Rabbis Leo Baeck and Stephen Wise (center), April 12, 1948

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Rabbis Leo Baeck and Stephen Wise (center), April 12, 1948
Physical Description

1 photograph : black-and-white. ; 25 x 19 centimeters
Date

1948
Place of Publication

[New York (N.Y.)]
Summary

Leo Baeck received an honorary doctorate from the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City.
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Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956; Wise, Stephen S., (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949
Subject

Jewish Institute of Religion (New York, N.Y.); Portraits, Groups; Award presentations; Rabbis
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Photographs
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Leo Baeck Collection, AR 66
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URL

https://www.lbi.org/griffinger/record/226220

Biographical/Historical Information

The American rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest in 1874; he and his family emigrated to the U.S. soon after. Wise was an early supporter of “Progressive Judaism” and political Zionism. He served in congregations in Oregon and New York. Stephen Wise died in New York in 1949.

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Rabbis Leo Baeck and Stephen Wise (center), April 12, 1948, Leo Baeck Institute, F 19426.

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