Salomon Ulmann

Salomon Ulmann (February 25, 1806 at Saverne, Bas-Rhin – May 5, 1865 in Paris), was a French rabbi.

He commenced his rabbinical studies at Strasburg under Moïse Bloch (better known as Rabbi Mosche Utenheim), and was the first pupil enrolled at the initial competitive examination of candidates for the École Centrale Rabbinique (Séminaire israélite de France or SIF), inaugurated in July, 1830.

Ulmann published a limited number of sermons and pastoral letters, and was the author also of Catéchisme, ou Éléments d'Instruction Religieuse et Morale à l'Usage des Jeunes Israélites (Strasburg, 1845; 3rd ed., Paris, 1871), which is considered a classic.

The most important act in Ulmann's rabbinical career was the organization of the Central Conference of the Chief Rabbis of France, over whose deliberations he presided at Paris in May, 1856.

In that year Ulmann addressed a "Pastoral Letter to the Faithful of the Jewish Religion," in which he set forth the result of the deliberations of the conference, which were as follows: