Joseph H. Hertz
Overview
 
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Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...

 Joseph Herman Hertz, CH
Order of the Companions of Honour
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 (September 25, 1872- January 14, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian-born Rabbi
History of the Jews in Hungary
Hungarian Jews have existed since at least the 11th century. After struggling against discrimination throughout the Middle Ages, by the early 20th century the community grew to be 5% of Hungary's population , and were prominent in science, the arts and business...

 and Bible scholar
Biblical criticism
Biblical criticism is the scholarly "study and investigation of Biblical writings that seeks to make discerning judgments about these writings." It asks when and where a particular text originated; how, why, by whom, for whom, and in what circumstances it was produced; what influences were at work...

. He is most notable for holding the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946, in a period encompassing both world war
World war
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s and The Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...

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Hertz was born in the then Rebrény, Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary comprised present-day Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia , Transylvania , Carpatho Ruthenia , Vojvodina , Burgenland , and other smaller territories surrounding present-day Hungary's borders...

 (presently is part of Zemplínska Široká
Zemplínska Široká
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, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

), and emigrated to New York City in 1884.
Quotations

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

Genesis I, 26 (p. 5)

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it — nothing superfluous, nothing lacking — a harmony.

Genesis I, 31 (p. 5)

Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

Genesis II, 5 (p. 7)

Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

Genesis II, 7 (p. 7)

Though man comes from the dust, sin is not a part of his nature. Man can overcome sin, and through repentance attain to at-one-ment with his Maker.

Genesis II, 7 (p. 7)

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

Genesis II, 15 (p. 8)

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

Genesis II, 17 (p. 8)

A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

Genesis II, 18 (p. 9)

In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

Genesis III, 16 (p. 12)

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

Genesis III, 21 (p. 12)

 
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