 The first chief rabbi of Karlsruhe and Baden was Rabbi Asher Loew, who served from 1809 until his death in 1837.Complete emancipation was given in 1862, Jews were elected to city council and Baden parliament, and from 1890 were appointed judges.Jews were persecuted in the 'Hep-Hep' riots that occurred in 1819; and anti-Jewish demonstrations were held in 1843, 1848, and the 1880s.