Israel Friedlander, also spelled Friedlaender (8 September 1876 – 5 July 1920),[1] was a Polish-born rabbi, educator, translator, and biblical scholar.

Together with Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, he was a founding adviser to a lecture series that became the Young Israel movement of Modern Orthodox Judaism.

In October 1903 he came to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the Sabato Morais Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, a position he held until his death.

These efforts resulted in a popular lecture series, which were a predecessor of the Young Israel movement to combat the wave of assimilation by Jews.

[7][8] Friedlander was also active on behalf of the Uptown Talmud Torah, speaking at fundraising events for the New York institution across the region.