Rev. Dr. Aaron Wise

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Rev. Dr. Aaron Wise (Weisz)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eger, Egri, Heves County, Hungary
Death: March 30, 1896 (51)
New York, New York County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Hirsch Weiss and Rachel Theresia Weiss
Husband of Sabine Wise, Fischer
Father of Wilma Emilia Davis; Otto Irving Wise; Stephen Wise and Ella Louise Fisch
Brother of Markusz Weisz

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About Rev. Dr. Aaron Wise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Wise

Aaron Wise (May 2, 1844, Eger, Hungary – March 30, 1896, New York) was an American Rabbi. Life and work[edit]

Wise was educated in the Talmudic schools of Hungary, including the seminary at Eisenstadt, where he studied under Dr. Hildesheimer. Later he attended the universities of Leipzig and Halle, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution. He assisted Bernard Fischer in revising the Buxtorf lexicon, and was for several years a director of schools in his native town. He was for a time identified with the Haredi party in Hungary, acting as secretary to the organization Shomere ha-Datt, and editing a Judaeo-German weekly in its support. In 1873[1][2][3][4] Wise emigrated to the United States, and in 1874 became rabbi of Congregation Baith Israel in Brooklyn; two years later he was appointed rabbi of Temple Rodeph Shalom in New York, which office he held until his death. Wise was the author of Beth Aharon, a religious school handbook; and he compiled a prayer-book for the use of his congregation. He was for some time editor of the Jewish Herald of New York, and of the Boston Hebrew Observer; and he contributed to the yearbooks of the Jewish Ministers' Association of America, as well as to other periodical publications. He was one of the founders of the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the first vice-president of its advisory board of ministers. Wise founded the Rodeph Shalom Sisterhood of Personal Service, which established the Aaron Wise Industrial School in his memory. His wife was Sabine Fisher (born c.1844), who he married in 1864, they had three daughters and three sons, including Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise. He was the son of Chief Rabbi Joseph Hirsch Weiss.

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Rev. Dr. Aaron Wise's Timeline

1844
May 2, 1844
Eger, Egri, Heves County, Hungary
1870
March 14, 1870
Hungary
1871
1871
1874
March 17, 1874
Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
1876
June 2, 1876
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
1896
March 30, 1896
Age 51
New York, New York County, NY, United States