Saul Berlin

Born in Glogau, Germany, Saul Berlin came from a learned rabbinic family; his father had served in the Great Synagogue of London and was the chief rabbi of Berlin. Saul Berlin was himself ordained and served as a rabbi in Frankfurt an der Oder, though he grew dissatisfied with traditional rabbinical authority and embraced the Haskalah, encouraging secular education and admiring such scholars as Naphtali Herts Wessely. Under pseudonyms, Berlin published several biting works against traditional Talmudic teaching methods and their adherents, including Rabbi Raphael Cohen of Altona and Hamburg, and was accused of libel. He was forced to leave his position and died in London.