Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise and the Plum Street Temple

Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, a Bohemian-born leader in nineteenth-century American Jewry, helped make Cincinnati a center for Reform Judaism in America through achievements that included establishing the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1873, Hebrew Union College in 1875, and the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 1889. The Plum Street Temple, built in 1865-1866 for the B'nai Yeshurun congregation during Wise's tenure and designed by Cincinnati architect James Keys Wilson, symbolizes his work and is one of the best-preserved Moorish Revival buildings in the United States. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975.

Cincinnati, Ohio · United States