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ED, PROGRESSIVE\JUDAISM18L

1. Give out photocopies of (a) Pléfifdnms and (b) Resolution

2. Recap: Resolution Apnilrn840;a (Declaration of Intent, Picciotto 367). ttgu Ln .1vec;;

Appointment of David Woolf Marflg?1b. London 1811, JFS, Liverpool 1833, edited FOP, publ. Aug 41, modified Sefardi, v. conservative, even Return, Temple,Messiah.

Also Aug 41, Letter tb Elders, Picciotto 369ff, incl: abolition of 2nd day.

9 Sep141 mtgtat3CR1sghomedofl,Officers of synagogues, London Committee of Deputies of British Jews, conndeming new syn and pb, esp. rejection of Oral Law. Delayed and f‘ihally signed reluctantly by CR and BM Dayahim. (Cherem) Solomon Hirschel b. London 1762 (while father Tzvi Hirsch Levin, also known Hart Lyon, 1721—1800, . of Great,(1758-64, b. GaliciA, AFTER TO Germany & ‘ ultimately ; friend of Mendelssohnl. 301 became CR 1802, died 1842, 79 at time. David Meldola, presiding rabbi of BM, 1797-1853, then 44, succeeded father Raphael Meldola (1754-1828, b. Leghorn: his father had been prof. of orient. lang. in Paris). Delayed 6 weeks, issued 24 Oct, to be read Shabbat 22 Jan 42. Text Ficciotto 373 and 374 (latter accompanying letter from Sol. Hirschel). Liverpool, Manchester, Plymouth and Western refused. ReformeRSShad prior knopwledge and resigned en masse from BM.

27 Jan 42 new syn. opened in Burton St nr Euston. DWM3§ sermon: Marmur 27. 1398‘pWMTGbldsmid Prof; of Hebrew at UC (till 98). 1849 Mabgaret St, Cavendish “T‘Sél 1870 Upper Berkeley St. CR Nathan Marcus Adler (1803-90) refuses to attendnunless 2nd day restbned. (Born Hanover; S.R. Hisch another candidate.) Althopgh Cherem revokédn1849. 1872 Confirmatibn on Sunday in June. 1893 Morris Joseph. Judaism as Creed and Life, 1903. (Theology; Goulston 62.} Manchester 1858. 1869-73; 1827:1903. Born Posen. Studied Berlin. Assistant to‘Holdheim. Later Emanu-El, NY. Publ;. hymnal 1886. Supported in WJC 1897 (with son Richard & Stephen Wise). "God of mlght" and "Rock of ages" (trsl. from German by Leopold Stein). Bradford 1880. LEO COLLEGE \ LIBRARY ~ _'\ r‘? . _ 2 -

8. More socialtthan religious, no clear ideology, no real movement. Hence need for furtherrreforms. Hampstead Sabbath Afternoon Services 1890-93. Umansky 53-54.

CGM./ B. 6 June 58. Father Nathaniel M., nephew of Sir Moses. Mother d. of Sir ISaac Goldsmid (1778-1859. made fortune out of railway;constr., baronet 1841, 1st Jew to receive hered. title. Among founders of WLS, also UC. Delicate health, privately educated, Jewishlky by D.w. Marks, at 20 to Balliol, befriended“ by Dr. Benjamin Jowett, Master, Regis Prof. of Greek, trsl. of Plato, wrote on Epistles of Paul, ordained C of E. First Class. C. 1881 to Berlin Hochschule, a year later .returned with Schechter, to administer father's fortune & devote himself to philanthroipy, scholarship and religion. Phil: Pres. AJA, Jewish Colonisation Soc., Westminster Jewish Free School, Soc. for Prot. of Women & C hildren. Froebel Educ. Inst,; UC, Southampton. At 28 (1886) married Therese Schorsteifi, grandd. of Polish rabbi, died 3 years later in childbirth (Leonard) (1889). 1890—93 H'(stead Afterboon ServiCes, see above. 1892: Hibbert Lectures (show & read conclusion). 1899 Bible for Home Reading. {

10. LHM. B. 22 Dec 1873 (15 years after CGM), 6th child of Montagu Samuel, self-educated, reversed name, fodnded banking houSe.of Samuel‘ Ontagu & Co., became first Lord Swaythling & founder of kration (came from Liverpool). Before baronetcvladstonian Lib. MP for Whitechapel div. of Tower Hamlets. Strictly Orth. Lefttschbol at 15, con tinued privately, read voraciously. Influenced by CGM. (SOuth,Stonham House, Swaythling, Hants.) At 17 with Marian ran classes for working girls... Grandfather reversed name. Father b. 1832. MP 1885- 1900. Radical. Supported free educ., legal aid for poor, taxrrefonm "equalising burdens" of upper and ..3 lower classes, PR. 1887 founded Federation. Supported «many synagogues and Jewish agencies.4 1894 baronet, 1907 First Baron Swythling. Active in Board of Guardians anduD eputies; Treas. of Chibbat Tziyyon, rep,,pf Angloa Jewry abroad,‘assoc. with Herzl. 1890 children‘s services ~§ 2— . _ 3 _

at New WestTEnd, given free hand by Simeon.Singer (1848— 1906, 1879 New West End). 1893 West Central JluGirlsj Club. Sense opf mission: Umansky 148-150 )(