Rabbi Stephen Wise (10 results)
Published by Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Gray boards with gilt lettering. There is fading along bottom edge. Top and bottom of spine are puckered and the lower front corner has worn cloth. Dust jacket has sun fading on spine with a few chips missing from the top spine edge; now covered in protectiv…e mylar sleeve.
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Published by Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Dilly Dally, Mobile, AL, U.S.A.Dilly Dally
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Flat and clean with a tight binding.Sharp corners, mildly bumped spines. Owners name and notations on front end paper. There are some small erased marginal marks inside. DJ is edge worn and spine tanned, but is intact.
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Published by Jewish Opinion Publishing Corporation, NY, 1944
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- First Edition
Seller: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.Browsing Is Arousing
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Hardcover. 285 pages+ portrait frontis. Original full cloth binding, edges browned. Original dust jacket, chipped, tanning. First Edition. Stephen S. Wise (1874-1949) was born in Budapest and as a child emigrated to New York, where he received his Jewish and secular education. He was ordained as a rabbi in…the New Jewish Theological Seminary and went on to become a Reform rabbi and ardent zionist and anti-fascist. This book was published to markRrabbi Wise's 70th birthday. his comments on zionism, hitlerism, the fate of the jews - as WW2 was drawing to a close - were enormously influential. Record # 375153.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.Better World Books
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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Published by Brentano?s, NY, 1930
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Seller: Browsing Is Arousing, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.Browsing Is Arousing
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Hardcover, original publisher's blue cloth, lettered silver on spine and on front cover. Signed presentation from Stephen Wise on front fly leaf. 294 pages. A critique of the White Paper of Lord Passfield and the charges of betrayal hurled at the British Labor Government by Jews regarding British-Zionist re…lations. Mild shelf wear, clean copy. Remnants of dj laid in. Record # 375019.
Published by B.W. Huebsch, New York, 1917
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- First Edition
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.The Country Bookshop [Member VABA]
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, which he founded in 1907 and served as Rabbi until his death, is named after him, as is Stephen S.Wise Temple in Los Angeles, which was founded by Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin in 1964. A street is named after him in Jerusalem next to the Isr…ael Museum. This book is the scarce First Edition of one of his early works. It is in near Very Good condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Published by New York, December 11, 1919., 1919
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Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. - Over 30 words typed on his 6 inch high by 8 inch wide buff "Free Synagogue / New York" stationery. Stephen Samuel Wise is pleased to accept American impresario and lecture agent James B. Pond's invitation to serve on the committee welcoming Maurice Maeterlinck to America. Wise writes "I accept with much p…leasure your kind invitation to serve as a member of the Honorary Reception Committee." Signed "Stephen S. Wise". Folded for mailing, with a small piece out from the top left corner. Very good. Born in Budapest, Stephen Samuel Wise (1874-1949) emigrated to the US when his father accepted service as rabbi of Brooklyn's Congregation Baith Israel Anshei Emes. After completing his studies at Columbia University, Wise pursued rabbinical studies under several noted rabbis of the era, including Richard J.H. Gottheil, Kohut, Gersoni, Joff, and Margolis. He was appointed assistant rabbi of NYC's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun becoming the Congregation's senior rabbi later that year. Taking over as rabbi of Portland, Oregon's Congregation Beth Israel, he attacked many of the social and political ills facing the country. He soon broke with the traditional reform movement and established his "Free Synagogue" in 1907, launching a movement. Wise was an early supporter of Zionism and laid the groundwork for what became the Zionist Organization of America and served as president of the American Jewish Congress. His good friend Albert Einstein profoundly praised him in a tribute that Einstein presented at the celebration of Wise' 60th birthday. In 1914, Wise co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wise, early on, saw the threat posed by Hitler's rise in Germany and fought to shape U.S. public opinion against the growing German threat, leading efforts for a Jewish Boycott of Germany and the creation of the World Jewish Congress.James B. Pond, the American impresario and lecture agent who headed the J.B. Pond Lyceum Bureau, brought the great Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck to America for a series of lectures. The first lecture took place at Carnegie hall on January 2nd, 1920. Unfortunately Maeterlinck failed to carry out his intention to lecture in English because of his labored "phonetic" English. He declared his intention to continue his lectures in French and have the translation read by another person. As a result, the lecture tour was a failure and lawsuits ensued on both sides.
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Published by Free Synagogue, New York, 1922
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Backed at top edge. 1 page, with autograph corrections. 8vo. In part: "Yes, I am to take the 12:25, bringing me to your town at 5:50. Do by all means be good enough to purchase a ticket and make a resveration for me on the train leaving your city." An American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader, Wise (1847-1949) founded…the Free Synagogue in New York in 1907, conducting his services from Carnegie Hall for forty years. 1 page, with autograph corrections. 8vo.
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Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA
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Add to basketLetter. Condition: Very Good +. A prophetic, full-page 1937 TLS from Rabbi Stephen Wise warning of the increasingly "precarious status of Jewish life throughout the world". Citing the swirling winds of war in Europe and the rising signs of anti-semitism in America, the letter (which accompanies a separate signed letter of the Yi…ddish translation) urges the strengthening of AJC and "planned, consistent action". Also included is important ephemera on this matter, a "Resolution of Affiliation" application, a "Procedure of Affiliation with the American Jewish Congress" form letter and attending envelopes and an index card ("We will welcome your speaker on."). Rabbi Wise's tone in the letter is firm and unmistakable: "We write to invite you to unite in our program of action at this time by affiliating yourself with the American Jewish Congress as a supporting member organization. We shall be glad to make the purposes of our organization clear to your membership by sending a speaker to any metting which you may designate". All letters and other ephemera are very well-preserved and are in crisp, bright, VG+ to Near Fine condition.
