These are the Orders of Service for the celebrations of Israel Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) in London. London's Great Synagogue in Dukes Place, in the City, had been destroyed in 1940 in the Blitz (bombing). So now, the community had to find a new central synagogue for major communal services. In 1955 it was the … Continue reading Israel Independence Day, London, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1968, St John’s Wood, New West End and Marble Arch Synagogues.
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Order of Service for Israel Independence Day, edited by Moses Friedlander, published for Armin Krausz by Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London 1964
This book copies the traditional style of the blue 20th Century Adler Machzorim (Holiday Prayer Books), and has a similar binding. It is interesting because it combines prayers and celebration of Yom HaAtzmaut with some British flavours. My copy was owned, and is stamped by Rabbi Aaron Ben Zion Shurin. He was a native … Continue reading Order of Service for Israel Independence Day, edited by Moses Friedlander, published for Armin Krausz by Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd., London 1964
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