Dvije propovijedi nadrabina dr. Hosee Jacobija. Prilog povijesti hrvatsko-židovskih odnosa
Two Sermons of Chief Rabbi Dr. Hosea Jacobi. A Contribution to the History of Croato-Jewish Relations

Author(s): Mato Artuković
Subject(s): Local History / Microhistory, Social history, 19th Century, History of Antisemitism, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: toleration edicts; anti-Semitic movements in Russia; Germany and Hungary; anti-Jewish excesses in Croatia; Chief Rabbi Hosea Jacobi; the late nineteenth-century Jewish community of Zagreb;
Summary/Abstract: Besides the introductory notes on the position of the Jews and anti-Semitism in Russia, Germany and Hungary, the article deals with two sermons delivered by the Chief Rabbi of Zagreb, Dr Hosea Jacobi, on the celebration of Hanukah in November 1883 and on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his rabbinic ministry in Zagreb on 14 January 1893. Regarding the first sermon, particularly interesting are the impressions overwhelming him while, for the first time, preaching in the synagogue in Croatian language. In the second sermon, he emphasized that Croatia is an example of a country in which Jews live peacefully and may develop their cultural, economic and religious potentials, in which they are spared of anti-Semitic assaults and hatred, to which they are exposed in many other countries. Both sermons are important as sources for the research of Croato-Jewish relations in the nineteenth century.

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