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18th century English Machzor (Gaster Miscellaneous MS 1596) • The John Rylands
1655 petition for Jews to be allowed to set up places of worship
One of the earliest records of the Jewish community in China • British Library
Prospectus for Nathan Rothschild's private social housing company • The Rothschild Archive
Balance sheet: income & expenditures of the Great Strike of East London tailors, YIVO
Bond produced following the Statute of the Jewry (1275) • Hull History Centre
A receipt roll for heavy Jewish taxation • The National Archives
British voices ask for action in The Daily Worker & The Times • The National Archives
Essay by Lily Montagu, 1898
Community Record Book • Plymouth Archive, The Box
Niran Bassoon-Timan's Iraqi Passport • Sephardi Voices UK
First Edition of Jewish Feminist Magazine • University of Leeds Special Collections