Dr. Joseph Stolz was born at Syracuse, N. Y. on Nov. 3, 1861. In 1887 he was called to Chicago to succeed Dr.B.Felsenthal in the Zion Congregation. Since Jan. 1896, he has been in charge of Isaiah Congregation.

Dr.Stolz is vice-president of the Jewish Publication Society, and Director of the Jewish Chautauqua Society, the Central Conference, of American Rabbis, the Sabbath School Union, the Liberal Congress of Religions, and the Home for Aged Jews. For ten years he was secretary of the Jewish Training School. In 1898, Mayor Harrison appointed him a member of the Educational Commission, and in 1899, a member of the Board of Education to serve three years.