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Lee J. (Lee Joseph) Levinger
1890–1966
A Reform rabbi, historian, and army chaplain, he wrote clear, accessible books about Jewish life in America and the experience of Jewish service members. His work blends scholarship with a strong interest in public understanding and community life.
2 Audiobooks
A Jewish Chaplain in France
by Lee J. (Lee Joseph) Levinger
Anti-Semitism in the United States : Its history and causes
by Lee J. (Lee Joseph) Levinger
About the author
Born in Burke, Idaho, in 1890, Lee J. Levinger was an American Reform rabbi and author. He was educated at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Pennsylvania, and he was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1914.
Levinger served in several pulpits and was a chaplain with the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. He later became director of the Hillel Foundation at Ohio State University and, in 1935, joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, where he worked in synagogue and school extension.
As a writer, he focused especially on Jewish history in the United States and on the role of Jewish chaplains in American military life. His books include A History of the Jews in the United States, A Jewish Chaplain in France, and Anti-Semitism in the United States, works remembered for making serious history approachable to general readers.