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Dream by Dream: The Story of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise

Geri Kolesar

Illustrator: Sofia Moore

Ages: 6+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-7284-6793-1

Keywords: Reform Judiasm, Rabbis, 19th Century Bohemia, science and religion

While studying, Wise questioned Jewish traditions, such as the unequal treatment of women, and then brought his ideas of modernizing Judaism to the United States. Watercolor digital illustrations.