Saul Pinchas Rabbinowicz

Saul Pinchas Rabbinowicz (Saul Pinehas Rabbinowicz / Rabbinowitsch / Rabinowitz; Akronym: Schepher / SchePheR; * 1845 in Tauroggen; † 1910 in Frankfurt am Main) was a Jewish scholar, writer and Hebrew translator, and a member of the Lovers of Zion movement.

[1][2] Rabbinowicz was one of the co-organizers of the Katowice Conference in 1884, was the first secretary of the Union of Hovevei Zion Associations in Russia.

[5] This reached a wide audience and caused a considerable amount of controversy and criticism.

[7] Saul Pinchas Rabbinowicz was the father of the socialist Sarah Rabinowitz, also known as Sonja Lerch.

Another, older daughter named Lydia is described by Victor Klemperer as a “fanatical Zionist” who no longer wanted to associate with him after she found out that he had converted.