Elie Munk (1900–1981), was a German-born French rabbi and rabbinic scholar, "a scion of a long and distinguished line of German rabbis and scholars". A number of other Jewish scholars have similar names. ''Eliyahu Munk'' translated numerous Jewish Bible commentaries to English. ''Eli Munk'' wrote the book ''Seven Days of the Beginning''. All are members of the same extended family.Translating One Classic After Another – For 40 Years: An Interview with Eliyahu Munk
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Career

From 1926 to 1936, he was district rabbi of

Ansbach Ansbach (; ; East Franconian: ''Anschba'') is a city in the German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränkische Rezat, ...

, Bavaria, Germany. In 1936, he moved with his family to Paris, where he was rabbi of the Communauté Israélite de la Stricte Observance. After the Nazi invasion, they moved to Switzerland in 1940, and remained there until Paris was liberated.

Selected publications

*''Die Welt der Gebete'' (2 volumes, 1938). In English, ''The World of Prayer'' (2 volumes, 1954–63) *''Das Licht der Ewigkeit'' (1935) *''La justice sociale en Israel'' (1947) *''Rachel'' (on the duties of Jewish women, 1951) *a translation into French of Rashi's Pentateuch commentary (1957)

Personal life

He married Fanny Frumet Goldberger (1906–1979). Their children included Amélie Munk, who married

Immanuel Jakobovits Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits (8 February 192131 October 1999) was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of the Fi ...

, who became the UK's

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, and Miriam Munk, who married Rabbi Abba Bronspiegel.

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