About Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz
Lived 1862 – 1939 (aged 77). Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz was a Polish and American rabbi and writer.
Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz (; January 3, 1862 – June 12, 1939) was a Polish-American Hebrew scholar and author. Born in Kolno, he studied Talmud 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 Leon of Modena; 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.
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American rabbi (1862-1939)
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Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz was born on 3 January 1862 in Kolno.
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Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz died on 12 June 1939 in New York City.
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Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz was a rabbi and writer.
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Nehemiah Samuel Libowitz was Polish and American.
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