David Woolf Marks

David Woolf Marks

David Woolf Marks (b. November 22, 1811, d. 1909) was an English rabbi of Reform Judaism. He served as professor of belles-lettres at Wigan College, Liverpool, first rabbi of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, and professor of Hebrew at University College London. He is notable for devising the order of service used by the Reform synagogues of the time.

His son, Harry Marks, became a prominent London journalist.

References

"Jewish Encyclopedia". 1901-19-06. pp. 334–335. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view_page.jsp?pid=0&artid=205&letter=M. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 

"Professor Marks and the Oral Law Controversy". http://www.oztorah.com/2008/10/professor-marks-the-oral-law-controversy/. 



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