Michaelis Machol

Michaelis Machol (November 18, 1845 – August 26, 1912) was a German-born American rabbi who ministered in Cleveland for thirty years.

He also attended the teachers' department of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau and was ordained a rabbi.

There, he advanced a moderate Reform Judaism by instituting occasional English sermons, installing an organ, and moving to uncover heads, but demonstrated personal Conservative leanings in sermons and articles that opposed the destruction of every ceremony.

In 1901, he joined other rabbis and lay leaders in opposing the Cleveland school board's decision to begin every day with the Lord's Prayer, the Ten Commandments, and the 23rd Psalm.

He was visiting his son Henry in Idaho Springs with his wife, but he suffered a stroke in Denver while on his way home.