Israel Jacobson
German religious reformer
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establishment of Reform temple
- In Judaism: Religious reform movements
…by the pioneer German reformer Israel Jacobson (1768–1828) introduced organ and choir music, allowed men and women to sit together during worship, delivered the sermon in German instead of Hebrew, and omitted liturgical references to a personal messiah and the restoration of Israel. A more radical temple established in Hamburg…
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significance to Reform Judaism
- In Reform Judaism
Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), a Jewish layman, established an innovative school in Seesen, Brunswick, in 1801. There he held the first Reform services in 1810, attended by adults as well as children. Jacobson’s liturgy was in German rather than Hebrew; organ and choir music were added…
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