History of Zionism, 1600-1918, Vol. 2 (of 2)Sokolow, Nahum
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History of Zionism, 1600-1918, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Sokolow, Nahum
Jews -- Restoration; Zionism -- History
We have already mentioned to what an extent the Chief Rabbi, Dr. N. M.
Adler, influenced Sir Moses’ works in Palestine. Nathan Adler was born
at Hanover in 1803. He received his education at the Universities of
Göttingen, Erlangen and Würzburg. Already as a youth his abilities
proved him to be particularly adapted to the discharge of rabbinical
functions. In 1829 he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Oldenburg; in 1830
his jurisdiction was transferred to Hanover and all its provinces.
His fame spread beyond the Rhine and reached England just when the
Jewish population there was in need of a spiritual leader. In 1844 the
election took place for Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Congregations of
Great Britain and the choice fell on Dr. Adler. He was inducted into
office on July 9th, 1845. His activity and influence during his lengthy
career as Chief Rabbi proved a blessing and were attended with most
invaluable results. His calling did not prevent him from contributing
excellent literary productions, mostly in Hebrew, the principal of
which is Nethino La-Ger’s commentary on the Targum of Onkelos. There
is no doubt that this famous Rabbi and great Jew was in close touch
with Sir Moses in all the steps the latter took for the colonizing of
Palestine for a political as well as philanthropic purpose.
Many of the most important Jewish scholars arriving in England, and
becoming in course of time the pride of English Jewry, were much
attracted by the idea that England was the classical soil for a
fruitful work in Palestine. It is worth noting that Dr. Albert Löwy
belonged also to this group. He was born on the 10th of December,
1816, at Aussig in Moravia. After his _barmizwah_ (attainment of his
religious majority――the age of thirteen) he was sent to a public school
at Leipzig. Later he attended the University and Polytechnic at Vienna.
There he first met his lifelong friends, Moritz Steinschneider and
Abraham Benisch. Löwy and his friends formed “Die Einheit,” a society
whose object was to promote the welfare of the Jewish people. In order
to realize this object the colonization of Palestine by the Austrian
Jews was advocated. The first meeting of the new society was held in
1838, in Löwy’s room. The object, however, had to be kept secret for
fear lest it would be defeated by the Government. England was regarded
as the country likely to welcome the new movement, and, as an emissary
of the Students’ Jewish National Society, Löwy was sent to London in
1841. Years afterwards he took a leading part in London in the
foundation of a body with kindred objects, the Anglo-Jewish Association.
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