Adolph Huebsch

Adolph Huebsch

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Adolph Huebsch (born in St. Nicolaus, Hungary, 18 September 1830; died in New York City, 10 October 1884) was a Hungarian-American Hebrew scholar and rabbi.

Biography

While a student, he participated in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/9. After it was suppressed, he resumed his studies and officiated as rabbi in various towns. In 1861, he received the degree of Ph.D. from Prague University, and preached in that city for a short time.

In 1866 he was called to New York City as rabbi of a synagogue, where he preached until his death. Huebsch was a Talmudic and Semitic scholar of high attainments, a preacher of rare power, with a personality that charmed old and young. He was peculiarly successful in his ministry.

He published Gems from the Orient, a selection of Talmudic and oriental proverbs, and a volume of his sermons and addresses was issued in 1885.

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References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1892). "Huebsch, Adolph". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

Works by or about Adolph Huebsch at Internet Archive
Huebsch, Adolph; Huebsch, Julie Links; Wise, Isaac Mayer (1885). Rev. Dr. Adolph Huebsch, late rabbi of the Ahawath chesed congregation, New York. A memorial. New York.

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