{"product_id":"edward-vii-order-of-proceedings-to-be-observed-by-the-british-jewish-subjects-in-jerusalem","title":"[EDWARD VII.] Order of Proceedings to be Observed by the British Jewish Subjects in Jerusalem","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eCelebrating the Coronation of Edward VII in Jerusalem\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[EDWARD VII.]\u003c\/strong\u003e Order of Proceedings to be Observed by the British Jewish Subjects in Jerusalem \u003ci\u003eJerusalem: S[hmuel] Zuckermann.\u003c\/i\u003e 1902.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24mo. Publisher’s blue printed wrappers, front cover lettered in English (’Order of Broceedings [sic] …’) and rear cover in Hebrew, both within typographic borders; pp. 18 (English); 14 (Hebrew); small chip to spine; three ink-spots to English title, else a very good, clean copy; manuscript correction to p. 5 of English text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeemingly institutionally unrecorded order of service for the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, printed in Jerusalem in Hebrew and English for British Jewish subjects, to be presented in lieu of an invitation for a ceremonial service at the Sir Moses Montefiore Synagogue and a reception at the Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls, the first Jewish school for girls in Palestine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKing Edward VII (r. 1901–1910), eldest son of Queen Victoria, was known for his opposition to antisemitism and for surrounding himself with wealthy Jewish financiers and socialites during his sixty years as Prince of Wales (1841–1901), counting amongst his friends the Rothschilds, Baron Maurice de Hirsch, and the Baghdad-born Reuben Sassoon (first cousin once removed of Siegfried Sassoon). As King, he attempted to intervene with his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II, on behalf of the persecution of Russian Jews at the behest of Nathaniel Mayer Rothschild, Alfred Rothschild, and Leopold Rothschild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe celebrations of the Coronation were organised by the fifty-six British Jewish subjects living in Jerusalem, ‘with the approbation of His Majesty’s Consul … For this purpose a meeting of British Jewish Subjects – of whom there are 56 – took place at the Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls – on June 14th’. The present pamphlet details the order of events for a ceremonial celebration featuring British Jewish subjects as well as members of the British consulate, followed by a reception at the Evelina de Rothschild School for Girls, of which Baron Lionel de Rothschild was chief patron. The programme included a prayer specially compiled for the event by the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Hermann Adler (whom Edward VII affectionately called ‘my Chief Rabbi’), ‘to be used in the Provincial \u0026amp; Colonial Synagogues of the United Hebrew Congregations in His Majesty’s Empire on Coronation Day’; a reading of the telegram sent to the King by British Jews in Jerusalem; and a prayer for the Sultan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFundraising for the event was coordinated by the school’s headmistress, Annie Landau (1873–1945), Representative in Jerusalem of the Anglo-Jewish Association, who coordinated the reception alongside Isaac Ezekiel Yahuda (1863–1941), author of the 1932 collection of Arabic proverbs Mishlei Arav and brother and teacher of orientalist scholar and collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda. ‘Isaac Yahuda was himself a well-respected scholar of Semitic languages and of Islam. He first became a dealer in Oriental manuscripts in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1904. He then took up residence in Cairo in 1906, where, until 1920, he engaged both in scholarship and in selling Islamic books and manuscripts through his store, located near al-Azhar University. Abraham Yahuda, who likely collected manuscripts as a hobby beforehand, began to collect more systematically during the 1920s’ (NLI, online).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Haredi printer Shmuel Halevi Zuckermann (1856–1929) lived in London from 1877 to 1880, establishing a printing house in Jerusalem upon his return (as well as a short-lived New York City branch); he had purchased the printing press given by Moses Montefiore to Yisrael Bak, Zuckermann’s previous employer and creator of the first Hebrew printing house in Jerusalem. The English text here is peppered with idiosyncratic errors, the wrappers advertising the ‘Order of Broceedings … on June 26th … peing the Coronation Day of His Majesty Eduard VII’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis programme contains a blank space for the recipient’s name; ours was likely never used, as the coronation ceremony was postponed at the last minute from 26 June 1902 to 9 August 1902 due to Edward VII’s emergency surgery on an abdominal abscess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo copies traced on OCLC or Library Hub.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2125070\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63734938370425,"sku":"2125070","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2125070.jpg?v=1781081146","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/edward-vii-order-of-proceedings-to-be-observed-by-the-british-jewish-subjects-in-jerusalem","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}