Samson Hochfeld

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Samson Hochfeld (born July 21, 1871 in Höxter , † August 10, 1921 in Berlin ) was a German rabbi and scholar. He made a name for himself above all as a representative of liberal Reform Judaism .

Life

Samson Hochfeld grew up as the son of a music teacher in Höxter. After graduating from high school, he studied, financially supported by the Jewish community in his hometown, from 1888 to 1897 at the "Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums" in Berlin and studied Jewish theology and oriental languages, among others with Professors Cohen and Maybaum.

After his doctorate (1893) at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg with the dissertation "Contributions to Syrian fables" he was rabbi (then chief rabbi) in Frankfurt (Oder) from 1897 to 1903 . He then worked from 1903 to 1907 as the predecessor of Leo Baeck as a rabbi in Düsseldorf , where he was able to solemnly open the new Great Synagogue in 1904 . In 1907 he returned to Berlin as rabbi of the Fasanenstrasse synagogue and taught there from 1908 until his death as a lecturer at the Institute for the Science of Judaism . He was married to Gertrud Alexander.

During these decades he became an important representative of Reform Judaism and was a member of the “Society for the Advancement of Science in Judaism ”. This is evidenced by his collaboration on the “Guidelines for a Program for Liberal Judaism” (1912) and his co-editing of the five-volume “Lehren des Judentums nach die Quellen” from 1920 to 1925. In the memories of contemporaries he is considered a brilliant one Lecturer praised. In his war sermons , which he gave for printing on December 17, 1917 after the armistice with Russia , he praised the sacrificing German soldiers, devalued the war opponents and supported the German war aims in accordance with the government's view and propaganda in the First World War .

tomb

Shortly after the publication of the second volume of the "Lehren", Samson Hochfeld died on August 10, 1921 and was buried in the row of honor of the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee .

Publications

  • Contributions to Syrian fables. Halle ad S. Druck v. W. Drugulin in Leipzig. 1893. Phil. Fac. Inaug. Diss. v. March 13, 1893.
  • David Cassel . Talk about his going home. Berlin 1894.
  • Children's sermons by Dr. Hochfeld, rabbi in Frankfurt ad OM Poppelauer, Berlin 1901. Note: [F.]
  • Sermon for the inauguration of the new synagogue in Düsseldorf on September 6, 1904 / by [Samson] Hochfeld. - Ed. Board of the community, 1904
  • On the origin of the Hanukka festival. In: Journal for Old Testament Science , 22nd year, 1902, pp. 264–284
  • The immortal significance of the Maccabees' fights. In: Wegweiser für die Jugendliteratur , vol. 5, no. 6, 1909, pp. 44–46
  • Sermon given on the seventh day of the Passover festival by Rabbi Dr. [Samson] Hochfeld. 1912, Itzkowski, Berlin, 7 pp.
  • Some remarks on the concept and method of practical theology. Festschrift for Hermann Cohen's seventieth birthday [ed. Samson Hochfeld]. Cassirer, Berlin 1912
  • Festschrift Professor Dr. Maybaum on his 70th birthday (April 29, 1914), dedicated by his students. [Ed. including escort Samson Hochfeld]. M. Poppelauer, Berlin 1914. Frequent reprints to date. Online table of contents also under German National Library , DNB
  • War consideration. In: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , Volume 78, No. 37, Sept. 11, 1914
  • Philanthropy. In: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , 82nd vol., No. 22, May 31, 1918
  • Sermons of war. Poppelauer, Berlin 1918
  • The teachings of Judaism according to the sources. Eds. Ismar Elbogen, S. Hochfeld, Michael Holzman, A. Loewenthal. Edited by Simon Bernfeld , Berlin 1920–1929; 5 volumes. Published by the Association of German Jews. [From part 3: arrangement with F. Bamberger; Part 5: Edited by Fritz Bamberger] As a microfiche at DNB.
    • Part 1: The Basics of Jewish Ethics. With introductions by Leo Baeck, Simon Bernfeld, Ismar Elbogen , S. Hochfeld, A. Loewenthal. Berlin 1920
    • Part 2: The moral duties of the individual. With introductions by L. Baeck, S. Bernfeld, I. Elbogen, S. Hochfeld, Michael Holzman, A. Loewenthal. Berlin 1921
    • 3rd and 4th part in 1 volume: 3rd part: The moral duties of the community. 4th part: The teaching of God. With introductions by Leo Baeck, Simon Bernfeld, Ismar Elbogen, Michael Holzman, A. Loewenthal, S. Samuel, Max Wiener . Leipzig [1930]. (2nd verb. Edition provided by Fritz Bamberger )
    • Part 5: Judaism and the Environment. With contributions by Leo Baeck, Fritz Bamberger, Max Dienemann , Ismar Elbogen, E. Gärtner, J. Güttmann, Michael Holzman, Julius Lewkowitz, Felix Makower, S. Pick, H. Speyer, M. Wiener. Leipzig [1929].

literature

  • NM Nathan: The Society for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism. In: East and West. Illustrated magazine for Judaism . Organ of the Alliance Israélite Universelle . Vol. 12, no. 11, November 1912, col. 993-1008
  • IG: The lecturers at the Institute for the Science of Judaism in Berlin. Rabbi Dr. [Samson] Hochfeld. In: Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums , 83rd vol., No. 12, March 21, 1919, p. 114
  • Rabbi Dr. Salomonsky: Samson Hochfeld. In: Jüdisch-Liberale Zeitung , Vol. 1, No. 38, August 26, 1921 (obituary)
  • Rabbi Dr. Samson Hochfeld . In: Gemeindeblatt der Jüdischen Gemeinde zu Berlin , Vol. 11, No. 9, pp. 75–76 (obituary)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margit Schad: "Peace War" - On the war sermons by Samson Hochfeld (1871–1921) . In: Kalonymos , 17, 2014, issue 3, pp. 4-8.
  2. ^ Siegmund Maybaum. Rabbi in Berlin; born in Miskolcz, Hungary, April 29, 1844. He received his education at the yeshibot of Eisenstadt and Presburg, at the lyceum in Presburg, and at the university and the theological seminary of Breslau (Ph.D., Halle, 1869). From 1870 to 1873 he was rabbi at Alsó-Kubin, Hungary; from 1873 to 1881, at Saaz , Bohemia; and since 1881 he has held a similar position in Berlin, where he is also docent at the Lehranstalt für die Wissenschaft des Judentums. As founder of the rabbinical society of Germany, whose president he 1904 is, he convened the first congress of German rabbis at Berlin in 1884. He is one of the most eloquent rabbis of Germany. In 1903 he received the title of professor
  3. Part 1 to 3: Reprint in facsimile printing of the original edition by Engel, Leipzig 1928–1930, this is a new and expanded edition. New ed. by Walter Homolka . Scientific Book Society WBG, Darmstadt 1999