Rabbi Frederick de Sola Mendes

1850 - 1927  (77 years)

• Name	Frederick de Sola Mendes
  Prefix	Rabbi
  Born	8 Jul 1850	Montego Bay, Jamaica
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Frederick de Sola Mendes Rabbi Frederick de Sola Mendes Position Rabbi Synagogue West End Synagogue, Congregation Shaaray Tefillah, New York Personal details Born 8 July 1850 Montego Bay, Jamaica Died 26 October 1927 New Rochelle, New York Parents Abraham Pereira Mendes, Eliza de Sola Spouse Isabel Francis Mendes Children Irma DeSola Steinhardt, Arthur de Sola Mendes, David Martin Mendes, Jesse de Sola Mendes, Alma Levine, Vera de Sola Goodman, and Nina de Sola Mendes Occupation  • Rabbi Frederick de Sola Mendes (Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, July 8, 1850—1927) was a rabbi, author, and editor.[1] Family history and education He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Pereira Mendes, grandson of Rabbi David Aaron de Sola, and great-grandson of Haham Raphael Meldola. He was also brother of Rabbi Henry Pereira Mendes. He was educated at Northwick College and at University College School, London, and at the University of London (B.A. 1869). Subsequently, he went to Breslau, Germany, where he entered the university and studied rabbinics at the Jewish Theological Seminary of Breslau. Mendes received the degree of Ph.D. from Jena University in 1871. Rabbinic career Returning to England, he was licensed to preach as rabbi by Haham Benjamin Artom, in London, 1873; in the same year he was appointed preacher of the Great St. Helen's Synagogue of that city, but in December removed to New York, where he had accepted a call to the rabbinate of Shaaray Tefillah congregation (now the West End Synagogue); he entered upon his duties there January 1, 1874 as assistant minister to Rabbi Samuel M. Isaacs. In 1877, Dr. Mendes was elected rabbi of the congregation and continued in that position until 1920 when he retired as Rabbi Emeritus. Writings Dr. Mendes achieved a great reputation for scholarship and writing power. In conjunction with his brother Henry Pereira Mendes and others, he was one of the founders of the American Hebrew and was its editor during the first six years (1879-1885). In 1888, he took part in the Field-Ingersoll controversy, writing for the North American Review an article entitled "In Defense of Jehovah."[1] In 1900, Mendes joined the staff of the Jewish Encyclopedia as revising editor and chief of the translation bureau, which positions he resigned in September 1902. Associated with Dr. Marcus Jastrow and Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, he was one of the revisers of the Jewish Publication Society of America Version of the Bible. He also translated Jewish Family Papers: Letters of a Missionary, by "Gustav Meinhardt" (Dr. William Herzberg). Of his publications the following may be mentioned: Child's First Bible; Outlines of Bible History; and Defense not Defiance. He contributed also the article on the "Jews" to Johnson's Encyclopedia. In 1903, he became for a time editor of The Menorah, a monthly magazine.[1] References External links • http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10667-mendes • Works by or about Frederick de Sola Mendes at Internet Archive  [1]
  Hebrew Birth	28 Tam 5610
  Hebrew Death	30 Tis 5688
  Immigration	USA
  Occupation	Rabbi
  Residence	Montego Bay, Jamaica
  Residence	New York, NY, USA
  Died	26 Oct 1927	New Rochelle, NY, USA
  Person ID	I19576	Blank Family
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Rabbi Abraham Pereira Mendes,   b. 9 Feb 1825, Kingston, Jamaica ,   d. 18 Apr 1893, New York, NY, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Eliza de Sola,   d. Yes - date unknown
  Family ID	F10167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabel Francis Mendes
  Children	1. Irma Mendes,   b. 1880   2. Alma Mendes   3. Arthur Mendes,   b. 6 Jun 1883, New York, NY, USA ,   d. 1941, New York, NY, USA  (Age 57 years)   4. Vera Mendes   5. Nina Mendes   6. Jessae Mendes
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F14021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Immigration - - USA Residence - - New York, NY, USA Died - 26 Oct 1927 - New Rochelle, NY, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S78] Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia.