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  • Thumbnail for Isaac Leeser
    his era. Leeser is regarded as a forerunner by both Modern Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism. Isaac Leeser was born to Sarah Leeser and her husband...
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  • Jewish leader Julian Leeser (born 1976), Australian politician Oscar Leeser (born 1958), American politician, Mayor of El Paso Rolf Leeser (1929–2018), German-born...
    615 bytes (111 words) - 19:52, 2 December 2024
  • subsequently of the entire Tanakh, was the 19th century effort by Isaac Leeser. Leeser began with a five-volume, bilingual Hebrew–English edition of the...
    38 KB (4,852 words) - 18:46, 9 October 2024
  • vehemently opposed assimilation and the Reform movement, such as Rabbi Isaac Leeser and Rabbi Sabato Morais. Shultz, Evan (9 September 2000). "Group Rights...
    5 KB (382 words) - 16:59, 29 December 2024
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    Britain and the United States after being published in Philadelphia by Isaac Leeser. He added a preface to the work elucidating his differences with her...
    21 KB (2,575 words) - 05:53, 28 December 2024
  • vigorous opposition was voiced by Isaac M. Wise in his paper, "The Israelite", by David Einhorn in "Sinai", and by Isaac Leeser in "The Occident". A convention...
    24 KB (3,833 words) - 10:53, 24 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lance J. Sussman
    in Elkins Park, PA. He is the author of books and articles including: Isaac Leeser and the Making of American Judaism (1995) and Sharing Sacred Moments...
    48 KB (5,801 words) - 03:43, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Isidor Kalisch
    element in Judaism. His controversies with Rev. Isaac Leeser, arising from Dr. Kalisch's criticism of Leeser's English version of the Bible, and on the "Jewish...
    4 KB (553 words) - 21:03, 16 October 2023
  • Truth”) was founded in 1857 by Joseph Newhouse as a pulpit for Rev. Isaac Leeser after Leeser left Congregation Mikveh Israel. The congregation followed the...
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    of Jews (though there had been earlier solo efforts, such as that of Isaac Leeser). The full publication title is The Holy Scriptures According to the...
    7 KB (829 words) - 19:22, 3 July 2022
  • Education Society of Philadelphia (established in 1849 by Rebecca Gratz and Isaac Leeser) joined together to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college...
    45 KB (5,818 words) - 22:57, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Isaac Mayer Wise
    in the columns of The Occident, and was ably seconded by its editor, Isaac Leeser. Wise suggested that a meeting be held in the spring of 1849 in Philadelphia...
    29 KB (3,244 words) - 21:27, 26 November 2024
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    leader Rabbi Isaac Leeser in order to forge a single, unified, American Judaism. In the 1855 Cleveland Synod, he was at first acquiescent to Leeser, but reverted...
    105 KB (14,118 words) - 19:33, 5 January 2025
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    States was labeled the Treife Medina, or "Profane Country", in Yiddish. Isaac Leeser was an ultra-traditionalist in the American context. In 1845 he introduced...
    104 KB (13,258 words) - 11:22, 3 January 2025
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    Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine. Translated by Isaac Leeser. New York: Hermon Press. pp. 40, 55. (reprint of A. Hart: Philadelphia...
    9 KB (1,111 words) - 00:16, 25 November 2024
  • Delegates of American Israelites; it was opened Oct. 28, 1867, with Isaac Leeser as its provost. Sabato Morais, Marcus Jastrow, Aaron S. Bettelheim, L...
    4 KB (362 words) - 04:31, 4 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gratz College
    Education Society of Philadelphia (established in 1849 by Rebecca Gratz and Isaac Leeser) joined to establish a trust to create a Hebrew teachers college. Gratz...
    16 KB (1,484 words) - 00:54, 31 December 2024
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    survivors of the Holocaust first began arriving in America. However, Isaac Leeser (1806–1868) was described in 1916 as "ultra-Orthodox". The word Haredi...
    178 KB (18,399 words) - 13:46, 4 January 2025
  • The first English Jewish translation of the Bible into English was by Isaac Leeser in the 19th century. The JPS produced two of the most popular Jewish...
    29 KB (3,600 words) - 03:42, 30 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joseph Schwarz (geographer)
    Meshullach for the Kollel Hod. The book was translated into English by Isaac Leeser and published in 1850 under the title A descriptive geography and brief...
    13 KB (1,395 words) - 22:13, 3 November 2024
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