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Morris Lichtenstein (1889–1938) was the founder of the Society of Jewish Science. Born in
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, he later moved to
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where he was ordained by the Reform
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in 1916, becoming the first
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an student to ever study at the institution. Lichtenstein served as a Rabbi in
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, and
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, where he received a
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in
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from
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in 1919. He briefly served a congregation in
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before moving back to New York to marry Tehilla Hirshenson in 1920. Together they founded the Society of Jewish Science in 1921'Jewish Women's Archives: Personal Information for Tehilla Lichenstein' citing "Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives"
Retrieved October 16, 2006. (or 1922). After Lichtenstein's death in 1938, his wife took over his post and became the first Jewish woman in America with her own congregational pulpit. However, she was never ordained, and never held a rabbinic title. She also took over his duties as editor of the ''Jewish Science Interpreter''
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, serving until her death in 1973.


Bibliography

Morris Lichtenstein, ''Jewish Science and Health'', (New York, NY: Jewish Science, 1925)


See also

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References

1889 births 1938 deaths American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent American Reform rabbis Columbia University alumni Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion alumni Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States Rabbis from Cincinnati Lithuanian Jews New Thought writers {{US-rabbi-stub