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Lot #    8192
Auction End Date    9/21/2004 4:38:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Jacob Isaac Niemirower
Author    [Ms.]
City    Bucarest
Publication Date    1937
          
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Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    [1] p., 224:145 mm., light age staining, typewritten letter on stationary, signed in ink and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Jacob Isaac Niemirower (1872–1939), chief rabbi of Rumania. Niemirower was born in Lemberg. In 1897 he was appointed rabbi of Jassy and in 1911 rabbi of the Sephardi community of Bucharest. In 1921 he was appointed rabbi of the main synagogue of Bucharest and shortly after, chief rabbi of Rumania. He succeeded in uniting the Jewish communities of Rumania under his leadership. As chief rabbi he was elected in 1926 to the Rumanian senate - the first Jew to receive such an appointment - and was recognized by the government as the representative of all Rumanian Jewry. He fought against the humiliating wording of the Rumanian oath, more judaico, and succeeded in having it annulled. By force of his intellect and personality he became the chief figure in the religious as well as in the general communal life of Rumanian Jewry. Although his election was largely due to the progressive element which dominated Jewish communal life there. Niemirower's authority was accepted by all circles, including the Orthodox, and his influence was decisive. He did much in the sphere of Jewish education-founding Jewish schools and establishing a theological seminary, a society for Jewish education called Sharon, a society for Jewish studies, etc. He was president of the order of B'nai B'rith in Rumania. He was an active Zionist and took part in the First Zionist Congress. In 1936 a Rumanian nationalist made an attempt on his life and Niemirower was slightly wounded. He published many works in Rumanian, German, and French on various Jewish topics. Between 1918 and 1932 his complete works were issued entitled Scrieri Complete (4 vols.). The fourth and fifth volumes of the journal Sinai (1932–33) were dedicated to him in honor of his 60th birthday.
          
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Other:    Romania
  
Subject
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica