Jacob Salmon Raisin (October 19, 1878 – January 11, 1946) was a Belarusian-born Jewish-American who served as rabbi in Charleston, South Carolina for nearly 30 years.
By 1903, he wrote "Life and Work of George Eliot" in Hebrew, "Beginning of the Renaissance among Russian Jews," "A Glimpse into Jewish Science," and "The Maskilim in America.
[8] In 1915, he became rabbi of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina.
He was also chairman of the Charleston Community Chest and a local member of the National Recovery Administration and the Federal Housing Committee.
He was also a board member of the Inter-Racial Committee, a director of the local Service Men's Club and the United Service Organization, a 33rd Degree Mason, and a member of the Theological Club of Charleston, the American Jewish Historical Society, B'nai B'rith, the Hebrew Benevolent Society, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, the Histadrut Ivrit, and the American Academy for Jewish Research.