02145nam 2200505 450 991046700780332120200520144314.01-80034-093-11-909821-81-0(CKB)4100000005182557(MiAaPQ)EBC5485067(UkCbUP)CR9781909821811(Au-PeEL)EBL5485067(OCoLC)1048801990(StDuBDS)EDZ0002316101(EXLCZ)99410000000518255720200724e20201992 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCreating American Reform Judaism the life and times of Isaac Mayer Wise /Sefton D. Temkin[electronic resource]First digital on-demand edition.Oxford :The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,2020.1 online resource (vii, 318 pages) illustrationsLiverpool scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1992.0-19-710059-7 1-874774-45-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Liverpool scholarship online.RabbisUnited StatesBiographyReform JudaismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRabbisReform JudaismHistory296.8341092Temkin Sefton D.229281StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910467007803321Creating American Reform Judaism2265228UNINA