Hildesheimer, Ezriel, 1820-1899

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Born in Halberstadt in 1820, Esriel Hildesheimer studied at the yeshiva in Altona and at the universities of Berlin and Halle, receiving his doctorate in 1844. Along with Samson Raphael Hirsch, he was one of the founders and leaders of neo-Orthodoxy. He became rabbi in Eisenstadt, Austria-Hungary, in 1851, where he also founded a yeshiva, and at Congregation Adass Jisroel, Berlin, in 1869, founding the Rabbiner Seminar fuer das orthodoxe Judentum in 1873. His attempts to give secular learning a firm place in rabbinical studies brought him into conflict with more traditionally minded Orthodox Jews. He died in Berlin in 1899.

From the guide to the Esriel Hildesheimer Collection, 1821-1920, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)

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Adass Jisroel, Berlin
Amsterdam
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Austria
Berlin
Bratislava
Business and economic history
East European Jewry
Eisenstadt
Hildesheimer, Esriel, 1820-1899
Hungarian Jewry
Hungary
Jellinek, Adolf
Jerusalem
Jewish law
Lehren, Akiba
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Neimann, David
Oesterreichisch
Orthodox Judaism
Palestine
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Professions and occupations; rabbis
Public welfare
Rabbinerseminar fuer das orthodoxe Judentum
Sofer, Simcha Bunem
Yeshiva Etz
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Birth 1820-05-20

Death 1899-07-12

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German

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