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Household of Prof. Louis Isaac Rabinowich

He had a relationship with Tania Amiel.


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Notes about Prof. Louis Isaac Rabinowich

According to the book "Unbroken Chain", has was also Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and deputy editor of Enclycopedia Judaica. His Ph.D. thesis was on Jews of Northern France during the 12th and 14th centuries. He was also the author of numerous books and a frequent contributor to the Jewish Chronicle (London) and Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem).

From Encyclopedia Judaica:

RABINOWITZ, LOUIS ISAAC (1906-1984), rabbi. Born in Edinburgh, he served as rabbi in the London communities of Shepherd's Bush, South Hackney, and Cricklewood, successively. During World War II he was
senior Jewish chaplain with the British army in the Middle East and Normandy. In 1945 he became chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg and the Federation of Synagogues of Transvaal and the Orange Free State. He was appointed professor of Hebrew at the University of Witwatersrand and head of the Johannesburg bet din. In 1947, in protest against British policy in Palestine, he discarded his war decorations in public. An eloquent preacher, he was also outspoken in his criticism of the South African government's apartheid policy. Retiring in 1961, he settled in Israel and became deputy editor in chief of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He was also a Gahal representative in the Jerusalem municipality from 1969 and in 1976 was appointed a deputy mayor of Jerusalem. He did not stand for re-election in
the elections held in October 1978. In 1980 he was made a Yakir Yerushalayim ("Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem"), and in November of that year he was given the title of Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the Federat
ion of Synagogues of South Africa.
Rabinowitz is the author of The Social Life of the Jews of Northern France (1938), Herem Hayyishub (1945), and Jewish Merchant Adventurers (1948). His other books include Soldiers from Judea (1942), F
ar East Mission (1952), Torah and Flora (1977), and volumes of sermons.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Louis Isaac Rabinowich

Eliezer Simcha Rabinowich
1839-1911
Gitel Yaffe
± 1840-????

Louis Isaac Rabinowich
1906-1984


Tania Amiel

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    Historical events

    Day of death August 8, 1984

    • The temperature on August 8, 1984 was between 9.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1984: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
      • February 3 » Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B is launched using Space Shuttle Challenger.
      • May 8 » The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
      • July 18 » McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
      • September 20 » A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
      • November 1 » After the assassination of Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984, by two of her Sikh bodyguards, anti-Sikh riots erupt.
      • November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
    

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