Stephen S. Wise

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Stephen S. Wise was a prominent American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader known for his influential role in 20th-century Jewish religious and political life.

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instanceOf American Zionist
Jewish religious leader
Reform rabbi
Zionist leader
human
political activist
rabbi
advocatedFor civil rights
establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
labor rights
social reform
birthDate 1874-03-17
birthPlace Budapest
Kingdom of Hungary
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens
surface form: Mount Carmel Cemetery, Queens, New York City
child James Waterman Wise
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1949-04-19
denomination Reform Judaism
educatedAt Columbia University
Columbia University
surface form: Columbia University School of Political Science
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Wise
fieldOfWork Jewish religious leadership
Zionist politics
social justice activism
fullName Stephen S. Wise self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stephen Samuel Wise
givenName Stephen
languageSpoken English
German
Hebrew
memberOf American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Zionist Organization of America
movement Reform Judaism
surface form: Progressive Judaism

Zionism
notableFor Zionist political activism
founding the American Jewish Congress
founding the Jewish Institute of Religion
leadership in American Reform Judaism
notableWork sermons and speeches on Zionism and social justice
occupation author
clergyman
orator
rabbi
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld co-founder of the World Jewish Congress
founder of the American Jewish Congress
founder of the Free Synagogue in New York City
leader in the American Zionist movement
member of the executive of the World Zionist Organization
president of the American Jewish Congress
president of the World Jewish Congress
rabbi of the Free Synagogue in New York City
vice president of the Zionist Organization of America
religion Judaism
residence New York City
spouse Louise Waterman Wise

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American Jewish Congress foundedBy Stephen S. Wise
Stephen S. Wise fullName Stephen S. Wise self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stephen Samuel Wise
Reform Judaism hasKeyFigure Stephen S. Wise