Abram S. Isaacs (1851-1920) was an American rabbi, author, and professor. Isaacs received his education at the

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, from which he was graduated in 1871. He became a Rabbi at Barnett Memorial Temple at

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'' in 1903, at which time Isaacs withdrew from editorial work. He was also a frequent contributor to periodicals, writing on Judaism and Jewish issues. He published several books, including: ''A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto'', published in 1878, ''What is Judaism?'' and ''Stories from the Rabbis''. For the ''

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'' he edited the Semitic department. Isaacs wrote the hymn "A Noble Life, a Simple Faith" in the Union Hymnal. Isaacs died at Paterson, N.J., on December 22, 1920.American Jewish Yearbook Isaacs' father was Rabbi

Samuel Myer Isaacs Samuel Myer Isaacs (January 4, 1804May 19, 1878) was a Dutch-born American educator, philanthropist and rabbi. He was the second Jewish spiritual leader in the United States to teach in English instead of Hebrew or German. Early life and educat ...

, and his brother was lawyer and judge Myer S. Isaacs.

References

Bibliography

*''A Modern Hebrew Poet: The Life and Writings of Moses Chaim Luzzatto'', 1878 *''School days in our Hometown'', memoir *''What is Judaism?'', Knickerbocker Press, 1912 * ''Stories from the Rabbis'', 1926 *''Step-By-Step: A Story of the Early Days of Moses Mendelssohn'', 1910 *''Under the Sabbath Lamp: Stories of Our Time for Old and Young'', 1919 *"Talmud" article in ''The Encyclopedia Americana'', Encyclopedia Americana Corp., 1919 *''The Vision of Huna'', poem, published in ''The Standard Book of Jewish Verse'', 1917

External links

*"Abram S. Isaac", article in ''American Jewish year book'' Volume 23, Jewish Publication Society of America, Cyrus Adler, Henrietta Szold (Eds), 1921, pp 80–83. Online

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isaacs, Abram S. 1851 births 1920 deaths 19th-century American rabbis