biography
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Raphall, Morris Jacob
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1798–1868)
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| biography:
| Rabbi, born in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed his doctorate in Germany, then moved to England, and in 1841 became rabbi of the Birmingham Hebrew Congregation, where he fought for equal rights for Jews. In 1849 he went to New York City as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun; serving there until 1865, where he promoted conservative Judaism in the face of the reform movement. He published many scholarly works and was active in Jewish charitable work, but was best known as an orator. He was the first Jewish rabbi to open a session of the US House of Representatives with a prayer. |
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