Dr. Israel Kleiner, a physician and surgeon with office at No. 193 York street in New Haven, was born March 10, 1888, in the city which is still his home, his parents being Charles and Clare (Lautenbach) Kleiner, the former corporation counsel of New Haven.

  Dr. Kleiner, after attending the public and high schools, prepared for a professional career in the medical department of Yale and won his M. D. degree with the class of 1909. Following his graduation he entered the New Haven Hospital, where he served as interne for two years and then began private practice, in which he has since continued, a liberal patronage being accorded him. He keeps in touch with the trend of modern professional thought as a member of the New Haven Medical Society, the New Haven County Medical Society, the Connecticut State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Urological Association. At the present time he is secretary of the first named and he is clinical assistant in surgery at Yale University.

  On the 2d of April 1913, Dr. Kleiner was married to Miss Elma Strauss, a native of New Haven and a daughter of Jacob and Theresa (Herrmann) Strauss, representatives of old families of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Kleiner have a son, Allan David, born in New Haven, September 30, 1915.

  Dr. Kleiner belongs to Mishkan Israel and he has membership in the Harmonie Club and the Civic Federation. He is interested in affairs pertaining to the progress and upbuilding of his city and along professional lines he has kept in touch with the trend of modern scientific investigation and advancement.