Records of the Machzike Hadath Congregation

This material is held atUniversity of Southampton Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 738 MS 151
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1898-1960
  • Language of Material
    • English, Hebrew
  • Physical Description
    • 3 boxes

Scope and Content

Copies of minute books of the Beth Ha-Keneseth Machzike Hadath, 1898-1915; general correspondence, circulars, receipts, papers, 1940-2, 1944-52 and 1953-60.

Administrative / Biographical History

Records of the Machzike Hadath Congregation. For a general history, B.Homa A fortress in Anglo- Jewry: the story of the Machzike Hadath (London, 1953).

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