Tobias Lewenstein
Tobias Tuvia Lewenstein (1863–1952) was Chief Rabbi of Jewish communities in the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He was born in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana to Mozes Moshe Juda Lewenstein (1829–1864) and Francisca Fransje Fradche Koetser (b. 1839). His father was chief rabbi of Paramaribo.[1]
Lewenstein returned to The Netherlands and was first named chief rabbi in Leeuwarden in 1895 and then The Hague in 1899.[2]
On 1 May 1903, he was selected by Copenhagen's Community of the Mosaic Faith to succeed David Simonsen as chief rabbi of Denmark. His term there was contentious due to his opposition to interfaith marriage, allowing children born of Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers to convert, and participation in a Danish ecumenical national day of prayer, among other issues, and he was removed from the post on 18 January 1910.[3]
In 1912, Lewenstein became chief rabbi of Zürich, Switzerland,[2] and from 1919 to 1923 he served as president of World Agudath Israel.[4]
Lewenstein married Flora Frumet Møller (1873–1945), the daughter of Alexander Møller and Therese Telzche Heymann.
Reference
- ^ Goldschmidt, Benjamin (8 October 2020). "Perspective | Rabbis Need to Do Our Part to Help Keep the Coronavirus from Spreading". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ a b "Lewenstein, Tobias 1864". Database Joods Biografisch Woordenboek.
- ^ Lexner, Bent (23 March 2020). "Streng rabbiner delte danske jøder" [Strict Rabbi divided Danish Jews]. Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish). Retrieved 2021-10-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Chief Rabbi of Zurich Dies; Former Head of World Agudah Group". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 23 October 1952. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
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