Raphael Lasker (February 19, 1838 – September 12, 1904) was a German-born American rabbi in Ohio, New York City, and Boston.
Life
Lasker was born on February 19, 1838, in
Zirke,
Prussia, the son of Meyer and Rose Lasker.
Lasker was educated by his father, the rabbi of Zirke, as well as by rabbi
Joseph Chayyim Caro
Joseph Chayyim ben Isaac Selig Caro (1800 – April 21, 1895, Włocławek, Russian Empire, now Poland) was a notable rabbi. He was educated as an Orthodox Talmudist, and married the daughter of Rabbi Tzebi Hirsch Amsterdam of Konin, government of ...
of
Pinne
Pniewy (german: Pinne) is a town in Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, with 7,747 inhabitants as of 2020 including 6 270 women and 5969 meThere is a lake and a beach with access to a playground, stage and a softball pitch. ...
and rabbis Feilchenfeld and Mendel of
Rogasen. He later attended the gymnasium in
Gleiwitz
Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder River, Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the re ...
and the
University of Giessen. He immigrated to America in 1858 and founded Congregation B'nai Abraham in
Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1862, he moved to
New York City, New York, and became rabbi of
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. In 1871, he became rabbi of
Temple Israel in
Brooklyn. He became rabbi of
Temple Ohabei Shalom in
Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876.
Lasker was a member of the Boston Public School Board for six years, and from 1901 to 1903 served as the first editor of ''
The New Era Magazine'', a Jewish periodical. In 1858, he married Ernestine Karger. Their children were Jacob, Alexander, Meyer, Arthur, Julia, Isabella, Lillie, and Florence.
Lasker died at his home in New York City from a complication of diseases on September 12, 1904. He was buried in Beth El Cemetery in
Ridgewood, Queens.
References
1838 births
1904 deaths
19th-century German rabbis
People from Sieraków
University of Giessen alumni
American people of German-Jewish descent
Prussian emigrants to the United States
19th-century American rabbis
20th-century American rabbis
American Reform rabbis
Rabbis from Ohio
Rabbis from New York City
Rabbis from Boston
People from Portsmouth, Ohio
Burials in New York (state)
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