Jewish Gallery

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father. First produced in England at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, March 1927 and at the Apollo Theatre, London, April 1927. The play ran for more than 2, 300 performances on Broadway. People laugh at this every night, which explains why democracy can never be a success. (Robert Benchley quoted in Brooks Atkinson, Broadway 1985 ed. p. 253)
1927

© The Michael Diamond Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library

WW1 poster, United War Work Campaign

Poster, United We Serve, United War Work Campaign, fundraising by a group of charities: YMCA, YWCA, National Catholic War Council, Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association and Salvation Army, seeking to raise over 170 million dollars.
circa 1918

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Onslow Auctions Limited

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Scenes from Iraq - Basra, Tomb of Ezra, Ctesiphon, Baghdad

(Top) - The Strand - Basra, Iraq, WWI era. (Middle upper) - Ezra's Tomb on the Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-ʻUzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine, are around 250 years old; there is an enclosing wall and a blue-tiled dome, and a separate synagogue. (Middle lower) - The gigantic vaulted hall (the Taq Kisra) at Ctesiphon, an ancient Parthian city located southeast of modern Baghdad. It is traditionally recognised as the palace of Khosrow I. (Lower) - A panoramic view over the rooftops of Baghdad. Date: 1917

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection