Izrael Günzig

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Izrael Günzig (born April 10, 1868 in Krakow ; † 1931 in Antwerp ) was a rabbi in Loštice (formerly Loschitz), Bohemia (now the Czech Republic ). His first name is also given with Israel, Asriel, Azriel and Ezriel.

Life

In Krakow Günzig received a traditional Talmudic training. He later studied secular sciences in Leipzig and completed his studies in philosophy and Semitic languages ​​with a doctorate from the University of Bern . In 1899 he was appointed rabbi in the Jewish community in Loštice , where he worked until 1918. During this time, however, the number of members of the Jewish community steadily decreased; during the twenty years of the Rabbinate of Günzig it fell from 115 in 1901 to around half twenty years later.

In 1918 Günzig decided to retire and he moved to Antwerp. There he directed the Hebrew Tachkemoni School, which still exists today, for ten years and also worked as a bookseller, writer and editor. Günzig died in Antwerp in 1931.

Günzig and his wife Amalia, nee Schreiber, had four children: Jacques (* 1904, fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War , shot in 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp ), Sabina (* 1901, murdered in 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp ), Hilda (* 1910 , Emigrated to Palestine in 1930 ) and Regina (* 1898, emigrated to the USA ).

Publications

  • The "miracle men" in the Jewish people. Your life and doings. Delplace, Koch & Co., Antwerp 1921.
  • Octave. (The book contains biographies of leading Hasidic and Kabbalistic representatives)
  • Rabbi Israel Baal Shem. Brno 1908.
  • The Jewish literature on the value of life. Hanover 1924.

From 1898 to 1913 he was editor of the literary magazine Ha-Eshkol .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stanislava Rybičková: Loštickou synagogu otvírali hosté ze tří kontinentů. In: Šumperský a Jesenický , August 29, 2011, online at: sumpersky.denik.cz
  2. ↑ a b c Osudy Loštice. Rabín Dr. Asriel Günzig online at: respectandtolerance.com ; heavily abbreviated English version on: respectandtolerance.com
  3. ↑ About Us , the school's website, online at: tachkemoni.com
  4. ^ Johanna Ginsberg: Czechs honor legacy of NJ man's grandfather. In: New Jersey Jewish News , September 21, 2011, online at: njjewishnews.com ( September 20, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Günzig, Izrael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Günzig, Israel; Günzig, Asriel; Gunzig, Azriel; Günzig, Ezriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moravian rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Krakow
DATE OF DEATH 1931
Place of death Antwerp