Josua Heschel Kuttner

Who was Josua Heschel Kuttner?

Josua Heschel Kuttner or Kutner was a Jewish Orthodox scholar and rabbi.

He was born in Wreschen in the Grand Duchy of Posen, the son of Aron Kuttner and his wife Michle, a great-granddaughter of Rabbi Naphtali Cohen. Around 1830 he settled in Lissa, where he acted as preacher and, since before 1850, as assessor of the rabbinate and rabbi. He died in Lissa.

His son, Naphtaly Kuttner, was the grandfather of SF author Henry Kuttner and politician Edgar C. Levey