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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number GASTER/1/A/2/565
TitleSchewzik, David: Bar Mitzvah invitation
Date12 Mar 1892
DescriptionInvitation from 'Rev and Mrs Schewzik', 8 Montefiore College, Hereson, Ramsgate, to the 'Confirmation of their Son David', at the Ramsgate Synagogue. Printed by E W Rabbinowicz.
Extent1 item
AdminHistoryBenjamin Schewzik, born c1852; educated Kovno; rabbi at Pskov, Russia; Professor of Talmud, Judith Lady Montefiore College, Ramsgate; in the 1890s he complained when Moses Gaster conferred the rabbinical diploma on two students whom he deemed unworthy, precipitating the 'Ramsgate affair'; while at Ramsgate he travelled to London to conduct services, usually at the Great Assembly Hall, Mile End, for the benefit of mainly immigrant Jews who did not belong to a synagogue; a powerful preacher, he attracted large numbers of worshippers; disappointed in his hope of being appointed Principal Rabbi of the Federation of Synagogues, in 1892 he agitated unsuccessfully for the United Synagogue to establish a new synagogue in Whitechapel; he ran the Russian Vapour Baths in Brick Lane, used by Orthodox men. Publications include a short treatise in Hebrew on cremation.
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AccessConditionsAvailable subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Registration Form. This item is also available online through our Digital Collections website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/collections/ucl-digital-collections/browse-collections/jewish-collections
Related MaterialUniversity College London Special Collections holds material on Judith Lady Montefiore College and the 'Ramsgate Affair' (Ref: GASTER/4).
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