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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Rev. A. T. Chodowski
The Rev. A. T. Chodowski , Rabbi of the Hebrew Synagogue, Dunedin, is a native of Posen, in Prussia, and the youngest son of the late Rabbi Isaac Jacob Chodowski, whose four sons are Rabbis. He first studied under his father, and subsequently under the well known Rabbi, Dr. Zomber, President of the Talmudical College, in Berlin. Mr. Chodowski proceeded to London, and on the recommendation of Drs. Herman Adler and Friedlander, was admitted to the Jewish College, an honour never previously conferred on a foreigner. After studying for two years and a half he was sent by the Chief Rabbi to Belfast, where he officiated during the holy days. In 1887 he was appointed minister of the Leicester congregation, and in 1889 he page 190 was selected out of twenty candidates, by the Chief Rabbi for the congregation of Christ-Church, New Zealand. He left Christchurch in 1895 to become minister of the Brisbane congregation, and was appointed to his present charge in 1898.