[Morris Jacob]. Jewish rabbi, born at Stockholm, Sweden, in September 1798. He was educated at a Jewish college in Copenhagen, and in 1812 went to England for further study. After a Continental tour he spent three years at the University of Giessen, and in 1825 settled in England. In 1832 he began to deliver in London lectures on the Post-Biblical history of the Jews, and in 1834 he established the Hebrew Review, in which he published translations from the works of Maimonides and other celebrated rabbis as well as original poems and sketches. In 1840 he visited Syria on a mission to the Jews, and in 1841 he was called to be rabbi of a synagogue at Birmingham. He was prominent in various movements for the advancement of his race. In 1849 he was called to New York to be pastor of the congregation B’nai Jeshurun, and here became noted for his oratorical ability. He died on the 23rd of June 1868. His most noted work is the Post-Biblical History of the Jews (2 vols., 1856). He also published some devotional treatises.
