Emil Byk
Emil Byk (born 14 January 1845 at Janów (now
Austrian-Jewish
lawyer and deputy.
In 1885 he was chosen the chairman of the charity committee of the Cultusrath (Reichsrat.
Some of his more important speeches in that body were:
- an address in 1893 against Prince Liechtensteinon the establishment of a Jewish theological seminary.
- an address on 4 May 1898 against the proposition that the sittings of the committee to consider the charges against ex-Kazimierz F. Graf Badenishould be public
- 1898 address on the "Ausnahmeszustand" (state of emergency) in Galicia, which was very well received.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Emil Byk". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- Bloch, Oesterreichische Wochenschrift, 1886, No. 1; 1894, No. 37; 1900, No. 43; Stenographische Protokolle des Abgeordnetenhauses, 1898, 1899, Index