Felsenthal, Bernhard. Confirmanden-Unterricht. Geweihet den Confirmanden der Zionsgemeinde in Chicago
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 15
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
Felsenthal, Bernhard. Confirmanden-Unterricht. Geweihet den Confirmanden der Zionsgemeinde in Chicago
Chicago: Max Stern, circa 1864
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $500
Bernhard Felsenthal (1822-1908), a native of Munchweile, Germany, arrived in America in 1858 and was appointed Rabbi of Chicago’s newly-formed Zion Congregation in 1864. Despite his associations with the Reform Movement, he was an unusually early proponent of the need to establish a Jewish Day-School in America. See Kestenbaum & Company, Sale 49, Lot 26; and EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 1221-2.