Buy this book on-line Isserman, Ferdinand M : CHILDREN'S PASSOVER SERVICESt. Louis; Temple Israel, [1930s]
Original Wraps. 16mo. [11] pages. 17 cm. First edition. Not dated. English language two part children's Passover service, with alternating parts to be read for Rabbi and Children. Social justice inflected, with the remembrance of deliverance from slavery, and the continuing commitment to contemporary emancipation from social and economic oppression, as key themes. Ferdinand M. Isserman (1898–1972) , "U. S. Reform rabbi. Isserman was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and immigrated to the United States in 1906. … In 1929, Isserman became rabbi of Temple Israel in St. Louis, Missouri, where he remained until his retirement in 1963. He brought his ecumenical and social activism with him, as well as a passion to fight racism, which he denounced during weekly broadcasts on a leading St. Louis radio station for nearly 30 years. He was chairman of the Inter-Racial Commission of the Synagogue Council of America; chairman and organizer of the Social Justice Commission of St. Louis (1930–31) ; founder and vice chairman of the St. Louis Seminar of Jews and Christians (1929–35) ; vice president of the Missouri Welfare Board; a member of the national executive committee of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; and a member of the boards of the St. Louis Community Chest and the Urban League of St. Louis. As chairman of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1942–45) , he organized and chaired both the Commission's American Institute on Judaism and a Just and Enduring Peace (1942) and the Institute on Judaism and Race Relations (1945) . In 1950, he helped organize the CCAR's Institute on Reform Jewish Theology Today. " - EJ 2008. Subjects: Temple Israel, St. Louis – Children's Passover Service. Passover – Reform – Social Justice. Ferdinand M. Isserman. None listed on OCLC. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (SPEC-41-5) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Isserman, Ferdinand M : CHILDREN'S PASSOVER SERVICE. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, libri antichi, first editions, collectables and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |