1875Hebrew Union College Founded

Reform Judaism's Hebrew Union College is founded in Cincinna...
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🏫 Hebrew Union College Founded

Reform Judaism's Hebrew Union College is founded in Cincinnati. Its founder was Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the architect of American Reform Judaism.
Hebrew Union College Founded (1875)
Hebrew Union CollegeReform JudaismIsaac Mayer WiseAmerican JudaismCincinnati19th Century
United StatesUnited States

🏫 Founding of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America

Rabbi Sabato Morais and Alexander Kohut begin to champion the Conservative Jewish reaction to American Reform, and establish The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as a school of 'enlightened Orthodoxy'.
Founding of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (1886)
Conservative JudaismJewish EducationReform JudaismAmerican JudaismReligious ThoughtJewish TheologyMorais, SabatoKohut, Alexander
United StatesUnited States

🕍 Establishment of the Jewish Institute of Religion

Reform Rabbi Stephen S. Wise established the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. (It merged with Hebrew Union College in 1950.)
Establishment of the Jewish Institute of Religion (1922)
Reform JudaismEducationRabbinical SeminaryStephen S. WiseHebrew Union College20th CenturyJewish Institutions
United StatesUnited States