Alfred Lévy

Alfred Lévy (French pronunciation: [alfʁɛd levi]; 14 December 1840 – 23 July 1919) was a French rabbi who became Chief Rabbi of France in the period immediately before and during World War I. Alfred Lévy was born in Lunéville on 14 December 1840.

[4] In 1907 Lévy succeeded Zadoc Kahn as head of the central consistory, and thus as Chief Rabbi of France.

His health deteriorated during the last two years of the war, and Israël Lévi acted as Chief Rabbi of France in his place.

[4] Alfred Lévy died at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques on 23 July 1919 and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.

[4] In 1923 his grandson Robert Gamzon founded the first chapter of the Éclaireurs Israélites de France (EIF) in Paris.