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Dow Ber Meisels
Dow (Dov, Dob) Ber (Beer, Berisz, Berush) Meisels (1798 – 17 March 1870) was a Chief Rabbi of Kraków (Cracow) from 1832 and later, Chief Rabbi of Warsaw (from 1856). He was active in the Polish nationalist movement, and was a politician in the Austrian partition of Poland and (later) in the Russian partition. A vocal supporter of Polish-Jewish cooperation, he supported the cause of Polish independence, for which he was persecuted by the Russian government. Biography Dow Ber Meisels was the son of Isaac from the Silesian town of Szczekociny, though the Meisels family came from Kraków's Jewish community; he also lived as a youth in Kamianets-Podilskyi, where his father was a rabbi.Jewish Encyclopedia After marrying the daughter of the wealthy Solomon Bornstein of Wieliczka, he settled as a banker and rabbi in Kraków. He supported the cause of Polish independence, providing weapons for the insurgents in the November Uprising; some sources even describe him as a Polish patriot or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichsrat (Austria)
The Imperial Council (german: Reichsrat; cs, Říšská rada, links=yes; pl, Rada Państwa, links=yes; it, Consiglio Imperiale, links=yes; sl, Državni zbor, links=yes; uk, Райхсрат, Державна рада, links=yes; bs, Carevinsko vijeće, links=yes) was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861, and from 1867 the legislature of Cisleithania within Austria-Hungary. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (german: Herrenhaus), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (german: Abgeordnetenhaus, links=no). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister responsible, and then granted royal assent by the Emperor. After having been passed, laws were published in the ''Reichsgesetzblatt'' (lit. Reich Law Gazette). In addition to the Imperial Council, the fifteen individual crown lands of Cisleithania had their own diets (german: Landtage, links=no). The seat of the Imperial Council from 4 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798 Births
Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wallachia. * January 22 – A coup d'état is staged in the Netherlands ( Batavian Republic). Unitarian Democrat Pieter Vreede ends the power of the parliament (with a conservative-moderate majority). * February 10 – The Pope is taken captive, and the Papacy is removed from power, by French General Louis-Alexandre Berthier. * February 15 – U.S. Representative Roger Griswold (Fed-CT) beats Congressman Matthew Lyon (Dem-Rep-VT) with a cane after the House declines to censure Lyon earlier spitting in Griswold's face; the House declines to discipline either man.''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p171 * March &ndas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaim Davidsohn
Rabbi Chaim Davidsohn (1760, Pińczów - 1854, Warsaw) was the second Chief Rabbi of Warsaw. Early years He was born in 1760 to Rabbi David Tebele, from whom he orphaned at an early age. In his youth he became known as an illui, and Torah study, studied Torah under Rabbi David Tebele of Leszno, Lissa and, according to some sources, Rabbi Yaakov Lorberbaum of Leszno, Lissa. At the age of 13 he married Rachel, the daughter of the wealthy Naftali Zvi Tsenzminer. After his marriage, he lived in his father-in-law's house in Warsaw, and continue to study Torah as stipulated by his father-in-law. After the death of his father-in-law in 1811, he entered into his father-in-law's family business, alongside his wife's brother Israel Hirschensohn, while continuing to study Torah with Rabbi Solomon Eger, Shlomo Eiger (Israel's son-in-law). Community leader He became involved in community affairs, and eventually was considered the senior shtadlan of the Warsaw Jewish community, with his si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yaakov Gesundheit
Rabbi Yaakov Gesundheit (1815-1878) was the chief rabbi of Warsaw from 1870 to about 1874. He conducted a yeshivah for forty-two years; some of his many pupils becoming well-known rabbis. In 1870 he was chosen rabbi of Warsaw and held the office for about four years, when he was compelled to relinquish it on account of not being acceptable to the Hasidic Judaism, chasidim. He finished ''Sifte Kohen'' at the age of eighteen. At twenty-three he wrote ''Tiferet Yaakov'', on ''Shulchan Aruch'' Choshen Mishpat (Warsaw, 1842), but the larger part of the edition was destroyed by order of the censor (see Julius Fürst, Fürst, ''Bibliotheca Judaica'' v. 3). His other published works also bear the same name, ''Tiferet Yaakov'', and comprise commentary and novellae on the Talmudic tractates Gittin (ib. 1858) and Chullin (ib. 1867). These works remain popular today. He also left several works in manuscript. A Cousin#Cousin chart, grandnephew was financial analyst Benjamin Graham.''Ben Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wiernik
Peter Wiernik (March 6, 1865 – February 12, 1936) was a Russian-born Jewish American Yiddish journalist, newspaper editor, writer and historian. Life Wiernik was born on March 6, 1865 in Vilna, Russia, the son of Hirsch Wolf Wiernik and Sarah Rachel Milchiger. His father was a maggid, and his mother was a merchant. His younger sister was writer and translator Bertha Wiernik. Wiernik attended religious elementary school. When he was thirteen, he began apprenticing under a woodcutter. He later moved to Riga and until 1881 he worked as a turner while learning German and reading secular books. For some time, he studied in Kovno and Smarhon with his older brother, who was a Hassid. In 1882 he moved to Białystok, where his parents had settled, and studied the Talmud. Under the influence of a visiting Leon Zolotkof, he also studied secular subjects and foreign languages. He immigrated to America in 1885, settling in Chicago and spending the next few years peddling goods and working ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Rosenthal
Herman Rosenthal (October 6, 1843 – 1917) was an American author, editor, and librarian. Biography Rosenthal was born in Friedrichstadt (Jaunjelgava), Courland. He was educated at Bauske (Bauska) and Jakobstadt (Jēkabpils), graduating in 1859. In that year he translated into German several of Nekrasov's poems. In 1869 he engaged in the printing trade at Krementchug, and in 1870 he published a collection of poems, ''Gedichte''. In the Russo-Turkish war he served in the Russian Red Cross Society and received the society's medal for distinguished service (1877–78). Returning to his craft as master-printer, he pursued it in Smyela, government of Kiev, and in the city of Kiev until 1881. He produced a humorous story, "Die Wunderliche Kur," in 1872, and later assisted in the founding of ''Zarya'' (Dawn), a daily paper, the first number of which appeared at Kiev in 1878. At this time Rosenthal was elected corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Society for the Promotion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siedlce
Siedlce [] ( yi, שעדליץ ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants (). Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship (1975–1998). The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is the fourth largest city of the Voivodeship, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Siedlce. Siedlce is a local educational, cultural and business center. History The city, which is a part of the historical province of Lesser Poland, was most probably founded some time before the 15th century, and was first mentioned as ''Siedlecz'' in a document issued in 1448. In 1503, local szlachta, nobleman Daniel Siedlecki erected a new village of the same name nearby, together with a church. In 1547 the town was granted Magdeburg rights by King Sigismund the Old. Siedlce as an urban center was created after a merger of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maimonides
Musa ibn Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (); la, Moses Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( he, רמב״ם), was a Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. Born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain), on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135), he worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on 12 December 1204, when his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias. During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides' writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen. Yet, while Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, his writings also had vociferous critics, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously ackno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop Of Warsaw
The following is a list of the bishops and archbishops of Warsaw. On 30 June 1818, the see was elevated to the rank of an archdiocese. Also included are the auxiliary bishops. Bishops of Warsaw: * Józef Miaskowski, 1798–1804 *, Apostolic Administrator 1806–1818 Archbishops of Warsaw: * Franciszek Malczewski, 1818–1819 * Szczepan Hołowczyc, 1819–1823 *Wojciech Skarszewski, 1824–1827 *Jan Paweł Woronicz, 1828–1829 * Stanisław Kostka Choromański, 1836–1838 * Tomasz Chmielewski, 1836–1844 * Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Apostolic Administrator 1844–1856, Archbishop 1856–1861 * Antoni Białobrzeski, 1861–1862 *Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, 1862–1883 * Wincenty Teofil Popiel, 1883–1912 *Aleksander Kakowski, 1913–1938 * Stanisław Gall, Apostolic Administrator 1940–1942 *Antoni Szlagowski, vicary 1942–1946 *August Hlond, 1946–1948 *Stefan Wyszyński, 1948–1981 *Józef Glemp, 1981–2007 * Stanisław Wielgus, 2007 *Kazimierz Nycz, since 3 March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January Uprising
The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at the restoration of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It began on 22 January 1863 and continued until the last insurgents were captured by the Russian forces in 1864. It was the longest-lasting insurgency in partitioned Poland. The conflict engaged all levels of society and arguably had profound repercussions on contemporary international relations and ultimately provoked a social and ideological paradigm shift in national events that went on to have a decisive influence on the subsequent development of Polish society. A confluence of factors rendered the uprising inevitable in early 1863. The Polish nobility and urban bourgeois circles longed for the semi-autonomous status they had enjoyed in Congress Poland before the previous insur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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