I've previously written about the Jewish National Fund's report for 1939. This one, from 1953 gives an amazingly detailed picture of the spread and activity of the Jewish National Fund throughout Great Britain and Ireland in 1953. The entire Zionist and general Jewish community in the United Kingdom and Eire was involved in fund raising … Continue reading Jewish National Fund for Great Britain & Ireland, 29th Annual Conference Report, London, 5713 (1953).
Month: September 2023
Chaim Nachman Bialik, Poems from the Hebrew, edited by L. V. Snowman with an introduction by Vladimir Jabotinsky, London 1924.
This interesting book of English translations of the great Hebrew Poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik was published in London in 1924. Chaim Nachman Bialik was born in Radi, in the Russian Empire in 1873. He wrote mainly in Hebrew and also in Yiddish, and is regarded as Israel's national poet. He was brought up in Zhytomyr … Continue reading Chaim Nachman Bialik, Poems from the Hebrew, edited by L. V. Snowman with an introduction by Vladimir Jabotinsky, London 1924.
The Jews Amongst the Nations, Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, London 1934.
This is an interesting booklet in English by Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, about whom I have written before. It is written in English, in defence of the Talmud, at a time of rising anti-semitism in Germany. Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, the self-titled Chief Rabbi of the Rabbinical Association was often controversial. He was like Marmite – you … Continue reading The Jews Amongst the Nations, Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, London 1934.
Maarchei Adom by Rabbi Abraham Dov Moshe Monusson, Seini, Romania, 1929.
When this book was published, Rabbi Monusson was Rav (Rabbi) of Grimsby, a port in Lincolnshire, England. I have previously written about his son-in-law, Rabbi Julius Gould of Leeds and his book, Geulas Yisroel. Rabbi Monusson's story is somewhat tragic. He was born in Vilna, about 1868. He was educated at Yeshivos (Rabbinical schools) in … Continue reading Maarchei Adom by Rabbi Abraham Dov Moshe Monusson, Seini, Romania, 1929.
The Origins of Glasgow Jewry 1812-1895 by Abraham Levy, Glasgow, 1949.
This is a useful book, a predecessor to more modern histories of Scottish Jewry. It was printed for subscribers in 1949. As well as useful information on the early Jews in Glasgow, and on the first synagogues and burial grounds, it contains information on the founding of Garnethill Synagogue in 1879.
Whittinghame Farm School Ltd., First Annual Report, 1940.
This is an important document which describes the period after November 1938, when there was a great effort by some to bring the maximum amount of Jewish refugee children from Europe to the United Kingdom, known as the kindertransport. Whittinghame House, in Lothian, Scotland, was the birthplace and country home of Lord Balfour, the former … Continue reading Whittinghame Farm School Ltd., First Annual Report, 1940.
Koheles Shlomo by Rabbi Shlomo Stencl, Peterkov, 1932.
This book contains the writings of Rabbi Shlomo Stencl, who was the elder brother of Avrum Nochum Stencl. A. N. Stencel was the writer and poet, who arrived in London in about 1936 and published and edited the monthly Yiddish magazine Loshen un Lebn for about 40 years. His book London Lyrics was published in … Continue reading Koheles Shlomo by Rabbi Shlomo Stencl, Peterkov, 1932.
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