In a new series for every issue during 2016, we look back at events that took place in the same week over the JC's 175-year history.
January 25 1882
The JC was pleased to announce that Leopold de Rothschild, honourable scion of the renowned banking family, had purchased a beautiful house in Mayfair’s Hamilton Place, “decorated in the style of a Florentine Palace”.
The revelation was only surpassed by the news that Mrs de Rothschild had given birth to a son the previous Wednesday.
January 26 1923
“Worldwide grief” greeted the death of Max Nordau the renowned writer and next to Theodore Herzl, “the foremost protagonist of the Jewish national cause”. The 74-year-old had been “a physician of great skill, a forceful journalist, a dramatist, poet, novelist, orator of supreme power and above all, one of the most zealous champions of the Jewish people,” the paper said.
January 29 1993
Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks was reported to have approved women-only prayer services and an expanded role for women in the United Synagogue. Sources at a private United Synagogue meeting said his decision was historic, but his office declined to comment.