If you are Rachel Cohen, learning Hebrew at Deal Street School, I have the prize that you won in 1923. This little book with large print was used to teach small children to read Hebrew a hundred years ago. It was compiled and published by the Hebrew bookseller, Jacob Dickson, who had a shop in … Continue reading Limdu Heitev Hachadash – The New Children’s Primer containing elements of Hebrew reading, compiled by Jacob Dickson, abridged by Rev. Izak Goller, London, 1923.
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A Jew Speaks! Izak Goller, Liverpool, 1926
Izak Goller had two careers - he was both a British Rabbi and a poet and artist. He was born in Plungian, Lithuania and brought up in Manchester. He gained a scholarship to the Manchester Central School and then studied in a yeshiva. His first ministerial appointment was at the Kovno synagogue in Manchester, and … Continue reading A Jew Speaks! Izak Goller, Liverpool, 1926
The Passionate Jew and Cobbles of the God-Road. A book of poems written and illustrated by Izak Goller, London 1923.
Recently, Rabbi Meir Salasnik reminded me that Rev. Izak Goller was at one time Minister of Walthamstow and Leyton Synagogue. This is a book of poetry, published in 1923 - his first book - when Izak Goller was at Walthamstow and Leyton. It is a small art book, printed on good quality laid paper with … Continue reading The Passionate Jew and Cobbles of the God-Road. A book of poems written and illustrated by Izak Goller, London 1923.
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