On the Main Line has posted a few pages from an 18th century book on Anglo-Jewry before the expulsion in 1290. It includes a picture of a bowl, found by a fisherman in a brook around 1700, with a Hebrew inscription (which seems - as far as I can tell - to dedicate it to one Joseph, son of Rabbi Yechiel from Poland / advisor to a Polish community). Jews at the time could not explain its usage; he suggests that it is an ancient version of a pushke, or tzedakah box.
Any other suggestions?
It is time to start talking to our Muslim friends about the Middle East – and to listen to one another
The pro-Palestine attitude in Ireland needn’t be a dealbreaker for Jewish-Irish relationships – at least not for my Irish boyfriend and me
In recent years more Jews have voted Republican Party or registered as independents than previously
Israel needs to expand its power projection with the aim of destabilising the Iranian regime and preventing it from hiding behind its proxies
The JC Leader, 26 July 2026
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