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		<title>Inscriptions &#8211; With Hebrew or without?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent article in the Jewish Chronicle &#8216;I didn&#8217;t want a traditional headstone for my father&#8217;s grave. But what was the alternative?&#8217; Stephen Games describes how he commissioned a unique tombstone for his father, in strict conformation with the four prerequisites imposed by the United Synagogue Burial Society The initials pay nun (for “here lies”) The name of the deceased in Hebrew, The Hebrew date of death, And either the five-letter acronym &#8220;taf nun tsadiy bet hay&#8221; (May his soul be bound up in the bond of eternal life) or the word &#8220;Shalom&#8221;. We do not know how long these very particular requirements have been in force but they have clearly evolved over time, since the first post-re-admission burials in the mid 17th Century. Most early inscriptions were exclusively in Hebrew see here. On the other hand, many19th Century stones in cemeteries attached to the Western Synagogue  carry no Hebrew example As, not surprisingly, is also the case with many stones in Reform cemeteries such as Kingsbury (Balls Pond Road) and Hoop Lane, and the Liberal Cemetery at Willesden, carry no Hebrew. However, contrary to the present day stipulations, several stones in the United Synagogue Cemetery at Willesden do not carry Hebrew Patronymics: for example, the stones for Henry Levi, Henry Lewis and Henriette Raphael, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish Cemeteries of Devon by Helen Fry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[People, personalities & stories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A guide to burials in the five Jewish cemeteries of Plymouth, Exeter, and Torquay &#38; Paignton   A catalogue of over 1,600 people buried in five Jewish cemeteries, dating from the mid-1700s onwards: the old burial ground in Magdalen Street, Exeter Exwick Jewish cemetery, Exeter Colney End Road in Paignton The Hoe Jewish cemetery, Plymouth Gifford Place Jewish cemetery, Plymouth Each section includes a brief introduction to the history of the cemetery and a small number of photographs. It is a helpful resource for family historians and Jewish genealogists searching for Jewish roots and ancestors in Devon. Forthcoming in July 2013: A History of the Exeter Jewish Community Forthcoming in October 2014: A History of the Jews of Plymouth For further information on Helen’s books, see www.helen-fry.com &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>The Jews of Exeter by Helen Fry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2013 Exeter Synagogue reaches an historic landmark with the celebration of its 250th anniversary. As the second oldest extant synagogue outside London it has a rich history that stretches back to the early 18th century and evidence exists too for a much older Medieval worshipping Jewish community in Exeter before their expulsion from England in 1290. The Jews of Exeter is the first fully illustrated history of the subject. It offers a window into the different centuries of Exeter&#8217;s Jewish history, focusing on the personalities and figures who shaped the community and maintained the gem of a purpose built synagogue which dates to 1763. The book also includes the old Jewish burial ground in Magdalen Street, and lists for the first time the names of those buried in both Exeter Jewish cemeteries, thus providing important information genealogists and family historians.]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Goodheim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On  Monday May 21 1900 Mrs Rebecca Levy (nee Goodheim) placed an advertisement in the personal column of The Staffordshire Sentinel: Did William Rowley respond to the advertisement?, Or any other members of his family, who can, indeed, be found living in Broom Street in the 1871 Census?   And if so, what was Rebecca hoping to learn? For Ann Rowley was her stepmother and she had known her from a child (1851 census records (Miles Bank, Stoke Upon Trent, Hanley And Shelton RG number: HO107 Piece: 2005 Folio: 40 Page: 22) Our interest in these people derived from the 1864 Australian marriage Record for Rebecca, daughter of Sampson Goodheim and Rosannah Ensor  to Joseph Levy and our attempts to place Rebecca and her parents within their English context.  The story that emerged was complex and colourful. The GRO Indexes on Free BMD show that Sampson Goodheim. an immigrant from Germany, was married in Stoke upon Trent in the December quarter of 1838   But who was his bride?  According to various sources she was Hannah or Ann Ensor or Hensor, but no such person is listed in the relevant set of Brides and Grooms. We finally found her on the Staffordshire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilhelm Neulander 1873 &#8211; 1944</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wilhelm was buried at East Ham cemetery, Marlow Road London in 1944 a refugee from Germany. Those of you familiar with CemeteryScribes know that we have a cut off date and do not normally break our rule. However, this is a one off. It&#8217;s for all those who died away from their homeland and whose family could not, for reasons of the war and family dispersal, place a headstone on their grave. It was many decades after Wilhelm&#8217;s death that a stone was erected in 1997, organised by his great grand daughter.]]></description>
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		<title>Charleston Synagogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos copyright Mike Gordon]]></description>
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		<title>Croatia &#8211; Splitt Syngogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the oldest European Synagogues still in use. It was created in the 16th century by the conversion of the second floors in two adjoining medieval houses. The current interior was formed around 1728. Photos copyright Lynn Saunders.]]></description>
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		<title>Venice &#8211;  Jewish Ghetto and Synagogues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos copyright Lynn Saunders]]></description>
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		<title>Pisa &#8211; Jewish Cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cemetery was opened in 1674 and it&#8217;s one of the most ancient Jewish places of burial in the world. There were at least three older Jewish Cemeteries, all of them situated outside the west wall of Pisa. Some epigraphic remains from the oldest cemetery (XIII) are inscribed on the wall to the right of Porta Nuova. In the XVII and XVIII centuries, the buried are mostly Jewish of Hispanic and Portuguese origin; The Jewish population living in Pisa at the time consisted mostly of descendants of Jewish people expelled from the Iberian Peninsula since 1492. Only at the end of XVIII century, due to great immigration of Jewish people coming from Rome, Ancona, Marche, Firenze and Ferrara, the cemetery is characterised as an &#8216;Italian&#8217; one.  In the cemetery there are also graves of Jewish soldiers who died during the First World War and above all, of Jewish victims of the Fascist and Nazi violence. The names of those who were deported and vanished in camps of extermination are mentioned on a stone placed on the wall of the room of purification inside the cemetery. (above text from the plaque in the cemetery) Photos copyright Lynn Saunders &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Cefn Coed Y Cymmer, Merthyr Tydfil Synagogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The former Merthyr Synagogue built in the 1870&#8242;s and just over 100 years later : &#160; Photos copyright Lynn Saunders]]></description>
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