Sigmund Hecht
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Sigmund Hecht | |
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| Born | August 1, 1849 |
| Died | June 27, 1925 (aged 75) |
| Education | University of Alabama |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Parent | Moritz Hecht |
Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925) was a Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi. An immigrant to the United States, he served congregations in Alabama and Wisconsin before serving as the fifth rabbi of Congregation B'nai B'rith, the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles, California, from 1899 to 1919.
Sigmund Hecht was born on August 1, 1849, in Hlinik, Hungary.[1][2] His father was named Moritz Hecht.[2] He grew up in Zsolna, Hungary and went to a rabbinic seminary in Vienna, Austria, receiving a degree in Jewish theology in Bistrizt, Hungary.[2]
He immigrated to the United States in his early twenties, arriving in 1868, three years after the American Civil War of 1861-1865.[1] He first studied Jewish theology in New York City.[2] He then moved to the American South, where he received a Doctorate of Divinity from the University of Alabama in 1886.[2]