Isaak Mayer Weiss

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Isaak Mayer Weiss, better known as Isaac Mayer Wise, was a pioneering 19th-century American rabbi who played a central role in founding and shaping Reform Judaism in the United States.

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instanceOf American Jew
Reform Judaism leader
rabbi
religious leader
writer
activeYearsEnd 1900
activeYearsStart 1840s
birthName Isaak Mayer Weiss
burialPlace Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth Austrian Empire
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1819-03-29
dateOfDeath 1900-03-26
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Wise
founded Central Conference of American Rabbis
Die Deborah (German-language Jewish periodical)
Hebrew Union College
The Israelite (newspaper)
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
givenName Isaac
knownFor founding Hebrew Union College
founding Reform Judaism institutions in the United States
founding the Central Conference of American Rabbis
founding the Union of American Hebrew Congregations
promoting Reform Judaism
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
movement Reform Judaism
nameVariant Isaac M. Wise
linked to: Isaac Mayer Wise

Isaac Mayer Wise
notableIdea creation of a national rabbinical seminary in the United States
unification of American Jewish congregations
notableWork History of the Israelitish Nation
Minhag America (American Reform prayer book)
linked to: Minhag America

The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth
occupation author
educator
journalist
rabbi
placeOfBirth Steingrub, Bohemia
placeOfDeath Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
positionHeld president of Hebrew Union College
rabbi of B'nai Yeshurun, Cincinnati, Ohio
rabbi of Congregation Beth-El, Albany, New York
religion Judaism
spouse Selma Bondi
Therese Bloch
workLocation Albany, New York, United States
linked to: Albany

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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