Joseph Chotzner
Joseph Chotzner (May 11, 1844 – 1914) was the first rabbi of the Jewish community in Belfast, Ireland. He served from 1870 to 1880 at the helm of the Belfast Synagogue.
Biography
[edit]Chotzner was born in Kraków, Poland on May 11, 1844, and educated at the Breslau rabbinical seminary and the University of Breslau.[1] After his ordination Chotzner became the first rabbi of the congregation at Belfast, Ireland, officiating from 1870 to 1880; and he again held the rabbinate there from 1892 to 1897. He also taught (1880–92) at Harrow School. From 1897 to 1905 he was a lecturer at Montefiore College, Ramsgate, established by Moses Montefiore.
Chotzner wrote "Lel Shimmurim" (The Night of Observances), a poetry collection, Breslau, 1864; "Modern Judaism" (1876), "Humor and Irony of the Hebrew Bible," 1883; the memoirs "Zikronot" (1885); and "Hebrew Humour and Other Essays" (1915).[1]
Alfred James Chotzner, Joseph's son, became a High Court Judge in Calcutta and a Member of Parliament in the UK.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Jacobs, Joseph; Mels, Edgar (1906). "Joseph Chotzner". The Jewish Encyclopedia.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 275. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
External links
[edit]- Works by Joseph Chotzner at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Joseph Chotzner at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Joseph Chotzner at the Internet Archive
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