"MRS. LEVIN'S RITES TODAY"
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Szold Levin, member of one of Baltimore's most distinguished Jewish families and the first woman ever to be appointed to the School Board, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Jack Lewis establishment at 2100 Eutaw place.
Burial will be in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.
Mrs. Levin, who held a unique place in the community life of Baltimore, died yesterday at Sinai Hospital after a brief illness. She was 83 years old.
The widow of Louis H. Levin, former executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities here, Mrs. Levin also was a sister of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah. Levindale, Hebrew home for the aged, was named for her husband, and Hadassah is a world-renowned movement.
Mrs. Levin was the daughter of the late Rabbi Benjamin Szold, who came to Baltimore in 1858 to be the spiritual leader of the Oheb Shalom Congregation, then located on South Hanover street.
She was an honor graduate of Western High School in 1888. After two years of preparatory work, she went on to Bryn Mawr College to take a degree.
Immediately after college, she did private tutoring for a while before becoming a member of the faculty of St. Timothy's School.
During this period of her life she met and married Mr. Levin who had started life as first a bookkeeper and then a lawyer, but later turned to charitable work. Mrs. Levin was profoundly interested in his activities and services to the community and after his death continued with volunteer labor and leadership.
Between 1924 and 1940, Mrs. Levin served on the school board, the original appointment coming from the late Mayor William F. Broening. No woman had held such a post before her.
Meanwhile, her elder sister, Henrietta, had founded Hadassah, and Mrs. Levin made two trips to Palestine to help work with refugees in 1933 and 1939. She herself became an honorary vice president of the movement.
One of her favorite civic interests was her work with the Central Scholarship Bureau, funds for which came from Levindale, which at one time also functioned as an orphanage.
Mrs. Levin also was devoted to the Board of Jewish Education, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the many agencies of Associated Jewish Charities.
She is survived by five children and eleven grandchildren.
The children are Benjamin Szold Levin, M. Jastrow Levin, Mrs. Isadore B. Terrell and Mrs. Ben Cooper, all of Baltimore, and Mrs. Milbouer, of Wilmington, Del.
The Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 1958, Fri., p.11.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Szold Levin, member of one of Baltimore's most distinguished Jewish families and the first woman ever to be appointed to the School Board, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Jack Lewis establishment at 2100 Eutaw place.
Burial will be in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.
Mrs. Levin, who held a unique place in the community life of Baltimore, died yesterday at Sinai Hospital after a brief illness. She was 83 years old.
The widow of Louis H. Levin, former executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities here, Mrs. Levin also was a sister of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah. Levindale, Hebrew home for the aged, was named for her husband, and Hadassah is a world-renowned movement.
Mrs. Levin was the daughter of the late Rabbi Benjamin Szold, who came to Baltimore in 1858 to be the spiritual leader of the Oheb Shalom Congregation, then located on South Hanover street.
She was an honor graduate of Western High School in 1888. After two years of preparatory work, she went on to Bryn Mawr College to take a degree.
Immediately after college, she did private tutoring for a while before becoming a member of the faculty of St. Timothy's School.
During this period of her life she met and married Mr. Levin who had started life as first a bookkeeper and then a lawyer, but later turned to charitable work. Mrs. Levin was profoundly interested in his activities and services to the community and after his death continued with volunteer labor and leadership.
Between 1924 and 1940, Mrs. Levin served on the school board, the original appointment coming from the late Mayor William F. Broening. No woman had held such a post before her.
Meanwhile, her elder sister, Henrietta, had founded Hadassah, and Mrs. Levin made two trips to Palestine to help work with refugees in 1933 and 1939. She herself became an honorary vice president of the movement.
One of her favorite civic interests was her work with the Central Scholarship Bureau, funds for which came from Levindale, which at one time also functioned as an orphanage.
Mrs. Levin also was devoted to the Board of Jewish Education, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the many agencies of Associated Jewish Charities.
She is survived by five children and eleven grandchildren.
The children are Benjamin Szold Levin, M. Jastrow Levin, Mrs. Isadore B. Terrell and Mrs. Ben Cooper, all of Baltimore, and Mrs. Milbouer, of Wilmington, Del.
The Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 1958, Fri., p.11.
"MRS. LEVIN'S RITES TODAY"
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Szold Levin, member of one of Baltimore's most distinguished Jewish families and the first woman ever to be appointed to the School Board, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Jack Lewis establishment at 2100 Eutaw place.
Burial will be in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.
Mrs. Levin, who held a unique place in the community life of Baltimore, died yesterday at Sinai Hospital after a brief illness. She was 83 years old.
The widow of Louis H. Levin, former executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities here, Mrs. Levin also was a sister of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah. Levindale, Hebrew home for the aged, was named for her husband, and Hadassah is a world-renowned movement.
Mrs. Levin was the daughter of the late Rabbi Benjamin Szold, who came to Baltimore in 1858 to be the spiritual leader of the Oheb Shalom Congregation, then located on South Hanover street.
She was an honor graduate of Western High School in 1888. After two years of preparatory work, she went on to Bryn Mawr College to take a degree.
Immediately after college, she did private tutoring for a while before becoming a member of the faculty of St. Timothy's School.
During this period of her life she met and married Mr. Levin who had started life as first a bookkeeper and then a lawyer, but later turned to charitable work. Mrs. Levin was profoundly interested in his activities and services to the community and after his death continued with volunteer labor and leadership.
Between 1924 and 1940, Mrs. Levin served on the school board, the original appointment coming from the late Mayor William F. Broening. No woman had held such a post before her.
Meanwhile, her elder sister, Henrietta, had founded Hadassah, and Mrs. Levin made two trips to Palestine to help work with refugees in 1933 and 1939. She herself became an honorary vice president of the movement.
One of her favorite civic interests was her work with the Central Scholarship Bureau, funds for which came from Levindale, which at one time also functioned as an orphanage.
Mrs. Levin also was devoted to the Board of Jewish Education, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the many agencies of Associated Jewish Charities.
She is survived by five children and eleven grandchildren.
The children are Benjamin Szold Levin, M. Jastrow Levin, Mrs. Isadore B. Terrell and Mrs. Ben Cooper, all of Baltimore, and Mrs. Milbouer, of Wilmington, Del.
The Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 1958, Fri., p.11.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Szold Levin, member of one of Baltimore's most distinguished Jewish families and the first woman ever to be appointed to the School Board, will be held at 1 P.M. today at the Jack Lewis establishment at 2100 Eutaw place.
Burial will be in the Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.
Mrs. Levin, who held a unique place in the community life of Baltimore, died yesterday at Sinai Hospital after a brief illness. She was 83 years old.
The widow of Louis H. Levin, former executive director of the Associated Jewish Charities here, Mrs. Levin also was a sister of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah. Levindale, Hebrew home for the aged, was named for her husband, and Hadassah is a world-renowned movement.
Mrs. Levin was the daughter of the late Rabbi Benjamin Szold, who came to Baltimore in 1858 to be the spiritual leader of the Oheb Shalom Congregation, then located on South Hanover street.
She was an honor graduate of Western High School in 1888. After two years of preparatory work, she went on to Bryn Mawr College to take a degree.
Immediately after college, she did private tutoring for a while before becoming a member of the faculty of St. Timothy's School.
During this period of her life she met and married Mr. Levin who had started life as first a bookkeeper and then a lawyer, but later turned to charitable work. Mrs. Levin was profoundly interested in his activities and services to the community and after his death continued with volunteer labor and leadership.
Between 1924 and 1940, Mrs. Levin served on the school board, the original appointment coming from the late Mayor William F. Broening. No woman had held such a post before her.
Meanwhile, her elder sister, Henrietta, had founded Hadassah, and Mrs. Levin made two trips to Palestine to help work with refugees in 1933 and 1939. She herself became an honorary vice president of the movement.
One of her favorite civic interests was her work with the Central Scholarship Bureau, funds for which came from Levindale, which at one time also functioned as an orphanage.
Mrs. Levin also was devoted to the Board of Jewish Education, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Blindness and the many agencies of Associated Jewish Charities.
She is survived by five children and eleven grandchildren.
The children are Benjamin Szold Levin, M. Jastrow Levin, Mrs. Isadore B. Terrell and Mrs. Ben Cooper, all of Baltimore, and Mrs. Milbouer, of Wilmington, Del.
The Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 1958, Fri., p.11.
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