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Seligson became associate rabbi and then, upon Rabbi Wise’s death, rabbi. Wise to become assistant rabbi at Central Synagogue. After enlisting in the army and serving with distinction, Rabbi Seligson returned to the United States whereupon he was invited by Rabbi Jonah B. Seligson was ordained in 1933 in the midst of the Depression. It was said that “he was the most important single individual responsible for raising relief funds that came from America.”ĭavid J. He went to Germany in 1933, two months after Hitler came to power, and reported, prophetically, that continental Jews were doomed. He reached beyond the synagogue to answer the challenges confronting the Jewish people. His influence on the Jewish community as well as his labors on behalf of the general welfare endeared him to people of all faiths. Wise was the son of Isaac Mayer Wise, founder and architect of American Reform Judaism. Rabbi Wise went on to found the Jewish Institute of Religion, which merged with HUC in 1948.

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His rabbinate was based on the theme of the role of the religious leader in the welfare of the larger community as “the conscience of the state.” He was with Central Synagogue for two years as he oversaw a well-intentioned but short-lived merger between Central Synagogue and the Free Synagogue.

Wise was born in Budapest and came to the United States when he was seventeen months old. He preached solely in English and was a staunch supporter of Hebrew Union College and our first rabbi to be educated there. Nathan Krass became rabbi of our congregation in 1918, the year in which the combined synagogues became known as Central Synagogue. Rabbi Moses became our rabbi emeritus in 1918. He did deliver his sermons solely in English. He was our last rabbi to preach in German, although not primarily, as he also added English. After his early years were spent as a religious teacher and then as rabbi of a number of pulpits in the Midwest. Moses came to what was now the merged synagogues of Ahawath Chesed-Shaar Hashomayim in 1901. (Congregation Ahawath Chesed Shaar Hashomayim) In his desire to make the pages of the Talmud accessible to Jews and non-Jews, he compiled a Talmudic lexicon known as Aruch Completim, which was supported by our congregation. He championed the Conservative position, serving as a professor of Talmudic methodology at the Jewish Theological Seminary. He continued as a moderate reformer, respecting the past and being sensitive to the present.Īlexander Kohut, a scion of a family tradition of many rabbis, came to Ahawath Chesed in 1885.

Rabbi Huebsch developed the prayer book that was used by Ahawath Chesed as well as by many other congregations. He stood with Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise at the founding of the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1875. He was brought to America in 1865, from Bohemia, where he had fought against tyranny and oppression, by the laymen of Ahawath Chesed. (First Rabbi of Congregation Ahawath Chesed)Īdolph Huebsch was the first rabbi of our founding synagogue Ahawath Chesed (Love of Mercy), established in 1846. (Congregation Shaar Hashomayim) 1895-1898 As a rabbi very interested in reforming Jewish observance and practice, he introduced in addition to overseeing bar mitzvahs, he also conducted confirmation for boys and girls and even the celebration of the 4th of July. Lilienthal was considered a circuit rabbi, as at that time he was also the rabbi for Anchi Chesed and Rodeph Sholom. The Shaar Hashomayim was established in 1839 and up to that time had been led by layleaders. Max Lilienthal became the first rabbi of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim (Gates of Heaven) in 1845, having just arrived from Russia, where he had served several Jewish communities. On this page you can see the faces of our senior rabbis who led our congregation to form our vibrant synagogue community. Central Synagogue would not be the bastion of Reform Judaism it is without its dedicated leaders, past and present.

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