Funeral services were held today for Phil B. Levitch, 68, president of the Conference of Jewish Organizations here, who died Monday at the Jewish Hospital. Mr. Levitch was general chairman of the Combined Jewish Campaign of Louisville in 1960 and 1961 and was designated B’nai B’rith’s “man of the Year” in 1961. He was vice-president of the Bureau of Jewish Education, and a director of the Jewish Community Center and the Louisville Hebrew Home.
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