Born:

1872, Balassagyarmat

Died:

1934, Hamburg

Studied philosophy in Heidelberg, did his doctorate on the Russian logician Afrikan Spir; in 1909 the Hamburg Synagogue Association appointed him as its Chief Rabbi for life .

Article

• Pine Trees by the Sea: Interiors as a Window into a Family History (Maximilian Ferst)

Mentioned in

• Appeal to Create a Jewish Memorial Cemetery in Ohlsdorf (Ina Lorenz)
• German-Jewish War Veterans’ Association [Vaterländischer Bund jüdischer Frontsoldaten]. From the Advertising Committee: Call for a Jewish Memorial Cemetery, Hamburg 1921
• Letter from the Office of the Chief Rabbi to the Administration of Abattoirs and Livestock Markets, Hamburg, October 17, 1930
• Letter from the Office of the Chief Rabbi to the Administration of Abattoirs and Livestock Markets, Hamburg, October 9, 1930
• Letter from the Office of the Chief Rabbito the Administration of Abattoirs and Livestock Markets, Hamburg, April 2, 1930
• The Case of the Jewish Cemetery in Ottensen (Ina Lorenz)
• The Debate on Kosher Butchering in Hamburg. Discussions on Its Ban during the Weimar Republic (Pavel Golubev)
• The Introduction of Women’s Right to Vote in Hamburg’s Jewish Congregation (Ina Lorenz)