Max Schloessinger
Max Schloessinger (September 4, 1877 – May 9, 1944) was a German Jewish scholar and Zionist worker who worked in America, Germany, the Netherlands, and Mandatory Palestine.
Life
Schloessinger was born on September 4, 1877, in Heidelberg, Germany, the son of Jacob Schloessinger and Brunette Oppenheimer.[1]
Schloessinger attended the Heidelberg public school and gymnasium. He then went to the Heidelberg University, the University of Vienna, the University of Berlin (graduating from there with a Ph.D. in 1901), the Israelitisch-Theologische Lehranstalt in Vienna, the Veitel-Heine-Ephraim'sche Lehranstalt, and the Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judenthums in Berlin (where he was ordained a rabbi in 1903). In 1903, he went to America and joined the editorial staff of The Jewish Encyclopedia in New York City.[2]
In 1904, Schloessinger resigned as office editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia to join Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, as its Professor of Biblical Exegesis and Librarian.[3] He, Max Margolis, and Henry Malter all resigned from the College in 1907 due to their support for Zionism.[4] Schloessinger returned to Germany afterwards and began a successful import-export business. He then moved to the Netherlands shortly after the outbreak of World War I for business reasons. Active in the Dutch Zionist movement, he served as director of the Jewish National Fund.
In 1910, Schloessinger married Dr. Miriam C. Schaar, chief of the Bureau of School Hygiene in Cincinnati.[5] They
Schloessinger died at Mount Sinai Hospital on May 9, 1944. He was buried in Westchester Hills Cemetery.[6]
References
- ^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta, eds. (1904). The American Jewish Year Book, 5665. Philadelphia, P.A.: The Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 182 – via Google Books.
- ^ Adler, Cyrus; Haneman, Frederick T. "SCHLOESSINGER, MAX". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Domestic News". The Reform Advocate. Vol. XXVII, no. 23. Chicago, I.L. 30 July 1904. p. 572 – via Historical Jewish Press.
- ^ "ZIONISM AND THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE". The Jewish Times. Vol. X, no. 13. Montreal, Q.C. 17 May 1907. p. 200 – via Historical Jewish Press.
- ^ "TIE ACROSS OCEAN". The Temple. Vol. II, no. 13. Louisville, K.Y. 1 April 1910. p. 284 – via Historical Jewish Press.
- ^ "D-M-1944-0011025". The NYC Historical Vital Records Project. 9 May 1944.
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