Kaim Pollák Explained

Kaim Pollák
Birth Date:6 October 1835
Birth Place:Liptó-Szent-Miklós, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Occupation:Writer, educator
Language:Hungarian, German, Hebrew

Kaim Pollák (; October 6, 1835 – March 28, 1905) was a Hungarian writer and educator.

Biography

Pollák was born to a Jewish family in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, Hungary, where his father was a spice merchant. He received a Talmudic education in his hometown, and later in Presburg and Sátoralja Ujhely. In 1858 he went to Prague, where he attended Rapoport's lectures, and then taught successively at the Jewish schools in Szegzárd, Hód Mezö Vásárhely, and Alt-Ofen. When, in 1870, the Jewish school of the last-named community was made a municipal common school, Pollák was retained in his position, which he continued to hold until his retirement in 1902.

Pollák was a prolific writer, contributing to , , and other Hungarian Jewish journals and yearbooks. He published several textbooks, one of which, a geometry for public schools, passed through eight editions between 1878 and 1905. He also published a complete Hebrew-Hungarian dictionary and translations of various Hebrew works into Hungarian. In 1882 and 1883 Pollák edited the religious journal Jeschurun, directed mainly against the anti-Semitic writings of Rohling.[1]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Поллак, Каим. Pollak, Kaim. 12. 692.