Solomon Henry Jackson

Solomon Henry Jackson

Solomon Henry Jackson (born? - ca.1847, New York?) was a pioneer American Jewish printer.

An immigrant from England, Jackson settled in Pike County, Pennsylvania, and married the daughter of a local Presbyterian minister.

In the 1820's, Jackson moved to New York. Thereafter, he established the city's first Hebrew printing press.

Jackson published the first Jewish periodical in the United States. It was anti-missionary journal entitled "The Jew". He also published the first Hebrew prayer book in the United States. And he also published the first "Haggadah" in the United States.

References

*Goldman, Yosef. "Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography" (YGBooks 2006). ISBN 1599756854.


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