Samuel Myer Isaacs
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Samuel Myer Isaacs (January 4, 1804 – May 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.
Rabbi Isaacs, born in Leeuwarden, was raised and educated in Great Britain. His service as Principal of the Neveh Zedek orphan asylum in London brought him to the attention of B'nai Jeshurun in New York, and in spite of his lack of rabbinical credentials, they requested him to lead their congregation.
Isaacs's children were lawyer and judge Myer S. Isaacs and Rabbi Abram S. Isaacs.[1]
