Re: Jewish East End of London WWI
- From: moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:20:49 +0000 (UTC)
"Henry Goodman" <henry.goodman@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> <moshes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> "Ariadne" <ariadne.mac@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > http://www.olamgadol.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jewishlegion.html
>> >
>> I noticed that the Jewish soldiers are serving in "Palestine"!
>
> That's what it was called (at least in the UK) before the
> declaration of the medina in 1948.
That was exactly my point. That the so-called "Palestinians" of today
stole _our_ name.
> 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"
I'm too young to remember pre-Medina appeals but I do know that all
the "old" generation called it 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.
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