NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 10, 1865

• Congregation Emanu-El of New York
• Samuel Adler - Jewish synagogue
• Reformed Jews during reconstruction era

Pages 2 and 3 contain reports of: "Thanksgiving Sermons" at various New York City houses of worship. Among them is a report from: "The Temple Emanu-El, Twelfth Street, Rev. Dr. Adler's" which takes over half a column.
The front page has nice Reconstruction reports including: "AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH" "State of Public Sentiment in Eastern Georgia "The State Thrown Open to Immigration" "Interesting Interviews with Prominent Southern Men" "The Labor Question In Georgia" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, the first two leaves have a stain & hole mostly at the blank margin, not remotely close to the Judaica content, otherwise good condition. Priced accordingly.

Background: This December 10, 1865, issue of The New York Times holds significant historical and collector value as it captures the immediate post-Civil War climate through the lens of early American Reform Judaism. Covering national Thanksgiving services held on December 7, 1865—the first official post-war Thanksgiving designated by President Andrew Johnson to give thanks for the preservation of the Union and the end of slavery—the extensive half-column report detailing Rev. Dr. Samuel Adler's sermon at Temple Emanu-El offers a rare contemporary glimpse into Jewish discourse on national reconciliation, emancipation, and the transition into the Reconstruction era. Furthermore, documentation of the congregation during its brief tenure at the 12th Street building (1854–1868), prior to its landmark move to 43rd Street, is exceptionally scarce, making original Civil War-era newspaper issues containing detailed Jewish-American institutional coverage highly sought after by historians, Judaica collectors, and archivists alike.