Emmanuel Deutz

Emmanuel Deutz
19th century portrait of Emmanuel Deutz
Born1763
Bonn, Germany
Died1842 (aged 78–79)
OccupationRabbi
Children5, including Simon Deutz
RelativesDavid Paul Drach (son-in-law)

Emmanuel Deutz (1763-1842) was a German-born French rabbi.

Biography

Emmanuel Deutz was born in 1763 in Bonn, Germany.[1][2]

Deutz served as a rabbi in Koblenz, Germany.[2] He served as the Chief Rabbi of France from 1810 to 1842.[3][4] Nevertheless, Deutz was not a fluent French speaker.[1]

Deutz had a wife, Judith, and five children.[2] His daughter Sarah married David Paul Drach.[3] When Drach converted to Roman Catholicism, the couple separated.[2] Meanwhile, one of Deutz's sons, Simon Deutz, also converted to Roman Catholicism.[2]

Deutz died in 1842.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Berkovitz, Jay R. (1989). The Shaping of Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century France. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 91. ISBN 9780814320112. OCLC 20012964.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wraxall, Lascelles (1863). Remarkable Adventurers and Unrevealed Mysteries. London, U.K.: Richard Bentley. p. 240. OCLC 7757810. Emmanuel Deutz.
  3. ^ a b Kselman, Thomas (Spring 2006). "Turbulent Souls in Modern France: Jewish Conversion and the Terquem Affair". Historical Reflections. 32 (1): 90. JSTOR 41299362.
  4. ^ Catan, Moshe (1991). "The Chief Rabbis of France". Michael: On the History of the Jews in the Diaspora. XII: 127–134. JSTOR 23495954.


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