This is a nostalgic book in my Anglo-Judaica collection which also forms a historical record. It was compiled by ‘Green Flag”. This was the pseudonym of F. H. Samuel, a long-time Jewish Chronicle journalist who worked for the Jewish Chronicle for over 50 years. He started as the office boy and ended as a respected … Continue reading The Jewish Travel Guide, London, 1960.
Category: London
The Noda BiYehuda (Rabbi Yechekel Landau) and British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff. Noda BiYehuda II, Sadlikov, 1833.
Rabbi Yechezkel Landau was born in Apta, Poland, in 1713, and died in Prague in 1793. He was a great talmudic scholar, whose responsa (answers to questions) which he called Noda BiYehuda, have great clarity and are mostly accepted today as halachic (Jewish legal) law. The name Noda BiYehuda comes from the beginning of Psalm … Continue reading The Noda BiYehuda (Rabbi Yechekel Landau) and British Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff. Noda BiYehuda II, Sadlikov, 1833.
The Babylonian Talmud, Seder Nezikin, Baba Kamma I, translated into English by Rabbi E. W. Kirzner, Soncino Press, London, 1935. (The 500th post).
This is the rarest of Soncino Press Talmud editions. The first edition of the Soncino Talmud, with translations into English by impeccably orthodox Rabbonim, was published in 1935. 1,000 regular sets were printed. There were also 35 special sets, leather bound, printed on handmade Barcham Green's paper, and individually signed by the editor, Rabbi Isidore … Continue reading The Babylonian Talmud, Seder Nezikin, Baba Kamma I, translated into English by Rabbi E. W. Kirzner, Soncino Press, London, 1935. (The 500th post).
MiYemei Kedem (From Days of Old), Stories and Sayings from Talmud and Midrash by Rabbi Wolf Gottlieb, London 1948.
Rabbi Wolf Gottlieb, who was the Rabbi of Queens Park Synagogue, Glasgow, Scotland and later Head of the Beth Din (Rabbinical Court) of Glasgow was the author of this very fine and useful textbook, written in 1948, when Jewish education in the United Kingdom was being reorganized after the Second World War. Details about him … Continue reading MiYemei Kedem (From Days of Old), Stories and Sayings from Talmud and Midrash by Rabbi Wolf Gottlieb, London 1948.
Order of Service at the Consecration of the West End Great Synagogue and Cultural Centre and Induction of Rabbi Maurice Lew, London, 1964.
This 40 page booklet is the record of an event that took place 60 years ago. The West End Great Synagogue qt 21 Dean Street, Soho was the successor to the West End Talmud Torah and Bikkur Cholim Synagogue, which was at 14 Manette Street, off Charing Cross Road until 1941. It is an independent … Continue reading Order of Service at the Consecration of the West End Great Synagogue and Cultural Centre and Induction of Rabbi Maurice Lew, London, 1964.
The Jacobs Affair – Statement by Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie, May 1964.
Sixty years ago, in 1964, the issue that shook and divided a large segment of Anglo-Jewry and the middle-of-the-road orthodox United Synagogue was known as the Jacobs affair. It pitted the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Israel Brodie, against the young and influential Rabbi and writer, Dr. Louis Jacobs, and it pitted the old, patrician leadership of … Continue reading The Jacobs Affair – Statement by Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie, May 1964.
Sefer Zichron Avraham Hashalem, by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchok Dziubas, Pietrokov / Warsaw, 1924.
I have written before about the author of this book, Rabbi Abram Icyk Dziubas, who was born in Czestochowa in 1885 and died in England in 1947. He was a prolific writer of extraordinary talents. When he was just ten years old, he was already studying Talmud with Toisefos (medieval commentaries on the Talmud) and … Continue reading Sefer Zichron Avraham Hashalem, by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchok Dziubas, Pietrokov / Warsaw, 1924.
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.
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