SOME BURNING QUESTIONS: AN EXEGETICAL TREATISE ON CHRISTIANIZING OF JUDAISM.
Columbus, Ohio: No Publisher [The Author], 1893. Item #42957
1st edition. 8vo, 87 pages, 22 cm. Henry Marcus Leipziger’s copy, inscribed to him by the author. Singerman 4615. Errata slip tipped in.
Henry Marcus Leipziger (1854-1917) was an adult-education pioneer who “traveled to Europe and throughout the western United States examining educational systems. Upon his return to New York City, Leipziger established the Hebrew Technical Institute. The Institute's objective was to educate Jewish boys in both intellectual and manual skills. Leipziger acted as director of the school from 1884 to 1891….
His papers are held in the NYPL archives.
From 1891-2896 he worked for the New York City Board of Education as Supervisor of Lecturers from 1890-1917. As such he organized an extremely popular series of free public lectures. Other positions he held were Assistant Superintendent of New York City Public Schools (1891-1896), Chairman of the Library Committee of Aguilar Free Library (now part of the New York Public Library), and vice president of the American Scenic and Historical Society….The National Institute of Social Science awarded Leipziger a gold medal for service to the community (1916)” (NYPL).
“Louis Weiss, rabbi and scholar, was born on February 17, 1848, in Kotay, Hungary. He received his rabbinical diploma from a school in Grosswardein, Hungary. Weiss immigrated to the United States and, in Chicago in 1876, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. He served as rabbi for several congregations in the South and in Columbus, Ohio (1894); Hamilton, Ontario; Palestine, Texas (1903-1905) and Braddock, Pennsylvania (1905-1909)” (americanjewisharchives.org).
SUBJECT(S): Judaism.
OCLC: 2082891.
Some wear to cover and spine, some notes on second leaf and title page, ex library with usual marks. Clean pages. Good condition. (SBK) (AMR-68-4-B-’d).
Price: $350.00