Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-04-05
RABBI LILIENTHAL.
Rev. Dr.. Lilienthal, the Veteran Di.
vine of Cincinnati, In a Dying
Conditional Sketch Of His
LONG AND USEFUL CAREER,

Special to the Courier ournakl
CINCINNATI, April 2.-Rev. DR.
Max. Lilienthal, for twenty-seveI
years Rabbi of the Temple on Mounl
and Eighth streets, is now lying at thu
point Of death. Last Sunday morning
he was found in his bed in an uncon'
scious condition, and it was with diff
Guilty that be was revived. After hil
restoration to consciousness it was
discovered that his left side had been
paralyzed. Drs. Conveys and Rosen-
feldt were summoned and after an ex-
animation found that the patient left
side was paralyzed from his head
down.
Throughout the week he was Eighty,
at times recognizing friends and then
appearing entirely senseless Of the
surroundings. For the past three
weeks or more the Rabbi had been
suffering from pleuritic affection Of
the right side, although he conducted
services as usual on yesterday one
week ago, and in the evening appeared
in good spirits. This evening the at
tending physicians gave him up, and
pronounced death not far of.
DR.. Lilienthal, Rabbi, was born in
1915, in Munich, the capital of Bava-
ria. and from boyhood was educated
for the Jewish ministry. After COM
pleting course in the High Schools
he entered the University of that city,
passed with eminenee the examina-
lions of the philosophical AMI thee
logical faculties, and graduated in 1887
as Doctor of Philosophy. Having con.
tributed several scientific articles to
the Jewish periodicals of that time,
be received in 1899. a call as Director
of the Hebrew School in Riga, Rus.
sia.
The Russian Embassy of Munich
recommended him highly to the Sec
retaries OF the Interior and Public In
struction in st. Petersburg, and he
was received by them in the most en-
couraging manner. For his inaugural
address at the opening of the new
school be was rewarded by the Empe
ror Nicholas with costly diamond
ring. The school under his direction
made such rapid progress that the
imperial government ordered him to
travel through the several western
provinces of the Empire to encourage
his co rehgionists in opening schools
and to prepare them for the plans in
augurated BY the government for their
better secular instruction.
He performed this arduous and i'm
portant mission in 1912 to the entire
satisfaction of the Minister Of Public
instruction, and was summoned to
st. Petersburg as Councillor in this
Department. There he remained until
1916 preparing the plans for primary,
intermediate and Hebrew High
Schools, and would have remained in
the Russian service if Nicholas had
not issued some orders tending to the
conversion of the Jews to the Greek
Russian Church. To such an under
taking he would not lend helping
hand, as he was an uncompromising
advocate of civil and religious liberty.
He at once resigned his Office, left
the Empire, and with his wife sailed for
America. He arrived in New
York and was Immediately elected
rabbi of three congregations, an Office
which lie resigned for the purpose of
opening a Jewish boarding school.
He continued at this with great
success until the health of his wife
failed and he accepted in 1856 unani.
nous call as rabbi Of one Of the -four.
ishing congregations Of Cincinnati, the
position he now fills. Soon after
his arrival in this city he was elected
a member Of the Board of Education.
which Office he also still holds.
During his term as a member of the
School Board he introduced into the
public schools instruction in object
lessons, published a manual for that
purpose, and introduced other i'm
portsnt improvements, both in the
intermediate and High Schools. He
was the prime mover in the sewing
school enterprise, which was talked Of
so much last year, and which will
eventually form valuable element in
our public school system. In 1872 he
was elected Director Of the Board of
the Cincinnati University, in whose
future success he took the liveliest
interest.
In 1861 he was chosen Director Of
the City Relief Union, an organization
which has since been marked by its
energetic and untiring work. He was
widely known as an orator and lee
turer, and as such was highly appre
ciated. Since 1874 he assumed the
editorship Of the Hebrew Sabbath
School Visitor. the olly organ of the
kind in this country. He wrote and
published several volumes on Jewish
theology, besides sermons, poems and
lessons on morals for the public
schools.
Though a classical scholar, Rabbi
Lilienthal sided with those who adyo.
Gated the scientific courses Of instruc.
ton and progress. Liberty. the com
mon iatherhood of God and the com
mon brotherhood of men, were the
leading principles Of his life and
writings.
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Human Suffering Relieved.
Intensely severe headaches, cousti
patton of the bowels, deficiency Of