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History Vault: Stephen S. Wise Papers: Rabbi, Scholar, Activist (1874-1949)

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Stephen S. Wise Papers, 1874-1949

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Stephen Wise sermons, speeches, and notes, including on the Free Synagogue and the Progressive Movement

Stephen Wise sermons, speeches, and correspondence, including on Judaism and democracy

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on Palestine and writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Aime Palliere

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on the American Jewish Congress and to a group of teachers in Missouri

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on social security and minister Harry Emerson Fosdick

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on Judge Julian W. Mack, the League of Nations, and the Passion Play held in Oberammergau, Germany

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on expectations of youth, the Catholic Church, and liberalism

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on fascism, social security, and balancing the U.S. budget

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on the mistreatment of Jews in Poland, the Nuremberg Laws, and the U.S. presidential election

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on the proposed partition of Palestine and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on German invasion of Czechoslovakia and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Zionist leaders Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann

Stephen Wise sermons and speeches, including on Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and possible Jewish resettlement in Palestine

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The Stephen S. Wise Papers in ProQuest History Vault contain biographical information, family and personal correspondence, writings by Wise, and records of his activism. Notable topics covered in the files include religious issues, particularly relating to Reform Judaism; political issues such as civil rights, crime, education, elections, employment, housing, and Wise’s work with the American Jewish Congress; and international issues such as refugees, Zionism, Palestine and Israel, the League of Nations, and United Nations.

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Progressive Politics
Judaism
American Jewish History
Reform Judaism
World War II
Israel
Zionism
Civil Rights

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