Morris David Joseph (28 May 1848 – 17 April 1930) was a British rabbi. Joseph studied at

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, London, and in 1868 was appointed

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of the North London

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; in 1874 he went to the Old Hebrew Congregation of Liverpool, where he officiated as preacher until 1882. He became delegate senior minister of the

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in 1893, when David Woolf Marks retired from active service. Joseph published a collection of sermons, ''The Ideal in Judaism'',

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, 1893, and a valuable popular work on Jewish

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, ''Judaism as Creed and Life'', in 1903. His position on

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religious belief and practice was conservative, midway between Reform and strict Orthodox.'' The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day'', Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1906. In 1872 he married Frances Amelia Henry who was the great granddaughter of Moses Samuel.

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