Nathan
Adler
was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1803. After
being educated at Gottingen, Erlangen and Wurzburg, he became chief
rabbi of Oldenburg in 1829 and of Hanover in 1830. Adler moved to
England and in 1845 was appointed as chief rabbi of the united congregations
of the British Empire. In 1855 Adler established the first Jewish
College to train ministers.
When Nathan
Adler died in 1890 he was replaced as chief rabbi by his son Hermann
Adler. This was a time when Jewish immigration was growing very fast.
A significant number of Jewish immigrants from
Europe refused to accept the authority of the new chief rabbi. His
anti-Zionism was especially unpopular with the recent arrivals. Hermann
Adler,
who wrote The
Jews in England,
died in 1911.
Available from Amazon Books
(order below)
