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Isaac Leeser. Over the course of four decades, Isaac Leeser filled a variety ofsignificant roles in American Jewish life —scholar, hazan,writer, editor, publisher, organizer, compiler and translator. Hewas, in fact, the most important American Jewish figure of his day. Leeser’supbringing in Westphalia was peripatetic, and his ...
The first English translation of the Jewish Bible published in America in 1853 by Rabbi Isaac Leeser. Verses where the Leeser verse numbering differs from the KJV and other English versions are prefixed with the Leeser (chapter:verse) reference at the beginning of the verse. Italics are used to indicate words supplied by the translator.
Jul 13, 2021 · By the end of his life, Leeser was an ardent supporter of a self-sustaining Jewish enterprise in its homeland. In other words, Leeser was an early Religious Zionist. Sussman, Lance J. “Another Look at Isaac Leeser and the First Jewish Translation of the Bible in the United States.” Modern Judaism, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 159–190.
Biographical Sketch of Isaac Leeser by Arthur Kiron, Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections Isaac Leeser was born in the village of Neuenkirchen, which at that time was part of the Prussian province of Westphalia, on December 12, 1806. Leeser's father, Uri Lippman (Uri ben Eliezer) was a merchant of limited
Aug 8, 2019 · Issac Mayer Wise vs. Isaac Leeser. By. Saul Jay Singer - 7 Av 5779 – August 8, 2019. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...
LEESER, ISAAC (1806 – 1868), was an American rabbi, writer, and leader of Jewish traditionalism. Born in Neunkirchen, Westphalia (Prussia), Leeser was orphaned at an early age. He received his secular education at a Gymnasium in M ü nster, and his religious tutelage from Benjamin Cohen and Abraham Sutro.
By Isaac Leeser. Philadelphia, 1853. Isaac Leeser (1806-1868) was a leading figure among American Jews during the 1840’s and 50’s. He was born in Germany, and came to America at the age of seventeen. He was a devout Jew, and became the cantor of his congregation, and shortly thereafter the regular preacher. He was the first to preach ...
