Emmanuel Deutz (1763-1842) was a German-born French rabbi.
Biography
Emmanuel Deutz was born in 1763 in
Bonn
Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
, Germany.
Deutz served as a rabbi in
Koblenz
Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...
, Germany.
He served as the Chief Rabbi of France from 1810 to 1842.
Nevertheless, Deutz was not a fluent French speaker.
Deutz had a wife, Judith, and five children.
His daughter Sarah married
David Paul Drach.
When Drach converted to Roman Catholicism, the couple separated.
Meanwhile, one of Deutz's sons,
Simon Deutz
Simon Deutz (1802-1852) was a German-born French courtier.
Early life
Simon Deutz was born in 1802 in Koblenz, Germany. He emigrated to Paris with his family in 1806. His father, Emmanuel Deutz, served as the Chief Rabbi of France, from 1810 to 18 ...
, also converted to Roman Catholicism.
Deutz died in 1842.
References
1763 births
1842 deaths
Clergy from Bonn
German emigrants to France
Chief rabbis of France
19th-century French rabbis
18th-century German rabbis
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