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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number GASTER/1/A/2/689
TitleWest Central Jewish National Institute: Opening ceremony invitation
Date8 Dec 1918
DescriptionInvitation card for the opening ceremony of the West Central Jewish National Institute, 26a Soho Square, London W1, performed by L A Jouques Esq; Moses Gaster (Hon President) in the Chair. 3 copies.
Extent3 items
AdminHistoryFounded in 1910 by local workers as an educational and cultural centre for the community; intensely Zionist in outlook, it became a centre for the teaching of modern Hebrew; classes were held every weeknight and on Sundays; numbers attending classes and services at the Institute declined in the 1920s, and after many years discussion, it finally merged with the West End Talmud Torah in 1948, to create the West End Great Synagogue.
AccessStatusOpen
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 a programme for this ceremony (available on the UCL Digital Collections website) and other ephemera of the West Central Jewish National Institute (available on the UCL Digital Collections website).
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