Bernard Hausner
Bernard Hausner (March 11, 1874 – August 8, 1938) was a Polish rabbi, politician, and diplomat. Life Hausner was born on March 11, 1874, in Chortkiv, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, the son of Shlomo and Tsherna Hausner. Hausner became an active Zionist while in high school. He was ordained a rabbi at the rabbinical seminary in Vienna and received a doctorate in philosophy from the German University in Prague. He returned to Galicia in 1903 and taught Jewish studies at the government high school in Lviv. As an administrator, he granted financial aid to poor students and started programs to encourage Galician Jews to work in crafts, industry, and agriculture. He also participated in Zionist activities there. When the Russians occupied Lviv from 1914 to 1916 during World War I, he became the rabbi of the city's Progressive community and acted as the representative of the city's Jews before the occupation authorities. During that time, he was also the main secretary of the Va‘adat ha-‘Ezrah, which helped the city's Jews and refugees. After the Austrians regained control of the city, he volunteered for the Austro-Hungarian Army and served as a chaplain in the Italian front. After the war, Hausner reorganized Mizrachi and