| Description | Leaflet describing the mission and main objectives of the Yavneh Union which were to 'promote the unity of our youth in one common organisation which shall work for the cause of Traditional Judaism' by various means and 'to encourage a true knowledge of, and appreciation for, our faith by the propagation of literature, leaflets and publications on aspects of Jewish life and thought, in a presentable form for Young Jewry.' The leaflet states that 'all coms. to Hon. Secretary, Mr. N. Frost, 32, St. Marks Street, E1'. The president of the union was 'Rabbi Dr. V. Schonfeld'. |
| AdminHistory | SCHONFELD, VICTOR (1880–1930), English rabbi and educator. Schonfeld was born in Hungary. He served as rabbi of the Montefiore Society in Vienna until 1909, when he went to the North London Beth Hamidrash, which became the Adath Yisrael Synagogue in 1911. In 1920 Schonfeld took up an invitation to become head of the Mizrachi schools in the Land of Israel; dissatisfied with conditions, he returned to his former post two years later. In 1927 he founded the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations in England, and in 1929 he established the Jewish Secondary Schools Movement. (Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/schonfeld-victor). |