Zadoc Kahn

Zadoc Kahn ( Zadok Khan, Zadok Kahn, born February 18, 1839 in Mommenheim, Alsace, † December 8, 1905 in Paris) was Chief Rabbi since 1868 (grand rabbin ) of Paris (since 1889) of France (prior to the 1905 Act introduced for the separation of religion and state recognized by the state as the last ), Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Kahn was one of the leaders of the French Choveve Zion and the Alliance Israelite Universelle ( Honorary President ), was in contact with the humanitarian works of Baron Hirsch and Baron Edmond de Rothschild, one of the main combatants against anti-Semitism, also recognized early on the anti-Semitic component the Dreyfus affair, Herzl was, however, not much help, defended the reluctance of rich Jews against the Zionist cause.

  • Grand Rabbi (France)
  • Member of the Legion of Honour ( Officer )
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1839
  • Died in 1905
  • Man
Mommenheim (Bas-Rhin) Hovevei Zion Integrated Authority File
834378
de