Object numberM2016/026:002
DescriptionThis is a second letter (c. 1912) inserted in the envelope addressed to Rabbi Dr I. Porush in 1944. The 5-page letter has not been signed, however, from reading the response from The Great Synagogue attached to this letter, addressed to E. Green Esq., Randwick, it is very likely that the writer of the letter was the same person, ie. E. Green.
The significance of the letter is in its first-hand manifestation of the daily-life issues the Jewish community faced at the time of its growth in the early 20th century – issues not dissimilar to the well-established and large Jewish community in London.
104 years ago, George Judah Cohen, President of The Great Synagogue on Elizabeth Street in Sydney received a serious complaint from E. Green about some Jews requesting the hind-quarters of meat, and the sale of such meat as Kosher. While without the meat being properly 'porged', it cannot be considered kosher, and "by no manner of reasoning can what is trifa, be Kosher". And further, letter informs that the explanation respecting the stamping of meat, as given from the pulpit on Sabbath the 4th inst., Rabbi Cohen, was unsatisfactory in the extreme, and with regards to the stamping of the hind-quarters, it must cause dismay in the minds of conscientious Jews.
The significance of the letter is in its first-hand manifestation of the daily-life issues the Jewish community faced at the time of its growth in the early 20th century – issues not dissimilar to the well-established and large Jewish community in London.
104 years ago, George Judah Cohen, President of The Great Synagogue on Elizabeth Street in Sydney received a serious complaint from E. Green about some Jews requesting the hind-quarters of meat, and the sale of such meat as Kosher. While without the meat being properly 'porged', it cannot be considered kosher, and "by no manner of reasoning can what is trifa, be Kosher". And further, letter informs that the explanation respecting the stamping of meat, as given from the pulpit on Sabbath the 4th inst., Rabbi Cohen, was unsatisfactory in the extreme, and with regards to the stamping of the hind-quarters, it must cause dismay in the minds of conscientious Jews.
Production date 1912 - 1912
Object nameletters
Dimensions
- first page width: 205.00 mm
height: 256.00 mm
four pages width: 208.00 mm
height: 246.00 mm
Language
- English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Shosh Kloot