Rabbi Dr. Maurice Henry Harris (1859-1930) was a prominent Reform movement rabbi and writer in the United States. At the time of his death, he was president of the Association of Reform Rabbis of New York City. He wrote, People of the Book. A Bible history for school and home (1893), Jewish history and literature : a course of lessons from the rise of the Kabbala to the expulsion of the Jews by Spain (1899), History of the mediaeval Jews, from the Moslem conquest of Spain to the discovery of America (1924), A thousand years of Jewish history, from the days of Alexander the Great to the Moslem conquest of Spain (1927), Modern Jewish history from the Renaissance to the close of the World War (1928), and posthumously, Hebraic literature : translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala (1946). We know very little else about Rabbi Harris's life and career. If you can add a detail, please contact us.
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Contributed on: 06 Jul 2024 by Maurice Henry Harris | Philip Klein | Kaufmann Kohler | Henry Pereira Mendes | Solomon Schechter | Samuel Schulman | Joseph Silverman | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
This prayer was prepared for use in a special service on the Sabbath before Thanksgiving Day, 1905, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Jews in the United States. It was published in The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of the Jews in the United States, 1655-1905 (New York Co-operative Society: 1906), pp. 253-256. (The prayer also appears in the 14th volume of Proceedings of the American Jewish Historical Society (1906).) It was prepared by a committee consisting of a seven-starred constellation of prominent Reform and early Conservative movement rabbis: Rabbi Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes (chair), Rabbi Dr. M.H. Harris, Rabbi Dr. Philip Klein, Rabbi Dr. Kaufmann Kohler, Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schechter, Rabbi Dr. Samuel Schulman, and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Silverman. . . .
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