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  1. Archives of the West London Synagogue of British Jews

    The archive is composed of correspondence and synagogue papers, 1841-1942, with the principal run of general correspondence files starting in 1863. For the period 1911-23 the files have been sorted alphabetically as well as annually. Earlier correspondence relates to synagogue matters including the prayer books, appeals, the organ, arrears of subscriptions, etc. There are files of applications for membership or seats, copies of the treasurer's reports and financial statements, a lease of synagogue property and papers relating to the appointment of ministers.

  2. Papers of Avigdor Schonfeld

    General correspondence, c.1890s-1965; correspondence and papers relating to the Jewish Secondary Schools Movement, 1929-44. Notebooks and other papers. Travel documentation, correspondence from Hungary and an autograph book. Adath Yisrael Hebrew class register, c.1923/4-25/6.

  3. Papers of the Maccabeans

    Rules and regulations and lists of members, 1893-1927, 1948, 1955 and 1964; list of names and addresses of members, 1934; membership ledger, 1900 and 1902 and two subscription ledgers, 1904-33, one with dates of elections, details of distribution of Meldola medals to public bodies, 1922, and a list of Meldola medallists, 1923-33. Four dinner books, 1903-39, tickets for admission to dinners, 1958-63 and menu cards for dinners, 1955- 62. Treasurers' papers, 1891-1939; accounts and receipts, 1923, and treasurers' correspondence, 1929-39. Volume of newspaper cuttings relating to debates, dinner...

  4. Papers relating to small Jewish communities and genealogical material

    Gentleman's magazine The papers include notes, newspaper cuttings, copies of local Jewish newspapers, correspondence, genealogies, relating to Jews in Cork, Bristol, Plymouth, Cheltenham and a provincial index to the list of Jewish bankrupts in the ; correspondence and papers on the De Castro family; papers relating to Joseph Cortissos; letter from Sir Paul Butler to the secretary of the Board of Deputies concerning an ancestor, Charles Nathaniel Levien and his family, 18 September 1951; correspondence, notes and papers on the families of D'Aguilar, Setton and Samuel; genealogies of Joseph ...

  5. Papers of the Hon. P.E.H. Samuel

    Personalia and literary works, including the typescript of a novel, `Time is come around: a tale of Hong Kong's centenary', late 1940s, and Philip Samuel's recollections, 1987 (4 files) Business correspondence and papers relating to the Association of Jewish Youth, Bayswater Jewish Schools, the Inter-University Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, the Joint British Committee for the Reconstruction of East European Jewry (ORT-OZE), and the Union of Jewish Literary Societies, 1922-38 (13 files) Letters to his mother, 1909 41 (32 files); letters to his father, 1917 45 (16 files); letters f...

  6. Archives of Jewish Care

    Darkest Russia: a record of persecution Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Jewish Poor: minutes of the Board, 1869-1971; minutes of the executive committee, 1869-1977; minutes of the sanitary committee, subsequently the health committee, 1885-1922; minutes of ad hoc committees, 1869-1941, principally connected with emigration and the administration of relief; minutes of the finance committee, 1931-74; board letter books, 1881-1945; conjoint Russo-Jewish committee, formed 1891, on the exhaustion of the Mansion House fund for the victims of Russian persecution: (periodical), 1891, and p...

  7. Papers of Cyril Wernick

    Jewish Chronicle Prayers for evening service, in Hebrew, written on official receipt forms from Singapore criminal prison; invitation to the dedication service of Synagogue Jacob, Changi Gaol, 26 Aug 1944; photographs of Cyril Wernick, his wife and Wernick's father; letter to Wernick's mother on his death; photographs of temporary and permanent tombstones of Wernick in Kasimode Jewish Cemetery, Madras. Two articles from the about Jewish prisoners of war in Japanese camps, 1945 and 1948.

  8. Copies of papers relating to Rabbi Chaim Zundel Maccoby

    Copies of letters, 1885-1957, from Lithuania, Russia and Paris; correspondents include Isaac Rabinowitz, Jacob Laustein, J.Goldberg, H.E.Luxemburg, J.Arlowitz, Dr H.Adler, the Hambro Synagogue and the Mountain Breeze House, Mount Freedom, New Jersey; other papers, including a certificate permitting the Kamenitzer Maggid to teach Jewish religious subjects, 1884, receipts, telegrams, a naturalisation certificate, together with extracts from newspapers and magazines with information on the Kamenitzer Maggid.

  9. Petition against fascism and anti-Semitism

    Pro-forma printed petition against fascism and anti-Semitism, 1936.

  10. Copy of a list of Jews in Denmark complied by the German authorities during World War II

    Microfilm copy of `Judenakten im Dnischen Reicharchiv Copenhagen'.

  11. Papers of R. Ainsztein

    Correspondence, working papers and notes for his publications; papers on Western economic sanctions against Russia, the destruction of Polish Jewry, the Warsaw Uprising; press cuttings (UK, Russian and Polish press), including material on Israel and the Yom Kippur War: 1959-78

  12. Papers of P.Goldberg

    Treasury of prayer Papers relating to the United Synagogue and Chief Rabbinate: List of the United Synagogue archive by Cecil Roth, 1930; Act of Parliament, 14 Jul 1870; Acts of Parliament, 1880, 1926 and 1954; 2 deeds of foundation and trust, 13 Jan 1871; annual reports, 1923-40 [not complete]; account of joint celebration, 1931; notes on synagogue membership, 1936; 2 copies of the United Synagogue newsletter, 1941; laws and bye-laws of the Burial Society, 1955. Notes of day to day decisions by Sir R.Waley-Cohen, 1945-6; notes of general meetings, 1945; notes on staff and salaries, 1931-45...

  13. Archives of the Council of Christians and Jews

    Executive committee minute books, 1941-78; correspondence files for the executive committee, annual general meetings, the Standing Conference of Local Councils of the Council of Christians and Jews, local associations of the Council of Christians and Jews, as well as subject files, with papers on Aid to Christian Lebanon, 1976-80; the Association of Nazi Camp Survivors, 1960-7; a meeting with the Dalai Lama in 1973; and Rainbow Group material for 1978-80. Minute books for the board of management of the Christian Council of Refugees, 1940-51, and the minutes of the Christian Council of Refug...

  14. Copies of papers relating to the Jewish community in Liverpool

    The papers contain: copy of part of a letter from [Samuel Nathan ?], Durham, addressed to Kate, 26 Dec 1841, with typescript transcript of the whole letter; typescript article `Liverpool Jewry in the eighteenth century'; copies of maps of Liverpool, 1765, 1785 and 1803; copy of a letter from M.Greenberg, Cape Colony, addressed to Walter, describing his experiences in South Africa, 14 Apr 1898; copy of an account [by M.Greenberg ?] of his journey to and experiences in South Africa, 1895-6; copy of a biography, 1943, and two obituaries, 1950, of Moss Greenberg.

  15. Papers of Chief Rabbi J.H.Hertz

    Personal papers, c.1904-70, including early letters from Hertz's children, Hertz's marriage certificate, British naturalisation papers and other private papers, correspondence of Rose Hertz and other family members, private papers and correspondence of Daniel Hertz, letters of congratulation and condolence, and family photographs. Correspondence relating to Hertz's appointment as rabbi of Adath Yeshuran, Syracuse, and rabbi of the Orach Chaim Congregation, New York, 1893-1913. Private papers and correspondence, 1913-46: correspondents include King George V and the royal family, Herbert Mert...

  16. Papers of Dr B.Homa

    Papers of Dr Bernard Homa including: (i) Papers relating to the Board of Deputies: constitution, as amended in 1945, together with the constitution as amended April 1949 with the report of the special meeting of the Board. Report of the committee on the constitution and bye-laws, Dec 1948. (ii) Correspondence and papers relating to Jewish marriages, 1935-51 (iii) Papers relating to the Jewish War Services Committee and Jewish Committee for H.M. Forces, 1947 (iv) Assorted correspondence, c.1884-1954, including letters from Rabbi A.A.Werner, 1901 and 1903; a letter from the Chief Rabbi's Reli...

  17. Papers of the Institute of Jewish Affairs

    The records of the Institute of Jewish Affairs have been divided into five main sections, as MSS 237-41, maintaining the subject arrangement that the Institute used for its documentation collections. The records of the London office and British section of the World Jewish Congress are distributed in several places in this arrangement. The archive contains: MS 237: information from the press and other sources MS 238: minute books, together with correspondence files of the London office of the World Jewish Congress, largely for 1933-53, but principally 1942-53 MS 239: correspondence files of ...

  18. Papers of Samuel Krauss

    Correspondence, 1891-1948, including correspondence with publishers and booksellers, 1892-1936, and correspondence about student theses; diaries, 1941-7; letters of condolence on Krauss' death, obituaries, seventieth and eightieth birthday papers, family papers and photographs, notes and greetings. Manuscripts and typescripts of works by Krauss, including material on Talmudic archaeology and history, the synagogues of Bratislava, Jewish liturgy up to the close of the Mishnah, Christian legislation on the synagogues and material, not all by Krauss, relating to the Jews and Byzantium.

  19. Papers of Cecil Roth

    A bird's-eye view of Jewish history Correspondence, c.1927-69, with letters between third parties, including A.M.Hyamson to Lord Cohen of Walmer, 1952, Wickham Steed to Neville Laski, 1934, and Hilary Jenkinson to Richard Barnett, 1955. Notes and working papers, including notes on Jews of and at Oxford, notes on statesmen of 16th century Turkey and the social history of the Jews in Europe, copies or transcripts of documents, photographs and other papers; genealogies of the Mendes Dacosta, Jurnet and Salaman families, the Liebman, Woolf and Solomon of Penzance and the Jacobs families. Lectur...

  20. Papers of Selig Brodetsky

    Papers and correspondence, relating to Brodetsky's early scholastic achievements, personal material and the Board of Deputies and Zionist matters, 1900-53, together with newspaper cuttings from 1916 onwards. Papers for 1939-53, when Brodetsky was President of the Board of Deputies, include correspondence with Chief Rabbi Hertz and Ivan Greenberg.