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About this book
Here, Letchworth-born Yanky Fachler explores a short-lived (1939– 1971) provincial Jewish congregation that boasted a communal infrastructure typical of much larger communities. Based during the war years around an estate built by Abba Bornstein, most of the community returned to London after the Second World War. The centre of gravity shifted to what former Talmud Torah headmaster Harry Leitner describes as the ' two pyramid houses on Sollershott East – the Sassoon/Feuchtwanger and Fachler homes.' Letchworth was home to the world-famous private Judaica library assembled by David Sassoon. His son, Rabbi Solomon Sassoon, made sure that Jewish children from across the religious spectrum attended the Talmud Torah educational programme after regular school hours. Several rabbinical luminaries were associated with Letchworth, including the communal rabbi, Asher Feuchtwanger, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, and Rabbi Eliyahu Lapian. Fachler describes a unique community where the orthodox coexisted harmoniously with the non-orthodox, Ashkenazi Jews lived side-by-side with Baghdadi Jews, and wealthy families rubbed shoulders with working class families.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION: ‘We’re from the same village’
- 1. Ebenezer, the garden city geyser
- 2. The Bornstein brotherhood
- 3. ‘Vaccies’ – compulsory and voluntary evacuation
- 4. Letchworth at war
- 5. Two parallel congregations
- 6. The end of the war
- 7. The David Sassoon Library
- 8. Rabbi Solomon (Suliman) and Alice Sassoon
- 9. Rabbi Asher (Reb Oosher) and Flora Feuchtwanger
- 10. Families Broch, Winegarten and Schischa
- 11. Hallmead and Mullway
- 12. Schooldays in Letchworth
- 13. Letchworth Talmud Torah and Letchworth Yeshiva
- 14. Families Kirsch, Pollock,Roth, Ward and Vanger
- 15. Letchworth tales
- 16. Letchworth pen portraits
- 17. ‘Sollerposh’ East – the new centre of gravity
- 18. The Letchworth branch of Cambridge University
- 19. ‘No minyan in Letchworth’
- 20. An outstanding legacy
- Yanky Fachler Selected Bibliography
- Dedications
- List of Illustrations
- Glossary of Hebrew/Yiddish terms