Akiba Eisenberg
Bela Akiba Eisenberg (born September 30, 1908 in Nemessúr ; died April 7, 1983 in Vienna ) was the first chief rabbi of the Israelite religious community in Vienna after the Second World War .
Life
Akiba Eisenberg grew up in Vác ( Hungary on) who attended yeshivas in Vac and Pápa , became at age 21 the rabbi diploma , got in Budapest the Matura gradually became the second rabbi diploma with Michael Guttmann . He studied philosophy and oriental languages at the University of Budapest and received his doctorate in 1937 . After his studies he worked as a religion teacher for the Jewish community in Pest and in 1947 became a rabbi in Győr . He survived the time of National Socialism , hiding in the country. In 1948 he married Eva Kalisch, who came from Hungary, in Budapest and moved to Vienna, where he took over the post of chief rabbi. Eisenberg belonged to the orthodox - Zionist movement Mizrachi on.
Akiba Eisenberg is buried in the New Israelite Department of the Vienna Central Cemetery .
After his death in 1983 his son Paul Chaim Eisenberg took over the office.
literature
- Paul Chaim Eisenberg: Experiences of a Rabbi. History and stories. Molden, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-85485-127-8 .
- Evelyn Adunka , Centrum Judaicum (Ed.): The City Temple Vienna. History - rabbis - cantors. Hentrich & Hentrich , Teetz / Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-938485-55-2 (= Jewish miniatures. Volume 62).
Individual evidence
- ^ Evelyn Adunka: The City Temple Vienna.
- ^ Bela Akiba Eisenberg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ Obituary in the New York Times
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| SURNAME | Eisenberg, Akiba |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eisenberg, Bela Akiba; Eisenberg, Bela Akiva |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian chief rabbi in Vienna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 30, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nemessúr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1983 |
| Place of death | Vienna |