Centenial Anniversary. Sir Moses Montefiore. United Hebrew Services at Rodef Shalom Synagogue, Philadelphia. Sunday Evening, October 26th 1884. [prayers and orations in his honor]
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Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion
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(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Centenial Anniversary. Sir Moses Montefiore. United Hebrew Services at Rodef Shalom Synagogue, Philadelphia. Sunday Evening, October 26th 1884. [prayers and orations in his honor]
Philadelphia, : S. W. Goodman, 1884.
Est: $700 - $1,000
PRICE REALIZED $700
The great British Jewish financier and philanthropist, Sir Moses Montefiore, was born in Leghorn, Italy on October 28th, 1784 and died at Ramsgate, England, July 25, 1885 just three months shy of his 101st birthday.
This pamphlet is evidence of the esteem felt by Jews living as far as America who celebrated with him on the centenary of his birth and who mourned his death just a few months later