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Feb 10, 1831 Rauischholzhausen, Hesse, Germany Died on 18 Sep 1902 (aged 71)
Jewish teacher, journalist and philosopher
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About Isaac Rülf
- Isaac (Yitzhak) Rülf (February 10, 1831 – September 18, 1902) was a Jewish teacher, journalist and philosopher.
- He became widely known for his aid work and as a prominent early Zionist. Rülf was born in Rauischholzhausen, Hesse, Germany.
- He received a teaching certificate in 1849, became an assistant to the county rabbi and then taught in other small communities.
- He received his rabbinical certificate in 1854 from the University of Marburg and his Ph.D in 1865 at the University of Rostock.
- That year he became the rabbi of Memel, East Prussia.Rülf first found fame for his part in the 'Jankel Widutzky case' in which an English minister attempted to convert Widutzky, a Jewish youth, in Memel.
- Rülf attacked the missionary in the article Jankel Widutzky, der den Händen der Judenbekehrungs Mission entzogene Knabe (1867), sparking indignation in Germany.
- Widutzky was thus not converted and entered Rabbinical college.
