Joseph Breuer

This article is about the rabbi. For the early psychoanalyst, see Josef Breuer.
Joseph Breuer
Born(1882-03-20)March 20, 1882
Pápa, Kingdom of Hungary
DiedApril 19, 1980(1980-04-19) (aged 98)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Rika Eisenmann
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(m. 1911)​
ChildrenMarc Breuer [fr] (b. 1912)
Parent(s)Solomon Breuer and Sophie Hirsch

Joseph Breuer, also known as Yosef Breuer (March 20, 1882 – April 19, 1980) was a rabbi and community leader in Germany and the United States. He was rabbi of one of the large Jewish synagogues founded by German-Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi oppression that had settled in Washington Heights, New York.[1]

  1. ^ Dovid Landesman, David Kranzler (1998). Rav Breuer: His Life and His Legacy. Jerusalem: Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 1-58330-163-1.