For those of our readers who wish to have a
permanent record of this website, we are pleased to announce the
publication of the following book:
"Kehilat Middlesbrough -
Past, Present and Future"
by
Donald Wiseman
Hardcover book,
available only from www.lulu.com
Description:
The continuing story of the Middlesbrough Jewish community, as
compiled and edited from the pages of its website. Nine years after
its formal demise following the closure of its only synagogue in
1998, it is still very much alive as a "virtual community". The book
contains edited highlights of the Newsletters from January 1999 to
August 2007; detailed memoirs by three former members of the
community; a graphic portrayal of the early members from 1880
onwards; a forty page Photo Gallery; full burial records of the
Stockton, Hartlepool and Middlesbrough cemeteries from 1876 onwards;
much archival material, and an Index of names with more than 1,000
entries
Product Details: 440 pages,
8.25" x 10.75", casewrap-hardcover binding, black and white interior
ink.
To view sample pages, and for
order information, visit:
Letters
Just
a quick note to say "well done" on the book -
most enjoyable.
Julian Vyner
Sydney, Australia
Very nice and kol hakavod to you
Naomi Schweitzer
Kibbutz Hatzerim, Israel
[Ed note:
Naomi is the daughter of Ann Maskill (Greenberg),
Middlesbrough and Ben Maskill, Leeds.]
I was
interested to read Michael Bharier's
letter in Newsletter Number 3 as to the rendition of the Prayer,
"Omnom Ken" on Kol Nidrei night. This Poem was written
by Rabbi Yomtov of York, who was killed in the Pogrom at Clifford's
Tower in 1190, where the Jews committed suicide rather than yield to
the angry mob - the English Massada.
All this took
place exactly 100 years before the Expulsion from England in 1290.
The tune we
used to sing in Middlesbrough is of a much later date and is of
German origin, which is sung nowadays in many Ashkenazi
communities.
David Saville,
Jerusalem, Israel
Obituary
Dinah Solomon passed away
peacefully August 19, 2007. Sadly missed by daughter and son-in-law
Lorraine and Alan Coleman, together with Julian and Elizabeth; Mark;
Sharon and David; Samuel and Nathan. Reunited with husband David and
daughter Tania. MHDSRIP
Jewish Telegraph
(Communicated by Ruth Posner)
