Background
Voorsanger, Jacob was born on November 13, 1852 in Amsterdam, Holland. Son of Wolf and Alicia (Pekel) Voorsanger.
Voorsanger, Jacob was born on November 13, 1852 in Amsterdam, Holland. Son of Wolf and Alicia (Pekel) Voorsanger.
Educated Amsterdam; student theological seminary and University of Amsterdam. Graduate rabbi, 1873, Doctor of Divinity, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati.
Rabbi at Philadelphia, 1873-1876, Providence, 1876-1878, Houston, Texas, 1878-1886, San Francisco, since 1886. Professor Semitic languages and literature, University of California, since 1895. Vice president California Red Cross Secretary.
Member Hebrew Veterans of Spanish-American War.
Author: Life and Works of Moses Mendelssohn. The Chronicles of Emmanuel, 1900.
Editor Emanuel, San Francisco. Consultant editor and contributor Jewish Encyclopedia Home: San Francisco, California.
Member Hebrew Veterans of Spanish-American War.
Married Eva Cooper, August 24, 1873.