Q:Facts: - employer: new york university - known for: editor of the jewish messenger - death date: december 22 , 1920 - birth date: 30 august 1851 - name: abram s. isaacs - birth place: new york , ny - religion: judaism - occupation: rabbi , professor , author Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of abram s. isaacs .
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abram s. isaacs -lrb- 1851-1920 -rrb- was an american rabbi , author , and professor .isaacs received his education at the new york university , from which he was graduated in 1871 .he became a rabbi at barnett memorial temple at paterson , new jersey .for thirty-five years he occupied a chair at the new york university , first as professor of hebrew , then of germanic languages , and later of semitics .starting in 1878 , he edited the jewish messenger , a weekly publication devoted to jewish communal affairs .it became merged in the american hebrew in 1903 , at which time isaacs withdrew from editorial work .he was also a frequent contributor to periodicals , writing on judaism and jewish issues .he published several books , including '' a modern hebrew poet : the life and writings of moses chaim luzzatto '' , published in 1878 , '' what is judaism ? ''and '' stories from the rabbis '' .for the encyclopedia americana he edited the semitic department .isaacs wrote the hymn '' a noble life , a simplefaith '' in the union hymnal .isaacs died at paterson , n. j. , on december 22 , 1920 .