Funeral services were held here today for Rabbi Clifton H. Levy, the oldest past president of the New York Board of Rabbis and a leader of the Reform rabbinate, who died here Saturday at the age of 94. Together with the late Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi Levy was a founder in 1922 of the Association of Reform Rabbis of New York City and Vicinity.
Born in New Orleans, La., Rabbi Levy received his ordination from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. He was the author of a book, “Judaism Applied to Life,” and of pamphlets and articles on Biblical archaeology and art.
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