Arthur Weil (rabbi)

Grave in the Israelite cemetery in Basel

Arthur Weil (born March 21, 1880 in Hatten , † June 23, 1959 in Riehen ) was a French rabbi .

Life

Weil graduated from high school in Hatten and in 1906 obtained the rabbi diploma from the Orthodox rabbinical seminary in Berlin . In 1907 he received his doctorate in Orientalia and Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg . From 1908 to 1911 he worked as a religion teacher at the parish of Rue Cadet in Paris. From 1912 to 1925 he was director of the religious school of the Kultusgemeinde Strasbourg , at the same time he worked as a rabbi in Bischheim from 1915 to 1925. From 1926 to 1956, Weil was rabbi of the Basel Israelite community . In 1927 the strictly orthodox Israelite Religious Society of Basel split off. In the same year he founded the youth association Emuna Basel.

Works

• The veziere of Egypt at the time of the “new empire” (around 1600–1100 BC). Schultz, Strasbourg 1908 (dissertation).
• Contes et legends d'Israël. Nathan, Paris 1928.
• Histoire sainte illustrée à l'usage de la jeunesse israélite. Goldschmidt, Basel 1944.
• The shekhita after previous anesthesia. Report on discussions and decisions of the rabbis in Switzerland. Shown in files. Israelite Congregation, Basel 1945.
• From a serious time. Religious reflections 1932–1945. Brin, Basel 1947.
• Between Gola and Medina. Sermons of the time. Brin, Basel 1951.
• Moses Maimonides (Rambam), 1135-1204, 4895-4965. In memory of the 750th anniversary of his death. Rabbis Association of Switzerland, Basel 1954.

literature

• Basel News . June 26, 1959.
• National newspaper . June 26, 1959.
• Maccabi Jewish Review . July 3 and July 10, 1959.
• Nadia Guth Biasini: Because, Arthur. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . April 4, 2013 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Arthur Weil in the catalog of the German National Library
• Arthur Weil on a private website on the history of Judaism in Alsace (French)