Rabbi Wolfenstein served the B'Nai El Congregation for 8 years (1870-1878) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis congregations. You can find the full list at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS.
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In 1870, B’nai El transitioned from an Orthodox synagogue to a Reform temple. This accelerated with the hiring of Rabbi Samuel Wolfenstein.
The B'nai El congregation used as its first burial-ground a plot of land on Gravois road, now enlarged and known as New Mount Sinai Cemetery. This land was purchased in 1849. Later the Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association was formed, and the cornerstone of its chapel was laid June 22, 1873, the Revs. Wolfenstein and Sonnenschein officiating.
Wolfenstein received both the rabbinical and Ph.D. degrees in 1864 at the age of 22 from the University of Breslau and the Rabbiner Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school. He came to the U.S. in 1870 to Congregation B'nai El in Saint Louis as its rabbi and served there until 1878. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected to the JOA Board (earlier known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum) in 1875 and was named Superintendent in 1878 and served until 1913.
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INSIDE LOOKING OUT: THE CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1868-1924
by Gary Edward Polster
Samuel Wolfenstein was born on December 10, 1841, on his father's farm near the village of Gros-Messerich, Moravia, a Germanized province of Austria-Hungary that is now a part of Czechoslovakia. He was the grandson of rabbis on both sides of his family, and was academically prepared for a professional career by priests at the local gymnasium.
After graduation he went to Vienna to study medicine but gave that up at the end of the first year to move to Breslau and attend the Rabbinet Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school in the world. The seminary, founded in 1854 by the Reform Rabbi Zarharias Frankel, was considered a distinguished school and included among its factulty the prominent historian Henrich Graetz and the well-known philologist Jakob Bernays.
While attending the seminary, Wolfenstein simultaneously ensrolled in classes at the Universitry of Breslau to pursue a doctoral degree in philosophy. His course load at the Univeristy included mathematics, science, philology, philosophy, history, and politial and rural econmy. In 1864, at the age of twenty-wo, he recieved both the rabbinal and Ph.D degrees.
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The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
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In 1870, B’nai El transitioned from an Orthodox synagogue to a Reform temple. This accelerated with the hiring of Rabbi Samuel Wolfenstein.
The B'nai El congregation used as its first burial-ground a plot of land on Gravois road, now enlarged and known as New Mount Sinai Cemetery. This land was purchased in 1849. Later the Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association was formed, and the cornerstone of its chapel was laid June 22, 1873, the Revs. Wolfenstein and Sonnenschein officiating.
Wolfenstein received both the rabbinical and Ph.D. degrees in 1864 at the age of 22 from the University of Breslau and the Rabbiner Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school. He came to the U.S. in 1870 to Congregation B'nai El in Saint Louis as its rabbi and served there until 1878. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected to the JOA Board (earlier known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum) in 1875 and was named Superintendent in 1878 and served until 1913.
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INSIDE LOOKING OUT: THE CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1868-1924
by Gary Edward Polster
Samuel Wolfenstein was born on December 10, 1841, on his father's farm near the village of Gros-Messerich, Moravia, a Germanized province of Austria-Hungary that is now a part of Czechoslovakia. He was the grandson of rabbis on both sides of his family, and was academically prepared for a professional career by priests at the local gymnasium.
After graduation he went to Vienna to study medicine but gave that up at the end of the first year to move to Breslau and attend the Rabbinet Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school in the world. The seminary, founded in 1854 by the Reform Rabbi Zarharias Frankel, was considered a distinguished school and included among its factulty the prominent historian Henrich Graetz and the well-known philologist Jakob Bernays.
While attending the seminary, Wolfenstein simultaneously ensrolled in classes at the Universitry of Breslau to pursue a doctoral degree in philosophy. His course load at the Univeristy included mathematics, science, philology, philosophy, history, and politial and rural econmy. In 1864, at the age of twenty-wo, he recieved both the rabbinal and Ph.D degrees.
___________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
Rabbi Wolfenstein served the B'Nai El Congregation for 8 years (1870-1878) and he is listed along with other rabbis who served St. Louis congregations. You can find the full list at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS.
________________________________
In 1870, B’nai El transitioned from an Orthodox synagogue to a Reform temple. This accelerated with the hiring of Rabbi Samuel Wolfenstein.
The B'nai El congregation used as its first burial-ground a plot of land on Gravois road, now enlarged and known as New Mount Sinai Cemetery. This land was purchased in 1849. Later the Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association was formed, and the cornerstone of its chapel was laid June 22, 1873, the Revs. Wolfenstein and Sonnenschein officiating.
Wolfenstein received both the rabbinical and Ph.D. degrees in 1864 at the age of 22 from the University of Breslau and the Rabbiner Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school. He came to the U.S. in 1870 to Congregation B'nai El in Saint Louis as its rabbi and served there until 1878. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected to the JOA Board (earlier known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum) in 1875 and was named Superintendent in 1878 and served until 1913.
___________________
INSIDE LOOKING OUT: THE CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1868-1924
by Gary Edward Polster
Samuel Wolfenstein was born on December 10, 1841, on his father's farm near the village of Gros-Messerich, Moravia, a Germanized province of Austria-Hungary that is now a part of Czechoslovakia. He was the grandson of rabbis on both sides of his family, and was academically prepared for a professional career by priests at the local gymnasium.
After graduation he went to Vienna to study medicine but gave that up at the end of the first year to move to Breslau and attend the Rabbinet Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school in the world. The seminary, founded in 1854 by the Reform Rabbi Zarharias Frankel, was considered a distinguished school and included among its factulty the prominent historian Henrich Graetz and the well-known philologist Jakob Bernays.
While attending the seminary, Wolfenstein simultaneously ensrolled in classes at the Universitry of Breslau to pursue a doctoral degree in philosophy. His course load at the Univeristy included mathematics, science, philology, philosophy, history, and politial and rural econmy. In 1864, at the age of twenty-wo, he recieved both the rabbinal and Ph.D degrees.
___________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
________________________________
In 1870, B’nai El transitioned from an Orthodox synagogue to a Reform temple. This accelerated with the hiring of Rabbi Samuel Wolfenstein.
The B'nai El congregation used as its first burial-ground a plot of land on Gravois road, now enlarged and known as New Mount Sinai Cemetery. This land was purchased in 1849. Later the Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association was formed, and the cornerstone of its chapel was laid June 22, 1873, the Revs. Wolfenstein and Sonnenschein officiating.
Wolfenstein received both the rabbinical and Ph.D. degrees in 1864 at the age of 22 from the University of Breslau and the Rabbiner Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school. He came to the U.S. in 1870 to Congregation B'nai El in Saint Louis as its rabbi and served there until 1878. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected to the JOA Board (earlier known as the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum) in 1875 and was named Superintendent in 1878 and served until 1913.
___________________
INSIDE LOOKING OUT: THE CLEVELAND JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, 1868-1924
by Gary Edward Polster
Samuel Wolfenstein was born on December 10, 1841, on his father's farm near the village of Gros-Messerich, Moravia, a Germanized province of Austria-Hungary that is now a part of Czechoslovakia. He was the grandson of rabbis on both sides of his family, and was academically prepared for a professional career by priests at the local gymnasium.
After graduation he went to Vienna to study medicine but gave that up at the end of the first year to move to Breslau and attend the Rabbinet Seminar, the first Reform rabbinical school in the world. The seminary, founded in 1854 by the Reform Rabbi Zarharias Frankel, was considered a distinguished school and included among its factulty the prominent historian Henrich Graetz and the well-known philologist Jakob Bernays.
While attending the seminary, Wolfenstein simultaneously ensrolled in classes at the Universitry of Breslau to pursue a doctoral degree in philosophy. His course load at the Univeristy included mathematics, science, philology, philosophy, history, and politial and rural econmy. In 1864, at the age of twenty-wo, he recieved both the rabbinal and Ph.D degrees.
___________________
The rabbi featured on this Find A Grave page is one of many included in a "Virtual Cemetery" of rabbis who've passed but who served on St. Louis pulpits during their rabbinate. The complete "Virtual Cemetery" list can be found at SAINT LOUIS RABBIS. Questions about this "Virtual Cemetery" project may be directed to:
Steven Weinreich
Email: [email protected]
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