Index

INDEX

Aaron, Israel, 417, 450, 451, 473, 477 Aaronic priesthood:

Rabbinical Conference in Philadel­phia (1869), pronouncement on, 392, 393

Pittsburgh Conference (1885), pro­nouncement on, 464

Abarbanel, Don Isaac, 519, 554 Abolition of antiquated chants ad­

vocated by Wise in Asmonean, 224,

Abolitionists, 176, 243, 323, 338 Judaism in opposition to, 347 Wise detestation of and opposition

to, 339, 340-44, 349, 359 Abraham, Lewis, 164, 237, 267, 271 Academy of Science, 5 Academy for women, see Seminary

for Jewish girls Acher, 628-29, 643 "Acrostic to Isaac M . Wise" (Mann-

heimer), 491 "Acts of the Apostles, Critically Re­

viewed" (Wise in Israelite, 1867), 627

Addison's Spectator, Wise's study of, 107

Adler, rabbi, Chicago, 111., 394, 441 Adler, Felix, 446 Adler, Henry, 414 Adler, Parnass of Congregation Rodef

Shalom in Philadelphia, 206-7, 208

Adler, Samuel, 83, 294, 387, 390, 391, 474, 660

Wise's letter to (1857), on "re­formers" and the need for a synod, 295, 573

"Age of the Democratic Revolution," 7

Agassiz, Louis, 512 Agnosticism, Judaism's rejoinder to

(Wise, 1887), 658 Agricultural colonization of Jews in

Palestine, Wise's attitude toward, 595

Agricultural pursuits for Israelites promoted by Wise, 438, 457, 584, 585, 587-89

"Aids for Religious Instruction in Israel" (Adler), 660

A i m of the world, Wise's evaluation of extreme points of view, 512

Akiba ben Joseph, 517, 536, 628 Albany:

eight years of Wise"s rabbinate (1846-54):

of Beth E l , 124-203 of Anshe Emeth, 204-34

as formative period of Wise's life, 124

reforms introduced by Wise, 134, 162

revisited by Wise and his wife (1855), 274

by Wise (1860), 662 school established by Wise, 129,

132 secession from Beth E l and forma­

tion of Anshe Emeth with Wise as rabbi, 196

sermons by Wise slanted toward Reform, 135

synagogues, Beth E l and Anshe Emeth, unite as Beth Emeth (1889), 215

Albany (continued) Wise's dedication of new syna­

gogue (1889), 479 Wise's farewell address to Anshe

Emeth (1854), 254-55 Wise's farewell scroll from "schol­

ars, literati, etc. of the library," 255

Wise's forthright sermons against social problems, 157

Wise's personal development: during first four years, 202-4 during entire eight years, 234

Wise's trial sermons (1846), 117-18, 121-22

election as rabbi as result, 123 Albany Argus, 143 Albany crisis at Anshe Emeth:

charges against Wise and demand for dismissal, 188-90

Rosh Ha-shono services, violence at, 192-194

arrest of Wise, 193 Spanier's activity against Wise, 185-

194, 525 Wise's account of, in Israelite, 201

Albany Evening Atlas, "Great Excite­ment in the Jewish Church," 193

Albany Kossuth Society, Wise as sec­retary of, 226

Albo, 519, 554 Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 5, 12, 14 "Allemannia," Wise as honorary

member of, in Cincinnati, 263 lectures sponsored by, in 1854 season,

264-65 Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums,

85, 96 Alliance Israelite Universelle, 592 Altar, Jonathan, and sons, 69-70, 79 Alumnal association of Hebrew U n ­

ion College as nucleus for perma­nent rabbinical association (Wise, in Israelite, 1885 and 1894), 461

America: Wise's enthusiasm for, 104-5 Wise's first days in, 100-101 Wise's first thoughts toward em­

igration to, 83, 91 reasons for, 91-93 sermon i n Cincinnati (1894), 94

America (continued) Wise's first weeks in, 106-23

Reminiscences about, 106 Wise's plans and purposes in com­

ing, 100 Wise's report of his spirit in early

days in America, 127 Wise's trip to, with family on sail­

ing vessel, 98-99 America as a Civilization (Lerner),

331 "American" character of Wise's enter­

prises, 406 American Colonization Society, 346 American Declaration of Independ­

ence, 10, 22 American Hebrew, attack on Wise as

a heretic (1886), 460 American Israelite, see Israelite, The "American Israelites," Wise's prefer­

ence for, instead of the appella­tion "Jew," 520

American Jewish Archives, 129 American Jewish catechisms, 659-60 American Jewish Committee, 328 "American Jewish Novelist," Wise's

sobriquet for himself, 268 American Jewish Publication Society

organized 1845, 103 American Jewry and the Civil War

(Korn) , 328, 341 American Jewry in fifth decade of

19th century, 92, 101-5 Wise's comments on, 151

American Jews'' Annual, Wise's con­tribution to (1885), 447-50

American Jews in Russia, Wise's ap­peal to President Hayes in regard to rights of, 619

"American Judaism" (Wise, 1886), 468-69

Wise's appraisal of, in "Judaism and Christianity" (1883), 638

Wise's occasional use of term in­stead of Reform Judaism, 552-53

American Rabbinical Association, 439 American Revolution, 4, 5, 8, 14, 82,

613 "American Revolution, The" (Wise

and Heinsheimer lecture for A l ­lemannia), 265

"American Synogogue as It Is" (Wise in Asmonean), 224

Americanism: of Jewish immigrants, Wise's con­

cern for, 585, 586 Wise's intense and ardent feeling

of, 483 Americanization:

and the problem of integral Jewish-ness, 313-14

of Wise, Horace Greeley's role in, 148

"Americanization of Isaac M . Wise" (Marcus), 362

Amnesty Proclamation of 1865, 372 Amoraim, Wise's study of, with

grandfather, 59 " A n Appreciation," Meilziner's ad­

dress at memorial service for Wise, 497-99

Ancestry of Wise, 50-54 "Ancient and Modern Jews" (Wise

in the Israelite), 520 Angel, Shemaya, 329 Anshe Chesed in N e w York, Wise

offered rabbinate of (1873), 421-25

Anshe Emeth in Albany, Wise's rab­binate at, 204-34

see also Albany; Albany crisis at Anshe Emeth

Anthropomorphic and anthropopa-thic passages in the Bible, Wise's explanation of, 532

Anti-Jewish, see Anti-Semitism Anti-Romantic Romance, An (Wise),

661 Anti-Semitism:

"conversion mania of Christianity" as contributing to (Wise), 654

in Europe, relation of, to rise of Zionism, 595, 609, 610

Franz Delitsch's defense of Jews against, 95

in Germany, recrudescence of, 616 military orders:

by Grant, 350-53, 354-55 by Dubois, 351-52 by Hurlbut, 356

relationship to fanaticism of the early Church (Wise), 632

Anti-Semitism {continued') rise of, during the C iv i l War , 353,

356-59 Wise's activities against, 357-58,

373 in some Biblical criticism, Wise's

suspicion of, 530 in the world, Wise's comments on

(1892), 479 Zionism as aid to, 609

"Aphorisms" of Wise in the Israelite, 516, 614

Apocrypha, judgments on origin and composition of (Wise), 659

"Apologetics of Judaism" (Wise, 1887), 659

Apostles: after the crucifixion (Wise), 646-

47 Wise's interest in the careers and

messages of, 623, 645-47 Aquinas, Thomas, 5, 515

influence of Jewish thought on, 225

Argentine, colonization of Jews in, 589, 591, 595

Ar t , as an activity of the mind (Wise in "The Cosmic God") , 509

Aruch, Talmudical Dictionary, 75 "As Yesterday W h e n It Is Past"

(Israelite and 50th Anniversary booklet), 376-77

Asiatic religions, Wise's interest in, 131

Asmonean: abolition of antiquated chants,

Wise's advocacy of, 224 "American Synagogue as It Is"

(Wise), 224 anonymous letter attacking Wise

for reversing decision on rab­binate in Charleston, 183

attacks on Wise because of Charles­ton affair, 187

Bath Kol (Wise), 223 better instruction of the young in

Judaism, Wise's advocacy of, 224 "Call to the American Israelites"

(Wise, 1852), 225 circuit preachers, Wise's plea for,

255

Asmonean (continued) "Confirmation and Bar Mitzvah"

(Wise), 254 "Congregational Schools" (Wise),

224 department of foreign Jewish news

instituted by Wise, 224 education of Jewish children in

Bohemia (Wise), 41-43 family life of Jews in Bohemia

(Wise), 43-44 first issue of, 1849, 172 foreign Jewish news department in­

troduced by Wise, 224 Frankel's Der Gerichtliche Beweis,

translation by Wise, 223 Hillel biography (Wise), 223 improvement of divine worship,

Wise's advocacy of, 224 insulting articles after Cleveland

Conference (1855), 296 "Jewish Constitution" and its rela­

tion to the Code of Maimonides (Wise), 223

Jewish life in Bohemia during his young manhood, articles by Wise, 41-45, 254

Jews as American citizens (Wise, 1852), 598

"Necessity for a Collegiate Institu­tion" (Wise, 1853), 224

•Orthodox repudiation of Cleveland Conference (1855), 298

"Parties in Israel" (Wise), 224 "Plan for a Hebrew College"

(Wise, 1853), 224-25 Raphall's abuse of Wise after

Charleston affair, 186 "Reflections of Bohemia" (Wise),

41-45, 254 Talmud or Midrash, rabbinical

legends from, published weekly by Wise, 223-24

"Talmud and Progress" (Wise), 540-41

termination of Wise's editorship (1854), 225-26

"Theology and Philosophy" depart­ment by Wise (1851-54), 221-26

translation of Geiger's Divan des Jehuda Halevi (Wise), 223

Asmonean (continued) translation of Zunz's Gottesdienst-

liche Vortraege (Wise), 223 translations of writings of Rappa-

port, Luzzatto, Krochmal, Hold-heim, Jost, Graetz (Wise), 223

Wise's appeal for unity (1854), 558

Wise's constant writing of impera­tive need for trained ministers, 224

Wise's department, "Theology and Philosophy" (1851-54), 221-26

Wise's forecast of Judaism as the ultimate universal religion (1854), 538

Wise's reply to criticisms of his "History of the Israelitish Na­tion," 231-33

Wise's reply to Leeser's call in Occident for conference of Jew­ish clergy, 228

Yeshivas in Bohemia (Wise), 41-42 Assembly of Jewish Notables, 24, 36,

40 Assimilation, 17, 20, 21, 27, 313

of early Jews in America, 580 of Portuguese Jews in America,

102 Assistant taken by Wise for the first

time (1889), 479 Astronomy, Wise's interest in, 670

visit to astronomical observatory in Washington with Maury, 210

Atheism: Judaism's rejoinders to (Wise,

1887), 658 untenability of (Wise), 636

Atheists in Cincinnati, Wise's fight with, 272

Atomist standpoint, Wise's position on, 511

Atonement: true means of (Wise), 636 vicarious, see Vicarious atonement,

doctrine of "Attitude of Isaac Mayer Wise to­

ward Zionism and Palestine' (Weinman), 589

Aub, Abraham, 2.37, 379 Auerbach, Berthold, 95, 96

Auerbach, Jacob, 264 Aufklaerung (Enlightenment) of the

18th century, 4, 11 Augsburg Synod, Wise's letter to

(1871), 403-4 Augustine, writings of, 636 Austria:

position of Jews from mid-18th to mid-19th centuries, 16, 31-45

Jews become citizens (1849), 37 Wise received by Ambassador in

Washington, 177 "Authenticity and Last Edition of the

Pentateuch" (Wise), 659 Authoritarianism, Wise's dislike of,

93

Babylonian Captivity, Wise in Isra­elite, 327

Babylonian origin of material in the Bible, Wise's denunciation of claim, 532

Babylonian Talmud, Wise's study of, 81

Baltimore: meeting of Central Conference of

American Rabbis, 476-77 protests from, against Cleveland

Conference, 295 Wise's visit to (1860), 341, 662;

(1863), 663 Wise's visit to collect funds for

new congregation in Albany (1850), 207-8

sermon by Wise setting forth "the principles of the reform move­ment," 207

Bamberger, Simon, 246, 377 Baruch und sein Ideal (Wise), 268,

660 Barus, Carl, 377, 402 Basel Congress of W o r l d Zionism:

first (1897), 590, 603 second (1898), 607 third (1899), 609 Wise's reactions to and writings

on, 603-11 Bath Kol, essay by Wise in As-

monean, 223 Bayle, Peter, 5 Bearing of false testimony, Wise's

preaching against, 135

"Beauty a Duty" (Wise in Israelite) 670

Beecher, Henry Ward , 336, 347 628 653, 664

Beecher, Lyman, 323 Beersheba colony in Kansas for Rus­

sian refugees, 457, 588 Beliefs shared by Judaism and Chris­

tianity (Wise), 634, 639 Belmont, August:

contribution of, to new congrega­tion in Albany (1850), 206

Wise's defense of, against war-in­spired libel, 374

ben Abuyah, Elisha, 628-29 Ben-David, Lazarus, 21 ben Hyrcan, Eliezer, 646 ben Joseph, Akiba, 517, 536, 628 ben Zacchai, Jochanan, 432

Mielziner's comparison of Wise to, 497-99

Bene Zion (Homberg), 35 Benedictions over the Shofar, Wise's

suggestion to eliminate, 564 "Benefit of Literary Associations"

(Wise's lecture for Allemannia), 264

Benevolent Society of Cincinnati, Wise as president of, 263

Beni Israel of India, articles on, printed by Wise (1888), 667-68

Benjamin, Judah P., 208-9, 374 Benton, Thomas Hart, 177 Berkeley, George, 508 Berkowitz, Henry, 417, 450, 454, 473,

474, 567 Berlin, Wise visit to (1846), 97 Bernheim, Henry, Mrs. (Ida Wise) ,

254 Bert, M . A . , 481 Beth Din in N e w York (1846), 135,

302 second (and last) meeting (1847),

136-38 Beth E l in Albany, Wise's rabbinate

at, 124-203 see also Albany

Beth Hamidrash in Prague, Wise's study for rabbinate in, 61-65

Bettmann, Bernhard, 256, 273, 416t

420, 423, 424, 450, 451, 477, 490, 497

"Bibel fuer denkende Leser" (Wis-lecenus), Wise's translation of, 659

Bible: as basis of Reform Judaism (Wise),

560 fanatics, Wise's position against,

358 Jewish Publication Society's au­

thoritative English translation, 142 judgments on origin and composi­

tion of later books (Wise), 659 origins of (Wise), 634 problem of translations of (Wise),

554 publication and distribution of a

cheap edition, 412 reading of, in public schools,

Wise's stand against, 270, 619, 620-21

"Bible for Thoughtful Readers" (Wislecenus), 659

"Bible V iew of Slavery" (Raphall), 347

Biblical attitude toward slavery, 344, 345, 346-48

Biblical criticism: Wise's attitude toward, 476, 515,

530-33 Wise's interest in and study of,

437-38 Biblical grounds for Reform (Wise),

561 "Biblical and Jewish Aspects of

Future Relations" (Wise lecture course, 1880), 658

Biblical text, use of, by Wise in Sabbath sermons, 484-85, 548

Biblical women, Wise's tracing the background of, 570

"Bibliography of the Jewish Period­ical Press" (Wise speech at World 's Parliament of Religions, 1893), 487, 547

Biedermann, M . L . , and the "Ham­burg" reforms, 37

Bijur, Martin, 354 Billiards and cards, editorial by Wise

in Israelite, 671 Biographical sketch of Wise by

Philippson and Grossmann, 96

Biography of Wise by grandson, Max B. May, 100, 493

Biology from Wise's viewpoint, 512 Birkenthal, rabbi, Hamilton, Ont., 473 "Birth of Jesus, Critically Ex­

pounded" (Wise in Israelite, 1859), 640

Birth of Wise in Steingrub, Bohemia, 1819, 54

Blackstone, Wise's reading of, 158 "Blair Sunday B i l l , " Wise's protest to

Congress against (1889), 479 Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric, Wise's

study of, 107 Wise's recommendation of, to

young rabbis, 550 Bloch and Co., 271, 303 Bloch, Edward, 101, 267, 271 Bloch, Herman, Wise as tutor in

home of, in Grafenried, 72-73, 81

Bloch, Joseph, 107 Bloch, Theresa, Wise's marriage to,

in Grafenried (1844), 81 see also Theresa (Bloch), wife of

Wise "Blood-accusation," 95, 479

Raphall's refutation of, 171 Bloom, Nathan, 251 Blue Laws, Wise's position against,

358, 619 B'nai Bri th:

in Cincinnati, Wise's address be­fore, on concepts of the Order and opportunities for service (1853), 252

Independent Order of, Wise's membership in, 211-12

Lodge organized in Cincinnati by Wise, 263

Wise's activities in councils of, and installation of new lodges, 405, 665

Wise's recommendation of alliance with Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 487

B'nai Israel of Cincinnati, see K . K . B'nai Israel of Cincinnati

B'nai Yeshurun of Cincinnati, see K . K . B'nai Yeshurun of Cincin­nati

Board of Delegates, 327, 328, 366 affiliation with Union of American

Hebrew Congregations (1877-1878), 438-39, 452, 485

plan to open a "Maimonides Co l ­lege," Wise's comment on (1867), 387

protest against by group of Reform rabbis, 366

Wise's attack on plan to establish a College for Rabbis, 384, 399-400

Bodily resurrection, see Resurrection of the body

Boerne, K a r l Ludwig, 21 Bohemia:

birthplace of Wise, 52-53 position of Jews in, until Revolu­

tion of 1848, 37-45 Wise's departure from, 94-95

Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, V i s ­count, 5, 10

Bondi, Jonas, 426, 469 Bondi, Rosalia Jonas, 469 Bondi, Selma:

marriage to Wise in N . Y . (1876), 426-29

at Wise's bedside at his death, 495 Wise's letters to, 426-29

Books and writings of Wise, 658-61 see also Bibliography, 677-82

Booth, John Wilkes, 370, 373 "Border-state eunuchs," 336 Boston, Wise's address before Free

Religious Association (1869), 521, 523

Brand eis, Ludwig, 311 Braun, rabbi, Baltimore, M d . , 207 Breslau, Wise's visit to (1846), 96 Broome Street in N e w York City,

first home of Wise in America, 101, 106

Buchler, Joseph, 166 Buffalo:

meeting of Central Conference of American Rabbis (1900), 499-500

meeting of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1875), 413

Wise's visit to (1860), 662

Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, comte de, 5, 669

"Bul l " of excommunication against Wise:

for heretical statements in Charles­ton (1850), 185, 186

after publication of "History of Israelitish Nation" (1854), 231

Burckhardt, C , 281 Busch, Isidor, 272 Butler, Benjamin J., Gen., 357, 359

Cabalistic books read in childhood by Wise, 60

Calhoun, John C , 176 Wise's visit with, in Washington,

177 Calisch, Edward N . , 468, 477, 550 "Call to the American Israelites"

(Wise in Asmonean, 1852), 225 "Cal l" for American Jewish union in

Occident, written by Wise (1849), 152-54, 164

Camondo, Abraham, 329 Cantata dedicated to Wise on his

seventieth birthday, 477 Capital punishment, Pharisees' change

of attitude toward, 540 Card-playing, Wise's stand against,

135, 157, 310 editorial in Israelite, 671

Caro, Joseph ben Ephraim, 81, 541 Carter, Judge, 281 Cass, Lewis, 316-17 Casualty figures of war published by

Wise in Israelite, 336 Catastrophe of Eger, The (Wise),

268, 660 Catechism by Wise for instruction of

the young, 404 Catechisms, American-Jewish, 659-

60 Catholic Archbishops, Wise's friend­

ship with, 666 Catholic Church:

doctrine of papal infallibility, Wise's opinions on inconsisten­cies of the doctrine, 629

Wise's bold words on record of persecution by, 627

Catholic Guardian, 622

Catholics forbidden to be part of Jewish choir, Wise's reaction to, 621

Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di, 327 Central Conference of American

Rabbis, 391, 468, 566 Baltimore meeting of Council

(1891), 476-77 Buffalo meeting (1900), 499-500 Cincinnati meeting (1899), 490 first officers of, 474 formation of, in Detroit (1889),

470, 473-74 fund for the College as memorial

to Wise, 499 growth of in first year of existence,

475 membership eligibility, 473-74 Milwaukee meeting (1896), 483, 544

Wise's presidential address, 554 Montreal meeting (1897), 483, 566,

603 Wise's presidential message directed

against Zionism, 483, 603-5 national character of, 473 N e w Orleans meeting of committee

on revision of ritual (1892), 476 objects of, as stated in original

draft of Constitution, 474 organization comprised of Reform

rabbis only, 483 representative of Judaism at

World 's Parliament of Religions (1893), 487

Rochester meeting (1895), 543 second meeting in Cleveland

(1890), 474-75, 601 Wise's presidential address, 475,

561 Synod proposal discussed at meet­

ing after Wise's death, but no action taken, 578

Wise's comments on, at celebration of his eightieth birthday, 476

Yearbook, 567 Ceremonial law, Wise's study of, 81 Certificate of naturalization of Isaac

M . Wise (1851), 212 "Challenge, A " (Wise in Israelite,

1887), 560-61

Chanting versus choral singing in the synagogue, 564

Chanuccah lights, Wise's suggestion to eliminate, 564

Chaplaincy of N . Y . Legislature, Wise's protest and actions be­cause of exclusion of rabbis, 215-216

Chaplaincy, Wise's contention that it violates principle of separation of Church and State, 358

Chaplains in the Union Army, 338, 341, 357, 358

Wise's protest at exclusion of Jews, 357, 619

Charitable campaigns during the War , Wise's support of, 336

Charles V I of Austria, attitude of, to­ward Jews, 32-33

Charleston, S. C : debate between Raphall and Poz-

nanski on orthodoxy and Re­form (1850), 180-81, 187, 197

Wise's vocal support of Reform position from the floor, 181, 187, 198, 535

protests from, against Cleveland Conference, 295

Wise's refusal of rabbinate of Beth Elohim (1850), 182-83

Wise's visit to, and sermon in (1850), 197-81

Chasam Sopher (Schreiber), 74 Chase, Salmon P., 177, 253, 275, 276,

281, 343, 357 Chess, Wise's article on Jewish refer­

ences to (Israelite, 1897), 673 Chicago:

American Israelite, Chicago edition of (1885), 468

Judaism in (Wise in Israelite, 1860), 662

meeting of Union -of American Hebrew Congregations (1881), 451

Synod, Wise's paper on (1881), 574

Wise's address on "The Law of the Covenant" (1860), 522

Wise's visit to (1855), 266

Chicago (continued) World's Parliament of Religions,

Wise's representing of Judaism at (1893), 487-88, 547

"Childhood in Exile" (Levin), 55 Childhood fight with neighborhood

bully, account by Wise in Die Deborah, 56-58

Childhood, youth, and years of train­ing of Wise, recapitulation of, 76-77

Chinese " K i n g " books, Wise's read­ing of, 312

Choir: Catholics forbidden to be part of,

Wise's reaction to, 621 female voices, Wise's advocating

use of, 311, 564, 568-69 formation of, by Wise in Albany,

134, 158-59 source of bickering in congrega­

tion, 159, 160 formation of, in Wise's Cincinnati

congregation, 310-11 use of Christian professionals in,

311 Choral music, use of, in synagogue,

28, 564 Chorin, Aaron, 69 Chovave Xion, 595, 604 Christian festivals in the schools,

Wise's combating of, 619 Christian holidays as public and legal

days of rest, Wise's opposition to, 270, 619

'Christian nation," Wise's objection to U.S. being designated as, 270, 276, 343, 361, 619, 621

Christian opinions on value of the Talmud, Wise's publication of collection of, 541

Christian professionals in synagogue choir, 311

Christian story as a legend, Wise's appraisal in Israelite (1866), 626-627

Christianity: early history of (Wise), 638-39 Genesis of, in history (Wise), 627 and its relation to Judaism, Wise's

writings on, 624

Christianity (continued) of Jesus (Wise), 652 polemics against, by Wise in Oc­

cident, 170-71 tenets of, Wise's blast against, in

"Defense of Judaism Against Proselyting Christianity," 654-57

Wise's lectures on, 384 Wise's references to, in the Israel­

ite, 626 Wise's study of, 225, 437, 624, 627

Christianizing the Ohio Constitution, Wise's fight against, 619-20

"Christology," Wise's prediction of the death of, 651

Chronik, rabbi, Chicago, 111., 391 Chumesh, Wise's study of, in Dur-

maul Cheder, 59 Church Economist, 605 Cincinnati:

acknowledgment at eightieth birth­day celebration of Wise's years of service to city, 490

appraisal of Wise's first six months in (Israelite), 264

Congregational conference (1873): call for, by Cincinnati congrega­

tions, 408 organization of Union of Ameri­

can Congregations, 410-11 representation at, 411

history of, and characteristics at time of Wise's move to (1854), 241-44

inaugural sermon by Wise, a statement of his Jewish stand­point, 260

Jewish community at time of Wise's move to (1854), 244-45

meeting of Central Conference of American Rabbis (1899), 490

meeting of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1883), 452

Rabbinical meeting (1871), 396-97, 401

summation by Wise of his first year of tenure, 309-10

reforms instituted by Wise, 310-11

Cincinnati (continued) summation of Wise's first four

years of tenure, 321-22 inner development of Wise, 322

Wise's activities in many direc­tions, 263

civic activities, 388 Wise's attitude, spirit, and confi­

dence on taking up rabbinate (1854), 256-57

Wise's congregation the largest in the U.S. (1857), 581

Wise's get-acquainted visit after election to rabbinate (1853), 241, 248-53

Wise's move to (1854), 255-56 see also K . K . B'nai Yeshurun of

Cincinnati Cincinnati College of Medicine and

Surgery, Wise's lecture at (1877), 672

Cincinnati Commercial: dedication of B'nai Yeshurun tem­

ple, account of (1865), 382 Hebrew vote and the Know-Noth-

ing Party, Wise's article on, 308 Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune, 482 Cincinnati Daily Gazette:

sarcastic remarks about Wise's nomination as State Senator, 365

Wise's retort to calling a Jewish merchant a "Shylock," 618

Cincinnati Enquirer: accusation against Jewish clothing

houses (1861), 356-57 anouncement of Wise's Friday

night lectures (1873), 431 Grant's anti-Jewish order, remarks

on, 353 on Wise's nomination as State Sen­

ator (1863), 363, 365 "Cincinnati school" of reformers

versus the Eastern reformers, 294-295, 297, 305, 396

Circuit preachers: committee on, appointed at Cincin­

nati rabbinical meeting (1871), 397

for smaller communities, 412 Wise promotion of (1878), 438

Wise's plea for, in Asmonean, 255

Circumcision of proselytes, 391, 394 449, 467, 567

Frankfort Conference consideratior of (1845), 84

letter of Wise to Philipson, (1886) 529

Philadelphia Conference, proposal; on (1869), 391, 394

Pittsburgh Conference, resolutior on (1885), 462, 464

Citizenship of Jews, Wise's positior on, 598

Civic activities of Wise in Cincin­nati, 388

Civ i l rights of Jews, Wise's cham­pioning of, 618-22

Civ i l W a r as difficult period of Wise's life, 368-69

Clay, Henry, 105, 176 Clergyman's life, Wise's writing on,

in Israelite, 671 Cleveland:

Conference (1855), 142, 286-301, 576-77

platform of Conference, 289-91, 525, 540, 545, 573

dissension over, following Con­ference, 294-301, 557

Wise's reference to, in address­ing Central Conference of American Rabbis (1890), 475

meeting of Central Conference of American Rabbis (1890), 474-75, 601

Wise's presidential address 475, 561

meeting of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1874), 412

Rabbinical meeting of congrega­tions using Minhag America (1870), 394-95

Wise's visit to (1860), 662 Cleveland, Grover, Wise's acclaim of,

as President, 481 Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum,

440 Cohen, A . , 366-67 Cohen, M . M . , 281 Cohen, rabbi, Cleveland, Ohio, 394 Cohn, Joseph, 101

Cohn, Simon, 490 Cohn, rabbi, Albany, N . Y . , 275 Collection of funds for new congre­

gation in Albany, trip by Wise for purpose of (1850), 205-12

College, Wise's agitation for found­ing by united Israelites, 273, 284, 325, 366-67

Colonization of the Jews: in Argentine by the Baron de

Hirsch Fund, 589, 591, 595 in Palestine, Wise's early support

of, 590-92, 595 Wise's attitude toward, 587-89, 595 in Yemen, 588

Columbian Exposition, see World 's Parliament of Religions

Columbus, Wise's visit to (1887), 664 Combat of the People, or Hillel and

Herod (Wise), 268, 327, 660, 661 Committee on Civ i l and Religious

Rights of Jews, 439 Committee to Defend Jews' Civ i l

Rights, 452 "Comparison of the 18th and 19th

Centuries," address by Wise, 4-5 Compromise, Wise an inveterate be­

liever in, 391, 466 "Concerning the Improvement of the

Condition of the Jews" (Dohm), 20

"Concerning Ziomania" (Wise, in Israelite, 1899), 608-9

"Concerning Those W h o Profess the Mosaic Faith in Germany" (Ries-ser), 27

Condorcet, marquis de, 11 Confederate Jewish prisoners, Wise's

attempt to secure freedom of, 338

"Conference, The," Israelite editorial (1855), 284

Confirmation: of boys and girls together, Wise's

support of, 569 controversy over, in Occident, 157-

58 Wise's introduction of, in Albany,

157-58 Wise's introduction of, in Cincin­

nati, 478

"Confirmation and Bar Mitzvah" (Wise in Asmonean), 254

"Conflagration, The," novel by Wise, 292

Confucius' writings, Wise's reading of, 312

Congregation, domination of, by the Parnass, or president (Reminis­cences), 133

Congregational association versus rab­binical union, as to duties and rights, 471

Congregational conference in Cincin­nati (1873), see Cincinnati, Con­gregational conference

Congregational cooperation, pattern for, set by Reform, 472

"Congregational Schools" (Wise in Asmonean), 224

Congregational union, Wise's promo­tion of, 397, 398, 399

Conscience as chief instrument of moral growth (Wise), 637

Conservative Judaism, 551, 556 patterns set by Wise, used in con­

gregational associations and semi­nars, 408

Zacharias Frankel, founder of, 84 Constitutional government based on

fundamental concepts of Juda­ism, not Christianity (Wise), 636

Contrat Social (Rousseau), 10, 12 Controversies and Wise's policy of

ignoring, 454 Conversion of Catholic mother and

daughter to Judaism by Wise (1884), 445-46

"Conversion mania of Christianity" as cause of anti-Jewish prejudices (Wise), 654

Conversionists, Wise's battles against in Albany, 142-44, 183

in Israelite, 270 see also Missionaries

Convert, The (Wise), 268, 660 Copper, James Fenimore, Wise's read­

ing of novels by, 93 Cornerstone of new temple of B'nai

Yeshurun, contents of, 378 Cornerstone-laying, Wise's activities

in, 405

"Correspondence" column in the Israelite, 662

Correspondence by Wise with E u ­ropean scholars whose works he was translating, 224

Cosmic God, The (Wise), 384, 426, 431, 446, 507-14, 659

Cosmogony, Wise's interest in, 670 Cox, J . D., 450 Cremieux, Adolphe, 26, 647

memorial services for, by Wise (1880), 436

Crescas, 519, 534 Crimean War , Wise's rejoicing at

defeat of Russia, 329 Criticism:

Biblical, see Biblical criticism directed against him, Wise's atti­

tude toward, 664 by Wise of findings of science

(1867), 667 Crucifixion of Jesus (Wise), 644,

645, 647, 650 Cultural assimilation, 27 Cultural illiteracy, Wise's conviction

that it must be remedied, 390

Daily and Weekly Express, 108 Damnation and salvation doctrine of

Christianity, Wise's comments on, 631, 639

Darwinism, Wise's position on, 510-511, 515, 655, 667

Das Glueck Reich zu Sein (Wise), 268

Davenport, Iowa, Wise's visit to (1855), 266

Davidson, David, 460, 473 Davis, Jefferson, 177 Dead Sea Scrolls, 130, 645 Dean, Amos, 136, 143, 160, 177, 195,

209, 231 Death of Wise (1900), 493-95 Deborah:

begun by Wise as supplement of Israelite (1855), 271

Central Conference of American Rabbis, Wise's comments on his presidency of, 474

childhood fight with neighborhood bully, Wise's account of, 56-58

Deborah (continued) Conference of Pittsburgh (1885)

Wise's comments on, 465 conquering of America with thi

weapon of the "living word' (Wise), 107

death of, 665 fighting back, Wise's remarks on

58 Hebrew Union College, Wise';

reminiscencesr about opening, 41( Hirsch, Samuel, as contributor to

71 Judaism as the universal religion

editorial by Wise, 537-38 Lilienthal, Max, as contributor to,

112 appointed director of (1859), 324

novels by Wise, appearance in, 268 Wasserman, Leopold, as contribu­

tor to, 114 Wise's motto for, 664 " W o r l d of M y Books" (Wise),

129 Debts:

on the Israelite, 268, 269, 271 Wise's situation as result of the

War , 365-66 Wise's worry over (1853-54), 233,

240-41 Decalogue:

as central to Judaism (Wise), 522 laws based on, are eternal and im­

mutable (Wise), 525 from Mt . Sinai as the revelation

(Wise), 526 see also Ten Commandments

"Declaration of the Rights of Man" (Constituent Assembly of France), 22

De Cordova, Raphael, 333 Dedication:

of Anshe Emeth synagogue in Albany (1851), 214

of Beth Emeth temple in Albany by Wise (1889), 215

of B'nai Yeshurun temple in Cin­cinnati (1865), 379-82

Dedication H y m n , 382 Dedication Sermon by Wise,

381-82

Dedication (continued) of synagogues, Wise's activities in,

405, 662, 663 "Defending the Cleveland Confer­

ence" (Wise), 300-01 Defense of Jewish civil and religious

rights here and abroad, 439, 452, 471

"Defense of Judaism versus Proselyt­izing Christianity" (Wise, 1889), 625, 631, 654-57, 658

Deism, Wise accused of, in Albany crisis (1850), 191

Deists in England, 5, 9 Delitsch, Franz, 95-96 Dembitz, Lewis N . , 346 Democracy, Robesierre's appraisal of,

7-8 Democratic party, Wise's political

affiliation with, 272, 318, 323, 362 Democratic trend of Wise's convic­

tions while in Radnitz, 93 Der Judenstaat (Herzl) , 483 , 602 Der maskierte Liebhaber (Wise), 268 Der Rothkopf oder des Schulmeisters

Tochter (Wise), 268, 660 Descartes, Rene, 669 "Desert of Sahara, The" (Wise in

Israelite), 671 De Sola Mendes, F., 441 Detroit:

formation of Central Conference of American Rabbis (1889), 470, 473-74

meeting of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1889), 472

Wise's visit to (1855), 266 Deuteronomy, authorship of last

passages, 522, 531 Deutsch, rabbi, Baltimore, Md . , 391 Diamonds to brides, Wise's writing

against in Israelite, 671 Dickens, Charles, visitor to Cincin­

nati (1842), 244 Diderot, Denis, 5, 12 Die Juden von Landshuth (Wise),

268, 660 Die Meistersinger, Wise's accusation

of plagiarism in, 674

Die Wissenschaft des Judenthums, 127, 541

Dietary Laws, Wise's position on, 450, 527-28, 564

"Difficulty in Defining Judaism" (Wise in American Israelite, 1895), 127, 130, 575

"Ding'-an-sich" ("thing in itself"). Wise's acceptance of the reality of, 508, 514

Discourses (Rousseau), 12 Discrimination evils, committee of the

Union to work against, 452 Dispersion of Israel:

Rabbinical Conference in Philadel­phia (1869), pronouncement on, 392, 393

Wise's concept of, 537, 597, 600, 602 Divine worship, improvement of, ad­

vocated by Wise in Asmonean, 224

Divorce: Philadelphia Conference recogni­

tion of sole applicability of law of the land (1896), 392-93

Wise's position on, 569 "Do N o t Come Prejudiced to the

Convention in Cleveland," Israel­ite editorial (1855), 287

"Dr. Wise as a German" (Heller), 52, 491

"Doctrines of Mosaic Religion" (Johlson), 660

"Does the Canon Law Permit Ladies to Sing in the Synagogue?" (Wise, 1855), 568

"Dogmatism," editorial in Israelite on experiences of 1850 in Albany, 184

Dohm, Christian Wilhelm von, 20 "Domestic Manners of the Ameri­

cans" (Trollope), 243 Dormitzer, Nathan, 40 Douglas, Stephen A . , 105, 177, 362

letters from Wise to, 318-19, 328 Dreyfus case, Wise's comments on,

482-83, 613, 617 Drinking, Wise's preaching against,

157 Drucker, Nathan, 490 Dual loyalty charge against Jews, 609

Dualism of good and evil (Wise), 637

Dubois, John W . , Gen., 351 Durmaul Cheder, Wise's study at,

59-61

East-European Jews: great migration of, to U.S., 556,

583 Wise's prejudice against, 583

Eastern reformers versus the "Cincin­nati school" of reformers, 294-295, 297, 305, 396

Ebionites, 646 Eckmann, Julius, 219 Ecrasez Vlnjame (Voltaire), 11 Editor:

Wise's beginnings as, in columns of Asmonean (1851), 222

Wise's description of the duties of (1866), 663

Wise's rules for, 674 Education:

equal opportunities for men and women, Wise's advocating of, 569

of Jewish children in Bohemia (Wise in Asmonean), 41-43

Jewish and general, Wise's con­victions and ideas on, 254

"Education for the pulpit" (editorial in Israelite, 1870), 398

"Effect of Biblical Theology," ser­mon by Wise in Charleston (1850), 179

"Egyptian Chronology" (Wise in Israelite), 670

Egyptian origin of material in the Bible, Wise's denunciation of claim, 532, 533

Eichberg, Frederick, 311 Eichberg, Lewis, 375 "Eighteen Benedictions," 304, 565 Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries:

comparison of characteristics of, by Wise, 5

world developments in, 5-14 Eightieth birthday of Wise:

celebration of, 490-91 comments by Wise, on Central

Conference of American Rabbis, 476

Einhorn, David, 294-95, 304, 358, 38? 390, 391, 400, 401, 439, 557, 66:

as Abolitionist, 341 attacks on Wise after Clevelanc

Conference, 296-97 at Frankfort Conference, (1845), 83

85 on the Talmud, 542

Einhorn Minhag, 304, 566 Eisenmenger, Johann Andrias, 271

299 Election of Wise for life to Cincin­

nati rabbinate, 237-39 Eliezer, Hyrcan ben, 646 Eliezer, Yehuda ben, 548, 591 Elisha, Abuyah ben, 628-29 Eliot, George, 593 Ellinger, M . , 439 "Elohism" and "Jahvism," Wise's im­

patience with emphasis on, 531 Elsas, Jacob, 375 Emancipation Proclamation, 336, 346 Emanuel Theological Seminary Asso­

ciation of N e w York, 399, 457

Emile (Rousseau), 12 Emily, daughter of Isaac and Theresa

Wise, birth of, 81 "Encyclopedia of the Science of

Judaism" (Zirndorf), 452 Encyclopedic, 10, 12 Encyclopedists in France, 5, 613 "End, or Gist, of the Matter" (lecture

by Wise, 1874), 431 "End of Popes, Nobles, and Kings"

(Wise), 87, 614-15 Enemies made in Albany congrega­

tion: by Wise's forthright stands and criticisms of offenders, 145, 156, 157 by minor reforms instituted, 162

England: and the beginnings of liberal

thought, 9-10 position of Jews from mid-18th to

mid-19th centuries, 18, 26 English-Jewish journals, criticism of

American Jews about attitude to­ward Russian emigration, 585-86

English language: Wise's advocacy of use of, in

services and sermons, 393 Wise's command of, 143 Wise's study of, 92, 93, 107, 136 Wise's teaching of, to other im­

migrants after his arrival in Ameri­ca, 108-9

"English-Polish" synagogue on E lm Street, N e w York City, 109

Enlightenment (Aufklaerung) of the 18th century, 4, 11

"Ephemeron" fly and thoughts on im­mortality (Wise in Israelite), 670

Epistemology in philosophy (Wise in "The Cosmic God") , 508

Eppinger, Solomon, 415, 417, 418, 441, 450, 451

Erek Millin, encyclopedic dictionary of Judaism (Rappaport), 73

Eschatology, Christian teaching about (Wise), 637

Eskales, M . , 275 Esprit des Lois (Montesquieu), 11 Essay on Wise by Jacob R. Marcus,

178 "Essence of Judaism" (Wise, 1861),

217, 326, 378, 404, 522, 659 "Essence of Religion, The Elements

of Theology of Judaism, The Torah of Moses" (Wise, 1887), 659

Essenes, program and principles (Wise), 644, 645, 646

Eternal damnation, doctrine of (Wise), 636

Ethical Culture Society, Wise's lack of sympathy with, 446

Ethical doctrines of Judaism and Christianity, likenesses and differ­ences (Wise), 635-36

"Ethics of Judaism" (Wise lectures on), 658

speech at World 's Parliament of Religions (1893), 487, 488

Ethics, origin and character of, Wise's position on, 514

Eucharist, explanation of the institu­tion of (Wise), 647, 648

European background of Wise, 3-45

European scholars, Wise's corre­spondence with on translations he was making, 224

Evangelical tours of the Apostles (Wise), 646

"Evening Twil ight" (Wise in Israel­ite), 670

Eventful Years and Experiences (Korn) , 307

Evolution, Wise's position on, 510-11, 515, 667

Evolutionary concept of Judaism, 28, 82

Excommunication "bull" against Wise:

for heretical statements in Charles­ton, 185

after publication of his "History of Israelitish Nation," 231

Existence of Deity, "The Cosmic G o d " of Wise, as new evidence of, 508

Ezekiel, Moses, 275, 490 Ezra as final author of the Torah,

Wise's rejection of theory, 525

"Faithful Missionary in Berlin," last wi l l and testament of a, 314

False oaths, Wise's preaching against, 157

Familienrecht, see Marriage restric­tions

Family hardship of the Wises in A l ­bany, 158

Family of Isaac and Theresa Wise, four sons and four daughters, 425

Family life of Jews in Bohemia, arti­cles by Wise in Asmonean, 43-44

Family pews in synagogue, 28, 213-14, 379, 564, 568

Fanaticism, Wise opposition to, 338, 340-41, 358

Farm on College H i l l bought as home by Wise, 368

Father of I. M . Wise, see Leo the second

Fay, Theodore S., 329 Fearlessness of Wise in promoting

his ideas and convictions, 259 Fechheimer, Leopold, 379

Fechheimer, Marcus, 248, 256, 261, 324, 375

"Federal Farmer" (Richard Henry-Lee), 93

Feldman, Eph., 460 Felsenheld, H . , 137 Felsenthal, Bernard, 391, 441, 442,

606 Female voices in the choir, Wise's

advocating use of, 311, 564, 568-569

Ferdinand I of Austria and the Jews, 36

Fidelity, or Life and Romance (Wise), 268

Fiftieth Anniversary Booklet of B'nai Yeshurun congregation (Wise and Max B. May, 1892), 239-40, 376, 377, 421, 478, 553

Fiftieth anniversary of Wise's ordina­tion as rabbi, celebration of (1893), 488-89

Fighting back, Wise's remarks on, in Die Deborah, 58

Fighting spirit of Wise, 259 Fillmore, Millard, President:

Wise and delegation, interview with, on Swiss Treaty, 317

Wise's visit to (1850), 209-10 Financial status of Wise in early

years in Cincinnati, 271-72 First Cause, Wise's belief regarding,

513, 514 First Congregational Church of Cin ­

cinnati, Wise lecture before (1869), 628

"First Jewish Prayer in Congress" (Korn) , 403

First of the Maccabees (Wise), 268, 327, 660

"First Rabbi to Visit a President," Washington paper's headline on Wise's visit to President Taylor (1850), 177

Fischel, Moritz, 238 Fischel, Moses, 63-64 Fischhof, Adolf, 37 Foner, Philip S., 347 "For Infidels," lecture series by Wise

(1885), 469

"Foreign admixture" of Shechitah, Wise's suggestion to drop, 564

Foreign Jewish news instituted by Wise in Asmonean, 224

Foreign press, Wise's habit of read­ing, 489

"Foreign Record" section of the Israelite, 667

Formstecher, Solomon, 82 Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wise's visit to

(1860), 662 Founder's Day at Hebrew Union

College on anniversary of Wise's death, 419

Four-fold dishes, Wise's advocating dropping use of, 564 '

"Fragmentists," Wise's arguments against, 524-25

France: and the developments of the 18th

and 19th centuries, 11-13 Jews of, given full civic equality,

1791, 22 position of Jews from mid-18th to

mid-19th centuries, 21-22, 23-25 Francis I of Austria and the Jews,

35-36 Frank, Henry, 263, 310 Frankel, David, 19 Frankel, Zechariah, 28, 73, 84, 96,

290, 479 founder of Conservative Judaism,

84 Wise's correspondence with, 224 Frankel's Der Gerichtliche Beiveis,

translation by Wise in Asmo­nean, 223

Frankfort Conference of the Rabbis of Germany (1845), 83-85, 202, 535

influence on Wise, 85-86, 93, 134, 565

Frankfort, Wise's visit to: at Frankfort Conference (1845),

83-85 on way to America (1846), 96-97

Free Religious Association of Boston, Wise's lecture before (1869), 521, 523

Freedom, Wise's evaluation of, in re­lation to life and wi l l , 513

Freiberg, Julius, 408, 451, 477, 490, 497

French literature of the 18th century, 5

French Revolution, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 82 Freund, Samuel, 65, 75, 79 Friday night lectures inaugurated by

Wise in Cincinnati (1865), 383-384, 402, 430-31, 478, 480

excellent attendance at, 446 recommended by Wise for all syn­

agogues, 564, 565 Friedenwald, Harry, 606 Friedlander, A . J., 311, 375, 418 Friedman, Joseph, 402 Friedmann, Solomon, 248, 256, 275,

375, 423 "Friends of Zion," 595, 604 Friendships of Wise, 666

deep and lasting character of friendship with Max Lilienthal, 112, 113, 135, 445

friends in Albany, 156 Frog allegory, Wise's use of, in Cin ­

cinnati to refute critics, 250-51 From Sinai to Cincinnati (Wilen-

sky), 310 Fuerst, Julius, 95-96, 554 Fuerstenberg, Count, 89, 94 Funeral services for Wise, 495-96 Funerals held from the synagogue,

advocated by Wise, 564 "Future Man, The" (Wise lecture

course, 1880), 658

Galignani's Messenger of Paris, 667 Gamaliel, 646 Gaon, Saadya, 533 Garfield, James A . , President, me­

morial address by Wise at time of death, 445

Garibaldi, Giuseppi, 327 Garrison, Wi l l i am Lloyd, 340 Gassendi, Pierre, 511 Geiger, Abraham, 28, 73, 83, 85, 96,

293 , 404, 467, 479, 541, 554, 569 Wise's visits with, in Breslau

(1846), 96 Geiger's Divan des Jehuda Halevi,

Wise's translation of, in Asmo-nean, 223

"Genealogy of Joseph, After Mat­thew" (Wise in Occident, 1849-1850), 625

German background, Wise's con­scious efforts to move away from, 313

German immigrants, influx of in 1848, 150

German Jews in America: in mid-19th century, 102-103, 104,

126 in Cincinnati, 126-27, 245 sharp division among, in attitude

toward Reform, 201-2 in 1891, 478

German language: use of, in service approved by

Frankfort Conference (1845), 84 used by Wise in sermons in Rad-

nitz, 80 Wise's knowledge of literature of,

82 Wise's acquiring mastery of pure

German, 70, 75, 79, 583 Wise's opposition to continued use

of, in services in America, 566 German Literary Society i n Albany,

150, 221 German Pioneer Society of Cincin­

nati, 665 German states, position of Jews from

mid-18th to mid-19 centuries, 16, 18, 22-23, 26

Germany, and the developments of the 18th and 19th centuries, 11

Gersonides, 534 Gibbon, Edward, 5 Gideon, choir-master, 311 "Glaciers" (Wise in Israelite), 671 "God of Judaism and the God of

Science," bitter discussion in Rabbinical Literary Association (1880), 451-52

God : as pictured in Judaism and in

Christianity (Wise), 632 Wise's God-concept in "The Cos­

mic God," 507-14 God's complete omnipotence, Wise's

acceptance of, 534

God's omniscience and man's free­dom, no conflict between (Wise), 636

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 7 Goldammer, rabbi, Nashville, Tenn.,

441 Golden Age in Spain, 17, 82 Goldman, Louis, 489, 490, 497 Goldstein, M., 460, 477 Goodheart, Jacob H. , 235-39 Gospels, Wise's appraisal of, 630,

648-51 Gottheil, Gustav, 439, 450, 459, 486,

544, 574, 606, 608 Gottheil, Richard, 606 Gotthelf, rabbi, Louisville, Ky., 292 Governments in the 18th and 19th

centuries, camparison of, in ad­dress by Wise, 4-5

Graetz, Heinrich, 19, 554 Wise's translations of writings of,

in Asmonean, 223 Grandfather of I. M . Wise, see Isaiah,

grandfather of I. M. Wise Grant, U.S.:

Jews' objection and opposition to candidacy for presidency (1868), 354

Wise's opposition, 374-75 memorial service by Wise, on his

death (1885), 469 Order No. 11 directed against

Jews, 336, 350-53, 354-55, 357, 619 Gratz, Rebecca, 103, 226-27 "Great Excitement in the Jewish

Church," editorial in Albany paper (1850), 193

"Great Minds" (Wise's lecture series, 1879), 658

"Great Pyramid and Egyptian Life 4000 Years Ago" (Wise in Israel-he), 671

Great Synhedrion (Sanhedrin), 25, 36, 40, 659

Greek, Wise's study of, with Cath­olic priest, 72-73

Greeley, Horace, 105, 148-50 invitation to Wise to use columns

of New York Tribune, 205, 212, 232

Greeley, Horace (Continued) Wise's visit to, in New York

(1848), 149-50 Greenebaum, Henry, 291, 319 Gregoire, Abbe, 22 Gronemann, Sammy, 68 Grossmann, Louis, 417, 451, 484, 487,

490, 491, 495, 496, 497, 499 Guenzberg, rabbi, Baltimore, Md., 207 Gurley, congressman, Ohio, 352 Gutheim, James K., 104, 246, 391, 451,

455, 467, 574 Gutman, M., 462 Guttman, A., 543 Gymnasium and University courses

made requisites of rabbinical pro­fession by Austrian government, 67

Hackenberg, Isaac E., 273, 275 Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich, 511 Haggadah for the Passover Seder, 600 Hahn, Aaron, 441, 474 Hale, John Parker, 177 Halevi, Jehuda, 519 Halleck, Henry W., Gen., 352-53 Hallel, Wise's suggestion to elim­

inate, 564 Ha-Meassef, 21 Hamaggid, 547 "Hamlet in the Pulpit," Mrs. F.'s ap­

praisal of Wise, 226 Hand-washing, Wise's suggestion to

eliminate, 564 Harris, Maurice, 491 Hartmann, Eduard von, 516 Hayes, Rutherford B.:

ex-President, Wise's memorial serv­ices for (1893), 481

Wise's appeal to, in regard to rights of American Jews in Russia, 619

Health of Wise, 157, 170 premonitions of physical disaster in

1848, 158 took leave of absence because of,

and went South (1850), 174 from 1850 on, enjoyed magnificent

health and abounding energy, 173 paragraphs in Israelite in the 70's

that he was not too well, 404 letters with deprecatory words

Health of Wise (continued) about his waning strength (1898), 486

superb all his life, 492 Heaven and hell as fictions (Wise),

637 Hebrew Bookland, 531 Hebrew College, Wise's announce­

ment for opening (1861), 325 Hebrew Congregational Union, con­

sideration of, at Cincinnati rab­binical meeting (1871), 397, 401

Hebrew dictionary, 548 Hebrew journalism, Wise's apprecia­

tion of, 547-48 Hebrew language:

as the essential of the liturgy, 395 B'nai Yeshurun (Cincinnati) con­gregation's use of, 447

Frankfort Conference considera­tion of, as language of the liturgy (1845), 84

Philadelphia Conference, declara­tion of, on use of (1869), 392

Wise's position, 393 priority of, as the language of

prayer, Wise's insistence on, 138 Wise's attitude toward, 546-48, 566

Hebrew periodicals, Wise's subscrip­tion to, and reading of, 547

Hebrew philosophy and philosophers, Wise's series of lectures on (1872),. 404

Hebrew renaissance in Russia, Wise's admiration for, 603

Hebrew Review, 111 Hebrew School Union, 399 Hebrew Union Agricultural Society,

588 Hebrew Union College, 408, 411, 412,

414-20 academic affiliation with University

of Cincinnati, 416, 458, 460 alumnal association, 461, 472, 483 board of examiners, 441

discontinuance of, 459 Board of Governors (1874), 414-15 celebration of Wise's seventieth

birthday (1889), 478 curriculum for, 414, 440-41

Hebrew Union College (continued) demand for services of graduates,

450, 455 early graduates, 417 faculty, 451, 460 female students, 571-72 first gift of $10,000, 414 first graduation, 450-51, 458 growth of, 1877 to 1880, 432 new building for (1881), 442-43

dedication of, 450 opening ceremonies, 416 preparatory school for, in N . Y.,

420-21, 457 second commencement exercises

(1884), 451 special number of Journal on

Wise's 80th birthday, 490-91 special service in chapel after

Wise's death, 497 suicide of two "A" grade students

(1891), 477 Wise elected president (1874), 414

Wise's remarks on, in Israelite, 414-15

incumbency for twenty-five years until death, 485

Wise as Professor of Philosophy and Theology, 417, 420, 451, 460

Wise's anxiety for fate of, after his death, 487

Wise's continuing efforts to im­prove the quality of instruction, 441-42

Wise's efforts to build up library, 442

Wise's purpose with the College, opening address (1879), 442

Wise's report on, with resume of history (1888), 460

Hebrew Union College Archives, 166, 212, 426, 439, 444, 549

Hebrew Union College Journal, Wise's stand on Zionism, 609-11

Hebrew Young Men's Literary As­sociation of N.Y.C., Wise's paper before (1852), 614

Hebrews as "polytheists and pagans" before the Babylonian Captivity, Wise's denunciation of the the­ory, 532

Hecht, rabbi, Milwaukee, W i s e , 473 Hegelian philosophy of the Jewish

religion, 396 Heidler, Hoke, 496 Heine, Heinrich, 21, 312, 313 Heinsheimer, E . L . , 489 Heinsheimer, J . H . , 275 Heinsheimer, Lewis, 265 H e l l of fire and brimstone, doctrine

of (Wise), 636, 637 Heller, Max, 52, 53, 417, 474, 490,

491, 497, 544, 664 letter from Wise (1886) on sug­

gestions to young candidate ap­plying for congregation, 549

letter from Wise about the Union Prayer Book (1896), 566-67

tribute to Wise at N e w Orleans memorial service, 496-97

tutorial work in Prague to com­plete education, 61

Wise's appreciation of hospitality at N e w Orleans meeting (1892), 476

Hellman, M . , 279 Henderson, Howard, 490 Henry, H . A . , 247 Henry Street Synagogue in N e w

York City, 110 Herbart psychology, Wise's enthu­

siasm for, and articles on, 160 Wise's talk with Daniel Webster

on, 177 Herder, Johann, 11 Heretic, Wise accused of being, 185,

231, 460 Herz, rabbi, Syracuse, N . Y . , 606 Herz, Henrietta, salon of, 11, 21 Herz, Marcus, 21 Herzl , Theodor, 482, 483, 584, 602,

603, 604, 605, 608, 611, 617 Hess, Moses, 483 Heterodox form of Judaism, 551 " H I A S , " 585 Hil le l , 517, 624, 644

biography by Wise in Asmonean, 223

Hil lkowitz , physician, Cincinnati, Ohio, 494

Hinduism, literature, Wise's reading of, 312

Hirsch, Baron de, promotion of col­onization of Jews in the Argen­tine, 589, 591, 595

Hirsch, E m i l G . , 441, 467, 543, 544 Hirsch, Samson Raphael, 28, 290

Wise's appraisal of influence of, on Jewish life and thought, 479

Hirsch, Samuel, 71, 82, 83, 85, 391, 396, 398, 401, 441, 452, 660

influence on Wise of his work on Jewish philosophy (Israelite), 70-71

Hirschberg, Abraham, 489 Hirschberg, Samuel, 489 "Historical Judaism," 28 Historical romances of Wise, see

Novels written by Wise "History of the Doctrine of the T r i n ­

i ty" (Wise in Israelite, 1856), 626

History of the Hebrews' Second Commonwealth (Wise), 419, 659

History of Israel, Bible critics de­scription of, 532

History of the Israelitish Nation (Wise):

V o l . I, 125, 227, 228-33, 260, 327, 510, 533, 644

V o l . II, 437 History of the Jews (Josephus), 131 "History of Materialism" (Lange),

509 History as the mind actualized in

deeds (Wise in "The Cosmic God") , 509

History, Wise's study of, 131, 215, 312

"History of the W o r l d " (Rotteck), 229

Hobbes, Thomas, 9, 511 Hochheimer, Henry, 207, 333 Hoelderlin, Fredrich, 11 Hoffman, Charles, 606 Holdheim, Samuel, 28, 83, 85, 479

Wise's translations of writings of, in Asmonean, 223

Holland, position of Jews from mid-18th to mid-19th centuries, 18, 22

Hollstein, Lehmann, 238

H o l y Ghost: as instinct toward duty (Wise),

636 as source of inspiration, Judaism's

repudiation of (Wise), 634 Wise's remarks on, 628

H o l y Land, Wise's sentimental at­tachment to, 589-90, 595

Homberg, Herz , 35 Home life of Wise a happy one in

Albany, 156 Home at 615 Mound St., Cincinnati,

given Wise on seventieth birth­day, 477

"Homo-Brutalism," 510 " H o w a Bad Sermon is Made" (Wise

in Israelite), 672 " H o w to Preserve a Piano" (Wise in

Israelite), 673 " H o w Women Become Insane"

(Wise in Israelite), 670 Hudson River and the Palisades, deep

impression made on Wise, 116-117

Huebsch, Adolph, 401, 403 , 429, 441, 446, 450, 566

Hughes High School of Cincinnati, 416

Human mind, evidences of (Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 509-10

Humanities, beginning of Wise's in­terest in, 65

Humboldt, Wi lhe lm von, 11 Hume, David, 5, 10 Hurlbut, S. A . , Gen., 356 " H y m n on the Law" (Wise), 380-

381 "Hymns, Psalms, and Prayers,"

(Wise, 1868), 660 Hymns, Wise's writing of, 159, 495

Ibn Ezra, Abraham, 522, 524, 565, 673 Ida, daughter of Theresa and Isaac

Wise, birth of, 254 Idolatry of Christians, Wise's accusa­

tion of, 632 Illowy, Bernard, 227, 231 Immaculate Conception, Wise's re­

marks on, in Israelite (1855), 626

Immanence of God, belief shared by Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 634

Immigrants: increase of, to America after 1848,

150 reasons motivating their coming,

98, 150 Wise's attitude toward, 583-86, 591,

607 see also German; Polish; Portu­

guese; Russian Immortality:

belief in, shared by Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 634

contrasted with doctrine of bodily resurrection (Wise in Occident, 1851), 218-20

Josephus' belief in, 637 no doctrine of, in the Torah, 524

Wise's contradiction of, 527 Philadelphia Conference (1869)

pronouncement on, 392, 393 Pittsburgh Conference (1885) pro­

nouncement on, 464 Wise's belief in, 516, 636-37

"Imperial-royal-Bohemian Tolerated Jew," Wise's aversion to being so classed, 93

"Importance of the Conference" (edi­torial in Israelite, 1871), 397

Independence of Wise and reckless­ness in expression of views, 156

Independent Order of B'nai Brith, Wise's membership in, 211-12

Indianapolis, Wise's visit to (1855), 266, 662; (1860), 662

Indifference of flock, subject of whimsical article in Israelite (1893), 673

Infallibility of the pope, Wise's opin­ions on inconsistencies of the doctrine, 629

Ingersoll, Robert, 51 Inscription on marble obelisk over

Wise's grave, 496 Intellectual culture, Wise's plea for,

as means of preserving Judaism, 385

Interests of Wise, wide range of, 667-74

Intermarriage, Wise's position on, 449, 570-71

Introduction to the Theology of Ju­daism (Wise), 521

Inventions, Wise's interest in, 672 Irving, Washington, relationship with

Rebecca Gratz, 226 "Is It Coming?" (editorial in Israel­

ite, 1873), 408 Isaacs, Samuel M . , 227, 328, 441 Isaiah, grandfather of I. M . Wise, 52,

59-61 Isaac M . Wise's study under guid­

ance of, 59-61 Islam, Wise's study of, 225 "Israel, Its Place in History" (Wise

lectures on), 658 Israelite, The:

"Acts of the Apostles, Critically Reviewed," 627

on agricultural colonies for Jewish immigrants, 589

Albany crisis of 1850, Wise's ac­count of, 201

on alumnal association of Hebrew Union College as nucleus for permanent rabbinical association, 461

American flag at masthead during Spanish-American War , 482

"Ancient and Modern Jews," 520 "Aphorisms" of Wise, 516, 614 "As Yesterday W h e n It Is Past"

(1865), 376-77 "Babylonian Captivity," 327 on battles against missionaries, 312 "Beauty a Duty," 670 Ben Yehuda, Wise's appeal for f i ­

nancial help for, 548 "Birth of Jesus, Critically Ex­

pounded," 640 on Bible reading in the schools,

Wise's opposition to, 620 on billiards (editorial), 671 B'nai Brith conventions, plans,

point of view, reports on, 212 B'nai Yeshurun congregation,

Wise's history of, 377-78 Board of Delegates' plan for Co l ­

lege for Rabbis, Wise's attack on, 304

Israelite, The (continued) books for library of Hebrew Union

College, Wise's appeal for, 442 "Cal l " for conference to meet in

Cleveland (1855), 286-87 "Cal l " for general meeting to found

Jewish university (1854), 273 on card playing (editorial), 671 casualty figures of war published

by Wise, 336 "Challenge, A , " 560-61 on chess, Jewish references to, 673 Chicago edition of American Israel­

ite (1885), 468 Christianity, Wise's numerous ref­

erences to, 626 Cincinnati, appraisal of Wise's first

six months in, 264 circulation of (1885), 468 Cleveland Conference (1885),

Wise's reactions to the sequels of, 297-300

on a clergyman's life, 671 "Concerning Ziomania," 608-9 on condemnation of Russian tyr­

anny and Jewish persecution, 482

"Conference, The," (editorial, 1855), 284

on congregational conference in Cincinnati (1873), 411

contributors to early issues, 271 "Correspondence" column, 662 Darwinism, Wise's references to,

515 debate between Raphall and Poz-

nanski (Charleston, 1850), Wise's report on, 180

in defense of Southern Jews during the War , 359

"Desert of Sahara, The," 671 diamonds to brides, Wise's protest

against, 671 "Difficulty in Defining Judaism,"

127, 130, 575 dispersion of Israel, Wise's concept

of, 600 "Do N o t Come Prejudiced to the

Convention in Cleveland" (edi­torial, 1855), 287

"Does the Canon Law Permit

Israelite, The (continued) Ladies to Sing in the Syna­gogue?", 568

"Dogmatism," editorial on experi­ence of 1850 in Albany, 184

on Dubois' order directed against Jews, 351-52

" O n the Dullness of Great Men," 669

Eastern rabbis not in the Union, Wise's remarks on (1881), 451

"Education for the Pulpit" (edi­torial), 398

"Egyptian Chronology," 670 Einhorn's writing about the T a l ­

mud, Wise's comments on, 542 enlargement of (1883), 445 "Ephemeron" fly and thoughts on

immortality, 670 estimate of Jewish population in

U.S. (1898), 481 eulogy of Adolph Huebsch at his

death (1884), 446 eulogy of Stephen A . Douglas in

1860 campaign, 362 "Evening Twilight," 670 on faculty of Hebrew Union Col ­

lege (1884), 451 on fiftieth anniversary celebration

of B'nai Yeshurun (1892), 478 finances of, 430 first appearance July 1854, 267 "Foreign Record" section, 667 on Friday night lectures by Wise

on Jewish philosophy, 431 funeral of Theresa Wise (1874),

announcement of, 425 Garfield, President, announcement

of death of, 445 "Glaciers," 671 on Grant's Order N o . 11 directed

against Jews, 351, 353, 354-55 "Great Pyramid and Egyptian Life

4000 Years Ago," 671 on Hebrew studies, the value of,

546 on Hebrew Union College as new

chapter in history of American Israel, 415

"History of the Doctrine of the Trini ty ," 626

Israelite, The (continued) " H o w a Bad Sermon is Made," 672 " H o w to Preserve a Piano," 673 " H o w Women Become Insane," 670 on the Immaculate Conception, 626 "Importance of the Conference"

(editorial, 1871), 397 indifference of flock, Wise's whim­

sical article on, 673 on influence of Michael Sachs on

Wise in public oratory, 71 on influence of Samuel Hirsch's

work in philosophy on Wise, 70-71

influence of, on Jewish life in U . S., 268, 269, 664

"Is It Coming?" (editorial, 1873), 408

"Israelites, Arguments versus Chris­tianity," 626

"Jesus Himself," 651-52 on Jewish population in U . S.

(1891), 478 Judaism, representation at World 's

Parliament of Religions (1893), 487

Judaism as the universal religion (editorial), 537-38

on Judaism as it was in Chicago (1860), 662

on keeping politics out of the pul­pit (1861), 362

last wi l l and testament of a "Faith­ful Missionary in Berlin," 314

"Legal Tr i a l of Jesus of Nazareth," 640

"Let Us Be One" (editorial, 1870), 400

"Let Us Have a Conference" (1855), 284

letter criticizing Lincoln for ap­plying term "Christian" to the nation, 361

Lilienthal, Max, as correspondent for, 112

Lilienthal, Max, announcement of death of, 445

LilienthaFs discourse at dedication of B'nai Yeshurun temple (1865),

380 "Lincoln is Dead," 372-73

Israelite, The (continued) "Little Big Men of N e w York,

The," 297 on longevity of animals, 670 machine that measures thought, de­

scription of, 673 "Main Question, The" (editorial,

1873), 409-10 "Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth,"

431, 625 on the Mass or ah, 437 masthead, 267-68 meditations on death of Merz-

bacher, 313 on meeting of Rabbinical Literary

Association in Detroit (1880), 443

memorial number for Wise (1900), 496

meteoric rain, description of, 671 Minhag America:

announcement of publication of (1857), 304

on principles adopted for, 302-3 on genesis and character of, 366

"Modernized Jesus," 642 name changed to American Israelite

(1875), 267, 430 "Nebular Hypothesis," 670 N e w Orleans memorial to Wise,

496 on new temple for B'nai Yeshu­

run: plans for (1864), 376 laying of cornerstone (1865), 376-

378 dedication (1865), 379-81

non-partisan position during the War , 336

novels by Wise, appearance in, 268-69

Occident's prediction of failure for, 268

organ in B'nai Yeshurun, announce­ment of installation of (1855), 311-12

on patent medicines, evils of, 672 Paul of Tarsus, Wise's identifica­

tion of, with Acher, 629 "Peep into the Missionary Efforts,"

652-53

Israelite, The (continued) "Phenomena of Sunstroke," 671 on Philadelphia Conference (1869)

consideration of circumcision, 394

on Pittsburgh Conference (1885), 462, 466

poems to Wise in memorial num­ber (1900), 496

polemics by Wise against Felix Adler and the Ethical Culture Society, 446

"Political News" section, 667 on preserving the Union (edi­

torial, I860), 333-34 on prize-fighting in Britain (edi­

torial), 670 promotion of and plans for con­

gregational convention (1873), 408-9

as propaganda organ for Wise's plans for Judaism, 269

"On the Provisional Portion of the Mosaic Code with Special Refer­ence to Polygamy and Slavery," 346-47

purposes of, 267, 268 "Pythagoras and Plato," 670 rabbinical organization on perma­

nent basis, Wise's continual pro­motion of, 470

on radicalism (editorial against), 333

reception of first issues by ortho­dox and Christian presses, 269

on Reconstruction in the South, 386-87

records of Wise's travels during Cincinnati incumbency, 265-66

on Reform (editorials and articles), 558-59, 569

the genesis of, 554 the object of, 551-52 the purposes of, 559-60

reprints of anti-Jewish articles dur­ing the War , 356

"Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, Critically Expounded," 640

"Review of the Anti-Pharisaic Speeches in the Gospels," 630

Israelite, The (continued) "Revolutionary Object of Ex­

tremists," 337-38 on Riesser's influence on Wise, 70-

71 "Saving for Old Age," 671 on scolding wives, 670 on secession proposals (editorial,

1860), 334 on second convention of Union of

American Hebrew Congregations (1874), 412

"Seminary Again and the N e w York Circular" (editorial, 1870), 399

"Sermon on the Mount and the Decalogue," 626

sermon pleading for peace at any price (Szold, 1861), 341

sermons on peace, in months pre­ceding Civ i l War , 333

shooting on the stage (editorial against), 673

"Signs of the Times," 615 "Situation, The" (editorial near

end of the W a r ) , 345 slavery, Biblical (Mosaic) attitude

toward, Wise's study of, 344, 346-47

"On Slavery and Polygamy Toler­ated by the Bible" (Dembitz), 346

on spiritualism, 671 "State of Judaism," 581-82 "Swimming Against the Current"

(editorial), 315 on Swiss Treaty and discrimina­

tion against American Jews, 316-317

"Table Moving among German Is­raelites," 670

Talmud or Midrash, rabbinical legend from, published weekly, 223-24

That Terrible Dentist, 661 "To the Israelites of the West"

(editorial on Union, 1866), 367 twenty-fifth anniversary of Wise's

rabbinate at B'nai Yeshurun, speeches and resolutions, 433-36

Israelite, The (continued) Union of American Hebrew Con­

gregations, Wise's history of, 456-59

Union, Wise's propaganda for, 269, 276-77, 298

"Universe, The," 670 on vacation skipped by Wise be­

cause of pressure of responsibil-. ities (1890), 479 on various forms of Judaism, 551-52 on Wagner and the "Music of the

Future," 437 " W e Have N o Literature" (edi­

torial), 325-26 " W e Must Be One" (editorial,

1870), 400 "Who Were the Etruscans?", 670 " W h y I am a Jew" and " W h y I

am a Talmudical Jew" (editor­ials), 542

Wise's death, account of, 493 , 494, 495

Wise's marriage to Selma Bondi (1876), announcement of, 429

Wise's promotion of plans for, on way to Cincinnati (1854), 255, 267

Wise's reappointment as trustee of University of Cincinnati (1885), announcement of, 469

on Wise's reasons for refusing nom­ination to Ohio State Senate (1879), 436

Wise's remarks on being elected president of Hebrew Union Col ­lege (1874), 414-15

Wise's remarks on his offer of rab­binate in N . Y . (1873), 423

Wise's report on appraisal of him by congregation of Temple Emanuel in N . Y . (1867), 387

Wise's seventieth birthday celebra­tion (1889), texts of addresses at, 477

Wise's suggestion of things to be eliminated from Judaism, 564

on Wise's visit to his mother in Peoria, 54

on Wise's writing of sermons from memory after delivery, 116

Israelite, The (continued) on women growing old gracefully,

670 Zion College, promotion of, 276-82 Zionism, chronological references

of Wise to the subject of, 589-96 "Israelite," Wise's preference for,

over the appellation "Jew," 519-520

"Israelites, Arguments versus Chris­tianity" (Wise in Israelite, 1862), 626

"Israel's Place in W o r l d History" (lecture series by Wise, 1891), 480

Italy: position of Jews from mid-18th to

mid-19th centuries, 18, 22 war of independence, 327

Jacobs, George, 441, 451 Jacobson, Israel, 565 "Jahvism" and "Elohism," Wise's im­

patience with emphasis on, 531 Jastrow, Marcus, 304, 398, 452, 566 Jeffersonian democracy, Wise's affin­

ities with, 105, 613 Jenikau, Bohemia, Wise's study at

Yeshiva with Rabbi Aaron K o r n -feld, 65, 69

Jerusalem, Leopold, Wise as tutor in home of, in Prague, 72

"Jerusalem, Upon Ecclesiastical Power and Judaism" (Mendelssohn), 20

Jesus, the Apostles and Paul (Wise), 384, 403

lectures on, by Wise, 658 Jesus:

different traditions as to the con­spiracy against (Wise), 648

as a historical person (Wise), 641-642

sacrifice of himself to prevent re­bellion in Jerusalem (Wise), 647, 648, 650

sketch of life as a Pharisaic doctor and patriot (Wise), 644-45

trial of, Wise's examination of the accounts, 648

Jesus (continued) Wise's interest in person and mean­

ing of the figure of, 623, 624, 627, 639, 640

"Jesus Himself," (Wise in Israelite) (1869-70), 651-52

lectures by Wise on, 628 "Jew," Wise's dislike of the appella­

tion, 519-20, 521 Jewish Apologetics (Wise, 1887), 658 Jewish chaplains in the Union Army,

338 Jewish community in Cincinnati in

mid-19th century, 244-45, 481 Jewish congregations in America in

mid-19th century, 103 "Jewish Constitution" and its relation

to the Code of Maimonides, ar­ticle by Wise in Asmonean, 223

Jewish-German immigration, increase in, 1848, 150

"Jewish Heroine, The" (Wise), 660 Jewish institutions for religious in­

struction in mid-19th century, 103, 151

Jewish jokes, Wise's campaign against, 270

Jewish Jurisprudence, rise of (Wise), 659

Jewish Leader, The, 469 Jewish life in America:

1846 contrasted with 1859 by Wise, 580-81

in latter half of 19th century, 266 Jewish Literary Union, 455, 467, 468 Jewish literature, Wise's appraisal of

rabbi as authority on, 548, 550 Jewish movements in America fol­

lowing patterns set by Reform, 472

Jewish "particularism," Wise's oppo­sition to, 483

"Jewish patriotism" and Americaniza­tion, 313

Jewish philosophers, Wise's study of, 225, 312

Jewish population in U.S. estimated (1848-1898), 478, 481

Jewish press: of the East, violent criticism of the

Pittsburgh Platform (1885), 466

Jewish press (continued) memorial editions after Wise's

death, 496 outside of Cincinnati, constant be­

rating of Wise, 406-7 Jewish pride, Wise's efforts to instill

in Jews, 270, 624 Jewish printing-press, Wise's install­

ing of the first in the West, 271 Jewish publication society, Wise's

promotion of plans for, 390, 399, 414, 439

Jewish Publication Society's author­itative English translation of Bible, 142

Jewish Record, 365 Jewish Reform Congregation of Ber­

lin, establishment of, 97 Jewish rights, Wise's active cham­

pionship of, 315, 439 Jewish state, restoration of, Wise's

position on, 590, 593, 600 Jewish system of education, Judaism

preserved through the centuries by, 68-69

Jewish Theological Seminary organ­ized (1886), 439

Jewish theology, Wise's concept of, 521-29

Jewish Times, 401 Jewish university, Wise's agitation

for, 273, 325 "Jewish vote" in politics, Wise's

position on, 308 Jews:

in America, Wise's contribution to improvement of status of, 583

and blame for death of Jesus (Wise), 645, 650-51

as citizens of the country in which they lived, Wise's position on, 598

concept of themselves, 17, 27, 29, 583, 619

defense of, in enjoyment of rights at home and abroad, 315, 327, 439, 452

dual loyalty charge against, 609 in Europe:

medieval oppression of, 15 in Austria and Bohemia, 31-33

Jews (continued) position of, from mid-18th cen­

tury to mid-19th, 15-30 fine Civ i l W a r record of, 374 as Jews in religion only, Wise's

belief in, 597-98, 602 and Judaism, Wise's response to

attacks on, 144 maltreatment of, Wise's vigilance

and vocal protests against, 482 as a race or nation, 27, 29

Wise's point of view on, 520, 593, 594, 595, 598, 600-01, 611, 637

of the South, see Southern Jews during the W a r

who apostatize, Wise's appraisal of, 601

Wise's world-wide interest in, 667 Jews in American History, 1854-1855

(Foner), 347 "Jews and the Anti-Slavery Move­

ment" (Kohler), 347 Jochanan, Zacchai ben, 432

Mielziner's comparison of Wise to, 497-99

Joachimson, 108, 130 Johlson, Joseph, 660 Johnson, Andrew, President, 430 Johnson, Edgar M . , 352 Jokes belittling Jews, Wise's cam­

paign against, 270 Jonah, Book of, Wise's love for, 601 Jonas, Joseph, 279 Joseph II of Austria, and the Jews,

7, 33-34, 93, 96 Josephus:

belief in immortality, 637 Wise's lecture on (1879), 658 Wise's reading of, 130 writings on the Essenes, 645

Josippon, Wise's reading of, 130 Jost, I. M . , 73, 83, 554

Wise's translations of writings of, in Asmonean, 223

Judaism: better instruction of the young in,

advocated by Wise in Asmonean, 224

debt of Christianity to, 18 defining of, as topic of Wise's in ­

augural address in Albany, 129

Judaism (continued) as an elaboration of the revelation

on Mt. Sinai (Wise, 1887), 659 of history, review of (Wise), 638 and Jews, summary of Wise's be­

liefs about, 521 not a "tribal religion" (Wise), 637 only the Decalogues as central to

(Wise), 522 reconsideration of position toward

Christianity (Wise), 623 from Reform point of view, Wise's

articles in Occident (1851), 217-220

the theology of, Wise's concept of, 521-29

as a universal religion, Wise's be­lief in, 179,. 482-, 520, 534, 537-38, 561, 625, 633, 654, 657

various forms of, Wise's Introduc­tion in the Israelite (1886), 551-552

Wise's approach to, from the aspect of revelation, 517-18, 521-22

Wise's definition of, 517 Wise's summation of, 518

"Judaism of the Bible and the Chris­tianity of the Church" (Wise series of articles, 1889), 632

"Judaism and Christianity, Their Agreements and Disagreements" (Wise, 1883), 384, 447, 449, 625, 630, 633-39

"Judaism Exposed" (Eisenmenger), 271

"Judaism—Its Doctrines and Duties" (Wise, 1872), 217, 327, 404, 522, 659

Judaism at the World's Parliament of Religion (Wise), 487

Judas Iscariot, role of (Wise), 644, 648, 649

Judennot (Nordau), 608 Judeo-Christian tradition, 18 Juedisch-Deutsch, Bohemian Jewish

dialect, 53, 70, 80, 583 Juedische Zietschrift, 467 Junkerman, instructor, Zion College,

275 Junkermann, organist, 311 "Jurisprudence of the U.S." (Wise

lecture for Allemannia), 264

"Jurist in the Pulpit," epithet given Wise by opponents, 260

Kafka, Abraham, 89-90 Kalisch, Edward N. , see Calisch,

Edward N . Kalisch, Isidor, 241, 271, 288, 292,

302, 303, 430, 541, 660 Kansas City, Wise's dedication of

synagogue (1885), 469 Kant, Immanuel, 508 Kaskel, Cesar, 352 Kehimer, Hacem Samuel, 668 Keokuk, Iowa, Wise's visit to (1855),

266 Kindergartens, Wise's disapproval of,

673 Kindness of Wise, 665-66 Kingdom of Heaven, Jewish and

Christian concepts of (Wise), 635, 642

Kishineff massacre, 328 K.K. B'nai Israel of Cincinnati:

forming of (1821), 245 Lilienthal elected as rabbi on Wise's

recommendation, 112, 262 rejection by Wise of election as

rabbi on shared basis with B'nai Yeshurun, 261-62

temporary arrangement agreed upon, 262

Wise's sermon on "The Teleology of Genesis" (1853), 252

K.K. B'nai Yeshurun of Cincinnati: changes in observances of congre­

gation, 429-30 composition and characteristics of

congregation, 258 early history of, 104, 245-47, 377 fiftieth anniversary celebration

(1892), 478 booklet detailing history of Con­

gregation by Wise and grand­son, Max B. May, 239-40, 376, 377, 421, 478, 553

Wise's remarks at, 478 focus of Jewish interest under

Wise's rabbinate, 261 liberty and latitude given Wise

throughout his rabbinate, 248 memorial services for Wise on his

death, 496-97

K . K . B'nai Yeshurun of Cincinnati (continued) new temple for, 375-83

laying of cornerstone, 376-78 dedication, 379-82 description of building and its in ­

terior, 383 report of 1859 on progress of, 367-

368 Wise invited to become rabbi

(1853), 234-37, 247 Wise's acceptance "for life," 237-

239 Wise's history of, in Israelite, 377-

378 Wise's resignation from, to accept

rabbinate in N . Y . , refused by congregation (1873), 421-25

Kleeberg, rabbi, Louisville, K y . , 394 Kleeberg, Minna, 402, 660 Klein, Israel, 490 Klopstock, F . G . , 11 "Know-Nothing Movement and the

Jews" (Korn) , 307-08 Know-Nothing Party, 307-09

Wise's pronouncement against (1855), 308

Kohler, Kaufmann, 391, 441, 450, 451, 458, 462, 466, 469, 574

Kohler, Max J., 347 Kohlmayer, rabbi, N e w Orleans, La. ,

135, 137, 138 Kohn, Annette, 496 Kohut, George, 496 Kohut, Rebekah, Mrs., 486 Kol Nidre prayer, Wise's advocating

dropping of, 566 Koref, Moses, 65, 67, 69 Korn , Bertram W . , 307-8, 316, 328,

341, 371, 403 Kornfeld, Aaron, 65, 69 Kornfeld, Joseph S., 489 Korsosky, Caroline, sister of I. M .

Wise, 54 Kosher, making meat, Wise's advo­

cating dropping, 564 Kossuth, Lajps, 226 Kraus, Wi l l i am, 375 Krauskopf, Joseph, 417, 450, 462, 469,

477, 606. Krochmal, Nachman Kohen, 82, 554

Wise's translations of writings of, in Asmonean, 223

Kuzari (Halevi), 519

Lafayette, Indiana, Wise's visit to (1860), 662

L a Fontaine, Jean de, 669 Landau, Ezekiel, 21 Landau, M . L . , 75 Landsberg, Max, 451, 499, 601 Landsmannschaft (national deriva­

tion), 261, 406, 582 Lange, Friedrich Albert, 509 Language, man's achievements in

(Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 509

Lassalle, Ferdinand, 21 Last Struggle of the Nation, The

(Wise), 268, 327, 660 quoted paragraph, 661

Laura, daughter of Isaac and Theresa Wise, death of, in Albany (1849), 169

Lauter, Bertha, 426 "Law of the Covenant" (Wise ad­

dress before Anshe Ma'arav in Chicago), 522

Law, Wise's study of, 158, 168, 312 Laws of Moses (Wise), 635

based on Decalogue are eternal and immutable (Wise), 525-26

temporary laws, list of (Wise), 526

Lawsuits growing out of violence at synagogue in Albany (1850), 194

Laying Tephillin (phylacteries), Wise's position against practice, 565

Lazarus, Ben-David, 21 Lazarus, Emma, 593 Leather stocking Tales, Wise's read­

ing of, 93 Lecho Dodi, 600 Lecture tours by Wise, 405 Lectures:

on Friday night inaugurated by Wise in Cincinnati (1865), 383-384, 402, 430-31, 478, 480

excellent attendance at, 446 recommended by Wise for all

synagogues, 564, 565

Lectures (continued) sponsored by Allemannia of Cin ­

cinnati (1854), 264-65 in Steinway Ha l l , in N e w York

Ci ty (1870), 403 Lee, Richard Henry, Wise's readings

of letters of, 93 Leeser, Isaac, 103, 107-08, 130, 133,

228, 374 acute differences with Wise over

"History of the Israelitish N a ­tion" (1854), 232-33

attacks on Wise after Cleveland Conference (1855), 301-302

attitude toward Wise and the A l ­bany crisis (1850), 196-200

claim of, as first mover for union among American Jews, 164, 166

disputed by Wise in American Is­raelite, 166

at Cleveland Conference (1855), 289 291, 294

proponent of orthodox point of view, opposed by Wise's reform, 139-40

reactions to Wise's articles in Oc­cident on Judaism from reform point of view (1851), 218-20

sketch of life, 141-42 support of Union for American

Jews, 151, 154-55 visit to Cincinnati (1854) in interest

of orthodoxy, 265 Wise hurt by Leeser's tolerance of

his abuse by Raphall, 186 Wise's tilts with, after starting the

Israelite, 263-64 Wise's visit with, in Philadelphia

on his way South (1850), 175 "Legal Tr ia l of Jesus of Nazareth"

(Wise in Israelite, 1863), 640 Lehmayer, 205, 237 Leipzig, Wise's visit to (1846):

contacts with eminent men, 95-96 passport for America obtained, 95

Leo, great-grandfather of I. M . Wise, 50-52

Leo the second, father of I. M . Wise, 52, 54-55

early education of Wise under his father, 55-56

Leopold I of Austria and the "Jewish problem," 32

Lerner, Max, 331 Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 11, 19.

20 Lessons given by Wise to scions of

the wealthy in Albany, 168 "Let Us Be One" (editorial in Isra­

elite, 1870), 400 "Let Us Have a Conference" (Wise

in Israelite, 1855), 284 "Letter to a Gentleman W h o with

His Family Wishes to Embrace Judaism" (Wise), 518

"Letters on Christianity" series by Wise in Occident (1850), 183, 625

Letters on the English People (Vo l ­taire), 11

Letters of Wise to Selma Bondi, later his wife, 426-29

Lettres Persanes (Montesquieu), 11 Levi, Charles S., 477, 478, 479, 484,

488, 489, 490, 496 Levi, Leo N . , 486 Levi, Louis S., 478 Levi , Solomon, 249, 375, 423 Leviathan (Hobbes), 9 Levin, Rahel, salon of, 11, 21 Levin, Shmarya, 55 Levitical priesthood, excision of pas­

sages relating to, from prayers, 395

Levy, Lipman, 408, 413 Lewi, Isidor, 478 Lewi, Joseph, 131, 158, 174, 429, 439-

440 Liberal ideas in religion and politics,

development of, by Wise, 77, 82, 86

Liberal thought, beginnings of, in England, 9-10

Liberia, colonizing of, by Negroes from America, 346

Libraries in Albany, Wise's use of, 129-30

Library of Congress, offer of position to Wise by President Fillmore, 210

Library of Wise's home furnished by alumni of college on his seven­tieth birthday, 477

Index

Life-insurance policy carried for Wise by B'nai Yeshurun, 388

Life of Jesus (Renan), 663 Life of Wise summed up by two of

his disciples, 664 Life, Wise's definition of, 512 "Light, The," sermon in Albany by

Wise on necessity of a Union (1849), 165

Lilienthal, Max, 103, 110, 111-12, 205, 211, 271, 272, 275, 280, 281, 291, 292, 352, 366, 376, 379, 394, 402, 408, 416, 417, 425, 432, 441, 445, 450, 557, 581

to Cincinnati as rabbi of K.K. B'nai Israel on Wise's recommendation (1855), 262, 309

Cleveland Conference (1855), ap­praisal of, 300

convening of Beth Din in New York (1846), 135

cooperative with Wise on "Union" advocacy, 151

death of, 445 Deborah placed under direction of,

324-25 on faculty of Hebrew Union Col­

lege, 417, 460 friendship with Wise, 112, 113, 135,

445 letter to N.Y. Times on effect of

Wise's lectures on Christianity, 384

"oration" in German at dedication of Wise's new synagogue in A l ­bany (1851), 214

as president of Rabbinical Literary Association, 443, 452

remarks on Wise's election "for life" to Cincinnati rabbinate, 239

resigned his congregations in New York and began to teach, 171

on the Talmud, 542 Wise's first meeting with, descrip­

tion in Reminiscences, 113 Wise's visit with, in New York

when on leave of absence (1850), 174-75

,ilienthal, Peppie, 113 incoln, Abraham: assassination, 370

Lincoln, Abraham (continued) Wise's remarks at memorial serv­

ice, 371 meeting of Wise, Lilienthal, and

Johnson with, on Grant's anti-Jewish order, 352, 354, 362

revocation of Grant's anti-Jewish order, 352

Wise's evaluation of: early position against, 334-35, 360-

361 later support and appreciation of,

357, 361-62, 370-71 Wise's reference to his "Jewish

descent," 371 "Lincoln is Dead" (Israelite), 372-73 Lindheim, John, 101 Lindo, Frederick, 164 Lippmann, Samuel, 40 Lithograph of Wise and his com­

ments on, 662 "Little Big-Men of New York"

(Wise in Israelite), 297 Little Bohemian, A (Wise), 661 Liturgy:

revision by Wise, 565-66 see also Minhag; Prayer-book

Locke, John, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 508, 613 Loeb, L., 311 Loewenstein, Victor H. , 275 Logos of history, Wise's discussion

of, 513 Logos of Philo and of John the

Evangelist, Wise's discussion of, 631-32

London Society for Improvement of the Condition of the Jews:

meeting of, in Albany, 143-44 Wise's stand against conversion

tactics of, 270-71 Longevity of animals, Wise's writing

on, in Israelite, 670 Long-hand writing of manuscripts by

Wise, 664 Lord's Supper, the institution of

(Wise), 647 Loth, Moritz, 333, 400-01, 408, 413,

423, 450, 451, 486 Louisville:

offer to Wise to preach once a month and superintend religious school (1858), 305

79 6 Index Louisville (continued)

offer to Wise of rabbinate (1848), 161

visit by Wise (1855), 266 Lulab, Wise's suggestion to eliminate,

564 Luncz, A . M . , 592 Luzzatto, Moses, Wise's translations

of writings of, in Asmonean, 223, 554

Machine that measures thought, Wise's description of, in Isra­elite, 673

Machzor, translation of, into classical German by Wise and two stu­dent friends, 70

Mack, Henriette, 379 Mack, Henry, 238, 247, 275, 277, 375,

377, 379, 402, 408, 423, 477 Mack, M . J., 263, 265, 273, 375, 379,

478 Mack, Max, 375 Mack, Simon, 375 Magdeburg, Wise's visit to (1846),

96 Magnes, Judah L . , 497 Maim on, Solomon, 21 Maimonides College, 142, 274, 387 Maimonides, Moses, 50, 81, 140, 519,

532, 533, 534, 541, 554, 636, 655 "Main Question, The" (editorial in

Israelite, 1873), 409-10 Maine, Wise's shock at blowing up

of, 482 Making meat kosher, Wise's advocat­

ing dropping, 564 Maltreatment of Jews, Wise's vigi l­

ance and vocal protests against, 482

Man: as a dual being, body and soul,

Wise's belief in, 516 as physical and spiritual entity

(Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 509

Mannheimer, Isaac Noah, 37, 75 Mannheimer, M . , 451 Mannheimer, S., 460, 491 Man's spirit comes from God, belief

shared by Judaism and Chris­tianity (Wise), 634

Marcus, Jacob R., 178, 362 Margolis, Max, 477 Maria-Theresa and hostility toward

Jews, 33, 38 Marmontel, Jean Francois, 669 Marriage:

and divorce, Wise's opinions on, 569

laws, revision of, consideration of, at Frankfort Conference (1845), 8*

restrictions of Jews in Austria, 35, 36-37, 39, 40, 44, 87-88 Wise's disregard of, as Rabbi of

Radnitz, 88-89 "Martyrdom of Jesus of Nazareth"

(lectures by Wise, 1873; pub­lished 1874), 431, 625, 629, 631, 647-52

Marx, Kar l , 21, 532 Masonic Order, Wise's membership

and progress in, 263, 444 Massacre of Jews in Rumania, Wise's

protests on (1870), 403 petition to Secretary of State

against renewal of Rumanian treaty (1893), 482

Massorah, Wise's articles on, in Isra­elite, 437

Masthead of The Israelite, 267-68 Materialism, Wise's position on, 509,

511, 617 Mathematics, Wise's study of, under

Moses Koref, 65, 67 Matrimonial practice considered at

Philadelphia Conference (1869), 392

Maury, Matthew, 208, 210 May, Benjamin, 402 May, Lewis, 440 May, Max B., 100, 239-40, 478, 493 Mayer, principal, Talmud Yelodim

Institute, 386 Mayer, rabbi, Cleveland, Ohio, 394 Mayer, Elias, 237 Mayer, L . , 441, 473, 474, 500 Mayer, Maurice and Nathan, 660 Mayer, Moritz, 211 Mayer, Nathan, 271 Mayerberg, J . L . , 549-50 Mazzinin, Giuseppe, 327

McMicken College, academic depart­ment of University of Cincinnati, 416

"Means to Preserve Judaism" (Wise lecture), 384-85

"Medical Ethics," Wise's lecture at Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery (1877), 672

Medicine as part of Jewish heritage, 50

Megillah, Wise's suggestion to elim­inate, 564

Memorial editions of Jewish papers after Wise's death, 496

Memorial Service on Yom Kippur, 255-56

Memorial services for Wise after his death, 497-500

Memory as an attribute of the im­mortal soul, Wise's belief in, 516

Memphis, Tenn., Wise's admonition in address to cling to "Reforma­tion and abhor deformation" (1870), 553

Mendelssohn, Dorothea, 21 Mendelssohn, Moses, 18-20, 69, 70,

82, 211, 519, 554 Menderson, Nathan, 386 Mendes, Gerson, 481 Mendes, H . Pereira, 563, 606 Merzbacher, Leo, 104, 110, 205, 271,

274, 291, 302, 309, 312, 581 Message of Israel, 602 Messenger, 328 "Messiah, The," lectures by Wise in

Albany (1849), 143 "Messiah, The," controversial sermon

by Wise in Albany, printed in Occident (1849), 170

Messianic Age, Wise's belief in, 536-37 Messianic aim of Israel, Philadelphia

Conference statement on (1869), 391, 535-36

Messianic belief, Wise's position on, in "History of Israelitish N a ­tion," 232

Messianic hope of Israel, Pittsburgh Conference pronouncement on (1885), 463-64

Messianic idea, mention of, in prayers, 84, 395

Messianic plot of Christianity, origin of (Wise), 632

Metaphysics, Wise's approach to, 513 Metathron, 631 Meteoric rain, Wise's article on, in

Israelite, 671 Methodist Conference represented at

Wise's 80th birthday celebration, 490

Methods of knowledge (Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 508-9

Metternich and the Jews, 25-26, 35, 511, 613

Meyer, Nathan, 303 Meyerbeer, Giacomo, Wise's accusa­

tion that Wagner plagiarized from, 674

Mezuzah affixed to doorpost of Jew­ish home, Wise's position against, 565

Middle Ages, Wise's study of, 215 Midrash, Wise's study of, with grand­

father, 59 Mielziner, Moses, 391, 442, 450, 451,

460, 473, 474, 476, 477, 489, 490, 491, 495, 497

Milius, Ferdinand, 27? Miller , Jacob L . , 248, 375 Miller, M . R., 130, 141, 183, 625 Mil ton, John, 9-10 Milwaukee:

meeting of Central Conference of American Rabbis (1896), 483, 544

Wise's presidential address, 554 meeting of Union of American

Hebrew Congregations (1878), 420-21, 439

Wise's visit to (1855), 266 Mind , relation of, to brain (Wise, in

"The Cosmic God") , 509 Minhag America:

adoption unanimously by Wise's Cincinnati congregation (1857), 565

Cleveland meeting adoption of principles for completion of (1870), 394-95

drawn up and published by Wise, 565

first plans for, made by Wise in Albany, 125, 565

Minhag America (continued) genesis of, after Cleveland Confer­

ence (1855), 302-05 genesis and character of, in Israel­

ite (1862), 366 opposition to, and adoption of, 304 plans for second volume (1866),

386 replaced by Union Prayerbook

(1892), 476 second volume prepared by Wise

for his own congregation (1866), 660

submission of, by Wise, to second (and last) meeting of the Beth Din (Occident), 137

use of, by 1881, 566 as a way-point toward congrega­

tional unity, 400 Wise's advocating adoption of, 564 Wise's appointment to preparation

of, at Beth Din in N . Y . (1846), 135

Wise's work on, 136, 142, 565 Wise's worry about the possible

dropping of, at N . Y . meeting (1870), 395^96

Minhag Ashkenaz, 102, 104, 127, 566 Minhag, Einhorn, 304, 566 Minhag Polen, 102, 104, 109, 127, 566 Minhag Sephardim, 566 Minhag, Temple Emanu-El, 566 Minyan twice a day for mourners ad­

vocated by Wise, 564 Mirabeau, 22 Miracles:

belief in strong among the Essenes, 645

Christian attitude toward those in N e w Testament, 534-35, 655

as history, Wise's attitude toward, 230, 533, 534

of N e w Testament, relationship to those in rabbinic literature (Wise), 627

only children convinced by (Wise), 561

place of in Jewish theology, 533-34 Wise's rationalistic attitude toward,

534-35 Mischne Torah of Maimonides,

Wise's study of, 81

Mission of Israel: Philadelphia Conference (1869)

pronouncement on, 392 Pittsburgh Conference (1885) pro­

nouncement on, 463-64 Wise's views on, 170, 537-39, 597,

611, 612 Missionaries:

activities of, in eastern part of U.S., 170

Wise's battles against, 142-44, 312, 314, 624, 626, 652-57

Wise's twelve charges against, 652 Mitzvoth, sale of abolished in K . K .

B'nai Yeshurun, 261, 310 Modena, Leon da, 467 Modern age, Wise's attitude toward,

613-18 "Modern Jews" (Wise, 1863), 615-16 "Modern Paganism" (Harris), 491 "Modernized Jesus" (Wise in Israel­

ite, 1880), 642 Monotheism of Judaism and Christian­

ity (Wise), 633-34 Montefiore, Moses, 329

centenary of, 457 Montesquieu, 5, 11 Montreal meeting of Central Con­

ference of American Rabbis (1897), 483 , 566, 603

Wise's presidential message directed against Zionism, 483, 603-05

Moos, H . S., 271 Morais, Sabato, 439, 441, 603 "Moral Aspect of Memory" (Wise),

516 Moral law as the essence and heart

of Judaism (Wise), 517 Moral process of growth within the

human soul (Wise), 637, 639 More, Thomas, 6 Morocco, exile of Jews from, 591,

592 Morris, Ida Goldsmith, 496 Mortara Case, 319, 327-29, 366, 654 Mosaic authorship of part or of all

of the Torah, question of, 522, 524, 526, 531

Mosaic Law, see Laws of Moses; Pentateuch; Torah

Moses, Adolph, 441, 467, 474, 490 Moses, Isaac, S., 476, 499-500

Moses, Marx, 311 Mother of I. M . Wise, see Regina Mrs . B., loan from, to Wise to save

his publications, 271 "Mrs. F. ," 222, 233, 270, 274, 292,

308, 312 appraisal of Wise as "Hamlet in the

Pulpit," 226 correspondence with Wise, 226 at dedication of Wise's new syna­

gogue in Albany, 226 flattering letter to Wise after lecture

in Philadelphia, 211 self-appointed role to advise and

admonish Wise, 260-61 Wise's first meeting with, in Wash­

ington, 209, 210-11 "Much Needed Reform" (Rosenau),

491 Mueller, Max, 157 Munsell, J., 229 Music:

Wise's love for and knowledge of, 75, 134, 159

Wise's sense of central importance of in worship, 134

see also Choir; Synagogal music Myers, Elias, 164 Mythology, Wise's interest in, 131,

157, 312, 533

Name of Wise a household word in American Israel in latter half of 19th century, 405

"Names of the Jews, The" (Zunz), 29 Napoleonic Era in Western Europe,

9, 13, 613 position of Jews, 23-25 Wise's evaluation of Napoleon, 4

Nashville, Wise's dedication of syna­gogue (1874), 430

"Nathan the Wise" (Lessing), 20 National concept of Jewishness, 29 National derivation (Landsmann-

schaft), 261 Nationalism, Wise's remarks on, 617 Naturalism superseding supernatural-

ism, 13 Nationality of Jews, Wise's point of

view on, 520, 593, 594, 595, 598, 600-01, 611, 637

Naturalization: of Isaac M . Wise (1851), 212 of Jews in England, 18

"Nebular Hypothesis" (Wise in Israelite), 670

"Necessity for a Collegiate Institu­tion" (Wise in Asmonean), 224

"Need of the Seminary, The," (edi­torial in American Hebrew, 1886), 460

Neglect of youth in Albany and country in general, Wise's at­tempts to rectify, 159

Negroes as accursed descendants of Ham, Wise denial of, 345

Netter, Jacob, 375 Neutrality of Wise during Civi l War ,

335-36, 338, 348, 355, 359 "New ghettos" in N e w York and

Chicago, Wise's condemnation of, 588

N e w Haven, sermons preached by Wise (1846), 113-15

Palladium's account of, 114 N e w Orleans:

conference of Southern rabbis (1886), 467

meeting of Minhag America com­mittee (1892), 476

meeting of Union American Heb­rew Congregations (1894), 485

tribute to Wise at memorial service, 496-97

Wise's participation in services at Touro Synagogue (1894), 486

Wise's visit to (1870), 403 "New Scheme, The" (editorial in

Israelite, 1870), 399 N e w Testament:

judgments on origin and composi­tion of (Wise), 659

and Philo, relation between, 632 quotations from the Old, Wise's

comments on, 631 Wise's establishing of relation to

rabbinic literature, 627 N e w York:

cornerstone-laying of the present Central Synagogue (1870),

Wise present at, 403 in 1846, Wise's impressions of, 101

N e w York (continued) Jewry in mid-19th century, Wise's

appraisal of, in Reminiscences, 111

meeting of Beth Din (1846, 1847), 135, 136-38, 302

protests from, against Cleveland Conference, 295

Rabbinical meeting (1870), 395-96 Wise offered rabbinate of Con­

gregation Anshe Chesed (1873), 421-25

Wise's sermon in LilienthaFs pulpit on "Union" (1848), 151-52

Wise's sermon at Temple Emanuel (1848) of incendiary character, 160-61

Wise's visit to collect funds for new congregation in Albany (1850), 205-6

Wise's visit to (1864), 663 New York Evening Post, letter to

editor of anti-Jewish prejudice (1864), 356

New York Express, comment on Wise (1855), 288

New York Independent, 603 New York Jewish Times, 406-7, 411,

439 N e w York State Library, Wise's use

of, 129, 158 New York Sun, 605 New York Times, 384

memorial meeting of printers for Wise, 496

Zionism, article on, by Wise, 605-6 New York Tribune, Greeley's offer

to Wise to use columns of, 205, 212, 232

Newark, Wise's visit to (1867), 387 Newburgh, Nathaniel, 379, 433 Newspapers in Albany, Wise's writ­

ing for, 168 Newton, Isaac, 5, 6 Niagara, Wise's visit to (1846), 120 19th and 18th centuries, comparison

of characteristics of, by Wise, 5 19th and 18th centuries, world de­

velopments in, 5-14 Noah, Mordecai, 111

Nomination of Wise for Ohio State Senate (1863), 362-65

refusal by Wise a second time (1879), 436

Non-Jewish professionals in syna­gogue choir, 311

Non-partisan position of the Israelite during the War , 336

Nordau, Max, 603, 605, 608, 611 Norris, J . N . , 354 "Notes by the Wayside" (Wise,

1864), 663 Novels written by Wise, 76, 268-69,

660, 661 Noyoth school in Cincinnati, 262

Oath more Judaico, 37, 157 "Obey" in marriage ceremony, Wise's

remarks on, 572 Objectives of Wise in beginning his

rabbinate in Albany (Reminis­cences), 133

Obstacles, Wise's attitude toward, 94 Occident, The, 103, 468, 581

attacks on Wise because of replies to Raphall in Charleston (1850), 187

attacks on Wise after Cleveland Conference (1855), 301-02

Beth Din, account of second meet­ing in N e w York (1847), 137-38

"Beth E l Congregation of Albany" (1850), 199-200

Call for American Jewish union (Wise, 1849), 152-54

call by Leeser for conference of the "Jewish clergy," 228

Christianity, Wise's polemics against, 170-71

concepts of nation and of religion (Wise), 600

controversy over Confirmation ceremony, 157-58

"Dr . Wise and His Congregation" (Lesser, 1850), 196-99

"Effect of Biblical Theology" (Wise), 179

founding of, by Leeser (1843), 141 "Genealogy of Joseph, After Mat­

thew" (Wise, 1849-50), 625

Occident, The (continued) "History of the Israelitish Nation"

of Wise, comments on (1854), 231-33

Judaism purged of all foreign ideas and their consequences, 563-64

Judaism from Reform point of view (Wise, 1851), 217-20

"Letters to Christians" (series by Wise, 1850), 183, 625

Lilienthal, Max, as contributor to, 112

"Messiah, The," controversial ser­mon by Wise (1849), 170

Mission of Israel (Wise, 1849), 537 new congregation in Albany, ac­

count of (1851), 213 prediction of failure for The Israel­

ite, 268 "Principles of Judaism" (Wise,

1851), 217-20 Raphall's "Bul l " for excommunica­

tion of Wise, publication of, 186 "Reason and Faith" (Wise), 140-41 "Remarks on Dr . Wise's 'History

of the Israelitish Nation' " (Solis), 232

resurrection dogma contrasted with spiritual immortality (Wise, 1851), 218-20

sniping at Wise after starting the Israelite, 263-64

trinitarianism, articles on dogma of, 140

Wise's reply, 140-41 Wise's arrival in America, an­

nouncement of, 107 Wise's lecture in Philadelphia on

Reform (1850), cordial praise of, 211

Wise's sermon in Philadelphia on "Religion of Humanity" (1850), comments on, 206

Ochs, Adolph S., 496 Odd Fellows, Wise's membership in,

in Cincinnati, 263 Offenbach, Jacques, Wise's article on

(1863), 667 Oliphant, Laurence, 590 "Oliver Twist" as pattern for rascally

Jew in literature, 270

"On the Dullness of Great M e n " (Wise in Israelite), 669

"On the Origin of Christianity (Jesus, the Apostles, and Paul)," lectures by Wise on eastern tour (1870), 403

"On the Provisional Portion of the Mosaic Code with Special Refer­ence to Polygamy and Slavery" (Wise in Israelite), 346-47

"On Slavery and Polygamy Tolerated by the Bible" (Dembitz in Israel­ite), 346

On the Status of the Adherents of Mosaic Faith in Germany (Ries-ser), 71

Ontology, Wise's position on, 511 Opponents, Wise's words about, 411-

412 Optimism a characteristic of Wise,

259, 616, 625, 626 Orach Chayim ("the way of life"),

Wise's study of, 81 Ordination of Wise as rabbi, 79 Organ, use of, in synagogue, 28, 84,

226, 311, 376 Wise's introduction of, 565

Organized charity, Wise's lack of enthusiasm for, 665

Orientation of American Jewish life about the synagogue, Wise's con­tribution to, 407

"Origin of Christianity" (Wise, 1868), 223, 632

lectures on, by Wise (1873), 431, 625

"Origin of Christianity, and a Com­mentary to the Acts of the Apos­tles" (Wise, 1868), 625, 627, 633, 659

"Origin and History of the Messianic Idea" (lecture series by Wise, 1881), 536

"Origin of Reform," lecture by Wise in Philadelphia (1850), 211

Origin of the species, Wise's evalua­tion of theories on, 512

Original sin, doctrine of (Wise), 636, 655

Orphan Asylum, Wise's agitation for (1855), 284

Orthodox congregations not a part of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1889), 473

Orthodox inflexibility toward the Talmud, 540

Orthodox Jews following patterns set by Wise in congregational as­sociations and seminaries, 408

Orthodox Judaism: American Hebrew as organ of, 460 no future for, in America (Wise),

556 position on marriage and divorce,

569 Orthodox repudiation of Cleveland

Conference (1855), 298 Orthodoxy:

agreement with Reform on essen­tials (Wise), 555-56

disappearance of, from Wise's C in ­cinnati congregation, 310

firm entrenchment in the East, 236 not compatible with the spirit of

the time (Wise), 555 Raphall as champion and defender

of, 171, 175, 180-81 in opposition to Abolitionists,

347-48 weakness of, at time of Wise's com­

ing to America, 560 Wise's contention that American

Rabbinate (Reform) represented the genuine orthodox Judaism, 567

"Orthodoxy and Reform" (Wise, 1866), 554-55

Ottenheimer, Jacob, 489, 490, 497 "Our Country's Place in History"

(lecture by Wise in Rochester, N . Y . , 1872), 404

"Our Dead Live," hymn by Wise, 495

Outlines of Judaism (Wise lecture be­fore Free Religious Association of Boston, 1869), 521, 523

Overcoats, family's tradition about Wise's giving away, 263, 666

Oysters at banquet of Union of American Hebrew Congregations in Cincinnati, a blunder and casus belli, 452, 458

Palestine: culture and education in, Wise's

following of advances in, 591-92 question of Jews' rightful claim to,

590 restoration ,of political state in,

Wise's position on, 590, 593, 600 Wise's changing attitudes toward,

590-96 Wise's opposition to any concept

of return of Jews to, 483 Wise's pleasure' at use of Hebrew

by rising generations of Jews, 547, 548

Wise's reaction to proposal for purchase of, 599-600, 602 see also Zionism

Papacy, decline of the power of, Wise's prediction of, 616

Parker, Theodore, 171, 231 Parnass, domination of congregation

by (Reminiscences), 133 "Particularistic" interpretation of

Judaism versus a "universalistic," 84, 597-602

"Parties in Israel" (Wise in Asmo-nean), 224

Patent medicines, Wise's writing about the evils of, in Israelite, 672

Patent Office, Wise's visit to (1850), 210

"Patent of Tolerance" of Joseph II, 7, 34, 38

Patenz for Bohemia, 36 "Paul and the Mystics" (Wise, 1870),

625, 632-33, 642-43, 647 Paul of Tarsus:

as the founder of Christianity (Wise), 646-47

Wise's identification of, with E l i -sha ben Abuyah (Acher), 628-629, 643

Wise's interest in, 623, 627, 628, 642-43'

Payne, Thomas, 613 "Peace Democrat," 336 Peace:

sermons in, in Israelite, 333 Wise's hope for a genuine, 371-72,

374

Peddling: as Jewish means of livelihood in mid-19th century in America, 107,

122 Wise advised to adopt, on arrival

in America, 108 ' "Peep into the Missionary Efforts"

(Wise in Israelite, 1855-56), 652-653

Pendleton, George H . , 352, 357 Pentateuch: 1

In Hebrew, Wise's study of in Durmaul Cheder, 59

translation into German by Moses Mendelssohn, '70

Wise's views on authenticity of, 476

Persian religion, Wise's study of, 312 Personal appearance of Wise, de­

scription of, 249, 666 Personal benevolence of Wise, 263,

665-66 Personal characteristics of Wise, 668 Personal God, belief in, 396, 401, 462 Personal Messiah:

abandonment of doctrine at Frank­fort Conference (1845), 84

discussion of, in Raphall-Poznanski debate in Charleston, 180-81, 187, 197

Wise's vocal support from the floor of Reform position, 181, 187, 198, 535

elimination of references to in prayers by Wise in Albany, 134

excision from prayers of passages relating to, 28, 395

Rabbinical Conference in Philadel­phia, (1869), rejection of doc­trine, 393

Reform Judaism's attitude toward, 28

Wise's attitude, 184, 535-37 Wise's repudiation of, in public

lecture in Albany, 143 "Phaedon, or the Immortality of the

Soul" (Mendelssohn), 19 Pharisees, program and principles

(Wise), 644 "Phenomena of Sunstroke" (Wise in

Israelite), 671

Philadelphia: meeting of Union of American He­

brew Congregations (1877), 438 Rabbinical Conference (1869), 390,

462, 535, 569 principles adopted, 391-92, 598,

600 two visits by Wise to collect funds

for new congregation in Albany (1850), 206-7

lecture by Wise on "Origin of Reform," 211

sermon by Wise on "Religion of Humanity," 206

Wise's visit to (1860), 662; (1864), 663; (1887), 664

Wise's visit to, to promote Zion College (1855), 274

Philanthropist, The, 243 Philipps, Wendell, 340 Philippson, Ludwig, 85, 240, 296, 300

Wise's visits with, in Magdeburg (1846), 96

Philipson, David, 202, 294, 417, 451, 462, 473, 474, 477, 478, 489, 490, 493, 494, 495, 497, 529, 542, 543, 544, 601

Philo, 532, 631-32, 645, 658 Philosophers and philosophy of Is­

rael, Wise's lectures on (1873), 431

Philosophy, function of (Wise, in "The Cosmic God"), 509-10

Philosophy of history, Wise's con­cept of, 230

"Philosophy of the Unconscious" (Hartmann), 516

Philosophy, Wise's study of, 82, 131, 215, 225, 312, 507

Physical universe as God's creation, belief shared by Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 634

Physiocrats under Turgor, 11 Pinsker, Leo, 483 Pipe-organ, use of, in synagogue, 28,

84, 226, 311, 376 Wise's introduction of, 565

Pittsburgh: Conference (1885), 394, 458-59,

461-67, 528

Pittsburgh (continued) Principles adopted, 463-65

Wise's actions and attitude with reference to, 465-67, 538

meeting of Union of American H e ­brew Congregations (1887), 459

Wise's visit to (1863), 663 Piutim:

discontinued in ritual in K . K . B'nai Yeshurun, 261, 310

excising of, from prayer book, 28, 134, 304

"Plan for a Hebrew College" (Wise in Asmonean), 224-25

Plays by Wise, 268 Poem by Harry Weiss, dedicated to

Wise, 491 Poems to Wise in memorial number of

Israelite (1900), 496 Poetry, Wise's writing of, 82-83, 661

on leniency toward the South after the War , 387

Pogroms in Russia, 583, 613, 616 Poland, position of Jews from mid-

18th to mid-19th centuries, 16, 18

"Polish-English" influence for ortho­doxy, 583

Polish Jews in America in mid-19th century, 102-103

"Polish Synagogue" on Center Street, in N e w York City, 109

Political activities of Wise: affiliation with Democratic Party,

272, 318, 323, 362 declining of nomination to Ohio

State Senate (1863), 362-65 attitude of Wise's congregation

to his nomination, 363-64 refusal of Ohio nomination by

Wise (1879), 436 Republican Party, Wise's activity

against, 334-35, 358, 362, 430 "Political News" section of the Isra­

elite, 667 Politics and pulpit, Wise's differing

opinions on relation between, 226, 307, 338, 340, 349, 362

Polygamy, Philadelphia Conference declaration against (1869), 392

Pope Pius VIII and the Jews, 26

Popularity of Wise and constant de­mand for his services, 387-88

Porges, Juda, 40 Pork, Wise's characterization of as

"poisonous flesh," 528 Portrait of Wise presented to He­

brew Union College (1881), 430 Portuguese Jews in America, 102, 178,

580 Portuguese synagogue in N e w York,

Sherith Israel, 109 "Poseners" in N e w York, Wise's best­

ing of, 227, 249 "Positive Historical Judaism," 84 Post-Biblical history, Wise's series of

lectures on (1871), 404 Post-revolutionary period into which

I. M . Wise was born, 9, 14 Powell, senator, Kentucky, 352, 357 Poznanski, Gustave, 104, 178, 180-81,

187, 197 Prague, Wise's study in, 61-65, 74-75 Prayer:

efficacy of, topic of Wise's last sermon, 493

by Wise at opening of U.S. Senate (1870), 402-3

by Wise before Senate of State of N . Y . (1852), 216-17

Prayer-books: consideration of, at Frankfort Con­

ference (1845), 84 excisions in, 28, 134, 395 in Hebrew and German only,

Wise's opposition to, 305 in use (1881), 566 Wise's plea for unity in, 575 see also Minhag; Liturgy

Preaching from a biblical text, Wise's advocacy of, 484-85, 548

Predestination, doctrine of (Wise), 636

Prejudice against the Jews, Wise's evaluation of, 618

Presidency of Central Conference of American Rabbis, Wise elected to (1889), 474

Presidency of Hebrew Union Co l ­lege, the most valued honor of Wise's career, 485

Press of the country, tributes to Wise on his death, 496

Pressburg, Hungary, Wise's study in for University examinations, 74

"Principles of Judaism" (Wise in Occident, 1851), 217-20

"Principles of 1688" (John Locke), 7 Prior, Daniel M . , 212 Prize-fighting in Britain (editorial by-

Wise in Israelite), 670 "Progressive Judaism," 522 Pronaos to Holy Writ (Wise), 419,

437, 438, 479, 488, 521, 524, 659 preface, 530 review in Hebrew Bookland, 531

Prophets as regarded by Judaism and by Christianity (Wise), 634

Proselytes: accepting into Judaism, Wise's ad­

vice on, 567 circumcision of, see Circumcision

of Proselytes Proselytism, Wise's lectures on

(1883-84), 449 "Protest Against Dr . Einhorn's Cal­

umny" (Wise), 298 Providence, Wise's concept of, 636 Psalm 84 as text of Wise's "oration"

in English, at dedication of new synagogue in Albany (1851), 214

Psalms, references to Christianity, Wise's conclusions on, 631

Psychogenic ill-health of Wise, change to vigor and energy, 178, 202

Public-school system in Albany, weakness of, 132

Public speaking, Wise's seeking to im­prove his style, 136

Publication society, Wise's promotion of plans for, 390, 399, 414, 439

Pulpit and politics, Wise's differing opinions on relation between, 226, 307, 338, 340, 349, 362

Punning by Wise, 662 "Pythagoras and Plato" (Wise in Is­

raelite), 670

"Queen of the West," Cincinnati de­scribed as, 243

Quincy, Illinois, Wise's visit to (1855), 266

Rabbi of Bacharach, The (Wise), 661 Rabbi, Wise's early decision to be­

come one, 61 Rabbis:

dearth of, in America in mid-19th century, 103-104, 107, 171, 273

as legislative chaplians, 215-17 requisite training for ordination, 67,

68 Wise's appraisal of characteristics

of, 550 Wise's writing of himself as one in

Albany, 130-31 Wise's writing on what one should

be, 484, 548 Rabbinical conference:

in Cincinnati (1871), 396-97, 401 congregations represented, 401 in Cleveland of congregations using

Minhag America (1870), 394-95 rabbis in attendance, 394 principles for completion of Min­

hag America, 395 in N e w York, continuing Cleveland

meeting (1870), 395-96 in Philadelphia (1869), 390-93, 462,

535, 569 rabbis in attendance, 391 set of principles adopted, 391-92,

598, 600 Wise's reference to, in addressing

Central Conference of American Rabbis (1890), 475

of Southern rabbis in N e w Orleans (1886), 467

Rabbinical controversy, Wise's views on, 583

Rabbinical legalism, Wise's study of, 81-82

Rabbinical Literary Association, 439, 443, 451, 452

committee to report on a Synod, 574

Rabbinical literature: Wise's opinions on, 526, 527, 545,

561 Wise's series of lectures on (1872),

404

Rabbinical profession, Wise advised against entering, on his arrival in America, 108

Rabbinical seminaries for training in liberal Judaism, recommended at Frankfort Conference (1845), 85

Rabbinical training, pattern for, set by Reform, 472

Rabbinical union: pattern for, set by Reform, 472 versus congregation association, as

to duties and rights, 471 Wise's writing of need for (1889),

472 Race:

Wise's point of view on Jews as a race, 520, 593, 594, 595, 598, 600-601, 611, 637

Wise's position on unity of the human race, 510

Radical form of Judaism, 551 Radical reformers, Wise's attitude to­

ward, 305-6, 556,-57, 561, 562 Radicalism, Wise's position against,

333 Radnitz, Wise as Rabbi of, 78-90

day-school opened and operated, 80 inaugural sermon, 80 Isidor Lewi's report to Wise of his

visit to Radnitz (1890), 478 Jewish studies pursued, 81-82 resignation from, 94 restrictions cause impatience with

his situation, 86-90 trouble with rabbinical authorities,

89-90 trouble with representatives of Aus­

trian government, 86-88 Raisin, Jacob S., 491 Ransohoff, Joseph, 494 Raphall, Morris J . :

active antagonism against Wise after "Charleston affair," 185-86, 535

attack on Wise at banquet in N e w York, 227

"Bible V i e w of Slavery," 347-48 debate with Poznanski on orthodoxy

and Reform (Charleston, 1850), 180-81, 187, 197

Wise's vocal support of Reform position from the floor, 181, 187, 198, 535

Raphall, Morris J . (continued) prayer by, before House of Repre­

sentatives, 403 as rabbi of B'nai Yeshurun, N . Y . , 171 sketch of origins and life, 171 Wise's meeting with, in Charleston

(1850), 179-80 Rappaport, Solomon Judah, 45, 71,

75, 79, 290, 554 Wise's learning method of research

from (Israelite), 71 Wise's living in home of, while stu­

dent at University in Prague, 75 Wise's translations of writings of,

in Asmonean, 223 Rashi, Wise's study of, in elementary

day-school, 59 Rational Supernaturalists, 6 Rationalism, Wise's tenet of, 229, 260,

535, 617-18 Rationalistic Judaism, 553 Rauh, Frederick, 490, 497 Reading, wide range of, by Wise, 79,

130, 131 Reason:

as approach to religion, Wise's principle of, 535

concept of supremacy of, 10, 13 "Reason and Faith" (Wise, in Oc­

cident), 140-41 "Reason and Religion," lecture by

Wise, 516 Recapitulation of evolution in the em­

bryo, Wise's denial of, 512 Reconstruction in the South, Wise's

article in Israelite on, 386-87 Redemption through grace, doctrine

of (Wise), 636, 637, 639 "Redhead, The, or the Schoolmaster's

Daughter" (Wise), 660 "Reflections of Bohemia" (Wise, in

Asmonean), 254 Reform Judaism:

beginning of, in Germany, 28 beginnings of, in America, 103 creation of three bodies of: con­

gregational, theological institution, rabbinical, 471

differences between "East" and "West" on interpretations, 468

genesis of, series of articles by Wise in Israelite (1871), 554

Reform Judaism (continued) Hirsch, Samuel, as vigorous ex­

ponent of, 71 influence of Frankfort Conference

on Wise's decision for, 85 Jewish scholarship, relation to, 82 K . K . B'nai Yeshurun in Cincinnati,

early move toward, 246, 247, 248 object of (Wise in Israelite, 1886),

551-52 only two Reform Jewish syna­

gogues in America (1846), 581 Orthodoxy and Reform agreement

on essentials (Wise), 555-56 pattern set by, for congregational

cooperation, rabbinical training, rabbinical union, 472

personal Messiah, attitude toward, 535

Philippson, Ludwig, as vigorous proponent of, 96

Pittsburgh Conference (1885), and Principles adopted, 458-59, 461-67

position on marriage and divorce, 569

prayer-book changes introduced by, 28

see also Prayer-books presented by Wise as resting basi­

cally on the Bible, 326-27 problems of, at Frankfort Confer­

ence (1845), 83-85 progenitors of, 223 purposes of, Wise's editorial in the

Israelite (1859), 559-60 Reform as a "modernization" of

Judaism (Wise), 555 Russian Jewish immigrants' attitude

toward, 584 resume of Wise's concept of, 578-

579 Schreiber, Moses (Sopher), as bel­

ligerent opponent of, 74 synagogue changes introduced by,

28 Wise the first to preach on, in

Chicago (1855), 266 Wise's contacts with leaders before

emigration to America, 95-97 Wise's contributions to and re­

sponsibility for, 472

Reform Judaism (continued) Wise's definitions of Reform, 554,

557-62 Wise's election as rabbi in Cincin­

nati as victory for, 238, 240 Wise's explanation of the term "Re­

form," 552 Wise's move toward, in Radnitz,

82, 93 Wise's point of view, 202 Wise's replies to charges against,

559 Wise's review of, in American Jews'

Annual (1885), 448 Wise's use of titles other than Re­

form, 552-53 Reform Movement in Judaism (Philip-

son), 202, 543 Reformatory Judaism, Wise's occa­

sional use of term instead of Re­form Judaism, 553-54

Reformed Judaism, Wise's occasional use of term instead of Reform Judaism, 552

Reforms advocated by Wise, 564-71 series of articles in Israelite (1876),

569 Reggio, Isaac Samuel, 82, 554 Regina, mother of Isaac M . Wise, 54

Wise's visit to his mother in Peoria, 1877 (Israelite), 54

Reilly, George, 212 Reiss, Abraham, 208 "Religion of Humanity," sermon by

Wise in Philadelphia (1850), 296 Occident comments on, 206

"Religion of Jesus" (Wise's lecture, 1869), 628

Religion and politics, see Pulpit and politics

Religion, Wise's writings about the role of reason and faith in, 515

"Religious Discourses of the Jews" (Zunz), 29

Religious equality of the sexes: declaration of Philadelphia Confer­

ence in favor of (1869), 392 Wise's stand in support of, 568 see also Status of women in Judaism

Religious intolerance, Wise's tirade against, 309

Religious law, Wise's study of, 81

Religious Philosophy of the Jews (Hirsch), 71

Religious zeal, Wise's address to stu­dents on, 419

"Remarks on Dr. Wise's 'History of the Israelitish Nation'" (S. Solis in Occident), 232

Reminiscences of Wise: account of dream while crossing to

America, 98-100 account of interview with President

Fillmore, 209 address on "Education" before so­

ciety of orthodox Jewish natives of Posen, 227-28

advice from leaders of Whig Party in New York against entering rabbinate in America, 108

on aftermath of Cleveland Confer­ence (1855), 296

appraisal of New York Jewry on Wise's first weeks in America, 111

an appreciation of his wife Theresa, 116

on arrival in America and a baggage brawl, 100-01

on basic objectives in beginning rabbinate in Albany, 133

defense of himself against rising enmity in his congregation in Al ­bany, 145

details of discussion in Washington with Webster and Benjamin, 209

discontinuance of, in 1857, 305, 666 on domination of cogregation by

the parnass, or president, 133 about early contacts with Max

Lilienthal, 113-14 on early enthusiasm for America

and freedom, 83 of farewell address to Anshe Emeth

in Albany, 254-55 about first weeks in America, 106 fixation on "Union," 151 on inspiration in preaching, 213 on invitation to become rabbi in

Cincinnati, 237 letter to Mrs. F. on sponsoring of

political issues, 308 on New York Jewry in mid-19th

century, 111 London Society for Improvement

Reminiscences of Wise (continued) of the Condition of the Jews, meeting of, in Albany, 143-44

on Minhag America genesis after Cleveland Conference (1855), 303-04

Philipson's (editor) notes on Re­becca Gratz, 226

on probable division of Judaism into two warring camps by plan for Union, 167-68

references to his grandfather's read­ing Cabalistic books, 60

on Sabbath observance in Albany, 156

Schiller, Goethe, Herder, Wise's mention of, 70

on school in Albany, 132 scorn of Leeser's inability to read

Hebrew, 546 on "secrets" of Orders of Odd Fel­

lows and Masons, 263 about sermons in New Haven

(1846), 113-15 sketch of friends made in Albany,

chiefly in the library, 136 on state of Jewish community in

Philadelphia (1850), 207 on three-week visit to Cincinnati

(1853), 248-50 on trip downstate in 1850, 174 on visit with Daniel Webster in

Washington, 177 "Renaissance of American Judaism"

(Grossmann), 491 Renan, Ernest, 157, 641, 646, 663 Repentance, doctrine of (Wise), 637-

638 Republican Party, Wise's activity

against, 334-35, 358, 362, 430 Republican, The, 267 Reshith Chochmah, 130 "Resignation and Fidelity, or Life and

Romance" (Wise), 660 "Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus,

Critically Expounded" (Wise in Israelite, 1859), 640

Resurrection of the body: discussion of, in Raphall-Poznanski

debate in Charleston, 180-81, 187. 197

Resurrection of the Body (continued) Wise's vocal support from the

floor of Reform position, 181, 187, 198, 535

dogma contrasted with spiritual im­mortality (Wise in Occident, 1851), 218-20

Jesus' position on (Wise), 644 Paul of Tarsus' doctrine of, 643 Philadelphia Conference statement

on (1869), 392 consideration of, at Cleveland Con­

ference (1870), 395 Rabbinical Conference in Philadel­

phia (1869) pronouncement on, 392, 393

Pittsburgh Conference pronounce­ment on (1885), 464

Restoration of a Jewish State: abandonment of belief in, at Frank­

fort Conference (1845), 84 excision from prayers of passages

relating to, 395, 565, 600 Return to Europe considered by Wise

in 1848, 146-47, 149-50 Revelation:

in the Decalogue from Mt. Sinai, Wise's belief in, 526, 634

distinction between original and subsequent extension and applica­tion, 523

from Jewish and Christian points of view (Wise), 634-35

on Mount Sinai as the essence of Judaism for Wise, 231, 517-18, 521-22, 639

see also Sinaitic revelation "Review of the Anti-Pharisaic

Speeches in the Gospels" (Wise in Israelite, 1881), 630

"Review of the Messiahs in Jewish History" (lecture series by Wise, 1892), 480

Revolution of 1848 in Europe, 27, 37, 38, 41, 71, 96, 226

"Revolutionary Obiect of Extremists" (Wise in Israelite, 1863), 337-38

Reward and punishment, belief shared by Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 634, 637

Rhetoric (Blair's lectures on), Wise's study of, 107

Rice, A., 187 Richman, Julia, 486 Richmond, Va.:

meeting of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (1898), 608

Wise's visit to (1866), 374 Riegger, Anton von, 38-39 Riesser, Gabriel, 26, 27, 71

influence on Wise (Israelite), 70-71 symbol of liberalism to Wise, 82,

86, 618 visit to America (1856), 314

"Ring" of Wagner, Wise's criticism of, 672

Ritual slaughtering, 397 Wise's support of, 528

Robespierre's appraisal of democracy, 7-8

Rochester: Central Conference of American

Rabbis meeting (1895), 543 Wise's lecture on "Our Country's

Place in History" (1872), 404 Wise's promotion of his proposed

paper, on way to Cincinnati, 255 Wise's visit to (1867), 387

visit to (1860), 662 Rock Island, Illinois, Wise's visit to

(1855), 266 Rodeph Shalom Congregation of

Philadelphia, resolution by, attack­ing Wise on articles in the Amer­ican Israelite (1884), 449, 452-53, 458

Romance, Philosophy and Cabalah, or the Conflagration in Frankfort-on-the-Main (Wise), 268, 660

Ronsperg, Bezalel, 63 Ronsperg, Bohemia, Wise as teacher

in Jewish community, 74 Rosenau, William, 491 Rosenfeld, A. L., 247 Rosenfeld, W., 423 Rosenthal, Leah, 489 Rothenheim, rabbi, Cincinnati, Ohio,

272, 275, 281, 291, 302, 303 Rothenstein, Wolf, 660 Rotschild, Edmond de, 594, 602 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 5, 10, 12, 14 Rubin, rabbi, New York, 379

8 w Index

Rumania massacre, see Massacre of Jews in Rumania

Russia: position of Jews from mid-18th to

mid-19th centuries, 18, 23, 26, 329 Wise's constant condemnation in

Israelite of tyranny of, 482, 585 Russian-Jewish immigrants in Amer­

ica, 556, 583 Beersheba colony in Kansas, 457, 588 Wise's attitude toward, 583-86, 591,

607 Russian-Jewish migration to Palestine,

Wise's suggestion of, 593, 595 Rypins, Isaac L., 460

Saadya, ben Joseph, 636 Sabbath, maintainance of, 395, 462

Pittsburgh Conference (1885), reso­lution on, 464-65

Sabbath observance: consideration of, at Frankfort Con­

ference (1845), 85 defiance of Wise by Board member

in Albany congregation, 187-88 Union of American Hebrew Con­

gregations support of, 414 Wise's bold stand on, 135, 144-45,

156, 312, 565 Sabbath-school education, 412, 414 Sabbath School Union, 459, 468, 471 Sachs, Michael Jehiel:

influence on Wise in public oratory (Israelite), 71

Wise's visits with, in Berlin (1846), 97

Sacrificial cult, excision of prayers for restoration of, 84, 134, 138, 392, 393, 395, 565

Sadduccees, program and principles (Wise), 644

St. Louis: meeting of Union of American

Hebrew Congregations (1885), 455, 575

Wise's visit to (1855), 266, 662 Saint-Pierre, Abbe de, 11 Saint-Simon, Claude Henri, comte de,

11 Salaries:

of rabbis in mid-19th century, 172

Salaries (continued) of Wise as rabbi, 129, 132, 161, 239,

388, 417, 420, 666 Sale, Samuel, 473, 474, 500 Saloons, frequenting of, Wise's stand

against, 135, 157 Salvation and damnation doctrine of

Christianity, Wise's comments on, 631, 637, 639

Samfield, M . , 441, 473, 474 San Francisco, Wise's visit to (1877),

664 Sandmel, Samuel, 651, 652 Saratoga, Wise's meeting with officers

of Temple Emanuel of N . Y . , (1878), 440

"Saving for Old Age" (Wise in Isra­elite), 671

Schiff, Jacob, 328 Schleiermacher, Friedrich, 27, 647 Schlesinger, Loeb, 65 Schlesinger, M . , 391, 451, 499, 543 Schloss, L . , 379 Schloss, Moses, 116, 117, 118, 129, 134,

161, 440 Schmidt, Dr., publisher, Cincinnati,

Ohio, 267, 269, 271 Scholars:

association of, in Albany, 131 Wise's appraisal of rabbis as, 550

Scholarship: of Wise, 322-23 Wise's address to students on, 419

Schreiber, Moses ben Samuel (Moses Sopher), 74

Schubart, Wilhelm, 11 Schurz, Carl, 150 Science as an activity of the mind

(Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 509

Science, Wise's reading of, 82 "Science of Judaism," 82, 96, 131 "Science and the Modern W o r l d "

(Whitehead), 508 Scientific developmet in 18th and 19th

ceturies, 6 Scolding wives, Wise's writing about

in Israelite, 670 Scott, Sir Walter's Rebecca in "Ivan-

hoe" based upon Rebecca Gratz, 226-27

Secession, Wise's position on, 332, 334 Search for leaven before Passover,

Wise's suggestion to drop, 564 Second day of the holidays, observ­

ance of, 201, 395, 429 Wise's recommendation to discon­

tinue, 564 his Cincinnati congregation abol­

ishing of, 565 Second marriages, Wise's position on,

569 "Sectionalism" of American Judaism,

583 Secular culture of New York Jewry,

Wise's appraisal of, on arrival in America, 111

Secular education of Wise, 79 Seelenfeier, Yom Kippur Memorial

Service, written by Wise (1853), 256, 492

Seesen Conference, 565 Seiberling, Edward H. , 212 Selected Writings of Wise, 554, 570,

625 Self-concept of Jews, 17, 27, 29, 583,

619 Self-knowledge (Wise, in "The

Cosmic God"), 509 Seligman, Jesse, 440 Selma, second wife of Wise, see

Bondi, Selma Seminary:

for Jewish girls, Wise's promotion of, 414, 438, 471, 569

Orthodox, 461 support from Wise's congregation

on creation of (1871), 400 Wise's plans for announced (1870),

399-400 Wise's promotion of, 395, 397, 398,

399, 400 "Seminary Again and the New York

Circular" (editorial in Israelite, 1870), 399

Sendro, Melfonsi, 233 "Sermon on the Mount and the

Decalogue" (Wise in Israelite, 1863), 626

Sermon on the Mount, parallel to Bible and Talmud in its ethical meliorism (Wise), 635

Sermon, Wise's last, 493 Sermons:

delivered by Wise without manu­script, 115-16

in Jewish history, Wise's translation of Zunz's masterwork on, 223

use of Bible text by Wise, 484-85, 548

of Wise, eloquence and timeliness of, 259

of Wise, rationalistic style of, 260 of Wise, widespread understanding

and appreciation of, 119 written by Wise from memory after

delivery, 116 Seventieth birthday of Wise, celebra­

tion of (1889), 477-78 Seventy-ninth birthday of Wise, cele­

bration of, 489 Seward, William H. , 105, 147-48, 177 Sewing society to make clothes for

poor organized in Albany by Wise, 212

Sherith Israel, Portuguese synagogue in New York, 109

Shiray Xion of Sulzer, 134 "Shoemaker's Family, The" (Wise),

660 Shofar, benedictions over the, Wise's

suggestion to eliminate, 564 Shohl, Simon, 375 Shooting on the stage, editorial

against, by Wise in Israelite, 673 Shore, J., 662 Shulchan Aruch, the Code of the Law,

Wise's study of, 81, 130 Siddur, use on Sabbath eve, 395 "Siege of Milan" (Wise), 76 Sieyes, Emmanuel Joseph, 11 "Signs of the Time" (Wise in the

Israelite, 1860), 615 Silver wedding anniversary of Isaac

and Theresa Wise, celebration of (1869), 402

Silverman, Joseph, 417, 451, 473, 490, 499

Simon, Abram, 490 Simon, B., 375, 379, 423 "Sinai and Calvary" comparison of,

from ethical standpoint (Wise), 635-36

Sinai publication, insulting articles after Cleveland Conference (1855), 296, 298-99

Sinaitic revelation: point of agreement between Ju­

daism, Christianity, and Islam (Wise), 635

Wise's review of the principle and truth of, 449 see also Revelation

"Situation, The," Wise's editorial in Israelite near end of war, 345

Sixtieth birthday of Wise, celebra­tion of, 430

Skepticism, Wise's thoughts on, 515 "Sketch of Judaism in America, 1884-

1885" (Wise in American Jews' Annual, 1885), 447-50

Slavery: Biblical (Mosaic) attitude toward,

344, 345, 346-48 Cincinnati a battleground of forces

for and against, at time of Wise's move there, 243

end of, with Constitutional amend­ment (1865), 370

issue paramount at time of Wise's visit to Washington (1850), 175-176

Wise's position on, 332, 333, 339, 340, 344-49

Smolenskin, Peretz, 483 "Society for the Culture and Scien­

tific Knowledge of Judaism," Berlin (1819), 29

"Society for the Promotion of Me­chanical Occupations," Vienna (1840), 35

Solis, S., 232 Solis-Cohen, David, 459 "Some Unpublished Letters of Eth­

ical Importance" (Philipson), 294 Sonnenschein, S. H . , 391, 394, 397,

416, 441, 450, 451, 474 Sonnet to Wise (Raisin), 491 Soph Dabar—The End, or Gist, of

the Matter (lecture by Wise, 1874), 431

Sopher, Moses, see Schreiber Sources of the Theology of Judaism

(Wise, 1887), 521, 532

South, the, Wise's concern for treat­ment of, after the War , 430

South America, colonization of Jews in, 589, 591, 595

Southern Jews during the W a r : disowned and repudiated by some

Northern rabbis, 358 Northern press demanding exter­

mination of, 358-59 Wise's friendships with and defense

of, during the War , 336, 337, 343-44, 358-59

Southern rabbis, conference of, in N e w Orleans (1886), 467

Southern trip (1850) as turning-point in Wise's life and career, 174

Spain: "Golden" period in Moslem Spain,

17, 82 position of Jews at beginning of

19th century, 18 Spanier, Louis, 182, 221

as leader of faction against Wise in Albany, 185-94, 535

Rosh Ha-shono service violence, his account of, in Occident, 199-200

Wise awarded damages against for synagogue violence, 194

Spanish-American War , Wise's overt patriotism during, 482

Spectator (Addison's), Wise's study of, 107

Spinoza, Baruch, 82, 211, 512 "Spirit of the age," 3-14, 150, 613

Wise's reaction to, as Rabbi of Radnitz, 86

Wise's reference to, in conflict with Isaac Leeser about reforms, 139

Spirit precedes matter, belief shared by Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 634

Spiritualism (Wise in Israelite), 671 Sporberg, Joseph, 196 "State of Judaism" (Israelite, 1865),

581-82 Status of the Jew in America, Wise's

contribution to improvement of, 583

Status of Wise as rabbi in Albany, 132-33

Status of women in Judaism, 28, 214 consideration of, at Frankfort Con­

ference (1845), 84 controversial issue in Wise's con­

gregation in Albany, 159-60, 568 declaration of Philadelphia Confer­

ence for religious equality of women (1869), 392

equal educational opportunities for, Wise's advocating of, 569

improvement noted in series on Re­form (1876), 569

ordination as rabbis, Wise's sup­port of, 571

Wise's work for improvement of, 568-72

women in choirs, Wise's advocat­ing of, 311, 564, 568-69

women on congregational boards, Wise's support of, 571

Stein, Leopold, 83, 85, 240, 542 Wise's visits with, in Frankfort

(1846), 97 Steingrub, Bohemia, birthplace of

Wise, 42-53 Stephen, "the first martyr," not killed

by Jews (Wise), 646 Stephen, Leslie, 7 Stix, Aaron, 375 Stix, Lena, 249 Stix, Wi l l i am, 488 Stolz, Joseph, 417, 474, 478 Storer, Bellamy, 281 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 232, 323 Strauss, Moses, 354 Stromberg, Philip, 375 "Struggle for Unity, Attempts at

Union in American Jewish Life: 1654-1868" (Buchler), 166

Sturm und Drang period in litera­ture, 11

"Suffering Messiah Among the He­brews" (lecture by Wise, 1881), 536-37

Sulzberger, David, 481 Sulzer Evening Service for the Sab­

bath, 311 Sulzer, Salomon, 75, 159

Shir ay Zion, 134 Sumptuary legislation, Wise's opposi­

tion to, 665

Sunday laws, Wise's position against, 358, 479

Sunday Sabbath: Pittsburgh Conference (1885) reso­

lution on, 464-65 services, Wise's position against, 565

"Sunday School" founded in Phila­delphia (1838), 103

"Sunset of the Nineteenth Cenutry" (Wise), 617

Supernaturalism yield to naturalism, 13

"Superstitions of Our Age" (last lec­ture series by Wise of which we have record, 1892), 480

Superstitious ideas and phrases in some prayers, Wise's objection to, 565

"Surrender at Saratoga," 440 "Swimming Against the Current,"

(editorial in Israelite), 315 Swiss Treaty, Wise's fight on dis­

crimination against American Jews, 270, 315-17, 319, 329, 619

Switzerland, position of Jews in early 19th century, 23, 225

Synagogal music: committee on, appointed at Cincin­

nati rabbinical meeting (1871), 397

Wise's interest in, influenced by friendship with Sulzer, famous cantor in Vienna, 75

see also Choir; Music Synagogue changes, need for uni­

formity in (Wise), 561 Synagogue, family pews in, 28, 213-

14, 379, 564, 566 Synagogue reforms recommended by

Wise, 564, 565-71 Synagogues in N e w York City, Wise

makes round of, during first weeks in America, 109-110

Synod: Central Conference of American

Rabbis discussions on, after Wise's death, but no action taken, 578

changes in Wise's concept of, 572-578

Synod (continued) Cleveland Conference (1855) abor­

tive plans for creation of, 289-92, 576- 77

creation of, promoted by Wise, 285, 290, 293-94, 301, 385, 397, 449, 452

editorial by Wise on character and function of (1885), 575

need for, to promote unity in liturgy (Wise), 575

Rabbinical Literary Association Committee on, 574

to be vested with coercive power, Wise's concept of, 574

Wise's abandonment of idea (1896), 577- 78

Wise's paper on (Chicago, 1881), 574 •

Wise's recommendation of, to ob­viate reforms at the whim of in ­dividual rabbis (1878), 573-74

Wise's report on discussion of, at Union convention in St. Louis (1885), 575

"Synod, The," (Wise, 1856), 572-73 Syracuse:

Wise's promotion of his proposed paper, on way to Cincinnati (1854) , 255

Wise's dedication of synagogue in (1846), 116, 119

"Systematic Catechism of the Israel­ite Religion" (Hirsch), 660

Szold, Benjamin, 333, 341, 441, 466, 566, 662

Szold, Henrietta, 341

"Table Moving among German Is­raelites" (Wise in Israelite), 670

Talmud: Christian opinions on value of the

Talmud, Wise's publication of col­lection of, 541

Cleveland Conference declaration on (1855) , 290, 540, 545

course of lectures on, by Wise (1884), 542-43

or Midrash, rabbinical legend from, published weekly by Wise in Asmonean and later in Israelite, 223-24

Talmud (continued) relation of, to Greek and Roman

world, researches of Sachs, 97 as target of criticism in aftermath

of Cleveland Conference (1855), 296-97

Wise's position on, 298-300, 301, 541 Milwaukee Conference committee

report on (1896), 544-45 Rochester Conference committee re­

port on (1895), 543-44 Wise's attitude toward, 540-45 Wise's early training in, 56, 59-60

continued study of, 312, 314 "Talmid Americus," 271 "Talmud and the Gospels, A His­

torical Inquiry into the Origins of Christianity" (Wise lecture), 402

"Talmud and Progress" (Wise in Asmonean), 540-41

Talmud Yelodim Institute in Cincin­nati, 238, 248, 259, 325, 368, 377, 386, 418, 477, 490

Wise as superintendent, 256, 312, 315, 324

Wise's talk at anniversary banquet on Reform and progress in Ju­daism, 251

Talmudic grounds for Reform, 561, 562

Targum, Aramaic translation of Chu-mesh, Wise's study of, in ele­mentary day-school, 59

Taylor, Zachary, President, Wise's visit to (1850), 177

Teacher: Wise's abilities and effectiveness as,

419, 665 influence on pupils, 485

Wise's appraisal of rabbi as, 548, 550

Technical school of the Alliance Is­raelite Universelle in Jerusalem, 592

"Teleology of Genesis," Wise's ser­mon in Cincinnati (1853), 252

Teleology (Wise, in "The Cosmic God") , 512

Temperance crusade, Wise's opposi­tion to, 665

Temple Beth E l of N e w York City joined Union of American He­brew Congregations (1878), 439

Temple Emanu-El Minhag, 566 Temple Emanuel in N e w York City,

110, 111, 581 joined Union of American Hebrew

Congregations (1878), 439 Wise's preaching at (1855), 274 Wise's report in Israelite of con­

gregation's appraisal of him (1867), 387

Ten Commandments: as groundwork of both doctrine

and law in the Bible (Wise), 523-24

as historical and definitive revelation (Wise), 521, 522, 525, 526

Wise's belief in divine inspiration of, 156

Wise's belief in necessity for obe­dience of, 518

see also Decalogue Ten men necessary for conducting

of public service (Minyan), 396 Tephillin, laying (phylacteries),

Wise's position against practice, 565

Terre Haute, Indiana, Wise's visit to (1855), 266, 662

Teweles, Ephraim Loeb, 79 Text:

of funeral oration for Wise, 495-96, 499

use of, by Wise in Sabbath ser­mons, 484-85, 548

of Wise's last sermon, 493 Textbooks for early use at Hebrew

Union College prepared by Wise, 416-17

Thanksgiving Day proclamations, Wise's objection to, 270, 276, 343, 430, 619

That Terrible Dentist (Israelite), 661

Theologian, Wise as a, 500 Theological dogmas of Judaism

(Wise), 517, 519, 523 "Theological Faculty" (editorial by

Wise, 1873), 414

"Theology of Judaism" (Wise speech at World 's Parliament of Re­ligions, 1893), 487, 488

Theology of Judaism, Wise's concept of, 521-29

"Theology and Philosophy" depart­ment by Wise in Asmonean (1851-54), 221-26

"Theology of the Union Prayer Book" (Heller), 566

Theology, Wise's definition of, 523 Theresa (Bloch), wife of I. M . Wise:

an appreciation of, in Reminis­cences, 116

counsel sought by Wise, 22, 237 death of in Cincinnati (1874), 425 dedication of "The Cosmic G o d "

to, 426, 507 marriage of Wise to (1844), 81 proofreading of Wise's "History of

the Israelitish Nation," 231 wifely devotion of, to her husband,

158, 233 Wise's deep devotion to, 237, 425

Thien, artist, Cincinnati, Ohio, 383 "Thirteen Articles," (Maimonides),

519 Thomas, Theodore, and Wise, 436-

37, 673 "Three Lectures on the Origins of

Christianity" (Wise, 1873), 431, 625, 643-47

Three pillars of Judaism (Wise), 517 Time as a relative concept (Wise, in

"The Cosmic God") , 514 Tohu vaBohu (Gronemann), 68 Toledo Blade, 621 Tolstoi's social philosophy, influence

on Wise, 587 Toleranz-Patent of Joseph II, 7, 34, 38 Torah:

one-year cycle of readings, adopted at Cincinnati rabbinical meeting (1871), 397, 429

reading every year, Wise's sugges­tion to eliminate, 564

reading from, at services, 84, 132, 133

reading by young people instead of the Hazan, advocated by Wise, 564

Torah {continued) as the substance of Jewish theology

(Wise), 524 "triennial" cycle of readings,

adopted at Frankfort Confer­ence, 84

Wise's belief in, as genuine, au­thentic, Mosaic, 522

Wise's explanation of the anthro­pomorphic and anthropopathic passages, 532

Wise's study of, with grandfather, 59

Tractatus Theologico Politicus (Spin­oza), 211

Tracts, Wise's proposal of a society for, 326

Trained ministers, Wise's constant writing in Asmonean of the need for, 224

Travels of Benjamin of Tudela (Rap-paport), 73

Travels by Wise, 265-66, 315, 374, 387, 403, 405, 441, 662-64

reasons for, 662, 663-64 Treaties with foreign countries, Com­

mittee of the Union to take ac­tion against prejudicial clauses, 452

Treitschke-Stoecker theory of nation­ality of the German Jew, 601.

Tr ia l of Jesus, Wise's analysis of con­flicting accounts, 649

Trinitarianism, dogma of, articles on, in Occident, 140

Wise's reply, 140-41 Trini ty, doctrine of (Wise), 628, 634,

637, 639 Tristan und Isolde, Wise's criticism

of, 672 Trollope, Anthony, 243 Trollope, Frances, 243 Truth and its criteria (Wise, in "The

Cosmic God") 508 Tur, Wise's study of, 81 Tuska, Simon, 394, 397 Twenty-fifth anniversary of Wise's

service as rabbi of B'nai Yeshu-run, celebration of (1879), 430, 432-33

Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of Isaac and Theresa Wise, celebra­tion of (1869), 402

Ultra-reformers of the "East," 297 Uncovered head in synagogue wor­

ship, 396, 429 Wise"s point of view toward, 568

"Underground Railway" terminus in Cincinnati, 243, 323

Union of all American Israelites, Wise's first call for, 125

"Union," Wise's concentration on, 139, 150, 162, 264, 366, 385, 397, 398, 405

appeal to congregations to act (1849), 165-66

call for American Jewish union in Occident, written by Wise (1849), 152-54

campaign in behalf of (1849), 163-167

correspondence with Leeser on, 151 improvement in prospect for the

years 1869 to 1872, 389-90 Occident publicity for, 163-66, 273 propaganda for, in Israelite, 269,

276-77, 298 question of the first mover for a

disputed one, 166 support from Wise's congregation

on creation of (1871), 400 visit to N e w York to consult

with Lilienthal and Merzbacher (1848), 151

of whole American Jewish commu­nity, Wise's relinquishment of hopes for, after Cleveland Con­ference bickering (1855), 306

Union of American Hebrew Congre­gations, 333

Board of Delegates affiliation with (1877-78), 438-39, 452

census of Jewish population in U.S. (1880), 481

futile plans for developing agricul­tural colonies, 588-89

growth of, 1877 to 1880, 432. "History of the Union" (Wise in

the Israelite, 1887), 456-59

Union of American Hebrew Congre­gations (continued)

meetings of: in Cleveland (1874), 412 in Buffalo (1875), 413 in Washington (1876), 413 in Philadelphia (1877), 438 in Milwaukee (1878), 420-21, 439 in Chicago (1881), 451 in Cincinnati (1883), 452 in St. Louis (1885), 455, 575 in Pittsburgh (1887), 459 i n Detroit (1889), 472 in N e w Orleans (1894), 485 in Richmond (1898), 608

organization of, in Cincinnati (1873), 410-11 objectives of, 412

reports of examiners of Hebrew Union College, 441

roster of (1880), 439 tenth anniversary celebration in

Cincinnati (1883), 450, 458 Wise's pessimism about progress

of (1898), 486-87 Wise's recommendation of alliance

with B'nai Brith, 487 Union of Israelite Congregations of

America, 397 "Union of Israelites, The," editorial

of Leeser in the Occident (1849), 164

"Union for the Sake of Judaism," Leeser editorial in the Occident (1845), 164

Union Prayer Book, 256, 386, 483 advocated by Wise as early as 1881,

566 Minhag America replaced by, 476 Wise's hailing of completion as

final step in unification of Amer­ican Israel, 483

Unitarian minister, Wise's friendship with, 666

Unitarianism, Wise's talk with Daniel Webster on tenets of, 177

Universal religion, see Judaism as a universal religion

"Universal Republic and the Brother­hood of Man," address by Wise in Albany (1848), 146

"Universalistic" interpretation of Ju­daism rather than a "particular­istic," held by Wise, 84, 537, 597-602, 612

"Universalistic" outlook of pro­nouncements of Rabbinical Con­ference in Philadelphia (1869), 393

"Universe, The" (Wise in Israelite), 670

University of Cincinnati, 416, 458 Baccalaureate Address by Wise

(1884), 446 Hebrew Union College's academic

affiliation with, 416, 458, 460 Wise as trustee of, 469, 477, 481

University, Wise's preparation for, 72-74

Vacation skipped by Wise "once again" (Israelite, 1890), 479

Vallandigham, Clement H . , 357, 358, 364

Vauban, marquis de, 11 Vedas, Wise's reading of, 312 Vernacular, use of, in synagogue, 28,

395 Vicarious atonement, doctrine of

(Wise), 636, 638, 639, 643, 647, 648, 650

Vickers, Thomas, 450, 666 Vic tory sermon by Wise (1865), 372 Vidaver, Henry, 371 Vienna Congress and Jewish civil

rights, 26 Vienna, Wise's study at University

for two years, 75-76 Vincennes, Indiana, Wise's visit to

(1855), 266 Vio l in , Wise's learning to play, 75,

134 Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet, 5,

10 insensate attacks upon Jews, 18

Voorsanger, Jacob, 467

Wagner, Richard, Wise's antipathy for, 436-37, 671-72, 673, 674

"Wandering Jew, The" (Wise lec­tures on), 521, 539

Wunderjahren of Wise after leaving Prague at sixteen, 65

W a r : loans of the North, Wise's support

of, during the War , 336 as punishment by God to purify the

soul of America (Wise), 337 Wise's opposition to, 332

Washington: meeting of Union of American

Hebrew Congregations (1876), 413

Wise's stay in, and important con­tacts made (1850), 175-78

time spent in gallery of Senate, 176 total impression of visit on Wise, 177-78, 195

Wise's visit to collect funds for new congregation in Albany (1850), 208-10

Wise's visit to (1863), 663 Wasserman, Leopold, 114 " W e Have N o Literature" (Israelite

editorial), 325-26 "We Must Be One" (editorial in Is­

raelite, 1870), 400 Wearing of hats in synagogue wor­

ship, 396, 429 Wise's point of view toward, 568

Webster, Daniel, 105, 316 Wise's visits with in Washington,

177, 208, 209 Weinman, Melvin, 589 Weiss, Harry, 491 Wellhausen, Julius, 530, 532 Wertheimstein, Herr von, Wise as

tutor in home of, 76 Western culture, Wise's acquaintance

with and admiration for, de­velopment of, 78

Westminster Confession, Wise's crit­ical examination of, 170-71

Westminster Review, 663 "What Is the Shape of the Earth?"

(Wise, 1867), 667 "What to Read to Make Y o u a Com­

petent Preacher" (Wise, 1888), 549-50

"What's In a Name?" (Mielziner), 491

W h i g Party, advice from leaders to Wise against entering rabbinate in America (Reminiscences), 108

Whitehead, Alfred North, 508 " W h o Were the Etruscans?" (Wise

in Israelite), 670 " W h y I am a Jew" (editorial in Is­

raelite by Wise, 1856), 542 " W h y I am a Talmudical Jew" (edi­

torial in Israelite by Wise, 1856), 542 •

Wieland, Christoph, 11 Wilensky, Dena, 310, 611 Wilson, Henry, 357 Wilson, J . K . , 376 Wilstach, Charles F., 376 Wise, David, 311 Wise, Isaac M . , Jr., 444 "Wise as a Journalist" (Grossman),

491 Wise, Julius, 490 Wise, Leo, 489 "Wise," origin of family name, 51-52

change of spelling from "Weis" to "Wise," 115

Wise, Stephen S., 608 Wislecenus, Adolf, 659 Wislicenus, G . A . , 626 Wives of I. M . Wise, see Bloch,

Theresa; Bondi, Selma Wizard of the Forest (Wise), 661 Wolf , Daniel, 375 Wol f , Lucien, 603 Wol f , Simon, 356, 374, 459, 486 Wolfenstein, S., 440, 441, 473, 478 Wolff, Jacob, 273 Woman's suffrage, Wise in favor of,

572 Women growing old gracefully,

Wise's writing about, in Israel­ite, 670

"Women as Members of Congrega­tions" (Wise), 570

Women, status of, in Judaism, see Status of women in Judaism

Wood , Bradford W . , 143 Wood , Theophilus, Chief Justice of

N e w York, Wise's friendship with, 136, 143, 157, 195

Woodward H i g h School of Cincin­nati, 416

Work-load, vigor, and creativeness of mind of Wise at age of seventy-three, 480

W o r l d condition, Wise's thoughts on, at end of Civ i l War , 374

" W o r l d of M y Books" (Wise in Deborah), 129, 661

World 's Parliament of Religions dur­ing Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893), 476, 547

Wise's share in representing Ju­daism, 487-88, 547

letter to Wi l l i am Stix on his speeches, 488

Worship of one God as fundamental to Judaism and Christianity (Wise), 633

Wright , Horatio G . Gen., 357

Yearbook of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 567

Yellow Badge, 22, 33, 38 Yemen, plan for settlement of Jews

in, Wise's approval of, 588 Yeshiva:

of Rabbi Aaron Kornfeld in Jeni-kau, Wise's study at, 65, 69

of Rabbi Loeb Schlesinger in Braun area, Wise's study at, 65

of Rabbi Moses Sopher in Press-burg, Hungary, Wise's study at, 74

of Rabbi Samuel Freund in Prague, Wise's study at, 65

Yeshivas in Bohemia, Wise's account of, in Asmonean, 41-42

Yesode Hatorah (Maimonides), 534 Yiddish, 53

Wise's dislike of, 583, 586

Yom Kippur Memorial Service (Wise), 255-56, 492

Yoreh Deah ("who giveth knowl­edge"), Wise's study of, 81

Young Men's Association library in Albany, Wise's use of, 129

Young Presbyterian, The, 130 Youth of Wise, see Childhood, youth,

and years of training

Zendavesta, Wise's reading of, 312 Zion College, 259, 275-82, 290, 309,

312, 325 Zion Collegiate Association, 274, 276,

277, 279, 280, 292 Zionism:

Basel Congresses, 590, 603-9 European propaganda for, 483 relation of anti-Semitism in Europe

to rise of, 595 "Russian-Polish hobby" (Wise), 584 societies in the communities of

America, Wise's comments on, 606-07

Wise's presidential message to Cen­tral Conference (1897) directed against, 483

Wise's reactions to, 538, 548, 589-596, 602-12

Zirndorf, H . , 441, 451, 452, 460 Zohar, 6, 141 Zoroaster's, writings, Wise's reading

of, 312 Zunz, Leopold, 29, 290, 312, 541, 554 Zunz's Gottesdienstliche Vortraege,

translation by Wise in Asmon­ean, 223