Subject: Jews--Education

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Letter from M. J. Isaacs to Isaac Leeser Requesting Copies of Educational Materials, June 23, 1865 Letter from M. J. Isaacs to Isaac Leeser Requesting Copies of Educational Materials, June 23, 1865

A one-and-a-half-page letter from M. J. Isaacs, headmaster of the Hebrew Free School in New York City, to Isaac Leeser, dated June 23, 1865. Isaacs requests copies of Leeser's Catechism, along with 150 copies of the Ten Commandments and Creeds printed on cards. This request highlights the use of Leeser's educational materials in the Hebrew Free School, established in 1864 to counteract the proselytizing efforts of Christian missionaries.