Isaac M. Wise, founder of the Hebrew Union College and the “American Israelite,” and for two generations one of the leading exponents of Reform Judaism in the United States, has been nominated for election to the Hall of Fame on the campus of New York University. Dr. Wise, the thirtieth anniversary of whose death is celebrated this year, is the first Jew to be nominated for a niche in the Hall of Fame.
The late Jacob Schiff and Nathan Straus have been mentioned as possible candidates, but they cannot become eligible until they have been dead 25 years.
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