Alexander Kohut
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Alexander Kohut (April 22, 1842 - May 25, 1894) was a rabbi and scholar who helped found the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
He was born in Felegyhaza in Hungary, and received no schooling until his family moved to Kecskemet when he was eight. He studied the Talmud, and received a Ph.D from the University of Leipzig in 1864. He earned a rabbinical diploma in 1867. He died in New York city at the age of fifty-two.
External link
- Alexander Kohut from the Jewish Encyclopedia
