Walter Rothschild

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Walter Rothschild (2008)

Walter L. Rothschild (born March 20, 1954 in Bradford ) is a British-German liberal rabbi and author. From 2005 to 2015 he was a state rabbi for Schleswig-Holstein .

Life

Rothschild first studied theology and education at the University of Cambridge . After a teaching degree and master’s degree, he went to study rabbis at Leo Baeck College in London . During his student days he coordinated the progressive Jewish youth and student organizations in England .

After working as a religion teacher in London , he was ordained in 1984 and was the rabbi of the Sinai Synagogue in Leeds and several neighboring parishes for ten years . This was followed by positions at the Liberal Congregation in Vienna (1995–1997), in Aruba / Netherlands Antilles (1997–1998) and at the Jewish Congregation in Berlin (1998–2000). Since 2001, Rothschild has worked as a freelance rabbi in various liberal Jewish communities. He was responsible for the Munich community of Beth Shalom until 2006. He was the rabbi responsible for the synagogue community in Halle (Saale) until December 31, 2009. From 2005 to 2015 he was a regional rabbi for the regional association of Jewish communities in Schleswig-Holstein . He was in charge of the Vienna community " Or Chadasch - Jewish Liberal Community Vienna" and the liberal communities in Cologne and Freiburg im Breisgau . From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the board of the Union of Progressive Jews in Germany .

Rothschild is involved in Christian-Jewish dialogue and a frequent guest in trade union and church educational institutions. On January 26, 2005, he was awarded the Cavalier Cross of the Republic of Poland for his services to Christian-Jewish and Jewish-Polish dialogue . His traveling between its communities complements his passion for the railroad: In December 2007, he was at King's College London with a thesis on the Palestine Railways doctorate .

For several years he has also been on stage as the singer of the jazz band Rabbi Walter Rothschild and The Minyan Boys . He responded to the circumcision debate in 2012 with the provocative song Cut the Foreskins! and a joke: “What is a Putzke ? An untrimmed plaster. Is a Yiddish joke. Plaster means something like idiot ”. In the same year he expanded his field of activity again: with the ZDF multi-part series Das Adlon. In a family saga , he made a brief appearance in the role of a rabbi. In December 2016 he made an appearance in Tatort - Dunkelfeld .

family

Rothschild's grandfather was a judge at the Hanover Regional Court and lost his judge's post under the National Socialists in 1933 due to the law to restore the civil service . In 1939 he sent his son to England on the Kindertransport , but stayed in Germany himself, was sent to a concentration camp and died as a result of his imprisonment.

Walter Rothschild is the father of three children and lives in Berlin .

Publications

In addition to articles in Manna , Israel Economist , in the Jewish Telegraph , the Jüdischen Allgemeine and Mir Sajnen Do , Rothschild has written several books on Judaism , some of which have also been published in German:

  • Jewish By Choice , RSGB Beit Din 1994. German extended version: The honey and the sting. Judaism - explained for all who want to know more . Gütersloher publishing house, Munich 2009.
  • Tales of the Chutzper Rebbe - A Selection from the Acidic Anthology . Alef Design Group, United States 1996.
  • 99 Questions about Judaism . German version: 99 questions about Judaism . 4th edition, Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005.
  • Stories from the Rabbi's Desk . German version: To life! . Goldmann Verlag, Munich 2008.
  • Arthur Kirby and the last year of Palestine railways, 1945-1948 . Dissertation . King's College, London 2009, OCLC 495751217
  • Rabbi Walter Rothschild and The Minyan Boys. Greatest Hits Volume 2 (music CD), language: English, playing time: 60 minutes, ISBN 978-3-942271-64-6 , Hentrich & Hentrich-Verlag, Berlin 2012.
  • Holy sand. Historic Jewish Cemetery in Worms (together with Reinhard Dietrich ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2019. ISBN 978-3-88462-391-6 / Heiliger Sand. Historical cemetery of the Jewish community in Worms (together with Reinhard Dietrich). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2019. ISBN 978-3-88462-392-3
  • Rabbi Dr. Erich Bienheim. A personal biography. Berlin / Leipzig: Hentrich & Hentrich 2020. ISBN 978-3-95565-356-9 .

Rothschild is also the editor and publisher of HaRakevet , the quarterly magazine about railways in the Middle East .

literature

  • Wendy Blumfield: A Rabbi and Railway Enthusiast . In: The Jerusalem Report of April 6, 2020, pp. 26f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on www.randomhouse.de
  2. ↑ https://www.walterrothschild.de/rabbiner-dr-walter-l-rothschild/rabbiner-dr-walter-l-rothschild-deutsch/%C3%BCber-mich/
  3. ↑ See letter to the editor from Rabbi Rothschild in the Jüdische Zeitung from June 2011, p. 2
  4. ↑ Biography on the website of the Vienna Progressive Jewish Congregation Or Chadasch ( Memento of the original from May 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed June 9, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.orchadasch.at
  5. ↑ Bielefeld District Court, Register of Associations VR 4206, viewed on June 21, 2020
  6. ↑ Monday interview with Rabbi Rothschild "Music goes deep in", taz from August 27, 2012
  7. ↑ Constanze v. Bullion: Rabbi Walter Rothschild: Kaschruth - spicy seasoned Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 8, 1999
  8. ↑ with Cut the Foreskins! to the theme song of the Flintstones
  9. ^ HaRakevet magazine
personal data
SURNAME Rothschild, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothschild, Walter L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rabbi and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bradford