Back to Lexicon Entries List Elbogen, Ismar (1874-1941) Born 1874, researcher in Jewish studies From 1919, a professor at the Hochschule fuer die Wissensschaft des Judentums (College for Judaic Studies) in Berlin - the Liberal rabbinical seminary. In 1933-1938, he chaired the education committee of the National Representation (Reichsvertretung). In 1939 he emigrated to the United States, where he died in 1941. Back to top