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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796959103321

Autore

Temkin Sefton D.

Titolo

Creating American Reform Judaism : the life and times of Isaac Mayer Wise / / Sefton D. Temkin [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, Or. : , : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, , 2012

ISBN

1-80034-093-1

1-909821-81-0

Edizione

[First digital on-demand edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 318 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool scholarship online

Disciplina

296.8/341/092

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Soggetti

Rabbis - United States

Reform Judaism - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1998.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019).

Previously published under title: Isaac Mayer Wise, shaping American Judaism. Oxford ; New York : Published for the Littman Library by Oxford University Press ; Washington, DC, USA : Distributed in the U.S. by B'nai B'rith Book Service, 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

American Reform Judaism's major institutions' Hebrew Union College, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and the Reform prayer-book Minhag America' were all due to the singular efforts of Isaac Mayer Wise (1819-1900). Professor Temkin's biography captures the vigour of Wise's personality and the politics and concerns of Jewish life and leadership in America at that time. It is a lively portrait of a rabbi who was a pivotal figure in the naturalization of Jews and Judaism in the New World.