----------------------- Message requiring your approval ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ha-Safran]: New Publication
THE JEWISH VICTORIAN: Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1861-70 by Doreen Berger
This latest volume is a companion to the JV 1871-80 and contains 400 pages.
In this volume are all the births, marriages and deaths of the community taken
from the Jewish newspapers of the period. Also included are condolence
message, obituaries, anecdotes and snippets of information about individuals from
within the pages. It contains many links to countries abroad and the United
States.
Among the fascinating stories from inside the pages of the newspapers is the
vacillations of Rev. M.B. Levy regarding ministerial positions in the Sydney
and Melbourne communities, the enticement of Esther Lyons from her home and the
sensational trials that resulted from this case, the dastardly murder of the
gentleman known as the "King of Whitton", an extortion attempt upon the
Rothschild family, the dreadful murder of Barnett Zussman, an action for slander
brought against the Chief Rabbi, the missions of Sir Moses Montefiore to Morocco,
the Holy Land and Roumania, the tragic death in childbirth of Evelina de
Rothschild., the fight against cholera and the argument about taking the English
oath in a Court of Law.
The price is £29.95, plus packing and postage surface mail £6, airmail £11.
The volume is available from Robert Boyd Publications, 260 Colwell Drive,
Witney, Oxon OX28 5LW, Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will shortly be on his website
www.boydpubs.co.uk
Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author
and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL
===========================================================
Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu
Ha-Safran Archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html
AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
