Arthur Cohn (rabbi)
Arthur Cohn (* February 1862 in Flatow , Prussia ; † March 19, 1926 in Basel ) was a German-Swiss rabbi .
Arthur Cohn was Orthodox and the first full-time rabbi of the Basel Israelite community from 1885 until the end of his life ; until then their rabbinate was exercised by the rabbis of Hégenheim . At the first Zionist Congress in 1897 he gave a short address in which he demanded an official declaration on the relationship between Zionism and religion (Protocol, 1911 edition, 215). Cohn initially supported Zionism.
He was the grandfather of the film producer Arthur Cohn .
literature
- Nadia Guth Biasini: Cohn, Arthur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Esriel Hildesheimer, Mordechai Eliav: Das Berliner Rabbinerseminar 1873-1938 , Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783938485460 , pp. 93-94
Web links
- Literature by and about Arthur Cohn in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Arthur Cohn in the WorldCat bibliographic database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohn, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flatow , Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1926 |
| Place of death | Basel |