(J. T. A. Mail Service)
Rabbi Immanuel Loew, the famous Hebrew scholar, Chief Rabbi of Szegedin and one of the two representatives of the Jewish faith in the Hungarian Upper House, has just completed fifty years of office as rabbi. Rabbi Loew is a descendant of the legendary Chief Rabbi of Loew of Prague and a son of the famous Rabbi Leopold Loew, whom he succeeded fifty years ago as Chief Rabbi of Szegedin, the second city of Hungary.
Rabbi Loew refused to allow any special celebrations in honor of the event, but during the Friday night service in the synagogue at Szegedin Dr. Frankel delivered an address, praising Rabbi Loew’s work.
Chief Rabbi Loew is the author of a large number of learned works, which were issued in 1900 in a collected edition. Among the best known of these is his “Flora of the Jews” and “Fauna of the Jews.”
A few years ago his name was thrown into the limelight throughout the whole Jewish world, for reasons other than his scholastic achievements. He was accused by a Hungarian journalist of having given him an interview condemning the Horthy regime in Hungary. He was arrested on a charge of high treason and was for a long time kept in solitary confinement in his home. Eventually, however, it was proved that the statements made against him were invented, and his name was cleared. A violent controversy had been raging meanwhile in Hungary, many important personages in public life rallying to his defense.
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