Jakob Berlinger

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Jakob Berlinger (born April 29, 1866 in Braunsbach ; † January 17, 1945 in Bnei Berak , Palestine ) was a German rabbi . The Dr.-Jakob-Berlinger-Weg ( Lage ) in Schwäbisch Hall was named after him.

Life

Jakob Berlinger was born as the son of the married couple Menachem-Menco and Fanny Berlinger, born in Igersheim. His teacher was Michael Cahn, who was a rabbi in Fulda. He also attended the rabbinical seminary in Berlin , where he was a student of Esriel Hildesheimer from 1891 to 1894 . On June 26, 1895, he passed his first Württemberg service examination in Tübingen. From July 24, 1895 to 1900, he worked at Rabbinate Braunsbach as a rabbinical assistant to his father. In July 1897 he passed his second service examination before the Stuttgart Israelite Higher Church Authority. In the same year he did his doctorate at the University of Bern with a thesis on The Peschitta for the 1st (3rd) Book of Kings and their relationship to MT., LXX and Trg.

From 1900 he worked as a rabbi in Braunsbach; In 1913 the Rabbinate Braunsbach moved its seat to Schwäbisch Hall. Jakob Berlinger retired in 1934.

Berlinger was a board member of the "Association of Württemberg Rabbis" and the "Association of Traditionally Law-Abiding Rabbis in Germany". He was also a member of the Hebrew literary association "Mekize Nirdamim" and the Stuttgart Lodge. He was awarded the Wilhelmskreuz in 1918.

Jakob Berlinger was married to Rifka Herz (1880-1946), who was born as the daughter of businessman Heinrich Herz and his wife Lea (Schwäbisch Hall). They lived in Schwäbisch Hall at Oberen Herrngasse 1 ; the house was owned by the Herz family. From 1925, Helene Roberg from Berlichingen, born in 1908, lived as a domestic help for the childless couple. In 1938 the family's apartment was demolished. Berlinger's library was burned on the market square. He emigrated to Palestine with his wife in 1939. A stumbling block in front of the house in Schwäbisch Hall reminds us of Helene Roberg, who emigrated to Holland and was later deported to Sobibor .

literature

  • Katrin Nele Jansen: The rabbis in the German Empire 1871-1945. Volume 1, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-24874-0 , page 73 online
  • Esriel Hildesheimer, Mordechai Eliav: Das Berliner Rabbinerseminar 1873-1938 , Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783938485460 , p. 669

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b List of buildings in Schwäbisch Hall
  2. ↑ Stumbling block for Helene Roberg
  3. ↑ Memorial sites for Nazi victims
personal data
SURNAME Berlinger, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbi
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunsbach
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1945
Place of death Bnei Berak , Palestine