Jakob Löwenstein
Jakob Koppel Löwenstein was a German rabbi and writer in Baden.
Biography
Jakob Löwenstein was the son of Joseph Löwenstein. He studied first at the Yeshiva in Bruchsal, then from 1813 in Karlsruhe under Ascher Löw and Aron Ettlinger, from 1816 in Mainz under Abraham Naftali Hertz Scheuer, from 1820 in Hanau under Moses Sontheim, and from 1825 in Würzburg under Abraham Bing. In 1825 and 1826 he studied secular studies at the University of Würzburg.In 1829 Löwenstein married Regina Ettlinger. Together they had thirteen children, of which the following eleven were born in Gailingen am Hochrhein: Adelheid, Hannchen, Minette, Isaac, Rebekka, Samuel, Babette, Mirjam, Leopold, Judith and Joseph.
From 1829 to 1851 he was district rabbi in Gailingen. He was a representative of the so-called neo-orthodoxy. In July 1852 he took over the district rabbinate in Tauberbischofsheim, a position he held until his death.