Dayan Aryeh Leib (Loeb) Lichtenstadt-Barnett - widely circulated picture of A. L. Barnett on the internet

Started by Judith Venturato on Wednesday, December 23, 2020
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Barnett, A. L. of Dewitt county, Illinois NOT ARIE LEIB B ARNETT
https://dewitt.illinoisgenweb.org/biographies.htm#alexander_l_barnett
History of DeWitt County, Illinois 1882 - Table of Contents
History of DeWitt County, Illinois: with illustrations descriptive of the scenery, and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia, PA.: W. R. Brink & Co., 1882.
ALEXANDER L. BARNETT. (Page 177)

Judith,
You are quite right, that image is totally erroneous. It was uploaded apparently by someone called Paul Elsinga. Dayan Barnett was on the London Beth Din during the time of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler. His colleague was Dayan Aaron Levy. Dayan Barnett died in 1878 after an illness, Dayan Levy had retired, and the Beth Din was taken over by the newly formed United Synagogue in 1875. I have not found any images of Dayan Barnett or the old Beth Din, although I have a good image of the 1906 Beth Din - see https://jewishmiscellanies.com/2020/08/09/beth-hamedrash-beth-din-h....
Jeff Maynard

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