American Biographical Library The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women Volume I Daughters of America; or Women of the Century Kohler, Rose Educational Work page 254 KOHLER, ROSE, sculptor and painter, daughter of the Reverend Kaufman and Johanna (Einhorn) Kohler, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1873. Her father, the son of Moritz and Babette Kohler, was born in Fürth, Bavaria, May 10, 1843, and received the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Erlangen in 1867. In 1869 he was called to Beth E1 Congregation, Detroit, Michigan; became rabbi of the Sinai Congregation, Chicago, in 1871; and from 1879 to 1903 was Minister of Temple Beth El, New York. Since 1903 he has been President of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been a leader in Reformed Judaism and a writer of many books and articles on Judaism, ethics, and Biblical criticism, as well as Editor of the Departments of Theology and Philosophy of the Jewish Encyclopaedia. In 1870 he married Johanna, daughter of the Reverend Doctor David Einhorn, born in 1848. Doctor Einhorn came from Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1854, and was thereafter a rabbi in Philadelphia and New York. Click to view full context ------------------------------------------------------------------------ American Biographical Library The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women Volume I Daughters of America; or Women of the Century White, Eliza Matilda Chandler Educational Work page 255 Miss Kohler was educated in public and private schools in New York and at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where she has been actively interested in artistic, philanthropic, and educational matters. She was at one time Historian of the Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati, is a member of the Art Committee of the Woman's City Club of Cincinnati, and has been Chairman of the National Committee on Religious Schools of the Council of Jewish Women. Miss Kohler has painted portraits of Mr. L. Rothenberg, Doctor Kohler, Mrs. Kohler, and others, and has executed bas-relief portraits of Doctor Solomon Schechter (1918), and Doctor Kohler (1919). In 1919 she also modelled a pair of book-ends entitled The Talmudic Scholar. One of her most notable sculptures is the bas-relief medallion (1920), The Synagogue, a symbolic [p.255] treatment of the idea expressed in the phrase: "My house shall be called a House of Prayer for all people." This sentence is inscribed upon an arch over the dominating central figure of the Synagogue, allegorically presented as a young woman, crowned and with sceptre, and holding the Scroll of the Law in each hand. At the left of the medallion is a group which represents the Congregation. An old man, his head covered and his shoulders wrapped in the praying shawl, announces the new era on the ram's horn. Before him are children with books who symbolize Instruction. To the right is a group expressive of Worship. Behind the youth in an attitude of prayer stands a pulpit on which is the Seven-Branched Candlestick, the symbol of Light. In the background is a priest with hands raised in benediction and a cantor chanting from a scroll. The whole is strong and well-balanced and the countenances of the figures show faith and trust in the future. In addition to the Woman's Art Club and the Woman's City Club, Miss Kohler is a member of the Three Arts Club and the Crafters of Cincinnati. Leslie