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Scandinavian Jewry 1911-1955: In the Footsteps of Rabbi A. I. Jacobson Through Turbulent Times
Hardcover
Israel & Palestine HistoryScandinavian HistoryWorld War II
ISBN13: 9783111624846
Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Published: Nov 17 2025
Pages: 391
Weight: 1.59
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Abraham Israel Jacobson's biography (1888-1955) spans a transformative period in Jewish history, from Ottoman Palestine to post-Holocaust Europe. Following his Yeshiva studies in Eretz Israel, Jacobson arrived in Sweden in 1911, beginning four and a half decades of leadership in Scandinavia, from the start performing the duties of teacher, chazan, shochet, and mohel. The biography draws on his 12,000-item private archive documenting Jewish life in Sweden, where he served as teacher and community leader in Landskrona and Sundsvall, later in Trondheim, Norway, finally settling during World War II in Stockholm. There, he became the Rabbi of the Jeschurun Synagogue, which miraculously escaped the fires and destruction of Kristallnacht. A multifaceted religious leader, he faced the unique challenges of Nordic Jewish life.
The biography offers insight into critical matters such as the restrictive legislation against sh'chita (the ritual slaughter of animals according to the laws of kashrut), the rescue of Jews from the Holocaust, and the local support of survivors in cooperation with the Jewish communities, Vaad Hahazalah, the World Jewish Congress, and the Joint. His involvement included energetic efforts to free thousands of agunot, Jewish women whose husbands were murdered in the war. His story unveils a picture of vibrant Orthodox life in 1940s Stockholm and the challenges faced by those seeking to maintain a Jewish way of life in modern Scandinavia. For scholars and students of modern Jewish history and Judaism, the book offers unique insights into Jewish leadership in a crucial era for Western Europe and world Jewry. Read it to find out how one rabbi managed to navigate and influence events during the turbulent times surrounding World War II and the birth of Israel as a modern nation.
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