Following his graduation in 1884 Grossmann went to Detroit, Michigan to become Rabbi at Temple Beth El. He remained in Detroit until 1898 when he returned to Cincinnati to become both Isaac M. Wise's successor as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Yeshurun and a professor of ethics, pedagogy and theology at Hebrew Union College. Grossmann remained in both positions until 1922 when he retired and was elected Rabbi Emeritus by his congregation, and professor emeritus by H.U.C.
Grossmann was active in many different organizations. He was a founder of the Teachers Institute of Hebrew Union College and served as the Institute's principal from 1909-1918. He was an editorial writer for the American Israelite from 1900-1905 and was a member of the organizing committee for the First Universal Congress of Races in London, England in 1911. He was president of the Jewish Religious Education Association of Ohio, the Rabbinical Association of Ohio and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. In addition, Grossmann was a founder and honorary president of the Western Association of Jewish Ministers.
Grossmann was also prolific as a lecturer and writer. Before joining the faculty at H.U.C., he lectured there on Comparative Religion in 1897. He also lectured on Jewish Ethics at the Lewissohn Foundation in New York in 1909. Among some of his more important and well known writings were: "Judaism and the Science of Religion" (1889); "Maimonides" (1890); "Aims of Teaching in Jewish Schools" (1918); and, with David Philipson, the biography, Isaac M. Wise (1900).
Louis Grossmann died in Detroit in 1926.
Following his graduation in 1884 Grossmann went to Detroit, Michigan to become Rabbi at Temple Beth El. He remained in Detroit until 1898 when he returned to Cincinnati to become both Isaac M. Wise's successor as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Yeshurun and a professor of ethics, pedagogy and theology at Hebrew Union College. Grossmann remained in both positions until 1922 when he retired and was elected Rabbi Emeritus by his congregation, and professor emeritus by H.U.C.
Grossmann was active in many different organizations. He was a founder of the Teachers Institute of Hebrew Union College and served as the Institute's principal from 1909-1918. He was an editorial writer for the American Israelite from 1900-1905 and was a member of the organizing committee for the First Universal Congress of Races in London, England in 1911. He was president of the Jewish Religious Education Association of Ohio, the Rabbinical Association of Ohio and the Central Conference of American Rabbis. In addition, Grossmann was a founder and honorary president of the Western Association of Jewish Ministers.
Grossmann was also prolific as a lecturer and writer. Before joining the faculty at H.U.C., he lectured there on Comparative Religion in 1897. He also lectured on Jewish Ethics at the Lewissohn Foundation in New York in 1909. Among some of his more important and well known writings were: "Judaism and the Science of Religion" (1889); "Maimonides" (1890); "Aims of Teaching in Jewish Schools" (1918); and, with David Philipson, the biography, Isaac M. Wise (1900).
Louis Grossmann died in Detroit in 1926.
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