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...

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...

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...

Jewish leader Julian Leeser (born 1976), Australian politician Oscar Leeser (born 1958), American politician, Mayor of El Paso Rolf Leeser (1929–2018), German-born...

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...

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...

of Leeser's in his youth. Leeser hoped Sulzberger would enter the rabbinate, but Sulzberger chose a career in law instead, but pledged to Leeser that...

States was labeled the Treife Medina, or "Profane Country", in Yiddish. Isaac Leeser was an ultra-traditionalist in the American context, although his lack...

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...

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...