| AdminHistory | Born Grodno, Russia, 1817. Served as rabbi in various communities in the Russia Empire; rabbi in Kovno, Lithuania, 1864-1896. Organized aid for Jewish communities and individuals in distress. Supporter of the Zionist Hibbat Zion movement. Honorary member of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia, 1889. Author of Be'er Yitshak (1858); Nahal Yitsak (1872-84); Ein Yitsak (1889-95); Ez Peri (1881); Devar ha-Shemittah (1889). |