Jules Wolff
Jules Wolff (* 25. February 1862 in Puttelange , Lorraine ; † 29. January 1955 in La Chaux-de-Fonds ) was in Switzerland acting rabbi of French nationality .
Life
Family and education
Born in Lorraine, Jules Wolff, son of Isaac Wolff and his wife Ester, née Lambert, studied at the École rabbinique de France in Paris. Jules Wolff married Jenny, the daughter of Rabbi Simon Beyersdorf, in 1895. Wolff died in La Chaux-de-Fonds at the end of January 1955 at the age of 92.
Professional background
Jules Wolff, appointed rabbi after graduating, followed an appointment to La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1888. Wolff, who worked there for a period of 60 years, took over the Hebrew subject at the grammar school in 1900 , and in 1943 he retired from this position due to age. In addition, Jules Wolff held a teaching position for Arabic and Syriac at the University of Neuchâtel from 1905 . From 1914 to 1928, he was also rabbi for the municipality of Lausanne .
The convinced pacifist Jules Wolff, co-founder of the local section of the Ligue de la paix et de la liberté, was particularly involved in philanthropic organizations and against anti-Semitism in his region. From 1905 to 1945, Jules Wolff was considered to be the leading Jewish clergyman in western Switzerland .
Works
- Notice historique sur la communauté israélite de La Chaux-de-Fonds; Description de la nouvelle synagogue et souvenir des fêtes d'inauguration, 1 et 2 Sivvan 5656 (13 and 14 May 1896), published by E. Sauser, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1896
- L'instruction religieuse: sermon prononcé au temple israélite de la Chaux-de-Fonds, le 1er jour de Pentecôte 5667-1907 Impr. E. Sauser, 1907
- Les huit chapitres de Maïmonides ou Introduction à la Mischna d'Aboth Maximes des Pères (de la Synagogue), traduits de l'arabe par Jules Wolff, rabbin de la Communauté israélite de la Chaux-de-Fonds. Lausanne, Georges Bridel & Cie Éditeurs, Paris, Librairie Fischbacher, 33, rue de Seine, 33, 1912
- Notice historique sur la communauté israélite de La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1833-1933, CENTENAIRE Communauté israélite, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1933
literature
- La Sentinelle from January 31, 1955
- Augusta Weldler-Steinberg, Florence Guggenheim-Grünberg: History of the Jews in Switzerland. : 2, [Emancipation] from the 16th century until after emancipation, Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund, [Sl], 1970, pp. 288, 302.
- Marc Perrenoud: Un rabbin dans la cité, Jules Wolff: l'antisémitisme et l'intégration des Juifs à La Chaux-de-Fonds, (1888-1928), in: Musée neuchâtelois: recueil d'histoire nationale et d'archéologie: organe de la Société d'histoire du canton de Neuchâtel, Société d'histoire et d'archéologie du canton de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, 1989, pp. 13–51.
- Marc Perrenoud: Problèmes d'intégration et de naturalization des Juifs dans le canton de Neuchâtel, (1871-1955), in: Pierre Centlivres (ed.): Devenir suisse: adhésion et diversité culturelle des étrangers en Suisse, Georg, Genève, 1990 , Pp. 63-94.
- Fred Rosner : The medical legacy of Moses Maimonides, KTAV Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1998, p. 275 ff.
- Giovanni Casagrande, Martine Schaer: Migration and ethnic minorities in Switzerland: selected bibliography 1945 - 1999 = Migration et minorités ethniques en Suisse, Forum Suisse Pour l'Etude des Migrations, Neuchâtel, 2001
- Yvan Dalain: Les parias de La Chaux-de-Fonds, in: Espace et horizon, Cabédita, Yens sur Morges, 2003, p. 157.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puttelange , Lorraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1955 |
| Place of death | La Chaux-de-Fonds |