Isaac Mayer Wise , né le 29 mars 1819 en Bohême et mort le 26 mars 1900 à Cincinnati , est un rabbin réformé et essayiste américain.
Biographie
En 1853, la communauté de Plum Street Temple, à Cincinnati (Ohio ) engage le rabbin Isaac Mayer Wise comme leader spirituel. La communauté rejoint alors le mouvement du judaïsme réformé . En 1865, il inaugure un nouveau bâtiment pour la synagogue, dans une architecture néo-mauresque .
En 1873, il fonde l'Union des congrégations hébraïques américaines, qui deviendra l'Union pour le judaïsme réformé , puis en 1875 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion , actuellement la plus ancienne école rabbinique en Amérique.
En 1889, il fonde la Conférence centrale des rabbins américains .
Publications
Essais "The History of the Israelitish Nation from Abraham to the Present Time," Albany, 1854;
"History of the first commonwealth of the Israelite," Cincinnati, 1860;
"The Essence of Judaism," Cincinnati, 1861;
"The Origin of Christianity, and a Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles," 1868;
"Judaism, Its Doctrines and Duties," 1872;
"The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth: a Historico-Critical Treatise on the Last Chapter of the Gospel," 1874;
"The Cosmic God," 1876;
"History of the Hebrews' Second Commonwealth," 1880;
"Judaism and Christianity, Their Agreements and Disagreements," 1883;
"A Defense of Judaism vs. Proselytizing Christianity," 1889;
"Pronaos to Holy Writ," 1891. Nouvelles "The Convert," 1854;
"The Catastrophe of Eger,"
"The Shoemaker's Family,"
"Resignation and Fidelity, or Life and Romance,"
"Romance, Philosophy, and Cabalah, or the Conflagration in Frankfort-on-the-Main," 1855;
"The Last Struggle of the Nation," 1856;
"The Combat of the People, or Hillel and Herod," 1858;
"The First of the Maccabees."
"Die Juden von Landshuth";
"Der Rothkopf, oder des Schulmeisters Tochter";
"Baruch und Sein Ideal."
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