Israel jacobson biography

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          Israel Jacobson

          German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser (1768–1828)

          For the Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and educator, see Yisroel Jacobson.

          Israel Jacobson (Hebrew: ישראל יעקבסון) (17 October 1768, Halberstadt – 14 September 1828, Berlin) was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser.

          Israel Jacobson (Hebrew: ישראל יעקבסון) (17 October , Halberstadt – 14 September , Berlin) was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser.

        1. Israel Jacobson was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser.
        2. Israel Jacobson (–).
        3. JACOBSON, ISRAEL (–), German financier and pioneer of Reform Judaism.
        4. Biography.

          5. Jacobson pioneered political, educational and religious reforms in the early days of Jewish emancipation, and while he lacked a systematic religious approach, he is also considered one of the heralds of Reform Judaism.[1]

          Origins

          The only son of wealthy businessman and philanthropist Israel Jacob, Jacobson's parents lived modestly yet contributed considerably to reducing the community debt.

          Owing to the very low level of efficiency of the Halberstadt public schools, Israel attended mainly the Jewish religious school, in his leisure hours studying German literature and the works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn on his own account.

          His level of u