Hirsch, Emil Gustav (1851–1923)

US rabbi born in Luxembourg. He went to the USA in 1866 and was rabbi of the Sinai Congregation in Chicago 1880–1923. In 1892 he became professor of rabbinic literature and Jewish philosophy at the University of Chicago. Active on behalf of the Reform movement and of social justice, he advocated radical reforms in Jewish practice, including the observance of the Sabbath on Sunday.

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1872, he studied in Germany and then served as rabbi in several US cities.