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Max Reisel

Max Reisel (Amsterdam, April 25, 1913 - Jerusalem, 1989) was a Dutch semiticist (of Jewish descent) and a teacher at the Montessori Lyceum Rotterdam. He strove in the dissemination of knowledge about Judaism in general and Hebrew language in particular. He played an important role in the field of education in the Netherlands.[1]

Max Reisel
BornMax Reisel Edit this on Wikidata
25 April 1913 Edit this on Wikidata
Died26 January 1989 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 75)
EducationDoctor of Philosophy Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationUniversity teacher Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
  • Montessori Lyceum Rotterdam Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldsecretary (Nederlands Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap) Edit this on Wikidata

Life

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M. Reisel was born on April 25, 1913, in Amsterdam.[2][3] Reisel was the son of Wolf Pinchas Reisel (1881-1943), a well-known chief Hazzan of the Neie Sjoel (New Synagogue in Amsterdam), and Sonja Wigdorowitz (1884-1943).[4][5][6][7] They would eventually have eight children, namely; Barend (1908-1943), Lilly (1909-1945), Slata (1910, died shortly after birth), Ellie (1911-1999), Max himself, Jacques (1915-1976), Rudolf (1920-1998) and Mirjam (1925-1943).[7]

In his youth, Max attended Hendrik Wester School, a public school on Weesperplein.[8]

He later became department chairman of the Jewish Youth Organization and wrote a thesis on its guidelines.[9]

In 1930, Reisel began his teacher training in Amsterdam. He was still rejected for military service in 1932,[10] and in 1937 he passed the examination for Israel's religious headteacher position,[11] but he was not able to do so.

War years

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Reisel continued his studies, graduating in pedagogy in 1941 and Dutch language and literature in 1942,[12] but Reisel would not practice teaching until after the war, and would not be able to do so until the war ended.[13]

Max Reisel married Clara Frederika Levie (1920-2000) during the war, in 1942,[10][14][15] This followed Jewish tradition: the chuppah took place at his parents' home. Max had a daughter with Clara,[5] the same year he became a cultural contributor to Het Joodsch Weekblad.[10][16]

He applied to be on the Barneveld list during the war, but had been rejected,[17] though his brother Jacques, though then only a simple physician's assistant, did get on that list,[18] yet Max survived the war. Of his parental family, besides himself, only his sister Rachel (Ellie) and brothers Jacques and Rudolf eventually survived the war. Both parents,[19][20] his brother Barend (Benno)[21] and his sisters Lina (Lilly)[22] and Mirjam[23] perished in the Holocaust, and they were all killed.[24]

After the war

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In 1946, Reisel became a teacher of Dutch at the Montessori Lyceum in Rotterdam.[3] From 1946 to 1964 he was secretary of the Nederlands-Israëlitische Gemeente and a member of the central education committee of the Nederlands Israëlitisch Kerkgenootschap (NIK).[5][25][26][9][13]

Reisel also studied Semitic languages and received his Ph.D. in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam in 1957, with the thesis Observations on אהיה אשר אהיה, הואהא and שם המפורש, or Observations on the Tetragrammaton[27] (Observations on Ehyeh aéser ehyeh, Hûhâ and éSēm ham-mefôrāés).[3][25] This thesis was published that same year in book form with the title The mysterious name of Y.H.W.H. The English translation was done by Henriëtte Boas.[28] Reisel's work is considered one of the most profound studies on the Tetragrammaton by far in 2014.[29][30]

That same year, the School voor Hebreeuwse Taal- en Letterkunde en Judaïca (School for Hebrew Language and Literature and Judaica) was founded in Rotterdam, which was headed by Reisel from the beginning. The aim of this school was to meet the then growing interest in the Jewish language and literature.[31]

Over the years he wrote several books, including a biography of Maimonides, Judaism in Modern Society, and the translation of the Book of Genesis.[3]

Reisel emigrated to Israel in the late 1970s,[32][33] where he died on January 26, 1989, in Jerusalem.[3]

Selected works

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Reisel wrote several books, including a biography on Maimonides, Judaism in Modern Society and a translation of the Book of Genesis.[34]

Thesis

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  • Reisel, Max (1957). Observations on Ehyeh aéser ehyeh, Hûhâ and éSēm ham-mefôrāés (Zugl.: Amsterdam, Univ., PhD Diss.). Assen van Gorcum. OCLC 839780182.

Books

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  • Reisel, M. (1957). The mysterious name of Y.H.W.H.: the tetragrammaton in connection with the names of EHYEH ašer EHYEH-Hūhā-and S̈̌em Hammephôrǎs. Studia Semitica Neerlandica. Vol. 2. Assen: Van Gorcum. doi:10.1163/9789004354876. ISBN 9789004354876. OCLC 1276166.
  • Reisel, M. (1957). Observations on Eheyeh asher eheyeh. Assen: Van Gorcum, G.A. Hak & Prakke. OCLC 11396285.
  • Reisel, M. (1959). Het Jodendom in de moderne samenleving; enige feiten typerend voor het Jodendom in het licht van de herrezen Staat Israël (in Dutch). 's-Gravenhage, L.J.C. Boucher. OCLC 9881539.
  • Reisel, M.; Mūsā b ʿUbayd Ibn Maymūn (1963). Maimonides. Helden van de geest. Vol. 30. Den Haag: Kruseman. OCLC 781135612.
  • Reisel, M.; Stichting voor Hebreeuwse taal- en letterkunde (Rotterdam) (1966). Genesis = Bere·šît: transcriptie, verklaring, vertaling. Den Haag: Kruseman. OCLC 63413768.

Varia

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Max Reisel is uncle of Wanda Reisel, a Dutch writer.

References

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  1. ^ Jozeph Michman; Hartog Beem; Dan Mikhman (1999). Pinkas Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland (2 ed.). Uitgeverij Contact. p. 531. ISBN 9789025495138.
  2. ^ "Inventarissen". archief.amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Hiigkeraren en gepromoveerden van 1632 tot Heden". Album Academicum. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. ^ Mr. M. J. Cohen (2004). Philo Bregstein; Salvador Bloemgarten (eds.). Herinnering aan Joods Amsterdam (3 ed.). Bezige Bij. ISBN 9789023415565.
  5. ^ a b c "Max Reisel". Joodserfgoedrotterdam. Joodse sporen in Rotterdam en omgeving. 25 July 1908. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  6. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - NRC Handelsblad". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 21 October 1978. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  7. ^ a b "Pinchas Wolf Reisel". joodsamsterdam. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  8. ^ "Joods Biografisch Woordenboek". joodsbw.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  9. ^ a b "Reisel, Max 1913 - 1989". Database Joods Biografisch Woordenboek. Joden in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  10. ^ a b c "Indexen". archief.amsterdam. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  11. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - De Telegraaf". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 26 October 1937. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  12. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - De residentiebode". De Residentiebode (in Dutch). 10 July 1942. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  13. ^ a b "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad". Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad (in Dutch). 10 February 1989. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  14. ^ Van den Beukel et al (ed.) 2016) De Drentse Sjoa - Joodse oorlogsslachtoffers in de provincie Drenthe, uitgegeven door Sjoa-Drenthe, p.133
  15. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Het joodsche weekblad : uitgave van den Joodschen Raad voor Amsterdam". Het Joodsche Weekblad : Uitgave van den Joodschen Raad voor Amsterdam (in Dutch). 14 August 1942. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  16. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad". Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad (in Dutch). 22 June 1979. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  17. ^ "Joods Biografisch Woordenboek". www.jodeninnederland.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  18. ^ Gabreels, Luka (2020). "Het verhaal van de familie Muller". www.domcast.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  19. ^ 'Over Pinchas Wolf Reisel' (Joods monument)
  20. ^ 'Sonie Reisel-Wigdorowitz' (Joods monument)
  21. ^ 'Barend Reisel' (Joods monument)
  22. ^ 'Lina Meijer-Reisel' (Joods monument)
  23. ^ 'Mirjam Reisel' (Joods monument)
  24. ^ "Jacques Reisel - Familie geschiedenis". jacques.reisel.net. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
  25. ^ a b Eddy van Amerongen (2002). Nog slechts herinnering--: mijn vooroorlogs Joods Amsterdam. Amphora Books. ISBN 9789064460296.
  26. ^ "De Centrale Commissie vergaderde..." Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad. N.I.W. 1948-04-09.
  27. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Dagblad". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 31 May 1957. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  28. ^ "Observations on the Tetragrammaton / Max Reisel; [transl. from the Dutch by Henriette Boas]". Koninklijke Nationale Bibliotheek.
  29. ^ André H. Roosma (2014), De wonderbare en liefelijke naam van de God die er was, die er is, en die er zijn zal, Zoetermeer. p.5
  30. ^ Roosma, André (2014-11-14). "Hallelu-Jah - De veelzeggende Naam van God (3) - De namen van mensen die verwezen naar de grote Naam". www.hallelu-jah.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  31. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Algemeen Handelsblad". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 15 September 1962. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  32. ^ "Leidse Courant | 30 juni 1979 | pagina 20". Historische Kranten, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (in Dutch). 30 June 1979. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  33. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad". Nieuw Israelietisch Weekblad (in Dutch). 22 June 1979. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  34. ^ "Reisel, Max 1913 - 1989". Database Joods Biografisch Woordenboek. Joden in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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