Object Details
- Artist
- Morris Goldstein, 1840 - 1906
- Sitter
- Isaac Mayer Wise, 29 Mar 1819 - 26 Mar 1900
- Exhibition Label
- Born Steingrub, Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
- Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise helped define over thirty years of Judaism in the United States. When he emigrated from Eastern Europe in 1846, Wise joined approximately 50,000 Jews then living in the country. Wise set out to institutionalize a revised version of Reform Judaism that was intertwined with his new country’s notions of freedom and independence.
- For example, he and his followers founded the first congregation to eliminate sex-segregated seating. Though often seen as a progressive reformer, Wise actually occupied a middle ground, bringing American ideals and Jewish practices closer together without challenging the religious tenets of Judaism.
- In 1854, Wise founded what would become the second longest-running Jewish newspaper in the world, the Israelite (now the American Israelite), seen here beneath the pile of books. Twenty years later, Wise catalyzed the establishment of the first seminary to educate rabbis in the United States, Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Nacido en Steingrub, Bohemia (hoy República Checa)
- El rabino Isaac Mayer Wise fue una de las figuras que definieron el judaísmo durante más de 30 años en Estados Unidos. En 1846 emigró de Europa del Este y se unió a los casi 50,000 judíos que vivían en el país. Wise se propuso institucionalizar una versión revisada del judaísmo reformista que entroncaba con las nociones de libertad e independencia de su nuevo país. Por ejemplo, junto a sus seguidores fundó la primera congregación que eliminó la separación de los asientos por sexo. Aunque se le consideraba progresista, estaba más bien en un punto medio, tratando de acercar los ideales americanos a las prácticas judías sin desafiar la doctrina del judaísmo.
- En 1854, Wise fundó el que sería el segundo periódico judío más longevo del mundo, el Israelite (hoy American Israelite), el cual vemos aquí bajo la pila de libros. Veinte años después, propulsó la creación del primer seminario para educar rabinos en EE.UU., el Hebrew Union College en Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Provenance
- Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati; gift 1977 to NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Hebrew Union College. Frame conservation generously supported by Rabbi Amy and Gary Perlin
- 1881
- Object number
- NPG.77.243
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 107.5cm x 92cm (42 5/16" x 36 1/4"), Accurate
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 141
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Printed Material\Book
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Printed Material\Newspaper
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
- Costume\Jewelry\Chain
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Male
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Religion and Spirituality\Founder\Founder of religious order
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Religion and Spirituality\Clergy\Rabbi
- Isaac Mayer Wise: Religion and Spirituality\Religious leader
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.77.243
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42e9a09ee-cfa1-45e1-a48c-7422e3bb051d
