170 years ago, on 26 November 1852, rabbi Joseph Abraham Friedländer died. He was born in 1753 in #Kolin, #Bohemia, so he died almost in his 100th year of life. After studying yeshiva in Prague, he served in Germany. He was a follower of the #haskalah (#Jewish #Enlightenment) and he supported the #Reform Jewish movement.
#wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Abraham_Friedl%C3%A4nder
#wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1706405
#necrolog: https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/cm/periodical/pageview/3243014
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