Yisroel Jacobson

Yisroel Jacobson (or Israel Jacobson) (1895-1975) was a Chabad Hasidic rabbi and the representative of the sixth Chabad rebbe, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, to the United States during the 1920s and 1930s.[1][2] He was one of the first Lubavitcher activists to arrive in to the United States. He was born in Russia and migrated to the United States in 1925.[3]

  1. ^ "Transition in Lubavitch: January 28, 1950". lubavitch.com. 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ "An Influential Rabbi and Communal Activist - Rabbi Herschel Schacter, 95". www.chabad.org.
  3. ^ "Rabbi Israel Jacobson". The New York Times. 28 May 1975.