Auction 45 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year, “Minhag America” - Cincinnati, 1866
Opening: $300
Unsold
The Divine Service of American Israelites for the New Year, by Isaac M. Wise. Cincinnati: Bloch & Co, 1866. Hebrew, English and German.
Traditional Hebrew prayers, with an English translation, and prayers in English and German.
The editor, Isaac Meir Wise (1819-1900), was one of the Reform Jewry movement leaders in the United States, rabbi of "Bnei Yeshurun" congregation in Cincinnati and founder of "Hebrew Union College". Wise believed in uniting American Jewry and hoped to publish a new American reform prayer book titled “Minhag America”. The Machzor presented here is part of this project. (See: Goldman 44). 212 pp. 16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Gilt edges. Fine binding with gilded decorations, slightly damaged. Library ink stamps.
Singerman 1949; Goldman 53.
Traditional Hebrew prayers, with an English translation, and prayers in English and German.
The editor, Isaac Meir Wise (1819-1900), was one of the Reform Jewry movement leaders in the United States, rabbi of "Bnei Yeshurun" congregation in Cincinnati and founder of "Hebrew Union College". Wise believed in uniting American Jewry and hoped to publish a new American reform prayer book titled “Minhag America”. The Machzor presented here is part of this project. (See: Goldman 44). 212 pp. 16 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Gilt edges. Fine binding with gilded decorations, slightly damaged. Library ink stamps.
Singerman 1949; Goldman 53.
Americana and Anglo-Judaica
Americana and Anglo-Judaica