Juda Lion Palache
| Juda Lion Palache | |
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Juda Lion Palache from Sinai en Paran (Brill 1959)
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| Born |
October 26, 1886 Amsterdam |
| Died | October 18, 1944 (aged 57) Auschwitz |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | University of Amsterdam |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Years active | 1911-1944 |
| Employer | University of Amsterdam |
| Known for | studies in Semitic languages; death in Holocaust |
| Children | three (only Leo Palache survived Holocaust) |
| Parent(s) | Rabbi Isaac Palache |
| Family | Pallache family |
Juda Lion Palache (October 26, 1886 – October 18, 1944) was a professor of Semitic languages (Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic) at the University of Amsterdam and a leader of the Portuguese Jewish community in that city. He came from the Pallache family.
Palache was born in Amsterdam on October 26, 1886. His father Isaac was chief rabbi of the Portuguese Sephardic community. His mother was Judith Spinoza Catella Jessurun, likely a descendant of philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
His ancestors Samuel Pallache and brother Joseph Pallache arrived in the Netherlands from Morocco via Spain and France around 1608.
He first studied at the Ets-Ḥayyim rabbinical seminary. In 1914, he received a Bachelors in Semitic linguistics from the University of Amsterdam and in 1920 a doctorate also in Semitic languages from the University of Leiden. He studied under Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje.
In 1911, Pallache began working as a grade school teacher of Hebrew and then a high school teacher of classical languages in The Hague.
In October 1924, he became professor of Semitic languages at the University of Amsterdam, the first Jew to hold this position. Dutch public opposition faded due to his expertise. He remained in this position through 1941.)
During these years at the University of Amsterdam, his chair served two faculties, Arts and Theology.
Palache was active in the Jewish community, particularly among the Portuguese (parmas of Portuguese Talmud Torah congregation), Spanish (again, as parmas), and French communities.
He headed the Dutch Association for Jewish Studies.
In 1917, Palache married married Sophia Wilhelmina de Pinto; they had three children. His children's names were Mozes, Rebeca, and Isaac (Leon).
He was not Orthodox.
He was a staunch anti-Zionist.
After Nazi Germany's occupation of Holland in 1940, he had to resign as a Jew. He joined the (Jewish Council of Amsterdam), infamous for its appointments by the Germans to handle Jewish affairs and send them East.
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