02511nam 22005412 450 991081156140332120190717105428.01-80034-093-11-909821-81-0(CKB)4100000005182557(UkCbUP)CR9781909821811(Au-PeEL)EBL5485067(OCoLC)1048801990(StDuBDS)EDZ0002316101(MiAaPQ)EBC5485067(EXLCZ)99410000000518255720190507e20121998 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCreating American Reform Judaism the life and times of Isaac Mayer Wise /Sefton D. Temkin[electronic resource]First digital on-demand edition.Portland, Or. :Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,2012.1 online resource (vii, 318 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Liverpool scholarship onlineOriginally 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, 1992.0-19-710059-7 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 JudaismHistory296.8/341/092BTemkin Sefton D.229281UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910811561403321Creating American Reform Judaism4103802UNINA