Judah Leo Landau

Judah Leo Landau (23 April 1866 – 26 August 1942) was a Galician-born South African rabbi and writer.

A noted scholar, poet, and playwright, he served as the inaugural Chief Rabbi of South Africa from 1915 until his death in 1942.

Landau was born in Zaliztsi (Załośce), near Brody, Galicia.

[2] After attending the fourth Zionist Congress in London in 1900, Landau remained in England for three years.

[4] Following the formation of the United Hebrew Congregation of Johannesburg in 1915, Landau was declared its Chief Rabbi.

Bar-Kokhba: shir ḥezyon tugah be-ḥamesh maʻarakhot.

Yesh ṭiḳṿah: ḥizayon me-ḥaye ʻamenu be-zeman ha-zeh : be-shalosh maʻarakhot.

1898. ha-Gezerah ha-shaṿah: toldot hitpatḥutah be-sifrut ha-Talmud.

Translated by Yehuda Leib Landau (German to Hebrew).

The modern rabbi, his duties and sphere of influence: English translation of the inaugural sermon delivered in German.

Nachnu edim = [Naḥnu ʻedim]: a song of Zion.

: a sermon on reform preached at the Park Synagogue on the second day of Passover, 1917.

Judaism in music: Jacques François Halévy ; a lecture.

In Festschrift Adolf Schwarz zum siebzigsten Geburtstage, 15 Juli 1916 gewidmet von Freunde und Schülern.

The study of Hebrew: its past and future : an inaugural lecture.

Don Yitsḥaḳ Abarbanel: ḥizayon hisṭori be-ḥamesh maʻarakhot.

Yiśraʼel Beshṭ: ḥïzayon hisṭori be-ḥamesh maʻarakhot.

Le-fanim o le-aḥor: deramah me-ḥaye ʻamenu ba-zeman ha-zeh, be-arbaʻ maʻarakhot.

Ṿiduyim: mikhtavim al devar ha-Yahadut ṿeha-Yehudim ba-zeman ha-zeh.

Zionism in the light of recent political events: a lecture delivered to the members of the Johannesburg women's Zionist league in 1917.

Conflicting worlds: a drama of present day Jewish life.

Judaism ancient and modern: a selection of Festival sermons.

Jewish Studies issued in honour of the Chief Rabbi J.L.

• MIEROVSKY, E. Avodato hasifrutit shel Judah Leib Landau.

Landau: his life and work for South African Jewry.

A literary plea for tolerance: John Simon interprets the play of the late Chief Rabbi Dr. J.L.

Landau and Bender: towards an appraisal of early South African Orthodox Judaism.

In Procceedings of the Ninth Annual Congress of the South African Judaica Society, 3-4 September, 1986.

Rav, meshorer u-maḥazai: Yehudah Leyb Landa.

• LANDAU, Rabbi Judah Leo A2898 (Wits) http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/?collections/U/Collections : • Here is a book in Hebrew about him: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001099895/NLI • Landau Archives National Library of Israel: • https://www.nli.org.il/.../NNL_ARCHIVE_AL002691683/NLI This biographical article about a South African rabbi is a stub.