Morris (Moshe) Lissack was born in Schwerin in Germany in 1814 to a relatively prosperous family.  His father was a corn merchant and he received a traditional Talmudic education.   In 1835, after his father had died, he emigrated to England and travelled the country as an itinerant hawker. In 1839 settled in the town of … Continue reading Jewish Perseverance, by Morris Lissack, Bedford, England, 1851. →