12 HARTLEY LIBRARY

SECTION B: semi-official papers

Office of Presiding : 1 - general

398/2 Minutes of the meeting of the Office of the Presiding Rabbi 1971 of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) and Association of Adath Yisroel `The right wing of Anglo-Jewry' by Solomon Schonfeld 39/6 Minutes of the Inner Council of the Presiding Rabbi of the 1970-9 UOHC and Association of Adath Yisroel Synagogue; correspondence; papers 357/3 Minutes of the Inner Council of the Presiding Rabbi; 1972-8 constitutional principles of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 682/3 Correspondence relating to wills administered by the Office 1930s, 1944 of Presiding Rabbi and correspondence on the arbitration between Mrs Helene Rand and Isaac Rand 14/1 Correspondence; constitutional principles of the Union of 1972-4 Orthodox Hebrew Congregations; scheme of arrangement of the Association of Adath Yisroel Synagogue 852/1 Receipt book 1981

Office of Presiding Rabbi: 2 - alphabetical sequence

58/5 Adler and Levy bequest: correspondence photocopy of the 1979-80 probate copy of the will of Regina Levy; accounts of estate 542/2 Advisory Committee for the Admission of Jewish 1964-71 Ecclesiastical Officers: minutes; correspondence; statistical reports; report of grants made by the Central British Fund; report of applications for ecclesiastical employment 253/3 Kehillah matters: correspondence; accounts; form for 1958-65 authorisation of the rabbinate for marriage; example of a leaflet for a kosher butcher 281/2 Khal Chassidim: correspondence; papers of meeting of 1963-7 trustees; list of members 305/4 Mikvah: invitation to the opening of the new Mikvah, North 9 Apr 1967 West London Communal Mikvah 253/4 Mikvoath: correspondence; land registry papers; draft lease 1958-60 MS 183 13 2/4 R-T: correspondence curriculum vitae of Rabbi Dr 1960-2 H.Rabonowicz; newspaper in German; pamphlet; telephone report; GPO telephone credit card; Rothschild Trust report

Office of Presiding Rabbi: 3 - shechita

253/6 Boards of Shechita: correspondence; minutes of meeting of 1933-58 Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim; lists; typescript conveyance; typescript memorandums of agreement, including between the Rabbinical Commission and Manchester Machzikei Hadass, or the Chief Rabbi, , the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, the Federation of , London Board of Shechita, Manchester Board of Shechita and the Committee of the Board of Deputies, 1933; copy of a memorandum of opposition to an abattoir in St Albans; accounts of Letchworth Board of Shechita 618/1 Letchworth Board of Shechita: correspondence; accounts; 1938-59 plan for repair of an abattoir in Henry Street, Tring, 1955 900/10 Rabbinical Commission for the Licensing of Shochetim: 1978 correspondence; list of shochetim and students holding licences; minutes of meeting 125/1 Kedassia Restaurant Ltd: correspondence; lists of 1946-50 correspondence; legal documents 278/4 Kedassia Restaurant Ltd: accounts; resolutions of 1952-3 extraordinary meeting; lists of agreements 281/1 Kedassia Restaurant Ltd: correspondence; deed; accounts; 1959-67 notes of meeting 900/8 Kedassia Restaurant Ltd: correspondence 1974-9 736/5 Laws of the board for administering the affairs of Shechita 1945

Congregations' papers: 1 - general

334/4 Minute book of the conference of preachers of metropolitan 1892-7 and provincial synagogues; correspondence; printed paper 892/2 Typescript `Constitution principles of the Union of Orthodox c.1878-1958 Hebrew Congregations', 1934; papers and booklets, some in German or Hebrew script on the rules and history of various organisations 358/2 Typescript constitutions, rules and regulations of synagogues c.1931-57 and Jewish Secondary Schools Movement; deed of trust 14 HARTLEY LIBRARY 803/2 Lists of members and seat holders of various congregations 1937-8 and of former pupils of the Jewish Secondary Schools Movement 238/2 Reports; notes; lists of members and seat holders of various 1938-9 congregations; correspondence; subscribers 333/1 Contributions book 1949 72/1 Correspondence, notes, copies of receipts relating to 1959-63 barmitzvah fees

394/3 Typescript of `Clause 43, before and after' by Bernard Homa c.1973 [C]** 912/3 Hamaor: journal of the Sep 1981

Congregations' papers: 2 - alphabetical

113/1 Adath Yeshurun Congregation: correspondence, some in 1928-63 German or Hebrew script; certificates, in Hebrew script; authorisation of the rabbinate for the solemnisation of a marriage certificates; copy of a marriage certificate; draft agreements; circulars, notices 539/5 Adath Yisroel Burial Society: correspondence; copy of rules 1954-76 and regulations; legal papers; copies of an opinion relating to the trustees of the Society and the Jewish Secondary Schools Movement; writ of summons 931/1 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: photocopies of annual reports, 1912-35 incorporating the North London Beth Hamedrash 972/5 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: rules and regulations 1913 892/4 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: rules and regulations; silver jubilee 1936-77 book; correspondence; newspaper cuttings Acts of Parliament relating to schools and to abattoirs 1944-74 358/6 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: silver jubilee book; order of 1936-57 service and souvenir book for consecration, 1957 Yearbook and calendar of Golders Green Beth Hamedrash 1973-8 Synagogue 1980 The Concordat 350/7 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: golden jubilee brochure 1962 345/3 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: scheme of arrangements 1978 340/4 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: timetables 1979-81 246/3 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: timetables; reports 1980-2 576/2 Adath Yisroel Synagogue: unused salary augmentation fund n.d. MS 183 15 book 307/1 Amhurst Park Synagogue: correspondence; land registry 1945-68 papers; draft transfer of freehold and deed of trust; compulsory purchase order; form for certifying a place for meeting for religious worship; lists; valuation and tax papers 280/2 Amhurst Park Synagogue: correspondence, valuation papers 1953-62 concerning rates 596/5 Amhurst Park Synagogue: correspondence; section of the Law 1975 Society Gazette and the Eastern Gazette 294/1 Amhurst Park Talmud Torah: attendance registers c.1951-5 735/6 Childwall Hebrew Congregation: The record 1975 559/1 Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue: notes by Schonfeld on c.1949-65 [C]** committee meetings; correspondence and accounts relating to a dispute 501/3 Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue: souvenir brochure of the 11 Sep 1960 consecration 1972 Correspondence, plan of proposed flats, papers relating to high court action against Schonfeld and Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue 59/2 Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue: correspondence; receipt; 1948-74 copies of trust papers; bills; death certificate of Louis Raiher; statement of objections and observations of the trustees of the statement of objections of the Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue to the proposed sale of 263 Hale Lane and approximately 860 square yards of 261 Hale Lane, Edgware; minutes of meeting of trustees; copies of maps and land registry papers; newspaper article; membership list of synagogue, 1963; timetables, circulars; notes for and copies of lawsuit papers 12/5 Edgware Adath Yisroel Synagogue: correspondence; list of 1971-2 headed notepaper; notes for and copies of lawsuit papers 393/1 Hampstead Synagogue; correspondence; plans; planning 1954-74 permission form; Ordnance survey map; list of deeds; balance sheet, note of expenditure; list of members 397/1 Hampstead Synagogue: correspondence with architect; plan; 1962-72 memorandum of interview with Mr Klausner; notice served by Borough of Hampstead relating to 31 Broadhurst Road being a dangerous structure; minutes and memorandum of meeting 168/1 Hampstead Synagogue: correspondence; paper relating to 1963-5 application for planning permission; minutes of meeting of trustees of synagogue; notes of meeting; plans; sketch of front elevation of synagogue 16 HARTLEY LIBRARY 354/4 Hampstead Synagogue: correspondence; photocopy of 1978 newspaper article; notice of inaugural service 527/1 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: correspondence; agendas 1940-80 for annual general meeting; reports; accounts; rules and regulations; timetables; contributions records; copy of land registry entry 900/7 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: rules; regulations 1944 501/2 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: rules; regulations 1944 345/1 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: correspondence; circulars; 1977-8 timetable; agendas; invoices 852/8 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: correspondence; plans for 1978 Land Registry of proposed extension in Shirehall Lane 8/6 Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue: jubilee magazine and 1989-90 timetable 395/6 Letchworth Hebrew Congregation: correspondence some 1954-9 concerning a dispute with the Letchworth Board of Shechita; decision in the dispute between Letchworth Hebrew Congregation and Letchworth Board of Shechita heard by Rabbi Yitschak Jacob Weisz, senior Dayan of Manchester, Rabbi Abraham Moses Babad, Rabbi in Sunderland, and Rabbi Jacob Heshel of Edgware 503/1 New Talmudical College and Synagogue: invitation to the 26 Nov 1968 laying of the foundation stone 395/7 North Hendon Synagogue: correspondence; planning 1955-61 application form; balance sheets 284/4 North Hendon Synagogue: correspondence; accounts; 1954-73 receipts; newsletter; banking forms; list of members; pages of prayer book, in English and Hebrew script; planning papers; souvenir brochure on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone, 15 Dec 1973 596/9 North Hendon Synagogue: correspondence, photocopy of 1977 enquiries before contract form concerning the land, plans relating to the conversion of 13 Great North Way, Hendon, into a synagogue 1013/6 Sarah Klausner Memorial Synagogue: correspondence; 1975-7 posters 395/2 Southfields Synagogue: correspondence; planning paper 1959-61 granting permission for the erection of prayer rooms at Old Hanoverians Sports Ground, Watford Way; typescript copies of correspondence; extracts from the published official minutes of the committee, Hendon Borough Council; lists of contributions MS 183 17 898/3 United Synagogue: `list of seat holders of the great synagogue' 1939 [U/F] 224/3 United Synagogue: minutes; copies of correspondence 1945 between Chief Rabbi Hertz, the and honorary officers of the United Synagogue concerning the disregard of Beth Din summons by officers of the United Synagogue

Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations: 1 - correspondence, papers

736/7 Constitution of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 1931

843/6 Constitution of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 1931 281/4 Correspondence; lists of names; receipts; invitations; notes of 1943-64 invalid addresses; memorandum of agreement for publication of and royal statement for Sayings of the fathers, 1960; cheque; unused bank orders 284/2 Correspondence; minutes of meeting of honorary officers 1959-64 279/1 Correspondence; draft proposals; journal articles; bulletins; 1957-68 headed notepaper 11/1 Correspondence, some in Hebrew script; certificates, papers, c.1959-71 in Hebrew script; order of service on the induction of Rabbi Joseph Dunner 905/3 Correspondence relating to the publication of a book 1960-2 Proofs, in Hebrew script 624/3 Letter; applications for grants to the Jewish Claims 1963-4, 1977-8 Committee (publications); newsletter; cheque; foreign currency exchange slips 491/5 Brochures for the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 1951, 1956 silver jubilee and tercentenary dinner to celebrate three centuries of the resettlement of Jews in Great Britain 828/1 Invitation to the induction of Rabbi Henoch Padva as 1953/4, 1972, principal rabbinical authority of the Union; cards showing that 1974 food supplied at functions was under the supervision of the Joint Kashrus Committee of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 326/1 Unused ketubah, in Hebrew script n.d.

Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations: 2 - printed

401/1 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1962-6, 1977- Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks 8, 1980-1 18 HARTLEY LIBRARY

464/5 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1951-3, 1960-1 Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks

481/1 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1971-2, 1978- Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks 80 305/5 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1978-9 Orthodox Jewish Education yearbook 544/4 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1978-80 Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks

500/1 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1979-80 Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks 194/2 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1953-7, Orthodox Jewish Education yearbooks 1972-3 682/2 Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and Board of 1962-3 Jewish Education yearbook

European Union of Orthodox Communities

507 Correspondence, some in German or Hebrew script; 1957-9 resolutions, in German; list of directors of the Claims Conference; draft declaration; draft proposals, in English and German; preliminary list of Orthodox Jewish communities in Germany; press report; copies of Revista Cultului Mozaic 270/2 Correspondence; papers, including protocol of Union, in 1957-9 German; outline of activities; list of invitees to inaugural conference on European Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; preliminary list of Orthodox Jewish communities in Germany; list of smaller places in southern Germany; list of directors of Claims Conference 66/2 Correspondence, some in German; draft letter to the 1959-60 Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 68/3 Correspondence, in German; account sheets 1959-60 760/3 Correspondence, mainly in German 1958-60 270/3 Correspondence, some in French, German or Hebrew script; 1960-3 mailing list; copy of a photograph of a house in France; accounts; protocol, in German, of meeting in Copenhagen; memorandum on a European United Synagogue 508 Correspondence, some in German or Hebrew script; bank 1958-9 papers; protocol, in German; report, in German, of a visit to Germany by L.Fordsham, Aug 1959; notes on the study commission's report on the Claims Conference; attendance MS 183 19 list to a meeting in Frankfurt, Sep 1959 881 Correspondence some in French or German; circulars; 1958-60 memorandums on the application of funds of the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany; notes on recommendations relating to the distribution of funds; protocol, in German; list of invitees to inaugural conference of the European Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; minutes of European Vaad Hapoel; list of directors at Claims Conference; details of claims and recommendations; sticky labels; newspaper articles 905/2 Letter, in German; report of a visit to Germany by 1959-61 L.Fordsham, Aug 1959; protocols, in German or English; paper `Various educational and religious projects which are currently recommended for disadvantageous conference treatment'; memorandums on application of the funds of the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany; bulletins, in German 283/3 Correspondence, some in French or German; paper detailing 1959-63 a house to be used by the Hasmonean Girls' School; accounts, in French; invitation, in French; list of affiliates of the European Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; copies of correspondence with the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany; information paper on boarding schools in Western Europe; memorandums on the application of funds of the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany 616/3 Conference reservation forms, in German; pamphlet, in 1959 German, containing an article on the Union by Rabbi E.Munk 72/3 Headed notepaper and multi-lingual information paper n.d.

Organisations, charities, appeals: 1 - general

357/4 Adolph Basser Trust: correspondence; brochure for Trust; two 1955-65 black and white photographs of Basser, one in academic dress; newspaper cuttings 4/1 Beth Jacob: collapsible collection box n.d. 499/5 Board of Guardians: annual reports 1960-1 829/2 Chevra Ben Zakkai: minute book of general committee 1918-23 172/4 Committee for the Rescue of Immigrant Children in Israel: n.d. two books of tickets for the grand draw; note, in Hebrew script 576/6 Friends of the Bury Hebrew classes: programme for a concert 14 Nov 1976 624/7 Jewish Child's Day: correspondence; circulars; receipts 1972 20 HARTLEY LIBRARY 205 Jewish Child's Day: raffle tickets; index cards n.d. 356/4 Jewish Welfare Board: correspondence; office memorandum; 1978 newspaper cutting 203/1 Jewish Youth Association: correspondence; lists of members; 1943 typescript details of members 95/3 Jews' Temporary Shelter: reports 19 5 4 , 1 9 66, 1969-70 246/2 Jews' Temporary Shelter: report 1957 583/4 Jews' Temporary Shelter: report; enclosed circular, 1961 1959, 1961

901/1 Jews' Temporary Shelter: reports 1962-3 [U/F] 219/4 Jews' Temporary Shelter: report 1973 602/2 Dayan Lazarus memorial tribute: circulars; donation slips; 1959 headed notepaper 828/4 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture: summary of the 1967-9 1968 applications and recommendations for allocations from the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany; loose Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany memorandum, treasurer's report, papers, 1967-8 219/5 National Charities Aid Society: souvenir brochure 1948 TT&S Building Fund souvenir brochure 1958 Talmud Torah and Synagogue building fund souvenir 1957 brochure 624/5 Old Yishuv Fund to the Charity Commission: copy of a letter; 11 Oct 1965 the blank application form for registration as a charity 889/5 Society of the Friends of the Torah: correspondence; lists of 1963-4 names of donors and the donation 219/3 Sportsman's Aid Society: report 1947 117/2 United Jewish Relief Appeal: typescript list of donors and n.d. donations

348/1 United Jewish Relief Appeal: booklet; appeals literature 1957-8 American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee annual report 1956 474/2 Friends of the Memorial Committee of the Unknown Jewish 1957-9 [U/F] Martyr: correspondence 355/6 World Jewish sports festival to be held at Tel Aviv, Jul 1973: 1972 blank application forms; circular MS 183 21 885/2 Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland: 1950-4 correspondence with Jewish Secondary Schools Movement; booklet for jubilee dinner in aid of Yesodey Hatorah Grammar School

Organisations, charities, appeals: 2 - Community Centres for Israel Organisation

905/4 Correspondence, some in Hebrew script; papers, 1957-66 specifications, in Hebrew script; plans, sketches of buildings; headed notepaper 908/1 Correspondence, some in Hebrew script; plans, sketches of 1958-61 buildings 729/1 Correspondence; hotel bills; report of the annual conference 1959-60 of European Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations 489/2 Correspondence; specifications, some Hebrew script; plans, 1959-61 sketches of buildings 842/1 Correspondence, much with the United States of America and 1959-64 South Africa; newspaper cuttings and articles; invoices; journal articles; leaflets `Community Centres for Israel Organisation'; Queens Jewish Center Bulletin 821/3 Correspondence; order forms; receipts; hotel bills; typescript 1959-64 draft for a leaflet on the organisation 931/2 Correspondence; plans; financial papers 1959-70 [File from Dr Eliezer Bashan and the History Department of Bar Ilan University. Dr Bashan was a cousin of Schonfeld and co-ordinated the building programmes of the community centre in Ashdod for Schonfeld] 490/4 Correspondence; plans; lists of outstanding promises to be 1960-6 followed up; list of monied collected and deposited; plan; insurance papers; statement; report of first meeting 821/2 Correspondence, some in Hebrew script; invoices; bank 1960-71 deposit slips; tracing showing settlements which are in contact with the kibbutz Hafetz Haim; circulars, information papers, some in Hebrew script 490/5 Correspondence; notes of donations 1960-71 312/3 Correspondence; notes; leaflet; elevations of a proposed 1964-5 typical centre 859/4 Correspondence, some in Hebrew script; photocopies of 1968-73 cheques; bank statements; payment slips; photocopy of a declaration signed by Schonfeld; conference details; colour photographs 489/3 Correspondence relating to a shipment of goods to Ashdod, 1970 22 HARTLEY LIBRARY Israel 909/5 Correspondence, plans, specifications, estimates, much in 1970-2 Hebrew script; legal papers; printed papers 999/3 Correspondence; notes; headed notepaper; slides; photograph 1970-5 and negatives 842/2 Correspondence; transfer of sterling papers 1972-3 989/5 Six black and white and one colour photograph, together with 1968 a negative of the colour photograph, of a community centre in Ashdod, Israel 991/2 Nine black and white and one colour photographs of a 1969 community centre at Ashdod, Israel; two signed up unused postal orders 880/1 Exercise book containing details of donations; plans of the 1971 building 52/1 Bank books; bank statements 1971-5 841/2 Circular Jun 1972 478/3 Publicity papers; information leaflets; headed notepaper; 1959-78 statement of account 842/3 Publicity paper; circular; headed notepaper; notes by Solomon J u n 1 9 7 2 , Schonfeld 1981, n.d. 490/2 Receipt book 1977 519/2 Index of donations n.d.

Organisations, charities, appeals: 3 - Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany

820 Memorandum, 1958, and memorandum 3, 1960, on the 1955-60 application of funds of the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany; information papers on boarding schools in Western Europe; papers on procedures for dealing with request for conference funds and principles governing the allocation of conference funds; memorandums from Saul Kagan sending details of allocations of funds 686/1 Memorandum, 1958, and memorandum 3, 1960, on the 1958, 1960 application of funds of the Conference on Jewish material claims against Germany 905/5 Photocopy of a memorandum of the Conference on Jewish 30 Apr 1958 material claims against Germany Summary of discussion of the meeting of the board of 25-6 Jan 1958 directors Memorandum and notes on applications for funds MS 183 23 501/4 Correspondence, mainly from synagogues; membership lists; 1955-6 leaflets for the Jewish Scholarship Centre; accounts

624/10 Certificate of incorporation of the Conference; by-laws of the 1963-5 Conference; memorandums; recommendations for grants; Agudas Israel Organisation European executive minutes; lists of schools associated with and circulars of the Council of Jewish Day Schools in Great Britain 334/5 Details of claims to the Conference, of the budget and of 1957 recommendations for grants 882 Details of claims and recommendations to the Conference on 1956, 1961-5 Jewish material claims against Germany, some in German 529/2 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to Conference: 1959-61, 1971- correspondence; cheques; receipts 5 112/3 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to Conference: 1950-65 correspondence; notes; memorandums; forms; invoices; papers 112/2 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to Conference: 1954-5 correspondence; lists of ex-refugee children at schools; preliminary list of orthodox Jewish communities in Western Germany; proposed allocations for 1956 to schools participating in claims conference grants; instructions 108/4 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to Conference: 1954-6 correspondence; details of allocations and payments, including index book; bank statement 744/4 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to Conference: 1958-9 correspondence; details of schools 744/3 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1954-63 Conference: correspondence; protocol number 2; by-laws; principles governing allocation of funds; newspaper cuttings; copy of ; memorandum on claims; deed of trust between Solomon Schonfeld, Fred Albert Weil and Josef Lobenstein; details of fund allocations 528/2 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1954-69 Conference: correspondence 759 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1955-62 Conference: correspondence; lists of names of children; questionnaire 505/1 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1955-75 Conference: correspondence 744/2 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1957 Conference: correspondence between Solomon Schonfeld and H.Torczyner 24 HARTLEY LIBRARY

108/3 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1957-8 Conference: correspondence, papers regarding the children of refugees of Nazi occupation 746/1 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1958 Conference: correspondence between Solomon Schonfeld and H.Torczyner 501/5 Jewish Secondary Schools Movement claim to the 1962 Conference: correspondence; circulars; cost of building improvements to Avigdor Primary School