CHAPTER XXII

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CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM AND ITS STAND AGAINST REFORM.

“The poor Jews of Elm street and the rich Jews of Crosby street”――Rabbis Samuel M. Isaacs, Morris J. Raphall and Jacques J. Lyons――Sabato Morais――Kalish and Hübsch, the moderate reformers――Benjamin Szold――Dr. Marcus Jastrow’s career in three countries――Alexander Kohut――Russian Orthodoxy asserts itself in New York, and the Bet ha-Midrash ha-Godol is founded in 1852――Rabbi Abraham Joseph Ash and his various activities―― Charity work which remains subordinate to religious work in the synagogue.

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