Jewish Letchworth

A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience

Yanky Fachler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2023
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80371-032-7 (ISBN)

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Fachler explores a short-lived (1939–1971) Jewish congregation that boasted a communal infrastructure typical of much larger communities. Most of the community returned to London after the war. Letchworth was home to the world-famous private Judaica library assembled by David Sassoon and associated with Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks among others.

Here, Letchworth-born Yanky Fachler explores a short-lived (1939– 1971) provincial Jewish congregation that boasted a communal infrastructure typical of much larger communities. Based during the war years around an estate built by Abba Bornstein, most of the community returned to London after the Second World War. The centre of gravity shifted to what former Talmud Torah headmaster Harry Leitner describes as the ‘ two pyramid houses on Sollershott East – the Sassoon/Feuchtwanger and Fachler homes.’ Letchworth was home to the world-famous private Judaica library assembled by David Sassoon. His son, Rabbi Solomon Sassoon, made sure that Jewish children from across the religious spectrum attended the Talmud Torah educational programme after regular school hours. Several rabbinical luminaries were associated with Letchworth, including the communal rabbi, Asher Feuchtwanger, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, and Rabbi Eliyahu Lapian.Fachler describes a unique community where the orthodox coexisted harmoniously with the non-orthodox, Ashkenazi Jews lived side-by-side with Baghdadi Jews, and wealthy families rubbed shoulders with working class families.

Writer, broadcaster and public speaker Yanky Fachler, MA, was born and raised in Letchworth. He is the founder/chair of the Jewish Historical Society of Ireland, and has delivered history talks around the world. During the 2020- 2022 covid pandemic, Yanky delivered over 200 zoom talks to international audiences.

2.Ebenezer, The Garden City Geezer3.The Bornstein Brotherhood And Cousinhood4.“ Vaccies” - Compulsory And Voluntary Evacuation5.Letchworth At War 6.Letchworth Hebrew Congregation7.Adass Yeshurun Congregation8.VE Day And Jews Starting To Leave Letchworth9.David Sassoon’ s Library10.Rabbi Solomon (Suliman) And Alice Sassoon11.Rabbi Asher (Reb Oosher) And Flora Feuchtwanger12.Brochs, Winegartens And Schischas13.Hallmead And Mullway14.Schooldays In Letchworth15.Families Kirsch, Pollock, Roth, Ward And Vanger16.Noddy And James Bond, Abductions And Ultimatums17.Letchworth Pen Portraits18.Letchworth Talmd Torah And Letchworth Yeshiva19.The Fachlers Of 37 Sollershott East20.The Letchworth Branch Of Cambridge University21.“ No Minyan In Letchworth”

Erscheinungsdatum	07.03.2023
Verlagsort	Ilford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-80371-032-2 / 1803710322
ISBN-13	978-1-80371-032-7 / 9781803710327
Zustand	Neuware