Leopold Rosenak
Leopold Rosenak (born September 11, 1868 in Nadas in Hungary , † August 15, 1923 at sea) was a German rabbi .
biography
Rosenak was the son of a merchant. In 1895 he married Bella Carlebach (1876–1961), a daughter of Rabbis Salomon Carlebach and Esther Carlebach , who took the event as an opportunity to publish the volume of poetry The Daughter of Zion's Love and Life . His son was the lawyer Ignatz Rosenak (1897–1957).
After attending grammar school, Rosenak studied from 1888 at a rabbinical college in Slovakia and at the Talmud college in Pressburg . He then studied philosophy and philology in Berlin and earned the title of rabbi. In Bern , Rosenak was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate and took the position of tutor .
In 1896 Rosenak accepted an appointment as a rabbi for the Israelite community in Bremen . He was an Orthodox Jew in a liberal congregation and gained a high reputation in Bremen during his 27 years as a community rabbi. During the First World War he served as a field rabbi of the German Army in Lithuania and, together with his brother-in-law, field rabbi Emanuel Carlebach and the pedagogue Joseph Carlebach , devoted himself to building up the school system. He received the Iron Cross and the Hanseatic Cross .
After 1918 Rosenak tried to integrate the East Jewish emigrants . He continued his social work in Bremen and expanded the Bremen committee for needy Jewish emigrants founded in 1901 . Rosenak worked in the Central Association of German Citizens of Jewish Faith and also in the Association for the Defense against Anti-Semitism against growing anti-Semitism and published the text Anti-Anti (Semitism) .
Rosenak died on the way back from a trip to America and was buried in Bremen.
Honors
- The Rosenakstraße in Bremen- Gröpelingen was named after him.
- The Rosenak House (formerly the parish hall, now also a memorial) in Bremer Schnoor , Kolpingstrasse 7, was named after him.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Monika Porsch: Bremer Straßenlexikon, Volume 10 · Walle, Gröpelingen . Verlag Schmetterling, Bremen 1999, ISBN 3-932249-07-0 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenak, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nadas , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1923 |
| Place of death | at sea |