German-born hazzan of Philadelphia's Sephardic congregation Mikveh Israel, and the leading builder of traditional Jewish life in nineteenth-century America: he translated the Bible into English and founded The Occident.
Hazzan and educator · 1806–1868
German-born hazzan of Philadelphia's Sephardic congregation Mikveh Israel, and the leading builder of traditional Jewish life in nineteenth-century America: he translated the Bible into English and founded The Occident.
