Isaac Phillip Mendes (January 13, 1853 – June 28, 1904) was a Jamaican-American rabbi.
Mendes was born on January 13, 1853, in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of Joseph and Sarah Mendez.
[2] In 1873, he went to America and was named rabbi of Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome in Richmond, Virginia.
[4] He wrote Pure Words, First Lessons in Hebrew, and a collection of special prayers.
[6] Their children were Dora S., Ziphrah, Alma, Joy, and Joseph H.[7] Mendes died at home from tuberculosis on June 28, 1904.