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 ( , ; ) is a city in the Germany, German state of Bavaria. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Mittelfranken, Middle Franconia. Ansbach is southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the river Fränk ...

, 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

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, they moved to Switzerland in 1940, and remained there until the

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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

Chief Rabbi Chief Rabbi () is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir ...

, and Miriam Munk, who married Rabbi Abba Bronspiegel.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munk, Elie 1900 births 1981 deaths 20th-century German rabbis 20th-century French rabbis