Mezi tradicí a reformou Rabín Joachim Deutschmann (1760-1837)
Between tradition and reform. Rabbi Joachim Deutschmann (1760–1837)

Author(s): Daniel Polakovič
Subject(s): Cultural history, Jewish studies, Ethnohistory, History of Judaism, 18th Century, 19th Century
Published by: Židovské Muzeum v Praze
Keywords: Jews; Judaism; Rabbi Joachim Deutschmann; tradition; reform; 18th century; 19th century;
Summary/Abstract: This biographical study presents amicro-portrait of Joachim Deutschmann. He served in various rabbinic positions in Bohemia and Moravia at a time of dramatic social change in the Habsburg Monarchy at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. He not only gained a reputation within traditional rabbinic circles, but also enjoyed extraordinary respect among the younger generation of representatives of the Jewish Reform movement in Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary. Although he left no comprehensive work, his homiletic sermons in Hebrew were preserved in manuscript copies by students who attended his private yeshivot in Hořice (Horschitz), Jevíčko (Gewitsch), Třebíč (Trebitsch), and Kolín, where he served as rabbi.

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