I bought this many years ago from a book dealer in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York. I don't know how it ended up there, as its provenance (as we shall see) is Hertfordshire, England. My copy also has a map. often missing from other copies, which is of interest, as well as a nicely engraved … Continue reading The Historie of the Holy Warre, Second edition, Thomas Fuller, London, 1640.
Second Report of the Joint Emergency Committee for Jewish Religious Education in Great Britain, London, 1942.
Currently, when children flee from bombing in wartime, they are called refugees. In Great Britain, at the start of the Second World War, they were called evacuees. Between 1939 and 1945, there was a great effort by the Anglo-Jewish establishment to provide Jewish religious education for both children evacuated from big cities, and also refugee … Continue reading Second Report of the Joint Emergency Committee for Jewish Religious Education in Great Britain, London, 1942.
Hendon Synagogue Magazine, Hendon, London, October 1959.
Old Shul (Synagogue) magazines and publications are a bit scarce - people do not keep them. Hendon Synagogue was founded in the late 1920s, and had its first building at 128 Brent Street from 1928 to 1935. The current building was opened in 1935 in Raleigh Close, Hendon, and is now known as Hendon United … Continue reading Hendon Synagogue Magazine, Hendon, London, October 1959.
The Gates of Zion (Quarterly Magazine of the Synagogue Council of the Zionist Federation (UK), January 1951.
This was a quarterly magazine, and the first three short articles reproduced below are interesting reading. The editorial, "Accursed Germany" demonstrates the raw depth of feeling about the German murderers in January 1951. There is a good article by the Rev. J. K. Goldbloom about Rabbi Jehuda Hai Alkalai. I have a copy of his … Continue reading The Gates of Zion (Quarterly Magazine of the Synagogue Council of the Zionist Federation (UK), January 1951.
Talmud Torah Ivrit Be-Ivrit, 61 Redman’s Road, Stepney. 1901-1951, Fifty Years of Its Existence, London, 1951.
This is the Golden Jubilee book of the Redman's Road, Talmud Torah, known as the Talmud Torah Ivrit B'Ivrit, founded in 1901. It includes a history of the institution and is full of names, information and some photographs. One of the first items that I included when I started to write about my collection was … Continue reading Talmud Torah Ivrit Be-Ivrit, 61 Redman’s Road, Stepney. 1901-1951, Fifty Years of Its Existence, London, 1951.
Moishe Rabbeinu – Moses, by Morris Myer, (Yiddish), London 1943.
Following his previous book in 1942 on the Baal Shem Tov, Morris Myer wrote and published this book - Moses, Liberator, Leader, Law-giver and his fight for life, in 1943. Perhaps, in his title he also had the wartime leader, Winston Churchill in mind, and he included Winston Churchill writing about Moses, scanned below. More … Continue reading Moishe Rabbeinu – Moses, by Morris Myer, (Yiddish), London 1943.
Fourth Report of the Home and Hospital for Jewish Incurables, London, for the year ending December 31st 1893.
This 72 page booklet is a remarkable document of Jewish History. It provides a window into late Victorian social history. A description of a charitable institution, complete with a medical report and a listing of the applications for residence, with their diseases, since the opening of the Home. Then there is a long subscription list … Continue reading Fourth Report of the Home and Hospital for Jewish Incurables, London, for the year ending December 31st 1893.
Talmud: Moed Katan, Frankfurt Am Main, 1720.
This is not the Anglo-Judaica that I usually write about, but a book from my antique Judaica collection. It is a copy of a small tractate (massechet in Hebrew) of the Talmud, called Moed Katan (Little Festival), and was printed in Frankfurt Am Main in 1720. It deals with the laws that pertain to the … Continue reading Talmud: Moed Katan, Frankfurt Am Main, 1720.
Jewish Year Book 1917, Provincial Synagogues and Institutions, A-D.
This is the 1917 edition of the Jewish Year Book, which was published by the Jewish Chronicle and produced under difficult wartime conditions as a paperback with thinner paper. However, it is absolutely packed with information – a printed snapshot of the Anglo-Jewish community in 1917. I was asked if I could provide a scan … Continue reading Jewish Year Book 1917, Provincial Synagogues and Institutions, A-D.
Dentistik (Dentistry), by Morris Katz (Pinchas Moshe Kac), London 1943. (In Yiddish)
This book was on my 'want list' for years and years, and suddenly one of my favourite book dealers, Israel Mizrachi, had a copy for sale - and here it is! In English, it is titled 'Dentistry - An essay with quotations from the Talmud and practical directions for all. It was written during the … Continue reading Dentistik (Dentistry), by Morris Katz (Pinchas Moshe Kac), London 1943. (In Yiddish)
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