Jacobson, Israel

Jacobson, Israel
(1768-1828)
   German Reform leader. He was born in Halberstadt. He was president of the Jewish consistory in Westphalia, where he worked for the reform of Jewish education and the synagogue liturgy. In 1801 he founded the Jacobson School for Jewish and Christian pupils in Seesen, Braunschweig. He set up a Reform synagogue in Seesen in 1810. Later he moved to Berlin, where he held Reform services in his home.

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