Hirsch, Emil Gustav (1851-1923)

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Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, April 6, 1903

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, December 5, 1903

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, December 7, 1903

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, ca . December 10, 1903

Jenkins Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, December 18, 1907

Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, November 9, 1908

Address on the Second National Peace Congress, March 12, 1909 (excerpt)

William English Walling to Jane Addams, April 1, 1909

The Reaction of Moral Instruction upon Social Reform, April 4, 1909 (excerpt)

Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, General Committee List, March 1911

Charles Richmond Henderson to Jane Addams, July 22, 1912

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, December 4, 1914

Memorial Address for Jenkin Lloyd Jones, November 28, 1918

The Irish Committee at Work, November 10, 1920

Henry Crittenden Morris to Chicago Peace Society-- Executive Committee, October 11, 1921

List of Members of the Chicago Peace Society, November 1921

Nannie Ashenheim Reis to Jane Addams, January 30, 1927

Jane Addams et al. to Bryan Lathrop, December 15, 1905

Jane Addams et al. to Unknown, January 20, 1906

Call for a Lincoln Conference on the Negro Question, February 13, 1909

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Birth Date

1851-05-22

Death Date

1923-01-07

Birthplace

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Biographical Text

Emil Gustav Hirsch was born in Luxembourg on May 22, 1851. He immigrated to the United States in 1866. Hirsch was a Rabbi in Baltimore and Kentucky before settling in Chicago, where he was a Rabbi at the Chicago Sinai Congregation for 42 years (1880-1923). He aligned heavily with Reform Judaism and the Republican party. Hirsch published in a few journals on the topic of Reform Judaism and public reform. Hirsch became a part of many charities and organizations in Chicago, including the Associated Jewish Charities and holding the title of director at the Chicago Public Library. Hirsch held his Rabbi position at Chicago Sinai Congregation until his death in 1923.