Isaac Samuel
Rev. Isaac Samuel | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | March 9, 1833 |
| Died | October 24, 1914 (aged 81) London, United Kingdom |
| Buried | Willesden Jewish Cemetery |
| Religious life | |
| Denomination | Orthodox Judaism |
| Senior posting | |
| Position | Ḥazzan |
| Synagogue | Bayswater Synagogue |
| Began | 1864 |
| Ended | 1914 |
Isaac Samuel (Hebrew: יצחק בן מרדכי סמואל; March 9, 1833 – October 24, 1914) was an English ḥazzan. He served at Bayswater Synagogue in London for approximately fifty years.
Biography
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Samuel was born into a Jewish family in the City of London on March 9, 1833.[1]
In 1854, he was hired to direct the choir of the Great Portland Street Congregation. During this period he also operated a tobacconist business in Fleet Street. He afterwards served as minister of the Bristol Hebrew Congregation (1859/60–1864).[1][2]
In 1864 Samuel became first reader of the recently established Bayswater Synagogue in London. He was appointed a teacher of ḥazzanut at Jews' College in 1888.[2] He retired in February 1914,[3] several months before his death.
Chaplaincy and charitable work
[edit]Samuel was closely involved with the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, serving as its honorary secretary for forty-one years. He played an important role in the construction of the institution's building and its later expansion.[2]
After serving in an honorary capacity for several years, he was appointed Jewish chaplain at Colney Hatch Asylum by the London County Council in 1892.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Samuel's first wife was Luisa Freideberg, who died in 1888. He married Henrietta Joseph of Brighton in 1900. He had ten children.[1][4]
Among his children was Katherine (Katie) Samuel, who served as President of the Montreal section of Canada's National Council of Jewish Women and as Vice-President and Treasurer of the Montreal branch of the National Council of Women of Canada. She was married to the Canadian rabbi Aaron David Meldola de Sola.[4] Samuel was also father-in-law of the rabbi Barnett A. Elzas.[1]
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; de Sola, Meldola (1905). "Samuel, Isaac". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 19.
- 1 2 3 4 Shulman, David; Jaffe, Steven (2020). "Rabbinical Profiles (Orthodox)". Jewish Communities & Records – UK. Archived from the original on July 16, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Jacobs, Joseph; de Sola, Meldola (1905). "Samuel, Isaac". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 19.
- ↑ Gollancz, Hermann (1914). Sermon preached at the Bayswater Synagogue, on the retirement of the Rev. Isaac Samuel, February 21, 1914–5674. London: Alfred J. Isaacs.
- 1 2 Laurence, Dan H. (1995). Crawford, Fred D. (ed.). "Katie Samuel: Shaw's Flameless 'Old Flame'". Shaw: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies. 15. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Press: 3–19. ISBN 978-0-271-01422-7. ISSN 0741-5842. JSTOR 40681409.
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