CHAPTER XXI

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THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT.

Political liberalism and religious radicalism of the German Jewish immigrant――The struggle with Orthodoxy hardly more than an animated controversy――No attempt made here by the Temple to swallow the Synagogue, as was the case in Germany――The first Reformers of Charleston, S. C.――Isaac Leeser, the conservative leader, the first to make a serious effort to adjust Judaism to American surroundings――Dr. Max Lilienthal――Isaac M. Wise, the energetic organizer of Reform Judaism――Dr. David Einhorn――Dr. Samuel Adler――Bernhard Felsenthal――Samuel Hirsch.

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