Rabbi Isaac Leeser, who has helped to…

Rabbi Isaac Leeser, who has helped to develop Talmud Torah schools for Jewish children as a supplement to safeguard against Christian influences in public schools, has been an energetic promoter of Jewish institutions, helping to found a Jewish hospital, a Jewish orphanage, a foster home for Jewish children, and many other philanthropic enterprises.

In 1843, he founds The Occident and American Jewish Advocate, a monthly journal to report Jewish events around the world.