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Back, Abraham, 1878-1949


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    • Back, rabbin, 1878-1949
    • Bach, Abraham, 1878-1949

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        • found: Haggadah. Haggada de Pessah, 1925:title page (Haggada de Pessah; texte hébreu revu par le rabbin Back)
        • found: OCLC, 27 March 2019(access points: Back, Abraham, 1878-1949, Back, Rabbin, Back, rabbin, Back; usage: le rabbin Back (different manifestations of the same one expression))
        • found: VIAF, 28 March 2019:Back, Abraham (authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Back, Abraham, 1878-1949 (National Library of Israel, Sudoc (ABES)), Abraham Back rabbin et bibliothécaire français (Wikidata); VIAF ID: 315249218 (Personal)) - http://viaf.org/viaf/315249218
        • found: VIAF, 28 March 2019:Back, rabbin [1] (authorized access point in VIAF cluster: Back, rabbin (RERO)); VIAF ID: 685155042800372401978 (Personal)) - http://viaf.org/viaf/685155042800372401978
        • found: VIAF, 28 March 2019:Back, rabbin [2] (authorized access point in VIAF cluster: Back, rabbin (National Library of Israel)); VIAF ID: 390152742982927730601 (Personal)) - http://viaf.org/viaf/390152742982927730601
        • found: Archives juives, 2010, viewed online 27 March 2019:pages 137-139: Lévy, Monique. Abraham Back, alias Bach, rabbin à Paris, bibliothécaire à l'AIU, professeur au Séminaire israélite (Abraham Back, alias Bach; Bucarest (Roumanie) 23 July 1878-Nice, 3 July 1949; arrived in October 1897 in Paris to enter Séminaire israélite; in 1903, he obtained second-degree diploma there; obtained naturalization as French citizen by decree dated 11 August 1914; had requested in 1911, but it was delayed; prior to naturalization, in 1912, became teacher of Talmud at the Talmud Torah of Séminaire israélite, then, in 1914, teacher at SIF and École normale israélite orientale (ENIO) of Alliance israélite universelle (AIU) as well as librarian at AIU; during World War I, served as military chaplain: at Maubeuge in 1914, then at Rennes with the 10e Région, which was involved in 1915 in Battle of Carency; became honorary president of Anciens combattants volontaires juifs, an association presided over by Edmond Fleg; editor of periodical Le Volontaire juif; after war, took up positions again, professor of Talmud and homiletics at Séminaire israélite, and during 1920s gave a public course on the Talmud there; 1922-1933, taught Hebrew at ENIO; in 1922, elected to Association des rabbins français; tried to popularize knowledge of Talmud, Hassidism, and cult rules; member of Mizrahi in 1927; sponsored Bnei Yerouschalaïm, association to assist Jews in the Holy Land; in 1931, became rabbi of consistorial oratory of ENIO in Auteuil; in 1934, secretary of Bet Din, the rabbinical tribunal; remained as librarian of AIU (located on 45 rue La Bruyère since 1937) until 1940; in World War II, his eventual country of retreat was Algeria, where he stayed during the war; after war, ended his days at Villa Jacob de Cimiez, community retirement home in Nice; the AIU acquired his personal library; works: revised the Hebrew text of Haggada de Pâques for the 1925 translation by Edmond Fleg, published articles in French) - https://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=AJ_431_0137#
        • found: Archives juives, 2001, viewed online 28 March 2019:pages 98-113: Kuperminc, Jean-Claude. La reconstruction de la bibliothèque de l'Alliance israélite universelle, 1945-1955 (le rabbin Abraham Back; le grand rabbin Abraham Back; was directing the bibliothèque de l'Alliance israélite universelle as of 1937; library pillaged during Nazi occupation; at meeting of 11 December 1946, Edmond-Maurice Lévy indicated that since Back's health did not allow him to resume his position, Lévy would accept directing the restoration of the library; Back's library was one of the libraries acquired for it) - https://www.cairn.info/revue-archives-juives1-2001-1-page-98.htm
        • found: Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 27 March 2019(Abraham Back (or Bach); born 23 July 1878, Bucarest, Roumanie; died 3 July 1949, Nice; French rabbi, librarian at Alliance israélite universelle, and teacher at Séminaire israélite de France (SIF)) - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Back
        • found: Wikidata, 27 March 2019(Abraham Back (Q46827390); sex or gender: male; country of citizenship: France; date of birth: 23 July 1878, Gregorian; place of birth: Bucharest; date of death: 3 July 1949; place of death: Nice; occupation: rabbi; religion: Judaism) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q46827390

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        • 2019-04-01: new
        • 2019-04-02: revised

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