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Solomon Pucher
Solomon Pucher (; 1829 – 23 November 1899) was an Russian Empire, Imperial Russian religious leader, who served as rabbi of Jelgava, Mitau and Riga. Biography Solomon Pucher was born in 1829 in Kudirkos Naumiestis, Neustadt-Schirwindt, Congress Poland, Russian Poland. At the age of thirteen he was sent to study at the yeshiva of Jurbarkas, Georgenburg, during which time he became acquainted with Haskalah, Maskilic literature and began to learn German language, German. He afterwards attended the Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary, Vilna Rabbinical School, and was called in 1859 to the rabbinate of Jelgava, Mitau. As a rabbi Pucher received from the government the silver and the gold medal of merit. In the 1860s he publicly opposed the Christian mission to Jews in Courland Governorate, Courland in speeches and in written articles. He fought to obtain Jewish emancipation, civil and political rights for the Jews, and in 1864 he was called to Saint Petersburg as a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudirkos Naumiestis
Kudirkos Naumiestis () is in the Šakiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located south-west of Šakiai. History The settlement was first mentioned in 1561 as a village called ''Duoliebaičiai.'' In 1639 the town was renamed ''Vladislavovas'' ( pl, Władysławów) by Cecilia Renata of Austria after her husband Władysław IV Vasa. He granted the town Magdeburg rights in 1643. However, the name did not achieve popular usage, and the settlement became known as "a town" or "a new town" instead. The German name ''Neustadt Schirwindt'' is derived from the former town of Schirwindt, today a small military village called Kutuzovo, Krasnoznamensky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kutuzovo, which lay just across the border. In 1900 the town began being referred to as ''Naumiestis'' (''New Town''). In 1934 the town was renamed ''Kudirkos Naumiestis'' in honor of the Lithuanian patriot and composer of the Tautiška giesmė, Lithuanian national anthem, Vincas Kudirka, who lived there fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
