My copy of this significant book touches on various aspects of Anglo-Jewish history, including Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Birmingham, London, Swansea and other places. The author of the book, which includes sermons preached in Birmingham and at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London, was Abraham Pereira Mendes. There is also an interesting provenance, as my copy was … Continue reading Sermons by Abraham P. Mendes, London, 1855.
Category: Swansea
The Oral Law and Other Sermons, by Rabbi Moses Hyamson, London, 1910.
Moses Hyamson was born in 1862 in Suwalki, in Russian Poland. He was brought to England in 1864 by his parents. His father, Rabbi Nathan Haimsohn or Nathan Hyamson was a schoolmaster in the 1871 census, living at 15 Wentworth Street. He studied with his father and Dayan Jacob Reinowitz, and at Jews' College, London. … Continue reading The Oral Law and Other Sermons, by Rabbi Moses Hyamson, London, 1910.
Jewish National Fund for Great Britain & Ireland, 29th Annual Conference Report, London, 5713 (1953).
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).
Jewish National Fund for Great Britain & Ireland, Report 5699, London 1939.
This report, covering the year ended 30th September 1939, provides a picture of the JNF at the beginning of the Second World War. There is great concern over the Jews of Poland, a community of three and a half million Jews. Where can they go? Only in Palestine can they find a home. The Jewish … Continue reading Jewish National Fund for Great Britain & Ireland, Report 5699, London 1939.
The Jewish Year Book, London, 1907, edited by Rev. Isidore Harris – Provincial Communities
By 1907 the Jewish Year Book was in its twelfth year of publication, and was packed with useful information about the Jewish community in the British Empire. The editor, Reverend Isidore Harris, was born in London in 1853, and educated at Jews College and University College, London. He was appointed Minister of the West London … Continue reading The Jewish Year Book, London, 1907, edited by Rev. Isidore Harris – Provincial Communities
The Jewish Year Book, London, 1940 – The Jews of Wales.
The 1940 Jewish Year Book was the first to separate Wales from the rest of "The Provinces". The information was compiled in 1939, and so this listing gives a picture of the Jews of Wales on the eve of the Second World War. Newport has been included here, although it is listed in England in … Continue reading The Jewish Year Book, London, 1940 – The Jews of Wales.
Anglo-Jewish Association Branch Members from the Provinces from the 1879-80 Year Book.
I previously wrote about my copy of the Ninth Annual Report of the Anglo Jewish Association for 1879-80. Please click on the link to see this book. For scans of the membership lists if the British Empire Branches, including Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Gibraltar etc., please click on this link. These are scans of the … Continue reading Anglo-Jewish Association Branch Members from the Provinces from the 1879-80 Year Book.
Sefer Tehilim – The Hebrew Psalter or Psalms of David, George Offor, London 1820
This 200 year-old book is an example of Hebrew printing in London by a non-Jewish publisher and printer. It was edited and published by George Offor, a writer, book dealer and collector and scholar of Hebrew and other languages. George Offor was born in 1787, the Baptist son of a book dealer, also called George … Continue reading Sefer Tehilim – The Hebrew Psalter or Psalms of David, George Offor, London 1820
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