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Salomon, Gotthold
(1784-1862)
   German preacher and reformer. After an Orthodox education, he was sent to Dessau, where he was influenced by modern trends, such as new approaches to biblical criticims. He became a teacher and preacher in Dessau, and was later appointed rabbi of the Hamburg Reform temple. The publicaton of his new version of the liturgy in 1841 provoked considerable controversy.

Dictionary of Jewish Biography. .