DOCSLIB.ORG

Come Along with Us Now . . . Your Community Needs You!

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Come Along with Us Now . . . Your Community Needs You! Voice of the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region Jewish Community Centre Bury Old Road, Manchester M7 4QY Phone/Fax: 0161 720 8721 email: [email protected] www.jewishmanchester.org AUTUMN 2010 ISSUE 22 ROSH HASHANA 5771 COME ALONG WITH US NOW . YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU! Dear Members of the Jewish community, IN MAY it became my privilege to take up the challenge of the office of President of your Jewish Representative Lucille Cohen Council; indeed it would seem that the whole of the Jewish writes community is facing increasingly challenging times. For me, the task ahead involves building upon the tremendous work from the undertaken by my predecessor, Barbara Goldstone, and her dedicated team. President’s When asked what the Representative Council actually does, I always declare that its aim and purpose is the dynamic promotion Desk and defence of the interests of the whole of the Jewish community, across its entire spectrum, in the North-West. Added to that could be the defence of the reputation of Jewry in general, including the Jews of Israel, with whom we are so closely JNET - BUSINESS NETWORK OF EVENTS intertwined. Nobody should rest complacent, because any slur on THE new-look Manchester Jewish Representative Council has an Israel , its people or legitimacy represents a threat to us all. ethos of inclusiveness. To underline this, we were approached by a At the same time, we never forget our role of interacting with the young Manchester businessman with an idea which we tweaked and local and national authorities, as citizens enjoying our freedoms and included him in its front-line progress. displaying our proud allegiance to Britain in the vein of the Jewish So JnetManchester was born: a monthly networking event, co- more dina d’malchuta dina ( ‘ the law of the land is the law ’). sponsored by the Council, together with the Jewish Telegraph, to Joining me in pursuit of these goals is a new and enthusiastic team hold varied and interesting events every month around Greater of honorary officers, comprising Michael Samuels and Frank Baigel Manchester, but mostly at Maccabi: to bring together business as vice-presidents, Philip Langer as treasurer, and Sharon people and professionals, entrepreneurs and investors, venture Bannister and Dr Noemi Lopian as honorary secretaries. Together capitalists and fund managers, to meet in a warm and inviting with Dr Sydney Baigel running our Year Book, Susan Daniels and atmosphere, to work together for their common good. Karen Finlay in the office and a strong executive, we have rolled our We have both a Facebook and a Linkendin group, and you can join sleeves up! either one of these or contact our office. The door is open for further Accent on youth sponsorship and ideas. We hope you will note the date of the first Much of the community seems unaware of the wide range of meeting - on October 12 at Maccabi. On that night we will be joined diplomacy to the wider community undertaken by this Council. We by some very special speakers and exciting people from the world act in such fields as education, local authorities, interfaith, police of business. committees, universities, schools and colleges. Anyone wishing to contact me can email me at In addition to this brief, I am aiming for a new dimension. This has [email protected] or call me on 07874 160 044 a strong, internal focus. The council provides the forum that can MICHAEL SAMUELS bring together, in a spirit of inclusiveness and participation, all the communal organisations in order to become active Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region participants in discussion and debate – not just as an end in Manchester Beth Din itself, but with a view to forging constructive developments for Council of Synagogues the future benefit of the community’s cohesiveness and Manchester Council of Rabbis therefore, its effectiveness. THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS URGED To that end, focus groups. liaison committees and advisory panels are being established. In particular, the focus groups will draw TO ATTEND A PUBLIC MEETING upon younger leadership for the future, and upon students and youth. While communal delegates form the framework for this council, I have had the backing of the honorary officers in KOSHER MEAT establishing an advisory panel. This draws on some of the leading members of the community, not only so that they may be directly involved in the work of this council, allowing us to draw on their UNDER THREAT! expertise, experience and advice, but also to demonstrate that we are all co-operating. Shimon Cohen of Shechita UK Enhancing the concept of our mutual responsibility as a community presents is another aim. Therefore, we are feeling our way in the establishment of liaison committees to reach out for increased The Current Situation and the Dangers Ahead UPDATE: communication with the Charedi sections of our community. As you Monday 13th September at 8.15pm will know, the demographics of the Jewish community are rapidly Stenecourt Shul Hall changing so that an increasing proportion of the community in Holden Road Salford M7 4LN FREE ENTRY north Manchester falls into this category. cont. on Page 3 . REP PRESENTS PAGE 1 RepCouncil_6pp.indd 1 9/8/10 18:03:32 WHAT ARE WE ALL ABOUT? Louis Rapaport Springs Some Surprises he first meeting of the Representative Council, then called are so visible at our synagogues, schools and at all the other TCouncil of Manchester and Salford Jews, was in 1919 with many events which occur throughout the year here in our area. members at the inaugural meeting. The CST’s structure and management are immense, making it Edward Langdon, a member of the Reform Synagogue, was the “jewel in the crown” of our community. elected to be the first President. Its vision was to provide a Our association with the CST brings us to our next partnership, framework within which all the organisations in the Greater which is with the police. We have regular meetings with them, Manchester Jewish community could grow and flourish; to not only in our local areas, but also at the Headquarters in promote cordial relations between the Jewish community and its Chester House. Issues such as racism and anti-Israel attacks, non-Jewish neighbours; and to establish a platform from which both verbal and physical, are regularly raised. They also call us the voice of the community could be heard. in to ask our opinion on actions they might be contemplating to It also wanted to give assistance and advice whenever it was deal with anti-Semitism. We are also involved in sending people required - and which is still carried out to this day through our to the Police Training Centre at Sedgley Park, Prestwich, to give very many welfare and social organisations. talks to personnel on Judaism so they are more aware of our way The original founders were all men - it was some few years before of life and customs. women made their appearance in the minute books - mainly Our Council is also represented on all the local Community concerned with hospital visitation and welfare committees. The Advisory Committees, which are in every Police Division and late Mabel Lichtenstein was one of the first women to be involved allow the public to meet with the police and question them on with the Council through her work in those areas. issues which may affect their community. I became a delegate for my Synagogue when the late Isadore Our next work is liaison with the local authorities in the Greater Sandler was President in the 1960’s. Among the many Manchester Region. In May and June, when the new civic heads distinguished Presidents, I particularly recall Michael Fidler who, come into office, we make appointments with all ten boroughs as an MP and soon to be President of the Board of Deputies, used and we visit the new Mayors and their Deputies to bring to present to us at the monthly meetings a most comprehensive greetings from our community. review of affairs, locally, nationally and internationally. Among our other partnerships are the Centre for Jewish In those early days when I attended, there were many very Studies at the University, the Board of Deputies, the Synagogue heated debates, especially about Fascism and the National Front. Council - which deals with the religious affairs of the Orthodox One of the fiercest and strongest speakers was Martin Bobker, community - and this also brings us into contact with hospitals to whose voice in North Manchester could almost have been heard deal with Kosher food issues. in Didsbury! Active in Interfaith Yachiel Vogel, from Lubavitch, would never miss an opportunity During the year the Council is involved in four major events: the to bring discussion on any topic back to Religion and Hashem, Sherman Lectures at the University, Yom Hashoah, Yom whose guiding light would see us through all of our problems. No Ha’atzmaut and the Community Challenge Quiz every November. opportunity was missed by him in order to give a message from Finally, the biggest change in the Representative Council’s work Above. Yachiel and I crossed swords many times when I spoke as in the past few years has been in Interfaith activities and this is a member of the Reform Synagogue, and we enjoyed a lively where our partnerships have been so important. For many rapport between us -he often said to me “I’ll convert you one day!” years the Council has been associated with the Council of So that’s how things were in those days - much debate, many Christians and Jews, having been active in its leadership since arguments, but not a lot of changes to the way the community its formation in 1942.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Western Europe
    Western Europe Great Britain National Affairs JL HE DOMINANT EVENT of 1983 was the general election in June, which gave the Conservatives an overall majority of 144 seats. The election results led to the immediate eclipse of Michael Foot as Labor leader and Roy Jenkins as head of the Liberal-Social Democratic alliance; Neil Kinnock took over as Labor head and David Owen as leader of the Social Democrats. The Conservative victory was attributable in part to a fall in the inflation rate; in May it stood at 3.7 per cent, the lowest figure in 15 years. The "Falklands factor" also contributed to the Conserva- tive win, in that the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared resolute in the pursuit of its aims. Finally, the Conservative victory owed something to disunity in Labor's ranks. The extreme right-wing parties fielded about 66 per cent fewer candidates in 1983 than in 1979; there were 59 National Front (NF) candidates, 53 British National party candidates (this party had broken away from the NF in 1980), and 14 can- didates belonging to other right-wing groups. The extreme-left Workers' Revolu- tionary party fielded 21 candidates. In October Home Secretary Leon Brittan announced plans to raise the electoral deposit to an "acceptable minimum," thus making it more difficult for extremist candidates to run for office. A report issued in October by the national advisory committee of the Young Conservatives maintained that "extreme and racialist forces are at work inside the Conservative party." Despite this, however, Jacob Gewirtz, director of the Board of Deputies of British Jews' defense and group relations department, indicated in December that in recent years the focus of antisemitism in Britain had shifted dramatically from the extreme right to the extreme left.
    [Show full text]
  • BOARD of DEPUTIES of BRITISH JEWS ANNUAL REPORT 1944.Pdf
    THE LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH JEWS (iFOUNDED IN 1760) GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS ANNUAL REPORT 1944 WOBURN HOUSE UPPER WOBURN PLACE LONDON, W.C.I 1945 .4-2. fd*׳American Jewish Comm LiBKARY FORM OF BEQUEST I bequeath to the LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH JEWS (generally known as the Board of Deputies of British Jews) the sum of £ free of duty, to be applied to the general purposes of the said Board and the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being of the said Board shall be a sufficient discharge for the same. Contents List of Officers of the Board .. .. 2 List of Former Presidents .. .. .. 3 List of Congregations and Institutions represented on the Board .. .... .. 4 Committees .. .. .. .. .. ..10 Annual Report—Introduction .. .. 13 Administrative . .. .. 14 Executive Committee .. .. .. ..15 Aliens Committee .. .. .. .. 18 Education Committee . .. .. 20 Finance Committee . .. 21 Jewish Defence Committee . .. 21 Law, Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee . 24 Palestine Committee .. .. .. 28 Foreign Affairs Committee . .. .. ... 30 Accounts 42 C . 4 a פ) 3 ' P, . (OffuiTS 01 tt!t iBaarft President: PROFESSOR S. BRODETSKY Vice-Presidents : DR. ISRAEL FELDMAN PROFESSOR SAMSON WRIGHT Treasurer : M. GORDON LIVERMAN, J,P. Hon. Auditors : JOSEPH MELLER, O.B.E. THE RT. HON. LORD SWAYTHLING Solicitor : CHARLES H. L. EMANUEL, M.A. Auditors : MESSRS. JOHN DIAMOND & Co. Secretary : A. G. BROTMAN, B.SC. All communications should be addressed to THE SECRETARY at:— Woburn House, Upper Woburn Place, London, W.C.I Telephone : EUSton 3952-3 Telegraphic Address : Deputies, Kincross, London Cables : Deputies, London 2 Past $xmbmt% 0f tht Uoati 1760 BENJAMIN MENDES DA COSTA 1766 JOSEPH SALVADOR 1778 JOSEPH SALVADOR 1789 MOSES ISAAC LEVY 1800-1812 .
    [Show full text]
  • Western Europe
    Western Europe Great Britain Domestic Affairs X HE YEAR 1973 has been dominated by a feeling that a turning point was reached in national life. Assumptions that supplies of cheap fuel were plentiful, that the steady growth of the economy was continuing, and that social cohesion would keep industrial disputes within limits which did not actually cripple the general community no longer seemed to hold true. This was despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that the government maintained its policy of economic expansion. It hoped thereby to promote industrial investment and break out of the "stop-go cycle." So far as unemployment was concerned, the policy was successful for, until December, the number of unemployed declined by an average of 20,000 per month. The strain of expansion was borne by the foreign trade balance. Thus an early indication of difficulties to come was the announcement in January that the 1972 overseas trade deficit had been £700 million, the worst on record. Another component was the deterioration of the labor situation. It began in a comparatively small way in February with strikes and industrial action by gas workers, civil servants, and nonmedical workers in the National Health Service. April marked the institution of Phase Two of the counterinflation policy, providing for limitations on dividends, profit margins, and wage increases, which was soon followed by a rise in the mortgage rate from 8.0-8.5 to 9.5 per cent, and to 11 per cent by September. In the meantime the Bank of England's minimum lending rate rose to 11.5 per cent in July to buttress spending abroad.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 MS 290 A1001 Papers of Michael Fidler General Papers 5 Copies Of
    1 MS 290 A1001 Papers of Michael Fidler General papers 5 Copies of biographical details, curriculum vitae of Michael 1960, 1966-8 Fidler; correspondence with Who's who; Notes on procedure for the adoption of Conservative candidates in England and Wales (1960); correspondence with Conservative Associations and the Conservative Party Central Office; correspondence relating to recommendations for appointments of magistrates and to the Commission of the Peace in Lancashire 56 Biographical: correspondence with publications; biographical c.1976, 1987-9 details for Who's who, Who's who in Israel, Debrett's, The International Year Book and Statemen's Who's Who, Zionist Year Book, The Jewish Year Book; proofs of entries 4 Newspaper cuttings relating to Michael Fidler; election 1966-7 leaflets 115 Correspondence relating to speaking engagements, the 1974-88 proposed closure of the King David Schools, freemasonry, Leslie Donn and the Honours' List; personal correspondence; letters of appreciation 57 Invitations, 1971-89; text of a sermon by Fidler at the United 1971-89 Reform Church, Bury; text of an address by Fidler to the Council of Manchester and Salford Jews; correspondence with UNICEF, the Liberal Friends of Israel in Australia, the Zionist Organisation of America, and as Director of the Conservative Friends of Israel 63 Jewish Herald: correspondence; text for Fidler's column 1988 `Fidler's forum'; newspaper cuttings 42 Seventieth birthday: table plan of a luncheon; transcripts of 1986 speeches given in Fidler's honour; newspaper cuttings
    [Show full text]
  • London Metropolitan Archives Board of Deputies
    LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 1 BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS ACC/3121 Reference Description Dates BOARD MINUTES Minute books ACC/3121/A/001/A Minute book 1 1760 Nov - Not available for general access Original volume not available for consultation, 1828 Apr Available only with advance please see microfilm copy at English and notice and at the discretion of the ACC/3121/A/001/C Portuguese LMA Director 1 volume Please see microfilm available within archive collection: order ACC/3121/A/001/C ACC/3121/A/001/B Minute book 2 1829 Mar - Unfit Original volume not available for consultation. 1838 Jan Not available for general access Please see microfilm copy at English and Available only with advance ACC/3121/A/001/C Portuguese notice and at the discretion of the 1 volume LMA Director Please see microfilm available within archive collection: order ACC/3121/A/001/C ACC/3121/A/001/C Minutes (on microfilm) 1760-1838 access by written permission only This microfilm contains the first two volumes of English and minutes for the Board covering: Portuguese volume 1: 1760-1828 volume 2: 1829-1838 1 microfilm ACC/3121/A/001/D Minute book 3 1838-1840 access by written permission only 1 volume English and Former Reference: ACC/3121/A/5/3 Portuguese ACC/3121/A/001/E Minute book 4 1840 - 1841 access by written permission only 1 volume Former Reference: ACC/3121/A/5/4 ACC/3121/A/001/F Minute book 5: appendices include some half- 1841-1846 access by written permission only yearly reports, memos and opinions.
    [Show full text]
  • Western Europe
    Western Europe Great Britain National Affairs D<'OMINATING ALL ELSE on the British national scene in 1984 was the strike by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), begun in March, over the right of the National Coal Board to close uneconomic pits. Despite the refusal of the Nottinghamshire miners—approximately 20 percent of the industry's work force—to join the strike, and a lack of support from other labor sectors and the general public, the strike was still in force at year's end. While the strike had only minor repercussions economically, politically it proved a serious embarrassment to the Labor party, particularly to Labor leader Neil Kinnock. His failure to take a clear position weakened his standing with all sides. Conversely, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's determination to stand up to the most powerful union in Great Britain won widespread support. The Irish Republican Army's campaign of violence found new targets during the year. A bomb exploded in October in the Grand Hotel, Brighton, where ministerial delegates to the Conservative conference were staying, including the prime minister and her husband. Five senior Conservative party members were killed and many more were seriously injured. A government White Paper published in February sought to deter extremist candidates from running in future parliamentary elections by raising the deposit for candidature from £150 to £1,000. The measure's effectiveness was weakened, how- ever, by its lowering of the percentage of votes required to qualify from 12V£ to 5. Activities of the extreme right-wing National Front (NF) included a march and rally in Stoke-on-Trent, in April, prior to local elections, and a march and rally in Brighton, in September, protesting kosher slaughter.
    [Show full text]
  • Connecting Histories
    CONNECTING HISTORIES The dynamics of ethnicity, diaspora, identity and community are the defining features of contemporary life, giving rise to important and exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study and literature on subjects that were previously seen as the exclusive domain of the social sciences. Connecting Histories is an important contribution to this trend. While using sociological and anthropological theories, it is an innovative historical and comparative assessment of ethnic identities and memories. Romain investigates the ways in which ‘communities’ remember their experiences, focussing on Afro-Caribbean and Jewish individuals and groups in Britain. By examining life histories and ‘autobiographical acts’ including autobiography, oral history and travel writing, it assesses the ways in which mythologies affect collective memory and personal identities. Key themes include the memories of migration and myths of the Mother Country and Promised Land, the re-remembering of racist riots in early twentieth century Britain, and reflections on community and diasporic identities. The value and originality of Connecting Histories lie in the juxtaposition of two communities – Afro-Caribbean and Jewish – which have many parallels in historical experience, but have rarely been compared to each other. This important study contributes significantly to the understanding of ethnicity, identity and diasporic communities worldwide. The Author Gemma Romain works at The National Archives, Kew on a Heritage Lottery Fund project called 'Your Caribbean Heritage', cataloguing and researching colonial office original correspondence from the British Caribbean. She co-edited with David Cesarani, 'Jews and Ports Cities, 1590-1990: Commerce, Community and Cosmopolitanism' (Vallentine Mitchell, 2006). Previously, she carried out her Ph.D. at the Parkes Institute, University of Southampton, where she compared and analysed ethnic memories and histories of African-Caribbean and Jewish communities in modern Britain.
    [Show full text]
  • Al Report 1951
    THE LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH JEWS (Founded in 1760) generally known as the BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS AL REPORT 1951 Woburn House, Upper Woburn Place, London, W.C.I 1952 CONTENTS List of Officers of the Board ... List of Past Presidents ... List of Congregations and Institutions represented on Board Committees Annual Report—Introduction Administrative Executive Committee Aliens Committee Education Committee Eretz Israel Committee Finance Committee ... ... Jewish Defence Committee ... ... Law, Parliamentary and General Purposes Committee Shechita Committee ... ... Foreign Affairs Committee Accounts 1951 ©fftms of 1 ^aarh President: DR. A. COHEN Vice-Presidents: BARNETT JANNER, M.P. ALDERMAN A. Moss, J.P. Treasurer: B. B. LIEBERMAN Hon. Auditors: WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN Solicitor: CHARLES H. L. EMANUEL Auditors: JOHN DIAMOND & Co. Secretary: A. G. BROTMAN All communications should be addressed to THE SECRETARY, BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS, Woburn House, Upper Woburn Place, London, W.C.I. Telephone: EUSton 3952-4 Telegraphic Address: Deputies, Kincross, London Cables: Deputies, London 2 past !ireaitonte of t\\t ^oarh 1760 BENJAMIN MENDES DA COSTA ... ... 1766 JOSEPH SALVADOR ... 1778 JOSEPH SALVADOR 1789 MOSES ISAAC LEVY 1801 NAPHTALY BAZEVY 1802-1812 (No record) 1812 RAPHAEL BRANDON 1817-1829 MOSES LINDO ... 1829-1835 MOSES MOCATTA 1835-1838 MOSES MONTEFIORE ... (.Oct.-Nov) 1838 DAVID SALOMONS (later Sir David Salomons) 1838-1840 I. Q. HENRIQUES . (May-July)SIR MOSES MONTEFIOR 1840 E 1840-1841 HANANEL DE CASTRO (pro tem.) 1841-1846 SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE ... (.Mar.-Aug) 1846 DAVID SALOMONS 1846-1855 SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE Apr.-Dec.) ...)ISAAC 185FOLIGN5 O ... 1855-1857 SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE O '״.Feb.-Sept) 1857.ISAAC) FOLIGN 1857-1862 SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE 1862-1868 JOSEPH MAYER MONTEFIORE (pro tem.) 1868 (June-Nov.) ..
    [Show full text]
  • Western Europe
    Western Europe Great Britain Domestic Affairs I.,N 1971 reversals of governmental policy went hand in hand with adherence to accepted Conservative policy. The former were particularly marked in the economic field. It turned out to be a year of big spending. At the beginning, the chancellor of the exchequer adhered to an inbred fear of inflation; but by March, when the budget was prepared, reluctance was abandoned: child allowances and old age pensions were increased; selective employment tax was reduced and higher income relief was granted. The amount involved was £68 million for a full year, but it was insufficient, as the growing unemployment figures and industrial stagnation revealed. In May came a reminder of political danger in widespread Conservative losses at local elections in England and Scotland, and the loss of the Broms- grove by-election in a ten per cent swing to Labour. The result was a series of further measures of relaxation in July, November, and December, which produced tax cuts totalling £1,400 million in a full year. Limitations on consumer- and bank-credit were removed, and investment programs by local authorities and nationalized industries were accelerated. Even so, unemploy- ment at year's end was 966,000—50 per cent more than in December 1970. In the political field, the government has been more successful. Its major achievement was securing acceptable terms of entry into the European Economic Community (EEC; Common Market). These were approved in the House of Commons, in October, by a majority of 112. In November a draft agreement was concluded with the Smith regime in Rhodesia.
    [Show full text]
  • Catalogue of the Bill Williams Library
    CATALOGUE OF THE BILL WILLIAMS LIBRARY Created by Lawrence Rabone Edited by Marton Ribary Note on use: Titles are arranged in thematic sections given in bold after all entries. The section indicates the physical location of the individual entry in the collection. Catalogue of the Bill Williams Library Centre for Jewish Studies The University of Manchester A Abella, Irving M., and Harold Martin Troper. None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948. Toronto, Canada: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1983. Jewish History: Britain. Abraham bar, Hayya. The Meditation of the Sad Soul. Translated by Geoffrey Wigoder. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. edited by David Goldstein and Louis Jacobs London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. Religion, Philosophy, Thought. Abrahams, Israel. The Book of Delight and Other Papers. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1912. Religion, Philosophy, Thought. ———. By-Paths in Hebraic Bookland. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1920. Religion, Philosophy, Thought. ———. Jewish Life in the Middle Ages. London: Macmillan & Co., 1896. General Jewish History. ———. A Short History of Jewish Literature: From the Fall of the Temple (70 C.E.) to the Era of Emancipation (1786 C.E.). London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. Literature. ———. Some Permanent Values in Judaism. Four Lectures. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924. Religion, Philosophy, Thought. Abrahams, Israel, and Claude G. Montefiore. Aspects of Judaism: Being Eighteen Sermons. London and New York: Macmillan, 1895. Religion, Philosophy, Thought. Abrahams, Israel, and Cecil Roth. Jewish Life in the Middle Ages. New Edition, Enlarged and Revised on the Basis of the Author's Material by Cecil Roth. ed. London: Edward Goldston, 1932.
    [Show full text]
  • Read a PDF of TW 2019 Here
    TW The magazine of St John’s College, Oxford 2019 A New Chapter for the Library From Oxford to Thailand Wrong and Useful Maths Getting into Oxford The President Unveiled Contents 3 From the President 4 News 14 Lecture Notes 16 Research Talks 21 From Oxford to Thailand 25 Arrivals 29 Leavers 30 President’s Portrait Unveiled 34 The Library and Study Centre An introduction to the new building 40 The Reading List 44 Access to Oxford 46 The Changing Face of Admissions 30 President’s Portrait Unveiled 48 Art at St John’s and Bruno Levy (Inria/LORIA/Université de Lorraine) and Bruno Levy (Inria/LORIA/Université de Paris) (Institut d’Astrophysique Mohayaee Roya 50 The Mathematics of Wrong and Useful 57 Achievements 61 From the Junior and Middle Common Rooms 63 Sport 64 Duveen Travel Scholarship Report 66 A Social History of College 69 In Memoriam 50 The Mathematics of Wrong and Useful 81 College Record 98 News of Alumni 101 Calendar St John’s College, Oxford ©Hufton+Crow From the Editor anking universities and colleges is, in many respects, a fraudulent as well as a foolish endeavour. Its flaws may be seen in the huge variety of league tables that now exist. In this game, everyone can be a winner – so long as you find the right method of producing your results. RBut it would be perverse not to note that Oxford has once again topped the most widely cited, Times Higher Education ranking. By this measure, it is – for the fourth year running – the number one university in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre Giving Peace
    The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre Tom Mills Giving peace a chance? David Miller Tom Griffin Hilary Aked The Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre: Giving peace a chance? Tom Mills, David Miller, Tom Griffin, Hilary Aked British Cataloguing-in-Publications Data. A catalogue record for this report is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-9570274-2-8 [email protected] Printed and bound in the UK COPYRIGHT Public Interest Investigations © 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form of by any means without the prior permission from the copyright holder. DISCLAIMER Views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of Public Interest Investigations/ Spinwatch or Middle East Monitor. ORDER COPIES This report is available to download free of charge via Spinwatch website: spinwatch.org Order hard copies online on the Spinwatch bookshop: http://www.spinwatch.org/index.php/about/bookstore E-mail: info AT spinwatch.org Write to: Spinwatch Box 1 c/o Govanhill Baths Community Trust 99 Calder St Glasgow G42 7RA Public Interest Investigations is an independent non-profit making organisation. Founded in 2004, Public Interest Investigations promotes greater understanding of the role of PR, propaganda and lobbying and of the power networks that they support, through its website Spinwatch (www.spinwatch.org) and its investigative wiki site Powerbase (www.powerbase.info). Spinwatch is a founder member of the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) and the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency UK (ALT-UK).
    [Show full text]