David Cassel

David Cassel ( born March 7, 1818 in Glogau, † January 22, 1893 in Berlin) was a German educator and Hebrew scholar.

Life and work

Cassel researched and taught at the College of Jewish Studies in Berlin, he wrote several textbooks and dictionaries. Since 1857 he was a member of the Society of Friends. By 1886 Cassel was part of the teaching staff of the Berlin Beth Hamid Rasch in Heidereutergasse 4

His grave is located in the Jewish Cemetery in Berlin- Weissensee.

Works

• Sabbath hours for the instruction and edification of the Jewish Youth, 1868 (reprinted in second edition, Berlin 1920).
• Hebrew - German dictionary. Tenth Edition, Wroclaw 1920.