(Two British Parliamentary Acts).

AUCTION 76 | Thursday, June 14th, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 35

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).

(Two British Parliamentary Acts).

written on postcards in Hebrew, each by a different American Orthodox Rabbi and sent to the organization “Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America and Canada,” each written in opposition to reforms to Jewish marriage laws proposed by the Conservative Movements’ Rabbinical Alliance. Together, two Acts. Unbound. Folio.

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

<<First Emancipation Act for the Jews of America. >> This 1739 Act, admitting Jews to naturalization in the Colonies after seven years of residence is a landmark in the history of Jewish emancipation. The 1747 was an extension of the Act and benefitted other Foreign Protestants