Scandinavian Jewry 1911-1955: In the Footsteps of Rabbi A. I. Jacobson Through Turbulent Times - Hardcover
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Scandinavian Jewry 1911-1955: In the Footsteps of Rabbi A. I. Jacobson Through Turbulent Times
Abraham Israel Jacobson's biography (1888-1955) spans a transformative period in Jewish history, from Ottoman Palestine to post-Holocaust Europe. Following his Yeshiva studies in Eretz Israel, Jacobson arrived in Sweden in 1911, beginning four and a half decades of leadership in Scandinavia, from the start performing the duties of teacher, chazan, shochet, and mohel. The biography draws on his...
Seth Jacobson, a graduate of the University of Stockholm, lives in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1995, he discovered the previously unknown archive of his grandfather, Rabbi Abraham Israel Jacobson. It proved to be a treasure of information about Scandinavian Jewry and Holocaust history--and has served as the foundation for this biography.
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