The English and German on Henrietta Szold's program indicate the mixture of cultures and languages at Benjamin Szold's Oheb Shalom congregation which had been founded by German-speaking immigrants. Confirmation was introduced as a Jewish ritual by early nineteenth-century German reformers seeking to modernize Judaism. Confirmation services became a feature of acculturated nineteenth-century American congregations whether Reform or Orthodox. June 9, 1875.
Institution: Jewish Museum of Maryland
Jewish Women's Archive. "Henrietta Szold's Religious Confirmation at Oheb Shalom Congregation, 1875." (Viewed on April 25, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/program-from-szolds-religious-confirmation-at-oheb-shalom-congregation-1875>.