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Letter from Joseph Jacobsohn to Isaac Leeser Regarding the Reform Movement in New Orleans, June 28, 1865

A five-page letter dated June 28, 1865, from Joseph Jacobsohn in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter details the takeover of the Congregation Schaarey Chased synagogue by German young men from the North, their establishment of a Reform temple, and the subsequent resignation of Rabbi Bernard Illowy. It provides a firsthand account of the development of the post-Civil War Reform movement in New Orleans and the conflict between Orthodox and Reform Judaism.

Associated People/Businesses

Leeser, Isaac
Jacobsohn, Joseph
LEESER, ISAAC / JACOBSOHN, JOSEPH (1848.1932) / Illowy, Bernard

Geography

New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Subjects

Reform Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
Antisemitism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 12, Folder 4