Alfred M. Cohen, president of B’nai B’rith, announced today the appointment of Dr. Lee J. Levinger as director of the Order’s newly established Bureau of Research which is to compile material on everything pertaining to Jewish conditions on American campuses.
Dr. Levinger has been director of the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation Ohio State University for the last ten years. Born in Idaho, he attended the Universities of Chicago, Cincinnati, Pennsylvania, and the Hebrew Union College. He was rabbi of Temple Israel, Paducah, Ky., from 1913 until the time America entered the war, when he served in France as Chaplain with the U. S. Army. From 1922 until 1925 he was rabbi of Temple Beth Emeth, Wilmington, Del.
He is the author of “A History of the Jews in the United States,” “A Jewish Chaplain in France,” and many other books and articles. A few years ago he was Chaplain of the American Legion, the only rabbi ever to hold that post.
LECTURER ON PHILOSOPHY
In addition to being director of the Ohio State Hillel Foundation, Dr. Levinger was a lecturer in philosophy at the Ohio State University, and is a past president of the University Religious Council.
As director of the B’nai B’rith Bureau of Research, he will work under the direct supervision of Dr. I. M. Rubinow, secretary of B’nai B’rith, and a well-known statistician and social worker.
The Bureau will investigate all campus problems as they relate to Jews—both students and faculty, and will be the first work of its kind ever to be undertaken on a national scale in this country. It will deal with such problems as the number of Jewish students and faculty members at American universities, their vocational trends, their status on the campus, place of origin, needs, chief problems, etc. The findings of the Bureau are expected to be published some time next year.
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