I found this booklet in my late Father - Stanley Maynard's papers. He joined Hendon Synagogue (Raleigh Close) in 1946 and switched to Kingsbury Synagogue in 1948. In 1946 you could contribute just four pence a week and when the time came (ad mea ve'esrim - until a hundred and twenty years) you were entitled … Continue reading United Synagogue Funeral Expenses Scheme, London 1946.
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Jeffrey Maynard is an author and collector of Anglo-Jewish books and antique Judaica.
The New West End Synagogue, London – Simchat Torah Service 1967, and Centenary Thanksgiving Service 1979.
Here are two interesting pieces of ephemera from the New West End Synagogue in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater. In 1967 Simchat Torah was advertised as a choral service, and the Choson Torah and Choson Bereishis (Bridegrooms of the Law - a ceremonial honour) were the Chazan (Cantor) Rev. Raphael Levy and his son, Mr. Elkan … Continue reading The New West End Synagogue, London – Simchat Torah Service 1967, and Centenary Thanksgiving Service 1979.
St. John’s Wood Synagogue, London, Orders of Service 1964 and 1976.
St. John's Wood Synagogue was originally in Abbey Road, NW8. It was the first new synagogue to be created under the new United Synagogue, which was formed by an amalgamation of the City Synagogues in 1870, and was founded in 1876 to serve the Jewish population in Hampstead, Kilburn and St. John's Wood. The building … Continue reading St. John’s Wood Synagogue, London, Orders of Service 1964 and 1976.
The Talmud, Brochoth, by Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, London 1936.
This is an interesting booklet in English by Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, about whom I have written before. It is from the same period as his book "The Jews Among the Nations", which is also in my library. This 32 page book is written in English, at a time of rising anti-semitism in Germany. Most of … Continue reading The Talmud, Brochoth, by Rabbi Joseph Shapotshnick, London 1936.
The Gates of Zion (Quarterly Magazine of the Synagogue Council of the Zionist Federation (UK), October 1949.
This was a quarterly magazine, and in 1949 there is a certain euphoria that the young State of Israel has completed a full year, together with a world survey and an obituary about Paul Goodman, the former Chairman of the Synagogue Council and editor of the Gates of Zion, as well as other articles in … Continue reading The Gates of Zion (Quarterly Magazine of the Synagogue Council of the Zionist Federation (UK), October 1949.
Sefer Lashon Chachomim by Myer Joel Wigoder of Dublin, Ireland, Jerusalem, 1922.
This book is a continuation of Sefer Divrei Chachomim, published by Myer Joel Wigoder in Dublin, Ireland, in 1919. R’ Myer Joel Wigoder was a lay-scholar who published fifteen works on Midrashic and Aggadic topics. He was born in the village of Vigoda, near Vexna, Lithuania in 1855 and had a thorough Yeshiva education. … Continue reading Sefer Lashon Chachomim by Myer Joel Wigoder of Dublin, Ireland, Jerusalem, 1922.
Sefer Divrei Chochomim and Sicha Nea by Myer Joel Wigoder of Dublin, Ireland, Jerusalem, 1919.
R' Myer Joel Wigoder was a lay-scholar who published fifteen works on Midrashic and Aggadic topics. He was born in the village of Vigoda, near Vexna, Lithuania in 1855 and had a thorough Yeshiva education. Upon losing all his possessions in a fire in the town of Laizovo soon after he was married, he emigrated … Continue reading Sefer Divrei Chochomim and Sicha Nea by Myer Joel Wigoder of Dublin, Ireland, Jerusalem, 1919.
Bava Metzia min Talmud Yerushalmi im peyrush Nesivos Yerushalayim by Rabbi Israel Chaim Daiches, London, 1926.
This is a large folio volume of Rabbi Israel Chaim Daiches' commentary on the tractate Bava Metzia of the Jerusalem Talmud. It was printed on good quality paper by Express printers of 89, Commercial Street, London. Bound with it is Rabbi Daiches commentary on the tractate Bava Basra, and at the end two short pieces … Continue reading Bava Metzia min Talmud Yerushalmi im peyrush Nesivos Yerushalayim by Rabbi Israel Chaim Daiches, London, 1926.
The Teachings of Maimonides by Rabbi Abraham Cohen, London 1927.
Reverend Dr. Abraham Cohen was born in Reading, Berkshire, in 1887. He was a notable Anglo-Jewish clergyman, scholar, and communal leader. He was brought up in the East End of London, and educated at the Jews' Free School and the Central Foundation School before going to Jews' College. He went to Cambridge University and later … Continue reading The Teachings of Maimonides by Rabbi Abraham Cohen, London 1927.
History of Our People in Rabbinic Times by Joseph Halpern, London, 1948.
This textbook has everything that you would want in English Judaica. It was written by an important Anglo-Jewish teacher and scholar, it was printed in Whitechapel at the Narod Press, it was published by Shapiro Valentine when they were known as a bookshop, and it was "seen through the press" by Chimen Abramsky, son of … Continue reading History of Our People in Rabbinic Times by Joseph Halpern, London, 1948.
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