Simon Schreiber
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Simon Schreiber was an Austrian rabbi, son of Moses Schreiber.
In 1842 he became rabbi of Mattersdorf
; in 1857 he declined a call from the congregation of Papa
; and in 1860 he accepted a similar invitation to the city of Cracow. He became the foremost leader of the Orthodox Jews of Galicia in religious as well as in worldly matters.
His reputation was such that in 1879 he was elected a member of the Austrian Parliament.
In 1880 Schreiber founded the Hebrew weekly "Maḥaziḳe ha-Dat," published in Lemberg.
In 1842 he became rabbi of Mattersdorf
Mattersdorf
Mattersdorf may refer to:* a town in the former Kingdom of Hungary, now Mattersburg in Austria* Kiryat Mattersdorf, a neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel...
; in 1857 he declined a call from the congregation of Papa
Papa
Papa or PAPA may refer to:*P, in the ICAO spelling alphabet*Papa class submarine*Pāpa, in Hinduism, the Sanskrit word for the concept of sin* Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for fatherPeople:...
; and in 1860 he accepted a similar invitation to the city of Cracow. He became the foremost leader of the Orthodox Jews of Galicia in religious as well as in worldly matters.
His reputation was such that in 1879 he was elected a member of the Austrian Parliament.
In 1880 Schreiber founded the Hebrew weekly "Maḥaziḳe ha-Dat," published in Lemberg.