Felsenthal, Bernard

Felsenthal, Bernard
(1822-1908)
   American rabbi. He was born in Germany and settled in the US in 1854. He served as rabbi in Chicago from 1861 to 1887. He was a founder of the Jewish Publication Society of America and the American Jewish Historical Society.

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