Dieter J Hecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 6716258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dieter J Hecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dieter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Hecht |
| SIGNATURE | HECHT D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Austrian Rabbis Search for Communities in Israel
Austria, as part of the German-speaking world, has a long history of Jewish communities and community rabbis. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Vienna was the third largest Jewish community in Europe, after Budapest and Warsaw. This article analyses the work and experience of rabbis from Austria who emigrated to Palestine after the ‘Anschluss’ in March 1938. Only few of them were able to regain positions as rabbis in Israel. The article …
Austrian Jewish Soldiers Conquering the Balkan before World War I
Religiöse Zionistinnen. Die Europäische Misrachi-Frauenorganisation 1929-1939
When Bessie Gotsfeld (1888-1962) founded the »Mizrachi Womenʼs Organization of America« (aka AMIT) in 1925, religious Zionist women in Europe also started to organize their work in several European countries. In 1928, Meir Berlin (later Meir Bar-Ilan), one of the leading rabbis of the Mizrachi movement, met in Vienna with Anitta Müller-Cohen (1890-1962), a prominent Zionist woman activist. After that meeting, Müller-Cohen joined the ranks of the …
Der König rief, und alle , alle kamen ’ Jewish military chaplains on duty in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I
The compulsory conscription of Jews was introduced in the Habsburg Monarchy in 1788. In 1866, the first Jewish military chaplain was appointed. Until World War I, only a few rabbis served in the army, but they had a significant impact on the self-assertion of Jewish soldiers in the Habsburg armed forces. Between 1914 and 1918, the number of Jewish military chaplains rose to 133, almost three times higher than in the German army. Some of the rabbi…
Self-Assertion in the Public Sphere
Jews like Adolf Fischhof and Ludwig August Frankl were prominent participants in the revolution of 1848. Their speeches, poems, and portraits circulated in Vienna and throughout the Empire. With the suppression of the revolution, most of these prominent Jews had to either leave Vienna or retreat to the private sphere. Only in the late 1850s did Jews regain their public presence, starting with the opening of the Leopoldstaedter Tempel in 1858 and …
Alison Rose, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna. Jewish History, Life, and Culture
Self-Assertion in the Public Sphere
Jews like Adolf Fischhof and Ludwig August Frankl were prominent participants in the revolution of 1848. Their speeches, poems, and portraits circulated in Vienna and throughout the Empire. With the suppression of the revolution, most of these prominent Jews had to either leave Vienna or retreat to the private sphere. Only in the late 1850s did Jews regain their public presence, starting with the opening of the Leopoldstaedter Tempel in 1858 and …
Alison Rose, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna. Jewish History, Life, and Culture
Der König rief, und alle , alle kamen ’ Jewish military chaplains on duty in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I
The compulsory conscription of Jews was introduced in the Habsburg Monarchy in 1788. In 1866, the first Jewish military chaplain was appointed. Until World War I, only a few rabbis served in the army, but they had a significant impact on the self-assertion of Jewish soldiers in the Habsburg armed forces. Between 1914 and 1918, the number of Jewish military chaplains rose to 133, almost three times higher than in the German army. Some of the rabbi…
Self-Assertion in the Public Sphere
Jews like Adolf Fischhof and Ludwig August Frankl were prominent participants in the revolution of 1848. Their speeches, poems, and portraits circulated in Vienna and throughout the Empire. With the suppression of the revolution, most of these prominent Jews had to either leave Vienna or retreat to the private sphere. Only in the late 1850s did Jews regain their public presence, starting with the opening of the Leopoldstaedter Tempel in 1858 and …
Religiöse Zionistinnen. Die Europäische Misrachi-Frauenorganisation 1929-1939
When Bessie Gotsfeld (1888-1962) founded the »Mizrachi Womenʼs Organization of America« (aka AMIT) in 1925, religious Zionist women in Europe also started to organize their work in several European countries. In 1928, Meir Berlin (later Meir Bar-Ilan), one of the leading rabbis of the Mizrachi movement, met in Vienna with Anitta Müller-Cohen (1890-1962), a prominent Zionist woman activist. After that meeting, Müller-Cohen joined the ranks of the …
Austrian Jewish Soldiers Conquering the Balkan before World War I
Austrian Rabbis Search for Communities in Israel
Austria, as part of the German-speaking world, has a long history of Jewish communities and community rabbis. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Vienna was the third largest Jewish community in Europe, after Budapest and Warsaw. This article analyses the work and experience of rabbis from Austria who emigrated to Palestine after the ‘Anschluss’ in March 1938. Only few of them were able to regain positions as rabbis in Israel. The article …
Judaism (6 works) · History (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Central European national history (2 works)