Abraham Ozjasz Thon (also Yehoshua Thon; 13 February 1870 – 11 November 1936) was a rabbi, early Zionist, and leader of the Jewish community in Poland.
In 1897, Ozjasz Thon was appointed to the rabbinate of Kraków, a position he held until his death. He was the rabbi of the Tempel Synagogue of the more religiously-liberal constituency within the Jewish community. He promoted a Zionist program despite the overall assimilationist trends prevalent in the Jewish community at that time, and was an adherent of Ahad Ha'Am's school of Jewish identity.
Literary careeredit
In 1897 published a groundbreaking philosophical study of Zionism, Zur geschichtsphilosophischen Begründung des Zionismus. Thon wrote literary and scientific academic works and journalistic essays, and a 1910 work on the philosophical and sociological methods of Herbert Spencer.
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In 1906, Thon made an unsuccessful bid to represent the Jewish National Party in Kolomyya, Eastern Galicia, in the elections to the Austrian parliament. He continued his political activities and expanded them after the First World War. He represented the Western Galician Jewish National Council at the Versailles Peace Conference. In 1919, Thon was elected to the first Sejm and served in the Polish parliament until 1931, where his oratory received a hearing even among antisemitic MPs.
ozjasz, thon, abraham, also, yehoshua, thon, february, 1870, november, 1936, rabbi, early, zionist, leader, jewish, community, poland, contents, biography, rabbinic, career, literary, career, political, career, referencesbiography, editthon, born, february, 18. Abraham Ozjasz Thon also Yehoshua Thon 13 February 1870 11 November 1936 was a rabbi early Zionist and leader of the Jewish community in Poland Ozjasz Thon Contents 1 Biography 2 Rabbinic career 3 Literary career 4 Political career 5 ReferencesBiography editThon was born on 13 February 1870 in Lviv He studied philosophy and sociology under George Simmel As a student he assisted Theodor Herzl in the ideological preparations for the First Zionist Congress Thon died on 11 November 1936 in Krakow and is buried in Krakow s New Jewish Cemetery Rabbinic career editIn 1897 Ozjasz Thon was appointed to the rabbinate of Krakow a position he held until his death He was the rabbi of the Tempel Synagogue of the more religiously liberal constituency within the Jewish community He promoted a Zionist program despite the overall assimilationist trends prevalent in the Jewish community at that time and was an adherent of Ahad Ha Am s school of Jewish identity Literary career editIn 1897 published a groundbreaking philosophical study of Zionism Zur geschichtsphilosophischen Begrundung des Zionismus Thon wrote literary and scientific academic works and journalistic essays and a 1910 work on the philosophical and sociological methods of Herbert Spencer Political career editIn 1906 Thon made an unsuccessful bid to represent the Jewish National Party in Kolomyya Eastern Galicia in the elections to the Austrian parliament He continued his political activities and expanded them after the First World War He represented the Western Galician Jewish National Council at the Versailles Peace Conference In 1919 Thon was elected to the first Sejm and served in the Polish parliament until 1931 where his oratory received a hearing even among antisemitic MPs References editEncyclopaedia Judaica vol 15 pp 1121 1123 Jerusalem Keter Publishing 1971 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ozjasz Thon nbsp This biographical article about a Polish rabbi is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ozjasz Thon amp oldid 1184339558, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
