ADLER, N. M. Sermon Delivered at the Great Synagogue on the Occasion of his Installation… as Chief Rabbi of Great Britain.

Nathan M. Adler (1803-90), a native of Hanover, Germany, succeeded in 1844 the deceased Solomon Hirschell as Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, in which capacity he served until his death. Chief Rabbi Adler was a unifying factor in the life of Anglo-Jewry. The translator of this Sermon, Barnard Van Oven, states that the readers of the translation will be able "to appreciate the piety, good sense, logical precision and kindly feelings of their Reverend Pastor, but no attempt has been made to compete with the style of the original which is at once elegant, powerful and persuasive"