The only periodical of its kind for young Jews in Great Britain at the end of the nineteenth century, Young Israel models itself to a degree on other children's magazines of the time. Young Israel was published monthly between 1897 and 1901. My copy is from November 1897 - or so I thought, until I … Continue reading Young Israel, A Magazine for Jewish Youth, London, November (December) 1897.
Tag: Joseph Jacobs
The London Jewry, 1290 – in Jewish Ideals and other essays by Joseph Jacobs, London 1896.
Joseph Jacobs, was born, to a Jewish family, in New South Wales in 1854. His father, a publican, had emigrated from London in about 1837. He was a writer about British folk-lore, and published collections which included and popularized some of the best known British fairy tales. He was also a historian and writer on … Continue reading The London Jewry, 1290 – in Jewish Ideals and other essays by Joseph Jacobs, London 1896.
The Jewish Year Book, London, 1900, edited by Rev. Isidore Harris – Jews who served in British forces in the South African (Boer) War.
By 1900 the Jewish Year Book was in its fifth year of publication, and was packed with useful information about the Jewish community in the British Empire. The original editor, Joseph Jacobs, had gone to the United States to work on the Jewish Encyclopedia. The new editor, Reverend Isidore Harris, was born in London in … Continue reading The Jewish Year Book, London, 1900, edited by Rev. Isidore Harris – Jews who served in British forces in the South African (Boer) War.
The Jewish Year Book 5657, Joseph Jacobs, 1896, London
I have a whole shelf of Jewish Year Books - they are still being issued each year today - but this one is the grand-daddy of them all, the Jewish Year Book for the first year, published in 1896. This was a revolutionary book, full of facts and contact information for the "Queen's Jewry", the … Continue reading The Jewish Year Book 5657, Joseph Jacobs, 1896, London
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