Julius Carlebach (28 December 1922 in Hamburg, died 16 April 2001 in Brighton, UK) was a German-British rabbi and professor of
sociology
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and
history
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.
Biography
He was the grandson of Rabbi Salomon Carlebach (1845–1919) and his wife Esther Carlebach, part of the
Carlebach family Carlebach is the family name of a notable Jewish family originally from Germany that now lives all over the world, it can refer to:
*People:
** Elisheva Carlebach Jofen, American scholar of early modern Jewish history
** Emil Carlebach (1914–200 ...
of prominent German Jews.
Much of his family was imprisoned in the
Jungfernhof concentration camp
The Jungfernhof concentration camp ( lv, Jumpravmuižas koncentrācijas nometne) was an improvised concentration camp in Latvia, at the Mazjumprava Manor, near the Šķirotava Railway Station about three or four kilometers from Riga (now within ...
in
Latvia
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. Julius and a sister escaped the concentration camps, being taken in by British foster families via the
Kindertransport
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.
Carlebach went to school in London, and was a sailor in the
Royal Navy
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for ten years and managed an orphanage for Jewish children in Norwood. At the orphanage, he met
South Africa
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n teacher Myrna Landau, whom he married. In 1959 he went to Kenya, where he worked until 1963 in
Nairobi
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and also served as rabbi and wrote about the Jewish community in that nation. In Kenya, the couple's two sons were born, Joseph Zvi Carlebach and Ezriel Carlebach.
From 1964 he was a research student at the
University of Cambridge
, mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts.
Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge.
, established =
, other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
and then taught at the
University of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'')
, established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter
, type ...
. In 1968 he took over the job of Associate Professor of Sociology and Israel Studies at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
in Brighton. There he also headed the Department of Sociology. In 1989 he worked at the College of Jewish Studies in Heidelberg; he was its rector until 1997.
Carlebach was a board member of the
Leo Baeck Institute
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in 1992.
Honors
In 1994, Carlebach received the
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Books
*''The Jews of Nairobi''. Nairobi 1962nd
*''Caring for Children in Trouble''. London 1970.
*''Judaism in the German environment.'' Tübingen 1977.
*''Karl Marx and the Radical Critique of Judaism''. London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1978, .
*''Second Chance: Two Centuries Of German-speaking Jews in the United Kingdom'' edited by Werner E. Mosse, Julius Carlebach,
Gerhard Hirschfeld
Gerhard Hirschfeld (born 19 September 1946 in Plettenberg, Germany) is a German historian and author. He was director (between 1989-2011) of the Stuttgart-based Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte / Library of Contemporary History, and has been a pr ...
, Aubrey Newman,
Arnold Paucker
Arnold Paucker, OBE (Berlin, January 6, 1921 - London, October 13, 2016)
Julius
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