Stanley M. Wagner
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Stanley M. Wagner | |
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| Born | January 4, 1932 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 23, 2013 (aged 81) |
| Other names | Simcha[1] |
| Occupations | Rabbi, academic |
| Years active | 1957–2000 |
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| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yeshiva University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Religious Non-Conformity in Ancient Jewish Life (1964) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Jewish history |
| Institutions | University of Denver |
Stanley M. Wagner (January 4, 1932 – February 23, 2013) was an American rabbi, academic, and community leader.
Stanley M. Wagner was born in on January 4, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended Yeshiva University where he was ordained in 1956.[2] He earned a doctorate in Jewish history and Hebrew literature and five other post-graduate degrees from Yeshiva.[3] His 1964 doctoral dissertation was titled Religious Non-Conformity in Ancient Jewish Life. It was "a study of talmudic terms and categories for deviant religious behavior."[2]
Career
Wagner worked at universities in Lexington Kentucky (1957–61) and Baldwin, New York (1961–70) before serving as the executive vice president of the Religious Zionists of America (1970–72).[2] He led the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph (1972–97) congregation and was the only rabbi chaplain of the Colorado Senate (1980–98).[2][3]
While serving as a congregational rabbi, Wagner also worked a professor of Jewish history at the University of Denver from 1972 to 1999. In 1975, at the university, he founded and directed the Center for Judaic Studies, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society, Beck Archives, and the Holocaust Awareness Institute.[2][3] He founded the Mizel Museum in 1982 and served as the director until 2000.[2]
