Английская Википедия:Baruch Placzek

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Baruch Jacob Placzek (1 October 1834 – 17 September 1922), also known by the pen name Benno Planek,Шаблон:R was a Moravian rabbi, author, poet, orator, and naturalist. He was the last Landesrabbiner of Moravia, which position he held from 1884 until his death.Шаблон:R As a writer, he published numerous sermons, speeches, and obituaries, as well as scientific, lyrical, and narrative works.Шаблон:R

Biography

Early life and education

Baruch Jacob Placzek was born in Weisskirchen (now Hranice, Czech Republic) to Anna (Шаблон:Nee) and Abraham Placzek, Landesrabbiner of Moravia. He was taught Talmud by his father in Boskowitz, and educated at the gymnasia of Nikolsburg and Brünn.Шаблон:R He then attended the Universities of Vienna and Leipzig, where he completed a PhD under the supervision of Wilhelm Wachsmuth in November 1856,Шаблон:R with a dissertation on the cultural history of the indigenous peoples of Mexico.Шаблон:R

Career

Placzek afterwards taught at a Jewish school in Frankfurt, and founded a Шаблон:Ill in Hamburg in 1858. In 1861 he became Chief Rabbi of Brünn (Brno), a position he held for the next forty-four years.Шаблон:R He meanwhile succeeded his father as Landesrabbiner of Moravia in 1884, in which role he was an adherent of moderate religious reform.Шаблон:R He promoted the foundation of the Шаблон:Ill seminary in Vienna, for which he served as curator, and was a founder of a number of philanthropic societies.Шаблон:R

In part under the pseudonym Benno Planek, he besides published the collections of poetry Im Eruw (1867) and Stimmungsbilder (1872), the novel Der Takif (1895), and other works, several of which were translated into English, French, and Hebrew.Шаблон:RШаблон:R As a naturalist, he gave natural science lectures at the Natural History Society of Brünn, and contributed to the journals Шаблон:Ill and The Popular Science Monthly. He was a close friend of Gregor Mendel, and corresponded with Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution he promoted.Шаблон:R In one article, Placzek attempted to show that the rabbis in the Talmud put forward ideas akin to Darwinism.Шаблон:R

Placzek received an honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1907.Шаблон:R He was a knight of the Order of Franz Joseph, and an honorary member of several political societies.Шаблон:R

Death and legacy

Placzek died in 1922 at the age of 87, predeceased by his wife Caroline and son Oswald.Шаблон:RШаблон:R He was survived by his children Sarah, Linda, Ida, Emma, Alfred, and Irma,Шаблон:R at least two of whom died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto during the Holocaust.Шаблон:RШаблон:R Among his grandchildren were the physicist George Placzek (1905–1955) and the architect and art historian Шаблон:Ill (1913–2000).Шаблон:RШаблон:R His nephew Leo Baeck would go on to serve as President of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.Шаблон:R

A bust of Placzek's likeness was unveiled in the entrance hall of the Brno Jewish Community Centre in 2012.Шаблон:R

Selected publications

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References

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