Levine, I. Oscar (Levine, Isadore Oscar), 1907-2000

Person

Biographical Note

I. Oscar Levine practiced law in Hartford for 57 years, spending most of those years in a general practice partnership with Melvin S. Katz. Levine was committed to a variety of civic, charitable and religious organizations. The positions he held included president of Emanuel Synagogue; a founder and later chairman of the Hartford Jewish Federation; a founder and later chairman of the Hartford Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; a founder of National Refugee Service, which assisted the escape of refugees from the Nazis and their resettlement in America; and a founder and later president of the Hartford Jewish Community Council.

Born in Hartford, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale College in 1928 and honor graduate of Yale Law School in 1930. He also was editor of the Yale Law Review.

"I. Oscar Levine; Lawyer, Leader" Hartford Courant, https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-01-04-0001040301-story.html. Accessed 7 January 2021.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History

Digital Record

Identifier: kessler, irving_2003

Dates: July 28, 2003

Found in: Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

Kessler, Irving_2003, Oral History, July 28, 2003

File — Box 31, Box: 646

Identifier: 0014 001 001646

Scope and Contents Early involvement in Zionism/supporting Israel upon its creation in college years. Went to graduate school Columbia, undergraduate at Tufts. Wanted to go to Tufts for graduate school (specifically the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy) but war delays prevented this-mentioned several times. Involvement in Boston Federation. Discusses moving to the Hartford Federation working under and eventually taking over from Bernie Gottlieb who was director of the Federation before him....