See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC See also:

• MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS (1723-1762)
• MAYER, JULIUS ROBERT (1814-1878)

MAYER See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• ISAAC MAYER WISE (1819-1900)

WISE (1819-1900)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American Jewish theologian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Bohemia, but his career is associated with the organization of the Jewish reform See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . From,the moment of his arrival in See also:

• AMERICA

America (1846) his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence made itself See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt . In 1854 he was appointed See also:

• RABBI

rabbi at See also:

• CINCINNATI

Cincinnati . Some of his actions roused considerable opposition . Thus he was instrumental in compiling a new See also:

• PRAYER (from Lat. precari, entreat; Ital. pregaria, Fr. priere)
• PRAYER, BOOK OF COMMON

prayer-See also:

• BOOK

book, which he designed as the " American Rite " (Minhag America) . He was opposed to See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• ZIONISM

Zionism, and the See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference (1897), at his instigation, passed resolutions disapproving of the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to establish a Jewish See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and affirming that the Jewish Messianic See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope pointed to a See also:

• GREAT

great universal brotherhood . In keeping with this denial of a Jewish See also:

• NATIONALITY

nationality, See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise believed in See also:

• NATIONAL

national varieties of Judaism, and strove to harmonize the See also:

• SYNAGOGUE (avvaywyii)
• SYNAGOGUE, UNITED

synagogue with See also:

• LOCAL

local circumstances and sympathies . In 1848 he conceived the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union, and after a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign lasting a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Union of American See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew Congregations was founded (1873) in Cincinnati . As a corollary of this he founded in 1875 the " Hebrew Union See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College " in the same See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, and this institution has since trained a large number of ,the rabbis of America . Wise also organized various See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general assemblies of rabbis, and in 1889 established the Central Conference of American Rabbis . He was the first to introduce See also:

• FAMILY

family pews in synagogues, and in many other ways " occidentalized " Jewish See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship . See D .

Philipson, The Reform Movement in Judaism (1907) . (I .