[1] Born in Lithuania, he later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was ordained by the Reform Jewish Hebrew Union College in 1916, becoming the first Eastern European student to study at the institution.
[citation needed] Lichtenstein served as a rabbi in Amsterdam, Troy, and New York City.
He briefly served a congregation in Athens, Georgia, before moving back to New York to marry Tehilla Hirshenson in 1920.
[6] Tehilla did not receive ordination or hold any of the titles traditionally held by ordained Jewish clergy (i.e., rabbi or hazzanit) during her time in the role.
[7] She also took over his duties as editor of the Jewish Science Interpreter magazine, serving until she died in 1973.