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Stanley M. Wagner
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'''Stanley M. Wagner''' (1932 – February 23, 2013) was an American rabbi, academic, and community leader.
== Early life and education ==
Stanley M. Wagner was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended [[Yeshiva University]] where he was ordained in 1956.<ref name=":0">|last=Jospe|first=Raphael|date=2007|website=Encyclopedia.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> He earned a doctorate in Jewish history and five other post-graduate degrees from Yeshiva.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" />
== 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).<ref name=":0" /> He lead the [[Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph]] (1972–97) congregation and was the only rabbi chaplain of the [[Colorado Senate]] (1980–98).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He founded the [[Mizel Museum]] in 1982 and served as the director until 2000.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life ==
Wagner had two daughters.<ref name=":1" /> In 1991, Wagner married psychologist and lawyer [[Renee Rabinowitz]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Through this marriage, he gained three stepchildren. Wagner died on February 23, 2013 in Jerusalem. He was survived by his wife, children, 13 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.<ref name=":1" />
== References ==
== Early life and education ==
Stanley M. Wagner was born in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended [[Yeshiva University]] where he was ordained in 1956.<ref name=":0">|last=Jospe|first=Raphael|date=2007|website=Encyclopedia.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-16}}</ref> He earned a doctorate in Jewish history and five other post-graduate degrees from Yeshiva.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> 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."<ref name=":0" />
== 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).<ref name=":0" /> He lead the [[Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol-Beth Joseph]] (1972–97) congregation and was the only rabbi chaplain of the [[Colorado Senate]] (1980–98).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He founded the [[Mizel Museum]] in 1982 and served as the director until 2000.<ref name=":0" />
== Personal life ==
Wagner had two daughters.<ref name=":1" /> In 1991, Wagner married psychologist and lawyer [[Renee Rabinowitz]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Through this marriage, he gained three stepchildren. Wagner died on February 23, 2013 in Jerusalem. He was survived by his wife, children, 13 grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.<ref name=":1" />
== References ==
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