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{{dablink|Not to be confused with this subject's ancestor [[Yosef Babad]], who wrote the [[Minchat Chinuch]]}} |
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'''Yosef (Joseph) Babad''' (1905 – August 30, 1997<ref name="CST">{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4407653.html|title=Bible scholar Joseph Babad, 92|date=17 September 1997|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref>) was an Austrian-American rabbi and scholar. A prominent member of the Chicago Jewish community |
'''Yosef (Joseph) Babad''' (1905 – August 30, 1997<ref name="CST">{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4407653.html|title=Bible scholar Joseph Babad, 92|date=17 September 1997|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref>) was an Austrian-American rabbi and scholar. A prominent member of the Chicago Jewish community,<ref name="CST" />, he was a professor of Bible and Jewish Literature at [[Hebrew Theological College]] in Skokie, Illinois, where he was also the Dean of Students for forty years.<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|title=Rabbi Joseph Babad, 92, Theology Professor, Dean|last=Heise|first=Heise|date=18 September 1997|publisher=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=6 January 2010}}</ref> He wrote an authoritative book on the history of the Jews in Medieval Carinthia in Austria.<ref name="CST" /> |
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Babad was born in 1905 in [[Lubaczów]], [[Poland]].<ref name="CST" /> He was the scion of a rabbinic family tracing lineage to the 11th century and a direct descendant of the famed author of the ''[[Minchat Chinuch]]'', after whom he was named.<ref name="CST" /> Rabbi Babad received a doctorate of philosophy from the [[University of Vienna]] in 1933, and [[Semikhah|rabbinic ordination]] from the [[Rabbinical Seminary of Vienna]] in 1934.<ref name="CST" /> He served as a district rabbi of the [[Carinthian]] Jewish community of [[Klagenfurt]], in the [[Austrian Alps]].{{cn}} In 1939, Babad moved to Holland, where he worked with the [[Vaad Hatzalah]] facilitating Jews in their escape from Nazi Germany.<ref name="CST" /> Later, he was appointed by [[Solomon Schonfeld]] as the principal of Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel, in [[Stamford Hill]], England.<ref name="Kranzler">{{cite book|last=Kranzler|first=David|title=Holocaust Hero: The Untold Story and Vignettes of Solomon Schonfeld, an Extraordinary British Orthodox Rabbi who Rescued 4000 Jews During the Holocaust|publisher=KTAV Publishing House|location=Page 7|date=2004|pages=289|isbn=0881257303|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ds_Niu_fUi0C&pg=PA7&dq=%22yosef+babad%22&ei=WcdES6aHGZeGygSn8YDGBw&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22yosef%20babad%22&f=false}}</ref> He held this position until leaving to become communal rabbi in [[Sunderland]].<ref name="Kranzler" /> |
Babad was born in 1905 in [[Lubaczów]], [[Poland]].<ref name="CST" /> He was the scion of a rabbinic family tracing lineage to the 11th century and a direct descendant of the famed author of the ''[[Minchat Chinuch]]'', after whom he was named.<ref name="CST" /> Rabbi Babad received a doctorate of philosophy from the [[University of Vienna]] in 1933, and [[Semikhah|rabbinic ordination]] from the [[Rabbinical Seminary of Vienna]] in 1934.<ref name="CST" /> He served as a district rabbi of the [[Carinthian]] Jewish community of [[Klagenfurt]], in the [[Austrian Alps]].{{cn}} In 1939, Babad moved to Holland, where he worked with the [[Vaad Hatzalah]] facilitating Jews in their escape from Nazi Germany.<ref name="CST" /> Later, he was appointed by [[Solomon Schonfeld]] as the principal of Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel, in [[Stamford Hill]], England.<ref name="Kranzler">{{cite book|last=Kranzler|first=David|title=Holocaust Hero: The Untold Story and Vignettes of Solomon Schonfeld, an Extraordinary British Orthodox Rabbi who Rescued 4000 Jews During the Holocaust|publisher=KTAV Publishing House|location=Page 7|date=2004|pages=289|isbn=0881257303|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ds_Niu_fUi0C&pg=PA7&dq=%22yosef+babad%22&ei=WcdES6aHGZeGygSn8YDGBw&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22yosef%20babad%22&f=false}}</ref> He held this position until leaving to become communal rabbi in [[Sunderland]].<ref name="Kranzler" /> |
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Yosef (Joseph) Babad (1905 – August 30, 1997[1]) was an Austrian-American rabbi and scholar. A prominent member of the Chicago Jewish community,[1], he was a professor of Bible and Jewish Literature at Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois, where he was also the Dean of Students for forty years.[2] He wrote an authoritative book on the history of the Jews in Medieval Carinthia in Austria.[1]
Babad was born in 1905 in Lubaczów, Poland.[1] He was the scion of a rabbinic family tracing lineage to the 11th century and a direct descendant of the famed author of the Minchat Chinuch, after whom he was named.[1] Rabbi Babad received a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Vienna in 1933, and rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical Seminary of Vienna in 1934.[1] He served as a district rabbi of the Carinthian Jewish community of Klagenfurt, in the Austrian Alps.[citation needed] In 1939, Babad moved to Holland, where he worked with the Vaad Hatzalah facilitating Jews in their escape from Nazi Germany.[1] Later, he was appointed by Solomon Schonfeld as the principal of Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel, in Stamford Hill, England.[3] He held this position until leaving to become communal rabbi in Sunderland.[3]
Babad joined the Hebrew Theological College in 1944, serving first as a professor of Bible and Hebrew literature, and subsequently as dean of students and graduate school dean for more than three decades. His genial nature and student advocacy earned him the deep respect and admiration of students and colleagues alike.[4] He retired in 1984, and died in Jerusalem on August 30, 1997.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Bible scholar Joseph Babad, 92". Chicago Sun-Times. 17 September 1997. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Heise, Heise (18 September 1997). "Rabbi Joseph Babad, 92, Theology Professor, Dean". Chicago Tribune.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ a b Kranzler, David (2004). Holocaust Hero: The Untold Story and Vignettes of Solomon Schonfeld, an Extraordinary British Orthodox Rabbi who Rescued 4000 Jews During the Holocaust. Page 7: KTAV Publishing House. p. 289. ISBN 0881257303.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Weiss, S. (21 July 2006). "Matot-Masei: We Need Jews". Arutz Sheva. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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