Porges von Portheim

Porges von Portheim is the prrominent Bohemian family of which the following members won particular distinction:

House Members

:

; Moses ben Israel Naphtali Hirsch Porges: (lived at Jerusalem at the beginning of the 17 c.), Rabbinical author; the author of Yiddish literature Darke Tziyyon: ([1])

; Aaron ben Benjamin Porges/Aaron b. Benjamin Porges: (Porjes; lived 17 c.), Czech rabbi ([2])

; Moses Porges, Edler von Portheim, or Moses Porges von Portheim: (December 13/22, 1781, Prague - May 21, 1870, Prague) Czech-Austrian industrialist (manufacturer) and vice-burgomaster of Prague-Smichow; knight of the Order of Francis Joseph.

; Leopold Judah Porges von Portheim: (April 4, 1784, Prague - January 10, 1869, Prague) Bohemian manufacturer, alderman, and director of the Jewish community of Prague.

; Joseph Porges, Edler von Portheim: (1817, Prague - September 3, 1904, Prague) Czech-Austrian manufacturer and art patron; son of Moses Porges von Portheim.

; Rabbi Nathan Porges, Ph.D.: (December 21, 1848, Proßnitz, Mähren - August 27, 1924, Würzburg), Czech-German rabbi, Jewish theologian ([3])

;Other person:
* Arthur Porges (1915-2006), pulp magazine author of short stories
* Edmund Porges (May 25, 1872, Vienna - March 1, 1917, Vienna), Austrian journalist
* Florence Porges, see Frank Packer
* Friedrich Porges, or Frederick Porges (July 14, 1890, Vienna - January 25, 1977, Los Angeles), Austrian-US publicist, writer
* Heinrich Porges (November 25, 1837, Prague - November 17, 1900, München), Czech-Austrian-German choirmaster (Chorleiter), music-critic
** Elsa Bernstein-Porges (born Porges; 1866-1949, Hamburg-Eimsbüttel), Austrian-German writer, dramatist
* Jules Porges, see Julius Wernher
* Max von Portheim (May 12, 1857, Prag - January 28, 1937, Vienna), Czech-Austrian private-scholar (Privatgelehrter), collector (Sammler)
* Otto Porges (April 1, 1879, Brandeis (now Brandeis/Elbe-Altbunzlau), Böhmen - November 19, 1968, Chicago), Czech-US internist
* Paul Peter Porges (), cartoonist
* Robert E. Porges/Robert Porges, scientist

References

Bibliographies of the Jewish Encyclopedia

* H. I. Landau, Prager Nekrologe, Prague, 1883;
* Bohemia, May 23, 1870;
* Grätz, in Monatsschrift, 1877, pp. 190 et seq.: ([4])::By : Isidore Singer & Alexander Kisch

External links

* http://www.porges.net/Bibliography.html
* http://perso.orange.fr/porges/porges/IndexTreesBiographies.html
** http://perso.orange.fr/porges/porges/FamilyTreesBiographies/MosesIsraelNaphtalyPorges.html
* http://www.saur.de/dbe/pdf/Aufge_Pers_P.pdf

See also

* Porges-Spiro, see Spira (Spiro)
* Praeger
* Coat of arms (Jewish)
* Pedigrees (Jewish Encyclopedia)
* List of European Jewish nobility
* Port/Porth, Portmann, Portl/Portel/Portele, Portenschlag
* Pforzheim, Pozig/Portzig