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The story behind my website
What it
says on the tin!
Bygones - an East End Eulogy
Just as
it says...
A sad
Jewish moment in the mountain village of Castelo Rodrigo, Portugal
London's Jewish East End Home Page
History of Jewish settlement
in London's East End with photos and information on Fieldgate Street
Synagogue, Nelson Street Synagogue, Bevis Mark Synagogue, Beaumont Grove
(South West Essex Reform) Synagogue, Princelet Street Synagogue,
Sandy's Row Synagogue, Bethnal Green Great Synagogue, Brady Street
Cemetery. Photos of Jewish sites around the Brick Lane/Petticoat
Lane/Aldgate & Whitechapel areas. Addresses of East End of London
Synagogues.
Around the East London Synagogue
A Jewish tour round the
Stepney Green area. Photos and commentary on the East London
Synagogue in Rectory Square, Stepney Jewish School, Stepney Orthodox
Synagogue, 7th Stepney Scout troop, Reverend Mendel Zeffertt of the East
London Synagogue and more. Photos include rare black and white views of
various Jewish scenes.
Around Jewish Spitalfields
Photos and commentary on
sites of Jewish interest in and around the Spitalfields area, including
information on Bud Flannagan, Central Foundation Girls school in Spital
Square, Old Castle Street Synagogue, Brick Lane Beigal shop, Vine Court
Synagogue, Princelet Street Synagogue, Miriam Moses, Machzike Hadass
Synagogue, Mossy Marks deli, Phil Kay's London Sack and Bag Company,
Blooms restaurant and more.
Around Mile
End and the Sephardim
A photographic tour and
commentary of the two Sephardi cemeteries in Mile End - Old Velho and
Novo Beth Chaim cemeteries. Photos and commentary on Albert Stern
House - the former Sephardi old peoples' home that backs onto the Old
Velho cemetery in Mile End. Photos of Mile End Place.
Around Nelson Street, Anna Tzelniker
Some history of Nelson
Street Synagogue (also known as East London Central Synagogue) together
with photos of the interior. Photos and commentary about veteran Yiddish actress
Anna Tzelniker speaking in 2003 to an audience inside Nelson Street
Synagogue. Photos of sites of Jewish interest close by to Nelson
Street Synagogue.
Scenes from Nelson Street Synagogue, filmed on Jewish heritage day
2007 when author Bernard Kops read samples of his work, can be viewed
here: Nelson Street
Alderney Road Cemetery in Mile End
The story of Alderney Road
Jewish Cemetery in Mile End, opened 1696 and closed 1852, with photos
and commentary.
Aldgate Pump and all stops East
Dr Cyril
Sherer recalls his pre War East End childhood.
A walk down Maiden Lane to Bancroft rd
cemetery
Discover
the curious story of Covent Garden's Maiden Lane Synagogue and its
abandoned cemetery at Bancroft rd, Mile End - with a footnote on the
Western Synagogue and photos of their cemetery (closed since 1884)
located in Queen's Elm, Brompton Rd, Chelsea.
Basil
Henriques - an East End hero
An
appreciation of the great man's life
1930s Scenes from the Oxford & St George's
Summer camps at Goring on Sea
Visit
Highdown Hill, Goring on Sea with Sir Basil Henriques for the annual
Summer camp with the East End boys and girls of the Oxford and St
George's Settlement
Battle of Cable Street remembered
Dr
Fenton's father was there on 4th October 1936. Read his anecdotes.
Bevis
Marks Selichot Service
The story of a late
night/early morning Selichot Service at Bevis Mark Sepahrdi Synagogue
with photos and commentary.
Bevis Marks Sephardi Celebration
The story of a concert of
Sephardi Music at Bevis Marks Sephardi synagogue with photos and commentary.
Brief background information on Sephardi settlement in the UK.
Boris Bennett-East End Photographer to the Stars!
Photos and commentary on
legendary 1930's Jewish East End photographer Boris Bennett of
Whitechapel Road.
Brady Street Cemetery
Views of this beautiful
hidden cemetery in London E1.
Fieldgate Street Farewell
Fieldgate
Street synagogue closed in September 2007 and may never reopen.
View historic scenes from their March 2006 Purim service here:
Purim, part 1 &
Purim, part 2
Jewish Cracow
Photos and thoughts on
Jewish Cracow, Poland - a 2005 visit.
Jewish History & photos
Jewish History from the
Middle Ages to the present. Photographs of Jewish synagogues,
cemeteries, memorials and other sites in Eastern Europe, including
Riga, Vilnius, Krakow, Budapest, Prague. A photographic visit to a World War One
German cemetery in
Neuville St Vaast, France with
commentary. A World War One memorial in Perth, Australia erected by
the Jewish Community of Perth.
Jewish stories, letters and photos and
more
Exactly
that.
You are welcome to contribute.
Lithuanian Heritage in the USA
A Lithuanian
family emigrates to the USA, their story.
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Purim at Fieldgate Street Synagogue March 2006
Historic photos of the festival of Purim being celebrated in one of the
East End's last surviving synagogues.
Purim
and More at Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue
Some history of Fieldgate
Street Synagogue and how it relates to the story of Jewish immigration
to the East End of London. Details of synagogues that combined
with Fieldgate Street Synagogue as the local community shrank. Photographs of
various foundation plaques and others on display inside Fieldgate Street
Synagogue. The story of the Jewish festival of Purim and photos of the
celebration of Purim in Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue (to give
Fieldgate Street Synagogue its full name).
Simchat Torah at Fieldgate Street
A brief description of the
Jewish festival of Simchat Torah with photographs of Simchat Torah
celebrations at Fieldgate Street Great Synagogue - including parading
the Torah scrolls.
Willesden Cemetery's Stars
A photographic tour of the
United Synagogue's Victorian Willesden cemetery with photographs of the
graves of some of its most famous Jewish residents.
Memories of Great Garden Street Shul
Photos and commentary on
Great Garden Street Synagogue in Greatorex Street. A reminiscence
about Great Garden Street Synagogue by the son of Rev Shaposnick, late
minister of the shul. Reminiscences of the Kosher Luncheon Club in
Great Garden Street
Memories of Growing up in Jewish Stepney before the War
The story of Jewish Life in
Stepney before the War by the son of the Rev Mendell Zeffertt, late
minister of the East London Synagogue in Rectory Square detailing
people, places, shops and entertainment encountered along the way +
photos.
Memories
of Jews' Free School, Bell lane
Photos from Bell Lane of
classes, teachers, playground activities, 1935 Jubilee celebrations,
school outings to Crystal Palace, Whipsnade Zoo & Boxmoor and more.
A description of a school visit to Dukes Place Synagogue. An
extract from Israel Zangwill's 'Children of the Ghetto' describing a
C19th view of Jews Free School in Bell Lane.
Memories of The Jewish Legion, World War 1
The story of the Jewish
Legion, largely manned by young men from the East End of London with
many historic photographs and a chronology of events. Photographs
of World War One embroidered postcards and more.
Memories of growing up in pre war Jewish Mile End
Transcript of a talk given
by my mother Leah to a religion
school class at South London Liberal Synagogue describing her Jewish
life and experiences growing up in poverty in the Mile End area of
London before the War.
Memories
of the Ruda family
The story of the Polish born
Ruda family, landed Jewish Gentry of Sky Peals Estate in Hyams Park,
owners of Ruda's Wet Fish Shop in Wentworth Street. Rare black and
white photos of the
family.
Memories of Ruda's Wet Fish shop
The story of Ruda's wet fish
shop at 16 Wentworth St (Petticoat Lane) by his granddaughter Ruth. Photo of
Jack Ruda surrounded by wet fish ready for his Jewish customers.
Memories from Raines Rd to the King of Lampedusa
A pot pouri of Jewish East
End recollections from the 1940' and 1950's by a former Jewish East End
of London resident now living in Israel. Photos and commentary.
Memories of
Rev J
K Goldblum and more
As the
title says...
Memories of Redman's Rd Talmud Torah, Philpot St &
Boxing
The pre War story of
Redman's Road Talmud Torah, head teacher Rev J K Goldbloom and various
members of staff. Appreciative review of the Talmud Torah's
activities by noted Jewish scholars including one written in the early
1900's by Hebrew language pioneer
Yitzhak Suvelsky. Singing in the Philpot Street Great Synagogue
choir. Singing at boxing legend Harry Mizzler's wedding at Philpot
Street Great Synagogue. A story about boxing promoter Jack
Solomons and his protégée Eric 'Boy' Boon. A Grodzinski's bakery
Fieldgate Street Synagogue and Redman's Road Talmud Torah connection. Photos and commentary.
Memories of a Redman's Rd Talmud Torah Barmitzvah
A Barmitzvah boy's
reminiscences of his 1938 Barmitzvah at Redman's Road Talmud Torah with
photographs and commentary.
Memories of the Settlement Synagogue/Basil Henriques
The story of the Oxford and
St George's Settlement clubs by a former treasurer and trustee of the
organisation with photos and commentary. Extracts from their
camping holiday song book as written by the Gaffer's wife Rose Henriques.
News from the East London Orthodox Synagogues
Association
The Congregation of Jacob - Kehillas Ya'acov story
History
and origins of this fascinating little shul in the Commercial Rd, by
David Russell of Kehillas Ya'acov
The
Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company Ltd
Ever
wondered about that Arch in Wentworth Street? Read about Lord
Rothschild's late 19th Century attempts to clear the slums of the East
End of London.
The amazing story of Barney Barnato the Diamond
King and his playboy son 'Bentley Boy' Wolf Barnato.
London transport's Routemaster &
Trolleybuses
Photos
from London's past - just for fun!
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I'm
not sure how my website got quite so large, but click
through the links above to see my personal tour of the Jewish East End of
London...and more.
Have fun!
Best
wishes,
Phil
