Jacob Sonderling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacob Sonderling

German rabbi

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1878

Place of Birth: Lipiny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 30-Sep-1964

Profession: writer, rabbi

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Jacob Sonderling (19 October 1878 – 30 September 1964) was a German and American Rabbi.
He was born in a chassidic family and was an early Zionist (Klal Yisrael).
His aim was to combine art and religion.Sonderling was born in Lipine, now part of Swietochlowice.
He wrote his Ph.D.
dissertation about the logic lessons of Kant.
He was a preacher at Hamburg Temple with David Leimdörfer.
In World War I, he was Field Rabbi in the Hindenburg army and emigrated to the United States in 1923. After his arrival in the USA, he served as a rabbi in New York and Chicago.
In Los Angeles he was founder of the Fairfax Temple and helped Jewish immigrants with music commissions.
He died, aged 85, in Los Angeles.