Description | Invitation, inside a greetings card for Jewish New Year, from David Isaac (B I) Belisha, of 271 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, to the Bar Mitzvah of his nephew Isaac, son of Jacob Isaac and Elizabeth Miriam Belisha, at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester; with a reception and dance in the Cheetham Town Hall, Manchester. |
AdminHistory | Born Melbourne, son of Isaac David Belisha, merchant and industrialist, 1853; came with his parents to Manchester at age of 6; assisted his father in founding the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation in Manchester and became a member of the Mahamad; devoted much of his time and money to Jewish causes, especially for the Jews of Russia; committee member, Manchester Branch of the Anglo-Jewish Association; founded the Manchester Branch of Hovevei Zion; member of the Jewish Territorial Organisation; worked for the establishment of a Jewish Parliament, but this plan was never realised; Vice-President and committee member, Manchester Shechita Board; founder, Manchester Naturalisation Society; shareholder in the Manchester Ship Canal; member, Manchester Geographical Society, Manchester Amateur Photographic Society, Anglo-French Association; died in 1906, just before his nephew's bar mitzvah. |