Sunday Lectures delivered before the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.

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Entry

Philadelphia. Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. Sunday Lectures delivered before the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. Series 1-36; 1888-1923.

Author/Editor

Philadelphia. Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.

Location

Philadelphia, PA

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Title

Sunday Lectures delivered before the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel.

Language

English

Notes

Philadelphia. Title varies. Series 3-7 have at head of title: Our Pulpit. The Sunday Lectures by Joseph Krauskopf, J. Leonard Levy and guests as noted below in Series IX. Issued weekly and cumulated in bound form at the conclusion of each series. The present bibliography disregards individual lectures owned and cataloged separately by libraries. The title that follow are taken from synopsis lists found in each volume. Series I (1887/88), all by Krauskopf: 1. The Need of the Hour. 2. The Theology of the Future. 3. The Feast and the Fast. 4. Mind and Relief. 5. The Conquest of Evil. 6. Be Right Today Though Wrong Yesterday. 7-9. The Three Foes of Judaism: Orthodoxy; Conservatism; Reform. 10. Judaism and Unitarianism. 11. The Feast of Esther. 12. Judaism and the Ethical Culture. 13. The Chosen People. 14. The Hebrew and the Atheist. 15. An Error of Eighteen Hundred Years Corrected. 16. Passover and Easter. 17-18. Who is Responsible: The State; The Church. 19. The American and His Holidays. 20. The Saturday and the Sunday-Sabbath. Series II (1888/89), all by Krauskopf: 1. Whence, Whither and Why? 2. The Voice of the People. 3. Uncharitable Charity. 4. Wife and Mother. 5. Husband and Father. 6. Origin and Descent. 7. The People and the Book. 8. Future Reward and Punishment. 9. The Ideal Commonwealth. 10. The Puritanic Sabbath. 11-17. Epochs in Judaism (I. The Mosaic Age. II. The Prophetic Age. III. The Messianic Age. IV. The Rabbinical Age. V. The Kabbalistic Age. VI. The Mendelssohnian Age. VII. The Present Age). 18. Ashes to Ashes or Earth to Earth. 19. Sanitary Science. 20. Does Prohibition Prohibit? 21. Intermarriage. 22. Convert Your Own-Let Jews Alone. 23. The 25th Anniversary of the Cornerstone Laying of Temple Keneseth Israel. 24. Abused Benefactors. 25. A Benefactor Honored (Rev. Dr. I. M. Wise). 26. The Real Saving Trinity. 27. The Removal of the Leaven. 28. Deed Through Creed. Series III (1889/90), all by Krauskopf: 1. "Eppur si Muove" And She (The Earth) Moves. 2.Jew against Jew. 3. Possibilities of Youth. 4. Possibilities of Age. 5. Art as an Educator. 6. A Child's Prayer. 7. Nurseries of Crime. 8. The Jew as a Patriot. 9. Are We Better Than the Heathen? 10. Business Integrity. 11. How Molehills into Mountains Grow. 12. How Mountains into Molehills Dwindle. 13. What Love Joins-No Court Sunders. 14. Religion in the Laboratory. 15. Myths in the Old Testament. 16. Myths in the New Testament. 17. Living for Others. 18. Heredity. 19. Is This a Christian Nation. 20. Purim and Lent. 21. The Tyranny of Fashion. 22. Religious Unbelievers and Irreligious Believers. 23. War Against War. 24. Martyr's Day. 25. Native Against Foreigner. 26. Ancient and Modern Saints. 27. Shifting But not Drifting. Series IV (1890/91), all by Krauskopf: 1. Westward-Not Eastward. 2. The Force in Nature-God. 3. Gain from Pain. 4. Pain from Gain. 5. The Law of Environment. 6. American Apathy. 7. Russia and Her Jews. 8. Among the Immortals. 9. After Death-What? 10. Before Death-What? 11-21. Jewish Converts, Perverts and Dissenters (I. True and False Converts. II. Jesus, a Jew, and not a Christian. III. Paul-The Jew and the Gentile. IV. Forced Converts. V. Allured Perverts. VI. Spinoza-Not a Convert nor a Pervert. VII. Brilliant Women-Ignoble Perverts. VIII. Börne and Heine-Perverts through Christian Intolerance. IX. Isaac Disraeli-a Pervert Through Jewish Intolerance. X. Benj. Disraeli-A Convert Yet a Jew. XI. The Blank Leaf Between the Old and the New Testaments). 22. Love as a Corrector. 23. Eyes They Have, and See Not. 24. Ears They Have, and Hear Not. 25. Tongues They Have, and Speak Not. 26. The Morning Dawns. Series V (1891/92), all by Krauskopf: 1. Theologies Many-Religion One. 2. Who Wrote the Pentateuch. 3. Shylock-the Unhistoric Jew. 4. Nathan, the Wise-The Historic Jew. 5. Darkness Before the Dawn. 6. On the Threshold. 7. Illusion (Dreams, Visions, etc.). 8. Delusion (Hypnotism, Faith-Cure, etc.). 9. Hallucination (Ghosts, Spiritualism, etc.). 10. Jesus in the Synagogue. 11. To-day Better than Yesterday. 12. Wanted-A Rational Religious School. 13. Civilization's Debt to Woman. 14. Civilization's Duty to Woman. 15. "There's a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends." 16. Justice, not Charity. 17. A Personal Interest Society. 18-27. Glint-Lights on the Ten Commandments. I. Ancient and Modern Idolatry. II. The Law of Retribution. III. Reverence to Whom Reverence Belongs. IV. Through Labor to Rest. V. Children's Rights and Parents' Wrongs. VI. Slay the Sin, But not the Sinner. VII. The Sanctity of the Home. VIII. The Noblest Title: An "Honest Man." IX. The Highest Fame: "A Good Name." X. A Plea for Noble Ambition). 28. The Old in the New and the New in the Old. Series VI (1892/93), all by Krauskopf: 1. Israel's Debt to the New World. 2. Past and Present Purpose of the Church. 3. Ernest Renan. 4. From Doubt to Trust. 5. Sinai and Olympus. 6. One to Sow, Another to Reap. 7. Brethren at Strife. 8. Jew Responsible for Jew. 9. Did Isaiah Prophesy Jesus? 10. Did the other Prophets Prophesy Jesus? 11. Model Dwellings for the Poor. 12 . Under the Lash. 13. The Lost Chord. 14. Sabbath for Man-Not Man for Sabbath. 15. Give-While You Live. 16. The Bubble of Glory. 17. Compulsory School-Attendance. 18. Too Late. 19. A Plea for Home Rule in Ireland. 20. Too Soon. 21. Ahlwardt and Bismark. 22. To-day. 23. A Layman's Sermon to Preachers. 24. The Red, White and Blue. 25. Blessed are the Peacemakers. Series VII (1893/94), by Krauskopf as follows: 1. Religions Die-Religion Lives. 3. Orphan-Homes or Orphans in Homes. 5. The Last Rose of Summer. 7. Social and Religious Barriers. 9. Comfort ye, Comfort ye, My People. 11. Debt to Ancestry-Duty to Posterity. 13. Only a Jew. 15. A Mother's Love. 17. A Father's Love. 19. A Wife's Love. 21. A Husband's Love. 23. A Sister's and a Brother's Love. 25. A Child's Love. 27. Martyr's Day: Through Bars to Stars. 29. Eye for Eye or Turning the Other Cheek. 31. Summer-Religion. By Levy as follows: 2. Abreast of the Times. 4. What has the Jew Done for the World? 6. The Believing Skeptic. 8. Reliance on Science. 10. The Unity of all Religions. 12. What is the Messiah? 14. The Rule of Right. 16. Forever and Forever. 18. Are Women Superstitious? 20. Are Reform Jews Becoming Christians? 22. The Survival of the Republic. 24. Reformers, Deformers and Defamers. 26. An Easter Vision. 28. After the Winter, Spring. 30. True Till Death. Series VIII (1894/95, by Krauskopf as follows: 2. My Creed. 4. How Not to Help the Poor. 6. The Stage as a Pulpit. 8. The Pulpit as a Stage. 10. Religion in the Public Schools. 12. "Hope Deferred Maketh the Heart Sick." 14. "Physician, Heal Thy self." 16. Port-Mortem Praise. 18. The Better For Our Enemies. 20. The Worse for Our Friends. 22. Nearer My God to Thee. 24. Vicious Virtues. 26. Israel's Faith is Israel's Fate. 28. The Israelite as a Husbandman. 30. Peace on Earth, and Good Will Toward Man. By Levy as follows: 1. Masters of the Situation. 3. The Greatest Living Wonder. 5. Criminal Curiosity and Cowardly Consistency. 7. Has Satan Conquered God? 9, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27. The Greatest Lights (I. The Light of the World-Moses. II. The Light of the Orient-Confucius. III. The Light of Asia-Buddha. IV. The Light of Iran-Zoroaster. V. The Light of Christendom-Jesus. VI. The Light of Arabia-Mahommed. VII. The Holy Catholic Church). 11. A Night in the Slums. 15. A Parent's Blessing. 19. Heroes and Heroines. 29. Sunday Newspapers. Series IX (1895/96), by Krauskopf as follows: 1. Ethics or Religion. 3. Faith with Reason. 5. Wherein Israel has Failed. 7. Wherein Christians have Failed. 9. How Both Might Succeed Together. 11. The Place of Prayer in the Service. 13. The Place of Music in the Service. 15. The Place of Ceremony in the Service. 17. No Light But Has Its Shadow. 19. Tolstoi, the Apostle of Russia. 25. Chains Broken-But Not Yet Off. 27. The National Council of Jewish Women. By Levy as follows: 2. The New Jew. 4. Put Yourself in His Place. 6. Home. 8. A Pilgrim's Journey to Mt. Zion. 10. Modern Society. 12. America and England. 14. Our Girls and Boys. 16. Orthodox Saints and Reform Sinners. 18. The Church and the State. 20. Being Dead, They Yet Speak. 21. The Radical's Appeal. 23. At the Grave of Jesus. 26. Overcoming Obstacles. 28. A Common-Sense View of Religion. By Joseph Silverman: 23. Jewish Theology. 24. Jewish Ethics. By Isaac M. Wise: 29. The Three Theological Dogmas of Judaism. Series X (1896/97), by Krauskopf as follows: 2. The Guard Neither Dies nor Surrenders. 4. Thy People Shall be My People. 6. Whoso Tilleth His Land shall have Bread. 8. The Mote and the Beam. 10. What Has Been-Shall Be again. 12. The People Without a Country. 13. Use and Abuses of the Pulpit. 15. Uses and Abuses of the Press. 17. Uses and Abuses of the Novel. 19. Woman Against Woman. 21. The Best Preacher-The Heart. 23. The Best Teacher-Time. 25. The Best Book-The World. 27. The Best Friend-God. 28. Close of Ten Seasons of Sunday Services, Retrospect and Propsect (with Levy). By Levy as follows: 1. Some Questions of the Day. 3. The Greatest Work Ever Written. 5. Success and Failure. 7. Syria and Palestine. 9. The Most Remarkable Work Ever Written. 11. The Jewish Man. 14. The Jewish Woman. 16. The Jewish Youth. 18. Is Judaism Catholic? 20. Songs Without Words. 22. Anti-Semitism, Its Cause and Cure. 24. "My God, my God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken me?" 26. See That the Republic Receive no Harm. Series XI (1897/98), by Krauskopf: 1. "A Wise Question is the Half of Knowledge" (10th Anniversary of Krauskopf's Installation). 3. "Tis Good to be Great"-Tis Great to be Good. 5. "Woe, if all men speak well of you." 7. "Who is God, that I should Hear Him?" 9. "Noble Impulses are Speechless Prophets" (A Discussion of the Zionistic Question). 11. Laid to Rest. 13. How to Mourn and Remember Our Dead. 16. Condemned Unheard-The Dreyfus Case. 18. The Martyr-Race. 20. "Mordecai Sitting in the King's Gate." 22. Beating Plowshares into Swords. 24. "Far from the Madding Crowd." 26. A Time of War, and a Time of Peace. By Levy, as follows: 2. Dare the Clergy Tell the Truth? 4. Are Our Cities in Danger? 6. "The School for Scandal." 8. Where Did Religion Come From? 10. "Because Mother Told Me So." 12. "Weighed in the Balance." 14. Custom and Conscience. 15. Are We Jews? 17. Unrequited Affection. 19. Which Sabbath Ought We Observe? 21. What Good Has Ingersollism Done? 23. What Advantage Has the Jew? 25. The Altar at the Hearth. Series XII (1898/99), by Krauskopf as follows: 2. What is Truth. 4. The Gospel of Joy. 6. The Gospel of Sorrow. 8. The Gospel of Wood-Will. 10. The Sunset of Life. 12. Old Memories and New Hopes. 14. The Sunday-Sabbath. 16. "Lest We Forget-Lest We Forget"-In memoriam. 18. Ninetieth Birthday of Lincoln and Darwin. 20. The Voice that Calleth in the Wilderness. 21. Turning Parents and Children Toward Each Other. 24. Israel-Weak, and Yet Strong (Joel iv.10). 26. Cyrano de Bergerac-The Story of the Jew. 28. Jeffersonian Simplicity-Responsibility of the Rich. By Levy as follows: 1. The First Doubt. 3."What Will People Say?" 5. The Basis of Matrimony. 7. The Rival. 9. A Child's Blessing. 11. The Dawn of the New Era. 13. Nursery Rhymes and Superstitions. 15. Good Literature. 17. The Lessons of History. 19. The Struggle for Liberty. 22. What Art May Do. 23. The Lost Paradise. 25. The Risen Jew (or Paradise Regained). 27. Nature as a Teacher. 29. The Drama. Series XIII (1899/1900), by Krauskopf as follows: 1. "The Choir Invisible." 3. The Tragedy of the Jew. 5. Ancient Ideals and Their Ruins. 7. The Passion Play at Polna. 9. Chanukah Lights and the Christmas Tree. 12. The Will and the Way. 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26. Society and Its Morals (I. Individual Morality. II. Domestic Morality. III. Social Morality. IV. Sectarian Morality. V. National Morality. VI. Racial Morality. VII. International Morality). 28. Isaac M. Wise-A Memorial Tribute. By Levy as follows: 2. "New Lamps for Old Ones;" or "The Children of the Ghetto." 4. The Jew and the Gentile. 6. The Truth. 8. Home Life Among the Jews. 10. Israel's Immortals. 11. "Onward and Upward." 12. The Sin Against Love. 15. A Fool's Paradise. 17. "Logic Taught by Love." 19. The Jew and the Synagogue. 21. Woman, A Purim Sermon. 23. Man's Inhumanity to Man. 25. The Moth and the Flame. 27. The Best is Yet to Come. Series XIV (1900/01), by Krauskopf as follows: 1. From Better to Best. 4. Tolstoi Excommunicated. 6. Our Wrongs to our Little Ones. 8. "We Jews." 10, 12. The Wail of the Modern Ghetto. I. The Diagnosis. II. A Remedy. 15, 17, 19, 21, 23-24. A Rabbi's Impressions of the Oberammergau Passion Play. 25. A Time to Keep Silence, and a Time to Speak. 26. "God's First Temples." 28. Daybreak. By Levy as follows: 1. Fashion and Reality. 3. "The Reign of Law." 5. Religion in the Nineteenth Century. 7. The Bible in the Nineteenth Century. 9. The Jew in the Nineteenth Century. 11. "Our Kin Across the Sea." 13. Science in the Nineteenth Century. 14. Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. 16. The Greatest Discovery of the Nineteenth Century. 18. The Jew's Revenge. 20. The Heart's Best Love. 22. Retrospect and Prospect. Series XV-XXXVI (1901-23) are not analyzed in this bibliography.

Collection

Union List of Ninteenth-Century Jewish Serials Published in the United States

Type

Synagogue