Rabbi Jacob Joseph Oettinger ( 1780 – 1860), a native of
Glogau, acted as the final
chief rabbi
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of
Berlin
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between 1825 and 1860, and served for some time as the dean of
Berlin
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's rabbinical college. Oettinger was also known as an opponent of
Leopold Zunz
Leopold Zunz (—''Yom Tov Tzuntz'', —''Lipmann Zunz''; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies ('' Wissenschaft des Judentums''), the critical investigation of Jewish literature, hymnology and ritual. Nah ...
.
References
1780 births
1860 deaths
People from Głogów
19th-century Polish rabbis
Rabbis from Berlin
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