Emil G. Hirsch
Emil Gustav Hirsch | |
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| Born | May 22, 1851 (20 Iyar 5611) |
| Died | January 7, 1923(aged 71) (19 Tevet 5683) |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Reformrabbi |
| Spouse | Daughter ofDavid Einhorn |
| Parent | Samuel Hirsch |
Emil Gustav Hirsch(May 22, 1851 – January 7, 1923) was aLuxembourgish-bornJewish Americanbiblical scholar,Reformrabbi,contributing editorto numerous articles ofThe Jewish Encyclopedia(1906), andfounding member of the NAACP.
Biography[edit]
Emil Gustav Hirsch was born inLuxembourg,a son of the rabbi and philosopherSamuel Hirschon May 22, 1851. He later married the daughter of RabbiDavid Einhorn.He studied at theUniversity of Pennsylvania,and in 1872 went toBerlinfor post-graduate work. He was rabbi atHar Sinai CongregationinBaltimore(1877–78), and inLouisville, Kentucky(1878–80). But he did his greatest work inChicago.
For forty-two years (1880–1923), Hirsch served as the rabbi ofChicago Sinai Congregation,one of the oldest synagogues in the Midwest. At this post, he became well known for an emphasis on social justice. From Chicago Sinai's pulpit, he delivered rousing sermons on the social ills of the day and many Chicagoans, Jews and Gentiles alike, were in attendance.
Appointed professor ofrabbinical literatureandphilosophyat theUniversity of Chicagoin 1892, Hirsch also served on theChicago Public Libraryboard from 1885 to 1897. He took some part in politics as a member of theRepublican Party.
He was an influential exponent of advanced thought andReform Judaism.He editedDer Zeitgeist(Milwaukee, 1880–82) and theReform Advocate(1891–1923). He also edited the Department of the Bible of theJewish Encyclopediaand contributed feminist articles toThe American Jewess.He also wrote studies of thehistorical relationship between Judaism and Christianity,including appreciations of its founding figuresJesusandPaul.[1]In addition, he published a number of articles for the Reform Advocate, a weekly journal which he edited for thirty years.
From 1872 to 1876, he studied at the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig. Returning to America, he married Mathilda Einhorn in Louisville, Kentucky.[2]Here, he remained until his death on January 7, 1923.
Hirsch left a legacy as a renowned preacher in American Jewry.[3]Many scholarly articles in the Jewish Encyclopedia were contributed by him. His social and philanthropic pursuits were a valuable contribution.[4]
Hirsch is the namesake of theEmil G. Hirsch Metropolitan High School of Communications,located in theGreater Grand Crossingneighborhood in Chicago. In keeping with his interest in education, Hirsch advised a wealthy congregant,Julius RosenwaldofSears, Roebuck & Co.,to use part of his wealth to help build public schools for black students in the segregated South; their facilities were consistently underfunded. The rural school building program, based on the use of matching funds from local communities, was one of the largest programs, but not the only, administered by theRosenwald Fund.
He was apresidential electorin the1896 presidential election.[5]
He was the maternal grandfather of U.S. Attorney GeneralEdward Hirsch Levi.
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References[edit]
- ^Langton, Daniel (2010).The Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination.Cambridge University Press. pp. 98–102.
- ^"American Jewish Archives"(PDF).American Jewish Archives.1952.
- ^"Emil G Hirsch"(PDF).AMerican Jewish Archives.
- ^"Emil G Hirsch"(PDF).
- ^Adler, Cyrus;Vizetelly, Frank H."Hirsch, Emil Gustav".The Jewish Encyclopedia.Retrieved2021-12-19.
Sources[edit]
- Chicago Portraits[permanent dead link]
- Gilman, D. C.;Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905)..New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Brinkmann, Tobias (2012).Sundays at Sinai: A Jewish Congregation in Chicago.Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN9780226074542.
- Hirsch, Emil G. (April 1895)."The Modern Jewess".The American Jewess.1(1): 10–11.
http://americanjewisharchives.org/publications/journal/PDF/1952_04_02_00_martin.pdf
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