THE LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH JEWS (FOUNDED GENERALLY IN KNOWN 1760) AS THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1930 Q. 2 VERULAM BUILDINGS GRAY'S INN LONDON, W.C.I 1931 ״, » ״ « » » ״ ® ״ * י 3 g o /**•mar 3 FORM I bequeath OF BEQUEST. to the L O N D O N COMMITTEE OF OF THE BRITISH JEWS {generally of Deputies of British Jews) free of duty, to be applied said Board and time being of discharge for the the the same. as the Board the sum of £ to the general receipt said known DEPUTIES1 of Board the shall purposes Treasurer be a of the for the sufficient CONTENTS. Alphabetical List of Deputies ... 5 List of Congregations and Institutions on the Board Committees represented ... ... ... ••• 18 ... 24 Annual Report—Introduction ... 28 Law, Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee ... 33 Palestine Committee ... ... ... ... ... 37 Shechita Committee ... ... ... ... ... 40 Aliens Committee ... ... ... ... ... 42 Education Committee ... ... ... ... ... 44 Press Committee ... ... ... ... ... 45 Foreign Appeals Committee ... ... ... ... 45 Finance Committee ... ... ... ... 46 ... ••• ••• ••• 47 ... Joint Foreign Committee Appendix.—Correspondence with the Home Secretary on Aliens Questions Accounts ... ... ... ... ... Secretaries for Marriages .... ... ... ... ... 58 ••• ••• 67 ... ... 74 £>fftcere of ffle (foarb. President : O. E. D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, Vice-Presidents Rt. Hon. Lord Major I. D.L., J.P. : ROTHSCHILD, SALMON, C . B . E . , F.R.S. D.L., M . P . Treasurer : B. S. STRAUS, J.P. Solicitor : CHARLES H. L. EMANUEL, M.A. Secretary : J. M. RICH, Assistant B. A. ZAIMAN, M.A., All Communications THE M.A., LL.B. Secretary : F.S.S., I.C.S. (retd.j. should be addressed to SECRETARY, 2, Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn, W . C . I Telephone: Chancery 7895. Telegraphic Address: Deputies, Holb., London. Cables: Deputies, London. 5 THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF DEPUTIES. Revised to March 24th, 1931. Showing attendances during 1930. No. of ordinary meetings held, 10. (The date of a Deputy's first election to the Board is not necessarily the date of his election for the Constituency he now represents.) First Elected to the Board 1928. 1928. No. of Attendances Aarons, Isidore (United Synagogue), 40, Dartmouth Road, N.W.2. 2 Abrahams, A. E. (West Ham & District), 25, Shaftesbury Avenue, 0 W.l. 1913. Abrahams, Isidor (Elected Oct., 1930) (Sheffield Central), 9, 2 Avenue Road, N.W.8. 1928. Abrahams, Councillor Isidore (Grimsby), " B e n Rhydding," Park 0 Drive, Grimsby. 1922. Adler, E. N., M.A. (Anglo-Jewish Association), 20, Porchester 8 Square, W.2. 1929. Agdeshman, Revd. Philip (Sons of Britchan), 9, Bromhead 6 Street, E.l. 1919. Altman, J. (South Hackney), 3, Cleve Road, W. Hampstead, 3 N.W.6. 1928. Angel, Joseph (Dublin United), 9, Briardale Gardens, Hampstead, 6 N.W.3. 1922. Angel, Mark (Aberdare and Aberaman), 68, Teignmouth Road, 4 Cricklewood, N.W.2. 1928. Anzarut, J. E. (Withington, Spanish & Portuguese), 116, Palatine 0 Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. 1936. Aron, Wellesly (Cambridge), (Elected; Oct., 1930), 30, Canfield 1 Gardens, N.W.6. 1921 Avigdor-Goldsmid, O. E.d', D.L., J.P. (Anglo-Jewish Associa- 9 tion), 47, Hans Place, S.W.I. 6 First Elected to the Board No. of Attendances 1922. 1919. Barnett, D. (Tottenham), 163, Stamford Hill, N.16. Barrow-Sicree, R. (Manchester, New Kahal Chassidim), " Oakfield," Oak Road, Withington, Manchester. 1925. Barst, Dr. M. L. (Princelet St.) 16, Wilkes St., Spitalfields, E . l . 1912. Belisha, Albert I. (West London), 32, Davies Street, W . L 1916. Benas, Bertram B. B., B.A., LL.B. (Liverpool Great(Nusach Sfard)), Bristowe Chambers, 8, Harrington St., Liverpool, and 8, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.2. 1927. Benjamin, I. H. (Llanelly), 4, College Square, Llanelly. 1916. Bernhardt, H. (Borough), Criterion Buildings, Piccadilly Circus, W.L 1922. Binderman, S. (Order " Achei Brith ״and " Shield of Abraham "), 149, High St., Shoreditch, E.L 1928. Birley, Harry (Wallasey), 21, Radnor Drive, Wallasey, Cheshire. 1928. Blank, L. (Manchester, South), Hollybank, Parsonage Road, Withington, Manchester. 1926. Bloom, F. H. (Middlesbrough), 3, Cornfield Road, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. 1928. Blumenthal, R. (Glasgow, South Portland St.), lc, King Street, St. James's, S.W.I. 1928. Bolchover, Jonas (Manchester, South), 34, Ashwood Avenue, W. Didsbury, Manchester. 1925. Bolloten, J. (Manchester Hightown), 18, Hatton Garden, E.C.I. 1925. Bolsom, Councillor S. (Manchester United), " Lyndhurst," Rosecroft Avenue, Hampstead, N.W.3. 1929. Braverman, J. (Order " Achei Ameth "), 97, Forburg Road, N.16. 1922. Burns, Philip (Wolverhampton), 12, Shoot-up-Hill, N.W.3. 1926. Burton, Montague, J.P. (Harrogate), 64, Kent Road, Harrogate. 1919. Cash, M. (Order " Achei Brith " and " Shield of Abraham "), 64, Stoke Newington Road, N.16. 1926. Chapman, Grahame (Victoria and Chelsea), 69, Egerton Gardens, S.W.3. 1923. Claff, A. (Manchester, Kahal Chassidim), " Lynton," Golders Green Road, N . W . l l . 1913. Claff, S. (Manchester Chai Adam), " Heathroyd," 24b, Alexandra Road, Southport. 1928. Class, Abraham (Great Garden St.), 80, Chapel St., Islington, N . l . 1928. Cohen, Alex J. (Manchester, Lower Broughton), 15, Fawley Road, N.W.6. ' < 1913. Cohen, Col. Chas. Waky-, C.M.G. (Central), 51, Campden Hill Road, W.8. 1928. Cohen, Fred S. (Falkirk), 5, Darville Road, Stoke Newington, N.16. 1928. Cohen, Henry M. (Whitley and District), 198, Willesden Lane, Brondesbury, N.W. 2 1 9 0 0 2 10 3 8 3 2 8 1 7 6 4 4 0 4 1 6 2 5 6 3 6 7 7 First Elected to the Board 1925. 1927. 1922. 1929. 1928. 1929. 1925. 1919. 1919. 1925. 1930. 1928. 1931. 1928. 1928. 1928. 1929. 1913. 1922. 1916. 1916. 1922. 1922. 1926. 1916. 1927. No. of Attendahces, Cohen, Joseph (Newcastle, Jesmond), 27, Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W. Cohen, Leonard I. (Hoxton and Shored itch), 66, Fountayne Road, N.16. Cohen, Lionel L. (United Synagogue), 184, Goldhurst Terrace, N.W.6. Cohen, Lionel L., K.C. (Barrow-in-Furness), 13, Old Square, Lincolns Inn, W.C.2. Cohen, Louis (Manchester, New), 23, Smedley Lane, Manchester Cohen, M. J. (Tredegar), 45, Colchester Avenue, Cardiff. Cohen, Percy (Association of Jewish Friendly Societies), 71, Leith Mansions, Elgin Avenue, W.9. Cohen, R. (Stockton), Lynwood, Richmond Rd., Stockton-on-Tees. Cohen, Reuben (New, Stamford Hill), 88, Castlewood Road, Stamford Hill, N.16. Cohen, S., (North-West London), 46, Foscote Road, Hendon, N.W.4. Cohen, Sam (Cardiff, New), 10, Dumfries Place, Cardiff. Cohen, Samuel (New Road), 9, St. Cuthberts Road, N.W. Cohen, Sidney (Hove), (Elected Feb., 1931), Lansdowne Place, Hove. Cohen, Solomon (Sunderland Beth Hamedrash), 13, Claremont Terrace, Sunderland. Cohen, S. T. (Hampstead), 86, Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, N.W. Collett, John (Finsbury Park), 1, Goodyers Gardens, Brent Green, Hendon. Corman, Solomon (Grand Order " Sons of J a c o b " ) , 15, D i g g o n Street, E . l . Daiches, Rabbi Dr. Samuel, M.A. (Leeds Beth Hamedrash), " Eben-Haezar," 25, Cavendish Road, Brondesbury, N.W.6. Davis, Councillor Morris H., L.C.C. (Federation of Synagogues), Belmont Hall, Great Alie Street, E . l . Davis, Moss (Auckland), 30, Norfolk Street, Park Lane, W . l . de Haas, S. E. (Canterbury, N.Z.), 61, Blenheim Gardens, Cricklewood, N.W.2. Delgado, Gershom (London, Spanish and Portuguese), 28, Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W.8. Deyong, Lewis (Philpot St. Great), 16, Woodchurch Rd., N.W.6. Diamond, A. S., M.A., LL.M. (West London), 55, Armitage Road, N.W.ll. Doffman, Hyman (Northampton), Avon House, Kingsley Road, Northampton. Edelshain, Leon (Aberdeen), Paris House, 270, Regent Street, W . l . 8 4 8 3 0 0 6 0 6 4 3 6 0 5 1 5 9 8 0 9 2 2 6 8 First Elected to the Board 1925. 1928. 1922. 1919. 1913. 1922: 1#28. 1913. 1919. 1911. 1921. 1925. 1919. 1913. 1928. 1928. 1910. 1922. 1925. 1917. 1928. 1899. No of Attendances. Eichholz, Mrs. (Union of Jewish Women), 26, North End House, Fitzjames Avenue, W.14. Elkes, J. H. (Belfast), 154, Minories, E.C.3. Epstein, Dr., M- (United Synagogue), 14, Brondesbury Park, N.W. 6. 8 2 2 Feldman, Dr. Israel (Great), 7, Arkwright Rd., Hampstead, N.W. 6 Fersht, B. A. (Darlington), 7, Canterbury Mansions, Lymington 6 Road, N.W.6. Fidler, M. (Manchester Holy Law), 1, Wellington St. East, Bury 0 New Road, Manchester. Filer, Hyman (Portsmouth and Southsea), 8, St. James , s Road, 2 Southsea. Finburgh, Alec (Leicester), 74, St. John's Wood Court, St. John's 4 Wood Road, N.W.8. Finburgh, David (Bayswater), 6, Northwick House, St. John's 3 Wood Road, N.W.8. Finburgh, Councillor S., J.P. (Manchester, North), " Lyndhurst," 3Upper Park Road, Broughton Park, Manchester. Finestone, A. (Chester), " Herzl," 95, Leicester Road, Higher 2 Broughton, Manchester. Finklestone, H., LL.B. (Manchester, Higher Broughton), 15, 2 Cooper Street, Manchester. Fisher, N. (Stepney Orthodox), 19, Redman's Road, E . l . 0 Florentin, M. I. (Withington, Spanish and Portuguese), 130, Barlow 0־ Moor Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. Fox, E. (Manchester United), Boness, Middleton Road, Manchester. I Fraenkel, Dr. H. L. (Central Hackney), 47, Whitechapel Road, E.L 3 Franklin, E. L., J.P. (United Synagogue), 50, Porchester Terrace 0 W.2. Franklin, Mrs. F. S. (Anglo-Jewish Association), 44, Lancaster 4 Gate, W.2. Franks, Benn (Hull Western), 18, Park Avenue, Hull. 1 Fredman, Capt. Israel (Exeter), 4, Lancaster Gate Terrace, W.2. 4 Freedman, Dr. A. (Soho Beth Hasepher), 1, Priory Mansions, 3 Priory Park Road, N.W.6. Freedman, Joseph (Chatham), 248-250, Tottenham Court Road, 7 W.l. 1930. 1928. 1929. 1928. Freedman, Sampson S. (Brondesbury), (Elected May, 1930), 61, St. Gabriel's Road, Cricklewood, N.W.2. Freeman, J. (Sandys Row), 7, Brushfield Street, Bishopsgate, E. 1 Gabrielsen, David (Liverpool, Old), 3, Windermere Terrace, Prince's Park, Liverpool. Galinsky, D. (Margate), The Homestead, 135, The Common, Clapton, E.5. 4 9 1 1 First Elected to the Board 1925. 1926. 1928. 1925. 1926. 1919. 1925. 1917. 1928. 1929. 1925. 1919. No. o f Attend״ suaces. Gaventa, Harry (Philpot St. Sphardish), 27, Osbaldeston Road, 3 N.16. ־ Gavurin, A. (Central Hackney), 27, Stoke Newington Road, N.16. 2 Geneen, Robert (Edinburgh), 34, Hollycroft Avenue, N.W.3. 5 Genese, Alderman John, J.P. (London, Spanish and Portuguese), 7 31, Amhurst Road, Hackney, E.8. Gien, H. L. (Central Hackney), 155, Osbaldeston Road, N.16. 6 Gittlesohn, Herman (Merthyr), Garth Villa, Merthyr. 0 Glassman, Abraham (Jubilee St. Gt., London), 119, Cazenove Road, 0 N.16. Globe, B. T. (Liverpool, Central), 32, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool. 0 Gluckstein, L. H. (Liberal Jewish), 39, Elm Tree Road, N.W.8. 4 Gluckstein, S. (Brisbane), 43, Avenue Road, N.W.8. 3 . Goldenberg, S. (Soho Beth Hasepher), 46, Oxford Gardens, W.10. 10 Goldman, Ezekiel (Grand Order of Israel), 434, Commercial Road, 4 • •E.l. -• 1922. Goldman, Isadore (St. John's Wood), 17, Burgess Hill, Finchley 7 Road, N.W. 1924. Goldstein, H. (Gt. Synagogue, Grove St., Liverpool), 81, Durning 1 Road, Liverpool. 1928. Goldstein, Morris (Adath Yisroel), 175a, Highbury New Park, 9 י N.5. .... 1922. Goldstine, A. (Spitalfields Great), 230, Whitechapel Road, E . l . 3 1930., Gollancz, Ernest M., M.B.E. (Reading), (Elected Nov., 1930), 28, Q Finsbury Square, E.C.2. 1928. Gompertz, Ernest (South Shields), 43, Vespasian Avenue, South 1 Shields. 1928. Goodenday, J. (Gt. Synagogue, Grove Street, Liverpool), 6, Avenue 5 Road, N.W.8. 1927. Goodman, Rev. H. (Hornsey and Wood Green), 57, Crouch Hall 2 Road, Crouch End, N.8. 1928. Goodman, H. A. (Adath Yisroel), 27, Lordship Park, N.16. 8 1930. Green, Aubrey (Newcastle United), 75, Exeter Road, Brondes- 0 bury, N.W.2. 1929. Greenfield, Harold (Sidney Street), 5, Bow Road, E.3. 10 1913. Greenman, M. (Liverpool, Kirkdale), 119, Ullet Road, Sefton Park, 1 Liverpool. 1930.. Gross, Lewis (Lodzer), " Wynchfield," 134, Stamford Hill, N.16. 3 1923. Grossman, J. P. (Or4er Shield of David), 107, Jerninghani Road, 3 New Cross, S.E.14. 1922. Guedalla, Philip (Sunderland Hebrew), 5, Hyde Park St., W.2. I 1901. 1913. 1928. Haldin, H. H., K.C. (West London), 17, Montagu Square, W . l . Hamwee, Joseph A. (Manchester, Spanish and Portuguese), 15, Spath Road, West Didsbury, Manchester. Harris," Henry Hv, LL.B. (Philpot St. Sphardish), 126, Bethune Road, N.16. 5 1 10 First Elected to the Board ״ , N®• Attend*®ט0״ 1922. 1929. 1926. 1925. 1929. Harris, Sam (Jubilee St. Gt., London), 213, Whitechapel Rd., E.l. Hart, Charles (York), 11, Carr Lane, Acomb, York. Hassefl, Louis (Birmingham, New), 47, City Road, Birmingham. Hayman, John (Bournemouth), East Cliff Court, Bournemouth Henriques, Cyril Q., M.Inst.C.E. (Nairobi), 4, Campden Hill Square, W.8. 1927. Henriques, Frank Q. (Manchester, Congregation of British Jews), The Heath, Vine Street, Kersal, Manchester. , 1919. Henriques, Lt.-Col. R. Q. (West London), 22, Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W.8. 1928. Hermann, Victor (Brixton), 43, Palace Road, Streatham Hill, S.W. 1925. Herwald, T. B. (Agudath Ahim), 25, Stamford Hill, N.16. 1928. Homa, Dr. B. (Spitalfields Great), 20, Dalston Lane, E.8. 1928. Hore-Belisha, Leslie, M.P. (London, Spanish and Portuguese), 43, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W.I. 1930. Horowitz, J. (Manchester, Austrian), 16, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 1928. Horowitz, P., B.Sc. (Roumanian, London), 130, Walm Lane, Willesden, N.W.2. 1924. Howitt, Councillor Arthur, J.P. (Richmond Associate), Lichfield House, Richmond. 1925. Hurst, A. H. (Edinburgh Hebrew), c/0 Messrs. Strauss & Co., Holland House, Bury Street, E.C.3. 1922. Hydleman, L. J. (Ealing and Acton), 10, Birch Grove, Acton, W.8. 1916. 1930. 1928. 1922. 1922. 1922. 1901. 1925. 1929. 1928. 1913. 1922. 1928. 0 0 1 3 8 0 3 3 10 7 0 1 5 7 1 Isaacs, Ellis, M.B.E. (Glasgow South Portland St.), 68, Albert Road, Crosshill, Glasgow. Isaacs, F. L. (Ilford & Valentine's Park), (Elected Aug., 1930), 20, Armitage Road, N.W.ll. Isaacs, M. Hyman (Leeds Old), 8, Pembridge Place, W.2. Isaacs, W. F. (Independent Order Bnei Brith), 53, Heathland Road, Stoke Newington, N.16. Jackson, E. L. (Cork), 34-6, High Holborn, E.C.I. Jacobs, A. J. (Bristol), " Bristowe," 10, Brondesbury Park, N.W.6. Jacobs, Bertram, LL.B. (Newport, Mon), 11, Cleveland Sq., W.2. Jacobs, Gaskell, E. (South-East London), 15, Park Square, East, Regents Park, N.W.I. Jacobs, Harry (Hull New Hebrew), 750, Beverley High Road, Hull. Jacobs, Alderman I. (Hampstead), 66, Shoot-up-Hill, N.W.2. Jacobs, I. L. (Birmingham Hebrew), 22, Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Jacobs, Joseph (Norwich), 165, Chatsworth Road, N.W.2. Jacobs, Dr. Laurence (Dundee), 3b, Maida Vale Mansions, Maida Vale, W.9. 1 5 5 0 3 2 0 2 11 F I R S T XT Elected to he Board C Attendances 1889 ״Jacobs, Maurice, M.A. (Brighton and Hove), 37, Sussex Square, 6 Brighton. 1914. Jacobs, Sydney (South-West London), 258, Lavender Hill, S . W . l l . 7 1930. Janner, Mrs. Barnett (Tonypandy), 41, Brampton Grove, 1 Hendon, N.W.4. 1925. Janner, B., B.A. (Cardiff Hebrew), 41, Brampton Grove, Hendon, 7 N.W. 1918. Jochelman, Dr. D. (Woolwich and Plumstead), 22, Mapesbury 0 Road, N.W.2. 1925. Jones, Geo. (Upton Park), 103, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E.7. 5 1928. Jung, Julius (Mile End, New Town), 64, Leman Street, E . l . & 1929. 1925. 1917. 1928. 1928. 1925. 1923. 1925. 1929. 1926. 1927. 1923. 1928. 1928. 1919. 1927. 1910, 1912. 1919. 1915. Karmel, David, B.A. (Liverpool, Nusach Haari), 8, Harrington Street, Liverpool. Katz, F. (Nelson Street Sphardish), 62, Kyverdale Road, N.16. Katz, Robert (New Road), 23, The Pryors East, Heath Road, N.W. Kempner, M. P. (Golders Green), 793, Finchley Road, Golders Green, N.W.I. Kershaw, Aid. A., J.P. (Association of Jewish Friendly Societies), 25, Bisterne Avenue, E.17. Kestenbaum, I. (Adath Yisroel), " Sans Souci," 6, Wildwood Road, N . W . l l . Kingsley, L. (Walford Road), 54, The Avenue, Brondesbury, N.W.6. Kissenisky, M. (Glasgow, Langside), 122, Darnley Road, Glasgow, S . l . Klausner, D. H. (Mile End and Bow District), 469, Mile End Road, E . l . Koller, H. (Shepherds Bush), 18, King Edward's Gardens, Acton, W.3. Kramer, Louis (Agudath Ahim), 28, Wentworth Street, E.l. Krichefski, A. M. (Great Alie St.), 42, Heriot Road, Hendon, N.W.4. Kutner, Israel (Grand Order of Israel), 3, Applegarth Road, W. Kensington, W.14. Lachofsky, Mark (Great Alie St.), 9, Elsworthy Road, Primrose Hill, N.W. Landau, I. (United Synagogue), 1, Carysfort Road, N.16. Landman, S. (North ,Leeds, Great), 22, Laurence Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, E.C.4. Laski, Nathan, J.P. (Manchester, Great), Smedley Lane, ManChester. , Laski, Neville J., K.C. (Fulham and Kensington), 5, Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.4. Lazarus, Nathan (New Road), 65, Cazenove Road, N.16. Lesser, Ernest (United Synagogue), 13, Holland Villas Road, W.14. 1 0 7 0 6 3 4 1 0 6 0 5 8 2 9 4 5 5 8 8 12 F I R S T Elected to the Board 1928. 1929. 1928. 1898. 1925. 1921. 1929. 1919. 1919. 1930. 1925. 1920. 1922. 1925. 1918. 1919. 1919. 1922. 1926. 1928. 1919. 1917. 1923. 1928. 1904. 1925. XT F Levay-Lawrence, A. (Congregation of Jacob),- 260, Finchlev Road, N.W.3. Lever, J. N. (Blackburn), 107, Leicester Road, Higher Broughton, Manchester. Lever, Leslie M., LL.B. (Manchester, Rydal Mount), " Springfield," Northumberland Street, Higher Broughton, Manchester.. Leviansky, W. T. (United Synagogue), 86, Basinghall St., E.C.2. Levinson, Bertram A., M.A., LL.B. (Liberal Jewish Synagogue), 199, Piccadilly, W . l . Levy, Arnold (West Hartlepool), 4, Clarence Gate Gardens, Regents Park, N.W.I. Levy, Harry (Manchester, Holy Law), 507, Rochdale Road, Manchester. Levy, Joseph (Hammersmith and West Kensington), 93, King Street, Hammersmith, W.6. Levy, Michael (Association of Jewish Friendly Societies), 15, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, W.C.I. Levy, Lewis, B.Sc. (Walthamstow and Leyton) 37, Warren Road, E.10. Lewis, Keith (Nelson Street Sphardish), " Newlands," 63, Brampton Grove, Hendon, N.W. Libbish, B., B.A., A.S.P. (Leeds, Wilner). 33, Princes Court, Park Lane, Wembley. Lichtenstein, E. (Manchester, Higher Broughton), 2, Mayfield Rd., Kersal, Manchester. Lieberman, Reuben, LL.B. (Brighton and Hove), 22, Colbourne Road, Hove. Lipson, E., M.A. (Oxford), New College, Oxford. Lissack, J. M. (Unifed Synagogue), 115A, Melrose Avenue, Crickle*wood, N.W.2. , Liverman, M. Gordon, J.P. (Dublin United), 13, Coverdale Road, N.W.2. Lowy, Lionel (Anglo-Jewish Association), Austin Friars House, E.C.2. Lyons, S. H. (Leeds, New Hebrew), Lidgett Street, Street Lane, Leeds. 7 No of Attend • an«s Magen, Councillor A. E. (Federation of Synagogues), 92, Commercial Road, E.l. Magnus, Laurie (West London), 34, Cambridge Square, W.2. Marks, Simon (Birkenhead), 35, Frognal Lane, Hampstead, N.W. Marx, Hubert M. (Western), 129, West End Lane, N.W. Max, George (Croydon), 31, Oakfield Road, Croydon. Meller, J., O.B.E. (Anglo-Jewish Association), 73, Dartmouth Road, N.W.2. Mendoza, Abraham J. (London, Spanish and Portuguese), Dutton House, New Street, Houndsditch, E . l . 0 4 4 5 1 1 1 4 6 1 2 1 7 0 7 9 2 1 9 5 2 5 צ 6 6 13 FirSt Elected Board 1928. 1928. 1930. 1929. 1929. 1902. 1922. 1925. 1925. 1921. 1901. 1923. 1928. 1929. 1919. XT״ ances Michaels, M. (N. E. London), 80, Filey Avenue, Stamford Hill, N.16. Miller, H. M. (Belfast), 32, Howard Street, Belfast. Miller, Woolfe (Hull, Central), 25, Marlborough Avenue, Hull. Millett, D. (Manchester, Warsaw), 132, Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, N.W. Millett, M.• (Derby), " Thornleigh," Regent Road, Leicester. Mocatta, Edward L. (Spanish and Portuguese), 122, Gloucester Terrace, W.2. Montefiore, Leonard G., O.B.E. (Anglo-Jewish Association), 37, Weymouth Street, W . l . Morris, L. (Notting Hill), 23, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.I. Morris, Max (Liverpool Hope Place), " Highfield," Greenbank Drive, Sefton Park, Liverpool. Mosely, Maurice E. (Sydney Great), Bois Villa, Chesham Bois. Moses, Samuel, M.A. (United Synagogue), 6, Basing Hill, Golders Green, N . W . l l . Moss, A. (Manchester, New Roumanian), 140, Great Clowes Street, Manchester. Moss, Elias (Grand Order of Israel), 19, Anson Road, N.W.2. Mowshowitch, Dr. D. (Leyton and Walthamstow New Federation), 4a, The Vale, Golders Green, N . W . l l . Myer, Morris (Cannon St. Rd.), 325, Whitechapel Rd., E.l. 1930. Namier, L. B. (Surbiton and Kingston), 77, Great Russell Street, W.C.I. 1928. Nathan, Major C. H. (Bradford Hebrew), 14, Lansdowne Crescent, Holland Park, W . l l . 1925. Nathan, Major H. L. (Dunfermline), 1, Finsbury Square, E.C.2. 1922. Newman, Arthur, P.C. (Dublin Hebrew), Balholm, Shrewsbury Road, Dublin. 1928. Newman, J. (Sheffield Hebrew), ״Kersal Mount," Manchester Road, Sheffield. 1916. Newman, S., M.A., B.Sc. (New, Stamford Hill), 55, The Avenue, Brondesbury Park, N.W.6. 1922. Nisse, G. H. (Coventry), 157, Walm Lane, N.W.2. 1928. Norman, Henry (Willesden Green and Cricklewood), 173, Fordwych Road, N.W.2. 1929. 1928. 1928. Ogus, A. (Order Shield of David), 119, Sandringham Road, Dalston, E.8. Ososki, Henry (Eastbourne), 49, Bridge Lane, Golders Green, N.W.ll. Ostrofsky, Hyman J. (Grand Order Sons of Jacob), 23, Osborn St., E . l . £ - 4 1 0 5 8 7 2 1 3 4 8 3 6 8 1 3 3 0 1 7 5 7 4 2 7 ״f 14 ! , frst Elected to the Board 1922. 1922. 1925. 1929. 1928. 1904. -T r N°v°f Attendances • Pearl, M. (Manchester Telzer and Kovno), 175, Cheetham Hill 1 Road, Manchester. Pearlman, Councillor Benno (Hull, Old), " Eastholme," Prince's 1 Avenue, Hull. Peck, Capel (Brynmawr), 345, Upper Richmond Rd., East Sheen, 5 S.W.14. Phillips, H. J., M.B.E., M.A. (Glasgow, Garnethill), 233, Ford- 9 wych Road, Cricklewood, N.W.2. Presman, H. I. (Shaas, London), 16, White Lion Street, E.l. 6 Prince, Sir Alexr. W., K.B.E. (Dover), Claridge's Hotel, Brook 0׳ Street, W . l . , 1919. Quint, Lewis (Dalston Beth Hamedrash), 130, Amhurst Road, E.8. 7 1928. 1922. Rafer, A. (Jubilee St. Gt., London), 127, Upper Clapton Road, E.5. Raperport, Bernard (Cannon St. Rd.), 89., Caniield Gardens, N.W.6. Rau, Fred. (Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations), 15, Hollycroft Avenue, N.W.3. Ripka, Dr. J. H. (Canning Town), 175, Barking ,Road, E.16. Rivlin, J. E. (Cardiff, Hebrew), Tydfill, 23, Romilly Rd., Cardiff. Romain, Artom A. (London, Spanish and Portuguese), 25, Brondesbury Park, N.W.2. Rose, A. H. (Southport), 13, Argyle Road, Southport, Lanes. Roseman, Myer (Plymouth), 13, Thornhill Road, Mannamead, Plymouth. Rosenstein, M. J. (Spitalfields, Great), 155, Sandringham Road, E.8. Ross, Cyril H. (Greenfield Street), 94, Frognal, N.W.3. Rossdale, James (New West End), 38, Porcbester Terrace, W.2. Rothband, Sir Henry L., Bart. (Manchester, Great), The Hollies, Higher Broughton, Manchester. Rothschild, Rt. Hon. Lord, F.R.S. (׳Manchester, Great), Tring. Rothschild, Charles (Finsbbry Park), 12, Henry Road, N.4. Rowson, S., M.Sc., F.S.S. (Manchester Central), 1, Fawley Road, Hampstead, N.W.6. Rubens, Charles, M.A., LL.M. (Becontree and District (Associate)) 10, Grove End Road, N.W.8. Rubin, Mark (Bolton), Dunwood House, Withington, Manchester. Rubinstein, Samuel (Swansea), 247, Willesden Lane, Cricklewood, N.W.2. 2 4 1929. 1930. 1919. 1928. 1928. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1915. 1899. 1890. 1929. 1925. 1929. 1913. 1922. 1925. 1928. Sacov, B. (Spital Square Poltava), 46, Forburg Road, Clapton, N.16. Salem, Isaac (Manchester, Shaare Sedek), 30, Belfield Road, Didsbury, Manchester. 5 1 1 5 0 2 6 2 0 5 4 3 7 1 0 3 I 15 Elected to the Board 1912. N0 • Attendances. Salmon, Major I., C.B.E., D.L., M.P. (United Synagogue), 51, Mount Street, W.l. 1928. Samuels, H., M.A. (Preston), 8, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, W.C.2. 1925. Sandelson, D. I. (Leeds, Old), 3a, Wetherly Road, Leeds. 1923. Sandler, A. M., J.P. (Manchester, Bishop St.), Osborne House, The Avenue, Kersal, Manchester. 1919. Sayers, Philip, J.P. (Beth Jacob Synagogue and Lambeth Talmud Torah), " Montrose," Sneyd Road, Cricklewood, N.W.2. 1925. Schalit, L. (Soho Beth Hasepher), 28, Arkwright Road, N.W. 1913. Schiff, Ernst H., M.B.E, (Southend and Westcliff), 10 and 11, Austin Friars, E.C.2. 1925. Schiff, M. (United Synagogue), 122, Amhurst Road, E.8. 1919. Schildkraut, H. S. (Order " Achei Brith " and " Shield of Abraham "), 60, Blenheim Gardens, Cricklewood, N.W.2. 1919. Schutz^ Victor (Poplar Associate), 43, Poppleton Road, Leytonstone, E . l l . 1928. Science, Nathan (North Shields), Creswell House, Cleveland Road, North Shields 1930. Sebba, Sam (Leeds, Talmudical) (Elected Dec., 1930), 66, Queen Elizabeth's Walk, N.16. 1925. Segalov, Abraham (Great Garden St.), 115, Clapton Common, E.5. 1925. Segalov, Lewis (Great Garden St.), 50, Clapton Common, N.16. 1922. Shaffer, M. (Manchester, New), Spring Bank, Moor Lane, Kersal, Manchester. 1928. Shankleman, M. (Soho Beth Hasepher), 90, Berwick Street, W. 1930. Shepherd, Isaac (Pontypridd), Carmel, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff. 1928. Sherman, Harold (Newcastle United), Homeland, 316, Finchley Road, Hampstead, N.W.8. 1919. Shockett, Isaac M. (Shaas, London), 18, Gore Road, E.9. 1929. Silkin, Lewis, L.C.C. (Glory of Israel and Sons of Klatsk), Arden House, College Road, Dulwich, S.E.21. 1925. Silverberg, E. A. (Nottingham), 8, Seely Road, Nottingham. 1928. Simons, B. (Bethnal Green, Great), 9, Portland Avenue, Stamford Hill, N.16. 1928. Simpson, Councillor Simeon (Southampton), " Kiora," 88, Fitzjohn's Avenue, N.W.3. 1922. Sions, Joseph I. (Llandudno), Swinton House, London, W.C.I. 1925. Sklan, S. E. (Spitalfields, Great), Lakefield, Woodberry Down, N.4. 1928. Sklar, I. (Congregation of Jacob), 47, Jubilee St., Stepney, E.L 1928. Snowman, Emanuel (Aberavon and Port Talbot), 16, Lymington Road. West End l a n e , N.W.6. 1919. Snowman, H. (Soho Beth Hasepher), 71, Brondesbury Road, N.W. 1926. Sobell, S. F. (Grove St. Great, London), 24, Menelik Road, Minster Road, Hampstead, N.W.3. \928. Solomons, Edwin, M.A. (Dublin Hebrew), 7, Bewley's Chambers, Fleet Street, Dublin. 9 8 0 0 $ 1 5 5 6 9 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 2 0 0 3 7 6 4 0 2 4 1 16 First Elected to the Board No. of Attend ances. 1926. Sorsby, Dr. M., M.D., F.R.C.S. (Leeds, Chapeltown Hebrew), 107, Brondesbury Park, N.W.2. 1928. Spanjer, Sidney (Dalston), 58, St. Kilda's Road, N.16. 1919. Spielman, Lady (Union of Jewish Women), 29, Cambridge Sq., W.2. 1930. Spiro, Bernard (Manchester United), 200, Walm Lane, Cncklewood, N.W.2. 1930. Spiro, J. (Liverpool, Shaw Street) (Elected Nov., 1930), 16, Newsham Drive, Liverpool. 1922. Stein, Leonard (Anglo-Jewish Association), 31, Pembridge Square, W.2. 1927. Steinhart, S. H., J.P. (Manchester Talmud Torah), ״Sandycroft," Bury New Road, Kersal, Manchester. 1928. Stinnerman, Lewis (Nelson Street Sphardish), 254, Commercial Road, E . l . 1904. Straus, B. S., J.P. (East London), 8E, Hyde Park Mansions, N.W.I. 1927. Sumberg, Colman (Stoke-on-Trent), Stanfield House, Waterloo Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. 1924. Sunderland, Harry (Manchester, Higher Crumpsall), 2, Fort Road, Prestwich, Manchester. 1929. Swaythling, Rt. Hon. Lord (" Musmea Yeshua " Synagogue, Rangoon), 114, Old Broad Street, E.C.2. 7 1916. Taylor, Councillor Sam (Blackpool United), 16, Stanley Road, Broughton Park, Manchester. Teff, S., B.A. (New, Stamford Hill), 130, Stamford Hill, N.16. Tibber, G. J. (N.E. London Beth Hamedrash), 80, Chatsworth Road, Willesden, N.W. 6. Tuck, Gustave (Stoke Newington), 33, Upper Hamilton Terrace, N.W.8. Tuck, Sir Reginald W., Bart. (North London), Alton Lodge, Roehampton. 2 1907. Ullmann, Joseph (Western), 6e, Bickenhall Mansions, N.W.I. 2 1928. Waldman, Councillor, M. E. (Order Achei Ameth), 73, Victoria . Park Road, E.8. Walters, N. B. (Stockport), " Eskdale," 84, Christchurch Avenue, Brondesbury Park, N.W.6. Wartski, A. M. (Durban), 58, Canfield Gardens, N.W.6.' Wartski, Isidore (Bangor), Derwen Deg, Bangor. Webber, Geo. J., LL.B. (South Broughton, Manchester), 3, St. James's Square, Manchester. 4 1922. 1927. 1895. 1928. 1925. 1895. 1919. 1928. 7 8 1 I 2 0 2 9 1 2 0 8 2 4 0 5 8 1 1 17 First Elected to the Board 1919. 1925. 1928. 1922. 1928. 1909. No of Attendances Weinstein, I. H. (East Ham, Manor Park and Ilford), 26, St. Margarets Road, Wanstead Park, Essex. Weitzman, D., B.A. (United Synagogue), 3, Paper Buildings, Temple, E.C.4. Williams, W. N. (Spital Square Poltava), 1, Spencer Mansions, Gt. Ormond Street, W. Wimborne, J. (West Ham and District), 174, Sherrard Road, Forest Gate, E.7. Wix, A. (Hambro), 38, Brondesbury Park, N.W.6. • 1 Zeitlyn, Elsley (Cape Town), 4, Kidderpore Gardens, Hampstead, N.W.3. 9 צ 8 5 0 18 LIST OF CONGREGATIONS & INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD. Corrected to March 24th, 1931. LONDON SYNAGOGUES. ADATH YISROEL—Morris Goldstein, H. A. Goodman, I. Kestenbaum. AGUDATH AHIM—T. B. Herwald, Louis Kramer. BAYSWATER—David Finburgh. BECONTREE AND DISTRICT (ASSOCIATE)—Charles Rubens, M.A., LL.M. BETH HASEPHER AND FEDERATION SYNAGOGUE OF SOHO—Dr. A. Freedman, S. Goldenberg, L. Schalit, M. Shankleman, H. Snowman. BETH JACOB AND LAMBETH TALMUD TORAH—Philip Sayers, J.P. BETHNAL GREEN—B. Simons. BOROUGH—H, Bernhardt. BRIXTON—Victor Hermann. BRONDESBURY—Sampson S. Freedman. CANNING TOWN—Dr. J. H . Ripka. CANNON STREET ROAD—•Morris Myer, Bernard Raperport. CENTRAL—Col. Chas. Waley-Cohen, C.M.G. CENTRAL HACKNEY—Dr. H . L. Fraenkel, A. Gavurin, H . L. Gien. CONGREGATION OF JACOB—A. Levay Lawrence, I. Sklar. CROYDON—George Max. DALSTON—Sidney Spanjer. DALSTON BETH HAMEDRASH—Lewis Quint. DUNK STREET BETH HAMEDRASH— EALING AND ACTON (Associate)—L. J. Hydleman. EAST HAM, MANOR PARK AND ILFORD—I. H . Weinstein. EAST LONDON—B. S. Straus. FENTON STREET— FINSBURY PARK—John Collett, Chas. Rothschild. FULHAM AND KENSINGTON—Neville J. Laski, K.C. GLORY OF ISRAEL AND SONS OF KLATSK—Lewis Silkin, L.C.C. GOLDERS GREEN—M. P. Kempner. GREAT—Dr. Israel Feldman. GREAT ALIE STREET—A. M. Krichefski, Mark Lachofsky. GREAT GARDEN STREET—Abraham Segalov, Lewis Segalov, Abraham Class. GREENFIELD STREET—Cyril H. Ross. GROVE STREET—S. F. Sobell. HAMBRO—A. Wix. HAMMERSMITH AND WEST KENSINGTON—Joseph Levy. HAMPSTEAD—S. T. Cohn, Alderman I. Jacobs. HORNSEY AND WOOD GREEN—Rev. H. Goodman. HOXTON AND SHOREDITCH—Leonard I. Cohen. 19 Isaacs. ILFORD AND VALENTINE'S P A R K — F . L . JUBILEE STREET—Sam Harris, Abraham Glassman, A Rafer. LEYTON AND WALTHAMSTOW NEW David Mowshowitch. LIBERAL JEWISH—Bertram A. Gluckstein. LODZER—Lewis Gross. FEDERATION Levinson, M.A., SYNAGOGUE—Dr. LL.B., L. H. MILE END NEW TOWN—Julius Jung. MILE END AND B o w — D . H . Klausner. NELSON STREET SPHARDISH—K. Lewis, F. Katz, L. Stinnerman. NEW—Reuben Cohen, S. Newman, M.A., B.Sc., S. Teff, B.A. NEW ROAD—Samuel Cohen, Robert Katz, Nathan Lazarus. NEW WEST END—James Rossdale. NORTH LONDON—Sir Reginald W . Tuck, Bart. NORTH EAST LONDON BETH H A M E D R A S H — M . M i c h a e l s , NORTH W E S T L O N D O N — S . C o h e n . G . J. Tibber. NOTTING HILL—Louis Morris. PHILPOT STREET (Great)—Lewis Deyong. PHILPOT STREET SPHARDISH—Harry Gaventa, H e n r y H . Harris. POPLAR—Victor Schutz. PRINCELET STREET—Dr. M. L. Barst. RICHMOND AND DISTRICT H E B R E W C O N G R E G A T I O N — C o u n c i l l o r Arthur Howitt, J.P. ROUMANIAN—P. Horowitz, B.Sc. ST. JOHN'S WOOD—Isadore Goldman. SANDYS R o w — J . Freeman. SHASS (Old Montague Street)—Isaac Shockett, Pressman, SHEPHERDS B U S H SYNAGOGUE AND TALMUD T O R A H — H . Isaac Morris Koller. SIDNEY STREET—Harold Greenfield. SONS OF BRITCHAN—Revd. Philip Agdeshman. SOUTH EAST L O N D O N — G a s k e l l E . J a c o b s . SOUTH HACKNEY—J. A l t m a n . SOUTH W E S T L O N D O N — S y d n e y J a c o b s . SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE—Gershom Delgado, Alderman John Genese, J.P., Leslie Hore-Belisha, M.P., Abraham J. Mendoza, Edward L. Mocatta, Artom A. Romain. SPITALFIELDS GREAT—Dr. B. Homa, A. Goldstine, M. J. Rosenstein, S. E. Sklan. SPITAL SQUARE POLTAVA—B. Sacov, W. N. Williams. STEPNEY ORTHODOX—N. Fisher. STOKE NEWINGTON—Gustave Tuck. TOTTENHAM—D. Barnett. UPTON PARK—George Jones. VICTORIA AND CHELSEA (Associate)—Grahame Chapman. WALFORD R O A D — L . Kingsley. WALTHAMSTOW AND LEYTON—Lewis Levy, B.Sc. WESTERN—Hubert M. Marx, Joseph Ullmann. WEST HAM AND DISTRICT—A. E. Abrahams, J. Wimborne. 20 WEST LONDON—A. I. Belisha, A. S. Diamond, M.A.., LL.M., Lt.-Col. R. Q. Henriques, Laurie Magnus, H. H. Haldin, K.C. WOOLWICH AND PLUMSTEAD—Dr. D . J o c h e l m a n . WILLESDEN GREEN AND CRICKLEWOOD—Henry N o r m a n . PROVINCIAL SYNAGOGUES. ABERAVON AND PORT T A L B O T — E m a n u e l ABERDARE—Mark A n g e l . ABERDEEN—Leon E d e l s h a i n . Snowman. BANGOR—Isidore Wartski. BARROW-IN-FURNESS—Lionel L. Cohen, K.C. BELFAST—H. M. Miller, J. H. Elkes. BIRKENHEAD•—Simon M a r k s . BIRMINGHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION—I. L . Jacobs. NEW—Louis Hassell. BLACKBURN—J. N . L e v e r . BLACKPOOL—Sam T a y l o r . BOLTON—Mark Rubin. BOURNEMOUTH—John H a y m a n . BRADFORD—Maj. C . H . N a t h a n . BRIGHTON—Maurice Jacobs, M.A., Reuben Lieberman, LL.B. BRISTOL—A. J . Jacobs. BRYNMAWR—Capel Peck. CAMBRIDGE—Wellesley ARON. CARDIFF— HEBREW CONGREGATION—B. J a n n e r , B . A . , J. E . Rivlin. NEW—Sam Cohen. CHATHAM—Joseph Freedman. CHESTER—A. Finestone. CORK—E. L. Jackson. COVENTRY—G. H . N i s s e . ")ARLINGTON—B. A . F e r s h t . DERBY—M. M i l l e t t . DOVER—Sir Alexander W. Prince, K.B.E. * DUBLIN— HEBREW CONGREGATION—Arthur Newman, M.A. UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATION—Joseph Liverman, J.P. DUNDEE—Dr. Lawrence Jacobs. DUNFERMLINE—Major H. L. Nathan, M.P. EASTBOURNE—Henry Ososki. EDINBURGH—A. H. Hurst, Robert Geneen. EXETER—Capt. Israel Fredman. FALKIRK—Fred S. Cohen. Edwin M. Solomons, Angel, M. Gordon 21 GLASGOW— GARNET HILL HEBREW M.B.E., M.A. LANGSIDE—M. K i s s e n i s k y . SOUTH PORTLAND STREET CONGREGATION—Harry SYNAGOGUE—R. J. Phillips, Blumenthal, Ellis Isaacs, M.B.E. GRIMSBY—Councillor Isidore Abrahams. HARROGATE—Montague Burton, J.P. HOVE, N E W — S i d n e y HULL— Cohen. CENTRAL—Woolfe Miller. OLD SYNAGOGUE—Councillor Benno Pearlman. NEW HEBREW—Harry Jacobs. WESTERN SYNAGOGUE—Benn F r a n k s . ]LEEDS— BETH H A M E D R A S H — R a b b i D r . S a m u e l D a i c h e s , M . A . , P h . D . CHAPELTOWN H E B R E W — D r . M . S o r s b y , M . D . , F . R . C . S . GREAT ( O L D ) SYNAGOGUE—M. H y m a n I s a a c s , D . I . S a n d e l s o n . NEW—S. H. Lyons. NORTH LEEDS, G R E A T — S . L a n d m a n , M . A . WILNER—B. Libbish, B.A., A . S . P . TALMUDICAL—Sam S e b b a . LEICESTER—Alec F i n b u r g h . LIVERPOOL— CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE—B. T . G l o b e . GREAT—J. Goodenday, H. Goldstein. GREAT (Nusach Sfard)—Bertram B. B . B e n a s , B.A., L L . B . H O P E PLACE HEBREW CONGREGATION—Max M o r r i s . KIRKDALE—M. G r e e n m a n . NUSACH H A A R I — D a v i d K a r m e l , B . A . , L L . B . OLD SYNAGOGUE—David G a b r i e l s e n . SHAW STREET—J. S p i r o . LLANDUDNO—Joseph I. Sions. LLANELLY—I. H . B e n j a m i n . MANCHESTER— AUSTRIAN—J. H o r o w i t z . BISHOP STREET SYNAGOGUE—A. M . S a n d l e r , J . P . CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE—S. R o w s o n , M . S c . , F . S . S . CHAI ADAM SYNAGOGUE—S. C l a f f . CONGREGATION OF BRITISH J E W S — F r a n k Q . H e n r i q u e s . GREAT S Y N A G O G U E — N a t h a n L a s k i , S i r H e n r y R o t h b a n d , Bt., Lord Rothschild. HIGHER BROUGHTON HEBREW CONGREGATION—N. L L . B . , E. Lichtenstein. HIGHER CRUMP ^—Harry Sunderland. H I G H T O W N SYNAGOGUE—J. B o l l o t e n . HOLY L A W CONGREGATION—M. F i d l e r , H a r r y KAHAL CHASSIDIM—A. C l a f f . LOWER B R O U G H T O N — A l e x . J . C o h e n . N E W KAHAL C H A S S I D I M — R . B a r r o w - S i c r e e . N E W ROUMANIAN—A. M o s s . Levy. Finklestone, 22 MANCHESTER—continued. N E W SYNAGOGUE—Louis C o h e n , M . S h a f f e r . NORTH SYNAGOGUE—Councillor S . F i n b u r g h , J . P . OXFORD ROAD HEBREW CONGREGATION— RYDAL MOUNT HEBREW CONGREGATION—Leslie M . L e v e r , L L . B SHAARE S E D E K — I s a a c S a l e m . SOUTH BROUGHTON SYNAGOGUE—Geo. J . W e b b e r . SOUTH MANCHESTER SYNAGOGUE—L. B l a n k , J o n a s B o l c h o v e r . SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE—Joseph A . H a m w e e . TALMUD TORAH SYNAGOGUE—S. H . S t e i n a r t . TELZER AND KOVNO SYNAGOGUE—M.. P e a r l . UNITED SYNAGOGUE AND BETH HAMEDRASH—Councillor S Bolsom, E. Fox, Bernard Spiro. WARSAW SYNAGOGUE—D. M i l l e t t . WITHINGTON CONGREGATION OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS— M . I . F l o r e n t i n , J. E . A n z a r u t . MARGATE—D. G a l i n s k y . MERTHYR T Y D F I L — H e r m a n G i t t l e s o h n . MIDDLESBROUGH—F. H . B l o o m . NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE— JESMOND—Joseph C o h e n . UNITED SYNAGOGUE—Harold S h e r m a n , A u b r e y G r e e n . NEWPORT ( M o n . ) — B e r t r a m J a c o b s , L L . B . NORTHAMPTON—Hyman D o f f m a n . NORTH S H I E L D S — N a t h a n S c i e n c e . NORWICH—Joseph J a c o b s . NOTTINGHAM—E. A . S i l v e r b e r g . OXFORD—E. L i p s o n , M . A . PLYMOUTH—Myer R o s e m a n . PONTYPRIDD—Isaac S h e p h e r d . PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTHSEA—•Hyman F i l e r . PRESTON—H. S a m u e l s , M . A . READING—Ernest M. Gollancz, M . B . E . SHEFFIELD— CENTRAL—I s i d o r A b r a h a m s . HEBREW—Joseph N e w m a n . SOUTH S H I E L D S — E r n e s t G o m p e r t z . SOUTHAMPTON—Councillor S . S i m p s o n . SOUTHEND AND WESTCLIFF—Ernst H . S c h i f f , M . B . E . SOUTHPORT—A. R o s e . STOCKPORT—N. B . W a l t e r s . STOCKTON-ON-TEES—R. C o h e n . STOKE-ON-TRENT—Colman S u m b e r g . SUNDERLAND— BETH H A M E D R A S H — S o l o m o n C o h e n . HEBREW CONGREGATION—Philip G u e d a l l a . SURBITON AND KINGSTON—L. B . N a m i e r . SWANSEA—Samuel R u b i n s t e i n . TONYPANDY—Mrs. B a r n e t t J a n n e r TREDEGAR—M. J . C o h e n . WALLASEY—Harry B i r l e y . 23 W E S T HARTLEPOOL—Arnold L e v y . WHITLEY AND D I S T R I C T — H e n r y M . WOLVERHAMPTON—Philip B u r n s . Cohen. YORK—Charles Hart. COLONIAL SYNAGOGUES. AUSTRALIA— BRISBANE—S. G l u c k s t e i n . SYDNEY ( G R E A T ) — M a u r i c e E. Mosely. INDIA— RANGOON ( " MUSMEA YESHUA " ) — R t . Hon. Lord Swaythling. KENYA COLONY— NAIROBI—Cyril Q. Henriques, M.Inst.C.E. N E W ZEALAND— AUCKLAND—-Moss Davis. CHRISTCHURCH—S. E. de Haas. S O U T H AFRICA— CAPE T O W N — E l s l e y Z e i t l y n . DURBAN—A. M . ־W a r t s k i . INSTITUTIONS. ANGLO-JEWISH ASSOCIATION—Elkan N . Adler, M.A., Mrs. F. S. Franklin, O. E. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, D . L . , J . P . , Lionel L o w y , J. Meller, O . B . E . , Leonard G. Montefiore, O . B . E . , Leonard Stein. FEDERATION OF SYNAGOGUES—Councillor M o m s H. Davis, L.C.C., Councillor A. E. Magen. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES— ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH FRIENDLY SOCIETIES—Michael Levy, Percy Cohen, Aid. A. Kershaw, J.P. GRAND ORDER OF I S R A E L — E z e k i e l G o l d m a n , Israel Kutner, Elias Moss. GRAND ORDER " S O N S OF JACOB " — S o l o m o n Corman, Hyman J. Ostrofsky. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF " BNEI BRITH " — W . F . ORDER " ACHEI AMETH " — C o u n c i l l o r M. E. Isaacs. Waldman, J. Braverman. ORDER " ACHEI BRITH " AND " S H I E L D OF A B R A H A M " — S . Binder- man, M. Cash, H. S. Schildkraut. ORDER " SHIELD OF D A V I D " — J . P . G r o s s m a n , A . O g u s . U N I O N OF J E W I S H W O M E N — M r s . E i c h h o l z , L a d y S p i e l m a n . U N I O N OF ORTHODOX HEBREW C O N G R E G A T I O N S — F r e d R a u . UNITED S Y N A G O G U E — I s i d o r e A a r o n s , L i o n e l L. Cohen, Dr. M. Epstein, E. L. Franklin, J.P., I. Landau, Ernest Lessar, W. T. Leviansky, J. M. Lissack, Samuel Moses, M.A., Major Isidar Salmon, C.B.E., D . L . , M . P . , M. Schiff, D. Weitzman, B.A. 24 COMMITTEES The figures, after the name of a Committee, indicate the total number of Meetings held during 1930; after the name of a Member, the number of his attendances. LAW, PARLIAMENTARY H. O. E . J-P- H. AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE. HALDIN, D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, K . C. T H E R T . H O N . L O R D ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (0) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D . L . , M . P . (5) B . S . STRAUS, J . P . ( 1 0 ) LIONEL L . COHEN, K . C . ( 6 ) R A B B I D R . SAMUEL DAICHES, M . A , (3) B . A . L E V I N S O N , M . A . , L L . B . (6) L A U R I E M A G N U S (3) SAMUEL MOSES, M . A . (7) E R N S T H . SCHIFF, M . B . E . (7) R T . H O N . L O R D SWAYTHLING ( 7 ) S . T E F F , B . A . (1) E L S L E Y ZEITLYN (6) (6) (9) ALIENS COMMITTEE. (5) H . S . SCHILDKRAUT ( C h a i r m a n ) . O . E . D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, D.L., (Elected Nov. 1930) S . TEFF, B . A . (0) COMMITTEE. LADY SPIELMAN O. E. D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, D.L., J - P • (2) T H E R T . H O N . L O R D ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . ^0) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D . L . , M . P . (0) B . S . S T R A U S , J . P . (1) BERTRAM B . B . BENAS, B . A . , L L . B . (0) (5) JULIUS JUNG (3) R O B E R T K A T Z (5) I . KESTENBAUM (1) N . LAZARUS (3) MICHAEL L E V Y ( 2 ) S . SIMPSON (1) J-P(5) T H E R T . H O N . L O R D ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (0) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C . B . E . , D . L . , M . P . (0) B . S . STRAUS, J . P . (1) D R . ISRAEL FELDMAN (3) L . J . H Y D L E M A N (2) EDUCATION (10) (7) COUNCILLOR S . F I N B U R G H , J . P . ( 3 ) A L D E R M A N J O H N G E N E S E , J . P . (4) L . H O R E - B E L I S H A , M . P . (2) COUNCILLOR A R T H U R H O W I T T , J . P . D.L., (8) A . S. DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . B . A . FERSHT (2) (Chairman). (Chairman). (3) (3) M R S . EICHHOLZ (2) M R S . F . S . F R A N K L I N (1) MORRIS GOLDSTEIN (2) B E R T R A M J A C O B S , L L . B . (3) A L D . A . K E R S H A W , J . P . (0) B . L I B B I S H , B . A . , A . S . P . (2) S . N E W M A N , M . A . , B . S c . (1) J . O S T R O F S K Y (2) DR. M. SORSBY, M . D . , F . R . C . S . ( O ) 25 SHECHITA COMMITTEE. (11) E L S L E Y ZEITLYN ( C h a i r m a n ) . O. E. D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, (11) M . G O L D S T E I N (9) T. B . HERWALD (11) D R . B . H O M A (8) J . JACOBS (0) R O B E R T KATZ (8) I . K E S T E N B A U M (8) S . L A N D M A N (6) J . M . LISSACK (0) M . S C H I F F . (6) D.L., J-P• (7) T H E R T . H O N . L O R D ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (0) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D.L., M . P . ( 1 ) B . S . S T R A U S , J . P . (7) LIONEL L . COHEN (6) C A P T A I N I . F R E D M A N (2) JOINT FOREIGN COMMITTEE. (10) Delegates of the Board. O. E . D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, D . L , , J . P . ( J o i n t C h a i r m a n ) (9) DR. I. FELDMAN (7) PHILIP GUEDALLA (1) NATHAN LASKI, J . P . ( 3 ) M . GORDON LIVERMAN, J . P . < 3 ) MORRIS M Y E R ( 1 0 ) T H E R T . H O N . LORD ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (0) B . S . STRAUS, J . P . ( 3 ) R A B B I D R . S . D A I C H E S , M . A . (7) A . S. DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . (9) D R . M . EPSTEIN (5) The following Deputies are members of the Committee as Delegates of t h e Anglo-Jewish Association. L. G. MONTEFIORE, O.B.E. (Joint Chairman) (5) E . N . ADLER (4) LEONARD STEIN (2) COL. CHARLES W A L E Y - C O H E N , C . M . G . (2) The otL?r representatives of the Anglo-Jewish Association are :— SIR LEONARD L . COHEN, K . C . V . O . [ CAPT. C Y R I L J . G O L D S M I D , O . B . E . \ FINANCE HARRY R . LEWIS (One COMMITTEE. B . S. STRAUS, J . P . ( C h a i r m a n ) J O H N ALTMAN ( 1 ) COUNCILLOR S . BOLSOM ( 0 ) MAURICE JACOBS, M . A . ( 2 ) O . E . D'AVIGDOR GOLDSMID, (2) M . E . MOSELY (1) E R N S T H . SCHIFF, M . B . E H . S . S C H I L D K R A U T (2) PRESS PHILIP Vacancy) (2) (2) COMMITTEE. (2) GUEDALLA D.L., J . P . (2) T H E R T . H O N . L O R D ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (0) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D.L., M . P . (0) B . S . S T R A U S , J . P . (0) (Chairman). (2) P E R C Y C O H E N (0) D R . M. EPSTEIN (0) L. HORE-BELISHA, M . P . (1) L. J. HYDLEMAN (1) ERNEST LESSER (2) L A U R I E M A G N U S (1) S . N E W M A N , M . A . , B . S c . (1) 26 FOREIGN APPEALS COMMITTEE. ERNST H . SCHIFF, M . B . E . (Chairman) O . E . D'AVIGDOR J.P. GOLDSMID, D . L . , I I LEONARDG.MONTEFIORE,O.B.E. MORRIS M Y E R PALESTINE COMMITTEE (10) NATHAN LASKI, O. E. D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D.L., J - P (8) T H E R T . H O N . LORD ROTHSCHILD, F . R . S . (2) MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D . L . , M . P . (3) B . S. STRAUS, J . P . (7) L I O N E L L . C O H E N (5) R A B B I D R . S . DAICHES, M . A . (10) C O U N C I L L O R M . H . D A V I S (0) A . S . DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . (7) D R . M . E P S T E I N (5) J . P . ( C h a i r m a n ) (4) B . A . F E R S H T (3) COUNCILLOR S . F I N B U R G H , J . P . ( 2 ) MRS. F . S. FRANKLIN (6) A L D . J O H N G E N E S E (2) CYRIL Q . HENRIQUES, M . I n s t . C . E . (10) MICHAEL L E V Y (9) L A U R I E M A G N U S (7) M O R R I S M Y E R (9) L E O N A R D S T E I N (1) E L S L E Y Z E I T L Y N (9) BRITISH SECriON OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOB PALESTINE. (Non-Zionist Members elected b y t h e Board). Miss NETTIE ADLER, J . P . O. E D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D . L . , J.P. LT.-COL. CHARLES W A L E Y COHEN, C.M.G. NATHAN LASKI, J . P . T H E R T . H O N . LORD ROTHSCHILD, F.R.S. SIR M E Y E R SPIELMAN MAJOR H . L . NATHAN, M . P . Deputy Members. R A B B I D R . SAMUEL DAICHES, M . A . COUNCILLOR M . H . DAVIS, L . C . C . A . S. DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . D R . M. EPSTEIN CYRIL Q . H E N R I Q U E S , M . I n s t . C . E . LAURIE MAGNUS MICHAEL MARCUS, M . P . A N N U A L REPORT COMMITTEE (1930 REPORT). C. S. RUBENS, M.A., LL.M. (Chairman) O. E. D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D.L., J-PT H E R T . H O N . LORD ROTHSCHILD, F.R.S. MAJOR ISIDOR SALMON, C.B.E., D.L., M.P. B . S . STRAUS, J . P . D R . ISRAEL FELDMAN L . H . GLUCKSTEIN A . J . JACOBS JOSEPH M E L L E R / O . B . E . MAJOR C. H . NATHAN 27 TRUSTEES. Bancroft Road Disused Cemetery Sheerness Disused Cemetery O. E . D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D.L., O . E . D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D.L., J-P• J-P• A . S. DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . M . GORDON LIVERMAN, J . P . A . S. DIAMOND, M . A . , L L . M . JOSEPH FREEDMAN Penzance Disused Cemetery O. E. D'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, D.L., J.P• A . S . DIAMOND, M . A . , JOSEPH FREEDMAN M Y E R ROSEMAN LL.M. REPRESENTATIVES ON OTHER ORGANISATIONS. Council 01 the Jewish War Memorial THE RT. HON. LORD F.R.S. ROTHSCHILD, (One Vacancy) Annual Conference of the English Zionist Federation (Jan., 1930) RABBI D R . S. DAICHES, CYRIL Q . HENRIQUES, M.A. M.Inst.C.E. Jewish Health Organisation Hobday Committee for Testing the Weinberg Pen D R . ISRAEL FELDMAN RABBI D R . S. DAICHES, M.A. 28 THE BOARD OF BRITISH DEPUTIES OF JEWS. A N N U A L R E P O R T FOR T H E Y E A R 1930. INTRODUCTION. The proceedings of the Board in recent years have tended to become a faithful mirror of communal life, and the prominence given to the affairs of Palestine at the Meetings of the Board during 1930 truly reflected the dominating anxiety of the vast majority of Jews at home a n d abroad. The Board continued to be occupied with many of the problems which previously engaged its attention. The treatment of the alien and the children of the alien, a matter of intimate concern to a community, many of whose members represent the first generation •of the descendants of those who took refuge in the British Empire from the persecution to which the Jews of Eastern Europe were subject at the end of last cent u r y ; the defence of Shechita, the ritually prescribed method of slaughtering animals f a r food (scientific evidence of the humaness of which continues to accumulate); the endeavour to relieve Jews from the economic penalties to which Sabbath observance is apt to condemn them in the modern world; the refutation of anti-semitic calumnies, inspired by that irrational dislike of the Jew which has made Jewish history a " vale of tears " for t w o thousand years, these are some of the topics which will be found recorded below in the reports of the appropriate Committees of the Board. 29 ADMINISTRATIVE. C O M P O S I T I O N OF THE B O A R D . On March 24th, 1931, the Board consisted of 323 Deputies, representing 82 London Synagogues, 126 Pro־ vincial Synagogues, 8 Colonial Synagogues, and 12 Institutions. Containing democratically-elected Deputies of practically every Congregation in the British Isles, the Board is completely representative of the Anglo-Jewish Community, and its membership voices all shades of Jewish opinion. During 1930, the Ilford and Valentine's P a r k Congre:gation for the first time elected a representative to the Board—symptomatic of the growth of the ring of new synagogues round Greater London and the concentration •of Anglo-Jewish life in the larger urban districts and its withdrawal from the smaller provincial towns. The Board lost by death during the year Rabbi Sir Hermann Gollancz, Deputy for Reading since 1904; Mr. Jacob Cohen, Deputy for Jubilee Street Synagogue, London, since 1922, and Mr. H. Spiro, Deputy for Liverpool, Shaw Street, since 1925. It may be noted, as a sign of the times, that Mrs. Barnett Janner was elected Deputy for Tonypandy, the Board thus for the first time counting a husband and wife among its members. VOTES OF CONGRATULATION TO M E M B E R S OF T H E BOARD. The Board congratulated Lieut.-Col. R. Q. Henriques (Deputy for W e s t London Synagogue) upon his election as Mayor of Marylebone, and Councillor M. H . Davis ,(Deputy for the Federation of Synagogues) upon his elec- 30 tion a s Mayor of Stepney. Earlier in the year the B o a r d c o n g r a t u l a t e d Mr. Neville Laski, ( D e p u t y for ManChester, South Broughton, and later for F u l h a m and Kensington) upon his appointment as K i n g ' s Counsel. V O T E OF CONGRATULATION TO S I R ISAAC ISAACS. In December the Board passed a vote of congratulation to Sir Isanc Isaacs upon his appointment as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. VOTES OF CONDOLENCE UPON THE M E M B E R S OF THE DEATHS OF NON- BOARD. It is the B o a r d ' s practice to m a r k the passing of those w h o have deserved well of the Community, even t h o u g h they are not members of the Board. In this category d u r i n g 1930 were Mrs. J. H . Hertz, wife of the Chief R a b b i ; Rabbi Dr. Schonfeld, R a b b i of the Union of O r t h o d o x H e b r e w C o n g r e g a t i o n s ; the Rev. Morris Joseph, Minister Emeritus of the W e s t London S y n a g o g u e of British Jews. T h e Board also endorsed the tribute paid by the Joint F o r e i g n Committee to the late Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Representative at the L e a g u e of N a t i o n s and H i g h Commissioner for R e f u g e e s , whose dauntless and noble spirit had b r o u g h t relief to t h o u s a n d s of sufferers, many of whom were Jews, in the chaos in which E a s t e r n Europe was plunged in the years t h a t followed the w a r . T H E D E A T H OF M R . LUCIEN WOLF. T h e sudden death of Mr. Lucien W o l f , Secretary of the Joint F o r e i g n Committee, on A u g u s t 23rd, inflicted on the Jewish Community at home and abroad a g r a v e 31 and irreparable loss. Despite his advanced a g e of 73, his death was unexpected, for he was hard at w o r k :almost until the end, preparing for his usual visit to Geneva in connection with the Assembly of the League of Nations. H e had been engaged in Anglo-Jewish public life since he joined the staff of the " Jewish World " as sub-editor at the early age of 17. His ability rapidly secured for him a commanding place among the leading journalists of the time; and he won fame by a series of articles on foreign affairs in the " Fortnightly Review , יunder the pseudonym of " Diplomaticus." W i t h the Joint Foreign Committee his association was only unofficial until the W a r , although he had on many occasions placed at its disposal his full and accurate knowledge of international affairs. W i t h the W a r a whole mass of Jewish problems arose which called for an expert to deal with them, and Lucien Wolf was appointed Secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee. T h e record of his activities is to be found in the series of Reports embodied in the Annual Reports of the parent bodies. The formulation of the Minorities Treaties at the Peace Conference was in a large measure due to him, and he wrote a lucid and masterly exposition of his negotiations and of the significance of the Minorities Treaties in the Report entitled " T h e Peace Conference," published by the Joint Foreign Committee in 1920. The Board held a Special Meeting on August 27th, and adopted the following Resolutions :— " The Board places on record its sense of the heavy loss sustained by the Anglo-Jewish Community, and by Jewry throughout the world by the death of Mr. Lucien Wolf, Secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee. " The Board will always remember with deep gratitude the self-sacrifice with which Mr. Wolf placed his unrivalled abilities at the disposal of his co-religionists. 32 " H i s arduous and successful labours at the Peace Conference on behalf of Minorities, his subsequent efforts on behalf of the defenceless, the oppressed and persecuted of his own a n d other faiths, will make h i s memory live throughout the generations to come, " The void he has left can never wholly be filled, for h i s record of conscientious and brilliant service will be difficult to rival, but his example will serve to inspire others in carrying on his work." ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BOARD AND THE JOINT FOREIGN COMMITTEE. Consequent upon the death of Mr. Wolf, it was decided to unite the Secretaryships of the Board and the Joint Foreign Committee, and Mr. J. M. Rich was appointed to both offices. Mr. B. A. Zaiman, M.A., a former member of the Indian Civil Service, in which he held Executive and Judicial appointments, was chosen from 79 applicants for the post of Assistant Secretary. Both the Board and the Joint Foreign Committee (as also the Anglo-Jewish Association) are now housed in the Offices in Gray's Inn, formerly occupied by Mr. Lucien Wolf. REVISION OF THE BOARD'S CONSTITUTION. In view of the approaching termination of the Triennial Session of the Board (in April, 1931), a• Special Meeting was held in December to revise the Constitution. The only fundamental alteration made was the substitution of the more elastic term " members of a Synagogue " for " seatholders " as the basis of the franchise for the election of Deputies. 33 CERTIFICATION OF MARRIAGE SECRETARIES. The President in the exercise of his statutory duty h a s continued to certify to the Registrar-General the appointment of Marriage Secretaries of Synagogues. In 1930 the Ilford and Valentine's P a r k S y n a g o g u e for the first time appointed a Marriage Secretary. SHOCHETIM. T h e President, in virtue of the London County Council Byelaws, has again issued Annual Certificates to Shochetim licensed by the Ecclesiastical Authorities and exercising their functions within the Administrative County of London. LAW, PARLIAMENTARY AND GENERAL POSES COMMITTEE. BILLS IN PUR- PARLIAMENT. In April the House of Commons refused leave to Mr. E. F . Wise, M . P . , to introduce a Bill to restrict the opening of shops and trading on Sunday. Mr. W i s e informed the Board that it was intended to f r a m e the Bill so as to meet the reasonable requirements of Jewish traders. The Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops (Sunday Closing) Bill received the Royal Assent at the end of the Session 1929-30, and came into force on January 1st, 1931. It contains special provisions enabling Jewish hairdressers who close on Saturday to open on Sunday. In November, 1930, a Retail Meat Traders (Sunday Closing) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons. The Board entered into communication with the National 34 Federation of Meat Traders' Associations, which was promoting• the Bill, and a satisfactory arrangement as regards Jewish meat traders was embodied in it. CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS—NATIONALITY. In 1929 the Board had been in communication with the Treasury and with the Prime Minister on the subject of the rule that every candidate for admission to the Civil Service should satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners t h a t he or she is a natural-born British subject and the son or daughter of a father also a natural-born British subject. The Board's memorandum is printed in the Annual Report for 1929. In January, 1930, the Treasury informed the Board that the Civil Service Commissioners had been requested to amend the rule so as to read : — " Every candidate shall satisfy the Commissioners that he or she is a natural-born British subject, the child of a person who is or was at the time of death a British subject; subject to reservations in the case of Foreign Office appointments and the F i g h t i n g Services." This opens the Civil Service to children of naturalised British subjects, but the Board will continue to press for the restitution of the rule in the Civil Service Regulations of 1872, which held good until the W a r , opening the Service to " all natural-born subjects " of His Majesty. A memorandum on the subject was addressed to the Royal Commission on the Civil Service which had been appointed in 1928 and is still sitting. DISUSED CEMETERIES FUND. In June an appeal, over the signatures of the Chief Rabbi and the President of the Board, was issued for £ 1 , 0 0 0 to augment the Disused Cemeteries Fund, in 35 order to enable the Board to care for the disused cemeteries of defunct Jewish Congregations which are scattered up and down the country. T h e result of the appeal has so f a r not been very satisfactory and it is hoped that Congregations and individuals will do their best to secure donations or annual subscriptions for the F u n d . The Committee desires to tender its t h a n k s to Mr. Henry B. Cohen and Mr. Ralph Lyons, the B o a r d ' s Honorary Inspectors of Disused Cemeteries. T h e Committee's thanks are also due to Mr. E. R. Adams, of K i n g ' s Lynn, who has kindly undertaken to look a f t e r the Jewish cemetery in that town, and has carried out certain work on it at his own expense. T H E CONTRIBUTORY P E N S I O N S A C T , 1929. By the kindness of the Association of Jewish Friendly Societies, the Board was furnished with a supply of Yiddish translations of the official leaflet on the Contributory Pensions Act, 1929, and they were distributed to Congregations and Institutions. B O O T MANUFACTURING IN THE E A S T END. The attention of the Committee was drawn to a Report on Boot and Shoe Manufacturing in the E a s t London Area, prepared on behalf of the Federation of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives by Dr. A. D. Denning. It suggested that Jews were largely responsible for the evils of which complaint was made. An allegation that H o m e Office inspectors were bribed to favour Jewish employers w a s strongly repudiated by the Home Secretary in the House of Commons on April 7th. Mr. Clynes pointed out that 36 Dr. Denning's conclusions appeared to be based not on facts ascertainable by personal observation of the conditions at the works concerned, but almost entirely on impressions derived from unverified ex-parte statements. JEWISH DIVORCES. T h e Board's Annual Reports for 1928 and 1929 recorded negotiations with the Beth Din on the subject of hardships occasionally experienced by Jewish women in connection with Get. The Beth Din have since reported t h a t an arrangement has been made with the authorities at Somerset House for special access to the records, which would facilitate getting into touch with Jewish parties in divorce suits soon after a decree nisi has been pronounced. The Beth Din is thus at a very early stage in a position to inform the parties concerned of the necessity of completing the dissolution of the Jewish marriage in accordance with the requirements of Jewish law by a Get. In response to an enquiry the Beth Din informed the Board that the members of the Beth Din do not charge or receive any fees for the granting of Gittin. Fees are, however, payable for a Sofer (scribe) and the two witnesses ordinarily required. Normally these are £ 1 for the Sofer and 10s. each for the witnesses, but the amounts are reduced in necessitous cases and may even be remitted altogether. PUBLICATION OF B A N N S FOR J E W I S H MARRIAGES. In view of an announcement in May that the Scottish L a w Officers were considering the possibility of drafting a Bill to amend the Scottish Marriage Law, the Committee drew the attention of the Scottish Office, the Home 37 Office and the Registrars-General for England and W a l e s and for Scotland, to the representations which the Board has been m a k i n g since 1903 against the provi sions of the Scotch Law which requires a certificate ot Proclamation of Banns in a Church, even , where the parties are Jews, if one of them is resident in Scotland and the other in some other part of the British Isles. T h e Board expressed its thanks to Rabbi Dr. Salis Daiches, of Edinburgh, for his valuable services in this connection. THE CENSUS, 1931. In view of the anouncement by the Registrar-General that the Census would be taken on April 26th, 1931, the Board offered the Registrar-General its co-operation in m a k i n g arrangements to render assistance to the Jewish population of the East End of London and other large centres of Jewish population in the filling up of their Census schedules. The Registrar-General intimated that he would be glad to avail himself of the Board's assistance (which has been rendered on similar occasions since 1851). PALESTINE COMMITTEE. At the beginning of 1930 the Anglo-Jewish Community, in common with its co-religionists in every part of the world, was still oppressed by the mingled feelings of bewilderment and ,exasperation caused by the failure of the Mandatory Power, in August, 1929, to protect the Jews of Palestine from such savage Arab attacks as had taken place, for the third time since the end of the W a r . The protracted proceedings before the Commission of Enquiry in Jerusalem, did not help to make the atmosphere more tranquil, and in May the suspension by the 38 Government of a number of immigration certificates t h a t had already been allotted to the Jewish Agency excited great indignation. At its meeting in June the B o a r d passed the following Resolutions :— T H A T this Board, the representative body of the Jews of. the Empire, regrets the suspension by H.M. Government of the schedule of immigration authorised on May 12th by HisExcellency the H i g h Commissioner for Palestine in Executive Council, after two months' consideration of the economic circumstances of the country. T H A T in view of the world-wide protests which this decision, has evoked on the ground that it indicates a breach of undertakings contained in the Mandate and that it is being construed as a surrender to the policy of force which has manifested itself in three attacks on the Jewish population of Palestine and is an encouragement to the continuance of hostility by those who oppose the policy of the Mandate for Palestine, the Board urges H.M. Government to release thecertificates in question at the earliest possible moment. On July 2nd, a Deputation from the Board, consisting of Mr. O. E. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid (President), Lord' Rothschild (Vice-President), Mr. B. S. Straus (Treasurer) and Mr. J. M. Rich (Secretary), waited upon Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and conveyed׳ to him the Board's views on this question. Lord Passfield said that the protests appeared to have been based on a misunderstanding. There had been no• change in the policy of the Government and no uncertainty in the execution of the Mandate, but the Mandate did not envisage the establishment of a Jewish State, only of a Jewish National Home in Palestine consistently with the maintenance of the position and rights of the Arab population. There must be a limit to Jewish immigration determined by the absorptive capacity of the country. There had been no stoppage of immigration. Nine hundred and fifty certificates on the Labour Schedule for the half-year had been sanctioned in advance and? 39 had not been suspended. The Shaw Commission (the Commission of Enquiry into the Disturbances) had reported that a certain number of Arabs had been economically prejudiced as a result of Jewish land purchases, although it was recognised that the Jewish Agency had paid liberal monetary compensation. T h e Government considered it necessary to enquire into the truth of thfc allegations and with this object had secured the best possible expert (Sir John Hope Simpson) to make enquiries. On July 26th the Palestine Committee of the Board acted as the Board's representatives at an Anglo-Jewish Conference held at the Kingsway Theatre, under the auspices of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. The Conference registered a strong protest against the attitude the Government had adopted. In October Sir John Simpson's Report and a Government W h i t e Paper containing a statement of policy were issued. The Government's proposals, and even more, the tone of the W h i t e Paper, roused the whole of Jewry to a fever of indignation. At its meeting on October 26th the Board passed the following Resolution :— T H A T the Board records its profound conviction that the policy outlined in the White Paper on Palestine is contrary to the spirit of the Mandate and a breach of public pledges made in the name of England by successive British Governments and welcomes the pronouncements, written and spoken, of the leading statesmen of the Conservative Party, Mr. Lloyd George and General Smuts, to the same effect. On November 16th a Special Meeting of the Board discussed the situation in Palestine and reaffirmed the foregoing Resolution. 40 In consequence of the strong• feeling - on the subject the Government appointed a Sub-Committee of the Cabinet to enter into negotiations with representatives of t h e Jewish Agency for Palestine (among whom was Mr. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid) and at the end of the year negotiations were still proceeding. SHECHITA THE WEINBERG COMMITTEE. CASTING APPARATUS. In January, 1930, the Committee of Veterinary Experts, with Professor Hobday, Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, as Chairman, resumed the tests of the W e i n b e r g Casting Pen which it had discontinued in January, 1928, owing to the unsatisfactory results then obtained. On this occasion the Committee expressed its complete satisfaction with the machine, pronouncing it, in the words of General Sir John Moore, one of the members of the Committee, " a most humane system of handling animals for s l a u g h t e r . " The Board thereupon unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the adoption of the machine without undue delay. T h e London Shechita Board and Mr. Weinberg, the inventor, found themselves unable to agree as to the terms of the user of the machine, and at the suggestion of the Shechita Committee the parties agreed to submit their differences to the arbitration of the President of the Board of Deputies. Mr. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, sitting with Mr. Hyman Isaacs and Mr. B. A. Levinson as legal assessors, heard the case in September and issued an award. Both parties expressed their thanks to the arbitrator. 41 The London Shechita Board then commenced negotiations with the authorities controlling the slaughter houses at Islington and Birkenhead where most of the animals with which the Shechita Board is concerned are slaughtered, but at the date of this Report sanction for the installation of the machine had not yet been obtained. D u r i n g the year Mr. Zeitlyn, Chairman of the Shechita Committee of the Board of Deputies, paid visits to several provincial towns to discuss with the Jewish Communities questions relating to the installation of the Weinberg Pen. THE SLAUGHTER OF A N I M A L S BILL. In December Colonel Moore's Slaughter of Animals Bill, which had been reintroduced into the House of Commons, obtained its Second Reading without a division and was referred to a Standing Committee. T h e Bill contained an exemption for Shechita in the same form as that in the Slaughter of Animals (Scotland) Act. Since the spring, however, the President of the Board has been engaged in negotiations with the Chief Rabbi, the United Synagogue, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, the Federation of Synagogues, and the Union of Orthodox Hebrew congregations, with a view to d r a f t i n g a new formula to be embodied in the Bill, objection having been taken in certain quarters to the placing in the hands of the Chief Rabbi the sole right of licensing Shochetim. THE DEFENCE OF SHECHITA IN THE PRESS. Mr. C. H. L. Emanuel, as Honorary Secretary of the Committee, has continued to render the Committee valu- 42 able assistance by replying• to attacks on Shechita in the Press, and for this, as for his services in all matters relating to Shechita, the Board is much indebted to him. ALIENS COMMITTEE. In November, 1929, a deputation from the Board had waited upon the Home Secretary (the Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes) and had made representations on various points regarding the administration of the law relating to aliens. In accordance with the Home Secretary's request a written memorandum of the Board's views was sent to him. (It was printed in the Board's Annual Report for 1929—Appendix B). Mr. Clynes' reply was received in February, 1930. H e informed the Board that he had decided in principle on several substantial modifications in the direction desired. W i t h regard to immigration, he said that in view of the changed and changing conditions both here and abroad it was not possible to restore the position created by the Act of 1905, but he gave an assurance that applications for leave to land by persons seeking refuge from religious persecution would continue to receive sympathetic consideration. On the subject of the registration of aliens Mr. Clynes agreed with the Board in thinking that the existing system of registration might be made less irksome in some respects, and he w a s having various proposals examined to this end. As regards the deportation of aliens long established in this country, he admitted that the existing powers were very drastic, and though he did not think it would be alleged t h a t they had been exercised unfairly, he was prepared to agree in principle with the proposals of the Board for the establishment of an appeal tribunal in certain classes of cases. On the subject of naturalisation Mr. Clynes said 43 that he was exploring the possibility of simplifying the existing procedure. Furthermore, he would be prepared to consider sympathetically requests for a reduction of the fee in the cases of poor aliens. H e could not, however, agree to the establishment of a tribunal before which applicants for naturalisation could reply to objections made against their claim, nor could he consent that the five years' residence required by the Naturalisation Act should be treated as a standard, and not as a minimum. A further interchange of correspondence followed in an endeavour by the Board to clear up certain points, and eventually the Board decided to await the details of the proposals promised by the Home Secretary. (The correspondence is annexed to this Report as an Appendix.) In July, 1930, a new form of application for a certificate of naturalisation was issued. As a result, a single form was substituted for the five previously required, and it was claimed that an applicant should be able to fill it in himself without any expert assistance. In August a communication was addressed by the Board to the Home Secretary on the subject of the naturalisation of ex-Service men, and Mr. Clynes informed the Board that although he was unable to revive the scheme whereby aliens who had served in H.M. Forces during the W a r had been enabled for a limited period to obtain certificates of naturalisation free of charge, he undertook to consider whether in individual cases of genuine hardship the balance of the fee of £ 1 0 might be waived and the preliminary fee of £ 1 returned. In December the Board submitted to the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Ministers' Powers (the Donough- 44 more Committee) a memorandum dealing with the H o m e Secretary's powers as regards aliens. During the year the Committee rendered assistance in a number of individual cases where hardship arising f r o m the aliens law was alleged. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. NON-PROVIDED SCHOOLS. The Committee took note of the proposals put forward in the Board of Education White Paper (Cmd. 3551 of 1930) relative to Non-Provided Schools. The matter was dealt with by the Association of Jewish Metropolitan NonProvided Schools, and as Lady Spielman, the Chairman of the Education Committee, was also Chairman of that Association, close contact between the two bodies w a s maintained. At a meeting in May the Association resolved that in view of the great differences in numbers, needs and prospects of the different Jewish denominational non-provided schools, no collective action be taken by t h e Jewish Community as a whole, but that each school should act independently and in accordance with its own needs and requirements with regard to the W h i t e P a p e r proposals if they were passed into law. Later, however, on a closer scrutiny of the proposals,, it was considered desirable to obtain some assurance that the difficulties of the Jewish non-provided schools should not be increased because of the provision that teachers were to be appointed by the local education authority and not by the managers of the schools. As the situation of the Jewish schools differs from that of the schools of other denominations owing to the necessity of the teachers' being qualified to teach Hebrew, it was felt that a certain 45 danger lay in this proviso, as the field of choice of quali־ fied teachers would be limited to the area of the local authority. Accordingly, Lady Spielman, together with Mr. Herbert Adler, Director of Jewish Education, asked for an interview with the officials of the Board of E d u c a tion in January, 1931, when it was pointed out that managers would probably evolve a satisfactory modus vivendi by negotiation with the local authorities. JEWISH CANDIDATES AT EXAMINATIONS. T h e Committee, as usual, rendered assistance to J^wishr candidates who were desirous of obtaining alternative papers in place of those set for Saturday in various examinations. T H E TANGIER SCHOOLS. The Committee was also engaged throughout the year in supervising the English teaching which is provided by the Board for the Morocco Relief Fund at the schools of the Jewish Community in Tangier. PRESS COMMITTEE. T h e Press Committee was occupied, as in preceding years, with the consideration of defamatory s t a t e m e n t s reported or contained in newspapers and other publications. In only a very few cases was it deemed necessary to take action, which was generally followed by satisfactory results. FOREIGN APPEALS COMMITTEE. The sum of £ 5 0 of the Committee^ Fund was sent t o the Jewish Community of Borsha, in Rumania, where a 46 disastrous families. fire had rendered homeless many Jewish FINANCE COMMITTEE. T h e Committee has carried out during the year its duty of generally supervising the Board's finances. It recommended the Board and the Anglo-Jewish Association to a m a l g a m a t e the various Morocco Relief Funds into one F u n d . Negotiations were commenced with a view to the B o a r d ' s obtaining office accommodation in the projected Jewish Communal Centre. T H E JOINT FOREIGN COMMITTEE. T h e scope and variety of the Joint Foreign Committee's interests were increased during the year 1930 by the prevailing economic and political instability. There were few countries in which the Jews were not faced by difficult social, political or economic problems. PALESTINE. Palestine doubtless bulked largest in the picture of Jewish world-affairs, but the Committee was not called upon to play an active part in clearing up the uncertainties of the situation resulting from the brutal Arab aggression of the previous year. This task, so far as the Anglo-Jewish Community was concerned, devolved upon the Palestine Committee of the Board of Deputies and the English Zionist Federation, whose efforts are united in the British Section of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. POLAND, HUNGARY. O n the Continent of Europe the economic situation of the Jews markedly deteriorated. In Poland, Rumania 47 and H u n g a r y the disastrous effects of the decline in industrial and agricultural prosperity told with accentuated force on the Jewish population of those countries. It is in Poland that the adverse economic situation h a s had the most disastrous effects, and the political grievances of the Jews have been overshadowed by the more urgent necessity of earning the daily bread. T h e a n t i Jewish legislation of the Czarist regime still remained on the Statute Book despite vigorous endeavours to secure its abrogation, but by the side of the material distress of the Jewish population such questions rank as of merely academic interest. Harrowing stories of the poverty of once-prosperous Jewish merchants are all too common, and the middle and artisan classes are alike in an unenviable position. The Hungarian Community for the first time made an. appeal for economic assistance to its co-religionists, abroad. Its political situation had much improved. The Numerus Clausus Lam had been modified in 1928, a n d though there are still complaints that a numerus clausus is being applied in practice, the Jews of H u n g a r y breathed, more freely than at any time since the W a r . In June Mr. Lucien Wolf, as Secretary of the Joint Foreign Committee, interviewed the H u n g a r i a n Prime Minister, Count Stefan Bethlen, in London. The interview was of an e x tremely friendly character. It gave g r e a t satisfaction in H u n g a r y , as the Joint Foreign Committee had been s o prominently associated with the anti-Hungarian campaign on the Numerus Clausus question, and it w a s favourably commented on in the leading organs of the Press. The official organ of the H u n g a r i a n Jewish Community hailed it as m a r k i n g a turning-point in the relations of Jews and Magyars. 48 The Committee has no large funds at its disposal for relief purposes, and could only watch with sympathetic interest the beneficent activities of organisations such as the Joint (lea) Reconstruction Foundation. The string e n t limitations placed on immigration by most of the countries hitherto regarded as countries of immigration materially diminished the effectiveness of one of the normal safety-valves for economic pressure in Eastern Europe. The economic crisis in the United States was an additional cause of anxiety, for it is from that country that p o s t - W a r Jewish philanthropic activities have drawn a very large part of their support. RUMANIA. At the beginning of 1930 the Maniu National Peasant Government had enjoyed twelve months of office. It had been swept into power by a wave of popular feeling in December, 1928, expressed in the first free elections that had perhaps ever been held in the country. The political ddb&cle of the Liberals had been due largely to their inability to obtain the much-needed foreign loan, as a result of the lack of confidence of international opinion in the Bratianu regime. To this the failure of the Government to give adequate protection to the Jews had no doubt contributed. Although the Union of Rumanian Jews had finally allied itself with the Liberal Party in the hope of securing better treatment, the change of Government promised an amelioration of the situation. The Maniu Government declined, however, to suppress the antiSemitic organisations, on the ground that it intended to rule democratically and that the dissemination of opinion and the holding of public meetings ought to be free. At the same time it made it clear that it would tolerate no 49 acts of violence, and its first twelve months of office passed without any serious disturbances of public order. But the unfettered propaganda of anti-Semitism achieved its aim. At the end of 1929 a great student congress at Craiova, marked by much inflammatory oratory against the Jews, was followed by anti-Jewish disorders in several places. It was under the cloud of these events that the year 1930 opened. Nevertheless, although the public ׳peace had been better preserved than under any Government since the W a r , the Government's record of constructive legislation had been a great disappointment to the Jewish Community and to the country as a whole. Meanwhile, the economic condition of the country had grown worse. The crisis which had overtaken all the agricultural producing countries had not spared Rumania. The general depression of prices led to financial difficulties and general impoverishment. The Government was forced not only to impose new and heavy taxes, but also to curtail the salaries of civil servants, to close many secondary schools, and to carry out a general policy of drastic economy. In consequence, many of the promises made could not be kept, and many a subvention had to be suspended. T h i s affected the Jewish as well as the non-Jewish population. N o legal discrimination was made between Jew and nonJew, and no anti-Jewish legislation was introduced into the Chamber. Many of the Jewish grievances did not call for vention of the Joint Foreign Committee, as they serious in themselves and were not m a t t e r s national concern, but there were others which the equality of the Jews before the law, and thus the interwere not of interinvolved belonged 50 to the category of definite infractions of the Minorities Treaty. T h e chief were :— 1. The failure of the Government to amend the Nationality Law, under which many thousands of Jews in the Annexed Provinces were treated as " stateless." 2. The refusal of adequate State subventions to the Jewish Communities and schools. 3. The difficulties placed in the way of Jewish teachers' obtaining appointments in Jewish schools, on the ground that they had not been trained in the Rumanian normal schools (to which they had been denied admission). In consequence of the excited state of the country, the unchecked freedom granted by the Maniu Government to the anti-Semitic agitation and the tacit connivance given to it by the Minister of the Interior, M. Vayda-Voevod, and his Secretary, M. Tazloanu, bore its inevitable fruit. As the year progressed a further number of small incidents of an anti-Semitic character were reported, and there were many complaints of the inactivity of the police in maintaining order. This was followed by some disorders in the Provinces, and Jews were maltreated, although in spite of the anti-Semitic agitation at the municipal elections which took place early in March, the Jews gained some 70 seats, but not a single anti-Semitic candidate was returned. In June the complexion of the political scene w a s altered by the accession of King Carol to the throne. He was generally credited with the best intentions, and the Club of Jewish Deputies addressed its congratulations t o the new King with the assurance of the loyalty of the Jewish population. The King availed himself of this opportunity to make reassuring declarations. 51 By this time, however, the agitation that had for so long been stirring up feeling against the Jews a m o n g the agricultural population had effectively done its work. The Bukovina was a prey to very serious agricultural depression, and the anti-Semitic propaganda fell upon fertile soil. In the Southern Bukovina numerous assaults were committed on Jews, and in the village of Borsha, in Maramuresh, which had for some time been subjected to anti-Semitic terrorism, a mysterious fire destroyed many Jewish houses. In Bessarabia, too, disorders took place. The Joint Foreign Committee again deemed it advisable to address a strong note to the Rumanian Government. It was pointed out that during the past five years the attention of successive Rumanian Governments had been called to the main cause of the insecurity of the position of the Jews, the reckless toleration extended to a violent and anarchical agitation against the Jewish population and their religion, and in the unchecked circulation of a libellous and incendiary literature in which the Jews were held up to undeserved popular hatred and contempt. A long telegraphic reply was received from the R u m a n i a n Government stating that the anti-Semitic activities were the work of a few individual pseudo-students ; that the Government had always closely followed their movements, and that the adoption of a not too stringent policy had given " certain satisfactory results " for over a year. Measures were being taken for the immediate arrest and trial of the agitators. The apologia was to some extent based upon the allegation that the outbreaks were the result of usurious treatment of the agricultural population by Jewish banks. This legend was assiduously spread in authoritative quarters. Yet it was demonstrably untrue. The rates of interest were dictated by 52 the large banks, scarcely any of which were in Jewish• hands, while at Suceava, for instance, where the antiSemitic agitation was particularly menacing, only two of the twelve banks in the town were in Jewish hands, and it was the non-Jewish and not the Jewish banks that held land mortgages. In October M. Mironescu formed a new Government, in which M. Vayda-Voevod, the former Minister of the־ Interior, was not included, and towards the end of the year the situation became more tranquil. In his speech from the throne in opening Parliament in November, K i n g Carol made a specific declaration of equal treatment f o r the Minorities and a promise to amend the Nationality Law to enable thousands of " stateless " Jews to obtain citizenship. In December an attempt on the life of M. Socor, editor of Adeverul, which had condemned anti-Semitism, demonstrated the anarchical character of the anti-Semitic " Iron Guard " Association. It was disbanded, its archives seized, and strong measures taken for the expulsion of any of its members from high schools and universities. GERMANY AND A U S T R I A . The striking success of the anti-Semitic Hitlerists at the• German elections in September caused great alarm among the Jews of Germany. Anti-Jewish demonstrations did indeed take place in Berlin in October, but the authoritiesshowed themselves well able to control the situation. Anxiety was also caused among the Jews of Austria by the election of Prince Starhemberg as leader of the anti- 53 Semitic Heimwehr, which seemed likely, under his guidance, to become an avowedly anti-Jewish organisation. At the General Elections which took place in October, the Hitlerists greatly increased their votes, but did not achieve the anticipated success. T h e tension was eased by the formation of Dr. Ender's Cabinet, which marked a return to the normal and diminution of the influence of the Fascist bloc. CZECHO-SLOVAKIA. In Czecho-Slovakia the Jews were the victims of assaults in P r a g u e towards the end of the year, t h o u g h these attacks were rather anti-German than anti-Jewish. The difficulties of the " stateless " Jews of CzechoSlovakia in obtaining naturalisation excited some comment, and a project for a compulsory Sunday-closing law in Bratislava gave rise to alarm a m o n g the Jewish traders. GREECE. In January information was received f r o m the Grand Rabbinate of Salonika, complaining that the Hellenic Government had decided to expropriate the ancient Jewish Cemetery in order to construct on it houses and communal buildings, and to lay out gardens and orchards for t h e benefit of the Greek refugees from Asia Minor. The Cemetery has been in use more than 400 years, and contains the graves of many great Rabbis who settled in Salonika at the time of the Expulsion f r o m Spain. T h e Committee made friendly representation to the Greek Government, and were informed that the urban development of Salonika necessitated the transfer of burial grounds from the centre of the city to the suburbs. An assurance was given that previous to the execution of t h e 54 proposed transfer, every measure would be taken in order t h a t monuments and inscriptions of historic interest as well as the religious feelings of the Jewish community of Salonika would be safeguarded. Towards the end of the year the Committee also communicated with the Greek Foreign Secretary on the subject of the disabilities of the Jewish population of Salonika resulting from the Sunday Closing Law in force in that town. SOVIET RUSSIA. In February the Committee received news of the arrest of a number of Rabbis by the Soviet Government in pursuance of its anti-religious policy. They were charged with conducting clandestine religious classes and of communicating with foreign Jewish organisations in regard to their persecution. It was feared that the lives of some of the arrested Rabbis were in danger. T h e Committee vainly endeavoured to secure the intervention of the Foreign Office, which pointed out that tEe matter was solely one of domestic jurisdiction, and, furthermore, intervention might well adversely affect the interests of the persons concerned. This policy of the Soviet Government was not directed only against the Jews, and the sufferings of members of other denominations led to a demonstrative agitation and public meetings of protest in England and abroad. The Soviet Government seems to have been impressed by the strength of public opinion manifested in these demonstrations, and many of those arrested were released. The Committee also considered reports of the injurious effects on the Jews of Russia of the Soviet Government's 55 new economic policy and its application to agriculture.. It was feared that it would have the most disastrous, effects in the new Jewish colonies in the southern provinces and in Siberia. The policy was, however, not specially directed against Jews, and it was deemed inadvisable to take any public action. T H E YEMENITE R E F U G E E S AT A D E N . The Committee throughout the year w a s in communication with the Zionist Organisation, the Alliance Israelite and the American Jewish Committee with a view to securing the evacuation from Aden of the Jewish r e f u g e e s who had fled there from the Yemen. T h e Alliance Israelite raised a fund for the provision of urgent relief requirements for the refugees, their housing and sanitary arrangements being deplorable, and the mortality a m o n g them very high. The Jewish Agency for Palestine was• able to make arrangements for the evacuation of some of the orphan children among the refugees. MINORITIES. t The question of the reform of the Minorities Procedure of the League of Nations was actively discussed by the various organisations interested in the matter, and prop a g a n d a was intensified in favour of the establishment of a permanent Minorities Commission, on the analogy of the Permanent Mandates Commission. It was the Committee's view that such a Commission could not be established without a revision of the Minorities Treaties, and that if a revision took place it was quite likely to lead to a weakening and not a strengthening of the present system. As it was known that the subject would be one׳ 56 of the principal topics for discussion at the Assembly of the League of Nations, the Committee printed and circulated a revised edition of its Memorandum on Minorities Procedure presented to H.M. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1929. The Assembly decided that the present procedure should be given a further trial. REFORM OF THE CALENDAR. The agitation in favour of a Reform of the Calendar -continued, and measures were concerted with the International Rabbinical Committee on Calendar Reform (on which the Chief Rabbi represents the Anglo-Jewish Community) for the collection of petitions to be addressed to the League of Nations, by whom the matter was being considered. In December the Chief Rabbi attended a meeting in London of the League of Nations Calendar Reform Committee of Enquiry (British) (of which Lord Burnham was the Chairman) and delivered an admirable •exposition of the Jewish case against any scheme for the Reform of the Calendar which involved the insertion of a falank day or days, altering the sequence of the days of t h e week and leading to a fluctuating Sabbath. MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES. The Committee continued to co-operate in the work on faehalf of Jewish migrants and refugees. It is represented on the Conference Permanente des Societ^s Privees pour la Protection des Migrants. The active work for these unfortunate persons is conducted by the Jewish Colonisation Association, but the Committee has had frequent opportunities of rendering assistance in cases of legal or ׳diplomatic difficulty. 57 T H E D E A T H OF M R . LUCIEN WOLF. This section of the Report cannot be closed ־without a further reference to the irreparable loss the Committee has sustained by the death of Mr. Lucien Wolf. The record of his activities may be found in the long series •of the Committee's publications and the annual summaries of its work which he prepared for the Annual Reports •of the Parent Bodies, the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Anglo-Jewish Association. His dominating personality, his full and accurate knowledge, and his long experience of foreign affairs were a combination of qualities that would have commanded attention in a wider sphere, but he placed them unselfishly and devotedly at t h e service of his people. 58 APPENDIX. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SECRETARY. THE HOME I.—FROM THE HOME SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. 26th February, 1930. Dear Mr. d'Avigdor Goldsmid, I am sorry that your Board should have had to wait so long, for the considered reply which I undertook to make to the representations submitted to me by their Deputation on November 5th. Three of the four points dealing with the admission of aliens, registration, deportation and naturalization involved questions of principle and policy which were not hastily to be determined and even now I am not in a position to pledge myself to the precise details of any changes that may be made in existing arrangements. I have, however, decided in principle on several substantial modifications in the direction you desire, the general nature of which I will indicate. I will at the same time give some explanation of the difficulties, where such have arisen, in the way of meeting your wishes. Let me deal seriatim with the proposals of the Board. The Admission of Aliens. You made in effect two suggestions—first that a return should be made to the principles of the Act of 1905 and that an alien refused leave to land should be given the ־right of appeal to an immigration board, and second that the " right of asylum " should be restored to refugees from religious persecution. To take the second point first. I must correct what is, I find, a widespread misapprehension. The " right of asylum " in so far as it exists or ever existed is not a right attaching to׳ an alien, but is a right of the Sovereign State to admit a refugee if it thinks fit to do so. The Act of 1905 which you cite in support of your suggestion did no more than provide׳ that an immigrant who proved that he was seeking admission to this country to avoid inter alia religious persecution, should not be excluded on the ground merely that he was or was likely to become destitute. The most, therefore, that you can ask me to do is to restore the position created by the Act of 1905, and this, in view of the changed and changing conditions• both here and abroad, is more than I can promise. I can, however, assure you that applications for leave to land by persons seeking refuge from religious persecution will continue 59 to receive sympathetic consideration both here and at the ports. Your first suggestion—that aliens refused leave to land should "be accorded a right of appeal to an immigration board—raises important and complicated issues, consideration of which has disclosed objections both of principle and practice which I find to be insuperable. It is perhaps too little appreciated that there is an essential difference between the conditions that prevailed in 1905 and the conditions that prevail to-day. Then the national policy was, broadly speaking, to admit immigrants for permanent residence subject only to the exclusion of those who failed to satisfy certain statutory conditions. Under the pressure of the social and economic conditions that obtained after the war that policy was, in effect, reversed by previous Governments, and it was decided to keep within fairly rigid limitations permanent increases to the alien population. After a most careful examination of the position to-day I cannot say either that that decision was wrong or that the time has yet come when we can, without damage to this country, depart from it. Urgent problems of housing and unemployment are engaging and will I fear engage for some time to come, the earnest attention of the Government, and I am convinced that the difficulties inherent in those problems will be instantly and acutely aggravated if the Board's suggestion, with all that it implies, were to be adopted. In other words, the question of alien immigration i s now indissolubly bound up with other broad questions of national domestic policy, and effective control, even in individual cases, must in my opinion remain with the Government subject, of course, to the ultimate authority of Parliament. In view of the foregoing considerations which to my mind are conclusive, I need not perhaps elaborate the practical difficulties with which your suggestion is beset, but the following comparison with the alien traffic of 1905 and that of to-day will afford you some indication of the change in the position. Under the Act of 1905 alien passengers subject to inspection landed at only 14 ports and the number of aliens who were inspected in 1911, which may be taken as a typical year, was only 38,399. To-day aliens enter at practically every port in the Kingdom and the number inspected during, for instance, 1928, was 439,419. It is not difficult to envisage something of the •size and cost of the machinery which would be required, in the present altered circumstances, to give effect to your suggestion. To sum up, the conclusion at which I have arrived—and as 1 told the Deputation I would do, I approached the problem in a very sympathetic spirit—is that the transfer of responsibility in regard to the immigration of aliens from a Minister responsible to Parliament to a system of independent Boards—assuming that the institution of such a system were feasible—would not in the present circumstances be consistent with the public interest. 60 Registration. This question can be disposed of in a few clined to agree with your Board in thinking system of registration might be made less respects, and I am having examined various end. words. I am inthat the existing irksome in some proposals to this• The Deportation of Aliens. The Board's proposal was that there should be made available for aliens threatened with deportation under Article 12 (6) (c) of the Aliens Order, 1920, some form of tribunal before which such aliens should be entitled to appear to show cause why they should not be deported. I agree with the Board in thinking that the institution of an appeal tribunal need only be considered in relation to the exercise of the powers conferred by the Article mentioned: there can clearly be no question of extending the contemplated right to those classes of aliens covered by the other provisions of the Article, namely, aliens whose deportation has been recommended by a Court of law, destitute aliens and foreign criminals. I doubt, however,. whether the right should be accorded to the subjects of all Orders under Article 12 (6) (c). An administrative power to remove an alien is an essential corollary of any system of alien control, and I do not imagine that your Board had in mind when formulating your proposal aliens who succeed in landing without permission or who fail to observe the conditions on which they have been allowed to enter the country. The Board has, I presume, addressed itself more particularly t o aliens who have become established here. In the case of such persons, the existing powers are I freely admit, very drastic,. and though I do not think that it could be seriously argued in any responsible quarter that they have been exercised unfairly, I am prepared, subject to the limitations indicated in the foregoing observations, to agree in principle with the proposals of the Board. Some little time must of course elapse before the necessary machinery can be devised and established. Naturalisation. The Board made to me three proposals—that all unnecessary delay in the consideration of applications for naturalisation should be avoided: that a tribunal should be established to which appeals could be made against refusal to grant a certificate and that the fee of £10 ־payable in respect of a certificate should b e reduced. I would say at once that I am in agreement with the view expressed by the Deputation that in general the interests of the country are not best served if the privilege of citizenship i s withheld from aliens of good character who are permanently 61 established here and can satisfy the Secretary of State as to• their genuine attachment to British institutions. In these circumstances the Board will need no assurance from me of my desire to find some means whereby the grant of citizenship in proper cases can, without prejudice to the interests of this country b e accelerated, and I am exploring in this connection the possibility of simplifying in various particulars the existing procedure. If this procedure is simplified—as I am sure it can well be—not only will time be saved in dealing with applications but many of the difficulties which I understand aliens experience in preparing applications will be obviated. There is one point submitted by the Board under this h e a d which calls for answer. It was argued that the five years residence required by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, should be treated as a standard and not as a minimum. This is a view which I cannot accept. I have to• consider each application strictly on its merits, and it will b e obvious to the Board that m many, if not in most cases, an alien with only 5 years' residence could not make good a claim to b e permanently established here and to have identified himself with British interests. Were the five years to be treated as a standard, I have not the slightest doubt but that the number of applications refused would show a substantial increase The Board's suggestion of a tribunal to which applicants for naturalisation who have met with a refusal can appeal is one that I must resist if only on the ground that it is contrary t o the clearly expressed intention of the legislature. The grant of a certificate of naturalisation is, in the terms of the Statute " in the absolute discretion of the Secretary of State, and h e may, with or without assigning any reason, give or withhold the certificate as he thinks most conducive to the public good, and no appeal shall lie from his decision." An appeal such as you have in mmd was certainly not contemplated by Parliament, and I am fortified in this conclusion by the somewhat elaborate statutory provisions for inquiry where the revocation of a certificate, which is also an administrative act of the Secretary of State, is at issue. I gathered, however, that your suggestion was mad,, in part, at any rate, with a view to avoiding delay, and the proposals for this purpose that I have already outlined should prove adequate. As regards the fee charged, it cannot, I think, be regarded as excessive if considered, as it must be considered, in relation to the amount of work involved. I can, however, well understand that in some exceptional cases of poor aliens, the fee might weigh so heavily on the applicant as to amount in substance to a denial of British nationality and I would be prepared to consider sympathetically requests in such cases for a reduction. 62 I will cause your Board to be informed of the details of the proposals I have outlined when these have been worked out and have received my approval. Yours very truly, J. R. CLYNES. O. E. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Esq., D . L . , J.P. II.—FROM T H E P R E S I D E N T OF T H E BOARD TO T H E HOME SECRETARY. BOARD OF D E P U T I E S OF BRITISH JEWS. 23, Finsbury Square, London, E.C.2. 29th April, 1930. Dear Mr. Clynes, My Board has now been able to give full consideration to your letter of February 26th, in which you were good enough to inform me that you had decided in principle on certain modifications in the administration of the law relating to aliens. I am asked to say that while the Board thanks you for your assurance that applications for leave to land by persons seeking refuge from religious persecution will continue to receive sympathetic consideration, it notes with great regret that you hold out no hope of a return to the Aliens Act of 1905. The Board notes with satisfaction that you are examining various proposals with a view to making the existing system of registration less irksome. On the question of deportation, the Board feels that there has been a certain misunderstanding of the representations made on this head by the Deputation which you were good enough to receive on November 5th last. In your letter you state that you are prepared to agree in principle with the Board's proposals as regards the institution of some form of appeal for aliens threatened with deportation who have been established in this country. There appears to be, however, some misunderstanding of the Board's proposals, since you state that you agree with the Board in thinking that this proposal cannot be considered in connection with aliens whose deportation has been recommended by a Court of Law, destitute aliens and criminals. It is true that emphasis was laid in Section D (paragraphs 14 and 15) of the Board's memorandum of November 4th, 1929, on the power exercised by virtue of Article 12 (6) (c) of the Order in Council of 1920, but nevertheless the Board feels that some opportunity of showing cause why they should not be deported should be afforded to aliens whose cases fall under other provisions of Article 12, always premising that the aliens in question are established residents. An alien who has been found guilty of a 63 criminal offence should not, in the opinion of the Board, b e if so facto the subject of a deportation order: the degree of moral turpitude involved in the offence should be weighed against the man's domestic circumstances (such as his marriage to a British-born wife and his having a family of British-born, children) and the length of his residence in this country. A British subject is considered as having expiated his offence when he has served the sentence passed upon him in the normal process of the l a w ; the same should apply to a long-established alien who has bound himself by the closest ties to this country,, short of the formal step of naturalisation (which lack of means or technical difficulties may have put beyond bis reach). Moreover, in the case of an alien who has been recommended for deportation by a Court of Law, the Board believes that the present procedure does not usually afford the alien an opportunity of pleading his domestic circumstances before a recommendation for deportation is made. Often, indeed, the alien is. unaware that such a recommendation may be made. With regard to naturalisation the Board asks me to say that it notes with pleasure your intimation that you are in general agreement with its representations on this head. On the specific point of the establishment of a tribunal or committee to hear applicants in person there seems again, however, to be a certain misunderstanding of the Board's suggestions. There was nointention of making a, proposal which would have the effect of relieving you, as Home Secretary, of the statutory duty of giving or withholding a certificate. I would refer you to paragraph 19 cf Section E of the Board's memorandum of November 4th, which states:— " The Board considers it vital that some form of tribunal shall be established to enable a person whose application for naturalisation is in doubt to reply to objections brought against his claim," and also to the following passage from my observations to you on the following day:— " With regard to naturalisation, there is first of all, in the opinion of the Board, an urgent necessity that some form of advisory tribunal should be established to enable persons, to meet the objections to the grant of a certificate. This tribunal could, after investigation, advise the Home Office as to the merits of any application of which they have doubts, but would not deprive the Home Secretary of the final responsibility." The Board's suggestion was due to the fact that the alien is at present left in complete ignorance of the reason for therefusal of his application. There is often the feeling that un- 64 rounded allegations may have been perhaps trade rivals, in response asking for objections to be lodged, have an opportunity of rebutting in or any other kind. made by malicious persons, to the usual advertisement and the applicant ought to person any objection of this There is one other point the Board desires to make clear. You state that you cannot accept the Board 1 s view that the five years' residence required by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, should be treated as a standard and not as a minimum. I beg leave to repeat the observation I made to you when I dealt with this point: " The statutory requirement for naturalisation is five years, but judging from the cases that have been brought to the Board's notice, residence for a much longer time is needed before the applicant has a chance of securing naturalisation." It is believed that the present administrative practice of considering a period of ten or twelve years' residence as the standard requirement prejudices the applications of persons who have satisfied only the minimum statutory requirement but are nevertheless qualified in all other respects—in short, that an application is dealt with summarily, or its consideration delayed, if the applicant has not been resident here for a much longer period than the statute requires. I desire to take this opportunity of thanking you for the sympathy and patience with which you have examined the Board's proposals, and have no doubt that you will give full consideration to the points on which it has been thought advisable to submit these further observations. Yours very truly, O. E. d'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, President. The Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P., The Secretary of State, Home Office, Whitehall, S.W.I. III.—FROM T H E HOME SECRETARY TO T H E P R E S I D E N T OF T H E BOARD. The Home Secretary. 29th May, 1930. ׳Dear Mr. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, I have now had an opportunity of giving further consideration t o your letter of the 29th April, regarding the administration .of the law relating to aliens. 65 Deportation. Your Board are under a misapprehension in thinking that an alien who has been found guilty of a criminal offence is, ipso facto, made the subject of a deportation order. Even where the convicting Court sends a recommendation for deportation, it does not necessarily follow that an order will be made by the Home Secretary. It is, in fact, my regular practice, and it has been the practice of former Secretaries of State, to •consider in all cases the gravity of the offence in relation to the alien's domestic circumstances, length of his residence in this country and his antecedents and any other relevant factors. Further, I think the Board must have been misinformed in regard to the opportunity which an alien has of pleading his domestic circumstances before a recommendation is made. It is the case that Magistrates often decline to recommend deportation on this very ground. In this connection, too, I think I should draw your attention to the provision in Article 12 (7) of the Aliens Order, under which a court of appeal can certify that it does not agree with a recommendation for deportation. I have gone very carefully into this matter, to which I attach considerable importance, but I am sorry that I do not feel able to go beyond the proposals set out in my letter of the 26th February last. Naturalisation. I have again considered your suggestion that there should be a Tribunal before which an applicant for naturalisation should be given an opportunity to meet objections to the grant of a certificate. In this matter, the intention of Parliament appears clearly, from the existing legislation, to have been to place the grant of a certificate in the absolute discretion of the Secretary <of State. He is, further, empowered to decline to give reasons for his decision. This legislation has now been adopted practically throughout the Empire, and I could not contemplate any action which would obviously be contrary to its general intention. As regards your suggestion that the five years' residence required by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act should be treated as a standard, I find myself unable to add much to what I said in my previous letter. I hope with a simplified procedure, cases will be disposed of more quickly. In this way applications (even from persons without the claim for consideralion which long residence may give) will, I hope, get through, but it would obviously be impossible for me, or any future Secretary of State to fetter our discretion to require more than the statutory minimum of five years', residence in a particular ׳cas*. Yours very truly, J. R. CLYNES. O. E. d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Esq., D.L., J.P. 66 IV.—FROM T H E P R E S I D E N T OF T H E BOARD TO T H E HOME SECRETARY. 26th June, 1930. The Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes, M.P., Secretary of State, Home Office, *S.W.I, Dear Mr. Clynes, I am asked by the Board to thank you for the further explanations of points arising out of the administration of the law relating to aliens, with which you were good enough to favour me in your letter of May 29th. The Board is now eagerly awaiting further information of the modifications in practice adumbrated by you in your letter of February 26th, and I have no doubt that at your earliest convenience you will furnish me with details of the schemes you have been able to work out. Yours very truly, O. E. d'AVIGDOR-GOLDSMID, President. THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS. BALANCE SHEET, 2Sth Afrril, 1930. Assets. Liabilities. SUNDRY £ s. d. CREDITORS— Assessments received in advance Expenses accrued ... Amount due to Secretary... INCOME AND E X P E N D I T U R E £ 5 17 27 s. 16 5 13 £ s. d. 50 14 9 £5,242 14s. 6d. 3J% Conversion Loan 1961—at cost ARREARS 4,501 0 4 162 18 10 4,663 19 2 OF 4,046 12 0 ASSESSMENT— Arrears at 29th October, 1929, still unpaid ... Arrears accrued since that date ... Arrears previously passed to Suspense Account now resuscitated LOAN 12 65 5 4 0 3 17 0 0 ACCOUNT—Bancroft Road Cemetery INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT, Six Months £ s. d? 530 3 2 315 7 0 260 0 0 162 18 10 Ended April 28th, 1930. 0 10 £ s. By Assessments received ,, Assessment arrears ״Assessment levied ,, Arrears previously passed to Suspense Account, now resuscitated ... ,, Arrears passed to Suspense Account now paid ״Sale of Pamphlets ״Dividend on £5,242 14s. 6d. Conversion Loan, 1961 (net) £1,255 94 9 243 10 £4,714 13 11 £4,714 13 11 To Salaries ״General Expenses ... ... ... ... ״Contribution to expenses of Joint Foreign Committee ״Balance, being surplus for half-year to date, as Balance Sheet £ 330 INVESTMENTS— ACCOUNT- Balance as at October 29th, 1929 Surplus for half-year to date CASH AT B A N K 3£% d. £ s. d. 1,107 3 0 65 4 3 1,172 17 0 0 5 10 0 7 3 22 10 0 3 0 9 73 0 £1,255 8 0 9 0י "״״J B A L A N C E S H E E T , 2 8 t h October, 1930. Liabilities. Assets. £ SUNDRY CREDITORS— Assessments received in advance Expenses accrued Amount due to Secretary JO׳NT FORE׳GN COMMITTEE— Amount received therefrom Less׳. Expenses incurred Note : A sum of £11317s. lOd. being the balance of this fund, has subsequently been received. INCOME A N D E X P E N D I T U R E ACCOUNT— Balance as at 29th April, 1930 Surplus for half-year to date s. d. £ s. d. 12 9 0 98 10 8 63 10 11 £ s. d. C A S H AT B A N K INVESTMENTS— £5,242 14s. 6d. 3!% Conversion Loan, 1961—at cost 174 10 7 225 89 135 17 10 £5,014 4 4,046 12 0 342 15 9 222 13 5 A R R E A R S OF A S S E S S M E N T — • Arrears at 29th April, 1930 still unpaid Arrears'accrued since that date SUNDRY 46 16 295 19 DEBTORS—• Loan to Bancroft Road Cemetery Disused Cemeteries Fund (cost of printing appeal) 217 10 5 5 0 3 4,663 19 2 39 16 10 4,703 16 £ 402 0 £5,01+ 5 4 5 INCOME AND E X P E N D I T U R E ACCOUNT, Six Months ended October 28th, 1930. To ״ ״ ״ ״ ״ Salaries General Expenses Printing and distribution of Annual Report Contribution to Expenses of Joint Foreign Committee Contribution to Pension Balance, being Surplus for half-year to date, as Balance Sheet £ 587 268 45 283 30 s. 6 8 17 10 0 d 6 11 11 8 0 39 16 10 £1,255 0 10 By ,, ,, ״ ,, ״ £ s. d. Assessments received ... 885 4 6 Assessment Arrears for six months to date 295 19 9 Assessments levied ... —׳ Donation—Cape Town ... ... Sale of Publications ... ... ... Dividends on £5,242 14s. 6d. 3J% Conversion Loan, 1961 (net) £ s. d. 1,181 2 71 £1,255 2 1 0 10 Os 00 DISUSED CEMETEBIES FUND RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Year ended October 2m, To Balance at Bank at October 29th, 1929 ,, Donations— Nevis Cemetery Penzance Cemetery Bancroft Road, Cemetery ... General (Appeal Fund) ״Rent Received•—Bancroft Road ״Cash taken over with PenzanceCemetery ״Dividends received on— £105 5s. 3d. War Stock, 1929-47 (gross) £107 4s. 9d. L.C.C. Stock (gross) ... £25 18s. 5d. 2}% Consols (gross) (Held by Charity Commissioners for Sheerness Cemetery) £185 17s. 4d. 2J% Consols (gross) (Held for Penzance Cemetery ... £10 10s. 6d. 5% War Loan 1929/47 (gross) (Held for Penzance Cemetery)... £ s. d. £ s. d. 133 10 10 12 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 130 5 6 146 9 6 49 0 0 13 3 4 5 5 2 2 13 4 0 13 0 To ,, ״ ״ £ By Expenditure on account of Cemeteries— Bancroft Road Bath Sheerness Gloucester Ipswich Penzance ״Cost of Postages on Appeal ״Balance at Bank at 28th October, 1930• Due to Bath Cemetery ״Bancroft Road Cemetery ... ״Pcnzance Cemetery ,. Nevis Cemetery Balance on Disused Cemeteries Fund 230 Account ... ... s. d. 86 10 1 19 5 3 268 11 4 cn 0 10 6 14 17 10 £357 THE 1930. 1 6 £357 I 6 BANCROFT ROAD CEMETERY (included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account). RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 28th, 1930. Balance brought forward at 29th October, 1929 Rent Received Donation ... Balance carried forward, being amount due to Board of Deputies at 28th October, 1930 £ s. d. 27 14 2 49 0 0 2 2 0 217 10 5 £296 6 7 By Balance brought forward being amount due to Board of Deputies at 29th October, 1929 ,, Legal Expenses ,, Repairs to Fence ״Insurance ,, Balance, carried forward, being amount due by Disused Cemeteries Fund, 28th October, 1929 £ s. d. 269 10 3 3 0 8 9 22 15 £296 6 7 THE PENZANCE CEMETERY (Included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account). RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 28th, 1930. To Dividends received on — £185 17s. 4d. 2i% Consols (gross) £10 10s. 6d. 5% War Loan 1929/47 (gross) £ s. d 5 15 10 10 6 2 13 ״Donation... ״Cash taken over ... By Legal Expenses ,, Payment to Caretaker ... ״Balance earried forward, being amount due by Disused Cemeteries Fund 28th October, 1930 ... £ s. d. 18 4 11 3 0 0 0 6 9 2 0 3 4 £21 11 8 £21 11 8 BATH CEMETERY (Included in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account). RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 28th, 1930. £ s. d. 7 7 8 To Balance at October 29th, 1929 £7 7 By Repairs to Cemetery ״Balance carried forward at October 28th, 1930 ... £ s. d. 4 4 0 3 3 8 £7 8 7 8 THE SHEERNESS CEMETERY (Inclu ded in Disused Cemeteries Fund Account). RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 2m, To Dividends received on £25 18s. 5d. 2£% Consols (gross) ,, Balance carried forward, being amount due to Disused Cemeteries Fund at October 28th, 1930 ... £ s. d. 0 13 0 7 £8 8 4 1 4 1930. By Balance brought forward being amount due to Disused Cemeteries Fund at October 29th, 1929 ... ״Payments to Caretaker ... £ s. d. 6 2 1 0 4 0 £8 1 4 THE MOROCCO RELIEF FUND, No. 1, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended, October 2m, To Balance at Bank at October 29th, 1929 To Dividends received on—• £200 4% G.I.P. Railway Debenture Stock (Net) £2,896 19s. lOd. 3£% Conversion Loan. 1961 (Net) £5,716 "2s. 3d. India 3|% Stock, 1931 (Gross) £ s. d. 6 0 79 17 0 6 200 1 £ s. d• 273 17 10 1930. By Teacher's salary ... ... ,, Books and Prizes ״Balance at Bank at October 28th, 1930 £ s. 300 0 10 3 316 1 d. 0 6 8 5 2 0 ״Bank Interest ... ... ״Repayment of Income Tax deducted from Taxed Interest 286 4 5 13 60 10 £626 5 0 1 3 2 £626 THE MOROCCO RELIEF FUND, No 2 (CASABLANCA FUND1, RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 28th, 1930. To Balance at Bank at October 29th, 1929 ״Dividends received on— £350 5% War Stock 1929/47 (Gross) £292 0s. 6d. 4% Consols (net) Bank Interest £ s. d. 74 15 5 10 0 3 11 By Balance at Bank at October 28th, 1930 £ s. d 103 1 1 26 13 11 1 11 9 • £103 1 1 £103 1 1 RECEIPTS £ To Balance at Bank at October 29th, 1929 ״Dividends received on :— £3,871 7s. 4d. 3J% Conversion Loan, 1961 (net) £288 5s. 2d. 4% Consols (net) £283 14s. Id, 4% Consols (net) ... A N D s. d. THE FEZ FUND A C C O U N T , Year ended, October 28th, PAYMENTS £ s. d. 202 3 1 1930. B y purchase of £283 14s. Id. 4% Consols ,, Balance at Bank at October 28th, 1930 £ s. d. 250 0 0 190 3 2 121 18 11 9 1 7 4 7 11 ,, Bank Interest ״Repayment of Income Tax deducted from Taxed Interest ״Anon. Donation 135 8 3 16 98 5 £440 3 0 10 5 0 £440 2 THE FOREIGN A P P E A L S RECEIPTS A N D PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year To Balance at Bank at 29th October, 1929 To Donations from Fund for the Relief of Victims of the War in Eastern Europe ״Bank interest £ s. d 252 1 6 3 2 FUND en ded October 28th, 1930. By Bessarabian Famine Relief Fund ... By Balance at Bank at October 28th, 1930 £ s. d. 50 0 0 281 12 V 73 18 2 5 12 11 £331 12 £331 12 7 7 THE J E W S OF JERUSALEM FUND (JACOB NATHAN TRUST) RECEIPTS A N D PAYMENTS ACCOUNT, Year ended October 28th, 1930. £ To Balance at Bank at October 29th, 1929 ״Dividends received on £1,035 7s. lOd. 21% Consols (gross) Less Income Tax deducted, to be recovered s. 25 17 1 9 d. 8 1 £ s. d. 39 10 2 8 7 £63 18 24 9 By Remittance to Jerusalem ״Balance at Bank at October 28th, 1930 Correct in accordance with the books and vouchers and from information received. (Signed) BAKER, TODMAN & CO., 70-75, Avenue Chambers, Southampton Row, W.C.I. Chartered Accountants. A P P R O V E D : (Signed) MAURICE JACOBS J ״ E R N S T H. SCHIFF ןHonorary £ s. d. 42 0 0 21 18 9 £63 18 Auditors Auauors. 9 » LIST OF SECRETARIES OF JEWISH SYNAGOGUES IN THE BRITISH ISLES CERTIFIED FOR MARRIAGE REGISTRATION PURPOSES BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. LONDON SYNAGOGUES. Synagogues. Name Secretary. Date of Appointment Secretary's Address. Vestry Offices, Heneage Lane, Bevis Marks, E.C.3 12th August .. 11, P a r k Place Villas, Maida Hill, W.9 ... 1st September Synagogue House, Heygate Street, S.E.17 8th J u n e Synagogue Chambers, 49, Effra Road, S.W.2 23rd December Spanish and Portuguese ... P a u l Goodman, Esq. Bayswater Borough Brixton Brondesbury Rev. David Klein Rev. Morris Rosenbaum... Rev. A. Mishcon Rev. Dayan H. M. 6th November Lazarus, M . A 34, Kingswood Avenue, N . W . 6 (Rev. M. Adler, B.A., D.S.O 33, Hallam Street, P o r t l a n d Place, W . l ... 25th November I Simon Cohen, Esq. 33, Hallam Street, P o r t l a n d Place, W . l .. 9th October ... 5th November Charles L i t t m a n , Esq. ... 57, Mildmav P a r k , N . l H e n r y H a r t , Esq 5, St. Agnes Terrace, Victoria P a r k , E.9 1st October ... Rev. Isaac Livingstone ... 15, Golders Gardens, Golders Green, N . W . l l 22nd December Isaac Dainow, Esq. 141. Cannon Street Road, E . l 23rd October ... Rev. W. Esterson 41, Foulden Road, Stoke Newington, N.16 9th November ( Rev. S Lipson ... ) Synagogue House, 71, - Brook Green, Hammersmith, W . 6 18th November I Miss Gertrude Marks) N a t h a n Lionel H e r m a n , 78, Sherrick Green Road, Willesden Green, 1st March Esq. 18th December N.W.10 ( Rev. Walter Levin 25th November 39, Aberdeen P a r k , N.5 I Rev. Aaron Slavinsky 21, Comptcn Terrace, N . l 19th May J . II. Taylor, Esq., B.A. 21, Church Road, Richmond, Surrey ... 23rd April ... Rev. E. Levine, M.A. ... 9, Pembridge Villas, W . l l 26th May 3rd September Rev. H a r r i s Lewis Price 54, Fairhazel Gardens, N . W . 6 16th August .. Rev. Louis Rabinowitz ... 207, Amhurst Road, E.8 19th J u n e Rev. Coleman Davies ... 4, Farleigh Road, N.16 Rev. Benjamin Hoffman 79, Petherton Road, N . 5 23rd April Isaac Newman, Esq. 30, W h i t e Lion Street, Bishopsgate, E. C. ... 6th December Central .. Dalston East London Golders Green Great Hambro' 9 Hammersmith & W. Ken sington Hampstead North London New Synagogue, Stamford Hill New West End St. J o h n ' s Wood South Hackney -/ Stoke Newington Adath Yisroel Artillery Lane Becontree and District Associate Bethnal Green Beth Hasepher, and Federation Synagogue of Soho 1910 1910 1906 1913 1906 1919 1928 1918 1927 1918 1899 1917 1918 1930 1903 1919 1921 1918 1919 1924 1928 1902 1926 1916 Rev. Wolf Morein, B.A. S. L. Lipshitz, Esq. 70, Steven's Road, Chadwell H e a t h , Essex 35, Burma Road, Stoke Newington, N 16 ... 27th October .. 1929 10th May 1910 Morris Sackstein, Esq. .־.. 47, Gt. Prescott Street, E , 1 12th February ... . 1930 Beth Jacob Synagogue and Lambeth Talmud Torah Canning Town Cannon Street Road, E Central Hackney Commercial Road Great Synagogue .. ... Congregation of Jacob Croydon ... Dalston (Beth Hamedrash) Dunk Street, B e t h Hamedrash Ealing and Acton Associate ... East H a m , Manor P a r k , and Ilford Fenton Street, E Fieldgate Street Finsbury P a r k Fulham and Kensington Glory of Israel and Sons of Klatsk Great Alie Street Great Garden Street Greenfield Street, E Grove Street Great Hornsey and Wood Green (Associate) Hoxton and Shoreditch Ilford & Valentine's P a r k Jubilee Street, Great Synagogue Leyton and Walthamstow New Federation Synagogue Lodzer Synagogue Mile E n d and Bow District Synagogue Mile E n d Nfew Town Nelson Street Nelson Street Sphardish New Road North-East London (Beth Hamedrash) North-West London Notting Hill Old Castle Street Philpot Street (Sephardish) ... E. Horowitz, Esq. Bernard Green, Esq. H y m a n Kintzler, Esq. ... Asher Gavurin, Esq. , . 48, Kennington Road, S . E . I 106, Freemason's Road, E.16 34, Scarborough Street, G o o d m a n ' s Fields, E . l 127, Stoke Newington Road, N.16 7th September 16th October ... 28th November 25th J u l y ... 1929 1928 1900 1926 M. •Goldstein, Esq. S. Wolkind, Esq. E d w a r d C. Davids, Esq. Rabbi Jacob Rabinowitz R. Silkoff, Esq. ... ... Rev. Abraham Rose 53, Sidney Street, E . l 36, Sidney Street, E . l 24, Bridhurst Road, Croydon 103, Amhurst Road, E.8 ... , 37, Great Garden Street, Whitechapel, 2, Grange Road, W . 5 27th December 17th J u l y ... 9th December 4th March ... 9th J u n e ... 15th September 1930 1921 1920 1920 1929 1924 J o h n Joseph, Esq. 79, Clement's Road, E a s t H a m , E.6 Isaac Davis, Esq 96, Bridge Street, E . 3 H a r r y Abrahams, Esq. ... 8, St. P e t e r ' s Road, Mile E n d , E . l Rev. Benzion Fertleman 105, Finsbury P a r k Road, N.4 I. C. Levy, Esq 482, Fulham Road, S.W.6 Abraham J . Cannon, Esq. 38, Church Street, E.2 ... H . Kintzler, Esq 34, Scarborough Street, Goodman's F i e l d s , E . l M. H y a m s , Esq. 158, Jamaica Street, Stepney, E . l M. Goldstein, Esq. 53, Sidney Street, Stepney, E . l . J . Backenofsky, Esq. ... 99, St. Thomas Road, South Hackney, E.9 3rd 21st 19th 2nd llth 21st 13th 19th 24th 21st March December March .. March .. April .. J a n u a r y .. March ... June May June 1910 1930 1920 1931 1927 1929 1906 1898 1917 1921 Rev. H . Goodman Solly Alexander, Esq. ... G. G. Bloch, Esq , Maurice H y a m s , Esq. ... Julian H y m a n , Esq. 57, Crouch Hall Road, Crouch End, N.8 24, Heneage Street, E . l 7, Argyle R o a d , Ilford 158, Jamaica Street, Stepney, E . l 529, Lea Bridge Road, E.10 21st 13th 20th 22nd 24th December January July ... July ... April ... 1920 1930 1930 1919 1929 Aaron 57, Whitechapel Road, E . l 21st October ... 1919 18, Gascoyne Road, E.9 29, Old Montague Street, E . l 79, Wilberforce Road, N.4 1st F e b r u a r y ... 1929 6th September 1925 l l t h March ... 1927 Woloshin, Esq. Philip Greenbaum, Esq, Lewis Goldman, Esq. ... L. Rosenstein, Esq. Myer Barnett Wasserman, Esq. H . Kintzler, Esq Isaac Marks Rev. M. Brown, B.A. ... A r t h u r Marks Green, Esq. Joseph Ostrofsky, Esq. ... H y m a n Kintzler, Esq. ... E.l ... ... ... 1 7th F e b r u a r y 42, T u r n e r St., Commercial Rd., E . l 34, Scarborough Street, Goodman's Fields, ... E.l ... ... ... 28th M a y 4th J a n u a r y ... 83, King E d w a r d Road, E.9 . . 17, L a w f o r d Road, Kentish Town, N . W . 5 ... l l t h May 19th J u l y ... 82, Wrottesley Road. N.W.10 26th May ... 23. Osborn Street. E . l : ... 34, Scarborough Street, Goodman's Fields,E. 26th J u n e 1928 1923 1925 1930 1921 1922 1910 G o d f r e y Cherns, Esq. ... Moss Davidson, Esq. ... J.M.Passer,Esq.,F L.A.A, Rabbi M. Ginsberg, B.A. A. Woloshin, Esq. Rev. Simon Bronkhorst... ... S. Wolkind, Esq Rev. M. Brown ... Samuel Ivushner, Esq. ... .. ... ... Sons of Britchan Synagogue ... S. Wolkind, Esq Rev. Nehemiah Goldston South-East London S.W. London ... Rev. Isaac Ostroff Solomon L. Lipshitz, Esq. Spitalfiells Great. Rev. Samuel H y m a n Spital Square P o l t a v a ... Stamford H i l l Beth Hamedrash Godfrey Cherns, Esq. ... Stepney Orthodox, Stepney I. Dainow, Esq. Green, E. ... ... Talmud Torah (Christian St.)... H y m a n Newman, Esq ... Morris Tomback, Esq. ... Tottenham George Jones, Esq. (Jpton P a r k Victoria and Chelsea (Associate) Pierre Levene, Esq. S. Wolkind, Esq Vine Court, Whitechapel Voice of Jacob, Mohile ׳v, Pren, A. Spitalsky, Esq. and Sokolow Synagogue M. Sklar, Esq Walford Road .. I . Zisslin, Esq Walthamstow and Leyton Wellington Road, Stoke NewIsrael Cohen, Esq. ington West-End Talmud Torah and Bikkur Holini Rev. Alexander Amias ... Western ... ... ... Rev. A. B a r n e t t Mark B. Fidlan, Esq. ... West H a m ... ... M. Goldstein, Esq. Whitechapel Road Willesden Green and Cricklewood Henry Norman, E s q . ... Woolwich and Plumstead ... D. Goldstein, Esq. 130, Osbaldeston Road, N.16 .., ... : ... 14, Windsor Road, E.7 '.'״ 19, Princelet Street, Spitalfields, E . l The Synagogue, Richmond, Surrey ... 57, Whitechapel Road, E . l ... 6, Cheyne Walk, Hendon, N . W . 4 ... ... 36, Sidney Street, E . l 52, Stamford Brook Road, W.6 ... ... 5, E a s t b u r y Terrace, Beaumont Square, Mile End, E . l ... ... 36, Sidney Street, E . l 2, Pepys Road, New Cross, S.E.14 ... ... 9, Devereux Road, S.W. 11 35, B u r m a Road, Stoke Newington, N . l b .'.. 69, Sandringham Road, Dalston, E . 8 26, Grove Lane, N.16 3rd May 24th J u n e V. 8th August .. 17th J u l y 24th March .. 23rd March .. 11th J u l y 21st December 1923 1919 1921 1923 1926 1896 1929 1916 21st 29th 22nd 17th 18th 12th 21st 1926 ;1925 189C 1914 1905 141 j Cannon Street Road, E . l ... 66, Fairholt Road, Stamford Hill, N.16 ... 138, Evering Road, Stoke Newington, N.16 103, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E.7 166, Fulham Road, South Kensington, S.W. 10 36, Sidney Street, E . l .״ 179, Oxford Street, Stepney, E . l :״ 9th March ... 27th October ... 12th April 31st J u l y ... 24th March ... 23rd September 15th March ... 1915 1928 1922 1919 1926 1930 1931 413, Hackney Road, E . 2 12, Forest Drive West, Leytonstone, 5th J u n e 22nd March 1925 1920 72, Holmleigh Road, Stoke Newington, N.16 let December 1924 14, Manette Street, W.C.2 9, Gordon Street, W . C . I 23, Chaucer Road, Forest Gate, E.7 53, Sidney Street, Stepney, E . l 173, Fordwych Road, Cricklewood, N . W . 2 ... 217, Plumstead High Street, Woolwich, S.E.18 29th J u l y 17th April 21st April 13th J a n u a r y 11th April 9th December 1925 1924 1915 1929 1927 1925 23rd October 22nd January 3rd December 13th May ... 1922 1919 1929 1898 PROVINCIAL Aberavon and Port Talbot Aberdare Abertillery Bangor J . D. Rosenberg, Esq. ... H e n r y Cohen, Esq. H a r r y Lewis Simons, Esq, Isidore W a r t s k i , Esq. ... Date of Appointment. Secretary's Address. Name<5fSecretary. Synagogue. Philpot Street, Whitechapel Poplar Associate Synagogue Princelet Street, Spitalfields Richmond ... Roumanian Sandy's Row ... Shass, Old Montague Street Shepherd's Bush Sidney Street ... < .. E.ll December December July March April May January 1911 1929 SYNAGOGUES. 3, Ynys Street, P o r t Talbot 17, Lewis Street, Aberaman Brynhilda, Alma Street " Derwen Deg," H e r m a n Glicksman, Esq. H a r r y Black, Esq. Rev. Samuel Isaac Solomons, B.A. Birmingham j ... T h e Rev. A. Cohen, M.A., P h . D Birmingham, Holloway H e a d ...((New and Beth Hamedrash Harold Stone, Esq. Joseph Rosenberg, Esq. ... Blackburn Blackpool (United Hebrew Rev. S. Arkush (.Congn Bolton A. Gafan, Esq J o h n H a y m a n , Esq. Bournemouth Rev. J . Israelstam, B.A. Bradford Rev. I. Fabricant, B.A. Brighton The Rev. Harris Swift.,. Bristol Isaac Goldfoot, Esq. Brynmawr P h i l i p T . H a r t , Esq. ... Canterbury Sidney Fligelstone, Esq. Cardiff H a r r y Kaye, Esq. (Cardiff (New Chatham M. Samuel, Esq ... Cheltenham Daniel L. Lipson, Esq. M.A. ... ... ... Chester H . M. Bloom, Esq. Coventry A l f r e d Salmon, Esq. ... Darlington Bernard Kletz, Esq. Bernard Serabski, Esq. ... Derby M. A. Lazarus, Esq. .. Dover Durham A. N . Birk, Esq Eastbourne Alfred Isaac Layne, Esq. J . L. Sager, Esq., M.A. Exeter ••״ Isidore Abrahams, Esq., Grimsby J.P Harrogate Rev. Eli Kahan, B.A. ... (Hove (New...... Rev. S. Anekstein .........(Bull(Central Rev. H . Bergin (New Hebrew Congregation) Israel Solomon Fischoff, Esq Barnet Goldstone, Esq. . 4 .. ... (Old Hebrew: Joseph Bush, Esq. Western)) Barrow-in-Furnesa Birkenhead 19, Dudley Street 6, Ravenscroft Road 48, Beaufort Road, Edgbaston 10th September 1920 19th J u l y ... 1921 14th J u n e ... 1927 32, Duchess Road 24th ... 59, Latimer Street 17, Holland Street ... February 1926 20th J a n u a r y ... 1929 2nd February ... 1922 18, Woodland Grove, W h i t e Gate Drive 39, Vernon Street " East Cliff Court " 35, Blenheim Road Synagogue Chambers, Middle Street Synagogue House, P a r k Row I , Station Road 20, H i g h Street 168, Cathedral Road 8, Llanedayrne Road 184, H i g h Street 22nd J u n e ... 29th October ... 16th J u l y ... 9th November... 17th August ... 8th May ... 26th M a y ... 7th F e b r u a r y ... 16th May ... 15th December 16th J a n u a r y . . . 1924 1906 1918 1921 1930 1927 1905 1913 1928 1929 1922 Corinth House, B a t h Road I I , Sumpters P a t h w a y , Hoole, Chester 22, Saint P a t r i c k ' s Road 38, Swinburne Road 36, Charnwood Street " The Cedars," 109, Maison Dieu Road 86, F e r n Avenue, Jesmond Tudor Villa, Ashburnham Road University College 20th 24th 26th 23rd 28th 29th 10th 4th 19th July ... September September October February March ... February May ... March ... 1914 1925 1924 1911 1913 1926 1908 1928 1907 86, Cleethorpe Road " Carmel," 18, Coppice Drive 3, Eaton Road 79, P a r k Street 27th 13th 23rd 16th May ... September July ... April ... 1925 1917 1929 1928 80, Lister Street ... 129, New Bridge Road 28, Coltman Street 16th J a n u a r y 1928 23rd September 1921 5th March ... 1924 ... Synagogue. Leeds (Beth Hamedrash) (Chapeltown United) (Chasidishe) (Chevra Torah) (Herzl-Moser) ... (North Leeds, Great) (New Central) (New Hebrew) (Old Central) Old (Great) Name <5f Secretary. Bernard B. Freedman, Esq. Isaac Simon, Esq. Leopold Abel, Esq. L. Appleson, Esq. H . Feldman, Esq. Solomon T a m a r i n d , Esq. Rev. Jacob Samuel Rev. Jacob Samuel Rev. Dr. J . Abelson, M.A. Mark Freeman, Esq. R. H . Hurvitz, Esq. ... (Polish Hebrew) (Psalms of David) Talmudical Synagogue L. Appleson, Esq (Chevra Shass) Jack Caplan, Esq. (Wilner) Samuel May, Esq. Leicester Liverpool (Bet.h Hamedrash, N a t h a n Silverbeck, Esq. Nusach Haari) S. Fagin, Esq. (Central) Charles Shock, Esq. (Great) Barnett Cohen, Esq. Great (Nusach Sfard) Michael L. H y a m , Esq.... (Hope Place) S. H . Morris, Esq. (Kirkdale) Rev. Lewis Phillips (Old) R. Davidson, Esq. (Shaw Street) S. M. Benjamin, Esq. ... Llandudno Lewis Benjamin, Esq. ... Llanelly Manchester (Austrian) (Bishop Street) (Central) (Chai Adam) (Great) (Hightown) (Higher Broughton) (Higher Crumpsall) (Holy Law Beth Aaron) ... M a x Gritz, Esq H y m a n Savitch, Esq. ... Michael Sugarwhite, Esq. Eli Davis, Esq Nathaniel H . H a r r i s , Esq. H a r r i s Levin, Esq. Rev. Dr. S. M. Lehrman Rev. A. Sussman H a r r i s Sanderwitch, Esq Secretary's Address. Date of Appointment. 9, Vandyke Street 16, Sholbroke Avenue, Chapeltown 32, Elmwood Street, Camp Road 24, Ramsden Terrace 45, Beckett Street, Green Road 9th F e b r u a r y ... 24th October ... 22nd J u l y ... 13th November 18th March ... 7, St. George's Terrace 19, Mexborough Avenue 19, Mexborough Avenue, Chapeltown Road 11th J a n u a r y 1926 23rd October ... 1922 30th May ... 1888 37, Hamilton Avenue, Chapeltown 37, Harehills Avenue 15, Cowper Street, Chapeltown 6th October ... 1920 21st April ... 1926 21st October ... 1919 24, Ramsden Terrace 1, Gipton Terrace, Roundhay Road 18, Church ׳Gate l l t h July ... 1928 5th September 1926 5th May ... 1929 23, Sefton P a r k Road 34, Bedford Street, N . 211, Wavertree Road 20, Seymour Street 52, H a r t i n g t o n Road, Sefton P a r k 171, Walton L a n e 86, Mulgrave Street 10, Geneva Road, Fairfield " S a r m o n t , " York Road 4, College Square 13th May ... 16th May ... 12th November 20th F e b r u a r y 6th December 30th November 15th October ... 10th December 5 t h September 21st F e b r u a r y 1929 1897 1919 1928 1923 1930 1917 1923 1924 1917 94, Charlotte Street, Hightown 5, H e w i t t Street, Hightown 129, Stocks Street, Cheetham 49, Woodlands Street, Cheetham 26 Bignor Street, Cheetham 312, Waterloo Road, Hightown ... 5, Wellington Street East, Higher Brough ton :. 14, Catherine Road, Higher Crumpsall 144, Stocks Street, Cheetham 30th 19th 13th 26th llth 12th 1913 1923 1916 1929 1886 1926 October •December September May ... March ... April ... 1930 1922 1919 1922 1913 2nd August ... 1926 19th M a y ... 1927 20th February 1917 Manchester Kahal Chasidim)) (New) (New Roumanian) (North) (Oxford Road) (Rydal Mount) (Shaare Zedek) (South) ... (South Broughton) Spanish and Portuguese) ...) (Telzer and Kovno) United Synagogue & Beth) Hamedrash Hagodol) ((Warsaw M. Gritz, Esq. ... M. Heilpern, Esq. P . Adler, Esq M. Gritz, Esq Abraham Vogel, Esq. J . B. Newgrosh, Esq. ... The Rev. Laurence Glickman S. Hyman, Esq Jack Shalom, Esq. Rev. Louis Weiwow,B.A. Rev. M. M. Cohen David Cansino, Esq. Rev. I. W . Slotki, M.A. L. Abrahamson, Esq. 94, Charlotte Street, Hightown 288, Gt. Clowes Street,...((Lower HigherBroughton Broughton 41, Smedley Road, Cheetham ... 94, Charlotte Street, Hightown 69, Bignor Street, Cheetham 77, Wellington Street W . , H i g h e r Broughton 23rd F e b r u a r y 28th October ... 18th August ... 26th J u n(New e. ... 9th September 2nd November 1926 192a 1929 193G 1930 1911« 47, P l y m o u t h Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock ... 196, Elizabeth Street, Cheetham 12, The Beeches, West Didsbury 10, Sherringham Road, Withington 64, Heywood Street, Cheetham 471, Bury New Road, Kersal ((Talmud 3, Bellott Street, Cheetham 284, Great Clowes Street, Broughton 21st 9th 21st 17th 20th 15th 24th 21st 19G6 1926 1926 1923 1920 1926 1927 1919 Rev. S. Fredberg W . Puritz, Esq. 316, Cheetham Hill Road 34, Enid Street, Lower Broughton 20th July 3rd August 32, Marine Terrace 4, Dane Terrace 2, Thornfield Road 20th October 1929 30th November 1930 3rd November 1925 January February December July ... April ... June ... November October ... 1923 1930 Margate Merthyr Tydvil Middlesbrough-on-Tees Joseph Sokel, Esq. Emanuel Cohen, Esq. Saul Levy, Esq Newcastle-on-Tyne ... (Newcastle-on-Tyne (United (Newcastle (Jesmond (Newport (Monmouth ... Northampton N o r t h Shields Norwi ר11 Nottingham Rabbi J . Kyanski Rev. Y. M . Sandelson ... Rev. E. D r u k k e r , B.A. ... Leslie Jacobs, Esq. Saul Doffman, Esq. N a t h a n Science, Esq. ... Rev. M. I . F a b r i t z The Rev. Abraham Levene ... ... Oxford Louis Freedson, Esq. Plymouth Pontypridd P o r t s m o u t h and Southsea Preston Louis Robins, Esq Myer Fishout, Esq. R e v . Mendel Bloch, B.A. Isaac Tragen, Esq. 14th 21, Carlisle Avenue, T h e H o e 3rd " Norwood," Tyfica Crescent Synagogue House, Queen Street, Portsea ... 2nd 20th 4, Cross Street Ramsgate Paul ©oodman, Esq. Vestry Offices f Heneage Lane, London, E.C-3 12th August ... 1910 ... ... ... ... 24th J u n e ... 7th November 22nd J u l y ... 29th November 1st February 3rd May ... 19th J a n u a r y ... 88, Rye Hill 230, Westmorland Road 21, Lyndhurst Avenue, West Jesmond 47, Llanthewy Road ... " Alroy," 43, St. M a t t h e w ' s P a r a d e 25, Cleveland Road Synagogue House, Synagogue Street Synagogue House, 11, Belgrave Square 20, Richmond Road ... ... 1921 1926 1915 1899 1911 1925 1931 22nd F e b r u a r y 1925 4th April ... 1918 May ... February June ... August ... 1914 1909 1927 1923 Synagogue. Name<5fSecretary. 226, O x f o r d R o a d 12th J a n u a r y ... 1930 Reading R . P u l v e r m a c h e r , E s q . ... Sheffield (Hebrew) Rev. B a r n e t I . Cohen, 4, M a c k e n z i e Crescent, B r o o m h a l l P a r k B.A. H y m a n Bloomfield, E s q . 187, Chippinghouse R o a d Joseph Alterman, E s q . 64, B e r n a r d S t r e e t Rabbi Dr. Alec Eli 40, H a r t w o o d R o a d ... ... ... Silverstone E r n e s t G o m p e r t z , E s q . ... 43, Vespasian A v e n u e Rev. A. P l a s k o w , B . A . ... 4, W i n t o n Avenue, Westcliff L o u i s Sive, Esq. ... Hardwick Terrace Bernard Freedman 3, A l e x a n d r a R o a d ... J o s e p h Blain, E s q . 2, Victoria Square M. Jacoby, Esq 1, Cedars Crescent J o s e p h P e a r l m a n , Esq. ... 8, Salem H i l l South 3B, St. J a m e s ' s R o a d , S u r b i t o n , S u r r e y D. L . Sasieni, E s q . 10, H e a t h f i e l d S t r e e t I . R . Levi, Esq M o r r i s Symonds, E s q . ... P e n t r e , R h o n d d a , Glam H a r r y B r o d e r , Esq. T h e Laurels H . L . Cohen, Esq. 53, B r i g h t o n Street, Wallasey, Cheshire J a c o b B r o a d y , Esq. ... 107, T h o r n t o n S t r e e t Sheffield (Central) Southampton Southport South Shields Scruthend and Westcliff Stockton-on-Tees Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Sunderland (Beth Hamedrash) Surbiton and Kingston Swansea Tonypandy Tredegar Wallasey ... ... West Hartlepool Whitley and District (Whitley Bay) Withington Wolverhampton York (Aldwark) NORTHERN IRELAND. Belfast Synagogue IRISH F R E E STATE. Dublin Synagogue Dublin Synagogue (United Hebrew) Cork Synagogue Date of Appointment. Secretary's Address. 12th J u n e 24th October 27th M a y 1912 1916 1929 17th J a n u a r y 24th S e p t e m b e r 17th October ... 18th S e p t e m b e r 20th September 21st October ... 28th December 8th F e b r u a r y 18th J u l y ... 20th J a n u a r y 18th F e b r u a r y 24th M a y ... 23rd December 7th December 1928 1920 1923 1918 1929 1919 1922 1911 1921 1922 1918 1911 1914 1889 42, V e n t n o r G a r d e n s ... ... L i n g w o o d , T h e Beeches, W e s t D i d s b u r y ... 2, H a u g h t o n P l a c e , Shaw R o a d , B u s h b u r y " R a y v i l l e , " Mill H i l l , H u n t i n g t o n , Y o r k s 25th October 22nd J a n u a r y 8th December 1927 1912 192<נ 4th N o v e m b e r 1929 Harold Goldblatt 29, W a t e r l o o G a r d e n s 12th December 1926 Rev. Abraham Gudansky Rev. B e r n a r d J a f f e 35, Longwood A v e n u e 30, Emorville Avenue, J o s e p h T h o m a s Clein 26, M c C u r t a i n S t r e e t Isaac S a l t m a n , E s q . Levy Moss, E s q D. E . D a v i s , E s q Israel M o r r i s , T h e Acts 6 & 7, WM. I V c. 86 and 7 gogues do not apply to Scotland. Esq. ... ... S.C.R ... ... 10th J a n u a r y 1902 3rd M a r c h ... 1913 3rd J u n e 1925 8 V i c . C. 81, in virtue of which the President certifies Marriage Secretaries of Syna- T h e President is not required to certify the Marriage Secretaries of the West London Synagogue and its associated Synagogues, viz:־—יSt, George's Jewish Settlement (Stepney), Congregation of British Jews, Manchester, and the Synagogue of British and Foreign Jews, Bradford. *