Lasker was born on February 19, 1838, in
Zirke,
Prussia, the son of Meyer and Rose Lasker. Lasker was educated by his father, the rabbi of Zirke, as well as by rabbi
Joseph Chayyim Caro of
Pinne and rabbis Feilchenfeld and Mendel of
Rogasen. He later attended the gymnasium in
Gleiwitz and the
University of Giessen. He immigrated to America in 1858 and founded Congregation B'nai Abraham in
Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1862, he moved to
New York City, New York, and became rabbi of
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. In 1871, he became rabbi of
Temple Israel in
Brooklyn. He became rabbi of
Temple Ohabei Shalom in
Boston, Massachusetts, in 1876. Lasker was a member of the Boston Public School Board for six years, and from 1901 to 1903 served as the first editor of
The New Era Magazine, a Jewish periodical. In 1858, he married Ernestine Karger. Their children were Jacob, Alexander, Meyer, Arthur, Julia, Isabella, Lillie, and Florence. Lasker died at his home in New York City from a complication of diseases on September 12, 1904. He was buried in Beth El Cemetery in
Ridgewood, Queens. == References ==