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Semi-Official Papers Office of Presiding Rabbi 12 HARTLEY LIBRARY SECTION B: semi-official papers Office of Presiding Rabbi: 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 Synagogue `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, United Synagogue, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, the Federation of Synagogues, 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 Federation of Synagogues 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
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