Joseph North
Joseph Norden (born June 17, 1870 in Hamburg ; died February 7, 1943 in Theresienstadt ) was a German rabbi and a representative of liberal Judaism .
biography
After graduating from high school in Hamburg in 1890, Norden studied philosophy at the University of Berlin and took courses at the orthodox rabbinical seminary in Berlin . North was in 1895 at the University of Halle with a thesis on the philosopher Henry Home for Dr. phil. doctorate and passed the rabbinate examination a year later.
From 1897 he was rabbi in Neustettin and from 1899 in Myslowitz (Upper Silesia) . In 1907 he took up the position of rabbi of the Jewish community in Elberfeld , which he held until 1935. At the Elberfelder Gymnasium he also gave Israelite religious instruction for the upper classes. Then he went back to his hometown Hamburg to spend his retirement there. After the November pogroms in Hamburg in 1938, Norden became active in the temple reform movement to replace Rabbi Bruno Italiener , who had previously fled .
In mid-July 1942, Norden was deported to Theresienstadt , where he died in 1943.
With his wife Emilie, geb. Meseritz, he had five children, including Albert Norden , a communist politician, journalist and member of the GDR State Council .
Works
- Books
- Henry Homes' ethics. A contribution to the history of English-Scottish moral philosophy in the 18th century, Diss. Halle 1895
- David Deutsch (1810-73), a rabbi in Myslowitz and Sohrau O.-S. A picture of life, Myslowitz 1902 ( online )
- Our emperor. A character image in 15 pulpit lectures on his birthdays (1900-1914) , Elberfeld 1915
- The foundations and goals of religious-liberal Judaism , Frankfurt am Main 1918 ( online )
- De tijd van Overweging , s. l. 1918
- "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". A controversial Bible passage , Berlin 1926 ( online )
- as editor
- Salomon Goldschmidt: Dr. Samson Philip Nathan. A picture of life and character, Hamburg 1906 ( online )
- Essay
- Der "Diener des Ewigen" (The "Gottesknecht"), in: Der Morgen 4/6 (1929), pp. 581-589 ( online )
literature
- Ulrike Schrader, Torah and Textiles. On the history of the Jews in Wuppertal , Wuppertal 2007, pp. 87–90
- Esriel Hildesheimer, Mordechai Eliav: Das Berliner Rabbinerseminar 1873-1938 , Berlin 2008, ISBN 9783938485460 , p. 207
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Norden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Katrin Nele Jansen: North, Joseph . In: The Jewish Hamburg. A historical reference work
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | North, joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi, theologian and representative of liberal Judaism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1943 |
| Place of death | Theresienstadt ghetto |