Gutheim, James K[oppel], Rev. Dedication Sermon, Delivered at the Opening of the New Synagogue Nefutzoth Yehudah, of New Orleans, on Wednesday, Nissan 7, April 1, 5617

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Gutheim, James K[oppel], Rev. Dedication Sermon, Delivered at the Opening of the New Synagogue Nefutzoth Yehudah, of New Orleans, on Wednesday, Nissan 7, April 1, 5617

FIRST EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew pp.12. Browned. Original printed wrappers, front detached, worn. 4to Cf. Singerman 1497

Philadelphia : Barnard & Jones 1857

Est: $3,000 - $4,000
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James Koppel Gutheim, a good friend of Isaac Mayer Wise, was originally brought from Cinicinnati to New Orleans in order to serve as the rabbi of the newly erected Shanarai Chassed Synagogue (or as it was frequently called, the German congregation). That was in 1850 (the dedication ceremony was held March 5, 1851). He left Shanarai Chassed in 1853, succeeding Moses N. Nathan as Minister at Nefutzoth Yehudah organized in 1845 by Gershom Kursheedt, a disciple of Isaac Leeser. Gutheim would remain a fixture in the New Orleans Jewish community for the next forty years. Singerman lists only the Order of Service at the Dedication of the Synagogue Nefutsoth Jehudah of New Orleans on Wednesday Nissan 7, 5617, but not Rev. Gutheim's sermon upon that occasion. See B.W. Korn, The Early Jews of New Orleans (1969), pp. 247-254.