Lazar Horowitz

Lazar Horowitz ( Eleazar Ben David Joshua Hoeschel; * 1803 in raft, Upper Palatinate, † June 11, 1868 in Vienna) was from 1828 to 1868 Chief Rabbi of Vienna.

Life

Horowitz was a student of Moses Sofer. In 1828 he was invited by Isaak Löw Hofmann, to officiate as rabbi of the Jewish Community Vienna. Since at this time the church enjoyed no official recognition, he had instead of the rabbis Office initially the title of Ritualienaufsehers accept. He followed strict principles in questions about kashrut and other areas of halacha, but strove for a balance between rival groups within the Jewish community. Together with preacher Isaac Mannheim, he participated in the campaign for the abolition of Jew envy ("more judaico ") and in the revolution of 1848. At this time, he called the Jews in Austria to improve their political and social situation, and also suggested an increased Jewish involvement before in agriculture.

Horowitz was a favorite of the Archduchess Maria Dorothea, who used an interest in Hebrew literature and believed in the return of the Jews to the Holy Land. At his entreaties out she made in 1851 arranged expulsion of hundreds of Jewish families in Vienna reversed. At the trial of Leopold Kompert, editor of the modern era, in which there was an article by Heinrich Graetz on messianism to the debate, Horowitz was called as an expert. Horowitz gave lectures in the Jewish house of study under the direction of Adolf Jellinek and wrote contributions for Hebrew periodicals.

He was buried in the Jewish Cemetery Waehring ( located today in Dobling ). In 1941 his remains were transferred to the Central Cemetery in Vienna.