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TIMELINE: Life of Isaac Mayer Wise
1819 - 1900
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Isaac Mayer Wise is born in the Bohemian village of Steingrub on March 29, 1819.
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Isaac Mayer Wise moves to Durmaul. Here he attended a Jewish "trivial school" and received personal instruction from his grandfather until 1831.
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Isaac Mayer Wise arrives in Prague.
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Isaac Mayer Wise leaves Prague for the Yeshiva in the Braun area of Bohemia, where he remains for 12 months before returning to Prague.
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Isaac Mayer Wise leaves for the Yeshiva in Goltsch-Jenikau, Bohemia, conducted by Rabbi Aaron Kornfeld, where he remains until 1837.
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An edict from the Imperial government at Vienna declares that no one can become a rabbi in Austria unless they attend the secular Gymnasium and University, causing the Yeshiva to close. Isaac Mayer Wise decides to attend University and returns to Prague t
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Isaac Mayer Wise is inducted as Religionsweiser at Radnitz on October 26, 1843.
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Isaac Mayer Wise marries Theresa Bloch on May 26, 1844.
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Isaac Mayer Wise arrives in New York on July 23, 1846.
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Isaac Mayer Wise meets Max Lilienthal, one of two ordained rabbis in New York City, in August 1846 and is encouraged to seek a position as a rabbi.
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In September 1846, Isaac Mayer Wise visits Albany, New York, where he is offered the position of rabbi at Congregation Beth El. By the end of the month, he and his family have relocated to Albany.
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Members of Congregation Beth El who support Isaac Mayer Wise and his reform beliefs form a new congregation, Anshe Emeth. Wise is rabbi of this new synagogue until 1854.
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In January 1852, Isaac Mayer Wise becomes the second Jew in the United States to open a legislative body with prayer when he officiates as chaplain in the New York State Senate.
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In October 1853, Isaac Mayer Wise is elected to serve as rabbi to Congregation Bene Yeshurun in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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On April 26, 1854, Isaac Mayer Wise arrives in Cincinnati.
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On July 15, 1854, The Israelite is first published, with Isaac Mayer Wise as its editor.
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Isaac Mayer Wises's The History of the Israelitish Nation from Abraham to the Present Time - Derived from Original Sources, Volume One is published.
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Isaac Mayer Wise launches Die Deborah, a German language supplement to The Israelite, in July 1855.
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Isaac Mayer Wise presides over a conference of rabbis and congregational delegates in Cleveland from October 17-24, 1855.
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Minhag Amerika, a prayerbook partially authored by Isaac Mayer Wise and intended to be used by all congregations in the United States, is published. |
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Isaac Mayer Wise's work, The Essence of Judaism, is published in Cincinnati. View The Essence of Judaism
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Isaac Mayer Wise's congregation moved to an ornate house of worship on Plum Street in Cincinnati.
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Isaac Mayer Wise's The Origin of Christianity, and a Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles is published.
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Isaac Mayer Wise publishes Judaism, Its Doctrines and Duties.
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The Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Judaism) is organized at a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 1873, with an original membership of 27 synagogues.
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Isaac Mayer Wise's wife, Theresa, dies in December 1874.
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The name of Isaac Mayer Wise's journal The Israelite is changed to The American Israelite in July 1874.
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Isaac Mayer Wise's The Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth: a Historico-Critical Treatise on the Last Chapter of the Gospel is published. |
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Hebrew Union College opens at the Mound Street Temple in Cincinnati on October 3, 1875 with Isaac Mayer Wise as president of the faculty.
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Isaac Mayer Wise marries Selma Bondi in April 1876.
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Isaac Mayer Wise publishes The Cosmic God.
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Hebrew Union College moves to the vestry rooms of Plum Street Temple.
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Isaac Mayer Wise's History of the Hebrews' Second Commonwealth is published.
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Hebrew Union College's third location - a large house on West Sixth Street in Cincinnati - is purchased and dedicated on April 24, 1881.
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The first class of Hebrew Union College, Israel Aaron, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Krauskopf, and David Philipson, graduates in June 1883.
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Isaac Mayer Wise publishes Judaism and Christianity, Their Agreements and Disagreements.
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The Central Conference of American Rabbis begins, with Isaac Mayer Wise serving as its president for the next eleven years.
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Isaac Mayer Wise's work, A Defense of Judaism vs. Proselytizing Christianity, is published.
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Isaac Mayer Wise publishes Pronaos to Holy Writ.
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Isaac Mayer Wise dies on March 26, 1900.
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Timeline: Life of Isaac Mayer Wise
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