Jewish Sydney: The First Hundred Years, 1788-1888 – Helen Bersten night Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill

she reconstructs and chronicles his ascent from Tehran’s Jewish quarter – “the edge of the pit” – to his business success that was instrumental in modernizing the country to fatefully facing a firing squad

the sense of what a book could achieve in terms of expanding one's own knowledge and understanding at a single sitting

her body ageing but mind still razor sharp

Jewish Sydney: The First Hundred Years, 1788-1888 – Helen Bersten night Israel ZangwillThis slim volume book is a chronicle of Anglo Jewish Sydney before the waves of migration which so altered the character of Sydney Jewry. Included is a city map with the key location of points of interest marked. It would make a great gift for a walking tour for Sydneysiders and visitors alike. It was produced to coincide with the Jubilee of the N. S. W. Jewish Board of Deputies in 1995. It is not meant to be a textbook and does not claim to contain