S. H. Sonneschein, Solomon H. Sonnenschein (June 24, 1839 in

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, Turocz megye, Hungary – 1908) was a Hungarian-

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. He received his education at

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, Moravia, where he obtained his rabbinical diploma in 1863, and later studied at Hamburg and at the University of Jena ( Ph.D. 1864). He was successively as rabbi of congregations at Varaždin, Prague, New York City, and St. Louis ( Congregation Temple Israel). From 1905 he officiated at Temple B'nai Yeshurun,

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, Iowa. In 1864, he married

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who would go on to found the magazine ''

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''. Sonneschein contributed for more than 40 years to numerous

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and English periodicals.

References

* ''The

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