Re: Jewish East End of London WWI


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> "Ariadne" <ariadne.mac@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > http://www.olamgadol.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jewishlegion.html
> >
> 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"



--
Henry Goodman
henry dot goodman at virgin dot net

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