •
Container co exec, communal worker, author,
Philadelphia; officer Young Judea, synagog; dir
Jewish Welfare Soc.· See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938;NYTimes, Oct81948, 25:3.
Lifschey, Samuel; h. NYC, May 6 1889; d.
Sep 14 1961.
Light, David Gershon (Gerson); b.
Liatskov, Lithuania, Feb 12 1885.
CCNY, CE Cooper Union. • Concert
violinist, composer, Philadelphia; with NY
Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit
Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra; faculty
Temple U; "WWI Navy bandmaster. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA.,
4; NYTimes, Sep 17 1961,86:7 (sub Lifshey).
To US 1912.· Rabbi, Bay City, MI,
Providence, Brooklyn. • See: WWIAJ, 1926,
1938.
Lifschitz, Joseph; b. Poland, 1894?; d.
NYC, Oct 17 1964.
Light, Enoch Henry; b. Canton, OH, Aug
181905; d.July 311978.
BAJohns Hopkins, MA NYU, Salzburg
Mozarteum. • Record co exec, song composer,
conductor, NYc.. See: WWWIA., 7.
To US 1899. • NY Training School for Tchrs,
Brooklyn ColI. • Fdr, dir progressive education
camp, Brooklyn; officer Assembly ofJewish
Womens Orgs; lecturerlbroadcasterlcolumnist
on child guidance. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
To US 1948. • Jewish socialist movement &
Jewish Bund Idr; author. • See: AJYB, 66:578;
NYTimes, Oct 181964,89:1.
Liebowich, N S; b. Russia.
Heb author, NYC. • See: AJYB, 24:173.
Lifschitz, Siegmund; b. Berlin, 1916; d.
NYC, Nov 8 1949.
Liebowitz, Benjamin; b. NYC, Feb 20 1890.
Migration expert; with Reb Immigrant Aid
Soc. • See:AJYB, 52:503; NYTimes, Nov 9
1949,27:4.
AB, EdB, EdM U Cincinnati, EdD Columbia.
• Dean, School of Health Sciences, U Chicago;
with HEW; author in field; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 6.
Lifschutz, Jacob; b. Nieshin, Russia, Feb 28
1889.
Light, Louis W; b. Lublin, Nov 41905; d.
NYC, Sep 221974.
To US 1904. • U Chicago, SB, MD Rush Med
ColI. • Physician, otolargyngologist, Chicago;
faculty Post-Grad Med School; author in field.
• See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938.
To US 1911.· Lawyer, communal worker; a
fdr Yeshiva Dov Revel; bd YM-YWHA, B'nai
B'rith; active Anti-Defamation League. • See:
CCNY, EE, PhD Columbia. • Consulting
engineer, inventor, mfr, NYC; WWI navy
consult. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Liebreich, Leon Judah; b. AustriaIPoland,
July41899.
To US 1911. • AB CCNY, MA Columbia,
ordain~dJTS, PhD Dropsie. • Rabbi,
Philadelphia, Stamford, CT, Trenton; faculty
JTS; advisor county juvenile & domestic
relations court. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Liebstein, Abraham Morris; b. Grodno,
Aug 91889.
Lifshitz, Abraham; b. Kovno, 1873.
To US 1904. • Rabbi, Fall River, MA' • See:
Gottlieb, 311.
Light, Israel; b. NYC, Mar 8 1915; d. Feb
201975.
AJYB,76:515.
Light, Norman; b. NYC, Mar 20 1899; d.
NYC, 1970.
Theatrical chain exec, NYC; with Shubert
Theatres. • See: NYTimes, Mar 2 1970, 37:2.
Lifshitz, David; b. Minsk, 1907.
To NYC 1906. • MD NY Med ColI, post-grad
NYC. • Physician, dermatologist, NYC; officer
med soc; bd Maimonides Hygienic Assn;
author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938;
To US ca 1942. • Rabbinicalldr, educator;
head Reb Theological ColI (Chicago), Yeshiva
U. • See: EJ.
BEOAJ.
Lifshitz, Sander; b. Minsk, 1845.
In Cincinnati by 1894. • Cantor, Cincinnati. •
See: AJYB, 5(1903-1904):75-76; Gottlieb, 310.
Liederman, Isadore; b. Russia, Jan 4 1880.
Light, Fabian; b. Pudewitz, Germany.
Rabbi, NYC.· See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):76.
To Chicago 1891. • Publisher, Chicago;
officer Com for Defense of Human Rights
Against Nazism; bd Union ofJewish Orgs of
IL. • See: WWlAJ, 1938.
City Planning Commr, Paterson; active B'rith
Abraham. • See: WWIAJ,-1928.
Lief, Nathaniel; b. NYC, ca 1893; d. NYC,
Dec211944.
Lifson, BenjaminJ; b. ca 1883; d.
Minneapolis, Apr 261935.
Lifsitz, Max; b. Russia, 1870.
Lighter, Jacob; b. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia,
Jan 271900.
To Seattle 1916. • CPA, Seattle; officerlocal,
state professional assns. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lightstone, Abraham; b. Russia, ca 1875; d.
Adantic Beach, NY, Aug 1955.
To NYC 1895/1898.· MDNYU.· Surgeon,
researcher, NYC; faculty Fordham. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 8 1955,21:2.
Lijnl. Lilian; b. NYC, 1939.
Kinetic artist, Paris, Athens, London. • See:
EJ:1973-1982.
391
Liknaitz, David; b.*
JTS. • Rabbi, Syracuse, Leavenworth, Kansas
City.· See:A]YB, 5(1903-1904):76, 7(19051906):122,24:173. • *See entry below.
Liknaitz, David L; b.*; d. reported Sep
1940.
Rabbi, Venice, CA. • See:A]YB, 43:361. •
*See entry above.
Lilienfeld, Abraham Morris; b. NYC, Nov
13 1920; d. Aug 6 1984.
AB, MPHJohns Hopkins, MD U MD. •
Epidemiologist, Baltimore; facultyJ ohns
Hopkins; advisor health orgs, government
agencies, depts of health. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NYTimes, Aug 8 1984.
Lilienfeld, Michael Cyril CIifford; b. NYC,
May 11897.
MD NYUlBellevue. • Gynecologist,
obstetrician, NYC; examining physician state
adjunct general; officer med sacs; author in
field. • See: WWlA], 1926, 1938.
Lilienfield, Henry Jacob; b. Jersey City,
Oct 291905; d.Jan 5 1980.
LLB StJohns, post-grad Columbia, Fordham,
NYU. • Foreign service officer, government
worker, Baltimore; consul, London; with NYC
Welfare Dept, Exec Office, Veterans Adm. •
See: WWWIA, 7.
Lilienthal, Abraham Wolf; b. NYC, 1859.
Composer, tchr, NYc. • See:A]YB, 24:173.
Lilienthal, David Eli; b. Morton, IL, July 8
1899; d.Jan 14 1981.
AB De Pauw, LLB Harvard; honorary degrees.
• Lawyer, controversial public official, author;
chr TVA, Atomic Energy Commn. • See: UJE;
E]; E]:1973-1982; BEOA]; WWWIA, 7.
Lilienthal, Felix F; b. Hoboken, Jan 29
1883; d. Mar 1955.
Business exec, buyer, NYc. • See: WWlA],
1938; NYTimes, Mar 221955,31:5.
Lilienthal, Howard; b. Albany, NY,Jan 9
1861; d.Jersey City, Apr 301946.
AB, MD Harvard. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty
Cornell; pres med sacs; author in field; WWI
service. • See: UJE; A]YB, 48:494; WWIA],
1926,1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,2;
NYTimes, May 11946, 25:1.
Lilienthal, Jesse Warren; b. NYC, Aug 2
1855; d.June 3 1919.
LLB Cincinnati ColI, LLB Harvard. • Street
railway magnate, lawyer, San Francisco; officer
Boy Scouts, Recreation League. • See: A]YB,
22:167; WWWIA, 1.
Lilienthal, Jesse WarrenJr; b. NYC, Sep 16
1887; d.Jun.e 1952.
AB Stanford. • Broker, San Francisco. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, July 11952, 23:3.
Lilienthal, Joseph Leo Jr; b. NYC, Nov 1
1911; d. Baltimore, Nov 191955.
BS Yale, MD Johns Hopkins. • Physician,
environmental med specialist, Baltimore;
facultyJohns Hopkins; consult Nat! Science
Linder, Samuel
Found, Nat! Inst of Health; WWII service. •
See: WWWIA, 3;NYTimes, Nov 20 1955,88:8.
Lilienthal, Louis M; b.*; d. Brooklyn, Sep
111912.
Rabbi, Borough Park, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):272.
Lilienthal, Max (Menahem); b. Munich,
Nov 6 1815; d. Cincinnati, Apr 5 1882.
To US 1844. • PhD U Munich. • Rabbi,
Reform ldr, NYC, Cincinnati; faculty Heb
Union Call; asst editor AI; fdr schools with
secular & religious instruction. • See:]E; UJE;
E]; PAIRS, 35:39-51; DAB; NYTimes, Apr 6
1882,2:5.
Lilienthal, Max Philip; b. NYC, Apr 27
1883; d. Sep 1949.
U CA. • Stock & bond broker, San Francisco;
governor Stock Exchange; bd Boy Scouts; dir
Fedn of]ewish Charities.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Sep 15 1949,27:5.
Lilienthal, Philip Nettre Jr; b. San
Francisco, July 25 1889.
Stanford, AB Amherst. • Investment
businessman, fruit canning exec, San Francisco;
dir Community Chest. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lilienthal, Samuel; b. San Rafael, CA, Aug
1 1884; d. Jan 20 1957.
U CA. • Corp exec, San Francisco; pres Haas
Bros. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Lillian, Isidore; b. R'Jeshov, Galicia, Sep 7
1882.
Playwright, songwriter, Brooklyn; "Stepchild
of the World," "Palestine Love." • See:
WWIA],1928.
Liman, Joel; b. ca 1852; d. NYC, Oct 11
1922.
Rabbi, NYc. • See:A]YB, 25:140.
Limburg, Clara L (Mrs); b.*; d. NYC, Dec
301932.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
35:126.
Limburg, Edith (Mrs Richard Percy
Limburg); b. NYC, Oct 9 1900; d.
Bedford Village, NY, Sep 1958.
Wellesley.· Social welfare worker, NYC; chr
mental health clinic Mt Sinai; active Fedn of
Jewish Philanthropies, United Jewish Appeal,
golf. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Sep 25
1958,33:5.
Limburg, Herbert R; b. ca 1876; d. Berlin,
Aug 151932.
LawYer, civic worker, NYc. • See: A]YB,
35:126; NYTimes, Aug 16 1932, 17:3.
Limburg, Richard Percy; b. NYC, Nov 19
1895; d. Bedford, NY, Oct 1977.
AB Yale. • Stockbroker, NYC; trustee Heb
Orphan Asylum; active civic affairs,
Democratic politics, Nat! Refugee Service;
\VWI service, WWII active refugee aid. • See:
WWIA], 1938; BEGA]; NYTimes, Oct 18
1977,40:1.
Linczer, Alexander Edward; b.
Klausenburg, Hungary, Apr 19 1879.
To US 1904. • U Budapest. • Social &
communal worker, Honolulu; with Jewish
Welfare Bd.· See: WWIA], 1928.
Lindauer, Eugene; b. Germany, 1872.
Physician, Philadelphia.· See:A]YB, 24:173.
Lindeman, Arthur C; b.* d. Newark,
reported June 21939.
Merchant, civic & communal worker, Newark.
• See:A]YB, 41:427.
Lindeman, Edward; b.*; d. Adantic City,
June 12 1919.
Physician, NYC; inventor method of blood
transfusion. • See:A]YB, 22:167; NYTimes,
June 13 1919,15:3.
Lindemann, Adolf D; b. Tamopol, Austria,
1869?; d. NYC, July 13 1952.
Pharmacist, pioneer in cut-rate pharmaceutical
selling, philanthropist, NYC; fdr Home of
Sons & Daughters of Israel, Israel Orphan
Asylum.· See:A]YB, 55:457; NYTimes, July 15
1952,21:1.
Lindenbaum, Abraham M; b. NYC, Mar 12
1909; d. Brooklyn, July 1980.
Brooklyn Law. '. Real estate lawyer, city hall
activist, public servant, consult, Brooklyn; mem
NYC Planning Commn; pres Brooklyn Law
School; active Democratic politics. • See:
NYTimes, July 5 1980.
Lindenbaum, Henry; b.*; d. NYC; Apr 28
1882.
Realtor, businessman, philanthropist, NYC;
benefactor Solomon Schecter Day School,
Albert Einstein Call ofMed. • See: A]YB,
84:336.
Lindenbaum, Louis; b. ca 1872; d. Dec 9
1939.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB,
42:481.
Linder, Harold F; b. Brooklyn, Sep 13
1900; d. NYC, June 22 1981.
Businessman, banker, refugee worker,
philanthropist; consult World Bank, US
government agencies; bd UPA; WWII service.
• See:A]YB, 83:358-59.
Linder, John; b. Beregsaz, Hungary, 1882;
d. Brooklyn, Jan 12 1947.
To US as child. • MD NY Call ofMed. •
Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty LI Call Hospital. •
See:A]YB, 49:614;WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Jan 13 1947,21:2.
Linder, Nathan B; b. Berditchev, Ukraine,
1885?; d. NYC, Aug 23 1960.
To US 1903. • Yiddish journalist, novelist,
NYC; staff Day-]ewish Jo.urnal. • See: A]YB,
63:561.
Linder, Samuel; b. Beregsacz, Hungary,
Dec 301886.
MD Cornell. • Surgeon, Brooklyn; faculty LI
Call Hospital. • See: WWIA], 1938.
392
Linder, William
Linder, ~dliam;b.Beregsaez,IIungary,
July 4 1873; d. Olive Bridge, NY, Aug 11
1945.
To US 1886.• MD BellevuelNYU.·
Surgeon, communal worker, Brooklyn; faculty
LI ColI Hospital; officer med soc; author in
field. • See: AJYB, 48:494; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; NYTimes, Aug 13 1945, 19:3.
Lindheim, Irma Levy (Mrs Norvin R
Lindheim); b. NYC, Dec 9 1886; d.
Berkeley, Apr 10 1978.
To Palestine 1933. • Columbia, Jewish Inst of
Religion. • Zionist worker, author, LI; nat!
officer Zionist Org of Am, United Palestine
Appeal, Hadassah; WWI & WWII service;
autobiography. • See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 80:369;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Apr 11 1978,40:1.
Lindheim, Norvin R; b. Lynchburg, VA, ca
1879/1881; d. NYC, Feb 81928.
BAJohns Hopkins, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
fur co exec, Zionist worker, NYC; convicted of
concealment of German funds from the Alien
Property Custodian. • See: A]YB, 30:80;
NYTimes, Feb 91928,25:5.
Lindheim, Norvin R; b. ca 1909; d. Apr 7
1939.
Architect; with Jewish Palestine Pavilion (NYC
Worlds Fair). • See:A]YB, 41:427.
Lindheimer, Benjamin Franklin; b.
Chicago, Oct 1 1890; d. Beverly IIills,
June 1960.
Realtor, Park Commr, race track owner,
Chicago; chr IL Commerce Commn. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, June 71960,35:2.
Lindner, J B; b. ca 1836; d. NYC, May 13
1913.
Rabbi, NYC. • See:A]YB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Lindner, Richard; b. Hamburg, Nov 11
1901; d. NYC, Apr 16 1978.
To US 1941. • Honorary degree. • Artist,
illustrator, tchr, NYC; faculty U Hamburg,
Pratt; known for portrayal of women. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Apr 181978,42:1.
consult, Boston; WWI ship bldr. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
army advisory bd. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928,
1938.
Linetzky, Hirsch; b. ca 1857; d. NYC, Apr 8
1934.
Fdr, Heb Sheltering & Immigrant Aid Soc,
NYC; dir Heb educational instns. • See: A]YB,
36:283.
Linz, Paul Francis; b. NYC, Aug 211899;
d.Jan 16 1974.
Columbia. • Merchant, exec, NYC; WWII
military & government service. • See:
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Jan 191974,34:4.
Linfield, Ben Zion (Ben-Zion); b. Birzai,
Lithuania, June 201897.
To US 1913.· BS, MS UVA, PhD Harvard,
post-grad U Paris, U Rome, DSc U
Strasbourg. • Mathematician, Charlottesville,
VA; facultyUVA.· See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Lion, IIenry S; b. NYC, Dec 4 1879.
Architect, NYC; WWI Housing Corp service.
• See: WWIA], 1938.
Linfield, Harry Sebee; b. Birzhai,
Lithuania, Dec 4 1888/1889; d.
Riverdale, NY, Nov 1978.
To US 1905. • Ordained Heb Union ColI,
PhD U Chicago. • Editor, statistician, census
bureau special agent, NYC; dir Dept of
Information ewish Bureau of Social
Research). • See:A]YB, 24:173, 80:369;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NYTimes,
Nov 30 1978,IV23:2.
a
Linick, Samuel; b. Vilna, May 8 1898.
To US 1916.· BS,JD NYU, post-grad
Columbia. • Lawyer, Brooklyn; officer Zionist
Org of Am, Heb Tchrs Union; active United
Palestine Appeal. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Linker, Jacob; b. ca 1851; d. Philadelphia,
Apr 19 1934.
Merchant, communal worker, Philadelphia. •
See: A]YB, 36:284.
Linn, Irving; b. Newark, Jan 241912; d.
NYC, Oct 5 1977.
English language tchr, NYC; faculty Yeshiva
U; pres Am Soc of Geolinguistics. • See: A]YB,
79:370;NYTimes, Oct 10 1977,32:5.
Linnick, Meyer; b. Newark, Jan 10 1898.
LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer, songwriter, Newark;
counsel Municipal League; active Jewish Child
Guidance Bureau.· See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA].
Lindo, David; b. Isle ofJersey, 1833; d.
Falmouth, Jamaica, 1889.
To Cincinnati ca 1846. • Chemical researcher,
businessman, West Indies. • See: UJE; PA]HS,
23:37-41.
Linowitz, Sol Myron; b. Trenton, 1913.
Ambassador, lawyer, business exec; chr Xerox,
Internat!; trustee Am Jewish Com. • See: E].
Lindo, Moses; b. England, ca 1712; d.
Charleston, SC, Apr 261774.
Merchant, SCi expert in indigo trade.·· See:
]E;UJE.
Linsky, Fannie Barnett (Mrs Joseph H
Linsky); b. Boston, May 10 1885.
Boston Tchrs ColI, Harvard, Boston U. •
English literature & drama tchr, author,
playwright, Boston; with public & religious
schools.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Lindower, Abraham; b.*; d. Albany, NY,
Nov71913.
Fire Dept Captain, Albany, NY. • See: A]YB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Linenthal, IIarry; b. Minsk,Jan 211876.
To US 1890. • AB, MD Harvard. • Physician,
Boston; faculty Harvard, Tufts; author in field.
• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Linenthal, Mark; b. Boston, Nov 2 1886.
AB Harvard, post-grad Harvard. • Engineer,
Linsky, Jack; b. Russia, Jan 1 1897; d. June
3 1980.
To US 1905. • Office specialities mfr, NYC;
trustee Beth Israel Hospital; WWI service. •
See: WWWIA, 7.
Lintz, William; b. July 15 1883.
MD Cornell, post-grad U Berlin, Vienna. •
Bacteriologist, NYC; faculty LI ColI Hospital;
officer med soc; author in field; WWI US
Lion, Michel; b. ca 1833; d. New Orleans,
Mar 81910.
Mem, Orleans Guard, New Orleans. • See:
A]YB, 12(1910-1911):110.
Lion, Sylvain; b. ca 1840;d.<;alveston,May
23 1915.
Civil War veteran, Galveston. • See: A]YB,
17(1915-1916):221.
Lipchitz,Jacques (ChaimJacob); b.
Druskieniki, Poland, Aug 22 1891; d.
Capri, May 261973.
To US 1941. • Beaux Arts (Paris), Academie
Julien. • Sculptor, important cubist; used many
Jewish themes. • See: UJE; E]; E]:1973-1982;
A]YB, 75:655; WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, May 28
1973,1:8.
Lipetz, Alphonse I; b. Lodz, Dec 9 1881; d.
Apr 1950.
To US 1915. • Merchant, consult engineer,
Schenectady; with Am Locomotive Co; faculty
Purdue.· See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr
12 1950,27:4.
Liphshitz, Bertha (Mrs Joshua L
Liphshitz); b.*
St Vladimir U, U Kiev. • Social welfare
worker, nursing supt, Denver, Boston,
Brooklyn; WWI med service. • See: WWIA],
1928.
Liphshitz, Johuda Leib; b. Russia, Nov 11
1882.
Journalist, Detroit, Brooklyn; principal
Talmud Torahs (Rochester & Crown Hgts,
NY); a fdr Nat! Arbeiter Farband. • See:
WWIA],1928.
Lipitz, Louis II; b. Smela, Russia, July 19
1889.
To NYC 1906. • Cantor, NYC; pres
professional org. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lipke, Abraham; b. Dobrzyn, Poland, Dec
41871.
Clothing mfr, communal worker, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Lipman, Charles Bernard; b. Moscow, Aug
17 1883; d. Berkeley, Oct 22 1944.
To US 1889.· BS, MS Rutgers, MS UWI,
PhD U CA; honorary degree. • Plant
physiologist, Berkeley; faculty, dean U CA. •
See: UJE(sub Lipman, Jacob Goodale);A]YB,
47:527-28; WWIA], 1926 (addenda), 1928,
1938;BEOA]; WWWIA,2;NYTimes, Oct 23
1944,19:4.
Lippmann (Lippman), Gustave
393
Lipman, Clara (Mrs Louis Mann); b.
Chicago, Dec 6 1869/1872/1875; d. June
1952.
Actress, playwright, collaborated with husband.
• See:JE; LryE (sub Mann, Louis);AJYB,
6(1904-1905):142; 24:173; WWIAJ, 1926
(addenda), 1938; BEOAJ; WWWM, 3;
NYTimes,June 23 1952,19:5 (sub Mann, Clara
L).
Lipman, David; b. ca 1856; d. Seattle, Mar
23 1936.
Communalldr, Seattle. • See:AJYB, 38:431.
Lipman, Elsa Schwartz (Mrs Gabriel
Lipman); b. Milwaukee, Apr 9 1884.
Office equipment business owner, Chicago;
columnist, editor Reform Advocate; active
Frances Juvenile Home. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lipman, Eugene Jay; b. Pittburgh, 1919.
Ordained Heb Union ColI.· Rabbi, Ft Worth,
Washington DC; pres Central Conf of Am
Rabbis; active Union of Am Heb
Congregations; army chaplain. • See: EJ.
Lipman, George Morris; b. San Francisco,
Sep 251879.
Kent Coll of Law. • Lawyer, asst district atty,
San Francisco; officer B'nai B'rith. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lipman, Jacob; b. ca 1867; d. Springfield,
MO, Apr 18 1933.
Rabbi, Springfield, MO. • See:AJYB, 35:126.
Lipman, Jacob Goodale; b. Friedrichstadt,
Russia, Nov 18 1874; d. New Brunswick,
N], Apr 191939.
To US 1888. • BS Rutgers, MA, PhD Cornell;
honorary degrees. • Noted soil chemist,
bacteriologist; faculty, dean Rutgers; officer
natl, internatl professional orgs; author/editor
in field; WWI army special investigator. • See:
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):142-43,24:174,
41:427; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ;
WWWIA, 1; DAB, 2; NYTimes, Apr 20 1939,
23:1.
Lipman, Joseph Carroll; b. San Francisco,
May221887.
CA School ofMechanical Arts. • Banker, Los
Angeles; with Union Bank; officer Boy Scouts,
professional assn; active Better Business
Bureau.· See: WWWIA, 8.
Lipman, Mayer; b. Chicago, Sep 19 1896.
PhB U Chicago, ordained Heb Union ColI. •
Rabbi, Chicago; made braille Torah; officer
Rabbinical Assn; sponsor Assn ofJewish Blind;
"WWIservice.· See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lipman, Philip; b. ca 1847; d. NYC, Jan 14
1924.
Rabbi, NYC. • See: AJYB, 26:156; NYTimes,
Jan 15 1925, 19:4.
Lipman, Samuel; b. NYC, Oct 121889; d.
1962.
Cooper Inst. • Bldr, NYC; orgr Bricken Fund
(nonsectarian aid to poor). • See: WWIAJ,
1938;NYTimes, Dec 2 1962,88:8.
Lipman, Sigmund; b. ca 1872; d. Los
Angeles, Dec 20 1934.
Communal worker, Los Angeles. • See: AJYB,
37:259.
Lipman, Solomon; b. ca 1829; d. Portland,
OR, July 71909.
Merchant, Portland, OR. • See: AJYB,
12(1910-1911):108.
Lipmann, Fritz Albert; b. Konigsberg,
1899.
To US 1939. • Biochemist, Nobel laureate;
specialty: enzymes, metabolism; faculty
Harvard, Cornell, Rockefeller Inst; prolific
author in field. • See: EJ.
Lipnick, Jerome; b. Baltimore, 1918; d.
Washington DC, Mar 14 1977.
Honorary degree. • Rabbi, communalldr,
Utica. • See: AJYB, 79:370.
Lipp, Samuel I; b. ca 1893; d. Cincinnati,
Aug 211930.
Lawyer, legislator, Cincinnati. • See: AJYB,
33:127.
Lipper, Aaron; b. K1evan, Welyn, Russia,
Apr 261886; d. Lakewood, NJ, Nov 21
1939.
To US 1905. • NYU Law. • Steel products
mfr, Heb writer, Brooklyn; officer Am Com for
Settlement ofJews in Biro Bidjan. • See:AJYB,
42 :481; WWlAJ, 1938; NYTimes, Nov 23 1939,
27:4.
Lipper, Albert; b. ca 1855; d. 'Denver, Aug
181938.
Communal worker, Kansas City. • See: AJYB,
41:427.
Lipper, Milton Wtlliam; b. Philadelphia,
Sep 71884.
BS U PA. • Stockbroker, NYC, Beverly Hills.
• See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lippert, Robert Leonard; b. San Francisco,
Mar 111909; d. Nov 161976.
Motion picture producer, theatre & drive-in
chain owner, San Francisco. • See: WWWIA,
7.
Lippitt, Philip; b. ca 1840; d. San Francisco,
Dec IS 1922.
Communal worker, San Francisco. • See:
AJYB, 25:140.
Lippitt, SHerman; b. Odessa, Oct 20 1886;
d. Dec 7 1934.
CCNY, MD George Washington. • Physician,
communal worker, Milwaukee; faculty
Marquette; active Friends ofHeb U, Natl Conf
of Christians &Jews. • See:AJYB, 37:259;
BEOAJ.
Lippman, Aaron; b. ca 1850; d. Worcester,
Jan 1922.
Rabbi, Worcester. • See:A]YB, 24:102.
Lippman, Abraham; b.· Memmelsdorf,
Bavaria, ca 1838; d. Pittsburgh, Mar 21
1910.
Communalldr, philanthropist, Pittsburgh; pres
United Heb Charities. • See: A]YB, 7(1905-
1906):81, 12(1910-1911):111; NYTimes, Mar
22 1910,11:2.
Lippman, Hyman Shalit; b. Minneapolis,
Jan IS 1896; d. Apr 17 1972.
MD, MA, PhD U MN, Psychoanalytic Inst
(Vienna). • Physician, pediatrician,
psychiatrist, government consult, St Paul;
officer professional socs; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Lippman,Jonas;b.France, 1858; d. NYC,
July 10 1929.
Editor, lecturer, NYC.· See:AJYB, 24:174,
32:154.
Lippman, Joseph; b.*
Lawyer, Salt Lake City. • See: AJYB, 24:174.
Lippman, Joseph L; b. Newark, Oct 8 1895.
ME Cornell, LLB NJ Law. • Lawyer,
mechanical engineer, Newark; specialty: tax
law; "WWI service. • See: BEOAJ.
Lippman, Leonard Bing; b. South Bend,
IN, Oct 22 1907; d.June 91974.
AB Harvard, JD DePaul. • Transportation co
exec, Chicago; bd Bureau ofJewish
Employment Problems; WWII service. • See:
WWWIA,6.
Lippman, Louis; b. ca 1864; d. Newark,
Mar 23 1934.
Banker, civic & communal worker, Newark. •
See: A]YB, 36:284.
Lippman, Meyer Alvin; b. Brooklyn, Sep 26
1896.
CE Brooklyn Polytech. • Civil engineer, NYC;
sales mgr KY Rock Asphalt Co. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Lippman, Moses; b. Russia, 1867; d.
Passaic,July 1920.
Rabbi, Passaic. • See:A]YB, 23:132; Gottlieb,
311.
Lippman, Reuben Aaron; b.*; d. Chicago,
Dec 111943.
Rabbi, Chicago.· See:AJYB, 46:341.
Lippman, Samuel; b.*; d. Miami, Mar 20
1934.
Police officer, Atlantic City. • See: AJYB,
36:284.
Lippman, Samuel; b. ca 1870; d. Nov 28
1938.
Businessman, communal worker, Paterson. •
See:A]YB,41:427.
Lippmann, Arthur Leo; b. Brooklyn, Oct 23
1898.
Author, humorist, songwriter, advertising
agency exec, Brooklyn; WWI service. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lippmann (Lippman), Gustave; b.
Neuwied, Germany, July 11 1868; d. May
23 1937.
To St Louis 1894. • U Freiburg, Berlin, MD
U Bonn. • Pediatrician, civic worker, music
lover & art connoisseur, St Louis; faculty St
394
Lippmann, Herbert
LouisU. • See:A]YB, 24:174, 39:593;
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lippmann, Herbert; b. NYC, Jan 181889.
AB, B Arch Columbia. • Architect, NYC;
officer Camp Ramapo Com; active Jewish Big
Bros; popular author in field; WWI service. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Lippmann, Leopold Julius; b. Brooklyn,
Oct 121867.
Merchant, communal & civic worker, NYC;
nat! dir Jewish Consumptives Relief Soc; dir
Marshall Stillman Movement; active Nat!
Farm School, NY Fruit Exchange. • See:
WWIA], 1928; 1938.
Lippmann, Robert Kom; b. NYC, Sep 10
1898; d.June 91969.
BS Coluinbia, MD Johns Hopkins, post-grad
Vienna, Bologna. • Physician, orthopedic
surgeon, NYC; faculty Mt Sinai. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, June 10 1969,47:3.
Lippmann, Walter; b. NYC, Sep 23 1889; d.
NYC, Dec 141974.
AB Harvard; honorary degrees. • Political
analyst, columnist, author, Pultizer Prize
winner, NYC; with NY World, Herald-Tribune,
Newsweek; WWI government service. • See:
UJE;E];A]YB, 24:174, 76:515; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,
Dec 15 1974, 1:2.
Lipschitz, Alexander Siegfried; b. Posen,
Germany, Jan 8 1899.
To US 1929.· UBreslau, U Greifswald, LLD
U Berlin. • Socialist, political commentator,
newpaperman, author, NYC; with • Socialist
Democratic Press Service; exec dir AFL Labor
Chest; dir Trans-Atlantic Information Service.
• See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Lipschitz, Sander; see Lipshitz, Sander.
Lipschultz, Samuel; b. St Paul, Oct 11
1894; d. Dec 11960.
LLB St Paul ColI of Law. • Lawyer, St Paul;
chr State Selective Service Appeals Bd; WWI
service. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Lipschutz, David; b. Petrikov, Minsk, June
11890.
BS, MD U Pittsburgh. • Physician, Pittsburgh.
• See: WWIA], 1928.
Lipschutz, Michael Eliezer; b. ca 1851; d.
Philadelphia, Jan 13 1924.
Tchr, author, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB,
26:156.
Lipschutz, Solomon; b. Ungvar, Hungary,
July41863.
To US ca 1880. • Champion chess player. •
See:]E.
Lipsett, Mortimer; b. NYC, ca 1924; d.
Washington DC, Nov 1985.
U CA (Berkeley), MD U Southern CA. •
Physician, pioneer endocrinologist; dir Natl
Inst ofArthritis, Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney
Diseases; WWI service.· See: NYTimes, Nov
12 1985.
Lipshitz, Lazarus; b.*; d.June 1918.
Rabbi, Providence.· See:A]YB, 21:206.· *See
entry below.
Lipshitz, Lazarus; b. ca 1849; d. May 18
1918.
Rabbi, Providence. • See: A]YB, 2O(19181919):229,21:206.· *See entry above.
Lipshitz, Sandor; b. Minsk,Jan 22 1846; d.
Cleveland,June 111915.
To US 1894. • Rabbi, Cincinnati, Cleveland. •
See:A]YB, 18(1916-1917):108; Eisenstadt, 84.
Lipsitch, I Irving; b. Tilsit, Germany, 1884;
d. Los Angeles, Dec 281935.
NYU, JTS. • Social worker., Los Angeles; with
United Heb Charities (Ellis Island); mem exec
com Zionist Org of Am; dir Fedn of] ewish
Welfare. • See: UJE; WWIA], 1928.
Lipsitz, Harold Byron; b. Detroit, July 12
1894.
AB, post-grad U MI. • Scenario editor,
Hollywood, CA; with Fox Film Co. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Lipsitz, Louis; b. Detroit, June 25 1872; d.
Apr 11927.
Eastman Business ColI (Poughkeepsie). •
Banker, lumber mfr, Dallas;pres Chamber of
Commerce; bd TX State Fair; WWI
goverment service. • See: WWIA], 1926;
WWWIA, 1.
Lipsitz, S T; b. *
Physician, colI professor, St Louis. • See:
A]YB, 24:174.
Lipsky, Abraham (Abram) Louis; b.
Rochester, NY, Oct 16 1876.
Civic & communalldr, Braddock, PA; advisor
Salvation Army; dir General Hospital. • See:
A]YB, 24:174; WWIA], 1928,1938.
Lipsky, Abram; b. abroad, ca 1873; d.
Washington DC, May 21946.
To US 1875.· Tchr, author, NYC; author
Jewish Sunday school books. • See: A]YB,
49:614; NYTimes, May 4 1946, 15:6.
Lipsky, Charlotte (Mrs Louis Lipsky); b.
Riga, Dec 1879; d. NYC, May 15 1959.
To US 1895.· Decorator, sculptor, NYC; a
fdr Womens Am ORT; active Hadassah,
Zionist Org of Am.· See: A]YB, 61 :418;
NYTimes, May 171959,33:3.
Lipset, Seymour Martin; b. NYC, 1922.
Sociologist; faculty Columbia, U Toronto, U
CA (Berkeley), Harvard; ldr Am Professors for
Peace in the Middle East. • See: E].
Lipsky,Eleazor;b.1912.
Head, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NYc. •
See: E] (sub Lipsky, Louis).
Lipsett, E R (Halitvack); b. ca 1869; d.
NYC, Nov 1921.
Journalist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 24:102.
Lipsky, Harry Alexander; b. Chicago, Apr
22 1875.
PhB U Chicago, MA Harvard, post-grad
Oxford U, Berlin. • Newspaper exec, civic ldr,
Chicago; mem Bd of Education, Bd of Election
Commrs; chr Cook County Civil Service
Commn; general mgr Daily Jewish Courier; a
fdr Orthodox Federated Charities. • See:
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Lipsky, Joel Carmichael; b.*
Author on Jewish, Middle Eastern & Russian
subjects. • See: E] (sub Lipsky, Louis).
Lipsky, Louis; b. Rochester; NY, Nov 30
1876; d. NYC, May 27 1963.
Columbia. • Life insurance exec, Zionist &
communalldr, author, editor, NYC; editor Am
Heb; nat! officer Am Jewish Cong, B'nai B'rith;
a fdr Jewish Agency for Palestine, Maccabaean;
active World Zionist Org. • See:UJE; E];
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):143,24:174,65:435;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
4,5; ]TA-DNB, May 28 1963; NYTimes, May
28 1963, 37:1.
Lipsky, Merrill David; b. Sommerville, TN,
Apr 81901.
AB, MD Cornell. • Surgeon, NYC; faculty
NYU.• See: WWIA], 1938.
Lipsky, Rachel (Mrs); b. ca 1840; d.
Rochester, NY, Mar 13 1936.
Communal worker, Rochester, NY. • See:
A]YB, 38:431.
Lipsner, Benjamin Berl; b. Chicago, Sep 15
1887/1888.
U Valparaiso, ME Armour Inst. • Air mail
pioneer, merchant, engineer, aviation historian,
Chicago, Washington DC; first supt of the
Post Offices air mail division. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:174; WWWIA, 8.
Lipson, Mordekhai; b. Bialystok, 1885; d.
1958.
To US 1913, to Israel 1930. • Heb editor,
writer, folklorist, translator, NYC; fdr, editor
Hadoar. • See: E]; A]YB, 24:174.
Lipson, Robert; b. 1915; d. Nahariya,
Israel, Sep 111979.
Internatl B'nai B'rith ldr. • See:A]YB, 81:370.
Lipsyte, Sidney Irving; b. NYC, Apr 4 1904.
AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Public school
English & Americanization tchr, essayist,
NYC; pres Jewish Youth Guild; exec dir
Modern Youth League. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lipton, Barbara; b. NYC, Sep 6 1928; d.
July 201974.
AB Barnard, MD Yak • Physician,
anesthesiologist, NYC; faculty Mt Sinai; active
med socs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 6;
NYTimes, July 22 1974,32:4.
Lipton, Harry I; b. ca 1898; d. NYC, July 8
1936.
Lawyer, financier, Zionist & communal
worker, Miami Beach; WWI service. • See:
A]YB, 39:593.
Lipton, Robert I; h. NYC, Dec 11 1920; d.
Durham, NC, Dec 6 1976.
Lawyer, internatl B'nai B.'rith ldr, NC; mem
Natl Youth Commn. • See:A]YB, 78:543.
Litt,]acob
395
Lipton, Seymour; b. 1903.
Sculptor, dentist, NYC; tchr Cooper Union,
Newark State Tchrs Coll, New School. -See:
Raw wool & molded products mfr, LI City. See: WWIA], 1938.
E].
Lissey, Bernard; b. Bar, Russia, July 22
1881; d. July 1942.
Liptzin, Solomon; b. Satanov, Russia, July
271901.
To US 1898. - PhG Bd of Pharmacy Inst
(NYC), DDS Coll of Dental & Oral Surgery. Dentist, druggist, realtor, Jamaica, NY; fdr
Jamaica Athletic Assn; active synagogs. - See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, July 11 1942,13:5.
To NYC 1910. - All CCNY, MA, PhD
Columbia. - Literature scholar, NYC; faculty
CCNY; pres Jewish State Party of Am; author
in field. - See: U]E; E]; WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lisan, Manuel F; b. Russia, Dec 3 1882.
To US 1900. - Merchant, garment mfr,
Philadelphia. - See: WWIA], 1926.
Lischkoff, Mozart A; b. Pensacola, Jan 6
1890.
U Cincinnati, MD Tulane, post-grad London,
Vienna. - Physician, ophthalmologist,
otorhinolaryngologist, Pensacola; officer med
soc; author/editor in field; WWI service. - See:
WWIA], 1926,1938.
Lisitzky, Ephraim E; b. Minsk, Feb 15
1885; d. New Orleans, June 25 1962.
To US 1900. - Yeshiva ColI, PhC Marquette.
- Heb poet, educator, translator, New Orleans;
natl exec Young Judea; autobiography. - See:
E]; A]YB, 64:495; WWIA], 1938; NITimes,
June 27 1962, 35 :4.
Lisman, FrederickJ; b. Budingen,
Germany, July 211865; d. Feb 14 1940.
To US 1881. - Investment broker, NYC;
active reorganization, foreign loans. - See:
BEOA]; WWWIA, l;NITimes, Feb 151940,
19:4.
Lisner,Abram;b. ca 1855;d.Washington
DC, Mar 26 1938.
Merchant, musician, philanthropist,
Washington DC. - See: A]YB, 40:388.
Liss, Benjamin; b.*; d. Columbus, OH, Feb
161941.
Rabbi, Columbus, OH. - See:A]YB, 43:361.
Lissim, Simon; b. Kiev, Oct 24 1900; d.
May 1981.
To US 1941. - Sorbonne.>,-,Painter, theatre
designer, book illustrator, NYC; with Public
Library, CCNY; WWII French army service. See: WWU7A, 8;NITimes, May13 1981.
To NYC 1889/1894. - Firth Coll (Sheffield). Rabbi, Brooklyn; fdr synagogs; chaplain civic
& communal orgs; WWI chaplain. - See:
A]YB, 65:435; WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938;
NITimes, July 30 1962,23:3.
Communal worker, Philadelphia. - See: A]YB,
37:259.
Lit, Rachel P (Mrs Wedell, Mrs Arnold); b.
1858; d. 1919.
Lissner, Herman; b. Germany, July 29
1873; d. Feb 261938.
Merchant, civic & communal worker,
Philadelphia; mem DE River Bridge Commn,
Bd of City Trusts. - See: E] (sub Lit); A]YB,
24:174,31:93; NITimes, Mar 11929,25:1.
To US 1889. - Merchant, mfr, communal
worker, philanthropist, NYC. • See: A]YB,
40:388; WWIA], 1928,1938.
Lissner, Meyer; b. Sail Francisco, June 16
1871; d. July 28 1930.
Los Angeles Law School. - Lawyer, public
servant, municipal reformer, Los Angeles; orgr,
pres Good Government Fund; commr US
Shipping Bd; pres Bd of Public Utilities; officer
Natl Municipal League. -See: AJYB, 24:174,
33:127; WWIA], 1926,1928; WWWIA, 1.
Lissner, Ray; b. NYC, Jan 10 1903.
Litchman, Mark Meyer; b. NYC, Sep 2
1887.
U WA. - Lawyer, labor union defender,
Seattle; pres Seattle Labor Coll; counsel
legislature; active professional socs; author in
field, on Jewish subjects, WWI service. - See:
WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Litin, Edward Mortimer; b. Minneapolis,
Jan 22 1921; d. Apr 281972.
BS, MB, MD U MN. - Psychiatrist, Rochester,
MN; with Mayo Clinic; consult Peace Corps;
officer med socs; military service. - See:
WWWIA,6.
14(1912-1913):126.
Litman, Abraham; b. ca'1880; d. St Louis,
July 71912.
Socialist, communal worker, St Louis. - See:
A]YB, 15(1913-1914):272.
Lissauer, Herman; b. NYC, Apr 26 1892.
Lisso, Paul; b. ca 1854; d. Alexandria, LA,
Nov91911.
Financier, Alexandria, LA. - See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):125.
Lissberger, Edmund; b. NYC, May 41878.
Lit, Mrs Samuel D; b. ca 1867; d.
Philadelphia, Mar 24 1935.
Lit, Samuel D; b. ca 1861; d. Philadelphia,
Feb 1929.
Lissner, William; b. ca 1849; d. San
Francisco, Apr 61912.
Educator, San Francisco. - See: A]YB,
Lissberger, Benjamin; b. NYC, ca 1876; d.
NYC, Nov 191937.
CCNY. - Business exec, NYC; chr Am
Smelting; authority in field. - See: A]YB,
40:388; NITimes, Nov 20 1937, 17:2.
Lit, Jay; b. Chicago, Aug 28 1890.
Metropolitan Business School, Chicago Art
Inst. - Dept store exec, Philadelphia; active
Fedn ofJewish Charities, Mt Sinai. - See:
1919):229.
MD Columbia, abroad. - Child psychiatrist,
pediatrician, NYC; WWI service. - See:
NITimes, Feb 11967,39:3.
A]YB, 60:356;NITimes,May281958, 31:3.
Lit,Jacob D; b. 1872; d.Jan 1950;
Communalldr, dept store merchant,
Philadelphia; pres Mt Sinai Hospital Assn. See: E] (sub Lit); A]YB, 7(1905-1906):81,
24:174; NITimes, Jan 21 1950, 17:1.
Dress & millinery store owner, Philadelphia. •
See: E] (sub Lit).
WWIA],1938.
Jews from Central Europe; benefactor
Brandeis; active United Jewish Appeal. - See:
Concert pianist, NYc. - See: WWWIA, 8.
Lissner, Henry; b. ca 1865; d. Brooklyn,
July 61917.
Lawyer, Brooklyn. - See:A]YB, 20(1918-
Liss, Edward; b. NYC, ca 1891; d. NYC,
Jan 1967.
Lissauer,Meno;b.Lubeck, Germany, June
291879; d. NYC, May 271958.
To US 1941. - Industrialist; dir Am Fedn of
List, Eugene; b. CA, 1921; d. Mar 11985.
BEOA].
Lissman, Edward; b. Sheffield, England,
July 4 1870; d. NYC, July 29 1962.
Asst motiori picture dir, Hollywood, CA. - See:
BA CCNY, post-grad Columbia, ordained
JTS. - Rabbi, San Francisco; faculty School for
Jewish Studies. - See: WWIA], 1926.
To US ca 1938. - Opera singer, Vienna, NYC;
with Metropolitan Opera. - See: U]E;
WWWIA, 4; NITimes, June 241967, 29:5.
List, AlbertA; b. Fall River, MA, May 18
1901.
Industrialist, philanthropist; benefactor JTS,
List Found, Mt Sinai. - See: NITimes story,
Oct 141965.
Litman, Israel; b. ca 1866; d. NYC, Feb 4
1923.
Cantor, author, NYC. - See:A]YB, 25:140.
Litman, Simon; b; Odessa, Oct 13 1873.
us
To
1893. - AB Odessa Commercial Coll,
Ecole des Sciences Politiques (Paris),'U
Munich, PhD U Zurich. - Economist, Urbana,
IL; faculty U CA, U IL; author in field. - See:
U]E;A]YB, 24:174; WWIA], 1926,1928,
List, Carl F; b. Salbke, Germany, Sep 14
1902; d. Dec 12 1968.
1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 5.
To US 1934. - Neurosurgeon, Grand Rapids;
author in field. - See: WWWIA, 5.
Litt,Jacob;b.Milwaukee, 1860;d.NYC,
Sep 271905.
List, Emanuel; b. Vienna, Mar 22 1891; d.
June 211967.
A]YB, 8(1906-1907):224; WWWIA, 1;
NITimes, Sep 281905,9:6.
Theatre owner, mgr & producer, NYC. - See:
Litt, Sol
Litt, Sol; b. Chicago, Oct 4 1899.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med ColI. •
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Chicago. • See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Littauer, Lucius Nathan; b. Gloversville,
NY, Jan 20 1859; d. New Rochelle, Mar
21944.
AB Harvard; honorary degrees. •
Congressman, glove mfr, philanthropist; fdr
Littauer Found, Littauer Professorship
(Harvard); active Republican politics, med
research. • See: JE; UJE; EJ; AJYB, 2(19001901):520,6(1904-1905):143,24:174,46:341;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ; AJHQ,
66:498-512; WWWIA, 2; DAB, 3; NITimes,
Mar 3 1944,15:1.
396
Litwin, DavidM; h. 1897; d. Newark, Nov
301972.
B'nai B'rith; trustee Nad Home for Jewish
Children. - See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Lawyer, communal & civic ldr, Newark; officer
Civil Rights Commn, Jewish Community
Fedn, Jewish Comrimnity Council. - See:
A]YB, 74:557; NITimes, Dec 3 1972,87:1.
Livingston, Charles;b. ca 1863; d. Chicago,
Nov 1915.
Communal worker, Chicago. - See: AJYB,
18(1916-1917):109.
Litzinger, Dorothea (Mrs John W
Thompson); b.*; d. NYC,Jan 1925.
Pratt, Nad Academy of Design. - Painter,
NYC; dir Art Alliance; known for flower
pictures. - See: AJYB, 24: 175; NYTimes, Jan 6
1925,25:4.
Liuzzi, Femanado; h. Senigaglio, Italy,
1884; d. US, Oct 1940.
Littauer, Sebastian Barkann; b. NYC, Aug 2
1900.
To US ca 1939. - Composer, musicologist;
faculty Royal Conservatory (Florence), U
Rome. - See: UJE; NITimes, Oct 12 1940,
17:4.
Chem E Rensselaer Polytech, MA Columbia,
DSc MIT. • Mathematician, Annapolis; faculty
US Naval Academy; officer B'nai B'rith; WWI
service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Liveright, Alice Fleisher (Mrs I Albert
Liveright); b. Philadelphia, Dec 18 1882;
d. Feh 1958.
Livingston, George; b. NYC, Apr 15 1888;
d. NYC, Feb 1961.
BA CCNY, LLB Brooklyn Law. - Lawyer,
bank dir, NYC; specialty: surrogate law; dir
Nad Reb School. • See: BEOAJ; NITimes, Feb
12 1961, 86:2.
Livingston, Henry Sandy; h. Washington
Court House, OH, July 10 1854; d.
Sarasota, 1939.
Broker, financier, mfr, philanthropist,
Cincinnati; active United Jewish Social
Services. - See: WWIAJ, 1938; NITimes, Dec
3 1939,60:8.
Livingston, Jacob H; h. NYC, 1896?; d.
Brooklyn, Oct 211950.
To US 1891.· LLB NJ Law.· Merchant,
NYc.. See: WWIAJ, 1938.
U P A, PA School of Social Work. • Social &
child welfare worker, Philadelphia; with Fedn
ofJewish Charities, State Welfare Dept; bd
Juvenile Aid Soc. - See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NITimes, Feb 19 1958,27:4.
Lawyer, communal & philanthropic ldr, NYC;
officer Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies; chr
ORT. - See:AJYB, 53:525;NYTimes, Oct 22
1950,92:2.
Littman, Max; h. ca 1846; d. Germany, Aug
51921.
Liveright, Florence Kahn (Mrs Simon
Liveright); h. Philadelphia, Oct 311856.
Livingston, Julius C; h. St Louis, Apr 9
1898.
Army veteran, philanthropist, St Louis. • See:
Communalldr, Philadelphia; dir Heb
Educational Soc, Jewish Hospital Auxiliary;
active United Heb Charities. - See: A]YB,
7(1905-1906):81.
Am Jewish Com, Am Jewish Cong; officer
Zionist Org of Am, YMCA; chr United
Litter, David Hiram; b. Odessa, Nov 12
1887.
AJYB, 24:102.
Littman, Maxwell I; h. ca 1914; d.
Englewood, NJ, Dec 1972.
BS, MS Cornell, PhD Rutgers, MD Tulane. •
Physician, microbiologist, researcher, consult,
NYC, Brooklyn; with Veterans Adm, Dept of
Health; WWII service. • See: NITimes, Dec
301972,24:2.
Littman,Monris;h.caI882;d.NYC,Mar
23 1935.
Clothing merchant, communal worker, NYc.
- See:AJYB, 37:259.
Littman, Peter; b. Philadelphia, Jan 4 1876.
Buyer, Trenton; state officer B'rith Sholom. See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Litton, Abraham C; b. Moscow, Oct 4
1893; d. Paris, July 91955.
To US 1939. - Business exec, welfare worker;
with ORT; orgr school for inmates of
Displaced Persons camps (Oswego, NY). • See:
AJYB, 58:477-78; NYTimes, July 101955,73:2.
Litvak, A (Helfand, Jacob [Hayyim
Yankel]); h. ca 1874; d. Brooklyn, Sep 20
1932.
To US 1915, to Russia 1917, to US 1926. •
Author, editor, Bund popularizer, Brooklyn;
editor Veker; active Jewish folk culture, Jewish
Socialist Farband. • See: E]; AJYB, 35:126.
Litvak, Jerome Bernard; h. NYC, Aug 4
1907.
LLB NJ Law. - Lawyer, legislator, Newark;
secy Am Jewish Congo - See: WWIAJ, 1938.
LitvinlLitwin, A; see Hurwitz, Samuel.
U MO. - Oil co exec, Tulsa; nad exec council
Palestine Appeal; nad dir Jr Chamber of
Commerce; WWI service. - See: WWIAJ,
Liveright, Frank I; b. Philadelphia, July 4
1878; d.July 1971.
1926,1938;BEOAJ.
Dept store exec, social welfare ldr, Newark;
pres Beth Israel Hospital; trustee Welfare
Fedn; dir Childrens Aid Soc. - See: WWIAJ,
1938; NITimes, July 11 1971, 46:8.
Livingston, Minna T (Mrs S R Livingston);
h. Richmond, Dec 161886.
Liveright, Horace Brishin; h. Osceola Mills,
PA, Dec 10 1885/1886; d. NYC, Sep 24
1933.
Bookpublisher, play producer, NYC; author
on censorship, sexual freedom. -See: UJE; EJ;
AJYB, 24:175, 36:283; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928;
WWWIA, 1; DAB, I;NITimes, Sep251933,
15:1.
Liveright, Max; b. ca 1843; d. Philadelphia,
Oct 11916.
Mfr, Philadelphia. • See: A]YB, 19(19171918):266.
Liverman, Harry; h. Kalvaria, Poland, Aug
291874; d. NYC, June 23 1961.
To US 1907. - Lane Bryant stores exec, NYC;
officer Am Israel Cultural Found. • See: AJYB,
63:561; WWIA], 1938; NITimes, June 24
1961,21:3.
Livermore, Oscar; h. ca 1861; d. Colorado
Springs, Nov 13 1934.
Merchant, communal worker, Colorado
Springs. - See:AJYB, 37:259.
Livermore, Richard Moses; h. Colorado
Springs, Apr 7 1900.
Dartmouth. - Exec, Colorado Springs; officer
BA Richmond ColI. - Social service worker,
Richmond; pres regional Nat! Conf ofJewish
Women. - See: WWIA], 1926.
Livingston, Sig; h.*; d. Havana, Feb 16
1913.
Banker, Tamaqua, PA. - See:AJYB, 15(19131914):272.
Livingston, Sigmund; h. Giessen, Germany,
Dec 271872; d. Ravinia, IL,June 13
1946.
To US 1882. - IL "\Vesleyan, LLB
Bloomington Law School. - Lawyer,
Bloomington, IN, Chicago; fdr AntiDefamation League; author on humanitarian
issues.· See:A]YB, 49:614; WWIA],1928,
1938; BEOAJ; WWWIA, 2; NITimes, June 15
1946,21:4.
Livingstone, Mary (Mrs Jack Benny); h.
Seattle, ca 1906; d. Los Angeles, 1983.
Radio & television comedian, Los Angeles. See: NITimes, July 2 1983.
Lohe, Ferdinand Philip; h. Baltimore, Mar
191877.
Salesman, Baltimore; officer Reb Free Burial
Soc. - See: WWIA], 1938.
Lohel, Malvina (Mrs Julius Broder); b. May
261882.
397
Loeb,]acob
A]YB, 24:175; WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Chamber of Commerce; dir Natl Community
Chest.· See: WWWIA, 4.
Loeb, Hamilton Moritz; b. Chicago, Sep 16
1900.
Loble, Henry; b.*; d. Helena, MT,July 10
1913.
Loeb, Carl M; b. Frankfurt, Sep 25/29
1875/1879;d.1954/1955.
U IL, US Military Academy. • Insurance
broker, exec, NYC, Chicago; officerJewish
Social Services Bureau. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Merchant, communal worker, Helena, MT. •
See:A]YB, 16(1914-1915):164.
To US 1892. • Metal co exec, NYC, St Louis;
pres Home for Aged & Infirm Hebrews; WWI
government service. • See: WWIA.], 1926,
1928,1938; BEGA]; NYTimes, Jan 41955,
21:1.
Yiddish actress, NYC, Dorcester, MA. • See:
Loble, Lester Henry; b. Helena, MT, Apr 9
1893.
NYU Law. • City atty, legislator, Democratic
floor ldr, Helena, MT. • See: WWIA], 1928;
BEGA].
Lobman, Walter; b. Pineapple,AL, Oct 29
1886.
Dry goods merchant, Montgomery, AL; officer
Jewish Fedn; dir Anti-Tuberculosis League. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Lobo, Moses Finzi; b. Bridgetown,
Barbados, Dec 6 1834; d. Philadelphia,
Nov 171904.
To Philadelphia ca 1845. • Stationery
merchant, newspaperman, shorthand expert,
author, Philadelphia; active synagog. • See:
Loeb, Carl,MJr; b. St Louis, Aug 10 1904;
d. Greenwich, CT, Aug 1985.
BS Princeton, MS MIT. • Metallurgic
engineer, broker, exec, NYC; fdr Natl Crime
Prevention Council; officer NatlJewish
Welfare Bd; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, professional soc; author in
field. • See: WWIA.], 1938; NYTimes, 4pg 14
1985.
Loeb, Charles Gerson; b. New Orleans,
Oct 5/91885; d. NYC, Mar 191944.
BL U Paris, LLB U CA. • Lawyer, Paris;
officer Chamber of Commerce. • See: A]YB,
Merchant, civic & communal worker, Hot
Springs, AR. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Loeb, Abraham Ullman; b. Lafayette, IN,
Sep 191878.
degree. • Physician, laryngologist, otologist,
communal worker, author, St Louis; faculty,
dean St Louis U. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24: 175
(sub Loeb, Hanan), 30:80; WWIA.], 1926;
WWWIA, 1.
Loeb, Harold A; b. NYC, Oct 18 1891; d.
Marrakesh,Jan 1974.
BS Princeton. • Economist, avant-garde
literary publisher, novelist, NYC; publisher
Broom; friend of cultural notables; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan 23
1974,40:1, correction Jan 25 1974,35:7.
Loeb, Henry Sri b. ca 1860; d. Oct 11 1936.
46:341-42; BEGA].
Communalldr, philanthropist, Memphis. •
See:A]YB, 39:593.
Loeb, Charles R; b. Philadelphia, Oct 23
1880.
Loeb, Herman; b. ca 1865; d. Ventnor, NJ,
Apr 11935.
Hide & leather merchant, Philadelphia; active
philanthropic & educational causes, work for
consumptives. • See: BEGA].
Industrialist, civic reformer, Philadelphia. •
See:A]YB, 37:259.
UJE; PA]HS, 19:197-99.
Lockwood, Dave; b. Riga, July 13 1882.
Loeb, Hanau W"olf; b. Philadelphia, Aug 25
1865; d. St Louis, July 6 1927.
AB, AM U MO, MD Columbia; honorary
Loeb, Horace; b. ca 1867; d. Philadelphia,
Dec 11935.
Loeb, Charlotte; b. Ticonderoga, NY; d.
Nov261934.
AB Vassar, AM State Normal, PdB Sorbonne,
A]YB, 3'8:431.
Loeb, Adolph; b. Bingen, Germany, Mar 9
1839; d. Oct 8 1906.
Paris, Berlin. • French literature & language
scholar, Albany, NY; faculty State ColI for
Tchrs.· See:A]YB, 37:259; WWIA.], 1926,
1928.
Loeb, Howard Adler; b. Philadelphia, July
251873; d. Nov 3 1955.
BS, ME U PA. • Banker, Philadelphia; officer
Communalldr, insurance exec, Memphis,
Chicago; pres Jewish Agricultural & Individual
Aid Soc, Russian Refugee Aid Soc. • See:
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):81-82, 9(1907-1908):504.
Loeb, Clarence; b. Columbia, MO, Mar 21
1876; d. before 1938.
AB, AM MO State, MD Marion-Sims Med
Purdue. • Army officer; served in Cuba,
Philippines, China. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):143.
Loeb, Albert H; b. Rockford, IL, 1868.
Merchant, communal worker, Chicago. • See:
ColI, post-grad Berlin, Vienna. •
Ophthalmologist, Chicago; faculty St Louis U;
editor in field. • See: WWIA.], 1928.
A]YB, 24:175.
Loeb, Arthur; b. Lafayette, IN, June 29
1872; d. Apr 9 1940.
U PA. • Hosiery mfr, bldr, civic & communal
ldr, philanthropist, Philadelphia; officer Fedn
ofJewish Charities. • See:A]YB, 42:481;
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 10 1940,25:3.
Loeb, Arthur; b. Chicago, Mar 13 1879.
AB U MI. • Insurance exec, Chicago. • See:
Banker, communal worker, Philadelphia. • See:
Babies Hospital; advisor Reconstruction
Finance Corp. • See: WWIA.], 1938; BEGA];
WWWIA, 3; NYTimes, Nov41955, 29:3.
Loeb, Isaac; b.*; d. San Francisco, Mar
1917.
Merchant, philanthropist.. San Francisco. • See:
A]YB, 19(1917-1918):266.
Loeb, Daniel; b. ca 1893; d.Jersey City,Jan
241936.
Lawyer, civic & communal worker, Jersey City;
WWIservice.· See:A]YB, 38:431.
Loeb, DavidJoel; b. Philadelphia, Dec 4
1886.
U PA. • Merchant, communal worker,
Philadelphia; editor The Review (YM-YWHA).
• See: WWIA.],1928.
WWIA], 1928.
Loeb, Isidor; b. Roanoke, MO, Nov 5 1868;
d. June 4 1954.
BS, MS, LLB U MO, PhD Columbia, postgrad U Berlin; honorary degrees. • Political
scientist, St Louis; mem MO State Tax
Commn; faculty, dean Washington U; officer
professional soc; author/editor in field. • See:
UJE; A]YB, 6(1904-1905):144,24:175;
WWIA], 1926,1928,1938; BEGA]; WWWIA,
3.
Loeb, Dorothy; b. Bavaria, July 3 1887.
Loeb, August Benjamin; b. Bechtheim,
Germany, June/Aug 161841; d. Ventnor,
NJ, Aug 1915.
To US ca 1851. • Financier, tartaric acid mfr,
communal worker, Philadelphia; benefactor
Jewish Hospital & Home for the Aged. • See:
UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):144,18(19161917):109;PA]HS, 25:173-75;NYTimes, Aug
23 1915,11:6.
Loeb, Benjamin Marx; b. St Louis, Feb 1
1902; d.July 171965.
BS U MO.· Business exec, merchant, St
Louis; pres Community Chest; officer
Chicago Art Inst, Paris, Munich. • Artist,
painter, etcher, Chicago.· See:A]YB, 24:175;
WWIA], 1926,1928.
Loeb, Frank Sigismund; b. Lancaster, PA,
Sep 171872.
Lehigh. • Chemist, exec, Pittsburgh. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Loeb, Jack Well; b. Reading, PA, Apr 9
1867.
Theatrical exec, NYC; with Fox Theatres;
officer radio station. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Loeb, Jacob; b. ca 1859; d. Louisville, June
301919.
Fire Dept Captain, Louisville. • See: A]YB,
22:167.
Loeb, GM (Gerald Martin); b. San
Francisco, July 241899; d. Apr 12 1974.
Stockbroker, San Francisco; author in field. •
See: WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Apr 161974,42:1.
Loeb, Jacob; b. ca 1834; d. Canton, MS,
Oct 13 1911.
Communal worker, Canton, MS. • See: A]YB,
14(1912-1913):124.
398
Loeb, Jacob Moritz
Loeb, Jacob Moritz; b. Chicago, Sep 17
1875; d. Chicago, Feb 171944.
Exec, insurance broker, Chicago; mem Bd of
Education; officer J ewish Welfare Bd;
fundraiser Jewish War Sufferers, United Drive.
• See: UJE;AJYB, 24:175,46:342; WWIAJ,
1926,1928, 1938;BEOAJ; ~,2.
Loeb,Jacques;b.lleichshofen,AJsace,Mar
311855; d. Montgomery, AL, Mar 29
1912.
Wholesale grocer, communalldr, park commr,
Montgomery, AL; officer synagog, B'nai B'rith,
trade assn.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):82,
14(1912-1913):126.
Loeb, Jacques; b. near Strasbourg, Apr 7.
1859; d. Bermuda, Feb 111924.
To US ca 1891. • U Munich, U Berlin, MD U
Strasbourg. • Physiological chemist, biologist;
faculty U CA, Rockefeller Inst; known for
"tropism theory." • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):144-45,24:175,26:156;
~,I;DAB;NYTimes, Feb 13 1924,
19:3.
Loeb, James; b. NYC, Aug 6 1867; d.
Murnau, Bavaria, May 28 1933.
AB Harvard; honorary degree. • Banker,
classical scholar, humanist, music & art patron,
philanthropist; est Loeb Classical Library,
Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fUr Psychiatrie
(Munich). • See: UJE; EJ; AJYB, 24:175,
35:126; WWIAJ, 1926, 1928; ~, 1;
NYTimes, May 291933, 13:1.
Loeb, James I; b. Cincinnati,Jan 71874; d.
Highland Park, IL, Dec 1950.
Insurance exec, Chicago; officer synagog;
active aid for Jewish war sufferers. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 81950,
29:3.
Loeb, Johanne M (Mrs Moritz Loeb); b.
Ilendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, May 25
1844; d. Chicago, Oct 22 1917.
Social welfare worker, Chicago; dir Jewish
Training School, Home for Jewish Friendless,
German Old Peoples Home, Home for
Destitute Crippled Children. • See: AJYB,
7(1905-1906):82,20(1918-1919):229.
Loeb, John Jacob; b. Chicago, ca 1910; d.
Valley Stream; LI, Mar 1960.
Popular song composer, NYC; "Rosie the
Riveter"; officer professional assn. • See:
NYTimes, Mar 4 1970,47:1.
Loeb, Joseph Philip; b. Los Angeles, Dec
111883.
AB U CA. • Lawyer, communalldr, Los
Angeles; mem CA Bd of Education; pres
Jewish Orphans Home, United Jewish Welfare
Fund.· See: WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 7.
Loeb, Joseph W; b. ca 1894; d.
Lincolntown, NC, Dec 81922.
Cited in WWI, Washington DC· See:AJYB,
25:140.
Loeb,Julius; b. Frankfurt, Oct 91873; d.
NYC,Jan 1946.
To US 1890.· Metal co exec, NYC; trustee
Heb Orphan Asylum. • See: wwtAJ, 1926,
1928; NYTimes, Jan 5 1946, 14:2.
Loeb, Julius T; b. Brest-Litovsk, Apr 22
1869; d. Washington DC, Dec 141942.
To US 1891.· Rabbi, Washington DC,
Atlanta, Charleston, SCi natl dir Union of
OrthodoxJewish Congregations; author on
Zionism; WWI chaplain. • See:AJYB, 45:389;
WWIAJ,I926;
Loeb, Leo; b. Bechtheim, Germany, July 28
1844; d. Philadelphia,Jan 11932.
To US 1860. • Clothing & business exec,
communal worker, Philadelphia; natl pres
trade assn; officer Jewish Foster Home; dir
Jewish &ponent. • See: AJYB, 7(1905-1906):82,
34:112.
Loeb, Leo; b. Mayen, Germany, Sep 21
1869; d. Dec 281959.
To US 1900. • U Heidelberg, U Berlin, MD
U Zurich, U Freiburg. • Pathologist, pioneer
in cancer research, St Louis; faculty
Washington U.· See: UJE;EJ;AJYB, 24:175;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 3; DAB, 6; NYTimes,
Dec 301959,21:3.
Loeb, Leo; b. Charleston, WV, June 4
1877.
AB, MA U VA, LLB U W VA. • Lawyer,
Charleston, W VA; mem City Council; active
Boy Scouts, bar assn. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,
1938.
Loeb, Leo; b. Ilich Hill, MO, Nov 12 1885.
AB U MO, BS MIT. • Mechanical engineer,
NYC; author in field. • See: WWIAJ, 1928,.
1938.
Loeb, Leo A; b. Memphis, June 21867.
Insurance exec, communal worker, Chicago;
pres Jewish Home Finding Soc; officer Home
for Working Girls. • See: AJYB, 7(19051906):82-83; WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Loeb, Leonard Benedict; b. Zurich, Sep 16
1891.
To US 1891.· U CA, Columbia, BS, PhD U
Chicago, post-grad U Manchester. • Physicist,
Berkeley; faculty U CA; advisor Natl Research
Council; author in field; WWI & WWII
service. • See: ~, 7.
Loeb, Leopold; b. ca 1839; d. Morgan City,
LA, Mar 1921.
Rabbi, Morgan City, LA. • See:AJYB, 23:132.
Loeb, Louis; b. AJsheim, Germany, Feb 6
1853; d. Oct 291935.
Exec, communal worker, Akron, OH. • See:
AJYB, 38:431; WWIAJ, 1928.
Loeb, Louis; b. Cleveland, Nov 71866; d.
Canterbury, NH,July 12 1909.
Art Students League (NYC, Paris). • Artist,
NYC; pres Art Students League.· See: JE;
UJE;AJYB; 6(1904-1905):145,12(19101911):108;~, 1; DAB; NYTimes, July
11 1909, 7:6.
Loeb, Ludwig M; b. Chicago, Feb 4 1878;
d. Chicago, Nov 1944.
BS U Chicago, MD Rush Med CoIl. •
Physician, Chicago; faculty Rush Med ColI. •
See: WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Nov 7 1944,
27:2.
Loeb, Marx (Max) B; b. Bechtheim,
Germany, July 1836; d. Adantic City,
Aug 1907.
Wholesale clothier, communalldr,
Philadelphia; officer United Heb Charities,
Jewish Hospital. • See:AJYB, 7(19051906):83; NYTimes, Aug 5 1907, 7:6.
Loeb, Max I; b. ca 1875; d. NYC, Apr 15
1933.
Captain, WWI, NYC. ·See:AJYB, 35:126.
Loeb, Michael S; b. Strasbourg, Sep 8 1877;
d. before 1938.
LLB NYU. • Lawyer, Chicago. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Loeb, Milton B; b. Lafayette, IN,Jan 28
1889; d. NYC, Jan 271972.
LLB U MI. • Mfr exec, lawyer, NYC; creator
Brillo; trustee Hillside Hospital; active
communal philanthropies; WWI service. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Jan 28 1972,40:1.
Loeb, Mitchell; b. Poland, 1889; d.
Brooklyn, Nov 1968.
Cartoonist, illustrator, portraitist, public
school tchr; NYC; with Forward, Day. • See:
AJYB, 24:175; NYTimes, Nov 211968,47:4.
Loeb, Moritz; b. Unkstein, Germany, 1812;
d. Doylestown, PA, 1887.
Journalist, Lebanon & Doylestown, PA; editor
Der Morgenstern; influential in gaining
Mennonite exemption from military service. •
See: UJE.
Loeb, Morris; b. Cincinnati, May 23 1863/
1867; d. NYC, Oct 8 1912.
AB Harvard, NY CoIl of Pharmacy, PhD U
Berlin, Heidelberg, Leipzig. • Chemist,
scientist, communalldr, philanthropist; faculty
NYU; a fdr Am Jewish Com; officer Heb
Technical CoIl, Heb Charities Bldg Fund; dir
Educational Alliance, JTS; active Jewish
Agricultural & Industrial Aid Soc. • See: JE;
UJE; EJ; AJYB, 6(1904-1905):145, 15(19131914):272; PAJHS, 22:225-27; WWWIA, 1;
DAB; NYTimes, Oct 91912,13:5.
Loeb, Morton Joseph; b. New Haven, Apr 7
1886.
Yale, DDS U PA. • Dentist, dental surgeon,
New Haven; mem CT Bd of Dental
Examiners; faculty Yale; officer dental socs~ •
See: WWIAJ, 1938; BEOAJ.
Loeb, Oscar; b. Philadelphia, Sep 26 1879.
U PA. • Broker, author, Philadelphia; officer
Heb Educational Soc; dir Jewish Chautauqua
Soc. • See: WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOAJ.
Loeb, Ilay (Ilachel) K (Mrs Jacob Well
Loeb); b. Pottsville, PA, Apr 15 1866; d.
NYC, May 1954.
NYU, NYU Law. • Communal worker,
clubwoman, NYC; active in social, welfare &
benevolent orgs; advocate ofwomens rights;
WWI Red Cross service. • See: WWIAJ, 1938;
NYTimes, May 31 1954, 13 :6.
399
Loewenstein, Ernest Eduard
Loeb, Robert Frederick; b. Chicago, Mar
14 189S; d. Oct 211973.
MD Harvard, ScD U Chicago; honorary
degrees. • Pharmacologist, physician, scientist;
faculty Columbia, Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital (Boston); consult Natl Science Bd,
Atomic Energy Commn, Natl Heart Inst, US
Public Health Service; officer med socs; trustee
Rockefeller Found; author in field. • See: UJE
(sub Loeb, Robert & Loeb, Robert Frederick);
WWWL4., 6; NYTimes, Oct 23 1973, 50:3.
FBI agent, helped solve important cases. • See:
A]YB, 53:525.
Org ofAm, AssocdJewish Philanthropies. •
See:BEOA].
Loebl, Florence W; b.*
Painter, NYC.· See:A]YB, 24:175.
Loew, Marcus; b. NYC, May 7 1870; d.
Glen Cove, NY, Sep 51927.
Theatre owner, motion picture producer,
NYC; head MGM. • See: UJE; A]YB, 24:176,
30:80; WWIA], 1926; WWWL4., 1; DAB;
NITimes, Sep 61927,1:5.
Loeb, Solomon; b. Germany, 1828; d. NYC,
Dec 121903.
To US 1849. • Banker, philanthropist,
communalldr, NYC. • See: UJE; A]YB,
6(1904-1905):372; NYTimes, Dec 14 1903, 7:3.
Loebner, James Bernard; b. Panschu,
Russia, Sep 28 1883; d. North
Hollywood, CA, May 1951.
To US 1903. • Leclaire (lL) Industrial ColI. •
Newspaper editor, Chicago; editor-in-chief
Daily Jewish Record, Express; mem Park Bd, Bd
ofIL State Normal Schools, Library B& • See:
WWIA], 1938; NITimes, May 27 1951, 68:4.
Loeb, Solomon; b. ca 1853; d. Lafayette,
IN, Feb 1937.
Communal worker, Lafayette, IN. • See:
A]YB, 39:594.
Loeb, Sophie Irene Simon (Mrs Anselm
Loeb); b. Rovno, Russia, July 4 1876; d.
NYC,Jan 18 1929.
To US ca 1882. • Social worker, journalist,
mediator, NYC; feature writer NY Evening
Post; active child & social welfare legislation;
author on child welfare, Zionism. • See: UJE;
A]YB, 24:175, 31:93; WWIA], 1926,1928;
WWWL4., 1; NAW; DAB; NYTimes, Jan 19
1929, 17:1.
Loeb, Vtrgil; b. Columbia, MO, Feb 28
1883; d.June 1956.
AB U MO, MD, DDS St Louis U, post-grad
abroad. • Oral surgeon, St Louis; faculty
Washington U, St Louis U; officer
professional soc; WWI service. • See: A]YB,
24:175; WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA];
WWWL4., 7; NYTimes, June 27 1956,31:5.
Loeb, WillardE; b. NYC, ca 1896; d. NYC,
Nov 1958.
Yale. • Stockbroker, charity ldr, NYC; officer
Hospital for Joint Diseases, Blythedale
Hospital, Clara de Hirsch Home for Working
Girls; WWI service. • See: NYTimes, Nov 28
1958,30:5.
Loeb, William; b. Albany, NY, Oct 91866;
d. Sep 19 1937.
Business exec, Albany & Oyster Bay, NY; secy
& stenographer for private & public officials,
Theodore Roosevelt. • See: "WWTVIA, 1;
NYTimes, Sep 201937,23.:3.
Loebl, Jerrold; b. Chicago, Sep 2 1899;d.
Oct 11978.
Chicago Art Inst, BS, MA Armour Inst. •
Architect, planner, Chicago; officer
professional socs. • See: WWWL4., 7.
Loeffler, Louis; b. Minsk, Aug 21 1886.
To US 1892.· LLB Georgetown U.· Lawyer,
Bristow, OK; mem City Council; WWI
service.· See: WWIA], 1928,1938.
Loeffler, Wm; b.*; d. Chicago, June 2S
1909.
Politician, phila1).thropist, Chicago. • See:
A]YB, 11(1909-1910):109.
Loeser, Frederick; b. Mergenthein, South
Germany, 1833; d. Stuttgart, July 31
1911.
To NYC 1853. • Dry goods merchant,
Brooklyn.· See:A]YB, 14(1912-1913):12.3;
NYTimes, Aug 11911,9:5.
Loeser, Irwin N; b. Buffalo, July 311881.
BA U Toronto, LLB Baldwin U. • Lawyer,
Cleveland. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1928.
Loesser, Frank; b. NYC, June 291910: d.
NYC, July 28 1969.
CCNY. • Composer, lyricist, screenwriter,
NYC; "Praise the Lord & Pass the
Ammunition"; WWII service. • See: WWWL4.,
6; DAB, 8; NITimes, July 29 1969, 1:1.
Loevenhart, Arthur Solomon; b. Lexington,
KY, Dec 29 1878; d. Madison, Apr 20
1929.
BS, MS KY State, MD Johns Hopkins.·
Pharmacologist, physiologist; faculty Johns
Hopkins U, UWl.· See: UJE; AJYB, 24:175;
WWIA], 1926, 1928; WWWL4., 1.
Loew, William N; b.*; d. NYC, Nov 1922.
Writer, NYC.· See:A]YB, 25:140.
Loewenberg, Bert James; b. Boston, Dec
24 1905; d. Aug 13 1974.
AB, MA Clark, MA, PhD Harvard, post-grad
U London, U Edinburgh, Cambridge U;
honorary degree. • Historian, Bronxville, NY;
faculty, trustee Sarah Lawrence; author in field.
• See: WWWL4., 6;NYTimes,Aug 151974,
36:4.
Loewenberg, Ida; b. Portland, OR, June 12
1872.
U OR, Europe. • Soci~l worker, Portland, OR;
exec secy Neighborhood House. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Loewenberg, Jacob; b. Tuckum, Latvia,
Feb 21882.
To US 1904. • AB, MA, PhD Harvard. •
Philosopher,Berkeley; faculty U CA; author in
field.· See:A]YB, 24:176; WWIA], 1938.
Loewenberg, KurtJ; b. Berlin, Mar 91900;
d. NYC, Mar 1966.
To US 1938. • Business exec, communalldr,
NYC; active Fedn ofJewish Philanthropies,
United Jewish Appeal. • See:A]YB, 68:530;
NITimes, Mar 21 1966, 33:4.
Loewenberg, Max Lippy; b. Russia, Nov 29
1899.
To US 1900. • BS, CE Armour Inst. •
Architect, Chicago. • .See: WWIA], 1938.
Loewenberg, Samuel Aaron; b. Libau,
Latvia, Jan 11881.
To Philadelphia 1894.· MD MedicoChirurgical ColI (philadelphia), abroad. •
Physician, Philadelphia; faculty Jefferson Med
ColI; dir Assocd Talmud Torahs; textbook
author in field; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1926, 1928, 1938.
Loewenberg, William; b. Frankfurt, 18S4.
Heb Union ColI. • Cantor, Philadelphia;
assocd with Union Hymnal. • See: A]YB,
5(1903-1904):76.
Loeb, William Louis; b. Memphis, Oct 17
1893; d. Memphis, Nov 161942.
Laundry business exec, Memphis; pres Jewish
Welfare Fund; bd Childrens Bureau,Natl
Conf of Christians & Jews; WWI service. •
See:A]YB, 45:389; WWIA], 1938.
Loevinger, Gustavus; b. New Ulm,
Germany,Mar4188l.
To US ca 1889. • AB Dakota Wesleyan, LLB
U MN; honorary degree. • District court
judge, St Paul; exec com Zionist Org of Am;
assoc editor Am Jewish World. • See: UJE;
WWIA], 1926, 1928; BEOA].
Loebel, Charles; b. Jassy, Nov 18 1874.
To US 1884. • Bldg & loan exec, Newark;
mem Bd of Freeholders; orgr, pres Heb
Sheltering Assn, Heb Free Loan.· See:
WWIA],1938.
Loew, Arthur M; b. NYC, Oct S 1897; d.
Sep 1977.
BS NYU, Alexander Hamilton Inst. • Motion
picture exec, NYC, Paris. • See: WWIA],
1928, 1938; NITimes, Sep 8 1977, IV 21:4.
Loewenstein, Emanuel; b. Chicago, Apr 19
1870; d. Chicago, Apr 1941.
Wholesale clothier, realtor, philanthropist,
Chicago; fdr bond & mortgage banking firm;
mem Real Estate Bd. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NITimes, Apr 27 1941,38:1.
Loebel, Louis; b. Hungary, 1879?; d.
Washington DC, Aug 8 1950.
Loew, Elias Moses; b. Rumania, Mar 28
1897.
Theatre chain owner, Boston; active Zionist
Loewenstein, Ernest Eduard; b. Danzig,
1869; d. NYC, Oct 9 1942.
To US ca 1938.· Jurist, publisher, Vienna,
Loewenstein, Belle (Mrs Ben
Loewenstein); b. San Francisco, 1869.
Civic worker, Cincinnati.· See:A]YB, 24:176.
400
Loewenstein, Ernst
NYC; publisher Neues Wiener Journal; staff
NITimes.· See:AJYB, 45:389.
Loewenstein, Ernst; b. Karlsbad~
Czechoslovakia, 1878.
To US 1938.· MD U Prague.·
Bacteriologist; faculty U Vienna; discovered
method to render toxins non-toxic for use as
vaccines. • See: UJE.
Loewenstein, Karl; b. Munich, Nov 9 1891;
d. July 1973.
To US 1933/1934. • LLB, Dr Civil Law U
Munich; honorary degree. • Legal & political
science expert; faculty Yale, Amherst ColI;
author in field. • See: UJE; EJ; EJ:1973-1982;
WWIAJ, 1938; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, July 17
1973,42:3.
Loewenstein, Louis Centennial; b. Mora,
NM,June 171876; d. NYC, Aug 3 1938.
BS, EE U PA, ME Charlottenburg Polytech
(Berlin), PhD U Berlin. • Consulting engineer,
patent holder, NYC; faculty Lehigh; author!
lecturer in field. • See:AJYB, 24:176,41:427;
WWIAJ, 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; NITimes,
Aug41938,17:6.
Loewenstein, Rudolph Maurice; b. Lodz,
Jan 17 1898; d. Apr 141976.
To US 1942/1943.· MD UBerlin, UParis.·
Psychoanalyst, psychoanalytic theoretician,
NYC; assocd NY Psychoanalytic Inst; officer
professional socs; author/editor in field. • See:
E]; WWWIA, 7; NITimes, Apr 15 1976, 36:6.
Loewenstein, Sidney; b. Chicago, Oct 18
1871.
LLB U Chicago. • Wholesale clothier, real
estate broker, Chicago. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Loewenstein, Sidney; b. Philadelphia, Nov
241887.
Haverford ColI, AB, LLB U PA.· Lawyer,
Philadelphia; dir Orphans Guardian Soc. • See:
WWIAJ, 1926,1928.
Loewenstein, Stella; b. Cincinnati, Apr 17
1889; d. Memphis, Apr 31 1948.
Chicago School of Social Work. • Social
worker, Memphis; exec secy Fedn ofJewish
Welfare; orgr Babies Fund Assn (Louisville). •
See:A]YB, 50:519; WWIA], 1928.
Loewenthal, Daniel; b. Horfstenin,
Germany, ca 1852; d. NYC, Oct 21914.
To US 1874. • Rabbi, charity worker, NYc. •
See:A]YB, 17(1915-1916):221;NITimes, Oct
3 1914, 11:4".
Loewenthal, Isidor; b. Posen, ca 1827; d.
Apr271864.
To NYC 1846.· BALafayette ColI, Princeton
Theological Seminary. • Presbyterian
missionary, language tchr, India; faculty
Lafayette ColI; convert from Judaism. • See:
DAB.
Loewenthal,Julius S; b. NYC,July 201908;
d. Ft Lauderdale, Oct 24 1966.
Business exec, civic ldr, NYC; ldr Am Jewish
Com; active fair housing, human relations,
Ethical Culture Soc. • See: A]YB, 68:530;
NITimes, Oct 26 1966,47:2.
Loewenthal, Julius W; b. ca 1870; d.
Chicago, May 281915.
Financier, Chicago. • See: AJYB, 17(19151916):221.
Loewenthal, Max; b. ca 1843; d. Rochester,
NY, Sep 1 1914.
Editor, publisher, mfr, communal worker,
Rochester, NY. • See:A]YB, 17(19151916):221.
Loewy, Erwin; b. Becow, Sep 18 1897; d.
July 13 1959.
To US 1940. • Charles U (Prague), Kings ColI
(London). • Hydraulic engineer, business exec,
bldr, NYC; consult US Air Force; WWI
Austrian army service. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NITimes, July 151959,29:3.
Loewy, I David; b. ca 1881; d. Apr 10 1933.
Physician, Whipple & Prescott, AZ; clinical dir
US Veterans Adm Hospital. • "See: AJYB,
35:126.
Loewenthal, Max; b. Schwerin,
Mecklenburg, Mar 281862.
To US 1884. • Rubber co fdr, NYC; bdJTS,
ColI Settlement, United Heb Charities; trustee
Heb Technical School for Girls; WWI
fundraiser. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Loinger, Morris M; b. Austria, July 30
1882; d. Dec 1966.
Exec, communal worker, NYC. • See:
WWIA], 1928;NITimes, Dec291966, 31:2.
Loewenthall, Gabriel L; b. ca 1841; d.
NYC,May71912.
Fdr, Free Sons ofJudah, NYc. • See:A]YB,
14(1912-1913):127.
Loiter, Barnet; b. ca 1864; d. Lynn, MA,
June 21 1936.
Communal & philanthropic worker, Lynn,
MA.· See:A]YB, 38:431.
Loewi, Joseph Fisher; b. Urbana, OH, May
11882; d. June 1949.
Furniture merchant, communal worker,
Brooklyn; dir Fedn ofJewish Charities,
Orphan Asylum. • See: WWIA], 1928, 1938;
NITimes, June 6 1949, 19:4.
Lombroso, Enrico; b. Verona, Italy, 1910.
To US 1940. • Novelist, playwright; assoc
editor II Messaggero. • See: UJE.
Loewi, Mortimer; b. Piqua, OH, ca 1885; d.
Ft Lauderdale,Jan 1967.
Inventors aide, artist, stockbroker, pioneer in
television programming; with Dumont; WWI
& WWII service. • See: NITimes, Jan 17 1967,
39:3.
Loewi; Otto; b. Frankfurt,June 3 1873; d.
NYC, Dec 251961.
To US 1940. • U Frankfurt, MD U
Strasbourg. • Pharmacologist, Nobel laureate,
neurobiologist; faculty NYU; author in field. •
See: UJE; E]; A]YB, 64:495; WWWIA, 4;
DAB, 7; NITimes, Dec 271961,27:1.
Loewith, Karl; b. 1897.
To US ca 1941, to Germany 1952.· Germany
philosopher; faculty Hartford Theological
Seminary, New School, UHeide1berg; author
in field. • See: E].
Loewith, Sadie Rosenthal (Mrs Walter
Loewith); b. NYC, July 17 1890; d. Jan
1956.
Bridgeport City Normal School, Yale School
of Fine AIts. • Insurance & real estate agent,
social welfare worker, tchr, Bridgeport, CT;
mem Bd of Education, Bd of Recreation; dir
Jewish Community Center; active Republican
politics; WWI Red Cross service. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938;NITimes,Jan271956,
23:3.
Loewy, Benno; b. ca 1854; d. NYC, Aug 18
1919.
Lawyer, communal worker, NYc. • See:
AJYB, 22:167;NITimes, Aug 22 1919,11:6.
Loewy, Edwin; b. NYC, Sep 8 1893; d.
NYC, 1956/1957.
Textile mfg exec, NYC; trustee Lexington
School for the Deaf; WWI service. • See:
WWWIA, 3; NITimes, Jan 2 1957,27:5.
Londinsky, S; b. Poland; d. NYC, Aug 26
1956.
To US 1942. • Yiddish writer, poet, Poland,
US. • See:A]YB, 59:475.
London, George; b. Montreal, May 30
1920; d. Mar 141985.
Los Angeles City ColI; honorary degree. •
Opera & concert singer, opera admr; exec dir
Natl Opera Inst; general dir Opera Soc of
Washington. • See: WWWIA, 8; NYTimes
story, Sep 17 1960.
London, Meyer; b. Suwalki, Dec 291871;
d. NYC,June 61926.
To US 1891. • Congressman, lawyer, labor
ldr, Socialist; opposed US entry into WWI,
anti-immigration laws. • See: UJE; E]; AJYB,
24:176,29:117; Fink, 208;A]HQ, 65:59-73;
WWWIA., 1; DAB; NYTimes, June 7 1926, 1:8.
London, Tobiah Nahum; b. Suwalki, 1837.
To US 1895. • Scholar, litterateur; contributor
Heb press. • See: Eisenstadt, 62.
Londow, EzekielJ; b. Baltimore, May 26
1891.
U TN, AB Duke. • Social welfare worker,
NYC; with Jewish Welfare Bd; pres Natl Assn
ofJewish Center Workers. • See: WWIAJ,
1938.
Long, Ellen Lehman McCluskey; b. NYC,
ca 1914; d. NYC, Oct 1984.
Vassar, NY School of Interior Design, MA
Columbia. • Interior decorator, NYC. • See:
NITimes, Oct 23 1984.
Long, Isaac S; b. ca 1857; d. WIlkes-Barre,
May 271939.
Merchant, civic & communal worker, WilkesBarre.• See:A]YB, 41:427.
Lonschein, Julius; b. Rumania, Nov 15
1887.
To US 1904. • Undergarment mfr, NYc. •
See: WWIA], 1928.
401
Lookstein, Joseph Hyman; b. Simyatich,
Mohilev, Dec 23/251902; d. NYC, July
13 1979.
To NYC 1910.· Ordained RIETS, Yeshiva
ColI, AB CCNY, MA Columbia. • Rabbi,
educator, NYC; fdr, principal Heb Tchrs
Training School; faculty Yeshiva ColI; acting
pres Bar-TIan U; officer Mizrachi; bd Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations. • See: UJE;
E];E]:1973-1982;A]YB, 81:370; WWlA],
1926,1928,1938.
Lopatnikoff, Nicolai; b. Reval, Russia, Mar
161903; d. Pittsburgh, Oct 71976.
To US 1939. • St Petersburg Conservatory,
Helsingfors Conservatory, CE Technical U
(Karlsruhe). • Composer, Pittsburgh; faculty
Carnegie Mellon. • See: WWWIA., 7;
NYTimes, Oct 91976,22:5.
Lopert, llya; b. Lithuania, May 11905; d.
Paris, Feb 1971.
To US 1936. • U Ghent, U Grenoble. • Film
exec, distributor, art theatre operator; with
MGM, United Artist. • See: NYTimes, Mar 1
1971,32:3.
Lopez, Aaron; b. Portugal, 1731; d. May 28
1782.
To Newport 1752. • Merchant-shipper,
patriot, philanthropist, Newport; active
spermaceti candle business. • See: UJE; E];
PA]HS, 35:295-304, 37:103-13,I53-62;A]HQ,
52:295-309; DAB.
Lopez, Aaron Moise; b. Charleston, SC,
Aug 121884.
Cooper Union, Polytech Inst, Cornell. •
Hospital supt, Warren, PA; with State
Hospital; earlier social welfare exec, Brooklyn,
Erie; WWI Red Cross service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Lopez, Robert Sabatino; b. Genoa, 1910.
To US 1939. • Medieval historian, New
Haven; faculty Yale; active Zionist affairs. •
See:E].
Lopinsky, Samuel D; b. Nov 30 1904.
LLB U W VA. • Lawyer, Charleston, WVA;
officer B'nai B'rith. • See: BEOA].
Lorant, Stefan; b. Budapest, 1901.
To US 1940. • Author, editor; I Was Hitlers
Prisoner. • See: UJE; NYTimes story, Oct 6
1969.
Lorber, Fannie Eller (Mrs Jacob N Lorber);
b. Geishen, Russia, Oct 41881/1882; d.
Denver, June 91958.
To US 1890/1892. • Social welfare worker,
businesswoman, Denver; co-fdr, pres Nat!
Home for Jewish Children. • See: A]YB,
60:356; WWlA], 1928, 1938; BEOA];
NYTimes, June 10 1958,33:4.
Lorber, Frieda L; b. NYC, May 7 1899; d.
NYC, Sep 281976.
NYU. • Jurist, civil court arbitrator, communal
worker, Brooklyn; bd Am Bar Assn; active
lawyers & women lawyers orgs. • See: A]YB,
78:543; NYTimes, Sep 30 1976,44:3.
Louis, Minnie (Miriam) Dessau (Mrs Adolph H Louis)
Lorber, Herman; b. Drohobycz, Austria,
Dec 221879; d. Philadelphia, Jan 1958.
To US 1895.· CCNY, MD Columbia, postgrad U Vienna. • Obstetrician, gynecologist,
NYC; donor art collection to Tel Aviv
museum. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Jan
311958,21:1.
Lore, Ludwig; b. Friedeberg am Quast,
June 261875; d. NYC,July 81942.
To US 1902. • Journalist, Socialist, NYC;
columnist NY Post. • See: A]YB, 24:176,
45:389-90; NYTimes, July 91942,21:6.
Lorge, Irving Daniel Michael; b. NYC, Apr
191905; d. NYC,Jan 23 1961.
BS CCNY, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Psychologist, statistician, NYC; faculty
Columbia; author in field; WWII special
consult to Secy of War. • See: E]; WWIA],
1938; WWWIA, 4; NYTimes, Jan 241961,
29:3.
Lorie, Jacob Lingard; b. Natchez, Feb 18
1873.
BL, LLB U MI. • Lawyer, Kansas City; pres
YM-YWHA; officer B'nai B'rith; bd United
Jewish Charities; active bar assn; WWI draft
bd appeal agent. • See: WWlA], 1938.
Lorre, Peter (born Laszlo Lowenstein); b.
Rosenberg, Hungary, June 26 1904; d.
Hollywood, CA, Mar 23 1964.
To US 1934. • Movie actor, Berlin, Am; best
known for playing "bad" guys, horror roles. •
See: DAB, 7; NYTimes, Mar 24 1964, 35:2.
Lorwin, Lewis L; b. near Kiev, Dec 4 1883;
d. June 1970.
To US ca 1910. • BA Classical ColI (Russia), U
Kiev, PhD Columbia. • Economist,
Washington DC; faculty U MT; staff
Brookings Inst; author in field; WWI
government service. • See: WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938; WWWIA., 5; NYTimes, June 7
1970,84:7.
Lorwin, Val R; b. NYC, ca 1907; d. Eugene,
OR, Dec 1982.
BA Cornell, MA OH State, PhD Cornell. •
Economic historian, Eugene, OR; faculty U
OR; specialty: French labor; WWII with OSS.
• See: NITimes, Dec 11 1982.
Loss, Hyrne; b. Minneapolis, June 211887.
BA U MN, U Chicago, MA, PhD Harvard,
Johns Hopkins. • Romance language scholar,
Northfield, MN; faculty Carleton ColI. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Lossow, Meyer Joseph; b. Pavolotch;
Russia, Sep 10 1893.
To US 1904. • AB Brown, MD Cornell. •
Gynecologist, NYC; faculty NY Post-Grad
Med School; WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Loth, David Goldsmith; b. St Louis, 1899.
U MO. • Author, journalist, biographer, NYC;
a fdr Sun & Spanish Times; with NY World,
NITimes, Office of Inter-Am Affairs (Majorca).
• See: UJE.
Loth, Joseph; b. Hungary, 1827; d. NYC,
May291910.
To NYC ca 1849.·· Philanthropist, wholesale
textile merchant, NYC. • See: A]YB, 12(19101911):111; PA]HS, 20:166.
Loth, Moritz; b. Milotitz, Moravia, Dec 29
1832; d. Cincinnati, Feb 18 1913.
Merchant, early Reform ldr, author,
Cincinnati; a fdr Heb Union ColI, Zoological
Gardens; pres Union of Am Heb
Congregations; active commercial & trade
orgs. • See: UJE; A]YB, 7(1905-1906):83,
15(1913-1914):272;NYTimes, Feb 191913,
11:5.
Lothar, Ernst (pseud of Ernst Lothar
Muller); b. Bronn, Moravia, 1890.
To US ca 1938, to Vienna ca 1945.· Author;
with Neue Freie Presse; stage dir Vienna;
convert to Catholicism; autobiography. • See:
UJE;E].
Lotsoff, Benjamin; b. Resitza, Russia, May
101888.
To US 1893. • Wholesale grocer, Chicago. •
See: WWIA], 1938.
Louchheim, Jerome Henry; b. Philadelphia,
Nov 24 1873; d. Philadelphia, Apr 4
1945.
U PA. • Construction exec, bldr, civic &
communal worker, Philadelphia; chr bd CBS;
pres Eagleville Sanatorium; active Fedn of
Jewish Charities, synagog. • See: A]YB,
47:528; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 5 1945,
23:3.
Louchheim, Stuart F; b.*; d. Philadelphia,
Jan 1971.
Yam mfr, music patron, Philadelphia; nat!
officer trade assn; pres Academy ofMusic. •
See: NITimes, Jan 18 1971,35:1.
Louchheim, Walter ClintonJr; b.
Overbrook, PA, Aug 201899; d.Jan 31
1973.
Princeton, BA Harvard. • Investment consult,
Washington DC; officer Nat! Capital Planning
Commn; advisor US delegation to Bretton
Woods Conf; WWI service. • See: WWWIA,
5.
Louer, Murray Bernheim; b. Youngstown,
OH, July 4 1881.
PhB U Chicago. • Insurance broker, Chicago;
officer Com for the Defense of Human Rights
against Nazism, B'nai B'rith; exec com Fedn of
Synagogues. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Louis, Emanuel J; b. Strasbourg.
Insurance exec, Los Angeles. • See: WWIA],
1938.
Louis, Henry W; b. Strasbourg, Feb 22
1867.
Exec, communal worker, Los Angeles. • See:
WWIA], 1928, 1938.
Louis, Minnie (Miriam) Dessau (Mrs
Adolph H Louis); b. Philadelphia, June
211841; d. Mar 12 1922.
Packer Collegiate Inst (Brooklyn). •
Communalldr & educator, poet, essayist,
Louis, Morris (born Morris Louis Bernstein)
lecturer, NYC; fdr, pres Heb Technical School
for Girls; pres Mt Sinai Training School for
Nurses; dir Clara de Hirsch Home for
Working Girls; active nad Nad Council of
Jewish Women.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):8384,24:102; PAJHS, 29:178-79; NYTimes, Mar
13 1922,15:6.
Louis, Morris (born Morris Louis
Bernstein); b. Baltimore, Nov 281912; d.
Washington DC, Sep 71962.
Baltimore City ColI, MD Inst of Fine &
Applied Arts. • Noted Am artist, Washington
DC. • See: DAB, 7; NYTimes, Sep 8 1962, 19:2
(sub Bernstein).
Louis, Sidney M; b. NYC, Sep 9 1892.
CCNY, AB, MA, LLB Columbia. • Lawyer,
NYC; officer Am Legion; active Republican
politics. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Louria, Alexander Leon; b. Moscow, Feb 17
1890; d. May 1949.
To US 1891. • BS, MD Columbia.·
Physician, Brooklyn; faculty LI ColI Hospital;
active med soc, Fedn ofJewish Charities. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, May 23 1949,
23:3.
Louria, Leon; b. Russia, ca 1864; d.
Brooklyn, Aug 271923.
Physician,·communal worker, NYC, Brooklyn.
• See:AJYB, 24:176,26:156.
Lourie, Adolph; b. Riga, Feb 12 1883; d.
NYC, Dec 18 1940.
To US 1921. • Polytechnical Inst (Warsaw). •
Social welfare admr, NYC; exec dir Home of
the Daughters ofJacob; earlier chemical mfr,
Samara, Russia. • See: AJYB, 43:361; WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, Dec 201940,25:2.
Lourie, David Abraham; b. Oran,
Lithuania, June 23 1878; d. Boston, Jan
18 1930.
To US ca 1884.· LLB Boston U.· Municipal
& state superior court judge, communal &
Zionist ldr, civic worker, Boston; officer
Zionist Org of Am; exec com United
Synagogue of Am. • See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1926,
1928; WWWIA, 1.
Lourie, Norman Victor; b. NY, 1912; d.
1978~
Social worker, government official,
Philadelphia; secy PA Dept of Public We1fare;
pres Nad Assn of Social Workers; dir Assn for
Jewish Children; editor in field; WWII with
US Army School for Military Neuropsychiatry.
• See: E}; E}: 1973-1982 (necrology).
6(1904-1905):145,24:176,26:156; WWWIA,
1; NYTimes, July 11 1923, 19:6.
Lovenberg, Isidore; b. Paris, Sep 91843.
Civic & communalldr, Galveston; pres School
Bd, B'nai B'rith; bd Orphans Home. • See:
AJYB,6(1904-1905):145.
Lovenstein, William; b. Henrico City, VA,
1840jd. Richmond, 1896.
Legislator, communal worker; pres pro-tern
VA State Senate; Civil War Confederate
service. • See: UJE.
Lovestone, Jay (Liebstein, Jacov); b.
Lithuania, 1898.
To US ca 1907.· CCNY.· Communist Party
ldr; later architect of orgd labors post-WWII
anti-communist foreign policy; with Dept of
Internal Affairs (AFL-CIO). • See: EJ;
NYTimes story, Dec 21 1963.
Lovitch, Harry; b. Kovno, 1880.
To US 1902.· Furniture merchant,
Cincinnati, Williamson, WVA; officerB'nai
B'rith, synagog. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lovitch, M M; b.*
Rabbi, Paducah, KY. • See: AJYB, 7(19051906):122. • *See entry below.
Lovitt, Meyer; b. ca 1883; d. Cincinnati,
July 1970.
U Cincinnati, Heb Union ColI-Jewish Inst of
Religion; honorary degree. • Rabbi,Jackson,
MS; WWI & WWII civilian chaplain. • See:
AI, July 23 1970. • *See entry above.
Low, Abraham Adolph; b. Baranow, Poland,
Feb 28 1891; d. Nov 171954.
To US 1921. • U Strasbourg; MD U Vienna. •
Physician, psychiatrist, Chicago; faculty U IL;
fdr Recovery, Inc; author in field; WWI
Austrian army service. • See: WWWIA, 3;
NYTimes, Nov 191954,23:4.
Low, A (Alfred) Maurice (Sir); b. London,
July 141860; d. June 17 1929.
To US 1888? • Kings ColI (London), MA
Dartmouth.· Journalist, author, Washington
DC; specialty: European & Am politics;
investigated British trade unions'for US Dept
of Labor. • See:JE; UJE;AJYB, 6(19041905):145-46; WWWIA, 1.
Low, Leo; b. Wolkowisk, Poland,Jan 15
1878; d. NYC, Oct 6 1960.
To US 1920. • Warsaw Conservatory. •
Composer, conductor, chorus dir, Brooklyn;
expert on Jewish music. • See: AJYB, 63:561;
WWIAJ, 1928; NYTimes, Oct 71960,35:2.
Loveman, Amy; b. NYC, May 16 1881; d.
NYC, Dec 11 1955.
BA Barnard; honorary degrees. • Writer,
editor, NYC; a fdr, editor Saturday Review of
Literature; with Book-of-the-Month Club.•
See:AJYB, 24:176; WWWIA, 3;
NAW:modern; DAB, 5; NYTimes, Dec 12
1955,31:3.
Low, Minnie F; b.*; d. Chicago, May 28
1922.
Probation officer, social worker, Chicago; with
Jewish Aid Soc; Bureau of Personal Service;
orgr Central Bureau of Registration. • See:
AJYB, 7(1905-1906):84,24:102; NYTimes, May
291922,11:4.
Loveman, Robert; b. Cleveland, Apr 11
1864; d. Dalton, GA,July 101923.
Honorary degree. • Poet, Dalton, GA; Songs
from a Georgia Garden. • See: JE; UJE; AJYB,
Lowan, Arnold Noah.; b. Jassy, June 10
1898; d. NYC, May 26 1962.
To US 1924.· BucharestPolytech,MANYU,
PhD Columbia. • Physicist, consult; faculty
402
Yeshiva U; with N ad Bureau of Standards;
author in field. • See: AJYB, 64:495; NYTimes,
May28 1962,29:4.
Lowe, Adolph; b. Stuttgart, 1893.
To US 1940. • U Munich, U Berlin, JD U
Tiibingen. • Economist, sociologist, NYC;
faculty V Kiel, U Frankfurt, New School; with
Inst ofWorld Affairs. • See: UJE; EJ.
Lowe, Elias Avery; b. Calvaria, Lithuania,
Oct 15 1879.
CCNY, AB Cornell, post-grad V Halle, PhD
V Munich; honorary degree. • Renowned
paleographer, Princeton, Oxford; assocd with
Oxford V, Cambridge V, Inst for Advanced
Study (Princeton); author in field. • See: UJE;
EJ:1973-1982; WWIAJ, 1938.
Lowe, Herman Albert; b. NYC, Dec 24
1905; d. Mar 12 1961.
V PA. • Public relations official,
newspaperman, Philadelphia; with Albert
Einstein Med Center. • See: WWWIA, 4;
NYTimes, Mar 13 1961, 29:2.
Lowe, Isidore (Isadore) Jacob; b. Balta,
Russia, Mar 23/281890; d. Washington
DC, May 1964.
To VS 1908. • LLB Boston V, post-grad
Harvard Law. • Lawyer, Zionist worker,
author, Washington DC; with Dept of
Agriculture, other government agencies; WWI
mem MA legal advisory bd. • See: WWIAJ,
1938; BEOAJ; NYTimes, May 15 1964,35:3.
Lowe, Joe; b. Syracuse, Oct 18 1883; d.
NYC, Oct 1969.
Food mfr, philanthropist, NYC; benefactor
universities, charities, art galleries. • See:
WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Oct211969,47:2.
Lowe, William Herman; b. Evansville, IN,
Nov61881.
Cornell. • Pabco Products exec, San Francisco.
• See: WWWIA, 6.
Lowenbein, Julius; b. Lednitz, Hungary,
Mar 111869.
Exec, communal worker, Asheville, NC; pres
B'nai B'rith; dir Zionist Org of Am. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928.
Lowenberg, Benjamin; b. Norfolk, June 18
1867.
Financier, Norfolk; trustee synagog. • See:
WWIAJ,1928.
Lowenberg, Bettie (Mrs Isidor
Lowenberg); b. near Mobile, Dec 11
1845; d. before 1938.
Author, clubwoman, communal & civic
worker, San Francisco; pres Prison Commn
auxiliarybd.· See:AJYB, 24:176; WWIAJ,
1926,1928; WWWIA,4.
Lowenberg, Eugene Leslie; b. Norfolk, July
111898.
AB,MD UVA.· Surgeon, Norfolk.· See:
WWIAJ,1938.
Lowenberg, Henry Allyn; b. NYC, Mar 18
1903; d.July 1971.
Columbia, LLB Fordham.· Lawyer, NYC;
403
specialty: criniinallaw; active Republican &
Progressive politics. • See: WWIA], 1938;
BEOA]; NYTimes, July 13 1971, 36:4.
Lowenberg, Isaac; b. Hechingen,
Hohenzollern, 1837; d. Natchez, 1888.
Lowenthal, Isidore (Isadore) Rutherford
Democratic Action; military service. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes magazine, Aug 17 1980.
Lowenstein, Arthur;b. Philadelphia, Sep 17
1882.
To US ca 1854. • Wholesale grocer, alderman,
mayor, Natchez; Civil War Union service. •
See: UJE.
AB U Cincinnati. • Consulting dentist,
chemist, Chicago; officer professional assns;
reserve service. • See: A]YB, 24:176; WWIA],
1926,1928.
Lowenberg, Laurent; b. Cincinnati, OH.
Lowenstein, Benjamin; b. Wallau,
PhB Yale, EE Columbia.· Consult engineer,
Cincinnati; 'WWI service. • See: WWIA],
1926,1928.
Lowenberg, SA; b. Latvia, 1881.
Physician, colI professor, writer, Philadelphia.
• See:A]YB, 24:176.
Lowenberg, William; b. ca 1854; d.
Philadelphia, June 291929.
Rabbi, Philadelphia. • See:A]YB, 32:154.
Lowenburg, Harry Sr; b. Philadelphia, Dec
251878; d. Apr 91943.
AB, AM Central High School (Philadelphia),
MD Medico-Chirurgical ColI (Philadelphia). •
Pediatrician, colI professor, author,
Philadelphia; med dir Northeastern Heb
Orphans Home. • See: A]YB, 6(19041905):146,24:176,45:390.
Lowenfels, Walter; b. NYC, May 10 1897;
d. July 7 1976.
Author, editor, poet; 'WWI service. • See:
WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, July 8 1976, 34:4.
Lowengard, Leon; b. Harrisburg, PA, Apr 6
1886.
Newspaper publisher, Harrisburg, PA;
publisher The Courier; orgr YMHA, Am
Legion, Newsboys Assn. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Lowengart, Ignatz; b. Gennany, Oct 22
1860; d. Apr 28 1936.
Exec, pioneer merchant, Portland, OR; trustee
synagog.· See:A]YB, 38:431; WWIA], 1928.
Lowenheim, Frederick; b. Gennany:
Illustrator, New Rochelle. • See: A]YB,
24:176.
Lowens, Irving; b. NYC, Aug 191916; d.
Baltimore, Nov 141983.
BS Columbia, MA U MD. • Educator,
musicologist, critic; with Washington Evening
Star; dean Peabody Inst; officer professional
socs; author in field. • See: WWWIA, 8;
NYTimes, Nov 161983.
Lowenstein, Aaron A; b. Mobile, Dec 20
1881.
Spring Hill ColI (Mobile), military academies.
• Naval stores factor, exporter, exec, Mobile;
officer B'nai B'rith, synagog; Joint Distribution
Com fundraiser.· See: WWIA], 1938.
Lowenstein, Allard Kenneth; b. Newark,
Jan 161929; d. Mar 14 1980.
BA U NC, LLB Yale. • Congressman, lawyer;
advisor Hubert Humphrey, UN; active
Democratic politics, Americans for
Gennany,caI863;d.Jackson,~,Aug
Appeal; officer LIJewish Hospital; fundraiser
Anti-Defamation League. • See: A]YB, 78:543;
WWWIA, 7.
Lowenstein, Lloyd Lincoln; b. NYC, Dec
111902; d. Aug 23 1967.
Mathematician, Tempe, AZ; faculty AZ State,
Alfred U, Kent State.· See: -wwwIA., 4.
Lowenstein, MaxM; b. ca 1885; d. Adanta,
July 11 1933.
Mfr, Atlanta. • See:A]YB, 36:284.
1941.
To US 1883. • Industrialist, NYC; fdr
smelting & refining co. • See: NYTimes, Aug
171941,38:2.
Lowenstein, Melvyn Gordon; b. Cincinnati,
Mar 301892; d. Greenwich, CT, Sep 5
1971.
Lowenstein, Elias; b. ca 1835; d. Memphis,
Feb 1919.
LLB U Cincinnati. • Lawyer, NYC; executor
for Babe Ruth; active bar assn; 'WWI service. •
See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, Sep 61971, 22:5.
Merchant, communal worker, Memphis. • See:
A]YB, 21 :206.
Lowenstein, Gabriel; b. NYC, 1873?; d.
NYC, Mar 31 1966.
Business exec, communal worker; a fdr N atl
Jewish Hospital, Anti-Defamation League. •
See:A]YB, 68:530; NYTimes, Apr 11966, 35:1.
Lowenstein, Gabriel Abraham (Abraham
Gabriel); b. Kovno, Apr 5 1889; d. Mar
1965.
To US 1905. • BS, MA, PhD Columbia. •
Chemist, Zionist worker, NYC; with Dept of
Agriculture; faculty Columbia; author in field;
'WWI service.· See:A]YB, 24:176; WWIA],
1938; BEOA]; NYTimes, Mar 101965,41:2.
Lowenstein, Harriet (Mrs Jonah
Goldstein); b. NYC.
Communal worker, NYC. • See: A]YB,
24:176.
Lowenstein, Henry Polk; b. Monroe City,
TN, Mar 141859; d. Mar 241946.
Lawyer, poet, Kansas City. • See: WWWIA, 4.
Lowenstein, Isaac; b. Newark, Nov 6 1868.
Lowenstein, Paul S; b. St Louis, Feb 2
1894.
MD St Louis U. • Physician, surgeon, St
Louis; author in field; WWI service. • See:
WWIA],1938.
Lowenstein, Solomon C; b. Philadelphia,
Mar 3 1877; d. NYC, Jan 201942.
BA U Cincinnati, ordained Heb Union Col4
honorary degree. • Social welfare exec, Zionist,
NYC; with United Jewish Charities, Heb
Orphan Asylum, Temporary Emergency Relief
Adm; exec officer Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies; officer N atl Conf of Social
Work, Natl Conf ofJewish Social Work;
'WWI Red Cross service. • See: UJE; E];
A]YB, 7(1905-1906):84,24:176,44:341;
WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA,
1; NYTimes, Jan 21 1942, 17:1.
Lowenstine, Mandel; b. Chicago, 1882; d.
May 1957.
Mfr exec, Chicago. • See: WWWIA, 3.
Lowenthal, Abraham Martin; b. NYC, May
71905.
BS, JD NYU. • Lawyer, NYC; officer Jr Fedn
ofJewish Charities. • See: WWIA], 1938.
City official, communal worker, Newark; with
Bd of Education, Bd of Examiners; officer YMYWHA; active synagog. • See: WWIA], 1928,
1938.
Lowenthal, AlbertA; b. ca 1874; d. Mar 19
1937.
Lowenstein,J; b. ca 1862; d. Terre Haute,
Mar 201931.
Physician, nerve specialist, Chicago; faculty U
IL. • See: A]YB, 39:594; NYTimes, Mar 21
1937, II 8:5.
Major, newspaperman, communal worker, St
Louis. • See:A]YB, 33:127.
Lowenstein, Joseph H; b. NYC, Jan 24
1870; d. before 1938.
Exec, communal worker, Brooklyn; officer
United Jewish Aid Soc. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Lowenstein, Leah Miriam Hiller; b.
Milwaukee, June 17 1930.
BS, MD U WI, D Phil, post-grad Oxford U. •
Physician, consult, Boston; faculty Harvard;
faculty, dean Boston U; author in field. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Lowenstein, Leon; b. NYC, June 14 1883;
d. Miami Beach, Apr 15 1976.
CCNY, Dr of Textile Industries Clemson. •
Corp exec, philanthropist; a fdr United Jewish
Lowenthal, E (Esther) (Miss); b. Rochester,
NY, Sep 15 1883.
AB Bryn Mawr, PhD Columbia. • Sociologist,
Northhampton, MA; dean, faculty Smith ColI.
• See:A]YB, 24:177; WWWIA, 7.
Lowenthal, Eugene M; b. ca 1877; d. Aug
201938.
Mfr, communal & civic worker, Rochester,
NY. • See:A]YB, 41:427;NYTimes, Aug 22
1938,13:5.
Lowenthal, Isidore (Isadore) Rutherford; b.
Vicksburg, June 30 1872; d. June 1940.
BS U MS, MD U TN. • Physician, County
Commr in Lunacy, NYC; chief med staff
HaymSolomon Home. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, June 61940,25:6.
404
Lowenthal, Marvin
Lowenthal, Marvin; b. Bradford, Pi\, Oct 6
1890;d.. NYC, Mar 15 1969.
AB U"WI, MA Harvard. • Author, lecturer,
historian, Zionist, NYC, Sparkill, NY; editor
Menorah Journal; with Brandeis U Library; secy
World Cong for Internad Peace Through
Religion.• See: U]E; E]; A]YB, 24:177,
71:606; WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Mar 17 1969,
39:2.
Lowenthal, Paul; b. ca 1851; d. Shreveport,
May91913.
Colonel, councilman, Shreveport. • See: A]YB,
15(1913-1914):272.
Lowenthal, Solomon L; b. ca 1868; d.
Chicago, May 23 1914.
Lawyer, legislator, Chicago. • See: AJYB,
16(1914-1915):164.
Lowie, Robert Harry; b. Vienna, June 12
1883; d. San Francisco, Sep 211957.
To US ca 1893.· AB CCNY, PhD Columbia;
honorary degree. • Pioneer structural
anthropologist, ethnologist, NYC, Berkeley;
specialty: Indians, Germans; with Am Museum
of Natural History, U CA (Berkeley); editor in
field. • See: E]; A]YB, 24: 177; WWWIA, 3;
DAB, 6.
Lowinson, Louis; b. NYC, Feb 141874; d.
May 1952.
Textile merchant, business exec, NYC; officer
Home for Heb Infants. • See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, May 91952,23:4.
Lowman, Isaac L; b. *; d. Los Angeles, July
21909.
Merchant, Los Angeles. • See: A]YB, 12(19101911):108.
Lowman, Lawrence Wise; b. Philadelphia,
Jan 301900.
U PA. • Radio exec, NYC; with CBS; WWI
service. • See: WWIA], 1938; BEOA].
Lown, Maxwell; b. NYC, Apr 3 1892; d. Apr
1950.
Printer, editor, publisher, Commr of Public
Welfare, Olean, NY; publisher Olean News;
active Joint Distribution Com, Boy Scouts;
"WWl service. • See: WWIA], 1938; NYTimes,
Apr 11 1950,31:3.
Lown, Philip W; b. Lithuania, Dec 20 1890;
d. Newton, MA, Nov 1 1976.
To US 1907. • Shoe mfr, philanthropist; fdr
Lown School of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies
(Brandeis); officer Nad Friends of Hillel;
benefactor Israeli education, health &
immigration programs. • See: E]; E]:19731982;A]YB, 78:543-44; NYTimes, Nov 3 1976,
46:3.
Lowy, Alexander; b. NYC, Mar 31 1889/
1899; d. Pittsburgh, Dec 251941.
BS, MA, PhD Columbia: • Organic chemist,
Pittsburgh; faculty U Pittsburgh; helped
protect banks, vaults; author in field. • See:
U]E;A]YB, 24:177,44:341; WWIA], 1926,
1928,1938; WWWIA, 1; NITimes, Dec 26
1941,14:2.
Lowy, Benno; b. Strakonitz, Austria, Feb 8
1866.
To San Francisco 1912. • Technical U
(Vienna). • Consulting chemist, chemical
engineer, lab owner, San Francisco; with NY
Produce Exchange; consult State of CA, WWI
Food Adm. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lowy, Felix; b. Baltimore, Sep 91888; d. St
Louis, Oct 5 1937.
Hosiery co exec, communalldr, Chicago,
Milwaukee. • See: A]YB, 40:388; WWIAJ,
1928,1938; NYTimes, Oct 61937,25:1.
Lozowick, Louis; b. Ludvinovka, Russia,
Jan 10 1892; d. Sep 91973.
To US 1906. • AB OH State, Nad Academy of
Design, Sorbonne, U Berlin. • Artist, critic,
author,NYC;WWIservice.·See: U]E;
WWIA], 1938; BEOA]; WWWIA, 6; NYTimes,
Sep 10 1973,24:2.
LubaIin, Herb (Herbert Frederick); b.
NYC, Mar 171918; d. NYC, May 1981.
Cooper Union. • Noted graphic designer. •
See: NYTimes, May 20 1981.
Lubarsky, Abraham Elijah; b. Balta,
Ukraine, 1856; d. Sep 30 1920.
To BS 1903. • Patron ofHeb literature, Heb
writer, NYC; a fdr Histadrut Ivrit, Ha-Toren;
pioneer mem Hovevei Zion (Russia). • See: E];
A]YB, 23:132; NYTimes, Oct 2 1920, 15:4.
Lubarsky, George Henry; b. Balta,
Ukraine, Nov 16 1881.
To NYC 1906. • Grad Inst of Technology
(Riga), Dr Chern Engineering Royal Inst of
Technology (Berlin). • Sugar & molasses
merchant, author, NYC; pres Soc of Am
Zionist Engineers; exec bd Zionist Org of Am;
Russian army service, WWI government
service. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Lubash, Sol; b. Austria, Dec 25 1875.
Merchant, communal worker, Hoboken; pres
Jewish Center. • See: WWIA], 1928.
Lubchez (Lubschez), Ben Judah; b. Odessa,
May 101881; d.Aug1963.
To US 1884. • Architect~ Kansas City, NYC;
author in field. • See: A]YB, 24:177; WWIA],
1926,1928; WWWIA, 6; NITimes, Aug 21
1963,33:3.
Lubell, JacobJ; b. Russia, 1873?; d. NYC,
Feb 271954.
Mfr, philanthropist, NYC; a fdr Central]ewish
Inst, Cejwin Camps; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies.· See:A]YB, 56:570;NYTimes,
Feb 28 1954,92:4.
Advancement of]udaism. • See: A]YB, 66:578;
NYTimes, July 27 1964, 31:5.
Lubin, AlbertJ; b. Pittsburgh, ca 1913;d.
Washington DC, Mar 1964.
Government information officer, Washington
DC; with Small Business Adm; WWII
government service. • See: NYTimes, Mar 23
1964,29:4.
Lubin, Alice Elizabeth Berliner (Mrs Isador
Lubin); b. ca 1899; d. Washington DC,
Nov 15 1935.
Author, editor, authority on progressive
education, Washington DC.· See:A]YB,
38:431.
Lubin, Arthur; b. Los Angeles, July 25
1898.
Carnegie Inst, Page Military Academy, San
Diego School of Expression. • Motion picture
dir, Los Angeles; "Honeymoon Limited." •
See: U]E; WWIA], 1938.
Lubin, David; b. *
Motion picture producer, Philadelphia. • See:
A]YB, 24:177.
Lubin, David; b. Klodowa, Poland, June 10
1849; d. Rome, Jan 11919.
To US 1855. • Merchant, farmer, agriculturist,
political activist, San Francisco, NYC; co-fdr
one-price store; fdr Internad Inst of
Agriculture; promoter of parcel post service. •
See: UJE;A]YB, 6(1904-1905):146,21:206;
UWWIA, 1; DAB; NYTimes,]an 3 1919,9:2.
Lubin, Evelyn Cronson (Mrs Joseph I
Lubin); b. 1901; d. New Rochelle, Sep 30
1981.
Philanthropist, charitable worker; benefactor
Albert Einstein ColI ofMed, NYU, Syracuse
U, Heb U, Pace; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies, Beth Abraham Home. • See:
A]YB,83:359.
Lubin, Isador; b. Worcester,June 91896;
d. Annapolis, MD, July 6 1978.
BA Clark, MA U MO, U MI, PhD Brookings
Inst; honorary degree. • Economist,
government official, US Commr of Labor
Statistics, Washington DC; with Dept of
Labor, White House staff (FDR); consult
United Israel Appeal; autlior in field. • See:
UJE; E];A]YB, 24:177, 80:369; WWIA], 1926,
1928, 1938;BEOA]; WWWIA, 7;NYTimes,
July 8 1978,22:3.
Lubin,Jacob; b. Germany, Jan 13 1859; d.
Plattsburg, NY, May 301921.
Rabbi, Plattsburg, NY.• See:A]YB, 5(19031904):76,23:132.
Lubell, Jacob Judah; b. NYC, Apr 7 1892; d.
NYC, Oct 1957.
Dress & childrens wear mfr, NYC; officer
trade assns; active Fedn ofJewish
Philanthropies,]oint Distribution Com; WWI
Nad Guard service.· See: WWIA], 1938;
NYTimes, Oct 161957,35:4.
Lubin, Samuel; b. Pine Brook, NJ, Oct 6
1900; d. NYC, 1954.
MD LI ColI Hospital. • Obstetrician,
gynecologist, Brooklyn; officer med soc; active
United]ewish Appeal; author in field. • See:
WWIA], 1938; NYTimes, Apr 4 1954,88:1.
Lubetkin, Louis; b. NYC, 1880?; d. NYC,
July 25 1964.
Business exec, communalldr; a fdr Soc for the
Lubin, Sigmund; b. ca 1851; d. Atlantic
City, Sep 1923.
Pioneer motion picture producer, Philadelphia.
405
• See:AJYB, 26:156; NYTimes, Sep111923,
15:3.
Lubin, Simon Julius; b. Sacramento, Nov
271876; d. San Francisco, Apr 15 1936.
AB Harvard. • Merchant, communal & civic
worker, agriculturist, economist, Sacramento;
fdr State Commn of Immigration & Housing;
head Labor Cotiunn of CA; mem Natl Labor
Bd. • See: UJE; E}; AJYB, 24:177, 38:431;
WWIAJ, 1926,1928; REOAJ; WWWIA, 1.
Lubitsch, Emst; b. Berlin, Jan 29 1892; d.
Hollywood, CA, Nov 30 1947.
To Los Angeles 1922. • Film producer, noted
director; "Ninotchka." • See: U]E; EJ; AJYB,
50:519; WWIAJ, 1938; REOAJ; WWWIA, 2;
DAR, 4; NYTimes, Dec 11947,21:1.
Lubitz, Bertha F (Mrs Wtlliam D Lubitz);
b. Grodno, Aug 1866.
MD Womens Med ColI (NYC). • Physician,
communal worker, NYC; with NY Infirmary
for Women & Children; dir Natl Council of
Jewish Women.· See:AJYB, 7(1905-1906):8485.
Lubliner, AbramJ; b. Pocohantas, VA, Oct
251900.
Emory & Henry ColI, LLB Washington &
Lee. • Lawyer, legislator, Bluefield, WVA;
officer Zeta Beta Tau; WWI service. • See:
WWIAJ, 1938.
Lublinsky, Morris; b. Wloclawek, Poland,
Sept 6 1855; d. NYC, Jan 5 1904.
Cantor, NYc. • See:AJYB, 5(1903-1904):76,
6(1904-1905):373.
Luboschutz, Lea (Mrs Onisim Goldovsky);
b. Odessa, Feb 22 1888; d. Mar 1965.
To US 1925. • Moscow Conservatory. •
Concert violinist, Philadelphia; faculty Curtis;
supporter ofyoung musicians. • See: UJE;
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Mar 19 1965,
35:4 (sub Luboshutz).
Luboschutz, Pierre; b. Odessa, 1894; d. Apr
1971.
Pianist. • See: UJE (sub Luboschutz, Lea);
NYTimes, Apr 19 1971,40:1 (sub Luboshutz).
Lubschez, Ben Judah; see Lubchez, Ben
Judah.
Lucacher, Harry; b. ca 1884; d. Yonkers,
Mar 23 1938.
Social worker, Yonkers; supt Heb Natl Orphan
Home. • See: AJYB, 40:388; NYTimes, Mar 24
1938,23:1.
Lucas, Albert; b. England, Aug 12 1859; d.
Edgemere, LI,June 141923.
Communal exec, author; fdr Heb Benevolent
Soc of Staten Island; first secyJoint
Distribution Com; officer Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations. • See: UJE; AJYB,
7(1905-1906):85,24:177,26:156; NYTimes,
June 161923, 11:6.
Lucas, Arthur; b. Albany, NY, Sep 10 1859.
Dartmouth. • Newspaperman, Albany, NY;
with Albany EveningJournal. • See: A,JYB,
24:177; WWWIA, 4.
Lurie, Harry Lawrence
Lucena, Abraham de; b.*; d. ca 1670.
EarlyJew in New Amsterdam; petitioned for
right to trade, burial ground. • See: UJE.
Francisco State; author on crime, childrens
issues; lecturer in field. • See:AJYB, 75:655;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, Aug 25 1973, 26:2.
Luchs, Arthur J; b.*; d. Washington DC,
July 81936.
Artist, tchr, Washington DC; WWI service. •
See:AJYB, 39:594.
Lukas, Paul; b. Budapest, 1895; d. Aug
1971.
To Hollywood, CA 1927. • Film & stage actor;
WWI Austria-Hungarian army service;
Christian. • See: UJE; NYTimes, Aug 17 1971,
38:3.
Luchs, Leopold; b. ca 1836; d. Washington
DC, Nov 1919.
Communal worker, Washington DC. • See:
AJYB, 22:167.
Luchs, Maxwell M; b. NYC, June 23 1913;
d. NYC, Apr 111979~
Social worker, communalldr; with Am Jewish
Cong, Jewish Occupational Council; active
WWII refugee work; WWII Natl War Labor
Bd & Joint Distribution Com service, MI State
Resettlement Service. • See:AJYB, 81:370.
Luchs, MortonJ; b. Washington DC, Oct 6
1884; d. Washington DC, Dec 41938.
Realtor, bldr, civic & communal worker,
Washington DC; active trade orgs. • See:
AJYB, 41:427; WWIAJ, 1938.
Luckman, Sidney; b. Brooklyn, 1916.
Football player, Football Hall of Fame mem;
with Chicago Bears. • See: EJ.
Luckman, Sol; b. NYC, ca 1896; d.
Cincinnati, June 1966.
Natl communal philanthropic ldr, Cincinnati;
natl honorary chr United Jewish Appeal; active
Jewish Welfare Bd, synagog, Heb Union CollJewish Inst of Religion. • See: AI, June 9 1966;
JTA-DNB, June 6 1966; NYTimes, June 4 1966,
29:4.
Luckstone,I~dore;b.ca1861;d.NYC,
Mar 121941.
Pianist, singing tchr, composer, NYC; faculty
NYU.• See:AJYB, 43:361.
Ludwig, Emil; b. Breslau, Jan 25 1881; d.
Sep 17 1948.
To US 1940. • U Heidelberg; honorary
degree. • Author, biographer, playwright. •
See: UJE; WWWIA, 2; NYTimes, Sep 19 1948,
76:3.
Ludwig, Louis; b. Russia, Mar 91889; d.
Dec 2 1979.
Columbia. • Business exec, inventor, NYC;
secy Israel Mineral Development Corp; bd
United Jewish Appeal, Weizmann Inst. • See:
WWWIA,8.
Ludwig, Ruven (Reuben); b. Kiev province,
1895; d.LosAngeles, 1926.
To US 1910. • Yiddish poet, CA, AZ; mem
Insikh group. • See: UJE; EJ.
Luebke, MJ; b. Hamburg, Feb 221843.
Cantor, rabbi, lecturer, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
5(1903-1904):76-77.
Lukas, EdwinJ; b.Jersey City, Jan 251902;
d. Kentfield, CA, Aug 23 1973.
LLB St Lawrence. • Lawyer, orgn exec, NYC;
exec dir Soc for the Prevention of Crime;
general counsel Am Jewish Com; faculty San
Lukashok, Jacob G; b. Bachmut, Russia,
Nov 5 1894; d. New Rochelle, June 18
1953.
Mfr, Zionist ldr; natl exec com Zionist Org of
Am. • See:AJYB, 55:457.
Lukoff, Herman; b. Philadelphia, May 2
1923; d. Sep 241979.
BS U PA. • Computer co exec, Ft Washington,
PA; with Sperry Univac; author/ patentee in
field. • See: WWWIA, 7.
Lumbrozo, Jacob Gohn); b. Lisbon; d.
between Sept 241665 and May 311666.
To Maryland 1656. • Physician, planter;
accused of blasphemy against Christianity by
VA zealots, probably amnestied by Richard
Cromwell.· See:JE; UJE; PAJHS, 1:25-40,
2:176-77; DAB.
Luntz, Abe M; b. Akron, OH, Mar 6 1893.
Exec, industrialist, communal worker, Canton,
OH; officer Jewish Welfare League;B'nai
B'rith; active Zionist Org ofAm, Community
Fund.· See: WWIAJ, 1928, 1938.
Luria, Abraham; b. Russia, 1838.
To US 1880. • Heb poet. • See: Eisenstadt,
111.
Luria, Alexander L; b. Janisik, Russia, July
15 1880/1881; d. Adantic City, Sep1951.
Scrap iron exec, philanthropist, Reading, PA,
Philadelphia; benefactor Red Cross. • See:
WWIAJ, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Sep 9 1951,
91:1.
Luria, Max Aaron; b. NYC, June 10 1891;
d. Brooklyn Hgts, Mar 1966.
BS, MA, PhD Columbia. • Philologist,
language tchr, Brooklyn; specialty: JudeoSpanish; faculty Brooklyn ColI; author in field.
• See: UJE; WWIAJ, 1928,1938; REOAJ;
NYTimes, Mar 12 1966, 27: 1.
Luria, Salvador Edward; b. Turin, Italy,
1912.
To US 1940. • Biologist, pioneer in microbial
genetics, Nobel laureate; faculty Columbia, IN
U, U IL, MIT; author/editor in field. • See:
EJ.
Lurie, Harry Lawrence; b. Goldingen,
Latvia, Feb 281892; d. Ogunquit, ME,
June 24/25 1973.
To US 1898.· AB, MA U MI.· Sociologist,
social work exec; with Assocd Charities
(Detroit), Bureau of Social Research (NYC),
Council ofJewish Fedns & Welfare Funds;
faculty NY School of Social Work; active
professional socs; author/editor in field. • See:
UJE; EJ;AJYB, 75:655-56; WWIAJ, 1938;
WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 271973,42:4.
Lurie, Irving H
Lurie, Irving H; h. Brooklyn, Dec 1 1898;
d. NYC,Jan 2 1968.
Architect, financier, synagog bldr; active
United Synagogue ofAm; author in field. •
See:A]YB, 70:522-23; NYTimes, Jan 3 1968,
40:1.
Lurie, Jacoh; h. Siheria, July 161902.
To US 1912. • BS Harvard. • Chemist, Indian
Orchard,MA.· See: "WWIA], 1938.
Lurie, Louis Aryah; h. Salant, Lithuania,
Feh 10 1886.
To US 1889.· AB,MA, MD U Cincinnati,
post-grad U MI, Boston Psychopathic Inst. •
Neurologist, psychiatrist, Cincinnati; mem
White House Conf on Child Welfare; active
communal affairs; author in field; WWI
service.· See: WWIAj, 1928, 1928, 1938.
Lurie, Louis Rohert; h. Chicago, Sep 6
1888; d. San Francisco, Sep 61972.
Real estate operator, bldr, San Francisco; bd
Damon Runyon Memorial Fund (NYC);
colonel Civil Air Patrol. • See: "WWIA], 1938;
WWWIA, 5;NYTimes, Sep 8 1972,36:1.
Lurie, Max Bernard; h. Teeshee, Lithuania,
Sep 12 1893.
To US 1907.· BACCNY,MD Cornell..
Tuberculosis researcher, Philadelphia; author
in field. • See: WWIA], 1926, 1938.
Lurie, Morris; h. ca 1857; d. Rockaway
Park, LI, Aug 23 1932.
Chain store owner, NYC. • See: A]YB, 35: 126.
Lurie, Solomon Nathan; h. ca 1862; d. Feh
201939.
Rabbi, Milwaukee.· See:A]YB, 41:427.
Lurie, Ted R; h. NYC, Dec 101909; d.
June 11974.
To Palestine 1930. • BA Cornell. • Newspaper
editor, Jerusalem; with Jerusalem Post;
correspondent US & English papers; fdr
professional socs; public relations officer
Haganah. • See: "WWWIA, 6; NYTimes, June 2
1974,63:3.
Lurvey, FannyR (Mrs David Lurvey); h.
Chicago, May 161889; d. Indianapolis,
Dec 91942.
Communal social worker, Indianapolis; officer
Jewish Fedn ofWomens Clubs; bd Home for
Jewish Aged; dir Kirshbaum Center. • See:
A]YB, 45:390.
406
Dermatologist, NYC. • See: A]YB, 13(19111912):137; NYTimes, Jan 23 1911,7:4.
Lustig, Alvin; h. Denver, Feh 8 1915; d.
NYC, Dec 4 1955.
Los Angeles City ColI, Art Center School.·
Graphic & .industrial designer, art director;
author in field. • See: WWWIA, 3; NITimes,
Dec 5 1955,31:1.
Lustig, Amost; h. Czechoslovakia, 1926.
To Israel 1968, then to US. • Author,
journalist; concentration camp survivor. • See:
E].
Lustig, Philip Harry; b. ca 1859; d. Jan 12
1937.
Hat store chain fdr, Brooklyn. • See: A]YB,
39:594; NYTimes, Jan 13 1937,24:3.
Lustman, Seymour Leonard; h. Chicago,
Apr 23 1920; d. Lincolnville, ME, Aug 5
1971.
BS Northwestern,PhD U Chicago, MD U IL.
• Physician, psychiatrist, New Haven; faculty,
colI master, Yale; consult Nat! Inst Mental
Health; active professional soc; author in field;
WWII service. • See: WWWIA, 5; NYTimes,
Aug61971,34:4.
Lutsky, Jacoh; h. ca 1911; d. LI, Oct 1976.
BA, LLB Cornell. • City official, acting state
supreme court & court of claims judge, legal
aide to mayors, NYC; WWII service. • See:
NYTimes, Oct 30 1976,26:4.
Lutterheck, Eugene Feistmann; h. Furth,
Germany, Sep 211909; d.July 301973.
To US 1939. • MD U Berne. • Radiologist,
Chicago; faculty Cook County Grad School of
Med, Northwestern. • See: WWWIA, 6.
Luttinger, Paul (Pelaiah); h. Carcaliu,
Rumania, Apr 161885.
To US 1901. • Jaffa Agricultural ColI, MD
NYUlBellevue. • Physician, NYC; specialty:
childrens diseases, bacteriology; dir Workmen's
Circle Sunday Schools; author/editor in field. •
See: WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938.
Lutzki, Moses; h. near Pinsk; d. NYC, Feh
201976.
To US 1939. • Jewish scholar, bibliographer;
with Yeshiva U, JTS, Columbia, Bodleian
Library (Oxford U). • See: E]; A]YB, 78:544;
NYTimes, Feb 241976,38:5.
Economist; a fdr World aRT, Russian Zionist
Socialist Party; orgr aRT programs in
Displaced Persons Camps. • See: UJE; A]YB,
53:525;NYTimes, Aug 191950,13:2.
Lyman, Sidney M; h. 1912?; d. Bronx, July
261967.
BA, LLB NYU. • Lawyer, communalldr; bd
Jewish Community Center (Hunts Point);
active nat! Am Jewish Cong; WWII service. •
See: A]YB, 69:609; NYTimes, July 27 1967,
35:2.
Lynder, Nathan B; h. Berditchev, Russia,
May261885.
.
To US 1904. • Journalist, NYC; editorial staff
The Day, Free Labor Voice, Warheit. • See:
WWIA], 1928.
Lyon, Ahraham De; h. Spain?
Early Georgia settler (1733), vine grower. •
See: ]E; UJE.
Lyon, Alfred E; h. London, ca 1886; d.
Stamford, CT, May 1967.
To NYC 1912.·· Exec, philanthropist; chr
Philip Morris; WWI Canadian military
service. • See: NYTimes, May 9 1967,47:1.
Lyon, Bernhard; h. Hartford, Feh 291872.
City official, Health Commr, Hartford; pres
Bd of Street Commrs; officer synagog. • See:
"WWIA], 1928.
Lyon, Rohert; h. London,Jan 15 1810; d.
NYC, Mar 10 1858.
To US 1844. • Journalist, NYC; publisher The
Asmonean. • See: ]E; UJE.
Lyon, Simon; h. Washington DC, May 5
1870; d. Washington DC,Jan 261946.
LLB, LLM Georgetown U. • Lawyer,
communalldr, Washington DC; dir Jewish
Community Center; active AmJewish Com,
Community Chest. • See: A]YB, 48:495;
"WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, Jan 29
1946,25:5.
Lyons, Alexander; h. Mohile, June 19 1867;
d. NYC, June 51939.
Ordained Heb Union ColI, BL U Cincinnati,
MA Columbia, PhD NYU. • Rabbi, civic &
interfaith ldr, Brooklyn; fdr Comsumptives
Jewish Aid Soc; author/editor onJewish topics.
• See: UJE; A]YB, 5(1903-1904):77,41:427;
"WWIA], 1926, 1928, 1938; NYTimes, June 7
1939,23:3.
Lutzky, Aaron; see Zucker, Aaron.
Lushing, Alfred; h. Patchogue, LI, Sep 24
1903.
Furniture mfr, Water & Power Commr, Los
Angeles; pres Mt Sinai Home for Chronic
Invalids; active Chamber of Commerce, B'nai
B'rith. • See: WWIA], 1938.
Luxenherg, Louis; h. Vaelkija, Kovno, Apr
251878.
To US 1891. • Mayor, Barnesboro, PA; WWI
active fundraising, Am Protective League. •
See: WWIA], 1928.
Lust, Adeline Cohnfeld (Mrs Philip G
Lust); h. Crefeld, Germany, Apr 12 1860.
To US 1876. • Singer, author, Chicago. • See:
A]YB, 6(1904-1905):146-47,24:177; WWWIA,
4.
Luxenherg, Morry; h. ca 1892;d. NYC, Jan
1968.
CCNY. • Tailor, NYC; specialty: military
uniforms; WWI service. • See: NYTimes, Jan
181968,39:4.
Lustgarten,Sigmund;h.caI858;d.NYC,
Jan 221911.
.
Lvovitch, David; h. Russia, Jan 11882; d.
Paris, Aug 171950.
Lyons, Alfred; h. ca 185$; d. NYC, July 14
1915.
Lawyer, NYc.. See:A]YB, 18(19161917):109.
Lyons, David; h. *
Commander, US Navy. • See: A]YB, 24:177.
Lyons, Eugene; h. Uzlian, Russia, July 1
1898; d.Jan 71985.
To NYC 1907.· CCNY, Columbia.· Author,
journalist, editor, publicity agent, NYC; editor
The Am Mercury; Moscow correspondent
United Press; WWI service; autobiography. •
See: UJE; WWWIA, 8.
407
Lyons, Harry; b. Nevel, Vitebsk, 1875.
Lawyer, legislator, Los Angeles; fathered
"Kosher Bill."· See: WWIAJ, 1928.
Lyons, Isaac; b. Columbia, SC, 1811; d.
Charleston, SC, 1837.
Physician, surgeon general during TX War of
Independence. • See: LryE.
Lyons, Jacques Judah; b. Surinam, Aug 25
1814; d. NYC, Aug 12 1877.
To US 1837.· Rabbi, Richmond, NYC; a fdr
Jews Hospital; collected manus~ripts
concerning Jews in US, Canada & West Indies.
• See: JE; LryE; E]; NYTimes; Aug 16 1877,
8:3.
Lyons, Julius Judah; b. NYC, Oct 71843; d.
San Diego, June 1920.
Lawyer, musician, composer, NYC; orgr The
Lytton, Bart
State Bank, amateur orchestra; officer Mt
Sinai; nat! guard service. • See: LryE; AJYB,
6(1904-1905):147,23:132; WWWIA, 1;
NYTimes, June 3 1920,11:4.
Lyons, LeoJ; b. Boston, ca 1864; d.
Brookline, MA,July 141943.
Editor, journalist; Boston; staff Boston Globe;
editor Boston Jewish Advocate. • See: AJYB,
46:342; NYTimes,July 15 1943,21:5.
Lyons, Leonard; b. NYC, Sep 10 1906; d.
NYC, Oct 1976.
CCNY, LLB StJohns; honorary degree. •
Newspaper columnist, lawyer, special asst state
atty general, NYC; syndicated column, "The
Lyons Den."· See: WWWIA, 7; NYTimes, Oct
81976, IV 14:1.
Lyons, Lewis; b. ca 1829; d. NYC, Feb 20
1917.
Civil War veteran, NYC. • See: AJYB,
19(1917-1918):266.
Lyons, Maurice; b. Cleveland, Aug 2 1909.
AB U Cincinnati, BH, ordained Heb Union
ColI. • Rabbi, Blytheville, AR; officer AR
Jewish Assembly. • See: WWIAJ, 1938.
Lyons, Mrs William H; b. ca 1855; d.
Brooklyn, Sep 13 1933.
Communal worker, Brooklyn. • See: AJYB,
36:284.
Lytton, Bart; b. New Casde, PA, Oct 4
1912; d.June 1969.
Westminster ColI, U VA; honorary degree. •
Financier, philanthropist, Los Angeles; active
civic affairs, Democratic politics. • See:
WWWIA, 5; NYTimes, June 301969,39:1.