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Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1920. From the library of Stephen S. Wise, with his bookplate and his initials (S.S. W.) in ink on the copyright page. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. From Wikipedia: "Stephen Samuel Wise (born Weisz, March 17, 1874 - April 19, 1949) was an American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader
In 1914 Wise co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
In 1922 Wise founded the Jewish Institute of Religion, an educational center in New York City to train rabbis in Reform Judaism. It was merged into the Hebrew Union College a year after his death
In a tribute to Wise on his 60th birthday, [the physicist Albert] Einstein said 'Above all, what I admire in him is his bold activity toward building the self-respect of the Jewish people, combined with profound tolerance and penetrating understanding of everything human'
Wise was [also] a close friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who turned to Wise for advice on issues concerning the Jewish community in the United States. In addition, Wise had also acted a liaison to previous President Wilson
On November 24, 1942, after being informed by U.S. Under-secretary of State Sumner Welles, Wise held a press conference in Washington, D.C. and announced that the Nazis had a plan for the extermination of all European Jews, and had already killed 2 million; it didn't make front-page news
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, which he founded in 1907 and served as Rabbi until his death, is named after him, as is Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles, which was founded by Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin in 1964. A street is named after him in Jerusalem next to the Israel Museum
" Good condition. Occasional margin lining and underlining in red ink, also possibly in Wise's hand. Frontispiece photo. Includes rosters of officers and members, reports of the officers, commissions and committees; plus "The Problem of the Unsynagogued," Samuel Koch, "Religion and the Synagog," I. Leo Sharfman, "How Has Immigration Affected the Religious Situation?" Morris S. Lazerson, "Social Service and Religion" Martin Zielonka, "Does the Sunday School Make for Religious Consciousness?" Louis Grossman, "The Decay of Theology in Popular Religion," Wm. H. Fineschreiber, "What is the Real Influence of Judaism?" S.H. Goldenson, "The Jew in Economic Life," Gotthard Deutsch, "The Aim of Religious Education in Our Schools," Solomon Foster. Bound in the original gilt-stamped dark blue cloth (almost black). . First Edition. Hardcover. Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. (ii), 416pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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