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Stern, Sigismund : DIE GEGENWÄRTIGE BEWEGUNG IM JUDENTHUM : IHRE BERECHTIGUNG UND IHRE BEDEUTUNG

Berlin, C. J. Klemann, 1845

1st Edition. Modern boards. 12mo. 48 pages. 18 cm. In German. Title translates into English as "The Current [Reform] Movement in Judaism: Its Legitimacy and Meaning. ” Important period work on the Reform Movement by one of its key leaders. Sigismund Stern (1812–1867) was a “German teacher and leader of the Berlin Reform movement. After studying philology in Berlin, in 1835 Stern succeeded I. M. Jost as headmaster of the Berlin Jewish boys' school. In 1845 he gave a series of lectures on the tasks of Judaism which aroused wide interest and controversy. He wished to bring about a revival of religious life, waking it from its then current lethargy, which he felt was caused by the contradictions and frustrations faced by Jews in the modern world. Following his proposal calling for the erection of a ‘German-Jewish church, leading classes of Berlin Jewry responded by forming an ‘Association for Reform in Judaism, ’ in which Stern played a central role. Contending that Judaism must free itself from its national heritage, he initiated radical reforms and the separate organization of the reformers in Berlin. In 1848, after standing unsuccessfully as candidate for that year's National Assembly, Stern accepted the directorship of the Frankfurt on the Main Philanthropin Jewish school. He enlarged the institution, raised its academic standards, and introduced pedagogic (but not religious) innovations, which made him an acknowledged leader of the German methods” (EJ, 2007) . See also: A. Galliner, Sigismund Stern (1930) ; idem, in: YLBI, 3 (1958) , 177–81; W. G. Plaut, Rise of Reform Judaism (1963) , 288; M. A. Meyer, Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism (1988) , 125–29. SUBJECT(S) : Reform Judaism -- Germany. Reform Judaism. OCLC lists not a single hard copy anywhere worldwide. Stamp on front. Very good condition. Very Rare and Very Important. (Ger 50-5)

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