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Solomon Schonfeld : a purpose in life

Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schonfeld was a controversial figure in British Jewry who personally rescued many thousands of Jews from Nazi forces in Central and Eastern Europe. He was the Presiding Rabbi of the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations and president of the National Council for Jewish Religious Day Schools in Great Britain
Print Book, English, 2009
Vallentine Mitchell, London, 2009
Biographies
vii, 205 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780853038917, 9780853038818, 0853038910, 0853038813
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List of Platesvi
Foreword by Lady Jakobovitsix
Prefacexi
Acknowledgementsxiii
1. The Story So Far
1
2. After Victor
19
3. 1933-1938: Life Gets More Difficult
37
4. The Storm before the Storm
55
5. Wartime
73
6. The Problems of Peacetime
91
7. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
109
8. Surviving a Tumour
127
9. Good Growth and Bad Growth
144
10. The Final Years163
11. Epilogue179
Bibliography195
Index197