Born in Moinesti,
Romania, where his father was rabbi, Rosen became a rabbi about 1939
and from 1948 was Chief Rabbi of the Romanian Jewry. From 1957 he
was a member of the Romanian parliament, representing a Bucharest
constituency with a large Jewish population. In 1964 he became
chairman of the Federation of the Jewish Communities of the
Socialist Republic of Romania. The undisputed head of Romanian Jewry
and its dominating figure, he led the community during the Communist
regime, maintaining relations with the authorities while working for
the mass immigration of Romanian Jewry to Israel and creating the
legal conditions for Jewish religious life under the Communist
regime. He edited the Journal of Romanian Religious Jewry.
Bibliography:
ROSEN, Moshe
David. `Itim la-Torah. Pp. 156. Yerushalayim: Ari'el, 1988.
ROSEN, Moses.
The paper bridge; essays on Judaism. [Translated from the
Romanian by Carol Kormos. Revision of the English translation by
Wolf Gottlieb]
Pp. viii, 302. Washington: International Library [c1973]
ROSEN, Moses.
Eseuri biblice. Ed. a 2-a. Pp. xv, 434. Bucuresti: Editura
Hasefer, 1992.
ROSEN, Moses.
Veha-seneh enenu ukal : zikhronot mi-tekufot ha-ma'avak le-hatsalat
Yehude Romanyah / me-et David Mosheh Rozen. Pp. 390.
Yerushalayim: Sham, c1993.
FINKELSTONE,
Joseph. Dangers, tests and miracles: the remarkable life story of
Chief Rabbi Rosen of Romania. Pp. 328. London: Weidenfeld and
Nicolson, c1990.
Chief Rabbi of
Romania Dr. Moses Rosen on his eightieth birthday. Pp. 64.
Jerusalem-Bucharest: Editura Hasefer Publishing House, 1992.
Links:
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