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About Jacob Joseph
Jacob Joseph served as chief rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, a federation of Eastern European Jewish synagogues, from 1888 until his death in 1902. Born in Krozhe, a province of Kovno, he studied in the Nevyozer Kloiz under Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and in the Volozhin yeshiva under the Netziv. In Volozhin, he was known as "Rav Yaakov Charif" because of his sharp mind.
Everything about Jacob Joseph →- Occupation
- rabbi
- Position held
- Chief Rabbi
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1840, 1848, 1841
- Died
- July 29, 1902, 1902