The Great Synagogue Will Rise Again: Order of Service at the National Day of Intercession and Prayer, September, 1941, in the Ruins of the Great Synagogue, Aldgate, London.

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The Great Synagogue Will Rise Again: Order of Service at the National Day of Intercession and Prayer, September, 1941, in the Ruins of the Great Synagogue, Aldgate, London.

Photographic folding plate of the service. With Sermon by Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz. pp. 16. Original printed wrappers. 8vo.

(London): Office of the Chief Rabbi 1941

Est: $300 - $500
The Great Synagogue of London was built in 1690 at Duke's Place, north of Aldgate and was a center of Ashkenazi Jewish life in London for centuries. The synagogue was destroyed on May 10, 1941, during the London Blitz.