Simon Bernfeld
Simon Bernfeld (born January 6, 1860 in Stanislau , Galicia , Austrian Empire ; died February 3, 1940 in Berlin ) was an Austrian rabbi, scientist and author.
Life
Simon Bernfeld's father was a preacher and dayan in Stanislau, Galicia. He was Maskil in an Orthodox community, which is why the family moved to the more liberal Lviv in 1872. Simon Bernfeld married Anna Lewin (1861–1940), their son Immanuel Bernfeld, born in 1889, was a victim of the Holocaust in 1941 in the Mauthausen concentration camp .
At the age of 18, Bernfeld was already working on the Hebrew magazine Ha-Magid in Lemberg . In 1880 he was brought to the Ha-Kol magazine in Königsberg in the German Empire . From 1881 to 1883 he studied at the University of Königsberg , went to the University of Berlin in 1883 and also attended lectures at the University for the Science of Judaism . He completed his studies in 1885 and was appointed rabbi to the Sephardic community in Belgrade in the Kingdom of Serbia . From 1886 to 1894 he was chief rabbi there . He then returned to Berlin and worked from then on as a private scholar. At the Association of National German Jews , he headed the apologetic archive, published in magazines, was at times editor of the community newspaper of the Berlin Jewish Community . He was a member of the Society for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism . He tried to influence the socio-political discussions in Judaism and placed (1930) high hopes in the Zionist project in Palestine.
Bernfeld published major studies on the Bible and the history of Judaism, which he published in Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish and in part also in German. With Leo Baeck , Ismar Elbogen and Fritz Bamberger he edited the multi-volume work Die Lehren des Judentums according to the sources .
Bernfeld is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee .
Fonts (selection)
- (Mhrsg.): Memorial book for Moses Mendelssohn . Berlin: M. Poppelauer, 1929
- Jewish business ethics according to Talmud and Shulchan Aruch . Berlin: Philo-Verlag, 1924 [28 pages]
- Sefer ha-Demaot [Sefer. Book of Tears]. 3 volumes. Charlottenburg: Echkol, 1923 (he)
- (Collaboration): The teachings of Judaism according to the sources . 1920 following
- The Talmud . Frankfurt a. M.: Kauffmann, 1914
- Fighting spirits in Judaism. Four biographies . Philadelphia: Lamm, 1907 (contains Leone da Modena , Mosche Chaim Luzzatto , Salomon Maimon , Samuel David Luzzatto ) ( digitized version )
- The Holy Scriptures. After d. Masoretic text newly translated. u. declared along with e. Inlet by S. Bernfeld . Berlin: Calvary, 1902; 6th edition. Frankfurt a. M.: Kauffmann, 1936
- (Ed.): The religious poetry of the Jews in Spain . Berlin: Poppelauer, 1901
- The Talmud. Its essence, its meaning and its history . Berlin: Calvary, 1900
- Jews and Judaism in the Nineteenth Century . Berlin: Cronbach, 1898
- Dor holech neither ba [The civilization of the Jews in Germany]. 2 volumes. Warsaw 1887 (he)
literature
- Bernfeld, Simon. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 2: Bend Bins. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-598-22682-9 , pp. 261-271.
- Joseph Meisl : Dr. Simon Bernfeld: (on his 60th birthday) . In: East and West: illustrated monthly for all Judaism , 1920, H. 1–2, P. 41–46 Link
- Simon Bernfeld. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica , 1971, Volume 4, Col. 676
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century. Volume 2: J-R. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 844.
- Literature by and about Simon Bernfeld in the JCS University Library Frankfurt am Main: Digital Collections Judaica
- Literature by and about Simon Bernfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Simon Bernfeld in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Oded Menda-Levy: Simon Bernfeld , at YIVO
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magid, Ha- , at Yivo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernfeld, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian rabbi, scientist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stanislau , Galicia , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1940 |
| Place of death | Berlin |