Jacob Sonderling

Jacob Sonderling (19 October 1878 – 30 September 1964) was a German and American Rabbi.

He was born in a chassidic family and was an early Zionist[1] (Klal Yisrael).

He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation about the logic lessons of Kant.

In World War I, he was Field Rabbi in the Hindenburg army and emigrated to the United States in 1923.

In Los Angeles he was founder of the Fairfax Temple and helped Jewish immigrants with music commissions.

Jacob Sonderling Tree planting Ceremony 1964 in Simi Valley