Max Lilienthal: The Making of the American Rabbinate

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309 Adler, Felix, 235 Adler, Henry, 208 Adler, Nathan Marcus, 78 Adler, Samuel, 189, 194, 195, 200, 203–4, 212 agunoth, 258n183 Alexander I, Tsar, 21, 177 Alexandria, Jewish community of, 13–14 Allemania Club, 173 Allen, Michael, 180 Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums, Lilienthal’s writings for, 48; urging of German Jews to come to America, 60; recollections of Germany from America, 63–64; description of new position with Union of German Synagogues, 70; on Reform in America, 72, 230; report on confirmation ceremony, 85–86; on lack of Jewish American educated class, 111–12; discussions of Cleveland conference, 153 Alliance Israelite, Paris, 215 American civil religion, 162, 167, 174–78, 184, 231 American Hebrew, 214, 217 American Israelite, 223 American Jewish community: fractured by differences of minhag, 65; early leadership crisis, 67; controversy between Reform and Orthodoxy, 72; concern for decorum during religious services, 78–79; no tradition of Jewish preaching in colonial period, 81; social welfare needs, 86–87; predomination of lay governance, 93–94; embrace of secularized free public schools in 1850s, 102; and European revolutions of 1848, 107; accusations of shoddy goods and smuggling during Civil War, 181; Americanization of as result of Civil War, 184 American Reform Judaism, 87 Anshe Chesed: formation of, 65; efforts to balance tradition and decorum in religious services, 79; all-day school, 83; and joining of Union School, 84, 85, 90, 91; tensions with Lilienthal, 90–94; suspension of Lilienthal, 92–93; new building, 102–4; modernization process, 103; rivalry with Temple Emanu-El, 103; cantor’s opposition to Lilienthal’s reforms, 125; parting gift to Lilienthal, 125–26; choir members, 261n57 Anshe Emeth, Albany, 105 anti-Jewish rioting: in Bavaria, 5; in Germany, 1819, 6–7; in Europe, 1848, 106 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Subentries have been arranged chronologically. 02 Ruben BM.indd 309 10/14/11 1:44 PM 310 Index arba kanfot, 41 Ariel, 158 Aschheim, Steven, 20 Asmonean, 66, 93, 114; Lilienthal’s articles in, 116–22, 225, 231, 232 Aub, Hirsch, 17, 18 Aub, Joseph, 10 Baal Shem Tov, 23 Bachman, Joseph, 80 Bahya ibn Pakuda, 119 Baird, Robert, 123 Bamberger, Seligmann, 10 bar mitzvah, 35 Bauman, Mark, 236, 237 Bavaria: Jewish legal status in, 3–4; Judenedikt of 1813, 4, 5; anti-Jewish violence, 5; and question of Jewish emancipation, 5–6; crop failures in 1816 and 1817, 6; educational policy (Erziehungspolitik), 9, 10; establishment of gymnasium and university in 1826, 11–12; abolishment of restrictions against Jews, 178 Beckel, Joseph, 111 ben David, Abraham, 119 Bene Israel, Cincinnati: Broadway Synagogue, 131; original building, 131; Mound Street Temple, 132; establishment of, 137–38; as traditional kahal, 138; decline of older congregation, 138–39; election of Wise to serve as rabbi, 139; Noyoth Institute, 139, 143–45, 157–58; Orthodox opposition to Lilienthal, 139–40; Orthodox opposition to mixed choir, 141; board adoption of Lilienthal’s reforms, 142–43; Orthodox formation of new synagogue, 143; conflict with Lilienthal, 155–56; commitment to Lilienthal’s Reform agenda, 187–88, 190; concessions to Lilienthal, 189– 90; dedication of new temple, 193 Bene Yeshurun, Cincinnati: hiring of Isaac Wise as rabbi, 138; unwillingness to share Wise with Bene Israel, 139; Talmud Yelodim day school, 144 ben Haim, Yitzhak, 47, 50, 51–52 Benjamin, Raphael, 237 ben Yohai, Simeon, 119 ben Zeev, Yehudah Leib, 8 Berdichev, 48 Bernays, Isaac, 25 beth din, 65, 73, 88–90 beth hamidrash, 41 Bialystok, 48 Bible, King James translation, 165 Bildung, 10–11, 20, 82, 100, 113, 185–86, 230 Bing, Abraham, 10 B’nai B’rith, 171–72 Bnai Jeshurun: separation from Shearith Israel, 64, 65; New York Talmud Torah and Hebrew Institute, 83 Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies of the Jewish Faith, New York City, 98 Board of Delegates of American Israelites: and controversy over Jewish chaplains in Civil War, 180–81; increasingly more hospitable toward Reform, 212; and Mortara affair, 212; reconciliation with UAHC, 213–14 bodily resurrection, 197 Bogen, F. W., 62 Breslau conference, 77, 78 Brest-Litovsk, 48–49 Bruel, Samuel, 139, 140, 142 Brumberg, Stephan, 165 Brunswick conference, 76–77 Busch, Isidor, 101–2, 109 Caro, Joseph, 147 Castle Garden, 62 catechism, 96, 97, 145 Catholic Good Samaritan Hospital, 171 02 Ruben BM.indd 310 10/14/11 1:44 PM 311 Index Catholics Church: lay domination of immigrant clergy, 94; rejected of Protestant version of Bible, 167 Central...