Henry Berkowitz

Short Name: Henry Berkowitz
Full Name: Berkowitz, Henry, 1857-1924
Birth Year: 1857
Death Year: 1924

Berkowitz, Henry (1857–1924) rabbi was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and was one of the first four rabbis ordained in the U.S.A. (1883). He served as Rabbi of Rodeph Scholem Synagogue in Philadelphia (1892–1922) and founder of the Jewish Chautauqua Society (1893). He also wrote popular religious literature.

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