The Jacobs Affair – Statement by Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie, May 1964.

Sixty years ago, in 1964, the issue that shook and divided a large segment of Anglo-Jewry and  the middle-of-the-road orthodox United Synagogue was known as the Jacobs affair.  It pitted the Chief Rabbi, Dr. Israel Brodie, against the young and influential Rabbi and writer, Dr. Louis Jacobs, and it pitted the old, patrician leadership of … Continue reading The Jacobs Affair – Statement by Chief Rabbi Dr. Israel Brodie, May 1964.

St. John’s Wood Synagogue, London, Orders of Service 1964 and 1976.

St. John's Wood Synagogue was originally in Abbey Road, NW8.  It was the first new synagogue to be created under the new United Synagogue, which was formed by an amalgamation of the City Synagogues in 1870, and was founded in 1876 to serve the Jewish population in Hampstead, Kilburn and St. John's Wood. The building … Continue reading St. John’s Wood Synagogue, London, Orders of Service 1964 and 1976.