Dr. J. Leonard Levy, rabbi,Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Pittsburgh, Pa.

              Dr. J. Leonard Levy
RABBI CONGREGATION RODEPH SHALOM PITTSBURG, PA.
MANAGEMENT BROCKWAY LECTURE BUREAU, 6101 PENN AVE., PITTSBURG, PA.
Dr. J. LEONARD LEVY
For the Season of 1905-1906
Dr. J. Leonard Levy will lecture on the following subjects :
Impressions of Japan Abraham Lincoln The Best is Yet to Come The Struggle for Liberty
Dr. J. LEONARD LEVY
WHAT THE PITTSBURG PAPERS SAY
Pittsburg Dispatch
One of the recognized leaders in the movement for universal peace and one of the most aggressive and progressive ministers in Pittsburg is Joseph Leonard Levy, rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom. It is only a short time since the congre¬gation increased the salary of Rabbi Levy from $10,000 to $12,000 and secured his services for five years more. This probably more than anything else illustrates how popular he has become since he made Pittsburg his home. To Rabbi Levy is due the credit for bringing the Peace Conference to Pittsburg and for making it representative of every religious belief. He is an indefatigable worker, and has done much to advance his church.
Rabbi Levy is still a young man. He was born in London, England, in 1865, the son of Rabbi Solomon Levy. He was educated at Jews' Col¬lege and received the degree of bachelor of arts from the University College, London. He became rabbi in the Hebrew congregation of Bristol, England, later of the Congregation B'nai Israel, at Sacramento, Cal., and of the Congregation Keneseth Israel, at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg Post
Dr. J. Leonard Levy is one of twelve Pitts-burgers who have a national and international reputation. The other eleven are George Westinghouse, Dr. W. J. Holland, Andrew Carnegie, H. C. Frick, Prof. John Brashear, Charles M. Schwab, Justice George Shiras, Henry Phipps, W. E. Corey, Senator Philander C. Knox and David T. Watson.
The Pittsburgh Leader
His great natural gifts and seemingly exhaust-less capacity for work have elevated him to a po¬sition probably higher than any other rabbi in the country. He serves one of the largest congre¬gations in the United States and is recognized as such a power that his congregation has settled upon him the almost unparallelled salary of $12,000 a year.    ******
His success as a rabbi and in the recent Peace movement, may possibly be explained from the fact that through all his spiritual fervor he is still revealed as a manly, many-sided man. The ring¬ing tones of his full, rich voice which carried over his big audience and touched sympathetic chords in the hearts of all his hearers, was not developed in a school of elocution or declamation, but was broadened and strengthened on the cricket and football field while, as a young theological student he was preparing himself in England for his life work.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Rabbi J. Leonard Levy has achieved a com¬manding position in this community, and his con¬gregation has appreciated his remarkable abilities to the extent of making him one of the highest paid clergymen in the whole world.
Pittsburg Gazette
The Rev. Dr. J. Leonard Levy, who leaves on Saturday for Japan on a very important mission, has come to be one of the most influential men in public life in Western Pennsylvania. As an orator and scholar he has no peer. His Sunday lectures have proven a revelation and thousands have flocked to hear these wonderful discourses.
From "Success" Magazine, New  York
Few men under forty have accomplished so much as Joseph Leonard Levy, rabbi of Reform Con¬gregation Rodeph Shalom, of Pittsburg. Not only in his special field of congregational work, but also as an orator and writer, he has attained conspicuous success.
He has published eight volumes of lectures and essays, founded the Philadelphia Sterilized Milk, Ice and Coal Society, the " Home of Delight," a slum settlement, was one of the founders of the Trans¬atlantic Society of America and of the Southern Religious Society of Philadelphia. The breadth of his interests is indicated by his strong advocacy of " equitable protection," by his assistance in the work for the negroes at Tuskegee, and similar institutions.
Dr. J.  LEONARD  LEVY
PRESS   COMMENTS
Sacramento, Cal.                                  Bee
Rabbi Levy, by his broad liberality, his sympathetic nature, the purity of his teach¬ings, his great intellectuality, and his genial disposition, endeared himself to all classes in Sacramento, Seldom does even a clergyman possess so many commendable attributes of character.
Erie, Pa.                                 Daily Times
• Dr. Levy's address fully sustained the brill¬iant reputation which had preceded him. His subject dealt with the advancement of the human race, and began with earliest history of the achievements and advancement of man, socially and politically, and proved that the human race has ever progressed Dr. Levy is a speaker of rare charm and great brilliancy ; he holds the interest of his audience with every word; his wit is keen, his logic strong, and any subject he might handle would immediately be invested with a new interest. Dr. Levy is so widely known as a brilliant orator, eminent philanthropist, and great organizer in America, of the Inter-national Peace society, that any detailed men¬tion of his works seems superfluous.
Beaver Falle, Pa.             Daily Tribune
Rabbi J. Levy delivered a most beautiful tribute to the pure, innocent, beautiful child, in the Lyceum last evening. The lecture was for the benefit of the children's ward of the Beaver Valley General Hospital. A large audience was present to hear a discussion of the theme,' 'A Little Child Shall Lead Them,'' in the Rabbi's own inimitable manner.
Bradford, Pa.                                        Era
The home and its affairs were elaborately discussed, the broad humanitarianism of the speaker being evidenced in the uplifting con-clusions which rounded out his apt and vivid word pictures. The audience was spellbound by the charm of his eloquence, and frequent hearty applause denoted the pleasure of the listeners. It was one of the finest public addresses heard here in a long time.
New Brighton, Pa.               Daily News
A large, intelligent and highly appreciative audience filled the lecture room of the Pres¬byterian Church, New Brighton, last night, and for almost two hours sat eager to grasp every word that fell from the lips of Rabbi J. Leonard Levy, concerning the much abused Russian Jews, a story of which so little is known by the American people.
Dr. Levy is a man of national reputation as a rabbi, historian, orator, and civic worker. He is now located in Pittsburg, having come there from Philadelphia, in 1901.
The Woman's Club are certainly to be con¬gratulated on getting Dr. Levy to lecture in New Brighton, and their friends, especially the members of the Men's Club, are grateful to them for their invitation to hear Dr. Levy.
Charleroi,  Pa.                           Daily Mail
The lecture continued less than an hour and a half, but it was full of thought from be¬ginning to end and furnished much food for reflection. The speaker's strong oratory, eloquent language, beautiful illustrations and wonderful truths greatly impressed his hearers.
Dr. Levy was introduced by John K. Tener, who said that Dr. Levy's work is the elevating of mankind; his ideals are the highest, his charities are the broadest, and that Charleroi was honored in having him here.
Washington, Pa.                          Observer
Rabbi Levy, of Pittsburg, addressed a very enthusiastic audience in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. last evening for the first time in Washington. Dr. Levy's subject was ''March¬ing On.'' He spoke very fully on the con¬dition of the United States now and in the past, and prophesied great things for us in the future.