Changing of the Guard

With this Issue we have reached a watershed. Your current Editor and Publisher are retiring and invite applications from our readership to take their place.

From a defunct Community of around a dozen members has sprung a worldwide Virtual Kehila of more than 300.  Many of us have learned more about the Kehila from these Newsletters than all the time they were in M’bro. To take just a few examples, many knew nothing of the early beginnings from 1874; of the Kindertransport; of the families with ten children and more; of the three ministers (Epstein, Miller, Kersh) over seventy years; that virtually the entire adult male population fought for King and Country in WWll; of the 1998 Closure; that 60 Boro  expatriates now live in Israel, etc.

We know of no other Jewish Community in the world which has undergone such a metamorphosis. Suddenly, we are now all proud of our roots. M’bro is firmly on the map; our parents and grandparents have become famous and we have something to share with our children and grandchildren.

But for the present, this Newsletter team is stepping down. We will of course answer enquiries arising out of the Page 4 list and indeed any other matters relating to this Issue.

We will continue to expand the website and if for whatever reason there are no enthusiasts ready, willing and able to bring out issue number 8 in October,  we will continue the Newsletters from time to time electronically on the website.

We thank our financial contributors, our many active correspondents and—perhaps above all—our avid readers, without whom it would not have been possible to become such an impressive Virtual Community.

Shalom,

David Saville 

Donald Wiseman