Meyer Kayserling

“ Besides that of Endingen and Lengnau, there exists in the canton Aargau a Jewish community at Baden with about 2,000 persons, who have a rabbi and a school. A few families live at Aarau and Bremgarten. In 1875 there were 1,368 Jews at Aargau (Engelbert) . Since the right of free movement has been accorded to them, Jews have settled in several cantons of the Swiss Confederation. ”

“ After a lapse of three years a conflict arose between the two communities, which was settled by the government's appointing Abraham Ris rabbi for Endingen only and Volf Dreifus for Lengnau. The subsequent appointment of Leopold Wyler as rabbi of Endingen gave rise to grave dissensions in the community, which culminated in his retirement from office. The government issued a decree in 1852, regulating the appointment and the duties of the rabbis, and in 1854 Julius Fürst was elected rabbi of Endingen. hut resigned three years later. After the death of Dreifus the two communities reunited ”

“ F. A. Stöcker, Die Verhältnisse der Juden im Aargau, Aarau, 1861.; the same, Die Judenfrage vor dem Grossen Rathe des Kantons Aargau, Aarau, 1862; Kayserling, Die Emancipation im Aargau, in Monatsschrift, xii. ”