Subject: Rabbis--United States--Biography

Three-page letter written by Isaac Hackenburg in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 21, 1853, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hackenburg discusses the election of Isaac Mayer Wise as the new minister of the Cincinnati congregation, offering his perspective on the congregation's composition and Wise's suitability. He also inquires about a public debate between Poznanski and Wise, and Raphael and Rosenfeld, and a minor shohet scandal in Savannah.