Scandinavia Special Interest Group (SIG)

Chief Rabbis of Denmark

1687 - 1700 Abraham SALOMON from Mähren, Germany.
1700 - 1728 Israel BER from Glogau, Poland
1729 - 1739 Marcus DAVID
1741 - 1775 Hirsch Samuel LEVY
1778 - 1793 Gedalia LEVIN
1793 - 1827 Abraham GEDALIA
1828 - 1891 Abraham WOLFF
1892 - 1902 David SIMONSEN
1903 - 1910 Tobias LEWENSTEIN
1919 - 1920 David SIMONSEN
1920 - 1847 Max (Moses) FRIEDIGER
1947 - 1969 Marcus MELCHIOR
1970 - 1996 Bent MELCHIOR
1996 - Bent LEXNER

Rabbis of Copenhagen

1879 - 1891 David SIMONSEN
???? - ???? Elias KALISCHER
???? - 1903 Hirsch GOITEIN
1906 - 1910 Max SCHORNSTEIN
1963 - 1970 Bent MELCHIOR
1971 - 1973 Jacob GARFINKEL

Catechists (teachers)

1816 - 1824 Isac Noa MANNHEIMER (later rabbi in Vienna, Austria)
1824 - ???? Esaias LEVISON


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