Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 :_: An_AT1 Autobiography_NN1 --_NN1 the_AT German_NN1 and_CC Early_RR American_JJ Years_NNT2 The_AT lingering_JJ recognition_NN1 that_CST posterity_NN1 very_RG occasionally_RR grants_NN2 has_VHZ been_VBN denied_VVN to_II Joachim_NP1 Prinz_NP1 (_( 1902-1988_MCMC )_) ._. 
To_II him_PPHO1 the_AT fates_NN2 have_VH0 been_VBN fickle_JJ ._. 
So_RG far_RR they_PPHS2 have_VH0 consigned_VVN to_II near-oblivion_NN1 this_DD1 gifted_JJ German-born_JJ rabbi_NN1 who_PNQS escaped_VVD the_AT whirlwind_NN1 to_TO find_VVI a_AT1 home_NN1 in_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 might_VM have_VHI been_VBN a_AT1 symbol_NN1 of_IO embattled_JJ liberal_JJ Judaism_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB in_II this_DD1 respect_NN1 Leo_NP1 Baeck_NP1 has_VHZ continued_VVN to_TO eclipse_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
Baeck_NP1 officiated_VVD at_II the_AT wedding_NN1 of_IO Prinz_NP1 's_GE parents_NN2 in_II 1901_MC ;_; and_CC it_PPH1 is_VBZ Baeck_NP1 whose_DDQGE name_NN1 adorns_VVZ the_AT cultural_JJ institution_NN1 dedicated_VVN to_II preserving_VVG the_AT legacy_NN1 of_IO the_AT most_RGT radiant_JJ and_CC brilliant_JJ (_( and_CC surely_RR the_AT most_RRT scrutinized_VVN )_) of_IO the_AT modern_JJ Diaspora_NN1 communities_NN2 devastated_VVN in_II the_AT Holocaust_NP1 ._. 
Prinz_NN1 was_VBDZ an_AT1 electrifying_JJ orator_NN1 ,_, so_RG suitable_JJ for_IF prime_JJ time_NNT1 that_CST ,_, at_II the_AT historic_JJ March_NPM1 on_II Washington_NP1 in_II 1963_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ assigned_VVN the_AT penultimate_JJ slot_NN1 on_II the_AT program_NN1 ._. 
To_TO top_VVI him_PPHO1 required_VVN the_AT thundering_JJ eloquence_NN1 of_IO Martin_NP1 Luther_NP1 King_NP1 ,_, Jr._NNA ,_, giving_VVG the_AT speech_NN1 of_IO his_APPGE life_NN1 ._. 
And_CC yet_RR the_AT refugee_NN1 rabbi_NN1 whom_PNQO public_JJ memory_NN1 firmly_RR associates_VVZ with_IW the_AT civil_JJ rights_NN2 movement_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX Prinz_NP1 but_CCB Abraham_NP1 Joshua_NP1 Heschel_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS enjoyed_VVD a_AT1 personal_JJ connection_NN1 with_IW King_NN1 himself_PPX1 ._. 
Prinz_NP1 served_VVD for_IF nearly_RR four_MC decades_NNT2 in_II the_AT pulpit_NN1 of_IO Temple_NP1 B'nai_NP1 Abraham_NP1 in_II Newark_NP1 and_CC then_RT Livingston_NP1 ,_, New_NP1 Jersey_NP1 ._. 
Surely_RR such_DA a_AT1 forum_NN1 made_VVD him_PPHO1 at_RR21 least_RR22 the_AT most_RGT prominent_JJ Jewish_JJ clergyman_NN1 of_IO the_AT Garden_NN1 State_NN1 ?_? 
No_UH ._. 
That_DD1 distinction_NN1 surely_RR belongs_VVZ to_II another_DD1 foreign-born_JJ rabbi_NN1 ,_, Arthur_NP1 Hertzberg_NP1 ,_, of_IO Temple_NP1 Emanu-El_NP1 in_II Englewood_NP1 ._. 
Like_II Prinz_NP1 ,_, Hertzberg_NP1 served_VVD as_CSA president_NN1 of_IO the_AT American_JJ Jewish_JJ Congress_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 more_RGR prolific_JJ writer_NN1 and_CC scholar_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 public_JJ intellectual_NN1 ,_, an_AT1 academic_JJ and_CC a_AT1 controversialist_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS served_VVD as_CSA vice-president_NN1 of_IO the_AT World_NN1 Jewish_JJ Congress_NN1 ._. 
Hertzberg_NP1 capped_VVD his_APPGE career_NN1 with_IW an_AT1 autobiography_NN1 ._. 
So_RR if_CS any_DD hope_NN1 persists_VVZ for_IF the_AT inclusion_NN1 of_IO Joachim_NP1 Prinz_NP1 in_II the_AT pantheon_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Jewish_JJ leaders_NN2 ,_, that_DD1 prospect_NN1 may_VM depend_VVI largely_RR on_II the_AT existence_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 unfinished_JJ memoir_NN1 ._. 
Though_CS dictated_VVN in_II 1977_MC ,_, Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 has_VHZ finally_RR --_JJ after_II three_MC decades_NNT2 --_NN1 been_VBN published_VVN ,_, thanks_NN2 mainly_RR to_II the_AT enterprise_NN1 of_IO Professor_NNB Michael_NP1 A._NP1 Meyer_NP1 of_IO the_AT Hebrew_JJ Union_NN1 College-Jewish_JJ Institute_NN1 of_IO Religion_NN1 in_II Cincinnati_NP1 ._. 
His_APPGE extensive_JJ biographical_JJ introduction_NN1 and_CC his_APPGE apt_JJ but_CCB unobtrusive_JJ footnotes_NN2 (_( sometimes_RT correcting_VVG errors_NN2 in_II the_AT text_NN1 )_) are_VBR matched_VVN by_II the_AT shrewdness_NN1 to_TO recognize_VVI the_AT value_NN1 of_IO the_AT manuscript_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ Prinz_NP1 dictated_VVD immediately_RR after_II retiring_VVG from_II the_AT rabbinate_NN1 ._. 
The_AT readership_NN1 was_VBDZ evidently_RR intended_VVN to_TO be_VBI his_APPGE family_NN1 and_CC perhaps_RR only_RR a_AT1 limited_JJ few_DA2 others_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB Prinz_NP1 did_VDD lead_VVI a_AT1 remarkable_JJ public_JJ life_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ was_VBDZ rendered_VVN in_II fictional_JJ form_NN1 only_RR four_MC years_NNT2 prior_II21 to_II22 the_AT publication_NN1 of_IO Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 ,_, when_CS Philip_NP1 Roth_NP1 rewrote_VV0 Sinclair_NP1 Lewis_NP1 's_VBZ It_PPH1 Ca_VM n't_XX Happen_VV0 Here_RL in_II the_AT form_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 chilling_JJ counterfactual_JJ history_NN1 ._. 
Prinz_NN1 is_VBZ given_VVN a_AT1 cameo_NN1 appearance_NN1 in_II The_AT Plot_NN1 against_II America_NP1 ._. 
Presented_VVN as_II a_AT1 fierce_JJ and_CC gallant_JJ opponent_NN1 of_IO home-grown_JJ fascism_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 is_VBZ depicted_VVN taking_VVG on_RP Rabbi_NNB Lionel_NP1 Bengelsdorf_NP1 ,_, a_AT1 fictional_JJ court_NN1 Jew_NN1 to_II President_NNB Charles_NP1 A._NP1 Lindbergh_NP1 ._. 
The_AT publication_NN1 of_IO Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 is_VBZ therefore_RR likely_JJ to_TO burnish_VVI Prinz_NP1 's_GE reputation_NN1 ._. 
Admittedly_RR this_DD1 document_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX especially_RR introspective_JJ ._. 
Though_CS his_APPGE vocation_NN1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 religious_JJ one_PN1 ,_, the_AT author_NN1 does_VDZ not_XX reveal_VVI a_AT1 soul_NN1 on_II fire_NN1 ,_, or_CC convey_VV0 the_AT intensity_NN1 of_IO the_AT interior_JJ life_NN1 ,_, or_CC even_RR report_VV0 a_AT1 struggle_NN1 with_IW inner_JJ demons_NN2 ._. 
The_AT most_RGT profound_JJ religious_JJ experience_NN1 he_PPHS1 claimed_VVD to_TO have_VHI felt_VVN was_VBDZ the_AT March_NPM1 on_II Washington_NP1 ,_, designed_VVN to_TO accelerate_VVI passage_NN1 of_IO the_AT Civil_JJ Rights_NN2 Act_NN1 ._. 
To_TO be_VBI sure_JJ ,_, Ashkenazi_JJ Judaism_NN1 is_VBZ famously_RR bereft_JJ of_IO any_DD notion_NN1 of_IO sainthood_NN1 ,_, an_AT1 omission_NN1 which_DDQ was_VBDZ fortunate_JJ for_IF Prinz_NP1 ._. 
Within_II his_APPGE own_DA religious_JJ tradition_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 did_VDD not_XX aspire_VVI to_TO attain_VVI a_AT1 state_NN1 of_IO grace_NN1 or_CC to_II an_AT1 immunization_NN1 against_II sinfulness_NN1 ._. 
Despite_II the_AT seeming_JJ moral_JJ clarity_NN1 of_IO the_AT Seventh_MD Commandment_NN1 ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, he_PPHS1 and_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 agreed_VVN to_II an_AT1 open_JJ marriage_NN1 ;_; and_CC his_APPGE own_DA robust_JJ extracurricular_JJ activities_NN2 were_VBDR at_RR21 least_RR22 free_JJ of_IO hypocrisy_NN1 ._. 
Though_CS Temple_NP1 B'nai_NP1 Abraham_NP1 was_VBDZ unaffiliated_JJ with_IW any_DD denomination_NN1 (_( though_CS generally_RR Conservative_JJ in_II ritual_NN1 )_) ,_, his_APPGE own_DA Judaism_NN1 was_VBDZ heterodox_JJ ._. 
The_AT efficacy_NN1 of_IO prayer_NN1 left_VVD him_PPHO1 dubious_JJ ._. 
Prinz_NP1 highlighted_VVD civic_JJ consciousness_NN1 rather_II21 than_II22 personal_JJ observance_NN1 ,_, education_NN1 in_II the_AT Jewish_JJ heritage_NN1 rather_II21 than_II22 the_AT primacy_NN1 of_IO the_AT Torah_NP1 itself_PPX1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 sought_VVD to_TO instill_VVI an_AT1 appreciation_NN1 of_IO peoplehood_NN1 but_CCB did_VDD not_XX articulate_VVI a_AT1 notion_NN1 of_IO the_AT chosenness_NN1 of_IO any_DD particular_JJ people_NN ._. 
The_AT destiny_NN1 of_IO Zion_NP1 meant_VVD more_RRR to_II him_PPHO1 than_CSN honoring_JJ mitzvot_NN1 ._. 
Even_RR the_AT Sabbath_NN1 bled_VVD seamlessly_RR into_II the_AT rest_NN1 of_IO the_AT week_NNT1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 loved_VVD eating_VVG lobsters_NN2 ._. 
The_AT personality_NN1 that_CST is_VBZ conveyed_VVN in_II Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 is_VBZ noteworthy_JJ neither_RR for_IF the_AT virtue_NN1 of_IO humility_NN1 nor_CC for_IF that_DD1 sense_NN1 of_IO waywardness_NN1 that_CST animates_VVZ the_AT great_JJ autobiographies_NN2 from_II the_AT Confessions_NN2 of_IO St._NP1 Augustine_NP1 and_CC of_IO Rousseau_NP1 down_RP to_II those_DD2 of_IO Malcolm_NP1 X._NP1 Prinz_NP1 's_GE memoir_NN1 can_VM nevertheless_RR be_VBI recommended_VVN as_II a_AT1 compelling_JJ human_JJ record_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 does_VDZ not_XX bore_VVI ._. 
Little_RR psychological_JJ acuity_NN1 is_VBZ needed_VVN to_TO trace_VVI the_AT fractious_JJ character_NN1 of_IO Joachim_NP1 Prinz_NP1 to_II his_APPGE painful_JJ relationship_NN1 to_II his_APPGE father_NN1 ;_; and_CC specialists_NN2 in_II German_JJ Jewish_JJ history_NN1 would_VM not_XX be_VBI surprised_JJ to_TO learn_VVI of_IO the_AT family_NN1 dynamics_NN --_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 warm_JJ and_CC nurturing_VVG mother_NN1 married_VVN to_II a_AT1 prosperous_JJ businessman_NN1 ,_, an_AT1 assimilationist_NN1 who_PNQS had_VHD no_AT appreciation_NN1 for_IF the_AT spiritual_JJ and_CC intellectual_JJ yearnings_NN2 of_IO his_APPGE sensitive_JJ son_NN1 ._. 
Emotionally_RR distant_JJ ,_, insistent_JJ upon_II punctuality_NN1 and_CC diligence_NN1 ,_, Josef_NP1 Prinz_NP1 was_VBDZ not_XX merely_RR forbidding_JJ ;_; he_PPHS1 could_VM also_RR be_VBI cruel_JJ ,_, using_VVG a_AT1 cat-o-nine_MC tails_NN2 to_TO whip_VVI his_APPGE sons_NN2 for_IF infractions_NN2 ._. 
Out_II21 of_II22 such_DA families_NN2 sprang_VVD the_AT poets_NN2 and_CC the_AT psychoanalysts_NN2 ,_, the_AT feuilletonistes_NN2 and_CC the_AT free-thinkers_NN2 ,_, the_AT satirists_NN2 and_CC the_AT socialists_NN2 who_PNQS generated_VVD so_RG much_DA1 cultural_JJ excitement_NN1 that_CST later_JJR generations_NN2 continue_VV0 to_TO draw_VVI upon_II the_AT intellectual_JJ capital_NN1 of_IO the_AT Second_MD Reich_NP1 ,_, the_AT Weimar_NP1 Republic_NN1 and_CC fin-de-siecle_JJ Vienna_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB the_AT Upper_JJ Silesian_JJ village_NN1 of_IO Burkhardsdorf_NP1 (_( now_RT Bierdzan_NP1 )_) ,_, where_CS Prinz_NP1 was_VBDZ born_VVN ,_, was_VBDZ absurdly_RR tiny_JJ ._. 
His_PPGE was_VBDZ the_AT only_JJ Jewish_JJ family_NN1 ;_; virtually_RR everyone_PN1 else_RR was_VBDZ a_AT1 peasant_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE parents_NN2 neglected_VVN to_TO observe_VVI the_AT Sabbath_NN1 ,_, conducted_VVD no_AT seder_NN1 ,_, lit_VVD no_AT candles_NN2 --_NN1 though_CS the_AT household_NN1 did_VDD have_VHI a_AT1 Christmas_NNT1 tree_NN1 ._. 
Though_CS financially_RR secure_VV0 ,_, the_AT family_NN1 needed_VVD to_TO provide_VVI an_AT1 education_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ available_JJ elsewhere_RL ,_, in_II Oppeln_NP1 ,_, the_AT capital_NN1 of_IO Upper_JJ Silesia_NP1 ,_, where_CS the_AT erudite_JJ ,_, incisive_JJ and_CC unpretentious_JJ sermons_NN2 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 the_AT menschlichkeyt_NN1 of_IO Rabbi_NNB Felix_NP1 Goldmann_NP1 stimulated_VVD the_AT adolescent_JJ Prinz_NN1 to_TO become_VVI a_AT1 rabbi_NN1 too_RR ._. 
As_CSA he_PPHS1 grew_VVD to_II manhood_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE resistance_NN1 to_II an_AT1 obtuse_JJ patriarchy_NN1 ,_, to_II bourgeois_JJ smugness_NN1 ,_, and_CC to_II bellicose_JJ German_JJ patriotism_NN1 activated_VVD an_AT1 impassioned_JJ commitment_NN1 to_II emancipatory_JJ modernism_NN1 ._. 
Formally_RR ordained_VVN in_II 1929_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 had_VHD already_RR begun_VVN his_APPGE career_NN1 preaching_VVG and_CC teaching_VVG at_II the_AT Friedenstempel_NP1 in_II Berlin_NP1 three_MC years_NNT2 earlier_RRR ._. 
But_CCB already_RR by_II 1915_MC ,_, Max_NP1 Weber_NP1 had_VHD devised_VVN the_AT term_NN1 that_CST could_VM be_VBI applied_VVN to_II the_AT talent_NN1 with_IW which_DDQ Prinz_NP1 was_VBDZ blessed_VVN :_: charisma_NN1 ._. 
Thousands_NNO2 flocked_VVD to_TO hear_VVI him_PPHO1 speak_VVI ._. 
While_CS imbibing_VVG Weimar_NP1 culture_NN1 ,_, Prinz_NP1 was_VBDZ "_" Americanized_JJ "_" long_JJ before_CS he_PPHS1 imagined_VVD becoming_VVG American_JJ ._. 
In_II the_AT 1920s_MC2 he_PPHS1 already_RR learned_VVN English_NN1 ,_, speaking_VVG it_PPH1 with_IW a_AT1 British_JJ inflection_NN1 to_II his_APPGE German_JJ accent_NN1 ._. 
Without_IW apparently_RR having_VHG to_TO read_VVI John_NP1 Dewey_NP1 ,_, Prinz_NP1 became_VVD a_AT1 champion_NN1 of_IO experiential_JJ learning_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 introduced_VVD audiovisual_JJ aids_NN2 in_II his_APPGE lectures_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ de-centered_VVD the_AT status_NN1 of_IO theology_NN1 and_CC included_VVN within_II Jewish_JJ cultural_JJ history_NN1 figures_NN2 from_II the_AT margins_NN2 such_II21 as_II22 Spinoza_NP1 ,_, and_CC even_RR Jesus_NP1 ._. 
When_CS Prinz_NP1 preached_VVD ,_, the_AT synagogue_NN1 was_VBDZ packed_VVN ._. 
Clean-shaven_JJ (_( when_CS every_AT1 other_JJ rabbi_NN1 in_II Berlin_NP1 was_VBDZ bearded_JJ )_) ,_, he_PPHS1 sought_VVD to_TO breach_VVI the_AT distance_NN1 and_CC soften_VVI the_AT bureaucratic_JJ deficiencies_NN2 of_IO the_AT kehillah_NN1 ,_, and_CC therefore_RR pioneered_VVN in_II what_DDQ in_II American_JJ synagogue_NN1 history_NN1 would_VM be_VBI called_VVN the_AT havurah_NN1 movement_NN1 ._. 
To_TO sum_VVI up_RP the_AT persona_NN1 of_IO the_AT dashing_JJ ,_, informal_JJ ,_, young_JJ rabbi_NN1 ,_, Weber_NP1 may_VM not_XX have_VHI had_VHN a_AT1 word_NN1 ._. 
Postwar_JJ America_NP1 would_VM likely_RR have_VHI termed_VVN Prinz_NP1 hip_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE rebellious_JJ nature_NN1 made_VVD him_PPHO1 exempt_VVI from_II the_AT delusions_NN2 that_CST ,_, for_IF so_RG many_DA2 other_JJ German_JJ Jews_NN2 ,_, would_VM prove_VVI deadly_JJ ._. 
Something_PN1 about_II the_AT Fatherland_NN1 antagonized_VVD him_PPHO1 --_JJ perhaps_RR its_APPGE excessive_JJ appreciation_NN1 of_IO authority_NN1 ,_, and_CC he_PPHS1 became_VVD an_AT1 early_JJ and_CC lifelong_JJ Zionist_NN1 ._. 
(_( His_APPGE family_NN1 as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 his_APPGE mentor_NN1 Felix_NP1 Goldmann_NP1 had_VHD been_VBN firmly_RR anti-Zionist_JJ ._. )_) 
Aliyah_UH was_VBDZ not_XX integral_JJ to_II Prinz_NP1 's_GE Zionism_NN1 ._. 
In_II 1937_MC ,_, after_II all_DB ,_, he_PPHS1 and_CC his_APPGE (_( second_MD )_) wife_NN1 and_CC children_NN2 fled_VVN to_II the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ;_; a_AT1 year_NNT1 later_RRR his_APPGE father_NN1 and_CC stepmother_NN1 managed_VVD to_TO get_VVI from_II Upper_JJ Silesia_NP1 to_II Palestine_NP1 ._. 
But_CCB Zionism_NN1 did_VDD mean_VVI a_AT1 refusal_NN1 to_TO sing_VVI the_AT German_JJ national_JJ anthem_NN1 and_CC entailed_VVD a_AT1 detached_JJ awareness_NN1 of_IO the_AT limits_NN2 of_IO the_AT German-Jewish_JJ symbiosis_NN1 ._. 
He_PPHS1 did_VDD however_RR love_VVI his_APPGE native_JJ tongue_NN1 and_CC did_VDD exult_VVI in_II the_AT dense_JJ and_CC deep_JJ culture_NN1 that_CST he_PPHS1 had_VHD inherited_VVN ._. 
Reminiscing_VVG about_II one_MC1 bout_NN1 of_IO sex_NN1 in_II an_AT1 open_JJ field_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 claims_VVZ to_TO have_VHI thought_VVN at_II that_DD1 moment_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 key_JJ passage_NN1 in_II Kant_NP1 's_GE Kritik_NP1 der_FU praktischen_JJ Vernunft_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB Prinz_NP1 foresaw_VVD ,_, even_RR as_CSA his_APPGE fellow_JJ Jews_NN2 in_II Berlin_NP1 in_RR21 particular_RR22 were_VBDR luxuriating_VVG in_II the_AT anything-goes_NN2 aura_NN1 of_IO Weimar_NP1 ,_, that_CST their_APPGE existence_NN1 on_II German_JJ soil_NN1 was_VBDZ doomed_VVN ,_, that_CST they_PPHS2 were_VBDR dancing_VVG on_II the_AT edge_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 volcano_NN1 ._. 
After_CS the_AT crater_NN1 erupted_VVN in_II 1933_MC ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ taken_VVN several_DA2 times_NNT2 to_II the_AT offices_NN2 of_IO the_AT Gestapo_NP1 and_CC even_RR jailed_VVN ._. 
The_AT memoir_NN1 attributes_VVZ his_APPGE success_NN1 in_II extricating_VVG himself_PPX1 from_II a_AT1 terrible_JJ fate_NN1 to_II his_APPGE understanding_NN1 of_IO the_AT German_JJ mentality_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 knowledge_NN1 that_CST Prinz_NP1 acquired_VVD as_II an_AT1 outsider_NN1 who_PNQS needed_VVD to_TO take_VVI his_APPGE enemies_NN2 seriously_RR ._. 
He_PPHS1 claims_VVZ to_TO have_VHI grasped_VVN their_APPGE commitment_NN1 to_II discipline_NN1 and_CC punctiliousness_NN1 and_CC to_TO have_VHI used_VVN their_APPGE ethos_NN1 of_IO obedience_NN1 against_II them_PPHO2 ._. 
When_CS Prinz_NP1 bade_VVD farewell_NN1 to_II the_AT Jewish_JJ community_NN1 ,_, Adolf_NP1 Eichmann_NP1 was_VBDZ in_II the_AT audience_NN1 to_TO monitor_VVI him_PPHO1 ._. 
The_AT republic_NN1 that_CST granted_VVD Prinz_NP1 and_CC his_APPGE family_NN1 refuge_NN1 was_VBDZ considerably_RR east_ND1 of_IO Eden_NP1 ._. 
The_AT skyscrapers_NN2 of_IO Manhattan_NP1 struck_VVD him_PPHO1 and_CC his_APPGE young_JJ wife_NN1 as_CSA too_RG imposing_JJ ,_, far_RR beyond_II human_JJ scale_NN1 ._. 
America_NP1 was_VBDZ philistine_NN1 ._. 
Formed_VVN in_II the_AT cultural_JJ crucible_NN1 of_IO Weimar_NP1 modernism_NN1 ,_, he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ disappointed_JJ even_RR by_II the_AT furniture_NN1 of_IO the_AT homes_NN2 he_PPHS1 visited_VVD ;_; the_AT chairs_NN2 and_CC tables_NN2 were_VBDR pre-Bauhaus_JJ ._. 
On_II the_AT other_JJ hand_NN1 ,_, Rabbi_NNB Stephen_NP1 S._NP1 Wise_NP1 impressed_VVD Prinz_NP1 with_IW his_APPGE sonorous_JJ oratorical_JJ power_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE ardent_JJ Zionism_NN1 ,_, his_APPGE political_JJ astuteness_NN1 ,_, and_CC his_APPGE attentiveness_NN1 to_II refugee_NN1 families_NN2 such_II21 as_II22 his_PPGE ._. 
Wise_NP1 got_VVD Prinz_NP1 the_AT job_NN1 at_II Temple_NP1 B'nai_NP1 Abraham_NP1 when_RRQ he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ so_RG destitute_JJ that_CST the_AT railroad_NN1 fare_NN1 to_II Newark_NP1 had_VHD to_TO be_VBI borrowed_VVN ._. 
But_CCB other_JJ Jews_NN2 whom_PNQO Prinz_NP1 encountered_VVD were_VBDR often_RR uncultivated_JJ ,_, vulgar_JJ ,_, and_CC bigoted_JJ ._. 
They_PPHS2 lacked_VVD curiosity_NN1 about_II the_AT outside_JJ world_NN1 ,_, knew_VVD no_AT Hebrew_NN1 ,_, and_CC lacked_VVD any_DD semblance_NN1 of_IO Bildung_NP1 ._. 
In_II 1939_MC ,_, when_RRQ another_DD1 German_JJ Jewish_JJ refugee_NN1 ,_, the_AT future_JJ historian_NN1 George_NP1 Mosse_NP1 ,_, was_VBDZ about_RPK to_TO flee_VVI Europe_NP1 for_IF the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 ,_, the_AT barber_NN1 in_II a_AT1 French_JJ village_NN1 alerted_VVD him_PPHO1 :_: "_" Vous_FW allez_VV0 chez_II les_FW fous_JJ ._. "_" 
But_CCB according_II21 to_II22 many_DA2 American_JJ Jews_NN2 ,_, it_PPH1 was_VBDZ Prinz_NP1 himself_PPX1 who_PNQS was_VBDZ among_II the_AT crazies_NN2 ,_, with_IW his_APPGE wild_JJ warnings_NN2 of_IO the_AT imminent_JJ danger_NN1 that_CST Hitler_NP1 posed_VVD to_II the_AT Jewish_JJ people_NN ,_, to_II peace_NN1 ,_, and_CC to_II civilization_NN1 itself_PPX1 ._. 
The_AT interventionism_NN1 that_CST Prinz_NP1 promoted_VVD with_IW such_DA urgency_NN1 could_VM gain_VVI little_DA1 traction_NN1 ._. 
It_PPH1 only_RR generated_VVD friction_NN1 within_II the_AT very_JJ community_NN1 that_CST had_VHD given_VVN him_PPHO1 a_AT1 foothold_NN1 ._. 
Even_RR after_II decades_NNT2 of_IO living_VVG in_II New_NP1 Jersey_NP1 ,_, he_PPHS1 and_CC his_APPGE wife_NN1 continued_VVD to_TO speak_VVI German_NN1 to_II one_PPX121 another_PPX122 ;_; and_CC they_PPHS2 summered_VVD in_II Europe_NP1 ._. 
Except_II21 for_II22 that_DD1 episode_NN1 ,_, Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 breaks_VVZ off_RP abruptly_RR at_II the_AT very_JJ end_NN1 of_IO the_AT 1940s_MC2 ,_, with_IW the_AT death_NN1 of_IO Prinz_NP1 's_GE great_JJ mentor_NN1 and_CC friend_NN1 ,_, Stephen_NP1 Wise_NP1 ._. 
It_PPH1 is_VBZ a_AT1 pity_NN1 that_CST the_AT manuscript_NN1 is_VBZ abbreviated_VVN ,_, and_CC only_RR because_CS a_AT1 treatment_NN1 of_IO the_AT Newark_NP1 years_NNT2 beyond_II the_AT seventy_MC pages_NN2 allotted_VVN them_PPHO2 might_VM have_VHI buttressed_VVN claims_NN2 for_IF Prinz_NP1 's_GE salience_NN1 to_II the_AT saga_NN1 of_IO American_JJ Jewry_NP1 ._. 
At_II the_AT point_NN1 where_RRQ Rebellious_JJ Rabbi_NN1 stops_VVZ ,_, American_JJ Jewish_JJ interest_NN1 in_II the_AT nascent_JJ commonwealth_NN1 in_II the_AT Near_JJ East_ND1 was_VBDZ still_RR weak_JJ ,_, and_CC calls_VVZ to_TO memorialize_VVI the_AT Holocaust_NP1 (_( a_AT1 little-used_JJ term_NN1 )_) had_VHD still_RR to_TO gather_VVI momentum_NN1 ._. 
Orthodoxy_NN1 ,_, too_RR ,_, seemed_VVD destined_VVN to_TO vanish_VVI when_RRQ actuarial_JJ tables_NN2 were_VBDR applied_VVN to_II the_AT immigrant_JJ generation_NN1 ;_; and_CC other_JJ forms_NN2 of_IO piety_NN1 and_CC spirituality_NN1 appeared_VVD to_TO be_VBI stillborn_JJ ._. 
In_II the_AT decade_NNT1 that_CST lay_VVD ahead_RL ,_, perhaps_RR the_AT only_JJ American_JJ willing_JJ to_TO wear_VVI a_AT1 skullcap_NN1 on_II television_NN1 was_VBDZ Bishop_NP1 Fulton_NP1 J._NP1 Sheen_NP1 ._. 
The_AT arid_JJ assimilationism_NN1 that_CST was_VBDZ coming_VVG to_TO dominate_VVI Jewish_JJ life_NN1 surely_RR called_VVN for_IF a_AT1 rebuke_NN1 from_II someone_PN1 of_IO Prinz_NP1 's_GE kinetic_JJ aptitude_NN1 for_IF candor_NN1 and_CC for_IF criticism_NN1 ._. 
But_CCB how_RRQ he_PPHS1 confronted_VVD his_APPGE congregation_NN1 and_CC community_NN1 the_AT manuscript_NN1 does_VDZ not_XX record_VVI ._. 
Just_RR over_II the_AT horizon_NN1 were_VBDR imposing_VVG social_JJ problems_NN2 that_CST (_( to_TO quote_VVI Tevye_NN1 in_II Fiddler_NN1 on_II the_AT Roof_NN1 )_) "_" would_VM cross_VVI a_AT1 rabbi_NN1 's_GE eyes_NN2 ;_; "_" and_CC it_PPH1 is_VBZ a_AT1 shame_NN1 to_TO have_VHI no_AT trace_NN1 in_II this_DD1 book_NN1 of_IO Prinz_NP1 's_GE struggle_NN1 to_TO resolve_VVI such_DA dilemmas_NN2 ._. 
