| Description | Letters to Gaster from Reverend S. J. Roco, Senior Hazan of the Bevis Marks Synagogue, on a range of personal and business matters. Subjects include the intended marriage of Mr B. Da Costa to Miss Coles, who has asked to convert to Judaism; the Mikve Israel society; the Soup Kitchen; the visit of Rev. Prof. Dr Pullan to the synagogue; arranging to see Gaster's son Jack to teach him in preparation for his Bar Mitzvah; asking Gaster to write sermons for Roco to deliver at weddings; congratulating Gaster on being made Commander of the Order of the Crown of Rumania; Roco's retirement from the synagogue.
Includes a note announcing Roco's death. |