Azriel Hildesheimer
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Azriel Hildesheimer was a German rabbi and leader of Orthodox Judaism. He is regarded as a pioneering moderniser of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and as a founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism.
Street in Jerusalem named after Hildesheimer
Weißensee cemetery
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The Weißensee Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in the neighborhood of Weißensee in Berlin, Germany. It is the second largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery covers approximately 42 ha and contains approximately 115,000 graves. It was dedicated in 1880.
Entrance building.
Example of Neoclassical mausoleums which run round the edge of the cemetery
September 1988