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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
A metal box from the Warsaw Ghetto's Oneg Shabbat archive
The metamorphosis of a north London synagogue • JCR-UK
Prospectus for Nathan Rothschild's private social housing company • The Rothschild Archive
Dutch Cigar Makers' London East End Sabbath Meal • Sandys Row Archive
Camera of the well-known wedding photographer • Jewish Museum London
Carriage Doors belonging to London's first Jewish Lord Mayor • Jewish Museum London
Boys at Jews' Free School, London • JCR-UK
Yiddish Typewriter belonging to the playwright Abish Meisels
Balance sheet: income & expenditures of the Great Strike of East London tailors, YIVO