Letter from Israel Jonas to Isaac Leeser;December 16, 1856 Letter from Imuel I. Imeg[?] (Prest.) in Mobile, AL, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, PA, dated December 16. The writer describes the destruction of their synagogue by fire and requests Leeser to publish an appeal in his journal, the Occident, to solicit funds for its rebuilding from other congregations in the United States.