LAKEWOOD — To celebrate his 60 years of service to the Lakewood community and the surrounding areas in Ocean and Monmouth counties, "Friends of Rabbi Pesach Z. Levovitz" are planning a dinner in his honor Sept. 14 at the Eleanor Levovitz Senior Citizens Residence, Sixth Street and Clifton Avenue.
Levovitz assumed his position in 1944 at the Congregation Sons of Israel on Park Avenue, still known today as the old shul.
During the succeeding years, he served as president of the Rabbinical Council of America, National Israel Bonds representative, and chaplain at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, and the Lakewood police department.
Among his achievements, he was instrumental in founding the Bezalel Hebrew Day School, establishing the Funeral Chapel on Fourth Street and the Eleanor Levovitz Senior Residence, and the construction of the new Congregation Sons of Israel building, Sixth Street and Madison Avenue, all in Lakewood.
Levovitz retired in 1996 after serving more than 50 years as rabbi of the Congre-gation Sons of Israel.
The committee includes Lou and Mona Burack, Bernie and Arlene Hammer, Marvin and Itte Kantor, Gordon and Ann Leiber, Lenny and Sylvia Scheinberg, Ruben and Phyllis Silverman, Jack Wein-traub, and Sheldon and Edith Wolpin.
There will be no fund raising and no ad journal. Tickets are $50 per person. For further information, call (732) 920-4550 or (732) 363-4628.