David Neumark

David Neumark (1866–1924) was a German-American rabbi and professor of Jewish philosophy. He authored several notable works on Jewish philosophy and Jewish law, and served as a professor at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Biography Neumark was born in Shchyrets (Szczerzec), Galicia (present day Ukraine) and was married to Mrs Dora Turnheim Neumark (1878-1959). Their children were Salomea (Sally) Brainin, Martha Neumark Montor, and Immanuel K. Neumark. was a notable early figure in the history of women's ordination as rabbis. Neumark was widely reported to be the first Jewish woman to be accepted into a rabbinical school.

Prior to his move to the United States, Neumark served as the rabbi in Rakovník and received his doctorate from the University of Berlin.

In 1919, Neumark served as the founding editor of a scholarly quarterly Journal of Jewish Lore and Philosophy. The journal was later renamed The Hebrew Union College Annual.

Neumark supported the ordination of women as rabbis, and supported his daughter Martha Neumark to study for the rabbinate.

Family David Neumark married Dora Turnheim and had three children: Salomea, Martha, and Immanuel.

In 1920, Martha Neumark, David Neumark's second child, began studying to become a rabbi but ultimately was denied the possibility of ordination, and withdrew from the program after seven years of study. and in the early 1930s, he reportedly received a master's degree in education with a speciality in the German language. In the 1940s, he served as the executive director of American Crusade Against Lynching, an advocacy group combating lynching in the United States, and campaigned for the impeachment of senator Theodore G. Bilbo.

Selected works Neumark, D. (1907-1910). Geschichte der Judischen Philosophie des Mittelalters, Berlin: G. Reimer. 2 Vols. (later translated to Hebrew as Toledot ha-Filosofyah be-Yisrael). Neumark, D. (1908). Jehuda Hallevi's Philosophy in Its Principles. Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press. Neumark, D. (1918). The Philosophy of the Bible. Ark Publishing Company. Neumark, D. (1929). Essays in Jewish Philosophy. New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis.