Rabbi Tobias Goodman was a pioneer. He was a Rav in London early in the nineteenth century who was famous for being the first Rabbi to give sermons in English in the synagogue. He was Chazan ("Reader") at the Western Synagogue which was then in Denmark Court. He gave English sermons in Liverpool, and London. … Continue reading Faith of Israel, by Rabbi Tobias Goodman, London 1834.
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Jewish Fairy Stories, by Gerald Friedlander, Minister of the Western Synagogue,(c 1920), London.
This book gives me the opportunity to write about its author, the Reverend Gerald Friedlander, Minister of the Western Synagogue, then in St. Alban's Place, London. He is another of Britain's slightly forgotten Jewish clergy. Gerald Friedlander was born in London on December 2nd, 1871. He was a son of Myer Friedlander, who was a … Continue reading Jewish Fairy Stories, by Gerald Friedlander, Minister of the Western Synagogue,(c 1920), London.
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