Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1899 — DR. EMIL G. HIRSCH. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DR. EMIL G. HIRSCH.

Noted Jewish Rabbi Will No* Leave Chicago lor New York. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, who recently accepted a call to the Temple Emapu-El, in New York, reconsidered, was released from his New York obligation and will remain in Chicago. His congregation there declined to let him go. It pleaded and begged of him to remain and offered him a life pastorate at $12,000 per year, which be finally accepted. The New York congregation whose call he declined is the richest Jewish religious association in the world, but the Temple Sinai, Chicago, is not far behind. Dr. Hirsch is one of the most learned and eloquent men in the pulpit. The

Christian churches have not produced his superior. He is progressive and full of Americanism. His liberal ideas have done much for Judaism, not alone in Chicago, but throughout the world. He is a native of Germany and is 47 years old. His childhood was spent in this country and here the foundation of his mental training was laid. The polish was put on at Leipsig and Berlin. The first few years of his ministry were spent in Baltimore and Louisville, but since 1880 he has presided over the Temple Sinai in Chicago. There he eliminated much of the ceremonial from church services. He shocked his people when he tried to persuade them that they ought to hold their services on Sunday instead of Saturday, but they finally listened to him and since the change was made ten years or more ago the congregation has prospered immensely. He is now regarded as the foremost rabbi of the world.

RABBI EMIL G. HIRSCH.