Krauskopf
JOSEPH, an American clergyman; born in Ostrov, Prussia, Jan. 21, 1858. He came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at the University of Cincinnati in 1883; made rabbi by Hebrew Union College; and in 1887 became rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia. He became a leader in the reformed Jewish movement, and published "Evolution and Judasim," and many volumes of lectures.
KREFELD (krā'feldt), one of the important manufacturing towns of Germany; 12 miles N. W. of Düsseldorf. It owes its importance to the settlement here, in the 17th and 18th centuries, of refugees from Juliers and Berg, and the neighboring countries; they established the silk and velvet manufactures for which Krefeld is now noted. Pop. about 150,000.