Background
He was born on 30 January 1871 in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary.
He was born on 30 January 1871 in Pressburg, Austria-Hungary.
He studied at the Pressburg Yeshiva, and studied Oriental philology and history at the University of Berlin (Doctor of Philosophy 1895).
In 1896, he was called to Hohenems as chief rabbi of Tyrol and Vorarlberg. And from 1904 to 1907 he was rabbi of Meran (Tyrol). From 1907 until his death, he served as rabbi of the Jewish community of Goppingen in Wurttemberg.
His history of the Jews of Goppingen and nearby Jebenhausen is notable as a thorough documentation of a Jewish community from its beginnings.
In World War I, he served as a Feldrabbiner (Jewish chaplain) in the German army, primarily on the Eastern front.
He looked after German and Austrian Jewish soldiers and took care of Jewish prisoners of war in Prisoner Of War camps like Doeberitz and Sedan.