Shmuel Zuckerman

Shmuel Ha'levi Zuckerman (; ; 1856 – March 18, 1929) was a Jewish printer and publisher in Jerusalem during the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the founder of , publisher of the monthly issue , and one of the heads of the committee that established Beit Yisrael in the 1880s.

Early life Zuckerman was born in 1856 in Mezeritch Podlasky, Congress Poland, to rabbi Yaakov Zuckerman (known as rabbi Yokel Le'ader Handeler) and Sarah bat Yitzhak Hacohen. He made aliyah the Land of Israel with his parents and older brother Gabriel in 1863. He began studying at yeshiva when they arrived in Jerusalem, and he became one of the senior students of , the founder of Mea Shearim.

He was married to a girl from Jerusalem on the night of his Bar Mitzvah, They had ten daughters and one son.

Career Zuckerman began working in the printing press of Yisrael Bak, along with his brother. Shortly thereafter, he became the director of the press and continued after Bak's death, when his son, Nisan Bak, took over. Shortly after that, the partners retired and Zuckerman retained the printing house. During this time, his daughter fell ill with diphtheria, and he spent a lot of money to keep her healthy, but she died in 1885.

He established a branch of the printing house in New York City, but it closed after seven months, and he returned to Jerusalem again. Upon his return, he brought back a small leg machine for printing in color, and supplies containing many Hebrew and foreign-lettered printing blocks. In addition, he brought the printing press given to Bak by Moses Montefiore. His printing house, , became a pioneering business in Jerusalem and employed 10 workers. He was the first in the land to print in color. He purchased , a monthly Torah magazine, in 1887. The magazine initially printed 500 copies, and he served as the editorial coordinator, while his father-in-law, Yaakov Orenstein, was the editor-in-chief.

He helped establish the Beit Yisrael and Zichron Tuvia neighborhoods in the city of Jerusalem. He was Haredi, and dressed in the old Ashkenazi style of Jewish garb. He never printed anything that was inconsistent with his religions views. He died on March 18th, 1929,

Legacy Zuckerman's son, Chaim Yaakov, continued to operate the printing house after his death. One of his grandchildren, Dr. David Zuckerman, a clinical psychologist who served as a senior advisor at the Ministry of Education and headed the Department of Educational Counseling at Bar-Ilan University. His daughter, Raizel, was married to Yitzhak Avigdor Orenstein.

His Judaica prints are highly valued and have been sold in auctions at Sotheby's.