Henry Shaw was born in Notting Hill in London in 1911. His younger brother was Rabbi Kopul Rosen. Their parents surname was Rozrazowsky, and Henry changed his last name to Shaw during the Second World War when he was an army officer. He was the United Synagogue's Social Welfare Youth Officer from 1946 to 1949, … Continue reading Henry Shaw, Hillel Director, 1961 (Press Photograph)
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Moral Instruction by Hai Gaon, by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz, Oxford, 1922
This is a book that has been copied and translated from manuscripts held in the British Museum by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz. Rabbi Hai Gaon was the last of the Geonim of Pumbeditha. With him the era of the Geonim came to an end. The Geonim were the brilliant Talmudic scholars who headed the great Yeshivos … Continue reading Moral Instruction by Hai Gaon, by Rabbi Hermann Gollancz, Oxford, 1922
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