Daniel Itzig

"Daniel Itzig (also known as Daniel Yoffe 18 March 1723 in Berlin – 17 May 1799 in Potsdam) was a Court Jew of Kings Frederick II the Great and Frederick William II of Prussia."

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Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. iv. 72-74;

Allg. Deutsche Biog.;

Meyers Konversations-Lexikon;

Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, pp. 263-264, Warsaw, 1886.

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"Die Grabschriften des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien"

Band II- by Dr. Bernhard Wachstein-pg. 462

Daniel Itzig (also known as Daniel Yoffe 18 March 1723 in Berlin – 17 May 1799 in Potsdam) was a Court Jew of Kings Frederick II the Great and Frederick William II of Prussia.

Itzig was born in Berlin. His family was mercantile. Itzig was a banker and a mintmaster in partnership with Veitel-Heine Ephraim. Together they leased all the mints in Saxony and Prussia. During the Seven Years' War they assisted Frederick the Great debasing the Saxonian currency.[1] and spreading the Ephraimites, not only in Saxony, but also in Silesia, Poland, Bohemia and Courland.

Itzig was one of the very few Jews in Prussia to receive full citizenship privileges, as a "Useful Jew". He became extraordinarily wealthy as a consequence.

Together with his son in law David Friedlander, Itzig was appointed to lead a committee which was to discuss ways to improve the Jewish civil and social standing in Prussia, which led to the removal of many restrictions. He funded early members of the Haskalah secular movement, including Rabbi Israel of Zamosch (Moses Mendelsohn's teacher), Samuel Rominow (an Italian Jewish artist) and Isaac Satanow.[2]

In 1761 he began planning a school for poor Jewish boys in Berlin, and in 1778 his son together with Daniel Friedlander opened the first "free school" (Freischule) called "Hinuch Neorim", Hebrew for 'Teaching the Young Ones'. The school and adjacent printing house later became one of the main institutions of the Haskalah movement. At the same time he founded and funded a Yeshiva and brought Rabbi Hirschel Levin and Rabbi Joseph ben Meir Teomim to Berlin to teach there.

Itzig was official head ('Oberältester') of the Jewish community in Berlin from 1764 until his death in 1799.[3] He was made the Prussian court banker by Frederick's successor, Frederick William II in 1797.

Legacy[edit]
His wife Miriam Wulff's ancestors included Rabbi Moses Isserles of Cracow and Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon.[4] Many of Itzig's thirteen children (see Itzig family) became influential in German Jewish society. Two of his granddaughters married two of Moses Mendelssohn's sons. One of them was Lea (née Solomon), mother of Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel, a pianist and composer. By her, Lea was grandmother of mathematician Kurt Hensel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Itzig

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"Virtually none of Daniel Itzig’s descendants remained Jews." Jewish Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed. Vol. 10, p. 819

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Court Jew of Kings Frederick II the Great and Frederick William II of Prussia

Daniel Itzig, né le 18 mars 1723 à Berlin et mort le 17 mai 1799, était un juif de cour auprès de Frédéric II et Frédéric-Guillaume II du Royaume de Prusse.

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Itzig était un banquier associé avec Feitel (Efraim) Heine. Ensemble, ils possédaient des usines pour le pétrole et le plomb. Pendant la guerre de Sept Ans, il a aidé de Frédéric le Grand. Après la guerre, il est nommé directeur de la Monnaie, et est le banquier de la cour de Prusse de Frédéric-Guillaume II en 1797. Itzig a été l'un des très rares Juifs en Prusse à recevoir des privilèges de la citoyenneté à part entière. Il est devenu extraordinairement riches en conséquence.

En collaboration avec son gendre David Friedländer, Itzig a été nommé à la tête d'un comité qui devait examiner les moyens d'améliorer le statut civile et sociale juif en Prusse. Il a financé les premiers membres du mouvement Haskala.

En 1761, il a commencé à planifier une école pour les pauvres garçons juifs à Berlin, et en 1778, avec son gendre Daniel Friedländer, il a ouvert la première « école libre » (Freischule) appelé Hinuch Neorim.

Itzig était le chef officiel de la communauté juive de Berlin et de Prusse de 1764 jusqu'à sa mort en 1799.

Marié à Miriam Wulff, une descendante de Moïse Isserlès et de Joseph ben Mordechai Gershon (en), il est le père de Isaak Daniel Itzig (de) et de Fanny von Arnstein, ainsi que le beau-père de David Friedländer et de Bernhard von Eskeles. Grand-père de Julius Eduard Hitzig, deux de ses petites-filles ont épousé deux des fils de Moses Mendelssohn, dont Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Il est l'arrière grand père de Felix Mendelssohn, de Fanny Mendelssohn, de Kurt Hensel et de Adolf von Baeyer.

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