{{Short description|German rabbi and author (1843–1910)}} '''Adolf Lewin''' was a German [[rabbi]] and [[author]]. He was born in [[Pniewy|Pinne]], [[Grand Duchy of Posen]] on 23 September 1843. Lewin was educated at the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau|Jewish Theological Seminary]] and at the [[University of Breslau]]. In 1872 he was appointed rabbi in [[Koźmin Wielkopolski|Koźmin]], later in [[Coblenz]], and in 1886 was called to the rabbinate of [[Freiburg|Freiburg im Breisgau]]. He died in 1910.
==Publications== *"Die Religionsdisputation R. Jehiels", a prize essay (Breslau, 1869); *"Die Makkabäische Erhebung", a dissertation (ib. 1870); *"Zur Judenfrage: Naturwissenschaft oder Judenhass" (ib. 1880); *"Der Judenspiegel des Dr. Justus, ins Licht der Wahrheit gerückt", Magdeburg 1884 *"Juden in Freiburg-im-Breisgau" (Treves, 1890); *"Das Judenthum und die Nichtjuden" (ib. 1891); *"Geschichte, Geographie, und Reiselitteratur der Juden" (in Winter and Wünsche, "Die Jüdische Litteratur", ii. 287–473).
==References== *Nachruf in der Zeitschrift "Ost und West" 1910, Heft 5 (Mai), S. 336/337
==External links== * ''Jewish Encyclopedia'': [https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9918-lewin-adolf “Lewin, Adolf”] by Isidore Singer & Meyer Kayserling (1906). Now in public domain.
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