Isak Elbogen

Isak Elbogen (23 November 1812 – 29 August 1883) was a Czech rabbi. He worked in the synagogue in Smíchov and for almost his entire professional career as a regional rabbi of the Jewish community in Mladá Boleslav , then one of the most important in Bohemia.

Early life and education He was born into the family of Rabbi Josef Elbogen and his wife Ludmilla in Smíchov in Bohemia (now a district of Prague in the Czech Republic). He had two brothers – Jakob and Lazar, and four sisters – Anna, Rosalia, Amalie and Johanna. Guido's son Heinrich was a sport shooter who represented Austria in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Guido's daughter Jenny Weleminsky was an Esperantist and translator, whose work was published in the Budapest Esperanto-language magazine Literatura Mondo.