Funeral services were held here today for Leo W. Schwarz, Jewish writer, editor, educator and lecturer, who died this weekend at the age of 61. The funeral was private, but memorial services were scheduled to be held next Sunday at Metropolitan Synagogue.
Born in New York, and graduated from Harvard College, Mr. Schwarz started his career as rabbi of Vassar Temple, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was on the Joint Distribution Committee’s staff in Germany after the war, aided the American Friends of the Hebrew University in New York, was an adviser to students at South African universities, and was visiting professor of Judaic studies for two years at the University of Iowa.
A prolific author, he also edited anthologies of Jewish literature and wrote many works on Jewish themes. Last month, Hadassah, the women’s Zionist organization of America, gave him its Myrtle Wreath Achievement Award, hailing him as a “devoted friend of Hadassah, whose great literary talent, sensitive understanding and creative imagination have made him an outstanding interpreter of Jewish life.” The award was given to him while he was a patient at Veterans Hospital here.
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