Object ID	XXXX.015
Object Name	Newspaper
Abstract	The American Israelite collection contains original newspapers from 1856 to 1977, newspaper proofs from 1880 to 1899 and clippings from individual states. The American Israelite has been indexed.
Admin/Biog History	In 1854, Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise founder of American Reform Judaism, came to Cincinnati to occupy the pulpit of Congregation B'nai Yeshurun. A few months after his arrival, he established the Israelite, an English-Jewish weekly.
Creator	Isaac Mayer Wise
Catalog date	07/02/2001
Collection	American Israelite
Container	4 OS , 1MS
Dates of Accumulation	1856 to 1977
Finding Aids	Finding aid is available.
Level of description	Series
Link	XXXX.007
People	Wise, Isaac M./
Home location	Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives Stacks.
Related unit of descrip	The Franklin Archives also contains the Die Deborah, a German text insert in the American Israelite. Related information can also be found in the Henry Zirndorf Israelite Notes Collection. There are also related materials in the Newspaper Collection, of which this is a part of.
Search Terms	Newspapers/ American Israelite/ Israelite/
Title	The American Israelite

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