First edition. Original Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 16 pages; 23 cm. Three eloquent High Holiday sermons written by the renowned Rabbi Judah Leon Magnes about what it means to be Jewish in the modern world. “We moderns- and the Jews imagine themselves to be the modern of the moderns, just as they often strive to be more royal than the king- are apt to be very boastful of our education, our culture, our vast mechanical and commercial and scientific enterprises; and we are at times justified in smiling casually at much of the simplicity and naivete of the life of even a generation back. ” SUBJECT (S) : Reform Judaism. OCLC lists 2 holdings worldwide (HUC, NLI) . Slight tear in cover. Front and back pages slightly rubbed. Some general toning, margin notes on one page. Good+ condition. (zion-11-3)