Jacob Joseph Oettinger

Rabbi Jacob Joseph Oettinger (in Hebrew, הרב יעקב יוסף עטטינגר--with a doubled ט in accordance with the spelling of his name in his approbation for David Casser's Tǝshūḅôṯ Gǝōnīm Qaḏmōnīm[1]), a native of Glogau, acted as the final chief rabbi of Berlin between 1825 and 1860.[2] and served for some time as the dean of Berlin's rabbinical college.[3] Oettinger was also known as an opponent of Leopold Zunz.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Casser, David (1848). Teshūvōt Ge'ōnīm Qadmōnīm. Berlin: Friedlanders Book Press. p. Approbation, p.1.
  2. ↑ "Berlin". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Deutsch, G. (1904). Central Conference of American Rabbis, vol. 13. Baltimore: The Lord Baltimore Press. p. 341.
  4. ↑ "What color was Rashi's shirt? Who said it and why?". On the Main Line. "Mississippi Fred MacDowell". Retrieved 15 December 2014.