Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz (; January 3, 1862 – June 12, 1939) was a Polish-American

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scholar and author. Born in

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, he studied

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under Rabbi Elijah Chasid and then under his own father, Isaac Libowitz; in addition he devoted himself to Hebrew literature, reading especially works on criticism. In 1881, he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, where he split his time between business and literature.

Publications

Libowitz is the author of: *''Iggeret Bikkoret'' (New York, 1895), against I. H. Weiss; *''Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Modena'' (Vienna, 1896; 2d ed., New York, 1901), his most important work, a collection of materials for a biography of

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; *'' Ephraim Deinard'' (ib. 1901), a harsh criticism of Deinard; and several other pamphlets. Libowitz has also contributed to the Hebrew periodicals in the United States: ''Ner Ma'arabi'', ''Ha-Modia' lachadashim'', and ''Yalkut Ma'arabi''.

References

* ** Benzion Eisenstadt, ''Chakme Yisrael be-Amerika,'' p. 62, New York, 1903 {{DEFAULTSORT:Libowitz, Nehemiah Samuel American Orthodox rabbis Emigrants from Congress Poland to the United States Polish Orthodox rabbis American people of Polish-Jewish descent 1862 births 1939 deaths 20th-century American rabbis 19th-century American rabbis People from Kolno