Funeral services for Rabbi Isaiah Levy, head of the Chab Zedek Congregation who died Tuesday at Beth Israel Hospital following an operation, were held Wednesday from his home. Rabbi Levy, who was 50, was born in London, the son of Michael and Jenny Levy. He was a grandson of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, champion of orthodox Judaism in Germany.
During the World War, Rabbi Levy, while still in England, organized a home for Belgian refugees and a Talmudic school for the refugee children. He also served as a volunteer interpreter for interned Austrian and Hungarian Jews.
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