Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Wise, Isaac Mayer; Albany, New York, United States; 1850 September 20
- Title:
- Letter; Leeser, Isaac; Wise, Isaac Mayer; Albany, New York, United States; 1850 September 20
- Date:
- 1850-09-20
- Description:
- A two and a half page letter from Isaac Wise in Albany, New York to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the most important letter on the firsthand account of the "Congregation Beth-El of Albany Affair". (In 1850, a fistfight between Wise and the synagogue's president caused a split in the Albany community, and the consequent formation of a new congregation, the Anshe Emeth). Here Rabbi Isaac Wise writes in detail of the arguments at the Beth-El meeting in which he was discharged as Rabbi for leading the congregation toward a more liberal path. The letter mentions that a fight broke out, and the sheriff was called and he locked the building. Rabbi Isaac Wise identifies Louis Spanier as the instigator of the whole affair.
- Identifier:
- 2006.12.26.03677; {F6DC992B-5D37-4450-9821-DF32859BC437}
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letters
- Personal Name:
- Leeser, Isaac; Wise, Isaac Mayer
- Geographic Subject:
- United States -- New York -- Albany; United States -- New York
- Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
- Call Number:
- Arc.MS.56
- Collection:
- Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)