Nathan Bamberger

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Nathan Bamberger

Nathan Bamberger (born February 1, 1842 in Würzburg ; † April 27, 1919 ibid) was rabbi of the district rabbinate of Würzburg from 1878 to 1919 and of the district rabbinate of Bad Kissingen from 1899 to 1902 .

Life

Nathan Bamberger was a son of the well-known Würzburg rabbi Seligmann Bär Bamberger (1807–1878) and Kela Wormser (1804–1881). He had already supported his father in his office as district rabbi during his lifetime. Immediately after his death, he became his father's successor, initially for two years as provisional rabbinical administrator, then from 1880 as the district rabbi of Würzburg elected by the majority of the orthodox majority. During his 40-year term in office, he expanded the welfare system of his Jewish community . A hospital and beneficiary's house (1884) was built on Dürerstraße and a kindergarten for children of less well-off parents.

The devout Nathan Bamberger was, like his father, “an impressive personality, convinced of Orthodox religiosity and committed to the Jewish communities in Palestine, for whose support he collected around 2.5 million Reichsmarks during his 40-year term in office ” . Politically, he was loyal to the Bavarian monarchy, but also to the German Empire. During the First World War he called on the Jewish community to subscribe to war loans (on April 7, 1918, to subscribe to the eighth war loan).

As his father's successor, he was also head of the yeshiva and chairman of the Israelite Teacher Training Institute (ILBA) in Würzburg, from 1884 in Domerpfaffengasse (today Bibrastrasse).

Between the death of his brother Moses Löb Bamberger in 1899 and the assumption of office of his nephew Seckel Bamberger in 1902, Bamberger also took on their role as district rabbi of Bad Kissingen .

He was married to Chana Perlstein (1850–1944). He was succeeded as district rabbi in March 1920 by Siegmund Hanover, who was also Orthodox and emigrated in 1939.

Publications

  • Rabbi Seligmann Bär Bamberger, his life and work. Wuerzburg 1897.
  • The Israelite Teacher Training Institute in Würzburg.
  • Guide to Religious Education in the Israelite School.
  • Lekute Ha'levi. The synagogal customs of the community of Würzburg with explanations and additions. Berlin-Frankfurt 1907.
  • Basic guide to Judaism. Revised, translated and edited by his grandson Nathan Bamberger Jr., New York 1958.

literature

  • District Rabbi Nathan Bamberger. A book of painful memories. Edited by friends and admirers. Wuerzburg 1919.
  • Shaul Esh, Yirat Adler, Roa Kanter Eschwege: The Bamberger family. The descendants of Rabbi Seligmann Bär Bamberger, the "Würzburger Rav" (1807-1878). Wahrmann Books, 1964.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Renate Heuer: Bibliographia Judaica , Volume 1: Directory of Jewish authors in the German language, page 18, Campus Verlag, 1981, ISBN 359333061X or ISBN 9783593330617
  2. ↑ Ursula Gehring-Münzel: The Würzburg Jews from 1803 to the end of the First World War. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, pp. 499-528 and 1306-1308, here: p. 519.
  3. ↑ Roland Flade: Juden in Würzburg 1918-1933 , page 147, Volume 34 of the Mainfränkische Studien, Freunde Mainfränkischer Kunst und Geschichte (Ed.), 1985
  4. ↑ Ursula Gehring-Münzel: The Würzburg Jews from 1803 to the end of the First World War. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. Volume III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, pp. 499-528 and 1306-1308, here: p. 527.
  5. ↑ Hans Steidle: Jakob Stoll and the Israelitische Lehrerbildungsanstalt. P. 15 ( digitized version )
  6. ↑ Ursula Gehring-Münzel: The Würzburg Jews from 1803 to the end of the First World War. 2007, p. 518 f.
  7. ^ Roland Flade: The Würzburg Jews from 1919 to the present. 2007, p. 531.
personal data
SURNAME Bamberger, Nathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rabbi of the Würzburg district rabbinate
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1919
Place of death Wurzburg