An Act to provide for the Relief of Her Majesty's Subjects professing the Jewish Religion. London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1858. English.
A printed document – an act that passed on July 23 1858 exempting the Jews of Britain from the requirement to take a Christian oath of allegiance so as to enable them to hold office in one of the Houses of Parliament. The act empowers either House of Parliament to modify the form of oath and enables Jews to omit the sentence "upon the true Faith of a Christian" from the customary oath.
Three days after the statute had passed, on July 26, 1858, Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild was sworn in and became the First Jewish member of the British Parliament. Rothschild was chosen to the British Parliament several years earlier; yet could not be sworn in due to the requirement to take the Christian oath. On the day of his swearing-in, and subsequent to the act before us, he used the expression "So help me G-d" instead of upon the true Faith of a Christian".
[1] leaf (two printed pages, numbered 385-386), 30 cm. Good condition. A few stains. Creases.

Laws of the Congregation of the Hambro Synagogue. London: S. Magnus, 1845. English and some Hebrew.
The book comprises the laws of the congregation of the Hambro Synagogue of London, which deal with the management of the synagogue and the institutions of the community: the prayer times on Sabbath and Jewish holidays, the version of the prayer, the position-holders and their authorities, the position of the rabbi, the activity of the charity association, Chevra-Kadisha, the cemetery, and more.
The Hambro Synagogue was founded in 1707 by Mordechai of Hamburg, son-in-law of the celebrated Glückel of Hamlin, as a break-away from the Great Synagogue of London. In 1936, after a number of vicissitudes, the Hambro Synagogue closed and again became amalgamated with the Great Synagogue.
XXVI, [2] 85 pp, aprox. 22 cm. Good condition. Many pages unopened. Slightly worn binding with a few stains. Small tears to spine.

Six tickets and postcards, including advertising postcards of Jewish companies, a humorous Yiddish periodical that was printed on a postcard, and more. The USA and Britain, ca. last decades of the 20th century.
1. Postcard – "Der Letz" (The Jester), a humorous weekly edited by L. Monfried. Issue no. 7. New-York, October 16, 1908. Yiddish.
The twelve issues of the weekly "Der Letz" were printed on postcards during the last months of 1908.
2. Advertising postcards for the play "Die Umgluckliche Kale from Suffolk Street"
[The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk St.] based on a novel by Eva Lazarus, at the Prospect Theatre of New-York. [1931?]. English.
3. An advertising postcard for umbrellas of the American companies Siegel, Rothshild & Co. and Mendelson and Zadig. Published by R. Hill. 1905. English.
The postcard was sent by mail in 1908 and bears a postmark of San Jose (California).
4. Calling card of Rev. Dr. Noah Raichelsonn, a Mohel and performer of marriage ceremonies, in Bronx New-York. Yiddish and English.
5. "Palwin, Palestine Wines, Brandies & Liqueurs", a colorful advertising postcard for Kosher wines, brandies and liqueurs made by the Rishon L'Zion wineries, of the Palwin Company. English.
6. "Shipping Card" of Samuel Finkelstein with a list of various types of herrings. English.
Size and condition vary.

"HaKoss" / The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated into Hebrew by Naphtali Herz Imber "author of HaTikva". New-York: S. Levine, [1905?]. English and Hebrew.?Poems by the well-known Persian poet Omar Khayyam, translated into Hebrew by Naphtali Herz Imber. Accompanied by an English translation by Edward Fitzgerald. The book opens with a printed dedication by Herz Imber to Judge Mayer Sulzberger (English), foreword by Joseph Jacobs and a poem by George Alexander Kohut "for Naphtali Herz Imber".?The poet Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909), composer of "HaTikva", was the first to translate poems by Omar Khayyam into Hebrew. He worked diligently on the translation at an old age, while staying in New-York. At the time he was penniless and lived on a monthly allowance donated by Judge Mayer Sulzberger, to whom he dedicated this book. ?XIV, [1], 42 pp [missing a portrait at the beginning of the book]. 19 cm. Good condition. A few stains, creases and tears. Ex-library copy (a booklet on the inside front binding, stamps and pen-writing on the margin of the title page). Erased writing on the title page. Cardboard binding.
Goldman 435.