Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger (1852-1908) was born in Amsterdam, and he immigrated to the United States in the early 1870s. He served San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El from 1889-1908, and served as assistant rabbi for that congregation from 1886 to 1889. Before serving there, he served in previous pulpits in Washington, D.C.; Providence, Rhode Island; and Houston, Texas. He also engaged himself as a lecturer and writer and was both a founder and editor of the Emanu-El newspaper (the ancestor of the current San Francisco Jewish newspaper, The J). Rabbi Voorsanger was also a founder of Emanu-El Sisterhood for Personal Service and a participant in many organizations, both Jewish and non-Jewish, and he was also a professor of Semitic languages at the University of California (1894) and a chaplain and special lecturer at Stanford University.
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American rabbi; born at Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 13, 1852. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amsterdam, and received the degree of D.D. from the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. He has officiated as rabbi at Philadelphia (1873-76), Washington, D. C. (1876-77), Providence, R. I. (1877-78), Houston, Tex. (1878-86), and, since 1886, at the Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, Cal. In 1894 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages and literature at the University of California; he officiated also as chaplain and special lecturer at the Leland Stanford, Jr., University.

From 1881 to 1883 Voorsanger was editor of "The Jewish South" (Houston, Tex.), and from 1883 to 1886 of the "Sabbath Visitor" (Cincinnati, O.). In 1895 he founded "Emanu-El." He is the author of "Moses Mendelssohn's Life and Works."
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Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger was a member of the Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons Of California

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Children:
Alice Voorsanger
Miriam Voorsanger
William Voorsanger
Leon Voorsanger
Elkan Voorsanger
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Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger was a brother to Abraham Voorsanger.

Parents:
Father: Wolf Levie Voorsanger (1827-1901)
Mother: Aaltje Pekel Voorsanger (1829-1900)

Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger (1852-1908) was born in Amsterdam, and he immigrated to the United States in the early 1870s. He served San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El from 1889-1908, and served as assistant rabbi for that congregation from 1886 to 1889. Before serving there, he served in previous pulpits in Washington, D.C.; Providence, Rhode Island; and Houston, Texas. He also engaged himself as a lecturer and writer and was both a founder and editor of the Emanu-El newspaper (the ancestor of the current San Francisco Jewish newspaper, The J). Rabbi Voorsanger was also a founder of Emanu-El Sisterhood for Personal Service and a participant in many organizations, both Jewish and non-Jewish, and he was also a professor of Semitic languages at the University of California (1894) and a chaplain and special lecturer at Stanford University.
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American rabbi; born at Amsterdam, Holland, Nov. 13, 1852. He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amsterdam, and received the degree of D.D. from the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O. He has officiated as rabbi at Philadelphia (1873-76), Washington, D. C. (1876-77), Providence, R. I. (1877-78), Houston, Tex. (1878-86), and, since 1886, at the Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco, Cal. In 1894 he was appointed professor of Semitic languages and literature at the University of California; he officiated also as chaplain and special lecturer at the Leland Stanford, Jr., University.

From 1881 to 1883 Voorsanger was editor of "The Jewish South" (Houston, Tex.), and from 1883 to 1886 of the "Sabbath Visitor" (Cincinnati, O.). In 1895 he founded "Emanu-El." He is the author of "Moses Mendelssohn's Life and Works."
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Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger was a member of the Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons Of California

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Children:
Alice Voorsanger
Miriam Voorsanger
William Voorsanger
Leon Voorsanger
Elkan Voorsanger
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Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger was a brother to Abraham Voorsanger.

Parents:
Father: Wolf Levie Voorsanger (1827-1901)
Mother: Aaltje Pekel Voorsanger (1829-1900)