Re: Jewish East End of London WWI


"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Henry Goodman" <henry.goodman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> "Ariadne" <ariadne.mac@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >> > http://www.olamgadol.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jewishlegion.html
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> >> I noticed that the Jewish soldiers are serving in "Palestine"!
> >>
> >> Moshe Schorr
> >> It is a tremendous Mitzvah to always be happy! - Reb Nachman of
> > Breslov
> >> The home and family are the center of Judaism, *not* the
> >> synagogue.
> >> Disclaimer: Nothing here necessarily reflects the opinion of
> >> Hebrew
> > University
> >
> > That's what it was called (at least in the UK) before the
> > declaration
> > of the medina in 1948.
> > We always had appeals in shul on Kol Nidre night for the "Joint
> > Palestine Appeal". In fact, it was some years after 1948 before it
> > got
> > changed to the "Joint Israel appeal"
> >
> Similarly, while my coin collection is mostly American, it includes
> a 1939 Palestine 100 Mills coin which has writing in English, Hebrew
> and Arabic -- something we wouldn't have seen on Arab coinage.
>
> Eliyahu

Presumably issued by the British mandatory authorities.

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