15-856: Loewy (or Löwy ) is a surname, and may refer to: People [ edit ] Albert Löwy (1816–1908), British Hebrew scholar and religious leader Alfred Loewy (1873–1935), German mathematician Emanuel Löwy (1857–1938), Austrian archaeologist and theorist Jacob Ezekiel Löwy (1814–1864), Silesian rabbi and author Josef Löwy (1834–1902), Austrian photographer Maurice Loewy (1833–1907), French astronomer Michael Löwy (born 1938), sociologist Raymond Loewy (1893–1986), French-born American industrial designer Slavko Löwy (1904–1996), Croatian architect Other [ edit ] Loewy (crater) See also [ edit ] Loewi Lowy Löwe (disambiguation) (from Yehuda-Leyb) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
30-550: A proto-Zionist secret society of some two hundred students of the University, most of them Jews, who were endeavouring to promote the welfare of the Jews , one of their aims being to establish Jewish settlements in Palestine . In 1840 Löwy visited England to promote the society's aims (encountering mainly indifference), and there he settled for life. On the opening on 27 January 1842 of
45-544: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Albert L%C3%B6wy Albert Löwy FRGS (8 December 1816 – 21 May 1908) was a Moravian -born English Hebrew scholar and Reform rabbi. He was born Abraham Löwy in Aussee , Moravia (now Úsov, Czech Republic ), the eldest son of thirteen children of Leopold and Katty Löwy. He was named after his ancestor Rabbi Abraham Leipnik, who wrote in Hebrew an account of
60-727: The Bene Israel community of India . Lowy was secretary of the Association from 1875 until his resignation in 1889. On 31 October 1892 he resigned his ministry at the West London Synagogue, but he took part in public affairs until his death in London on 21 May 1908. He was buried at the Balls Pond Road Cemetery of the West London Synagogue. Löwy's knowledge of Samaritan literature enabled him to collect and catalogue in 1872
75-735: The Middle East . In 1874 Löwy, after attending a Jewish conference at Königsberg on the Russo-Jewish question , was sent by the Anglo-Jewish Association on a secret mission to Russia . His report on the position of the Russian Jews was published as an appendix to the Annual Statement of the Anglo-Jewish Association for 1874. He also undertook a fact-finding mission to Constantinople in 1889, and stimulated Western Jewry's interest in
90-834: The Samaritan manuscripts belonging to the Earl of Crawford , and in 1891 he completed his chief task as a scholar, the Catalogue of Hebraica and Judaica in the Library of the Corporation of the City of London . He engaged in the controversy over the Mesha Stele at the Louvre , the genuineness of which he contested. In 1903 he printed for private circulation A Critical Examination of the so-called Moabite Inscription in
105-630: The Society of Biblical Archaeology . He zealously promoted the formation of the Society of Hebrew Literature in 1870, and of the Anglo-Jewish Association in 1871. Benisch died at Hornsey on 31 July 1878. He left the copyright of the Jewish Chronicle to the Anglo-Jewish Association, which, shortly after his death, sold it to Israel Davis and Sydney Montagu Samuel . This article about
120-576: The University of Vienna , but abandoned the study before proceeding to a degree. He left Austria in 1841 to settle in England, where he devoted himself to Jewish journalism and literature. His Hebrew learning and his actively displayed devotion to Judaism secured for him a high reputation among the Jews in England. In 1854 he became editor of the Jewish Chronicle , which position he held till 1869, resuming
135-410: The honorary degree of LL.D. Abraham Benisch Abraham Benisch ( Yiddish : אברהם בעניש ; 1811 – 31 July 1878, London) was an English Hebraist , editor , and journalist . He wrote numerous works in the domain of Judaism , Biblical studies , biography , and travel , and during a period of nearly forty years contributed weekly articles to the pages of the Jewish Chronicle . Benisch
150-453: The reform West London Synagogue of British Jews , Löwy became one of the first two ministers; David Woolf Marks was the other. He ran the congregation's school, and with his colleague he edited the prayer-book of the new congregation, which he served until 1892. In 1870, under the guidance of Löwy and Benisch, the Anglo-Jewish Association was formed in London to champion the cause of persecuted Jews and to promote Jewish education in
165-552: The surname Loewy, Löwy . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loewy&oldid=1217351386 " Categories : Surnames Levite surnames Surnames of Jewish origin Yiddish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
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#1732855166632180-537: The Louvre . Löwy also won repute as a teacher of Hebrew, and among his pupils were Archibald Tait , archbishop of Canterbury , the Marquess of Bute , and Thomas Chenery , editor of The Times . He was a member of the council of the Society of Biblical Archaeology , and founded in 1870 the Society of Hebrew Literature (continued until 1877), and edited its publications. In 1893 the University of St Andrews conferred upon him
195-581: The destruction of the synagogue in Aussee in 1720. In 1822 his father left Aussee for Friedland , on the border of Silesia, where he owned a brewery. In 1829 Albert left home for schools in Leipzig , Jagendorf , and Olmütz , and eventually attended the University of Vienna , where he began a systematic study of Hebrew and Arabic . Among his friends and fellow students there were Moritz Steinschneider and Abraham Benisch , with whom in 1838 he founded 'Die Einheit,'
210-631: The editorship again from 1875 till the year of his death. His editorial influence was exerted in favor of a moderate orthodoxy. He made quite a feature of the correspondence columns of the paper. Benisch took an active part in communal affairs, and helped to found several learned societies, including the Biblical Institute and its allies, the Syro-Egyptian and the Biblical Chronological Societies. These three were afterward fused into
225-493: Was born to Jewish parents at Drosau , Bohemia , in 1811. He studied surgery in Prague about 1836—while a commentary on Ezekiel which he had written was being published—with a view to preparing himself for a journey to Palestine . Together with his close friends and fellow students Albert Löwy and Moritz Steinschneider , he founded in 1838 the proto-Zionist secret society "Die Einheit". For some years he studied medicine at
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