Abraham Hirszowicz
Abraham Hirszowicz (2nd half of the 18th century) was a Jewish court factor under King Stanislaus II. August Poniatowski in the 1790s, who developed a reform project for the Polish Jews during the four-year Sejm .
Life
Abraham Hirszowicz wrote a project reformy i poprawy obyczajów starozakonnych mieszkańców Królestwa Polskiego in seven paragraphs , which he presented to King Stanislaus II. August Poniatowski and the Jewish delegation to the four-year Sejm. Influences of the French Enlightenment can be found therein. He called for Jewish representations in the voivodships , the employment of unemployed Jews in public works, permission to practice all crafts, the promotion of agricultural settlements through the allocation of arable land in Ukraine , the fight against luxury through a ban on clothing made of silk or velvet to bear, raising the minimum age for marriage, abolishing rabbinical positions in small towns and building hospitals for needy Jews. In addition, the education of the youth in public schools and the drafting into the Polish army should lead to a cultural assimilation of the Jews.
His project was first published in 1896 in Ostatni rok Sejmu Wielkiego by Władysław Smoleński .
literature
- Arthur Cygielman: Hirszowicz, Abraham . In: Encyclopedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. tape 9 . Detroit 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865937-4 , pp. 143-144 .
- Majer Bałaban: Abraham Hirszowicz . In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny . tape 1 . Krakow 1935, p. 8 .
Web links
- Rafał Żebrowski: Abraham Hirszowicz. In: Polski Słownik Judaistyczny. Żydowski Instytut Historyczny im. Emanuela Ringelbluma, accessed March 25, 2016 (Polish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirszowicz, Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish court factor under King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century or 19th century |