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Our readers will probably remember that at the
Assembly of Rabbies, which was held
last year at
Frankfurt-on-the-Maine,
Dr. Z. Frankel, of Dresden, the leader of the Orthodox party, protested
against the proceedings of that Assembly, and with one or two others
seceded from it, on the ground that the spirit which marked its
discussions was not that of conservatism, but destructive of that positive
historical Judaism which he declared to be his guiding principle.
Encouraged by several of his colleagues in the
Rabbinical office, Dr. Frankel in May last issued a public Appeal, in
which he proposes the holding of Conferences of Jewish Theologians,
of men of learning, whose views are those of conservatism and progressive
improvement. He expresses his hope that “such conferences will have a
salutary influence on religious education and instruction, promote the
consideration and discussion of Jewish interests, encourage Jewish
learning in all its branches, increase general confidence, and demonstrate
to our nation that its holy religious interests are represented in a
spirit of moderation and progressive improvement, not with a view to
startling and destructive reforms and an aim at notoriety, but with a
desire to maintain the truth, and to act with an earnest zeal for
religion, equally remote from bigotry and from levity.”
From a notice which lately appeared in the
“Orient,”' it appears that the following have already signified their
approval of Dr. F.’s plan, and their readiness to co-operate with him in
its execution:
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Rabbi S. L. Rapoport, of Prague |
Dr. A. Meisel, of Stettin |
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Dr. A. Wolff, of Copenhagen |
Mr. Rosenfeld, of Mannheim |
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Mr. Beer Adler, of Frankfurt-on-the-Maine |
Rabbi Lindemann, ditto |
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Mr. Aaron Fuld, ditto |
Rabbi G. Tiktin, of Breslau |
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Dr. M. Sachs, of Berlin |
Rabbi Kuttner, of Schwedt-on-the-Oder |
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Dr. Bodenheimer, of Crefeld |
Dr. H. Gratz, of Breslau |
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Rabbi H. Fassel, of Prossnitz |
Mr. R. Kirchheim, of Frankfurt-on-the-Maine |
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Dr. S. Meyer, of Hanover |
Mr. G. Pressburger, of Prague |
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Rabbi L. Low, of Gross-Kanischa |
Dr. D. Cassel, of Berlin |
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Rabbi S. Sachs, of Licktenstadt, Bohemia |
Dr. J. Frankel, of Markisch-Friedland |
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Rabbi Furst, of Heidelberg |
Dr. Jul, Furst, of Leipzig |
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Rabbi S. Deutsch, of Beuthen |
Dr. B. Beer, of Dresden |
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Rabbi David Deutsch, of Cohrau |
Dr. W. Landau, ditto |
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Dr. Duschack, of Aussee, Moravia |
M. Schwarzauer, ditto |
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Dr. I. Kampf, of Prague |
Dr. Levy, of Rosenberg |
The members who propose attending the Conference have
been invited to meet at Dresden, on October 21st. It is not proposed to
make these Conferences exclusively meetings of Rabbies and preachers, but
to include all who devote themselves to Jewish learning.—Jewish
Intelligence.
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