The Rintel File-Part 1

Journal article

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In Journal Issue

Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 24, 4 (2020)

Author(s) Raymond Apple AbstractRev. Moses Rintel was the inaugural minister of the Melbourne Hebrew Congregation. After protracted controversy he walked out with some of his supporters and set up a rival congregation. This article in two parts describes his background and his rabbinic career. The story of his background, told in Part I, centres on his father, Rev. Myer Rintel, a poultry shohet, who is credited with writing a robust Hebrew defence of the chief rabbi of London, Solomon Hirschell, who was under literary attack from an artist-scholar, Solomon Bennett. The article examines the nature of the controversy and questions the real role of Myer Rintel. Myer ended up in obscurity, but Moses was a dynamic, controversial rabbi in Australia.
Year2020
Pages614-631
Keyword(s)British Chief Rabbinate; Hirschell; Solomon Bennett; Rev. Myer Rintel; Rev. Moses Rintel; Rabbinic Training.