Rebecca Gratz

Rebecca Gratz

female, deceased (1869) (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
The Occident, Congregation Mikveh Israel, MikvehIsrael, Jewish American, Franklin & Marshall College alumni, occident…A Daughter of Israel
Rebecca Gratz was a preeminent Jewish American educator and philanthropist. Gratz was the seventh of twelve children born to Miriam Simon and...
Charles Netter

Charles Netter

male, deceased (1882)
French, zionist, Jewish person, Alliance Israélite Universelle, land of Israel, MikvehIsrael
Charles Netter, was a Zionist leader, and a founding member of the Alliance Israélite Universelle. In 1870, Netter founded Mikveh Israel, the f...

Jonas Phillips

male, deceased (1803)
American, Jewish American in the military, Jewish, commodore, United States Navy, Jewish person…Kahal Kadosh Mikveh Israel, MikvehIsrael
Jonas Phillips (1736-1803), was the first of the Phillips family to settle in America. A founder of Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia, Phillips was the...

Louis Edward Levy

male
Jewish, President of the Association, MikvehIsrael
Louis Edward Levy (1846-1914) was born in Bohemia and joined Mikveh Israel after settling in Philadelphia. 22 Levy understood the struggles facing...