Seeking a Rabbinical or Cantorial Position: A Letter from Isaac Straus to Isaac Leeser, November 15, 1849

Metadata

Seeking a Rabbinical or Cantorial Position: A Letter from Isaac Straus to Isaac Leeser, November 15, 1849

Description

Letter from Isaac Straus in Albany, NY, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, dated November 15, 1849. Straus describes his recent move to America, the loss of three children, and his search for a rabbinical position. He requests Leeser to mention him in his periodical, *The Occident*, to help him find a suitable position.

Subjects

American Judaism Rabbinic positions Jewish Emigration to America

Other Details

Type: Letter

Identifier: KARP_45

Collection: The Abraham J. Karp Collection of Judaica Americana

People

Sender: Isaac Straus

Recipient: Isaac Leeser

Dates

Gregorian: November 15, 1849

Hebrew: ל׳ בְּחֶשְׁוָן תר״י

Places

From: Albany

To: Philadelphia

Language

English

Citation

Please cite this item as:

Straus, Isaac, Isaac Leeser. “Letter from Isaac Straus to Isaac Leeser;November 15, 1849.” (November 15, 1849). The Abraham J. Karp Collection of Judaica Americana. Accessed at https://leeser.judaicadhpenn.org/item/karp_45 .