{{Short description|American rabbi (1865–1946)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2024}}
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'''Edward Nathan Calisch''' (June 23, 1865 in Toledo, Ohio<ref name=Marquis>[https://archive.org/details/whoswho141926/page/402/mode/2up CALISCH, Edward N.], in ''Who's Who in America'' (1926 edition); p. 402</ref> – 1946 in Richmond, Virginia) was an American Reform rabbi. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and was ordained after graduating from Hebrew Union College.
In 1887, Calisch accepted a pulpit in Peoria, Illinois. In 1891, he became rabbi of Congregation Beth Ahabah in Richmond. In 1893, Calisch's congregation felt the need for a more modern prayer ritual. They authorized Calisch to revise a prayer book. It was the first Hebrew book printed in Richmond.
In 1908, Calisch earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
In 1915 Calisch gave a speech in support of women's suffrage from the steps of the state capitol.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tarter|first=Brent|date=2021|title='Why Should Not Women Vote?' – Virginia Men Who Supported Woman Suffrage|url=https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2021/04/21/why-should-not-women-vote-virginia-men-who-supported-woman-suffrage/|url-status=live|website=The UnCommonwealth: Voices from the Library of Virginia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421130710/https://uncommonwealth.virginiamemory.com/blog/2021/04/21/why-should-not-women-vote-virginia-men-who-supported-woman-suffrage/ |archive-date=2021-04-21 }}</ref>
He was an executive member of the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Welfare Board, the Joint Distribution Committee and the Virginia War History Commission.
In 1945, Calisch retired.
==References== {{Reflist}} {{wikisource|works=or}} *Goldman, Yosef. ''Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography'' (YGBooks 2006). {{ISBN|1-59975-685-4}}.
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