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Leopold Rosenstraus
Rabbi Leopold Rosenstraus was a rabbi and scholar in the United States and France. From 1881 until 1883 he served Beth El Hebrew Congregation in Alexandria, Virginia. There he eliminated the use of German in the weekly services. (Henceforth, only Hebrew and English were employed.) During the summer of 1883, Rabbi Rosenstraus departed Alexandria for Paris, France, where he worked on the preparation of a polyglot Psalter. We know little else about Rabbi Rosenstraus or his career. If you know more, please contact us.Prayer for the Recovery of President James A. Garfield, by Rabbi Leopold Rosenstraus (9 July 1881)
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A prayer for the recovery of President James A. Garfield was offered at Beth El Hebrew Congregation (Alexandria, Virginia) by Rabbi Leopold Rosenstraus in a public service on 9 July 1881 after the president was mortally wounded earlier that month (2 July) in an ultimately successful assassination attempt. The prayer was published on the front page of The Hebrew Leader (15 July 1881). . . .
