[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 257 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 257

    Designating September 16, 2017, as ``Isaac M. Wise Temple Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2017

    Mr. Brown (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Designating September 16, 2017, as ``Isaac M. Wise Temple Day''.

Whereas 2017 marks the 175th anniversary of the incorporation of the 
        congregation of the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio;
Whereas 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the current 
        site for the Isaac M. Wise Temple, also known as the ``Plum Street 
        Temple'';
Whereas Rabbi Isaac M. Wise led that congregation for nearly a half century, 
        establishing the congregation as the cradle of American Reform Judaism 
        and helping to make Cincinnati a center of Jewish life in the United 
        States;
Whereas Rabbi Isaac M. Wise founded the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 
        (now known as the ``Union for Reform Judaism'') in 1873 and the Central 
        Conference of Reform Rabbis in 1889 to help lead the United States 
        Jewish Reform movement;
Whereas Rabbi Isaac M. Wise founded the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 
        1875, now the oldest rabbinical school in continuous existence in the 
        United States; and
Whereas the Isaac M. Wise Plum Street Temple is listed on the National Register 
        of Historic Places for the significant role that the Temple played in 
        the history of Reform Judaism and for the unique Moorish architectural 
        style of the Temple: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates September 16, 2017, as ``Isaac M. Wise 
        Temple Day''; and
            (2) recognizes the importance of the Isaac M. Wise Temple 
        in--
                    (A) United States Jewish history;
                    (B) establishing Cincinnati, Ohio, as a great 
                center of Jewish life; and
                    (C) contributing to religious life in the United 
                States.
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