Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, one of the most significant American Jewish leaders of the twentieth century, served Portland 's Congregation Beth Israel from 1900 to 1906. His Oregon sojourn laid the foundation for his career as a national champion of liberal Judaism and Zionism while profoundly shaping his congregation and Oregon Jewry, also a founding member of the NAACP. Hardcover duodecimo (5"x7"), 1917 first edition in a fair dust jacket with several tears and gaps but mostly intact. Pages clean, binding sound.