| AdminHistory | Abraham Broda (Leipniker Lwy), born Timisoara, Rumania, c1690; dayan of the Jewish community of Usov, Moravia and a respected merchant; succeeded in obtaining permission to build two prayer houses, 1753, and recorded the proceedings in his 'Megilat Sedarim', to be read yearly on Simhat Torah (published in 1895 by Emanuel M. Baumgarten).
Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica; http://archiv.respectandtolerance.com/john-kerry/en/ |
| CustodialHistory | Presented by Mrs Ernest Lowy. Formerly held with other Jewish collections in the Mocatta Library of University College London. |