Historical records matching Zadoc Kahn, Chief Rabbi of France
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About Zadoc Kahn, Chief Rabbi of France
Considered a brilliant orator, Zadoc Kahn was one of the founders, the first vice-president, and, soon after, president of the Société des Études Juives (1879).
He was born in Mommenheim, Bas-Rhin on February 18, 1839 and was educated at the École Rabbinique of Metz finishing his theological studies at the same institution after it had been established at Paris as the Séminaire Israélite; and on graduation he was appointed director of the Talmud Torah, the preparatory school of the seminary. In 1867 he was appointed assistant to Chief Rabbi Lazare Isidor of Paris, whom he succeeded in the following year, when Isidor became chief rabbi of France. As Kahn had not yet reached the prescribed age of 30, he had to obtain a dispensation before he could accept the office, his election to which had been largely due to his thesis L'Esclavage Selon la Bible et le Talmud (1867; later translated into German and Hebrew). The community of Paris attained to a high degree of prosperity and enlightenment under Kahn's administration.
On Chief Rabbi Isidor's death in 1889 Kahn was unanimously elected chief rabbi of France, and was inducted on 25 March 1890. He then entered upon a period of many-sided philanthropic activity. He organized the relief movement in behalf of the Jews expelled from Russia, and gave much of his time to the work of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, which elected him honorary president in recognition of his services. He aided in establishing many private charitable institutions, including the Refuge du Plessis-Piquet, near Paris, an agricultural school for abandoned children, and the Maison de Retraite at Neuilly-sur-Seine, for young girls. He was appointed Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1879 and Officer in 1901. He was also Officer of Public Instruction.
He died in Paris in December 1905 aged 66 years and 10 months old.
Sources: Wikipedia, True Knowledge
http://judaisme.sdv.fr/histoire/rabbins/zadoc/zadoc.htm
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0011...
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Zadoc Kahn, Chief Rabbi of France's Timeline
| 1839 |
February 18, 1839
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Mommenheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
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| 1868 |
February 6, 1868
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Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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February 13, 1869
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89 r Turbigo, Paris 3e, France
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September 2, 1870
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Paris 3e, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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| 1872 |
March 26, 1872
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Paris, Ile-de-France, France
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1875
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| 1881 |
September 22, 1881
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9ème arrondissement, Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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December 8, 1905
Age 66
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Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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