I bought this book from M. Rogosnitzky, the Hebrew Bookseller of Golders Green. It is a large sized book, beautifully printed in London at the Brill Press and bound in the original impressed cloth with gold leaf edges to the pages. I have previously written about another book by Dr. Wigoder, written a little later, … Continue reading Beth Avigdor by Dr. George Wigoder, London (Dublin) 1905.
Sefer Or HaChaim – The Light of Living, by Rabbi B. Zeitlin, London 1886
The problem with this little book was identifying the author, Dov Ber (Or Duberish HaCohen) Zeitlin (pronounced Tzeitlin). M. L. Weiser kindly pointed me in the direction of Ohalei Shem, which is a directory of Rabbi's of the world, compiled in 1912. Rabbi Zeitlin's entry, on page 503 of Ohalei Shem lists him in Paris, France. … Continue reading Sefer Or HaChaim – The Light of Living, by Rabbi B. Zeitlin, London 1886
Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Hospital, 253 Mile End Road, Report 1907, London.
This little booklet is the Annual Report of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Hospital for Sick Poor, Lying-in Women, and asylum for the Aged, founded in 1747, and known as the Beth Holim. The hospital was first established in Leman Street, E1, then in 1790 was transferred to 253 Mile End Road. The modern building, … Continue reading Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Hospital, 253 Mile End Road, Report 1907, London.
Jews College, Eighty First Annual Report, 1937
This is an interesting annual report about the finances, operations and curriculum of a tiny college in 1937 with about 27 students, six teachers and two librarians. Jews College was founded as a Rabbinical Seminary in London in 1855. In 1937 it was housed in Woburn House, Tavistock Square. The Principal, since 1906, had been … Continue reading Jews College, Eighty First Annual Report, 1937
The 100th Blog Post: Sefer Chemdas Yisroel by Rabbi Meir Dan Plotsky, Piotrkov, 1924
This book is in my Anglo-Judaica library partly because of its prenumeranten (subscription list) which shows that its printing was financed by pre-subscriptions from Jews of Belgium, England and the United States. Unfortunately my copy is printed on very poor quality paper which cracks and crumbles. It cannot be scanned, but the photographs are sufficient … Continue reading The 100th Blog Post: Sefer Chemdas Yisroel by Rabbi Meir Dan Plotsky, Piotrkov, 1924
Der Fonograf – A Yiddish Weekly Family Paper – Science, Literature and Humour, London 1909
I have a number of issues of der Fonograf, which describes itself as a Yiddish Weekly Family Paper for Science, Literature and Humor. Published every Friday by the Jewish Press Ltd. at 40 Osborn Street, London. My copies are from 1909, and it seems to have been published from about 1908 at least until 1914. This … Continue reading Der Fonograf – A Yiddish Weekly Family Paper – Science, Literature and Humour, London 1909
Sefer Degel Menashe, by Menashe Lieberman, London 1944
This book was written by Menashe Lieberman and printed by Israel Narodiczky in Whitechapel, London, in 1944. My first question - which I throw open to all my kind friends who have commented on this website - is, who was Menashe Lieberman? In spite of some research, I have not been able to find out … Continue reading Sefer Degel Menashe, by Menashe Lieberman, London 1944
Vallentine’s Anglo-Jewish Almanac and Diary 1927 (5688), with London advertisements and complete list of Mohelim.
This is Vallentine's Almanac for 1927 - the 90th year of publication. Apart from a diary and times for Shabbos etc, I have scanned the ads, many of which are for kosher eating establishments in the old Jewish East End of London. It was edited by Rev. Morris Rosenbaum of the Borough Synagogue, and printed … Continue reading Vallentine’s Anglo-Jewish Almanac and Diary 1927 (5688), with London advertisements and complete list of Mohelim.
Ohr Chadash, Rabbi Joseph Kohn-Zedek, London 1881.
Rabbi Joseph Kohn-Zedek was a rabbinical scholar and preacher who was born in Lemberg in 1827 and died in London in 1903. He had studied with the chief Rabbi of Lemberg, Joseph Saul Nathansohn, and attended also the yeshiva of Joseph Yekeles, rabbi of Yavorov. While at Lemberg he produced a number of Hebrew poems of … Continue reading Ohr Chadash, Rabbi Joseph Kohn-Zedek, London 1881.
HaOlam, London 1934 – Chaim Nachman Bialik dies on July 4th (21st Tamuz).
Readers in the United States probably think of July 4th as Independence Day. However, it is also the date that Chaim Nachman Bialik died, in Vienna in 1934, as evidenced by my bound volume of HaOlam, the magazine of the World Zionist Organization. (I apologise for the lower quality of some of the photographs - … Continue reading HaOlam, London 1934 – Chaim Nachman Bialik dies on July 4th (21st Tamuz).
Jewish Miscellanies 