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Manchester Jewish Museum reveals secrets of synagogue time capsule IMAGE SOURCE,CHRIS PAYNE Image caption, Eugenie Karen (right) said the documents and newspapers in the capsule will survive for years to come A time capsule which was found in the walls of a former synagogue has revealed its 150-year-old treasures. Builders found the glass container while working on a £6m upgrade of the Grade II-listed building which houses Manchester Jewish Museum in 2020. The jar, which was sealed on 11 June 1873, contained copies of The Times and The Jewish Chronicle and coins. Eugenie Karen, conservation officer at Manchester Central Library, said the items' condition was "remarkably good". The building in Cheetham Hill, which was designed by architect Edward Salomons, first opened as the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in 1874. IMAGE SOURCE,CHRIS PAYNE Image caption, Builders found the time capsule during a £6m renovation of the building A museum representative said it was originally built to serve Manchester's Sephardi Jewish communities and was "designed and decorated to reflect the Spanish and Portuguese heritage"...

Meet the man who just bought a 1,000-year-old Bible for £30million Alfred Moses, 94, has just taken delivery of the Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. The Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. On Wednesday morning, Alfred Moses, 94, sat in a small white armchair at a round wooden table in a Manhattan office building as a historian gingerly turned the pages of a more than 1,000-year-old book in front of him. Two weeks earlier, Moses had paid a record-setting sum for the book — more than £30 million in total. But this was the first time he had ever seen it. The book was the Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. That morning, in Sotheby’s Upper East Side office, Sharon Mintz, the auction house’s senior Judaica specialist, was giving Moses and some of his relatives a history lesson on his new acquisition. Mintz turned the pages with clean, bare hands, noting...

Rabbi popped into shul late afternoon sun streaming through the beautiful windows and was inspired to sing two songs 1) mimkomecha from Shabbat morning Shacharis kedusha where the congregation sings to Hashem asking Him to appear 2) psalm 30 From the depths I call to Hashem A psalm often recited in times of distress or just when in need of inspiration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Z46LsyAHU...

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, Inventors of Jeans Löb Strauss and Jãkobs Jufess are Jews from Bavaria and Latvia, respectively, who immigrated to the United States. One founded a textile and hardware company in Sacramento, and the other moved to Reno, Nevada as a tailor. Levi Strauss imported rugged canvas from the French city of Nîmes, dyed with an indigo blue from the Italian city of Genoa. Anglicized, the two city names become "Denim" and "Jeans. In 1872, Jacob Davis proposed to Levi Strauss to file a patent for pocket riveting work trousers made in "Denim" coloured in "Blue Jeans." Patented in 1873 and Levi's blue jeans makes history. To everyone wearing jeans today: (special note to anti-semites) you are wearing an invention by two Jews, Bavarian and Latvian, who settled in the USA, using a French cloth, an Italian dyeing, and sold to all the nationalities.  They have worked in the American West which allowed them to make a fortune, before conquering the world...

A tribute to Chaim Topol by his daughters His face in the memorial section at the Olivier Awards was heart-breaking. Reading the words of Adi Topol and Tevye's girls even more so.... Rosalind Harris lit a yahrzeit  candle. The actress who was Tzeitel in the 1971 film felt she had to, as the ‘eldest daughter’ then sent a photo of the flame to her screen sisters, each of whom cried when they heard that Chaim Topol had died. “It doesn’t seem real,” said Rosalind, as Michele Marsh, who played Hodol, wrote: “I am so saddened by the loss of my Fiddler [On The Roof] papa.” Neva Small, the movie’s Chava, knew Topol would be greatly missed and thanked him for “creating a beloved performance that helped the world to understand Sholem Aleichem’s concept of a Jewish dairyman and father of five daughters as universal.” Topol with his screen daughter Tzeitel – actress Rosalind Harris Although Zero Mostel originated the stage role of Tevye the milkman,...

  Sing for the King! Coronation marked with new melody for Adon Olam Watch 200 children sing the tune. BY SIMON ROCKER   The United Synagogue has marked the Coronation by commissioning a new melody for Adon Olam, the hymn that traditionally concludes the Shabbat morning service. The tune has been composed by Stephen Levey, former director of the Shabbaton Choir, and can be heard for the first time in a video released on major digital platforms today. It is performed by 200 children from five Jewish schools with strings and orchestration provided by a Ukraine-based ensemble. The new setting was arranged by the Portnoy Brothers - Mendy and Israel -  Jerusalem and New York-based musicians whose most recent album was No Complaints. Jo Grose, the United Synagogue’s chief executive, said: “While the world has changed dramatically since we were founded in 1870, two constants throughout our 153-year history have been the recital every week in our shuls of the Prayer for the Royal Family and ending our services with Adon Olam. The United...