New-York tribune., 1920-06-07
DIR. Levinthal Wins
P PostggraduateDe Degree
At Jewish Seminary
Eight Graduated as Rabbis
and p Receive Diplomas.
of Teachers Institute:
DIR. Adler Makes Address

The Rev. Or. Israel Herba-. Levin
thai. rabbi Of the Brooklyn Jewish
Center, received the degree of Doctor
OF Jewish Literature from the Jewish
Theological Seminary Of America, at
the annual commencement exercises in
Aeoli2n Hall yesterday afternoon The
degree Of rabbi, preacher and teacher
was conferred upon eight graduates of
the seminary. and diplomas were given
to tventy-seven graduates Of the
Teachers Institute, nineteen Of whom
are young women.
The degree given to DR.. Levinthal
comes after q short and brilliant career
IS scholar and pastor. For the last
two years he has pursued postgraduate
work IN the seminary, having recently
presented a thesis to the faculty on
The Jewish Law Of Agency, with
Special Reference to the Roman and
English Common Law"
In 1910 he graduated from the SEM
inexy with the degree of rabbi. He is
. Bachelor and Master of Arts from
Columbia University, and Juris Doc
tor from New York University. He also
10 member OF the New York Bar.
While at Columbia he won the Curtis
Medal for Oyatorical Excellence. Rabbi
Levinthal came to Brooklyn in 1910 and
has been at the head Of the Brooklyn
Jewish Center since last November.
Louis Marshall. chairman of the
board Of directors Of the seminary
delivered the Introductory address, in
which he said that there is now nc
deficit to face and predicted brilliant
future for the Institution. He reported
. Fift to the library from Mortimer
Sehi6, Of the collection Of books OF
Israel Solomon Of London.
Mr.. MARSHALL made q plea for greater
interest In Jewish education in this
country. He said that there are 3,0Oo,-
600 Jews in the United States and
S00.0O0 Jewish children in New
York CITY nos Is per cent OF
whom sst Jewish sducation. sJswa
ish education has been neglected
in this country" said Mr.. Marshall
ITO an exteut thst can only be char.
acterized as shameful. The Jews have
been gensroua to their charities anG
In measure gvneYous to their breth.
ran across the seas, but they have beer
niggardly to thsir children and to those
institutions which are needful to the
preservation Of Judaism"
Dr.. Cyrus Adler addressed the newly
made rahois and the graduates.
S~AAAA8 NE0A yW0E XdDDlusCdl careers
have tue choices before you. You may
house. But let me ask of you not tc
consider the question solely from your
own point of view. You have made
sacrifices aplenty during four years OF
study. You should be willing to con-
tinue to make them"
To the newly made teachers DR.. Ad-
ler said: "Do not trouble yourselves
too much about the psychological tests
Of the various kinds described in the
books. These things are very good, nc
doubt, tn the preparation Of learned
papers, but they should be the work OF
the few and not the many. They
should be relegated to those less at.
tractivc souls who have not the divine
spark which alone makes grea,
teacher. Do everything that you car
to make the content of Judaism inter.
esting to the children.
"Be not caught up by the industrial
unrest in the world, and do not aligr
yourselves with movements which ma,
produce, am sorry to say have pro.
duced. actions by Jewish teachers which
are SO repugrant to the entire history
OF your profession as to constitute a
revolution In the annals Of Jewish odu-
cation"
Max Kadushin delivered the valedie-
tory address.
The following were the graduates
Rabbis - George Abelson, Master of
Arts. New York University; Philip
Reis Alstat, Master Of Arts, Columbia
University; Nathan Herman Colish,
Bachelor Of Arts, College Of the City
OF New York, with merit; Isaac Alhe
Haddad, Master Of Arts, New York Uni
yersity; Max Kadushin, Bachelor of
Science, New York University, with
merit; H. ]. Landau, Master of
Arts, New York University; Norman
Salt. Bachelor of Arts, College of the
City Of New York; Doctor Juris, New
York University, and Morris Schuss-
helm, Master Of Arts, Columbia Univer-
sity, with merit.
The graduates Of the Teachers In.
stttute were Leah Ain, Harry Mofsho-
vitz, Lena Bierman, Jeannette R. Nor
ganstein, Harry Blumberg, Rose Pearl
Novick. Isidore Epstein, Frieda Pearl
man. Anna Finkelstein, Jacob Pearl
stein, Sarah Edith Finkelstein, Julia
Pinta, Pincus Fox, Charlotte Preiser
Rose Gamoran, Freda Regenbogen,
Judith Gutman, Eva Sack, Nathan
Hauptman, Max Soloff, Bessie Rebecca
Hurwitz. Fanny Soyer, Pauline Kono-
WITT, Philip Twersky, Rose Lesser, Rae
Millfeent Yarchoan and Eva Leah
Miller.
Many prizes for essays were awarded