Raphael Lasker (February 19, 1838 – September 12, 1904) was a German-born American rabbi in Ohio, New York City, and Boston.
He immigrated to America in 1858 and founded Congregation B'nai Abraham in Portsmouth, Ohio.
[3] 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.
Their children were Jacob, Alexander, Meyer, Arthur, Julia, Isabella, Lillie, and Florence.
[5] Lasker died at his home in New York City from a complication of diseases on September 12, 1904.